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Bay leaf wishes tonight!!
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🧚🎉Fairy Festivals🎉🧚
🎉 Fairy festivals take place at crossover points in the seasons. Equinoxes and solstices are determined by the position of the Sun, but the other four festivals are celebrated when the time feels right, so the dates given below are approximate.
🎉 There are other festivals too,such as Christmas Eve,Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. Any human festival that touches on old traditions,from Ramadan to a Japanese Flower Festival, is a fairy feast. If you celebrate these festivals and make the effort to tune into what concerns the fairies, you will draw closer to their world. If you celebrate a special meal, remember to leave a little outside afterward for the fairies
1. 🌷 Imbolic - 🌷
February 2 in the Northern Hemisphere/July 31 in the Southern Hemisphere
Imbolc means “in the belly,” and this is the time when life stirs in the belly of the earth. Frost sparkles and the pale light lingers each evening,bringing the message that spring is on the horizon. Imbolc is the delicate crossover point from winter’s depths into the New Year. It is a feast of lightness and brightness,but also a time of cleansing,to make way for the new. The Hag, who is Dark Goddess or Dark Fairy, gives way now to the Maiden, who is young and radiant.
Fairies love neatness and good housekeeping,so it is a good idea to have a late-winter sort-out,in preparation for fresh activity. While the fairies are busy coaxing snowdrops and crocuses out of the winter-hard earth,do something creative of your own,such as knitting,painting,or writing poetry. Ask the fairies to lend you a little of their magic by leaving them an offering,such as a piece of wool or a verse written just for them.
This feast is also called candlemas,sacred to St.Bridget,who was the successor to the pagan goddess Bride (pronounced “Breed”). Bride was the keeper of the sacred flame,which represents eternal life. She is the patroness of poetry,smithcraft,child birth, and healing, and is a very powerful fairy indeed. Invite her into your home by lighting as many candles as you like, in your windows and around your house. Ask her to bless your projects for the coming year,and pledge a special act of caring for the natural world in return,to seal your pact as the year waxes.
2. 🌼 Spring Equinox- 🌼
March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere/September 21 in the Southern Hemisphere
The fairies are very busy at the Spring Equinox,looking after all the flowers that are newly blooming.Scandinavian fairies become active now: the Russian cellar fairy,The Domoviyr,casts off its skin and grows a lighter one for summer; and the Russian Rusalki,or river fairies are glimpsed by lakes swollen with melted snow.
A tree planting project is a very fairy-friendly activity at this time. A seasonal blitz on the garden is also called for. While you are hard at work, digging and pulling away at dead winter twigs, it is easy to go into a kind of trance. This, coupled with the spell of the natural world around you,can create the perfect state of mind to catch a glimpse of fairies.You can be sure they are near you,helping you with their energies.Plant some seeds of your choice and, as you put them in the earth, close your eyes and make a special request for fairy help. Visualize the fairies tending your seeds,giving them their love and care. Ask out loud for the fairies to help you,and sing or hum and you plant. Touch the soft soil with your bare hands and make real contact with the earth.
Place water in a pottery or glass jug (plastic or metal is best avoided) and leave it out in the noon sunshine. Ask the fairies to bless it. Imagine them dancing around it and coming up to touch it with their glimmering fingers. Use the water to give your houseplants a special spring blessing.
The Green Man is a powerful nature spirit that has been sensed by many people. He is represented in numerous churches as the Foliate Mask (a face made up of leaves),and one theory about his presence is that the masons who fabricated him had hidden sympathies with the old nature- worship. He is making his appearance now on some new park benches and monuments. However, you can make contact with the real Green Man out alone walking through the woodland. Ancient and wise,he is watching you. Catch a glimpse of him behind tree trunks or in the lacework of budding branches. Hear his footfalls behind you as you walk. He is the very breath of Nature, and his strength is bursting forth in springtime.
3. 💐 Beltane - 💐
April 30 in the Northern Hemisphere/October 31 in the Southern Hemisphere
Of all the festivals, Beltane is the most flagrantly joyful and sensuous as Nature is bursting forth with beauty and excitement. This was the Celtic beginning of summer, and also marked an important transition for the people of Fairy, for it was the time when the Milesian Celts landed on the shores of south-west Ireland. With this, the last of the magical peoples,the Tuatha de Danann, receded from the the world of humans into the Hollow Hills and became the people of the Sidhe.
However, they and the other fairy folk have not gone very far. You will find them dancing in a bluebell wood or skipping in the sunshine,sheltered by a greening hedge. Beltane is the time when good fairies reign supreme and bad fairies retreat. Fairies are very active now and may try to steal butter,or some of the ritual fire that used to be ignited on hilltops and is still lit by modern pagans.
