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Witch tip 🕯🔮

To remember the elements associated with the four tarot suits think of this,

Wands - Corresponding with fire, picture a wizard shooting fire balls out of the end of his wand.

Cups - Water, this one is easy you use a cup to drink water.

Swords - Air, picture a knight slashing his sword cutting through the air.

Pentacles - Earth, pentacles are round like the planet earth!

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Want to ID Some Crystals but Don’t Know How?

This is a wonderful resource for Identifying crystals that are black in color

Mineralpedia has in depth descriptions and pictures that will help you figure it out

For your mystery polished stones

Search by color

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Quick Guide to Celebrating the Sabbats 🌻

LITHA

🧀Fruit & veg, herbed bread, cheese, honey cakes, chicken, pork, sunflower seeds, lemonade, ice tea.

🍋Lemon, orange, cinnamon, rose oils.

🔮Moonstone, tigers eye, amethyst, flourite, agate. {Or any crystals in warm colours}.

🌞See the sun rise & set, eat outdoors, make or buy a sun catcher, bake a sweet cake, let sunlight cleanse your rooms, clear cobwebs, wear a flower crown, make honey/sugar scrub, wear warm tones.

🎬Peter Pan, Fairy Tale, Ferngully, Stardust, Tinkerbell, Maleficent.

LAMMAS

🌽Multi grain bread, corn on the cob, bbq meats, fried chicken, potatoes, soup, rice, nuts, black current juice, beer, peppermint tea.

🌹Rose, chamomile, passion fruit, all spice oils/scents.

🔮Citrine, clear quartz, tigers eye.

📖Finish a project, make a bread to share, enjoy nature, take care of plants, decorate or craft, acknowledge what you are grateful for, journal future hopes.

🎬Parent Trap, Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Cheaper by the Dozen.

MABON

🍇Pies, nuts, smoked or roast poultry [bbq chicken with smoky bbq sauce], soup, corn, apples, plums, grapes, cinnamon donuts, caramel popcorn, peanut butter, butterscotch.

🌲Sage, pine, cinnamon oils/scents.

🔮Amethyst, clear quartz, citrine, yellow agate.

🌾Make scented pinecones, spend time under the stars, donate food or goods [RSPCA], burn bad habits, visit the deceased, harvest take care of plants, bask in nature, meditate.

🎬Open Season, Brother Bear, Spirit, Pocahontas, Brave.

SAMHAIN

🎃Pumpkins, toffee apples, ginger bread, chai, nutmeg or cinnamon spiced foods, hazelnuts, sweets.

🌰Nutmeg, cinnamon scents.

🔮Obsidian, onyx, bloodstone, amber, fossils.

🕯Cook a family recipe, light a fire, remember & honour the deceased.

🎬Hocus Pocus, Addams Family, Monsters Inc, Little Vampire, Corpse Bride, Casper, Hansel Gretel Witch Hunters, Underworld, Van Helsing.

YULE

🍪Cookies, fruit cake, turkey, eggnog, ginger tea.

🕎Cedar, frankincense, myrrh oils.

🔮Bloodstone, citrine, clear quartz.

❄Give or volunteer, bake shortbread or sugar cookies, share a meal with loved ones.

🎬Santa Clause, Rise of the Guardians, 101 Dalmatians, Frozen, Snow White Winters War, Narnia.

IMBOLC

🍩Poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds, bread butter pudding, scones, muffins, garlic, onions.

☕Vanilla, cinnamon oil.

🔮Amethyst, bloodstone, onyx.

🕯Light white candles, plant seeds, bless your pets, declutter & clean your living space, bake orange and poppy seed muffins or cake.

🎬Mr Poppers Penguins, Happy Feet, Balto, Ice Age, Mirror Mirror.

OSTARA

🍌Roast ham & pineapple, eggs, milk, seeds & nuts, banana bread, chocolate milk, green vegetables.

🌹Jasmine, light florals, sweet garden, wild flowers.

🔮Amethyst, rose quartz, moonstone.

🌹Light candles, plant seeds, share a roast ham with loved ones, bake banana bread, finish spring cleaning, lay tumbled stones in your garden bed, take deep breaths [inhale new energy & exhale old energies], wear spring colours whites & florals, collect wildflowers or buy flowers that call to you & research what they mean, walk through nature.

