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Intention-setting ritual for the Spring Equinox

The Spring Equinox (or Ostara) takes place around the 20th of March in the Northern hemisphere, and 20th of September in the Southern hemisphere. This day, on which night and day are equally long, marks the beginning of spring. From now on the days will get increasingly longer until the Summer Solstice (Litha; Midsummer) around June, 20. As the Earth comes back to life and plants begin to grow, it is the perfect time to set intentions.

Ideally this ritual would take place at sunrise, but any other time of the day is also fine.

What you need: at least four candles, a newspaper page, scissors, a pen, soil, water, a seed

Prepare yourself for the ritual in whichever way you prefer. You might ground yourself, do a ritual bath, burn some incense, meditate on or use divination tools to reflect on what you are grateful for and would you wish to see come true, cast a circle, ...

Begin the ritual by placing the candles in a large circle around you. If you have limited space, it also works to place them in a smaller circle in front of you. Then, light them one by one beginning in the East.

Think about the intention you wish to set. If you are unsure, take your time to reflect on it. Then, visualise it. Imagine what it would be like if your intention was already coming true. See it having its effect as the days grow longer and warmer, as more and more plants grow from the ground. When you feel ready, take your pen and write down your intention on the piece of newspaper. It can be a word, a sentence, a paragraph, or simply a symbol or sigil.

If you are doing the ritual with more people, you can talk about your intentions if you feel comfortable with it.

Fold your newspaper into a seed starter pot (instructions can be found here) and fill it with soil. As you water the soil and place your seed in it, visualise the seed growing into a strong and healthy plant and your intention manifesting to become reality.

Say the following words:

"The light has returned and life begins to grow

Along with this seed an intention I sow

By the warmth of the Sun

By the strength of the Earth

My will be done

To [your intention in one word] be given birth"

End the ritual in the way that feels best to you, i.e. by giving thanks to your god(s)/ ancestors/ the Earth/ the universe/ ..., closing the circle, ...

Let the candles burn down or, if you can't do this safely, snuff them out.

Feel free to adapt this ritual to fit your practice - make it your own!

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Hello! Is there any rituals/spells for beginners that are based on the spring equinox you could share?

🍃 This is a great time to do some spring cleaning! If it’s warm enough you can even open the windows and let some of that spring breeze in to stir up and move out the old.

🌸 It is also a great time to plant seeds or purchase some flowers. I’ll be decorating my altar with budding branches. Or a bowl with floating petels in a ring can be a powerful tool for manifesting spring energies in your home.

🍯 As for foods: seeds, honey, and eggs are popular but the list just goes on and on.

🐇 It might be a little taboo but sex and masturbation are also very much intune with the theme of the season.

🐣 If your new, most Easter traditions have roots in pagan practices such as dying eggs, the Easter bunny, so on. Feel free to keep these familiar traditions.

Heres A Very Very Basic Ritual for Beginners, Closeted, or Practical Witches:

Make yourself a snack highlighting a seasonal food/drink. Spring onions, honey, eggs, seeds, edible flowers, whatever is local or easily accessed by you.

Find a sunny spot to lay or sit in the sunshine, soaking it in with your snack in your lap.

Break off or spill a small portion of your food and hold it gently in the light making a toast or offering. (This can be done inside but maybe dont spill grape juice or wine on your floor). My spring well-wish is “ A warm spring to you and yours”. Its simple, but its genuine and its me. I like it. Feel free to use it or make your own.

Take a bite/sip of your snack with one hand and leave the offering portion in the sun.

Continue to sit there and soak in the sunlight. Feel it dethawing your bones and awakening your core.

While this may not be the big circle of candles with specific ingredients and chants, it can be just as meaningful for people who prefer or are required to take a more subtle or practical approach. Personally I’m not huge on elaborate formal rituals and these little acts are what stir me inside, I hope some of you enjoy this as well.

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🌼 Spring Tarot Spread 🌼

1. PAST - Staying grounded

What aspects of your life do you need to nurture this season? What habits, people, practice, or rituals keep you grounded and help you grow and stand tall?