This is the maypole season, but instead you can always dance around a friendly tree. Link hands with friends, and you may find yourselves spontaneously re-creating the kind of things people used to to do when seeing fairies was commonplace:lingering,walking,and talking, in the open air, away from television,computers,and other modern distractions.
There are many tales of beautiful fairies marrying mortals. Such tales usually end in tragedy, for fairy and human can never truly be joined. Better to borrow some of the fairy enchantment by performing a little magic of your own! Rise early on May Day and wash your face in the dew or simply walk in it. As the rhyme says: “The fairy maid who, the first of May Goes to the fields at break of day, And walk in dew from the hawthorn tree, Will ever handsome be.”
Welsh legend tells how the hero Pwll saw the Lady Rhiannon riding past him at Beltane and, after pursuing her, he eventually won her. Rhiannon is one aspect of the Fairy Queen,riding on her white horse between the worlds. As you sit quietly outside,on a bank in the late spring dusk,listen for the sounds of her horse’s hooves,and open your eyes to the shimmer of her sea-blue cloak. When Rhiannon touches your heart, she will fill it with love and inspiration.
4. 🌹 Midsummer - 🌹
June 22 in the Northern Hemisphere/December 22 in the Southern Hemisphere
This is one of the most magical times of the year, when fairies are very active and visible, playing pranks and even, it is said, stealing away the young and beautiful to join them in the Hollow Hills. The sun is now at the height of its strength and this is an important crossover point,such as the fairies love. For at the Midsummer Solstice the sun stands still, before beginning to recede as we move into the waning half of the year.
Flowers are colorful and luxuriant, and one radiant day seems to merge into another, as late dusk meets early dawn. At no time is the natural world more inviting. Take part in it by going on quests -long walks to sacred spots,evening camping out with the minimum of equipment,to draw close to the mystery that is all around, and to the Fair Folk in particular.
The rose is possibly the most sensuous bloom of all, and at midsummer it is often at its most gorgeous. Roses in the garden are especially likely to attract fairies. Distil water from rose petals and add it to your bath, asking the fairies to lend you some of their enchantment and to help you attract love. Brew tea from rosebuds and drink it,to increase your psychic powers.Plant a rose bush with a friend, to affirm the loving bound between you and invite the fairies into your life.
St.John’s wort is a herb known to break any negative fairy enchantment and drive away depression. Pluck some on Midsummer’s Day and carry it, to keep cheerful.
Look out for water nymphs by streams, or for undines for water elementals on the seashore- or for even the Lady of the Lake herself,rising from the luminous depths.In olden times, these beings were said to have no souls. It is closer to the truth to say that they do not have human morals. Conventions often conceal or feelings, but the beauty of the water fairies opens us to our unconscious tides; see them and let yourself be transformed.
5. 🌾Lammas- 🌾
July 31 in the Northern Hemisphere/February 2 in the Southern Hemisphere
Lammas is “Loaf Mass,” a christian version of a much older festival known as Lughnasadh, or the “Feast of Lugh.” Lugh was a Celtic god,lord of the Tuatha de Danann, and his name means “bright one.” Lughnasadh is a major fairy festival, and many fairies become active during this period,such as the Russian Polevik, who kicks sleepy harvesters awake. It is also a time when fairies move about in preparation for winter,and processions of them may be seen as a line of twinkling lights moving between the hills in the countryside.
At Lammas, the fields are golden with corn and splashed with red poppies. It is hazy,lazy time of holidays and abundance,but there is an underlying theme of death,for the Corn Spirit must be sacrificed in order to reap the harvest. If you walk out into a field of ripe wheat, you may sense the anger of the nature spirits as what is to be taken from the earth,even thought that is a part of the natural cycle of life.Gather up some ears of wheat and tie them into a bunch with red thread,to make a charm for the coming winter to hang over your hearth. At the same time,pledge an act of caring for the earth,such as clearing a derelict site in your neighborhood or garden, or planting and tending a herb, as payment for what you-and all of us- take from it.
At home, bake your own bread, using the rising of the dough as a spell to ensure that everything prospers in your life. While you are kneading the bread dough, say to yourself “As this dough swells, so may my fortunes increase.” Ask for your own personal Brownie, or house fairy, to come and help your bread rise- and remember to leave some breadcrumbs outside afterward,for the fairies.
Some say that Lugh is lord of the waning year, and his dance- through the waving,whispering corn- is a dance of death. If so, it is a reminder that all things come in cycles,and that everything is united in love and beauty. Stand at the edge of a sun-kissed wheat field and see the shimmer and sway that betrays the presence of Lugh. Take a few moments to feel respect for the earth in your heart, and understand the meaning of the Wheel of Life.