🎬Epic, Strange Magic, The Secret Garden, Spiderwick, A Bugs Life, Barbie Fairies.

BELTANE

🍞Breads, cakes, honey, leafy greens, fruit & veg, seafood, iced tea, lemonade, milk.

🌼Florals, sweet garden, honeysuckle, jasmine, rose.

🔮Amber, citrine, moonstone, red jasper, rose quartz.

🌼Wear a flower crown or flowers in your hair, dress in red or white, make a bonfire & roast marshmallows, garden, take a walk, spend time in nature, pick fresh flowers to decorate.

🎬Moana, Arthur Trilogy, Avatar, Jungle Book, Tinkerbell, Barbie.

HOW I CELEBRATE ALL SABBATS OR ESBATS

☾Sage cleanse the house, light candles, diffuse oils.

☾Clean sheets/bedding/pillowcases/towels.

☾Eat at least one traditional food.

☾Watch a relevant movie.

☾Take notes in my BOS of how I celebrated the Sabbat to look back on next year.

☾Charge my crystals & tarot decks in the full moonlight.

☾Do a tarot reading relevant to the Sabbat.

☾Spend time outside with my dogs 🐶

🔮🌙🔮🌙🔮🌙🔮🌙🔮🌙🔮🌙🔮🌙🔮🌙

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Hi there little flowers! I hope you’ll like this lil guide I made :) Thank you so much @inkanddestroy for this post (where you can find other ways to draw sigils and how you can activate them) you baiscally taught me how to draw them. I love you guys.

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Palmistry 101

When reading palms, whether your own or someone else’s, these are the main things to consider:

Which hand is dominant? For right-handed people, the left hand gives information about inherited characteristics and potential, while the right hand reveals the development, character, and life events. The opposite is true for left-handed folks!

Quality of lines and their points of intersection. How strong or fine are the lines? Are they straight and long, broken and twisted, etc.? 

The directions of lines, which mounts they occur on or near, and their influences.

Shape of the hand, fingers, nails, and mounts.

General demeanor of the person and the hand. 

MAJOR LINES

Each line has its own meaning and depicts a certain course of action in a person’s life. Lines come in all shapes and sizes. Not everyone has all six of these lines, although the first three are always present (the fate line is usually present as well). 

Heart line: emotions, insecurities, marriages, dependence and independence, the nature of your relationships.

Head line: intellect, reasoning powers, prospective career paths, potentials for success.

Life line: pattern and quality of life, physical vitality, stability or imbalance, will power and logic, not necessarily the indicator for length of your life.

Fate/Saturn line: strengths of character, career, friendships, life’s daily problems, and general ability to succeed.

Mercury/Health line: health matters, business and adventure, the spirit of discovery.

Apollo/Sun line: utilization of creative energies and potentials for success through development of talents.

MOUNTS

The mounts are fleshy cushions underneath each of the fingers. These mounts carry the same name as the finger they are under. Below are the different character and personality traits associated with each finger/mount.

Mercury: Pinky. buoyancy, shrewdness, wit, spirit.

Apollo/Sun: Ring finger. compassion, love of beauty, artistic abilities, potential for success.

Saturn/Fate: Middle finger. seriousness, cautiousness, gloom, superstition.

Jupiter: Index finger. leadership, honor, ambition, spirituality/religiousness.

Lower Mars: Below pinky. moral courage, self-control.

Upper Mars: Below thumb. resistance, coolness of spirit, calmness, courage.

Venus: Thumb. benevolence, affection, humility, passion.

Moon: sentimentaliity, imagination, self-centeredness 

CONFIGURATIONS

These are just a few of the figurative markings that are commonly seen on the hand. They add meaning to the lines or mounts they are near.

Branches: emphasize strengths.

Breaks in lines: emphasize weaknesses.

Chains: signify obscure goals, inclinations to deviate.

Crosses: signify upheavals, violence, struggles, and blunders.

Islands: indicate delays, injuries, and problems.

Stars: emphasize luckiness.

