Hollywood actress Maisie Williams says her perspective on magic has changed as she has grown older, with the Practical Magic 2 star revealing that she now embraces the idea of magic as part of womanhood and has also taken up reading Tarot cards.
Speaking about how her understanding of “magic” has evolved, Williams said she increasingly finds herself accepting it in different forms.
“Magic is becoming a huge part of my life. I do find myself, as I grow older, accepting magic more and more. Just, like, the magic of womanhood, really,” she said in a statement.
The actress spoke about the rituals and experiences associated with womanhood, saying they can sometimes evoke a feeling of wanting to “howl at the moon” and embrace a more unconventional side.
“The magic of the rituals of womanhood and embracing that, and sometimes feeling like howling at the moon and being slightly bonkers and crazy. I think it means a lot to a lot of women,” Williams said.
She added that she is increasingly accepting the idea that there is something connecting people, even as she does not necessarily try to embrace every “woo-woo” belief.
“You’re like, ‘There’s something that’s connecting us all.’ Yeah, as I grow older, I’m just accepting that more and more,” she said.
Williams also revealed that she reads Tarot cards and decided to share that interest with the women she worked with on Practical Magic 2. She gave each of them a Tarot deck as a wrap gift.
“And a little secret—I read Tarot cards. It was my wrap gift to all of the women. They each got a deck,” she said, describing it as “a little bit of witchy magic”.
The actress acknowledged that some of her co-stars may already read Tarot or may never use the cards, but hoped they might eventually pick up the decks and explore them.
The enduring appeal of the original Practical Magic, particularly the relationship between Sandra Bullock’s Sally and Nicole Kidman’s characters, has continued to resonate with audiences. Williams said the film’s portrayal of sisterhood was one reason for its connection with women.
“The pairs of Owens sisters throughout all the generations are very yin and yang, and they balance each other out in a really beautiful way, whilst also being very, very different,” she said.
Williams, who has a sister herself, said the dynamic particularly resonated with her because the two have contrasting lifestyles while sharing a strong natural connection.
“When we’re together, we sound the same, we speak in the same rhythms, we have this complete synergy. But we’ve chosen completely different lifestyles and we live different lives,” she said.