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Compilation of astro notes 16 🦋

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🤎 Capricorn in 5th like structure when it comes to love. They may not be the kind to have “ it happens when it happens” but has a mental timeline when they want it to happen.

🤎 Mercury trine Chiron shows communication aids healing this lifetime.

🤎 Venus Trines Chiron shows love/gains and Harmony/stability can aid healing this lifetime.

🤎 House of venus shows where you can look for stability besides Moon.

🤎 Virgo risings can and very likely prioritise work over love, give how their ascendant and MC share a ruler and also Capricorn is in the 5th house.

🤎 Aquarius in 6th/12th doesn’t like to ask for help from others, its often a different feeling when they do.

🤎 12th house placements talk about self sabotage and the planet in it can tell where you self sabotage. For empty house , look at where 12th ruler is placed and the aspects it’s getting.

🤎 Saturn in 8th can give fear of aging or being old.

🤎 Sun in 12th can undermine their talents or feel worthless.

🤎 Saturn in 3rd/5th or Saturn harshly aspecting 5th/3rd lord can make someone distant from their hobbies if the individual doesn’t find it something they can gain from. If they don’t feel like they practically gaining something from it or it seems wasteful they stop doing it.

🤎 Gemini, Pisces, Virgo and Sagittarius degrees(3°,15°,27°,6°,18°,9°,21°,12°,24°) in ascendant, shows the person doesn’t show it’s real personality in first few meetings.

Especially if it’s a fixed sign (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio or Aquarius) in the ascendant, you discover later that their real personality is really different than what you knew initially. With Cardinal signs and dual degrees, I would say the craziness of their first impression personality varies as you get to know them longer, they hide the extent of their personality, they are very subtle intially but later they show even more. With mutable Ascendant and mutable degrees, well it’s just one personality they are showing

🤎 Fixed moons with Saturn aspecting moon or 4th ruler in western grow up to be some very frustrated adults with a lot of pent up energy that can also develop some impulse and anger issues later on, if you know a fixed moon that’s quite and “chill” they will most probably burst one day.

🤎 Saturn aspects Chiron can potentially mean building of a strong foundation or experiencing something stable to heal yourself. Often why a major focus of such people goes in building something for themselves.

🤎 Chiron also represents where you repetitively mess up.

🤎 With venus in 3rd/4th, there is tendency to absorb just the good and happy part of childhood and childhood circumstances, and with Saturn in 3rd/4th you keep majority of your negative childhood memories with you than good ones, but also see it as important lessons.

🤎Most Aries I know do well in research areas or areas that require digging deep.

🤎 IC/4th house (western) sign is nothing but a sign of your soul and your roots. It’s what we are when we are at peace, it’s where our core and roots are. 4th house rules your roots.

Example- Virgo in 4th may really be someone who values routine or plans or is calculative and methodical, Sagittarius in 4th is an adventurer, loves travelling and learning. Aries in 4th likes to lead and doing things that make their adrenaline go whoosh high, also impatient, someone who looks for new opportunities. Capricorn in 4th may like structure to things, may like being in the public eye or popular, or is an old soul, has compatible personalities with neighbour’s grandfather. Etc.

🤎 Aries Mc is not at all that easy or good placement for career, sure mars helps focus the energy towards career endeavours, but also gives inability to not accept defeat or setbacks, Aries Mc are very focused and driven towards their career that even when situations calls for giving up they don’t. So the time they could invest and energy direct - towards another meaningful projects goes into rubbing hard that one career project, which isn’t showing fruits. Especially if sun is here, some things they might go after be related to just them satisfying their ego, this for underdeveloped placement.

🤎 Sun in 1st,6th or 8th if getting many hard aspects from planets in western must keep a check on their heart. If aspected by Chiron or moon or pluto harshly, stress can affect your heart, so be mindeful.

🤎People with 7th house placements often attract major jealousy and inimical relationships, you must be careful who your real friends are.

🤎 Sun and moon in 1st or conjunct Ascendant has a very strong influence or control of parents over them.

🤎 Sun conjunct Jupiter attracts favours from others easily unless venus or Jupiter is afflicted.

🤎 Moon dominants have very strong memory, even cancer rising.

🤎 Moon conjuct Chiron/moon in 6th often develop or are prone to gut and digestion issues when stressed.

🤎 Moon conjunct Saturn indicates difficulty moving on from past.

🤎 Uranus dominant are somewhat underdogs when it comes to intellectual powers. People realise later their capabilities.

🤎 A 8th house stellium in Composite chart shows that you will experience love of deepest level with that person.