6. 🍁 Autumn Equinox (Mabon) - 🍁
September 21 in the Northern Hemisphere/March 21 in the Southern Hemisphere
At the Autumn Equinox, Nature stands poised between light and dark,but darkness is gaining. The veil between this world and the Otherworld is at its thinnest, and all manner of spirit visitations are more frequent now.
The hedgerows are beaded with berries,and mist lingers in the hollows. Sometimes the wind whistles in from nowhere and tosses baring branches. On other says, the mellow sun caresses the fields with slanting fingers. It is a time for reflection, but also for industry. In days gone by, preserves would be made for winter store and the help of the Good Folk would be sought by country people.
Absorb the atmosphere of the season by going blackberrying. In Celtic countries, there may be a taboo on eating blackberries, because these belong especially to fairies. However, as long as you gather them with respect and do not denude the bramble bushes, they will hardly object. Better still,leave out some of your homemade blackberry pie or wine for them,so that they will bless you. When this month ends, leave the blackberries alone and move on. Also look out for a bramble bush that forms an arch-so much the better if it faces east/west, for that mirrors the passage of the sun. Crawl through this three times on a sunny day to be healed of physical ills, especially rheumatism and skin troubles.
At this mysterious time, pay honor to Queen Mab. Her special gift is to bring dreams and visions to birth within us. She is really one of many manifestations of the Goddess, in her autumnal guise of wise-woman and Lady of Magic, and she is linked with ancient ideas of sovereignty- for the king drew his power from the land, and Mab presided.
Preferably at the Full Moon closest to the equinox,place good-quality wine in a stemmed glass or chalice,and take it into the garden or a secluded place.Raise the glass to the Moon,say, “Mab, I honor you”and pour some of the wine onto the earth. Drink a little and say, “Mab, I drink with you,” Then return home,light a bright-green candle beside your bed,gaze at the flame and say, “Mab,give me wisdom,” Place some jasmine or rose oil on your pillow,extinguish the candle-and drift into Fairyland. This is a little ritual that you can repeat during any Full Moon if you wish.
7. 🎃 Samhain - 🎃
October 31 in the Northern Hemisphere/April 30 in the Southern Hemisphere
Samhain means “summer’s end” and is pronounced “sa-wen.” This ancient Celtic festival at the official start of the winter was later Christianized as Halloween- a time when the dead were remembered. There was always a sinister aspect to Samhain,because certain sacrifices had to be made in order to survive the coming cold weather. Animals had to be slaughtered,and some say that human sacrifice took place to propitiate the spirits. Sacrifice,however, is a corruption of nature worship,for life is hard enough as it is and all we have to do is show respect.
Barrow mounds,shrouded in mist,are particularly eerie places at Samhain. Draw close,if you dare,and sit quietly.Do you hear the strange,far-off noise of fairy music,or the sound of knocking? Maybe the mound will open for you and unearthly light will stream over the barren fields.After Samhain,the earth is given over to the powers of darkness and decay.No crops or berries may be harvested after this time,because the Phooka, a malevolent Irish Fairy,blights them. The true meaning here,of course,is that death and decay have a place in the natural order,requiring due honor and respect lest they get out of hand.
Traditionally, this is the start of the story telling season. While the wind whistles around the eaves or the mist comes down outside,gather family or friends around your hearth- preferably with a real fire burning in it. If you do not have an open hearth,substitute a collection of large,burning candles. Sit round and speak of times gone by and people who have passed over to the other side.Ask the Beloved Dead to be present, if you wish(but note that this is not a seance,and the Beloved Dead are invited,not summoned). Laugh,share funny stories,feast,and drink.
Cerridwen is the Underworld Goddess and the Fairy Hag most associated with this time. In her magic cauldron,she stirs a brew that confers inspiration and transformation. Simmer up a hearty soup of root vegetables or pumpkin, to share with friends,then light a black candle and ask Cerridwen to guide you through the darkness into the light. You will be both safe and wise.
8. ❄️ Yule - ❄️
December 22 in the Northern Hemisphere/June 22 in the Southern Hemisphere
Yule is the Midwinter Solstice, when the sun again appears to stand still,as it did at midsummer,but the season is poised for the return of light. Celebrations of Christ’s birth were moved to coincide with the much more ancient solstice.
As you deck your Christmas tree,remember that the evergreen is a powerful symbol of the enduring life in Nature. Of course,is has a fairy on top of it,confirming that it is a festival of the Fair Folk,who also rejoice in the sun’s rebirth. Decorating your tree is an important magical act,for the decorations are fairy charms. Each member of the family should hang at least one special charm of their own,to enable a wish to come true.
Jack Frost is an active fairy in the cold weather,painting windows with intricate lacework. In Russia he is called Father Frost,the soul of winter,covering the trees in ice. Do not shrink from the frost fairy-go out and wonder at his works and he will reward you with hope and joy,just as in Russia Father Frost brings presents for the children on New Year’s Day.