2. PRESENT - Planting new seeds

What seeds should you be planting right now? What new habit, project or goal should you start working on, using the spring energy?

3. FUTURE - Your best self

How do you envision yourself in the deep of summer, harvesting the fruits of your spring labour? Manifest what will come out of the projects you’re currently starting. 

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small witchy things to make every day magickal

stir your morning drink (coffee, tea etc) with intent

pull a tarot card each morning for the day ahead or night for the next day

wear crystals or jewellery you’ve enchanted

wear certain colours that correspond to certain things

incorporate kitchen witchcraft into your everyday cooking

bid you deities or spirits good morning or good night

create a playlist that makes you feel witchy and listen to it

listen to witchy podcasts

meditate for a few minutes to ground yourself

admire nature from your window even if it’s just a distant tree or even the clouds

make a quick sigil and carry it with you (sigilscribe is a great website to quickly create sigils if you don’t have time to make one for yourself!!)

talk to the moon, say goodnight before bed

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Blessed Samhain 🍁

Today I honour the past so tomorrow I may embrace the future.

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Samhain

Activities

Put up wards to keep out unwanted spirits

Put jars of salt by your door to protect your home

Sprinkle some salt in your mouth right before you go to bed to protect your dreams

Light candles to help guide spirits

Tell stories of dead relatives and friends

Write about the dead in your book of shadows

Give offerings to your ancestors

Pray at your altar

Cleanse your space with incense

Drink hot drinks

Bake bread or pies

Add fall recipes to your book of shadows

Paint and decorate pumpkins

Contact spirits through divination

Ask for advice from your ancestors

Be thankful for the food you have

Dust and tidy your altar

Look at pictures of deceased loved ones

Dress in fall colors

Go for a walk in nature, observe the leaves turning. Consider the cycles of life and death that govern our world.

Light a bonfire/small fire (safely!) and burn papers with things that no longer serve you, that you cannot afford to take into winter.

Make an offering to your deities or ancestors

Make food with seasonal ingredients symbolic of the final harvest: squashes, pumpkins, grains, apples, spices. Even wine, if you’re allowed to drink.

Prepare your home and yourself for the coldest part of the year. Redo protection spells, clean out clutter, develop sustaining spells for winter.

Reflect on the past year. What did you lose? What people left your life, what things no longer hold meaning for you? How did you change as a person?

Work with various forms of divination, like runes, pendulums, tea leaves, or tarot.

If you do work with ouija boards you better be SUPER DUPER careful. Do not neglect protections, and if you feel uncomfortable, stop, protection spells and cleanse, cleanse, cleanse.

Give some time or money to a cause you’re passionate about. If your harvest is abundant, give back to those who were not so fortunate.

Colors

Black

Orange

Brown

Gold

Scarlet

Animals

Bat

Boar

Cat

Cow

Dog

Crow

Crystals

Jet

Obsidian

Amber

Carnelian

Fossils

Onyx

Sandstone

Turquoise

Bloodstone

Herbs and Flowers

Acorn

Angelica

Broom

Catnip

Deadly Nightshade

Dittany

Hazel

Heather

Mandrake

Mugwort

Oak leaves

Sage

Straw

Wormwood

Trees

Apple

Beech

Blackthorn

Locust

Pomegranate

Willow

Witch Hazel

Yew

Foods

Soul bread (I recommend putting something on it, it can be bland)

Roast turkey or chicken

Venison

Rice

Cod

Sea Bass

Lamb

Duck

Scallops

Oysters

Mussels

Apples

Pears

Grapes

Citrus

Pomegranate

Eggplant

Tomato

Fig

Brussel Sprouts

Kale

Pumpkin

Squash

Mushroom

Broccoli

Plumbs

Cranberries

Ginger

Peaches

Cabbage

Key limes

Passion Fruit

Radishes

Chestnuts

Beets

Fruit Pies

Fruit Cobblers

Apple Cake

Spice Cakes

Apple Cider

Hard Cider

Pumpkin spice Latte

Hot Cocoa

Apple Juice

Adult Appel Juice (wine)