🤎 Late degree Virgo Placements in western chart in major placements gives someone amazing sense of humour, intial degree of Virgo is still fresh and raw into the energy, late degrees jokes on its own misery and even own to self depreciation humour, also why these are someone of the people with a dark humour. This is basically due to fact intial nakshatras of Virgo are funny nakshatras in vedic.

🤎 House of Pluto shows your first experience with fear and anxiety.

🤎 Saturn harsh aspect on Venus gets impatient in matters of love and luxury. They may not have the patience to work hard as well, they like to get wealth fast and with less effort.

🤎 23° Leo represents stage. Check for it for Sun/Saturn/MC/10th cusp in Mc persona chart.

🤎 Most 5th/6th house stelliums have a habit of making everything about others and may pay less attention to their own needs. Some even are pushovers or compromising more than others.

🤎Venus in 4th may have relations with politicians or government officials.

🤎 Mercury in 5th is a placement of young love, found in chart of people who fall in love young. Can also be interpreted as someone who has a very teenage love approach to relationship. Can be immature too. This in composite chart is also an indication of a feeling of a young love.

🤎 With Ascendant in leo degrees (5°,17°,29°) people may see you to get a party started.

🤎 Air degrees(3°,7°,11°,15°27°,23°,19°) in ascendant be attracting all sort of people that consider them friends. They are the people at parties other people randomly hit up and start conversations with like they know them for ever.

🤎 Jupiter/Venus/Mars transit in 2nd house indicate a great period to start a side hustle or earning that little extra income.

🤎 Libra/Pisces/Cancer in 8th has a a habit of putting their partner’s need above their own.

🤎 Scents are a turn on for most Capricorn rising i know, which makes sense since their 5th house is most likely in Taurus.

🤎 On that note Capricorns/Saturn in 5th are very likely to impress their lovers by their achievements or use their achievements to win people over.

🤎 Capricorn/Saturn in 5th can be though behave condescendingly or show moral superiority with their lovers and friends. No wonder they have high expectations.

🤎 Mars in 2nd house can mean earning a livelihood via driving.

🤎 Venus in 8th can be overgiving in love, carry relationship trauma or are suffer from personal insecurities when it comes to being commitments, they can choose toxic partners or undermine themselves in relationships.

🤎 Moon in a man’s chart shows his behaviour and reaction to female and feminine energy. This is very important to be considered in synastry. An affilicted moon in a man’s chart shows unpleasant experience and negative reaction and feelings towards women figures.

🤎 Saturn in 8th fears financial instability and a bad reputation, they can be upright and always on guard of what they come across as. They can also choose some lucrative traditional career paths as opposed to something fresh they want to try out of fear of low pay.

🤎 With Ascendant degrees in Virgo/Capricorn degrees(6°,18°,10°,22°) people may look up to you in stressful for solutions.

🤎 1°-4° of cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) in a Solar return shows potential start of something long term that year.

🤎 Juno/Venus/Boda in an Aries degrees (1°,13°,25°) can mean some getting married fast or quickly.

🤎 15° Aquarius is a degree of wealth.

🤎 20° Cancer shows sudden fame followed by a downfall.

🤎 Saturn in 8th can show aversion and revolting mindset to accepting advices from others.

🤎 Jupiter in 9th shows someone who gets lot of degree qualifications.

🤎 Leo in 9th can brag about their knowledge and qualifications, they can also behave very self righteous.

🤎 Moon in 8th can show an someone takes other people’s advices to their heart, if it’s getting harsh aspects this could mean taking genuine helpful advices personally like an attack, also means taking criticism not very well.

🤎 An underdeveloped 8th house Mars may feel belittled or yell at someone who maybe trying to advice them in their favour.

Note: 8th house rules other people’s resources which means their knowledge and advices as well.

🤎Asteroids conjuct your sun contribute to your Personality traits and development.

🤎Venus in 7th individuals has a tendency to let go and overindulge when in relationships or with partners.

🤎 Planets in 8th if in 1°-5°, 13°-17°,25°-29° indicates someone that has sexual experience earlier than most.

🤎 Chiron in same degree as Neptune indicates someone resorting to escapism and substance abuse when it gets difficult.

🤎 Aquarius house in Solar return can potentially tell for what purposes could you use Technology and internet that year.

Example- Aquarius in first can mean using it for self improvement, self care, make up, skincare, for personal goals. Aquarius in 2nd can mean using it for finances, increasing self esteem, to connect with family, to self learn something. Aquarius in 3rd can mean to learn something, for school, to connect with friends.