By far the best-known and most powerful fairy at Yule is Father Christmas himself. Today we know him by his robes of red and white, but in the past he also wore green and other colors. As we have seen,red is the color both of life and death, and many fairies wear red caps. The hearty red of Father Christmas is a sign that he is an Otherworld being-very much alive,but not of this earth. He is recognized all over the world, as Kris Kringle in Germany and Pere Noel in France. In Brazil he is Papa Noel,and in China Dun Che Loa. He is the essence of Yuletide mystery,joy and renewal,and like many traditional fairies, he comes in and out via the hearth.
When all is quiet on Christmas Eve, get ready to welcome Father Christmas- light a candle and look at the stars. Pledge a gift for a friend and one for the world, and ask for a special gift to answer your heart’s desire. Write your wish on a piece of paper and “post” it up the chimney if you have an open fire. If not, burn it in the candle flame. Can you hear those sleigh bells?
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Southern Hemisphere Sabbat Dates
Wiccan Holidays in the Southern Hemisphere. What is the Wheel of the Year, or Wiccan holidays, for those in the Southern Hemisphere? It gets a little tricky since Wicca was created in the Northern Hemisphere. Since it’s a nature religion, an Earth religion, this makes a big difference.
✨ Lammas: 2nd February
Lammas is the “cross-quarter” day marking the first harvest of early grain, where the first loaf of the bread from the harvest is broken and shared in the name of the Goddess. All crops associated with grain and of the season are sacred to this time. Much festivity is coincident with Lammas in Australia, with Australia Day being marked on January 26. It is a time to reflect on the successes of the year and to reward yourself for jobs well done. Lammas magic can be magic of facing up to change. The God gives his energy to the crops to ensure life while the Goddess, as Mother, prepares to transform into her aspect as the Crone. The God loses his strength as the days grow shorter.
✨ Manbon: 20th - 23rd March (Autumn Equinox)
Mabon is a balancing point in the light and dark of the year, the day when the sun has equal hours in and out of the sky. It is also the second harvest. At this time food is prepared for storage, jams and pickles are made, and fruits are candied and preserved for the coming winter. Pagans celebrate this as a rite of Thanksgiving, a celebration of harvest abundance, an appreciation of hearth, home, and family. It is a time to reflect on what it means to be a Witch and re-affirm your commitment to the Craft. This is the time when the Goddess is mourning the God even though she carries him within her, to be born again at Yule.
✨ Samhain: 1st May
The Pagan year begins (and ends) with Samhain. It is a time of reflection, of looking back over the last year. This is the time when the boundary is thinnest between the worlds of living and dead; the powers of divination, the Sight, and supernatural communication are strengthened on Samhain night, and it is considered a powerful but dangerous time to communicate with lost loved ones. Pagans celebrate Samhain as an acknowledgment that without death, there can be no rebirth. At Samhain, the darkness increases and the Goddess reigns in her powerful aspect of the Crone. The God passes into the underworld to become reborn of the Goddess again at Yule. It is a time to honour those who have gone before us and it is a poignant co-incidence that Australia and New Zealand’s day of Remembrance for their fallen in war, ANZAC Day on April 25, should be so close to the southern Samhain.
✨ Yule: 20th - 23rd June
Winter solstice or Yule is the shortest day, and also the longest night of the year. It marks the return of the Sun’s warmth and light, and the promise once again of a productive Earth. Pagans celebrate these aspects with candles, fire, greenery and feasting. At this time, Yule logs are burned. The Yule log must traditionally be the root of a hardwood tree, and in Australia mallee roots are ideal for this purpose, as are Tasmanian oaks and all types of Eucalyptus. The Yule log is burned down until nothing but a small piece remains, which is saved and kept to be used as a lighter for the following year’s Yule fire. A Yule tree is placed within the traditional Wiccan home, with a pentagram (five pointed star) at the top, symbolizing the five elements. Presents are exchanged and many Witches stay up all night to welcome the sun. This is symbolic of the Goddess giving birth to the God and then resting after her ordeal.
✨ Imbolc: 1st August
Imbolc is the time of the beginning of beginnings, the time to consider carefully what you will do with the year stretching before you. Imbolc brings the awakening of the life force when the first green shoots of bulbs appear. Life is stirring again and this marks the Goddess recovering after giving birth while the newborn God is depicted as a small child nursing from his mother. The God is growing, spreading sunshine all around causing things to grow. It is a time to honour the feminine and get ready for spring. At lmbolc, the Australian forests are bright with the colour yellow, the Acacia trees coming into full flower.
