As I sit in circle tonight under the dark moon, the weight of what’s unfolding in our nation presses heavy on my heart. There’s something profoundly dark about calling a bill that threatens to harm millions of vulnerable people “big” and “beautiful.” From a witchy perspective, this is the language of glamour magic—the art of making something appear other than what it truly is.
The Glamour Spell: Pretty Words, Ugly Reality
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is President Donald Trump’s signature agenda item in Congress, but as any kitchen witch knows, you can’t judge a potion by its pretty bottle. When I cast my intuitive gaze over this legislation, what I see is a massive shadow work being forced upon our most vulnerable communities—not the healing kind, but the destructive kind that comes when power structures refuse to do their own inner work.
The House-passed version of Donald Trump’s tax plan takes from poor, gives to rich, and from a spiritual perspective, this represents one of the most ancient shadows of human civilization: the hoarding of resources by those who already have abundance at the expense of those who have little.
The Energy of Extraction
When I read the energy of this bill, what comes through is pure extraction consciousness—the same energy that has been raping the Earth for centuries, now being applied to the most vulnerable members of our society.
New paperwork requirements and other logistical hurdles could lead to millions of people on ACA plans becoming uninsured, according to Congressional Budget Office. This isn’t efficiency—it’s intentional barrier-creation. It’s the bureaucratic equivalent of hiding the healing herbs so that only the wealthy can afford the cure.
Some Senate Republicans are speaking out about what the bill would mean for the debt and Medicaid, but from a mystical perspective, the real debt we’re creating isn’t financial—it’s karmic. When a society deliberately creates systems that cause suffering for its most vulnerable members, that energy has to go somewhere. It doesn’t just disappear.
The Spiritual Significance of Safety Nets
From an indigenous wisdom perspective, the mark of a healthy community is how it cares for its most vulnerable members—the children, the elders, the sick, the disabled. These social safety nets aren’t just policy—they’re sacred covenant. They represent our collective commitment to the principle that every life has inherent worth.
When we dismantle these protections, we’re not just changing policy—we’re breaking sacred agreements. We’re saying that some lives matter more than others. We’re choosing hierarchy over interconnection, scarcity over abundance, fear over love.
The Tower Card Energy: Democracy Under Threat
The astrological signatures around this bill are intense. I’m seeing strong Tower card energy—the sudden destruction of structures that have provided stability and protection. But unlike the Tower’s usual function of clearing away what no longer serves, this feels like the Tower being weaponized against the foundation itself.
As the 2026 midterms loom, voters are restless and eager to penalize those in power, and there’s a reason for this restlessness. On a soul level, people can feel when the democratic process is being subverted. They can sense when legislation is being rushed through without genuine consideration of its impact on real lives.
The use of reconciliation to pass such sweeping changes—avoiding the normal democratic process of debate and amendment—represents a shadow aspect of political magic. It’s using procedural technicalities to circumvent the will and wisdom of the collective.
The Medicaid Massacre: A Spiritual Perspective
When I meditate on the Medicaid cuts embedded in this bill, what comes through is the energy of a community turning its back on its own children. Medicaid serves primarily the disabled, the elderly, children, and pregnant women—our most vulnerable sacred beings.
To cut these programs while giving tax breaks to the wealthy is, from a spiritual perspective, a form of collective child abandonment. It’s saying that profit matters more than life, that shareholder value is more sacred than human dignity.
The karmic implications of this are staggering. When a society deliberately creates conditions that lead to suffering and death among its most vulnerable members, that energy doesn’t just disappear—it gets woven into the collective unconscious, creating the very violence and dysfunction that those in power claim to be trying to solve.
The Language of Deception
As someone who works with words as magical tools, I’m particularly attuned to the linguistic manipulation happening around this bill. Calling it “big” and “beautiful” is a classic glamour spell—using language to make something appear other than what it is.
This is the same energy that calls war “defense,” that calls environmental destruction “development,” that calls exploitation “opportunity.” It’s the linguistic shadow of our culture, where beautiful words are used to mask ugly realities.
From a witchy perspective, this kind of linguistic manipulation is a form of spell-casting, and it’s important that we not let ourselves fall under its enchantment. We must look past the pretty words to see the actual energetic impact of these policies.
The Suffering Spell: Who Will Pay the Price
The Congressional Budget Office’s projections paint a stark picture, but numbers on a page don’t capture the full human cost of this legislation. Let me share what I’m seeing energetically:
The Healthcare Catastrophe: Millions losing insurance means millions facing the choice between medication and food, between treatment and rent. It means parents watching their children suffer because they can’t afford care. It means people dying from preventable causes because they can’t access treatment.