🤎 Chiron hard aspects to Saturn/Pluto/Mars/Neptune in Solar return chart shows triggered wounds that year that can cause a period of suffering.

🤎 Chiron in 2nd looks for stability to make up for wounds or to feel secure.

🤎 Chiron in 3rd can resort to knowledge and learning possibly everything or maintains to have knowledge about most things to make up for the lack that makes them insecure. This is especially true for people having Chiron aspects Ascendant/MC/IC.

🤎 Many conjunctions in a chart indicates a self aware and action oriented individual.

🤎 Pluto in 8th can show sudden changes in life after marriage, if 6th lord is involved this could be health issues.

🤎 Mercury ahead of sun in chart is someone that is more logical and rational. They are analytical. If it rises after sun is impulsive especially if in fire sign.

🤎Jupiter shows positive karma that’s been carried forward from previous birth and shows good results this lifetime.

🤎Jupiter Saturn conjunction shows a great level of knowledge about the house they are in, that also need some pending refining.

🤎 Often overlooked side of Jupiter and/or Venus in 7th is the high expectations they have from partners, they look for the best partners and hence can stay single for the longest period hence delay making commitments.

🤎 Uranus in 9th often shows someone in research that comes up with new findings.

🤎 12th house venus people has many people that think about them, even past lovers. Venus in 12th is noticed by many but they feel unseen.

🤎 House where Libra is shows where you are committed and put in efforts to get what you want.

Libra in 1st may put hardwork in self care, appearance, or developing confidence or being healthy. Libra in 2nd may be committed to earn wealth or a comfortable lifestyle, Libra in 3rd may be committed to travelling and learning or some skill, Libra in 12th may be committed to travelling, alone time, charity, sleeping, Libra in 7th puts hardwork in socializing, maintaing a social presence, with partners

🤎 Planets conjunct your MC in solar return chart shows what area of life will be brought to attention of others that year.

🤎 House of Aries in natal chart is where you want it all to be about yourself, where you are the star.

Example- Aries in 5th with friends and lovers, in your creative field, Aries in 11th in your community, online, in social work, Aries in 12th when it comes to Spirituality, in front of the camera Aries in 7th in marriage, in events, in courtroom.

🤎 Venus/Mars in 12th often has a lot of people that crush on them but they don’t know of.

🤎 Sagittarius/Jupiter in 8th can indicate more travelling after marriage or due to business.

🦋 Vedic Only🦋

🤎 Women with “Uttara ” nakshtara (Uttaraphalguni, Uttarabhadrapada, Uttaraashadha) women are often looked upto by other women.

🤎 Rahu in 2nd may have a beautiful chin or is prominent and an attractive feature in their face, could also have beauty marks there.

🤎 Rahu in 3rd often shows someone who learns a foreign language.

🤎 Exalted Sun/venus/Moon in 7th shows potentially getting fame due to spouse.

🤎 Dhanishta ketu is someone that is learnt in both science and arts in past life.

🤎 3rd/5th/9th lord in Dhanishta in vedic natal chart is someone that is well versed with science and arts both.

🤎 Uttarabhadrapadas rising/moon/sun can very get a bad name even when innocent.

🤎 7th lord in krittika gets a spouse that is protective and has motherly instinct even with you, very caring and loving.

🤎 Uttarabhadrapada celebrities are always suspected of bad habits or to do something unethical. They can be considered a bad influence too.

🤎 Venus/Jupiter/Darakaraka in Uttarabhadrapada can give a partner that has looks intimidating or unapproachable or has a not so pleasant Personality upfront but is a soft spiritual person when you know. Often a misunderstood partner.

🤎 Aquarius/Scorpio Rising in d9 can expect a significant amount of religious and Spiritual focus in home life after marriage, like visiting such spiritual or religious sites, taking up meditation with children, doing yoga with children, joining any group like this, or following after family customs.

🤎 Krittika’s are the middle child of the nakshtara, underrated and ignored. But very powerful and hits slowly but hits hard. However they may often be overlooked by guardians or the other sibling is the one where focus is more.

🤎 Saturn/Jupiter/Mercury Darakaraka indicates a spouse that is likely to teach many things.

🤎 Mercury darakaraka shows spouse that is already known to you or a childhood friend or someone from childhood, possibly know them through sibling. (For newbies, darakaraka is the lowest degree planet in sidereal system, it represents spouse in vedic astrology).

🤎 7th lord of natal/Darakaraka if in Krittika can give a conventionally pretty spouse.