✨ Ostara: 20th - 23rd September (Spring/Vernal Equinox)
The Equinoxes are the balancing points in the cycle of the seasons, when the day and night are of equal length, reminding us of the harmony of the whole. Buds of flowers and leaf, all manner of eggs and just-born life are celebrated in decorations and imagery as Pagans rejoice in the Earth’s reawakening. The urge of spring is to do, create and bring in the new. Here light overcomes darkness with lengthening days bringing the magic of new growth. Ostara is associated with childhood and new life, and the God and Goddess are perceived as children, personifying youth and innocence before their entry into adulthood. The Goddess, as the Maiden, covers the earth with flowers and love while the God grows to maturity. This is a time to honour the masculine and to celebrate everything that is great about being alive.
✨ Beltane: 31st October
Beltane, the beginning of the summer months is at the November cross-quarter. This is the festival of the Great Rite - of sexual union between Goddess and God. Beltane is the spring fertility festival and there is feasting and celebration - a great festival for lovers! Beltane is the most popular time for Witches to be handfasted. This is the time when the brilliant red flowers of the Flame Trees highlight Australian forests and gardens.
✨ Litha: 20th - 23rd December (Summer Solstice)
This is the longest day of the year, and a time of joy and strength for the light. It is a time when the powers of nature are at their fullest. In the past this was often marked with bonfires and celebrants staying awake through the short night. To leap over the bonfire was to assure a good crop; some said the grain would grow as tall as the leapers could jump. Due to fire restrictions in Australia throughout summer, celebrations for this Sabbat tend to be quite different from those throughout the rest of the year. No candles can be lit, no cauldrons burned, and no open flames are allowed outside throughout much of the country. Litha falls in the dry stifling heat of summer in the southern part of our land, but in the north, Litha falls in the hot, wet season, and represents fruitfulness. In Australia the Sturt Desert Pea is a sacred flower of this time. This is a time of ascendancy of the God, at his most powerful now, while the burgeoning Goddess brings forth the bounty of the Earth.
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REBLOG IF YOU'RE AN AUSSIE WITCH!
I want to build up a community for us so we can celebrate our upside down holidays together!
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Thought I’d try making a post to connect with witchy people in Australia for some new friends, online or eventually in person.
I’m not Wiccan, and I’m not really looking for any more Wiccan friends at the moment. I’m eclectic, secular, agnostic in my beliefs, I do not follow any gods, goddess, deities, religions, or belief systems, and I’d like some witchy friends who are similar in their craft. I mostly research, and create my own craft.
So if you like the sound of all of that and are in Australia let me know! Feel free to reblog if you also want Australian connections ☺
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✨Wheel of the Year - Southern Hemisphere edition✨
I know us Southern Hemisphere witches have trouble figuring out what sabbat we’re supposed to be celebrating when what feels like the rest of world is celebrating a winter holiday in the heat of summer! So here’s a Southern Hemisphere wheel of the year you guys can save on your phone to help you out ✨
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SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WITCHES:
QUICK REMINDER THAT WITCHES FROM THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ARE BEING GIVEN THE WRONG DIRECTIONS WHEN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WITCHES PREACH “clockwise and anticlockwise” IF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE THAT ISNT THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE DON’T LISTEN. They should be using desoil or widdershins, which is the direction in which the sun travels (the sun travels ANTI-CLOCKWISE in the Southern Hemisphere, which might explain why stirring clockwise only works for decreasing here) Tldr; if you’re a Southern Hemisphere witch, stir in the opposite direction to what an American or European has written
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Crystals for Dream Work
I often use crystals when practising dream work and find them very powerful when used in meditation or under my pillow while I sleep. They can also be used in sachets, elixirs or to hold when recalling dreams.
Rainbow Moonstone- induces lucid dreams, astral travel, activates spiritual awareness.
Labradorite- stone of mysticism, astral travel, enhances clairvoyance, protects aura, past life recall and accessing Akashic records.
Lepidolite- induces prophetic dreams and lucid dreaming, dream recall and improves psychic ability.
Sodilite- prevents nightmares (make grid under bed), opens third eye
Lapis Lazuli- induces dreams of past lives, vivid dreaming and opens third eye.
Blue Kyanite- enhances psychic ability, spiritual awakening, lucid dreaming and astral projection.
Amethyst- induces prophetic dreams, lucid dreams and astral travel. Keep one near your bed to prevent nightmares, cleanse and charge regularly.
Obsidian- very protective, prevents nightmares and helps one channel their higher selves.
Blue Calcite- calming, helps with anxiety induced insomnia, clairvoyance and induces prophetic dreams.
Celestite-connects to higher, angelic and celestial realms, clairvoyance and connect with spirit guides.
Selenite- protects from nightmares and negative astral beings, connects to angelic realms and improves psychic ability.
Moldavite-high vibration *be careful when working with it because it is very powerful*, connects to higher realms, spiritual awakening, lucid dreaming and astral travel.