*** I will be posting more about palmistry soon, including more detailed variations of the lines and mounts! In the meantime, feel free to ask me about your palms… sending me a picture would be AMAZING :~)

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Lunar Phases 🌜🌛

New moon:

new beginnings

new endeavors

new relationships

positive changes

hope and faith

planting seeds

optimism

Waxing moon:

growth

learning

accomplishments

creativity

healing

positive transformation

Full moon:

wish fulfillment

spell casting

harvest

protection

achievement

perfect ideas

Waning moon:

letting go

cleansing

breaking habits

release

opening up

making space

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🌱The Basics of Witchcraft🌱

This is a small excerpt from my coven’s lessons. I’ll continue to post these so witchlings, or witches, can have this information! I hope it helps.

Witchcraft is, in my opinion, the practice of manipulating energy forces into your intent. This can also be simplified as the practice of magick. You can aid it by tools and materials, but no matter what, you are manipulating energy. That is why energy work can be very important.

The Craft started wayy back, from the start of human civilization. Before we started to get scientifically advanced and didn’t know that much, we would believe in the supernatural, that a god or spirit did this and that. Witches were the mediators between humans and the higher powers. Religion and Witchcraft may have gone hand to hand back then, but it isn’t always the case. You can practice witchcraft without believing in a higher power or deity. Here are just some things to know before stepping into the Craft:

Witchcraft ≠ Religion

It isn’t a game(To specify, don’t half-ass a spell. It either might not work, or worse, create chaos. We can learn about this next lesson when we learn about Energy work).

Witchcraft can be used for anything and everything you want it to be, It’s really flexible.

There are morals and ethics to learn about in the craft you should pay attention to

It is an enhancement, not a replacement to your life.

To elaborate on the last point, here is a document by Brian Windvexer that should be looked at:

Don’t Let Witchcraft Erase Who You Are:

Don’t become dependent on Tarot readings to make decisions

Don’t feel like the day is ruined if you left the house without drawing your card for the day

Don’t feel helpless if you can’t figure out a spell to help

Don’t rely on witchcraft alone to improve your relationships

Don’t forget how to speak out because you can hex at home

Don’t forget how to be confident without a candle spell

Don’t forget to discover for yourself because there are so many free resources online

Don’t get panicky if you can’t explain it with your new beliefs

Don’t lose your friends because they don’t understand the new you

Don’t avoid going out with friends so you can buy more herbs and candles instead

Don’t give up your other hobbies to practice endless energy work or Divination

Don’t neglect your job or studies to read witchcraft books instead

Don’t ask yourself ‘what would a witch do’. Ask yourself, ‘What would I do.’

Witchcraft is an enhancement to life, not a replacement for life.

There are different types of witchcraft and I’d say they are all valid. But with every practice, there are certain basics to them.

They are:

Protection

Grounding

Centering

Meditation

Visualization

Protection - To guard and prevent harmful energies to an area/being, especially in Magick practice.

There are 3 types:

Wards: protection of an area (ie. House or room)

Shields: protection of a being (ie. You, someone else, maybe a pet)

Circles: Temporary protection ground for rituals

Here’s the best part of protection, you can think of protection in so many ways, may it be a ring of fire, a giant bubble, a castle wall, whatever your heart desires! You can even more than But, I suggest putting up protection that is similar to a membrane, so things still flow freely, letting the good things in and the bad things out.

There are plenty of techniques to set up protection, starting with visualization. Imagination is a powerful tool, and is very important in practicing energy work and the craft. Some added protection is made by adding protection-associated materials, like Salt for example.

Grounding - To stabilize your energies and stay down to earth

Grounding is a great recommendation to keeping your energies in control and staying connected to the earth. It can help recharge you with energies.

One technique to help ground yourself is to visualize a root shooting from the bottom of your spine and digging into the earth like a Tree. Gather the energies from the earth, and give off all of the negative energies you feel. Cycle the energies until you feel refreshed. You can make 2 roots and have one give the good energy and the other giving to the earth the negative energies.

It can also be as simple as shaking off and stretching!

Centering - Getting your shit together (shit as in energy).