🤎 Darakaraka/7th lord/Venus/Upapada lord in Uttaraphalguni gives a very friendship oriented spouse and marriage. You may look for friendship more than anything in marriage. Also indicate best friend kind of dynamic in marriage. Ah fav ♡

🤎 Mercury in 7th house of Navamsa or 8th house of D1/d9 indicates a romantic and playful relationship with spouse.

🤎 Pisces Saturn shows many good deeds were done in past but the person was not rewarded for it. - source unknown.

🤎 Actions of Houses not getting Saturn’s aspects are said to come easily to the native.

🤎 Mercury in 7th shows gains from spouse’s siblings especially sister.

🤎 Mercury in 9th shows amiable relationship with spouse’s siblings.

🤎 Mercury in Gemini can be those who heal from hands.

🤎 Saturn in 8th shows shaky start with inlaws which is much better later on.

🤎 Jupiter in 11th could bring a spouse introduced by a friend. In fire signs this could be a friends with benefits situation.

🤎 Darakaraka in 2nd/7th/10th/11th can mean a business arrangement marriage or for the public.

🤎 Houses Saturn is aspecting, the illusion of that house is sooner or later Destroyed.

🤎House of Rahu can show where you might get jealous or competitive side comes out.

Example- Rahu in 3rd with friends, school friends, to teach teachers that undermine you, neighbours siblings, cousins, Rahu in 11th with friends, elder sibling, group as a whole or community, online, rahu in 4th with cousins, family, intermediate family, neighbours, mother, feminine figures, rahu in 7th with partners/spouse. Rahu in 11th may get jealous over others friend’s and social circle/status, other’s technology gadgets, over wealth. Rahu in 12th can get jealous over someone’s room, art, music, skills, luxury, spouse, their spiritual gifts. Rahu in 6th may get jealous over other’s progress, physique, health, life in general, rahu in 1st can get jealous or competitive over looks, personality, attention they are getting. Rahu in 5th may get jealous over love and affection, art, music, attention one is getting, friend circle, knowledge etc.

🤎 Rahu in 1st/7th/10th/11th attract and also give out jealousy, they are also very competitive.

🤎 Rahu in 4th/8th/12th attracts jealousy from closed ones and also it is private and hidden.

Notes on aspects in vedic

(O.P Verma)-

🦋 Saturn’s 3rd aspect is considered friendly, it is where the native forms opinions based on practical experience and rational thinking.

🦋 10th aspect of Saturn is rather challenging aspect bringing discipline to themes and planets or the 10th house from its position.

🦋 Same for Mars’ 4th aspect in vedic, this can be challenging and irritating for the 4th house from Mars.

🦋 Moon conjunct Rahu shows trust issues.

🦋 Mars conjunct Ketu is a classic example of solitude and frustration.

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This is what I imagine hair made out of Northern lights would look like

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A lil Mash up musically in ur mind!!

Semi-Charmed kind of life!! Baby,Baby!!!I want something else, but I won’t do that.Anything for love, Anything for love, u can’t hurry love, Oh u just have to wait just STOP in the name of love before u break my heart think it over!!!

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What a magnificent art project!! What a great way to make art. His work is great

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Jupiter’s south pole, taken by Cassini

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50 posts!

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On a semi rainy day there were clouds, they looked like something in a 3D movie like they would burst at any second.

The thoughts in my mind rattling around in my head from anxiety, I had recently been in an accident on a day like this. I was feeling a bit scared.

Am I going to listen to my thoughts this time? Before the accident my mind was screaming “get off the highway and go to Minerva St.” but my heart was saying “no, Michael would want to come with you”

I have to learn to trust starting with my gut feeling. Then I must trust myself so I may meditate better. Then I must trust my magic because I can feel strength, I just want it now.

As the world turns ‘round and people run amuck everywhere. Scared and mad they want the truth about everything. Can we all handle the truth of one’s history? The masses want it I say give it to them if they don’t like it if they have been maddened even more let them live with the disgust and rage also tears(if need be)

We as a people , all different races have been enslaved. Our ancestors all cried locked in cages, brought on ships to far away lands so far from home they dare not ask. We have all been there, the Jews, the Ukrainians, the polish, look at religions, the Christians, Witches, Pagans,Muslims, even the white supremacy have been scared and in this fear begot a horrible hatred toward everyone.

We will be the exterminators of the Earth as we know it. We throw garbage in our water supplies, sewage, radiation all go into our water, who wants a fish? Not I! Our end will be spectacular when the sleeping beast in the Northern Hemisphere blows her top the mother of all Volcanoes here in USA Yellowstone. It will erupt like a thousand of Thor’s hammer beating the inside of the earth as it shakes and spits fire from below. After the ash spreads it will block the sun and make us cold. It will not stop at that it will be the end of all things.