Clear Quartz-opens one up to receiving messages from higher realms, clears the mind during meditation, astral projection.
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Hey there, witches! Spring is coming
Here are some tips for the season:
- spring for me is all about waking up and planning ahead for the next half year. Spring is slowly getting up, stretching and being excited for what is to come, so
- get yourself motivated. Think of all the things you want to do within the next weeks and months and if you don’t have any plans yet, make some! The bees are starting their work again, and so should we :)
- update your calender. Look up birthdays, transitions of planets that might influence you, vacations, deadlines, get that stuff written down. If you have a big garden, look up when to plant what
- if you have any long term wards, renew them!
- clean, clean, clean! If a full house cleaning seems like too much, break it down and start small. Change your sheets, open the windows and get the air circulating. Clean out your fridge. Take on one shelf, or one side of the closet. But get started, and I promise you, you will feel so good every time you look at your accomplishments
- and cleanse, cleanse, cleanse!
- if your room is still full with that heavy, sleepy winter energy, do something about it. Let in the spring air in the morning and get the energies flowing. Stirr it up however you feel works best. I love me some harmoneous bells (which I feel wake me up as well), burning incense, any kind of jazz like music, but you do you! If you wanna smash some pots together, do so
- this includes throwing things out. Especially during the colder times we tend to hoard, and while there is nothing wrong with this, there might be things you do not need (anymore). Give away what you can and throw away the rest to make space for something new! Holding onto things that no longer serve a purpose attracts heavy, lazy energies
- get in touch with nature. As you feel nature waking up and slowly blossoming, you will too. If you can, spend time with children and animals
- get a seasonal calender that provides you with info on what plants grow when
- to make a spring wish come true - take some organic paper and a coal pensil or a paint made from ashes, and write your wish down. Be specific and friendly. Place seeds in the middle of the paper over the writing, and fold it all up. In the early morning hours, but before dawn, bury it in fertile grounds. Dig the hole with your hands (make sure not to cut yourself on anything) and as you close the hole again, ask the forces that awaken nature to bring energy and life to your wish as well
- if you are not on a set schedule, take a few days to wake up with the sun, or generally wake up a bit earlier every day, and reflect on the passing of time from dawn to the sun being all the way up
- look up what local products you can buy and how to live more ecologically responsible to honor nature, small but steady steps, remember!
- take time to meditate about who you are and who you will be this year. If there is any anger or fears within you that might hold you back from living your best life, let go of it now. During winter, we take the time to look within. Choose now what parts of yourself you want to show the world
- connect and reconnect with others. after the time of isolation comes the time of connection - share your love and your joy with your dear ones to fortify it
- make sure to clean your shoes from old dirt. As you clean them, imagine brushing off all negativity and all hindrances that might appear. You want to walk new places in the new year and not drag the past with you. Also you will have clean shoes and feel much nicer when you wear them
- spring is a great time to rewire your brain and your thought patterns to be more positive :) Each time you see a blooming flower or a new bud on an old tree or a young animal, think a positive thought about yourself or others
Most importanty: the morining stets the tone for the day, and spring sets the tone for the year. Show the universe you are ready for a wonderful year full of love and happiness. Make plans and stick with them. Send as many good vibes out there and get your vibration as high as possible. By all means, there is no need to over-do it and for godeness sake don’t compare yourself to others. Small and steady steps in the right direction will be all that is needed.
I am rooting for you
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Southern Hemisphere Full Moon Calendar!!
Many southern witches have been asking for their own version so here it is!! ◞*✰
Tonight we have a beautiful red/worm moon outside depending on where you are <3
How many southern witches do we have on witchblr tonight?
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Hello, I have been thinking about being a witch lately but I don’t know where to start. I am closeted with worshipping my gods, and to add to that, trying to be a witch💀💀, but I still would like to know where to start, I wanna try to communicate with my gods through it because i see so many people using it for that, as well as it fascinating me. Do you think you offer me advice on where to get started, you seem like you have really reliable advice. Thank you!
So you don’t need to be a witch to communicate with the gods. The methods used, non witches use all the time. Someone can practice divination without being considered a witch, so keep that in mind.
Here’s some previous asks I answered about this.
Witchcraft Advice 1
Witchcraft Advice 2
Witchcraft Books
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Valentines Love Tarot Readings OPEN
Using the below spread (creator's tumblr at the bottom) I will be opening up to free love readings for Valentines! Its limited to one question per person and I will only be doing love asks with this layout! Just send an ask with your name and their name (initials work too) and their zodiac sign(s) if you know them. These will only be open for one day only!