Mulled Wine

Mulled Cider

Grape Juice

Chai Tea or Latte

Herbal Teas

Deities

Arawn

Belenus

Dagda

Hades

Loki

Odin

Pluto

Badb

Banba

Cailleach

Durga

Hecate

Hel

Inanna

Ishtar

Kali

Morrigan

Rhiannon

Horned God

Spells

Write a list of things you want to release and burn it

Light candles to help guide and honor spirits

Practice Spirit work

Samhain Divination

Family Meals with a place for the dead

Meditate and Reflect

Other names

All Saints Day

All Hallows Eve

Halloween

Incense/EO

Sage

Pumpkin

Patchouli

Myrrh

Straw

Flax

Wheat

Corn

Rosemary

Nutmeg

Allspice

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Magickal Misconceptions

There are so many types of magick and along with them, so many types of witches! Learning from other witches is a wonderful way to make friends and immerse yourself into witch craft.

Sadly though, things get mixed up or lost in translation, so I asked some of my witchy friends to help me come up with some misconceptions about magick and witchcraft. Feel free to add anything!

Misconceptions about Witches:

Witches don't worship the devil. In fact, most witches have no involvement with the biblical devil. (a lot of witches don't even believe in the biblical devil tbh) That being said, there are certainly some witches who do.

Witches are not evil. Some of the nicest people I've ever met are witches. Even before I started practicing, most of the witches I met were sweethearts. That being said, witches are still human so there are 100% some mean witches out there. Steer clear of them, we do not claim them.

Witches are not inherently wiccan. Wicca is a religion started by Gerald Gardner in the 1900s. The religion has branched off and created different types of Wicca since it's creation.

Witches aren't strictly female. Without going too deep down the rabbit hole of gender, just know that male and nonbinary witches exist and are just as magickal as female witches.

Not all witches deal with spirits/ghosts/other worldly beings. You don't need to deal with any other worldly existence to be a witch. If you just want to use earthly items like herbs and stones and never touch spirit work then that is totally fine.

Not every witch follows the wheel of the year. That is a neopagan creation, melding Celtic and Anglo-Saxon holidays. There is no right or wrong to this fact. So long as you're honoring these holidays by learning their origins you are doing great.

You don't have to sell your soul to be a witch. That's it, that's the end of the fact.

Misconceptions about Witchcraft:

You don't need every single item in a spell book to make a spell happen. I am a college student so obviously I don't have the money to buy every herb and rock I want. (though that'd be nice) But the idea that you need all of these things to create magick is wrong. Ultimately it is your willpower and intent that will create magick.

Smudging is not smoke cleansing. Smudging is a specific ritual used in some Native American cultures. Smoke cleansing is using a bundle of herbs or even an incense to create some smoke and use that to cleanse an area, person, or object.

Magick isn't free, in the sense that spells don't suddenly make things appear or make things be how you want them to be. If you don't put any work into whatever it is that you've done a spell for then it's not going to manifest.

Your practice will be different from others and that's ok. Witchcraft is a very personal thing. You're more than welcome to learn from other witches and teach other witches but just know that it's ok if people practice differently from you.

Pop culture magick isn't "fake magick". This one is more of an opinion but I think ragging on pop culture magick is distasteful. Magick now, even if you try your best to be as close to ancient rituals and magick as possible, is different than how it used to be. Magick evolves with magick users.

That's all that I can think of right off the top of my head, but feel free to add to this! If you would like clarification on any of these let me know either by replying to this or sending me an ask.

Have a wonderful day!

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A simple water spell to ease depression

And live authentically

⭐🌌🌙✨💜

This spell is something I came up with for my own personal use and i decided to share for anyone else who ever feels like they are drowning in depression. I of course always recommend professional medical help, but some days can be especially tough and this spell is designed to be easy and helpful.

For this spell you will need:

- water

That’s it.