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Today is Good Friday. #Great Adventures New England is opening today #off for an adventure! Have a great day.

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Witchcraft Asks #1-105

Here is the list of the 105 witchcraft questions I just finished answering. I answered one each day but feel free to answer them all at once or however you want to do it. Tag your it!

1. Are you solitary or in a coven? 2. Do you consider yourself Wiccan, Pagan, witch, or other? 3. What is your zodiac sign? 4. Do you have a Patron God/dess? 5. Do you work with a Pantheon? 6. Do you use tarot, palmistry, or 
any other kind of divination? 7. What are some of your favorite herbs to use in your practice? (if any) 8. How would you define your craft? 9. Do you curse? If not, do you accept others who do? 10. How long have you been practicing? 11. Do you currently or have you ever had any familiars? 12. Do you believe in Karma or
Reincarnation? 13. Do you have a magical name? 14. Are you “out of the broom closet”? 15. What was the last spell you performed? 16. Would you consider yourself knowledgeable? 17. Do you write your own spells? 18. Do you have a book of shadows?
If so, how is it written and/or set up? 19. Do you worship nature? 20. What is your favorite gemstone? 21. Do you use feathers, claws, fur, pelt, skeletons/bones, or any other animal body part for magical work? 22. Do you have an altar? 23. What is your preferred element? 24. Do you consider yourself an Alchemist? 25. Are you any other type of magical practitioner besides a witch? 26. What got you interested in witchcraft? 27. Have you ever performed a spell or ritual with the company of anyone who was not a witch? 28. Have you ever used ouija? 29. Do you consider yourself a psychic? 30. Do you have a spirit guide? If so, what is it? 31. What is something you wish someone had told you when you first started? 32. Do you celebrate the Sabbats? If so which one is your favorite? 33. Would you ever teach witchcraft to your children? 34. Do you meditate? 35. What is your favorite season? 36. What is your favorite type of magick to preform? 37. How do you incorporate your spirituality into your daily life? 38. What is your favorite witchy movie? 39. What is your favorite witchy book, both fiction and non-fiction. Why? 40. What is the first spell you ever preformed? Successful or not. 41. What’s the craziest witchcraft-related thing that’s happened to you? 42. What is your favourite type of candle to use? 43. What is your favorite witchy tool? 44. Do you or have you ever made your own witchy tools? 45. Have you ever worked with any magical creatures such as the fea or spirits? 46. Do you practice color magic? 47. Do you or have you ever had a witchy teacher or mentor of any kind? 48. What is your preferred way of shopping for witchcraft supplies? 49. Do you believe in predestination or fate? 50. What do you do to reconnect when you are feeling out of touch with your practice? 51. Have you ever had any supernatural experiences? 52. What is your biggest witchy pet peeve? 53. Do you like incense? If so what’s your favorite scent? 54. Do you keep a dream journal of any kind? 55. What has been your biggest witchcraft disaster? 56. What has been your biggest witchcraft success? 57. What in your practice do you do that you may feel silly or embarrassed about? 58. Do you believe that you can be an atheist, Christian, Muslim or some other faith and still be a witch too? 59. Do you ever feel insecure, unsure or even scared of spell work? 60. Do you ever hold yourself to a standard in your witchcraft that you feel you may never obtain? 61. What is something witch related that you want right now? 62. What is your rune of choice? 63. What is your tarot card of choice? 64. Do you use essential oils? If so what is your favorite? 65. Have you ever taken any kind of witchcraft or pagan courses? 66. Do you wear pagan jewelry in public? 67. Have you ever been discriminated against because of your faith or being a witch? 68. Do you read or subscribe to any pagan magazines? 69. Do you think it’s important to know the history of paganism and witchcraft? 70. What are your favorite things about being a witch? 71. What are your least favorite things about being a witch? 72. Do you listen to any pagan music? If so who is your favorite singer/band? 73. Do you celebrate the Esbbats? If so, how? 74. Do you ever work skyclad? 75. Do you think witchcraft has improved your life? If so, how? 76. Where do you draw inspiration from for your practice? 77. Do you believe in ‘fantasy’ creatures? (Unicorns, fairies, elves, gnomes, ghosts, etc) 78. What’s your favorite sigil/symbol? 79. Do you use blood magick in your practice? Why or why not? 80. Could you ever be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t support your practice? 81. In what area or subject would you most like your craft to grow? 82. What’s your favorite candle scent? Do you use it in your practice? 83. Do you have a pre-ritual ritual? (I.e. Something you do before rituals to prepare yourself for them). If so what is it? 84. What real life witch most inspires your practice? 85. What is your favorite method of communicating with deity? 86. How do you like to organize all your witchy items and ingredients? 87. Do you have any witches in your family that you know of? 88. How have you created your path? What is unique about it? 89. Do you feel you have any natural gifts or affinities (premonitions, hearing spirits, etc.) that led you toward the craft? If so what are they? 90. Do you believe you can initiate yourself or do you have to be initiated by another witch or coven? 91. When you first started out in your path what was the first thing or things you bought? 92. What is the most spiritual or magickal place you’ve been? 93. What’s one piece of advice you’d give someone who is searching for their matron and patron deities? 94. What techniques do you use to ‘get in the zone’ for meditation? 95. Did visualization come easily to you or did you have to practice at it? 96. Do you prefer day or night? Why? 97. What do you think is the best time and place to do spell work? 98. How did you feel when you cast your first circle? Did you stumble or did it go smoothly? 99. Do you believe witchcraft gets easier with time and practice? 100. Do you believe in many gods or one God with many faces? 101. Do you eat meat, eggs and dairy? 102. What is your favorite color and why? 103. What is the one question you get asked most by non-practitioners or non-pagans? How do you usually respond? 104. Which of your five senses would you say is your strongest? 105. What is a pagan or witchcraft rule that you preach but don’t practice?