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🔥Spell Jar for
Energy & Motivation🔥
Timing ⏰
Day of the Week: 🗓🌈
Tuesday— victory strength courage facing challenges🏆
Sunday— success wealth fame personal achievement ambition power improving health and prosperity confidence overcoming bad luck🥇🏅
Moon Phase: 🌙
Waxing crescent 🌒
First quarter 🌓
Waxing gibbous 🌔
Ingredients 🐝
Cleanse First! 🌬
Solids/Other: ☀️
Jar—I used a Starbucks mocha bottle, clever right??? 🏺
Wax 🕯: Red ❤️, Orange 🧡, Yellow 💛, Green 💚 can all work to represent energy. And white 👻 of course is all purpose. I alternated between layering yellow and green wax and did an orange birthday candle on top so it looks like citrus.
Coffee beans for energy! ☕️
Sunflower seeds for energy! 🌻
Red glitter for....pizzazz? Lol ✨
Crystals! For energy I used citrine, tigers eye, goldstone, carnelian, some orange calcite I believe, a pretty yellow/gold man-made glass crystal, and a piece of rainbow fluorite for mental clarity and focus. Any orange crystal (or clear quartz) would work for energy. 💎
Herbs: 🌵🌿🍀🎍
To Light a Fire Under my Ass: 💫
Cinnamon 💥
Red pepper🌶
Black pepper🔥
Cayenne pepper⚡️
Dragons blood🐉
Bay leaves—on one I wrote “I complete my project” (present tense not future tense! Don’t write “I Will”) on the second I wrote “focus, energy, motivation, self discipline”🍃
Liquids: 💧
Lemon 🍋
Orange 🍊
Charging: 🎆
Seal with wax 💡
Prayer 🙏🏻
Shook it 👋🏼
Kissed it💋
Happened to be bleeding, smeared my blood on it 💉
Set it on top of my orange and yellow crystal case 🌅
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HOW TO USE A PENDULUM TO CHOOSE BETWEEN MULTIPLE OPTIONS:
As we learnt from my previous post there are many things you can use a pendulum for, one of them was to help us choose between multiple options. So how do we do that?
First thing is to cleanse your pendulum.
I'm gonna be using my handmade (by me) clear quartz pendulum for this
Second thing is to write down in a sheet of paper or any other medium your options.
This is an example of what you can do, make sure that you leave enough space between each option so the pendulum can move freely.
And finally you proceed to ask your question.
There are two ways in which you can do this, the first one being:
Asking the pendulum to move in the direction that represents the path you should take.
For this way of doing it, you take as the answer the direction of the first movement that the pendulum made.
Placing the pendulum on each option and asking it to move to represent yes or no.
For this you take as the answer the option in which the pendulum showed a yes movement.
I hope this was helpful. As always my asks are always open if you have questions.
***This is original content, please do not take as your own under any circumstance***
Eclectic Souls
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what are we? - relationship spread
SIDENOTE: all of my spreads are based on feelings and emotions since that’s what i connect to mostly! including this one! i recommend using an animal oracle if you have one. you can use this to see your relationship from your pov, their pov, someone else’s relationship from any pov. play around with it!
this is a fun spread that i made during a sleepover. it’s one of those future related spreads that are meant to shed light on your, well, future! since it’s valentine’s day, i decided to give you this what is my next relationship like spread!❤
basically, this is what it shows and how to i read it:
CARD 1- this represents your feelings before the relationship. it’s a summary of how you feel about this person during your talking stage, how you interact with them.
CARD 2- how you feel during the relationship. all your feelings and emotions summarised in one card gives you an overview of the state of your relationship- is it healthy? are you happy? long-distance? abusive?
CARD 3- the outcome of the relationship! did you learn anything from it? are you happier than ever or are you really broken? perhaps you feel free and independent?
CARD 4&5- additional information to the relationship. these two cards are optional, they simply give you a bit more insight. compared to all the other cards, CARD 4 shows you your biggest difficulty during the relationship. CARD 5 will tell you how you deal with it (do you get over it? does it make you sad or angry?).
i hope you like it and find a use for it like i did!❤
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I’m looking for some new blogs to follow!!
Reblog if you post about:
Heathenry
Hellenism
Witchcraft
Seidr
Paganism
LGBTQ+ people/issues
LGBTQ+ people/issues in Paganism
You work with: Loki, Tyr, Odin, Freyr, Freyja, Hermes, Apollo, Persephone, and/or Hephaestus
Do NOT reblog if you are/support:
Ableist/Ableism
Racist/Racism
Transphobic/Transphobia
Homophobic/Homophobia
A (NO)MAP/(NO)MAPs
A Nazi/Nazis
Truscum
Transmed
Pro-Ana
this is a side blog btw so you’ll get a follow from my art blog lol
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✨ Energy work basics ✨
In this post I’m going to summarize what I know about energy and energy work that I learned over the years. Do keep in mind that these are my own beliefs, thoughts and are based on my personal experiences as well as picked up from other people and authors who teach energy work, so this isn’t a “This is how it is” guide but more so a sharing of my knowledge and practice and to help you get started on the journey of energy work.