The Food Insecurity Crisis: Cuts to SNAP and other nutrition programs mean children going to bed hungry, pregnant women unable to afford proper nutrition, elderly people choosing between medication and food.
The Housing Horror: Reduced housing assistance means more families becoming homeless, more children growing up in cars and shelters, more vulnerability to violence and exploitation.
The Disability Devastation: Cuts to disability programs mean people losing the supports they need to live independently, families forced to choose between caring for disabled relatives and earning income.
This isn’t just policy—it’s planned suffering. And from a spiritual perspective, the people implementing these policies will carry the karmic weight of every person who suffers and dies as a result.
The Shadow Work We’re Being Asked to Do
Here’s what’s particularly challenging about this moment: we’re being asked to witness and respond to this shadow energy without becoming consumed by it. We’re being called to hold light in the face of deliberate darkness, to maintain our connection to love while confronting systems built on exploitation.
This is advanced spiritual work. It’s easy to stay centered when everyone around you is operating from love and wisdom. It’s much harder when the people in power are actively choosing harm over healing, separation over connection, fear over love.
The Resistance as Sacred Practice
From a witchy perspective, resistance to harmful systems isn’t just political—it’s spiritual practice. When we call our representatives, when we donate to organizations serving vulnerable populations, when we vote in every election, we’re doing energy work. We’re choosing to align our personal power with forces of healing rather than forces of harm.
Protective Magic for the Vulnerable: I’m working with protective shields around healthcare workers, around families depending on government programs, around anyone who might be impacted by these cuts. Visualizing golden light surrounding our most vulnerable community members.
Truth-Telling Spells: I’m working magic to cut through the glamour and deception around this bill, to help people see past the pretty words to the ugly reality underneath.
Community Weaving Magic: I’m putting energy toward strengthening local networks of mutual aid, building community resilience that can support people regardless of what happens at the federal level.
Accountability Binding: I’m working with binding spells to ensure that the people creating this harm experience the full karmic consequences of their choices, that they cannot hide from the suffering they’re causing.
The Prophecy of Consequence
Here’s what I’m seeing in the energy of the future: the karmic consequences of this legislation will be swift and severe. When you create policies that deliberately cause suffering, that energy has to go somewhere. It gets woven into the collective field, creating the very problems that society then has to deal with.
The communities that support these policies will not be exempt from their consequences. The violence, addiction, mental illness, and social breakdown that result from deliberately created poverty and desperation don’t stay contained in poor neighborhoods. They ripple out, affecting everyone.
From a spiritual perspective, we’re witnessing a massive spell of self-destruction being cast by people who think they can exempt themselves from the consequences of their actions. They cannot.
The Deeper Teaching
There’s a profound spiritual teaching embedded in this moment. We’re being shown, in the starkest possible terms, what happens when a society abandons its commitment to the sacred worth of every life. We’re seeing the shadow of our collective unconscious made manifest in policy.
This is forcing us to confront some fundamental questions: What kind of community do we want to be? What are our actual values, as opposed to our stated values? Are we willing to fight for the vulnerable, or do we only care about ourselves and our immediate circles?
The Call to Sacred Activism
This moment is calling all of us into deeper spiritual practice and more committed action. We can’t spiritual-bypass our way out of this crisis. We can’t just focus on our personal healing while our community members are suffering and dying from deliberately created policies.
We’re being called to integrate our spiritual practice with our civic engagement, to bring our magical skills to bear on the political process, to use our connection to the sacred to fuel our resistance to systems of harm.
The Light in the Darkness
Even in the midst of this darkness, I can see light. I can see communities coming together, people choosing love over fear, individuals stepping up to support their neighbors. I can see the seeds of a new way of being together, based on mutual aid rather than exploitation, on sacred relationship rather than extraction.
The cruelty of this bill is so extreme that it’s waking people up, forcing them to choose sides, compelling them to get involved in ways they never have before. Sometimes the shadow has to get really dark before people are motivated to turn on the lights.
As I finish writing this under the dark moon, I’m holding space for all who will be impacted by this legislation. I’m sending love to the vulnerable, strength to the resisters, and accountability to those choosing harm over healing.
The spell of the “Big Beautiful Bill” is ultimately an illusion. The reality is ugly policy wrapped in pretty words. But we see through the glamour. We know the truth. And we will not stop working for justice until every member of our community is valued, protected, and cared for.
May all beings be free from suffering. May all beings have access to what they need to thrive. May those who create harm be held accountable. May love ultimately prevail.
How are you working to protect the vulnerable in your community? What magical practices are you using to resist harmful systems? Share your strategies for staying centered while doing justice work in the comments below.