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Write any spell for anything (beginner's edition)

This is a general overview of the technique I've been using for years. YMMV.

1, Write down your spell goal somewhere. This shouldn't be worked over into a perfect statement of intent. Just keep it on hand to keep yourself focused on the goal.

2 a. Make a short list of what materials you have on hand. Such as:

3 tea lights

1 incense stick

shoe box

kitchen spices

salt

If making a list of ingredients isn't working for you, try this method instead:

2 b. Make a list of the kinds of spellcasting you're familiar with or comfortable trying out, such as:

Candle magic

Knot magic

Servitors

Spirit petitions

Once you find a couple of methods that seem likely candidates for you, go back to 2a and look for anything that would supplement your chosen styles of spellcasting.

Your likely candidates are styles of spellwork you're comfortable/familiar with, for which you also have available ingredients and items needed to complete the working.

3. Settle on a pool of ingredients - some research may be required.

Suppose your spellcasting goal is to find an ideal room mate. You are probably not going to find ingredients that correspond with great room mate.

Sometimes, breaking down a spell goal into its composite parts is necessary in order to find supportive correspondences. What things make a room mate great? Maybe for you, that means a lot of peace and calm - and there are a lot of things out there which correspond with peace and calm.

This is also where you might need to sit down and do some good ol Googling, or reference your books and notes.

You don't need to choose your final ingredients or components at this time.The goal is to just get to a place where we have our methodology of spellcasting (is it a candle spell? a petition? etc) and a pool of components we can start focusing on.

For me, step 3 has a lot of back-and-forth. I may realize that none of my kitchen spices support what I want, or that I don't have the right colored thread to do knot magic with.

Sometimes, I have to go back to the drawing board and say, "okay, I wanted to do a lavender candle spell to draw in a peaceful room mate - now I think I'm going to have to make a messenger thoughtform to stuff inside of a Mercury-themed sachet."

For me, it is much more important to think outside the box and build a stable spell using really supportive correspondences, than to try and make unsupportive correspondences match a spell concept that isn't panning out.

4 a. In Step 1, we chose a general spell goal. Now that we're getting a grasp on methodology and components, we can fine-tune our intent to match what materials we have on hand.

A lavender candle spell for a good room mate might have the intent,

sweetest herb, calming vibes, let no thot be at my side; wash away those unwanted guests, let my new room mate only be the best.

A messenger thoughtform housed inside of a Mercurial vessel might have the intent,

racing steed, search far and wide, bring the best one to my side: a room mate as described within, perfect down to my smallest whim.

(inside the sachet, of course, is a small petition describing the desired qualities of the room mate).

At this time in my practice I'm really not a fan of very straightforward present-tense "I HAVE A GOOD ROOM MATE" statements of intent.

After all, if an intent is a spell ingredient, it isn't blindly interchangeable 😌

4 b. This is also now the time to choose some specifics of how you want to work over the spell and have it manifest.

Do you have timing considerations? Maybe my racing steed thoughtform takes 3 months to find the room mate I want, causing a stupid chain of events where I get a shitty room mate and they're evicted to make room for the new one.

I find that many spells work better if they are not set-and-forget. Container spells may be shaken or interacted with on a regular basis, for example. Candle spells can be burned a little each day instead of all at once. Servitors can be spoken to, encouraged, and fed on a daily basis.