This post will be separated into different parts that I'll link at the end of each post once they're done. So without further ado, let's get into this ✨
So, what is energy?
Everything in this universe has a vibration, and that emits a specific kind of frequency. That frequency is the object’s (or plant’s, animal’s or person’s) own energy. Now, since we come into contact with all kinds of things, our energies mingle and take on other frequencies, so many times an object’s energy is mixed and may be difficult to tap into its own vibration; that’s why regular cleansing is important. With practice of course, it'll become easier to sense the 'original' energy of something.
We like to attach meanings and correspondences to things (especially in witchcraft) and the understanding of energy in general and that of a specific object (a plant for example) can help us understand more the attached meanings. But, since we're all different and many items have many meanings, we find that we may not resonate with some of them, or at all. This is where the understanding and practice of energy work can be of great help. This way, you can tap into the energy and power of this item and build a personal relationship with it, knowing what it means specifically for you - and in doing so amplifying its power.
So, for example, you'd use mint in a spell because apparently it's for good luck, but then you spend time with it and understand its energy and realize that it has a grounding effect on you rather than giving you a feeling of good luck. So now, you'd use mint for grounding and notice how much better it works for you than for luck.
Ways to feel energy
✨ Palms facing each other
I’m sure many of you already know of this simple technique but I’d say this is one of the most effective ones I’ve encountered so far.
How you do it is you rub your hands together a little to wake your hands up and create some heat (heat is also energy). Then have them face each other, first around 30-40 cms apart and slowly, with a bouncing motion get them closer and closer to each other. At this point you might feel the heat, some buzzing, tickling or electric kind of sensations as well as maybe even see the energy get dense between your palms (this is also how you create an energy ball). It’s okay if you don’t, it may take some time to wake up those energy feeling muscles, but with practice, you will feel it.
✨ Holding an object (a rock or crystal, your favorite book, your childhood plush toy etc):
-Take a few deep breaths with your eyes closed to center your energy and clear your mind of unnecessary clutter. Then take your object into your hand. Feel free to do this with eyes closed or open, whichever feels more effective to you, although you’ll only know if you try both ways multiple times. You can move the object around in your palms, squeeze it or close your hand around it; or, you can just keep it still in your palm. Keep breathing while putting your focus on the object.
-How does it make you feel? Do you feel any physical sensations? Is it warm or cold, does it maybe tickle your palm? Do you see any images, colors or shapes? Do you hear anything? *side note, the way you most strongly and effectively feel energy is an indicator of your strongest claire ability
Keep playing with it until you sense anything or until you get bored, but if you don’t receive anything for 5 or more minutes, I suggest putting it aside and choosing another object. It’s easier to feel an object that has a lot of energy and feeling attached to it, for example an engagement ring, your favorite childhood toy or anything that you wouldn’t throw out even if you couldn’t use it anymore and just takes up space.
Gather a few objects that you’ll be practicing with and make it a routine to play with this and get a feel of their energies every day, if possible. It really only requires a couple of minutes. After a few days or a week, there will be improvement. I suggest journaling about your observations and experiences, so you have a reference to look back on and see how much you have improved in a few weeks and months.
✨ Your own, personal energy
-When you first try this, do it either in the morning before you come into contact with anyone, or after showering in the evening and meditating a little bit to cleanse yourself of other people’s energies. You could also do some smoke cleansing or any other type of cleansing that you prefer to clear your energy field.
-Then, close your eyes and take some deep breaths (2-3 is usually enough) before you reach a calm and comfortable breathing cycle. Focus on that for a little while, you can even count if that helps. Then, when you feel relaxed and mostly free of thoughts, put your focus (and your hands if you’d like) on either your heart center or solar plexus. Just gently focus on that area, picture their assigned color if you'd like (green for the heart, yellow/golden for the solar plexus); it helps to direct your attention specifically there. At this point you might feel something inside your heart, if you’re focused on that area. Or, if your hands are on it, they may be feeling something. You may also see something, perhaps a different color - (just because the heart chakra is said to be green, doesn’t mean you’ll see it that way, since here you’re actually focusing on your personal energy, not just your heart, and so it may have another color. For example, I always see my energy in my heart as a golden, shining ball of energy) -, an image or maybe even a memory. You may get certain emotions or thoughts, or hear words. Record all of these as well. Even if you didn’t get anything, it still wasn’t useless because first, you practiced, second, it’s a great centering exercise and you managed to squeeze a little meditation into your day, which is always a plus.
-Try to play with this every day, combine it with the other techniques or do just one for a few days and then another, however you’d like, the variations are endless (or well, maybe not endless because we only have a few exercises here but you get the point lol).
part 1
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