Centering is great as it can help make a state of mindfulness and gets you to stay present in the present. It’s great mentally. It helps get scattered energy into one. Literally, getting your shit together. Centering can help as well in controlling your energies and gathering yourself up so you stay together. How energy works is that you tend to throw bits and pieces of your energy all around different areas(sometimes you may not even know it), and sometimes you just need to recharge. Most of the time you should ground after a centering.

Here’s one technique to practice centering: visualize scattered energy, making you less bright and more dull, very dim as a person. Then, imagine the pieces of energy flying back at you, morphing around you into one bubble, like a puzzle piece. You start to glow brightly again.

Meditation - Being one with the thoughts/self, calming yourself down and staying mindful and aware.

Meditation can do soooo much. It helps you mentally, physically, and spiritually. It can help your energies stay in check, and It can do so much more than that. Before you astral travel, you must fall into a state of meditation. There are two types of meditation, Concentrated and Mindful. Concentrated is when you focus on one object, sound, or mantra. Mindful doesn’t focus on anything specific, just being aware of everything that passes by in your mind. In witchcraft, if it used to help discover who you are, as well as communicate to others(spirits/deities/etc).

Now, the number one thing to focus on when meditating is to breathe. Long, regular breaths help calm down. Get into a quiet area. Now get into a comfortable position, either cross-legged or laying down. Breathe. 4 counts in, 4 counts out. Clear your mind. Now, be aware of your mind.

Disclaimer: Now not everyone has to follow these things, It’s just a suggestion. Experiences vastly differ from mine.

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Full Moon Clarity Tarot Spread 1: what’s been hidden 2: what’s ahead for you 3: what’s influencing you 4: what’s led you to this point 5: what’s left for you to do

This spread is to help use the full moons light to illuminate some questions you may have been having and what you need to keep in mind for the coming cycle!

This is just a quick easy spread you can do every full moon. Keep track of your progress and see how it connects for your year, January’s full moon is the perfect time to start and a good opportunity to get your baseline done…that way you can only improve.

*image uses artwork from @thewitchystuff * Original content of this blog is licensed under a Creative Commins Attributution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license. Not to be sold as spread for paid readings without permission.

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Flowers in Magick 🌸

With spring over the horizon, flowers will be blooming and it’ll be a great time to collect or buy some for your supplies. This is mostly a list of flowers you’ll find growing wild in most places, with some common ones you can find in either parks or stores. Feel free to add to the list!

Chamomile - Sleep, soothes, reduces stress, peace 😴

Clover - Luck, wealth, protection, attracts faeries 🍀

Daffodil- Love, luck, fertility 💕

Daisy - Love, health, innocence, children 🍼

Dandelion - Divination, wishes, attracts spirits 💫

Honeysuckle - Money, love, intuition 💵

Hydrangea - Hex breaking, protection, binding 🚫

Lavender - Peace, happiness, cleansing, clarity 🕯

Lilac - Protection, banishing, balancing ⚔️

Lily - Purity, love spell breaking, divination 💔

Morning Glory - Clarity, intuition, binding 🔮

Rose - Blessings, dreams, love, psychic abilities, the goddess 🌕

Sunflower - Happiness, power, energy, wishes, the god ☀️

Tulip - Beauty, desire, love 💃

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Books are magical. ✨

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Primrose’s Full Moon Ritual

This ritual was initially led on the Nightshade Network discord server! To participate in these rituals live, be sure to join! If you missed the ritual, here’s what you need to practice it on your own or with others!

Supplies:

Pen and paper

Full Moon

Please make sure that you are hydrated, that you’re somewhere that you won’t be disturbed for the duration of the ritual, and that you’re comfortable. If at any point during the ritual you feel drained or otherwise uncomfortable, feel free to step away and unwind with some simple meditation or a calming activity. 

*Shielding*

To begin this ritual, we shall start with shielding ourselves from unwanted or negative energy. You may use your own method of shielding or follow along with us!

If you’re following along, please begin by sitting or laying down comfortably. Take a few breaths to calm and center yourself. Once you feel calm, envision your energy forming a bubble around you. If you cannot visualize, feel the energy condensing or hardening around you like a protective shell. 

Either think or say your intention aloud: you are safe. Only energies that you allow and want may pass through this shield. Your shield is impenetrable.