How often do you want to interact with your spell? How do you want it to manifest?

Do you want to receive signs or omens that your spell is manifesting? What should they be?

This is the time to think about those things.

4 c. Ensure that all the components you've chosen, and your intent, match the exact outcomes you desire.

For example, a very heavily earthen spell with tons of earthy and Saturnine energies (lead, many stones, equilateral crosses, symbols of earth) isn't going to go fast - I mean, I don't believe it will. These components are a bad combination with a spell which must manifest rapidly. Just because something corresponds with your goals doesn't mean it's going to correspond with your specific, spell-attuned intent.

Do you need the spell to move quickly? Inclusion of a single candle to "light the way" during your spell will do things like include fiery energies which encourage rapid speed and movement towards manifestation. Or, things like symbols and squares of Mercury, or representations of fast-moving animals, will help.

Do you need a spirit or god to hear your petition? If you can't bring them into your spellcasting space, incense is said to deliver prayers to the otherworld.

And so on :)

5. Drop the extras. The spell is ready when there is nothing left to exclude.

At this point in the process, I hope to have a few things:

My spellcasting methodology (knot magic, candle spell, petition, etc).

A few correspondences that I've researched or built a relationship with, that I'm confident will help.

A finely-tuned intent that combines my goals, methodology, and correspondences.

Now, I begin looking over things and dropping what doesn't help.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a spell minimalist. I might stuff a petition card full of every magical symbol that will fit in it. I might decide that yes, I do need 7 herbs with very similar correspondences and ask them all to do the exact same thing.

However, here are some things to keep an eye on:

Ingredients that split spell focus. If your intent has too many conjunctions, it might be time to split some things off and make them into their own spell.

Time and energy cost - I'm one of those people who believe you have to work over every single ingredient - awaken it or raise power into it - and individually petition every ingredient to do something specific.

And that takes time and energy. A spell with 9 unawakened, mundane ingredients may easily take over an hour to cast because I have to essentially go through and enchant every single ingredient before it's ready, and leave me so worn out that the rest of the spell might have to be postponed.

If I've been a clever bean and enchanted a lot of my stuff ahead of time, that's less of a problem. But I expect most of us are not that prepared. So it may actually be a huge help to drop out very similar correspondences, especially if you don't know them well and don't know exactly what they're adding.

6. Finalize the spell based on the vibes

I like to write a clean copy of the spell (as at that point I've scribbled through a few pages of notes, at least) and see how it feels to me. I like to check my body for emotions. Does this spell tickle my tummy? Does it tingle the soles of my feet? Does it blossom a pit of dread into my chest?

How I feel about it is very important to me. I also double-check that my final statement of intent is still in-line with my original goal I laid out in Step 1. Sometimes I can be like a hound dog chasing down an amazing spell, until I realized I've caught a fox instead of a rabbit.

If the spell feels good, if it's what I want and need, and if the details (like manifestation timeline) are taken care of, I call it good and get to casting :)

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The Promise of Spring - Imbolc for Secular Witches

I am the spark before the fire From winter’s cold, I do inspire I am the promise of the Spring I am the tiniest of flames

-Kelliana, “Brighid’s Flame”

As we begin to come to the end of (an unseasonably warm) January, a tiny candle flame appears on the horizon. The beginning of February is marked by a number of “signs of spring” holidays, among them Candlemas, the Feast of St. Brighid, Groundhog Day, and of course, Imbolc.

Now, depending on where you live, Imbolc (or Imbolg) and the Feast of St. Brighid may be celebrated sort of interchangeably. In Ireland, the day is called Lá Fhéile Bríde and it is as much a celebration of an old Gaelic festival halfway between the solstices as it is a celebration for the nation’s other favorite saint. 

The religious and spiritual significance of the holiday is very entwined with the traditional activities we often see depicted online. The reed crosses, the dollies, the ceremonies, the offerings of oatmeal and milk - all of this is wonderful, but it can leave secular witches feeling left out in the cold.

So what’s a witch to do?

The main importance of the holiday, apart from venerating the blessed Brighid or the unconquered Sun, is hope. The glimmer of new beginnings, the warm hearth in the midst of winter, and the promise of renewal with the coming spring. It is a time to evaluate where you are, to determine what can or should be cleansed from your life, and to begin planning your way forward.

If you’re inclined to divination, cast your fortune for the coming season. Contemplate your path to personal growth. What obstacles are in your path? What is holding you back from flowering and how can you either conquer it or work around it? Where would you like to see yourself this year? What changes do you need to make?