I like to do this in a bath surrounded by lavender and rose quartz but I believe spells should be highly customizable. Add to this any herbs, stones or extra elements you feel will enhance your intentions! A bath is not the only way to use water. Try making a refreshing moon water spray bottle and mist yourself for the spell! Or make it into a potion and drink it! As long as there is water it will work!!

The spell itself:

In this water let me see

An image of tranquility

Of my heart and of my head

Wash away doldrums and dread

Let this cleansing set me free

To live my life authentically

By the power of water which flows in me

As I will it so mote it be

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Litha

Activities

Make a flower ring around specific places and items to protect them.

Make herbal candle rings🕯

Watch the sunrise or sunset☀

Dress in warm colors

Connect with the sun/Element of fire🔥

Have a BBQ

Nature walk

Make a god’s eye

Decorate your altar

Sun symbols 

Painted rocks

Bells🔔

Berries🍓

Green, yellow, gold, and red candles🕯

Summer flowers💐

Leave offerings to the sun or a sun deity

Opt for orange, yellow, and gold ribbons or altar cloths

Cloud divination (be careful not to look at the sun)☁

Fire divination🔥

Look for wildflowers (consider documenting them) or collect dandelions 

Make flower infused oils🪔

Make jam, jelly, honey, etc. 🍯

Spells that take a lot of energy

Leave offerings to nature spirits

Leave offerings to the Fae

Notice the Earth’s changes🌎

Make lemonade

Renew tools

Colors

green💚

yellow💛

gold🥇

pink

blue💙

red❤

Animals

butterfly🦋

bear🐻

seahorse

eagle🦅

Crystals

calcite

peridot

citrine

pearl

tiger’s eye

jade

emerad

agate

fluorite

amber

sunstone

moonstone

yellow tourmaline

yellow topaz

Herbs and Flowers

pine🌲

sunflower🌻

mint

rosemary

rose🌹

oak

basil

carnation

lavender

alchemilla

peony

lily

myrrh

poppy

fern

paprika

chamomile

sage

mudwart

yarrow

honeysuckle

hydrangeas

Foods

spicy foods

strawberries🍓

spiced punch

apricots

blackberries

peaches🍑

blueberries

melons🍉

whipped cream

honey cake🍯

bread with herbs (my favorite)🍞

anything lemony🍋

potato salad🥔

if you can, try to eat home-grown or locally produced foods

curries

spice cakes

lemonade (feel free to add things!)

cheese🧀

Anything with honey or something similar (here’s a recipe I like for lemon syrup)

grilled foods

warm-colored vegetables🥕

shaved ice🍧

ice cream🍦

Deities

Freya

Flora

Venus

Hathor

Bast

Apollo

Aphrodite

Gaia

Horus

Aten

Luhg/Lug

Aditi

Vesta

Spells

Stack rocks and stones into towers near your door or porch for luck and blessings.

Clean and cleanse your home. 

Write people or things you want to do away with on a paper and burn it in a Litha fire. 🔥

Preform spells at midnight 🕛

Just meditate and connect with the energies if you don’t have much free time. 🧘‍♂️

Rededicate to your path

Self-love magick or spells

Faerie magick

Protection

Personal growth

Healing

Other Names

Summer Solstice

Feast of Saint John

Jāņi

Midsommar

Midsummer

Juhannus

Mittumaari

Alban Hefin

Gŵyl Ganol yr Haf

Jaanipäev

Keskikesä

Incense/EOs

lavender

pine

rose

cirtus

summer flowers

There are a few things in here that you don’t hear about much (like a god’s eye) so let me know if you want me to make or tag you in a post on how to make one! Blessed be.

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Happy pride month to gay men who don’t fit the idealised “skinny white boy” image! To black, brown, Latino, and Asian gay men who are constantly assumed to be straight just because of your ethnicity. To gay Sikh and Muslim men who receive far to little recognition. To fat gay men who have to deal with fatphobia and body shaming in a community that is supposed to be safe and welcoming. You are all valid and important members of the gay community, and the lgbt community as a whole 🌈

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