Experience the energy around you. Experience it with all of your senses if you can. What does it look like? What does it feel like? What element is it made of? Make sure it is something that you personally find protective or comforting.

*Journaling Time*

Now that you are shielded and protected from any unwanted energy, it is now time to look inward. Take a few minutes to focus on how you’re feeling energetically and emotionally.

Get your pen/paper or a word doc ready. Write down anything that is bothering you or no longer serves you that you are ready to release. You can write full sentences, phrases, bullet points, etc. 

Once you are done, set this aside for later. Please take about 5 minutes for this. 

*Energy Cleansing with Lunar Energy*

Turn your attention back to your own energy. Take a few more breaths to calm and recenter yourself.

Try to notice any abnormalities in your energetic body. Do you feel any blockages where the energy doesn’t flow the way you’d like? Where are you holding your tension? Make a mental note of these areas, and how your energetic body is influenced by the problems that you just journaled about. Notice those connections.

Close your eyes for a moment and picture/think about the moon. Take a few deep breaths. With each inhale, direct the lunar energy that emanates from the moon into your energetic body. Allow this energy to cleanse away any blockages or heal any other energetic abnormalities. With each exhale, feel the grip of the things that you journaled about loosen and detach. Feel the changes in your energy over time. Please take about 10 minutes for this step, but you may take longer if you feel you need it.

Once you are done, tear/destroy the paper or word doc to release any remaining bonds that it has over you.

*Meditation*

Now, release any remaining lunar energy (unless you wish to absorb it) and take a few slow, deep breaths. Sit/lay there quietly for a few moments and relax. Close your eyes, if you’d like.

Take about 5 minutes just to process how you feel physically, mentally, emotionally, and energetically. You may want to take time to ground yourself or otherwise unwind from the energy work.

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When a planet falls into the...

1st House: it becomes part of your persona

2nd House: it is made insecure

3rd House: it is expressed in your communication

4th House: it is made private

5th House: it colors your self-expression/creativity

6th House: it needs daily work

7th House: it is projected onto others

8th House: it is kept secret

9th House: it colors your worldview

10th House: it is made public

11th House: it will continually improve

12th House: it is neglected

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I feel this. I FEEL THIS!

me talking to kids half my age: dude you’re so rad and wise. teach me your ways. we’re bros. i’d let you lead me into battle any day.

me talking to kids one (1) year younger than me: a baby. such a small child. you understand nothing. tiny small young baby child.

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Love all my books

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The full moons, and their metaphysical properties

Full Moon of January: The energies of the wolf moon (Wasaodakna):

The Wolf

Expression

Pathfinding

Communication

New Beginnings

Renewal

Loyalty

Survival

Hard work

Spirit work

Determination

Protection

Endurance

Creativity

Strength

Overcoming Obstacles

Home

Family

Caring

Self care

Strength

Full Moon of February: The energies of the Snow Moon (Usaodakna):

Planning

Purification

Initiation

Cleanse

Property

Growth

Healing

Self-love

Forgiveness

Future plans

Psychic ability

Blessing

Accept responsibility

Knowledge

Wisdom

Heightened clarity

Connection to the divine

Strength

Perservere

Initiation

Divination

Moving towards goals

Full Moon of March: The energies of the Crow Moon, or Worm Moon (Knasaodakna):

Desires

Prosperity

Luck

Freedom

Preparation

Break illusions

Banishing

Balance

Warding

Rebirth

Purity

Cleaning

Renewal

New beginnings

Inspirational

Fertility

Change

Self-confidence

Self-reliance

Keep reading

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Do you know of any specific methods besides divination, to tell whether someone is cursed?

A much more direct method would be to snip a bit of hair, wrap it around a needle, and plunge it into a burning candle, burning the hair, and heating the pin. Then sit back and watch for someone suddenly complaining about pains, misfortune, or otherwise bad luck. Once you find that person, you’ve likely found your culprit. 

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IF YOU ARE A WITCH REBLOG THIS POST

I’m trying to make a sort of “yellowpages of witches. To be in it, please reblog this, and put in the tags your religion. Hopefully, I’ll make a large directory so that we can find each other :)