Take a day to focus on self-care. Winter darkness can be hard on those of us with depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder (amongst other things). A day spent doing things that make you feel happy, healthy, and fulfilled can buoy your spirits and help get you through that winter slump. Have a home spa day. Watch your favorite movies and eat your favorite foods. Curl up with a good book. Or, if you’re socially inclined, have an outing with friends or loved ones. Visit a favorite shop or cafe. Go see a movie. Plan a date with your sweetie or your bestie. Reconnect with yourself and with the wider world in a way that brings you comfort and joy.

Start on your spring cleaning projects. It’s a bit soon to begin airing out the house, despite the January warm spell (thanks a lot, climate change), but you can still begin clearing the clutter. Organize a closet or plow through one of those projects you’ve been putting off. Scrub down your kitchen and/or bathroom - they ALWAYS need it - or clean out the fridge. Do a few loads of laundry, or just pick up whatever clutter is keeping your space from feeling relaxed and harmonious. If you’ve been saying you’ll get around to it, consider this your Round Tuit.

If you’ve got a green thumb, start planning your spring planting. The gardening catalogs are starting to show up in mailboxes, and they can be treasure troves of inspiration. Places like Seed Savers and Burpee will even send you a free catalog if you just want to have a look. Look back on last year’s garden. What worked? What didn’t? What do you want to try growing again, and what new and exciting plants would you like to try?

Start a new project. If you’re crafty with yarn and textiles, make a stashbuster project with the odds and ends you’ve got sitting around. If you’re a maker of shiny things, pick up that special piece you’ve been waiting to work with and make something gorgeous. Brainstorm ideas for new artwork or sculpture or costuming. Fill a few pages in your sketchbook. Fiddle around with some writing prompts and see what happens, or pull out that old piece you’ve been meaning to finish. Find a creative outlet and let the ideas flow.

And if you can, watch the sun rise. There is nothing quite like the light of dawn on Imbolc day. There’s something peaceful about it. The sun seems to wink at you through the early morning clouds, as if to say, “Soon.”

Happy Imbolc, everyone!

-later incorporated into Hex Positive, Ep. 011 - Secular Celebrations (Nov 01, 2020)

Other Posts In This Series:

Imbolc

Spring Equinox

Beltane

Midsummer

Lughnasadh

Autumn Equinox

Samhain

Yule

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The Pukhare

The trollhare (troll hare) or trollkatt (troll cat), also called puka or pukhare (pooka, pook hare), is used to steal milk, butter, other foods, or even luck from others, and bring them to its creator and caretaker. Another name for it is a mjölkhare (milk hare), and in Norway it may be called a smørkatt (butter cat). The form of a hare or cat is not apparent in the shape of the object at all, but described as its spiritual form.

The most common way to make a milk-hare is with seven pieces of woollen solv (string heddle eyes cut from loom). The legs of the hare are typically made of wooden knitting needles that have been burned at both ends. The pukhare may be constructed from things that have been stolen, for this will give it the dubious virtues needed for theft. To bring it to life, blow upon it; clapping of the hands or clapping on the ground may be done in addition. In old sources its rarely said that the troll hare is fed once it has been created, but in addition to the blood which may be part of its creation, some modern practitioners find that to keep it powerful it is best to feed the troll hare bread or blood, or some spittle every day or at least occasionally.

Once the spirit has been given its purpose it can do nothing else. For this reason people usually have more than one troll hare.

PUKHARE MADE AND BROUGHT ALIVE BY CLAPPING The pukhare is made of a broom with knitting needles as legs. It should be covered by a bridal veil and placed on the stairs of the house. When bringing it alive one should clap hands several times.

(Sweden, 19th century)

SEVEN KINDS OF YARN AND A SIEVE The pukhare is made of seven kinds of yarn and should have knittin needles as legs. It is put in a sieve and carried to a place surrounded by running water three Thursday nights in a row. On the last night the sieve is shaken, a formula is read, and the puka will come alive.

(Sweden, from a Finnish speaker, 19th century)

PUKHARE MADE WITH SOLV AND KNITTING NEEDLES The pukhare is made of sticks and solv (string healds from a loom). On three Thursday nights the sticks and solv should be brought to the church. On the third Thursday night Satan will appear by the church, and the sticks and solv will get their power and come alive. Then one must tell the pukhare what to do. If he is to draw milk, he is good for nothing else.

(Sweden, 19th century)

Sources: Trolldom, Spells and Methods of the Norse Folk Magick Tradition

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Fyrkat Viking fortress, 10th century

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Old monster by Tea Me