#spell crafting

[coinandcandle]

Babes wake up, new infographics just dropped.

Based on my “types of spells post” :>

[elminx]

Our Magical Portal For 2025: 00° Aries

f you thought four chances to do Capricorn moon magic was good last year, I counter with this:

Counting the moon, a planet will pass over 00° Aries a whopping 25 times in 2025!

In the average year, a given degree in the horoscope may see three passes from the Sun, Moon, and Venus, who traverse the entire horoscope in a year, and ~12 passes by the moon. That's 15 touch points. Which still seems like a lot.

This year, the Sun moves through 00° Aries in March, Mercury and Venus retrograde over 00° Aries in February, and both Saturn and Neptune move into Aries before retrograding back into Pisces by the year's end. As well as 14 passes from the moon!

This is something that you can use (magically, of course).

00° Aries

00° Aries is arguably the most significant degree for one straightforward reason: it is the first degree of the horoscope wheel. Astrologically, the year begins at 00° Aries with our Spring Solstice and ends at 29° Pisces. 00° Aries carries all of the potential of springtime.

It is worth remembering that astrology is a study of seasons and the constant, repetitive changes of the year. Every spring is a new chance to grow and evolve like the plants that erupt from their slumber under the ground, but it is also an ending.

From a metaphorical standpoint, 29° Pisces represents the complete desolvation of the self that comes with death, and 00° Aries represents the moment of birth/the first breath/ego consciousness.

This will be especially important this year because the planets that move across 00° Aries will do so in forward and backward motion.

In forward motion, a planet entering 00° Aries indicates a new beginning, a new leaf, a new idea, and a new project.

In retrograde motion, a planet moving through 00° Aries indicates needing to backpedal or having to step a few steps backward. We may need to review, refine, and reassess.

We will experience twenty-one passes of 00° Aries in forward motion and four passes in backward motion, indicating that we are mainly in the birthing phases, but there will be some setbacks.

The Magic

Do you want to start something new? Are you willing to work for it - putting one foot in front of the other - every single day (or as often as you can) - until you accomplish your goals?

Then 00° Aries is the right degree for you.

I have written about the power of Number 1 for starting new things; this is degree #1 of sign #1.* Anything that you want to start can be augmented by 1 energy. Use sequences of ones in your magic: burn one candle with one herb and one oil (combined, three for manifestation). Alternatively, make a spell pouch with one petition paper, one crystal, and one herb (again, combine to create 3 for manifestation).

Aries is an active (cardinal) fire sign, so I would strongly suggest working with fire in some capacity if you can. If you genuinely cannot, bring in other Aries correspondences (listed below).

I will not tell you what spell to cast; that is up to you and your goals for your own life. I can tell you that casting a spell and then repetitively working this spell as the planets move over 00° this spring (and beyond) may yield incredible results and that I would never turn down an opportunity like this, especially since you get 25 chances to get it right.

Where does 00° Aries fall in your natal birth chart? What house is it in? Does it make any significant aspects to any of your personal planets or luminaries? Does it aspect your Ascendant, Descendant, or 10th house? Does it make an aspect to Jupiter, Saturn, or your lunar nodes? I wouldn't include the outer three planets (Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto) unless they sit exactly at 00° Aries or Libra, which might still be significant. This information may help you to understand how to craft your spell (or ritual, silly words, this is energy - I'm literally trying not to tell you how to use it) or WHEN to cast it.

*I understand that this might be confusing because it is degree "00" and not 1 because astrology is based around geometry, so there must be a 0 degree to indicate a conjunction

The Dates

All Dates are in EST/EDT

2/4 - Venus enters Aries 3/3 - Mercury enters Aries 3/20 - Sun enters Aries 3/27 - Venus exits Aries 3/29 - Solar Eclipse 09° Aries, Mercury exits Aries 3/30 - Neptune enters Aries 4/16 - Mercury enters Aries 4/30 - Venus enters Aries 5/24 - Saturn enters Aries 9/1 - Saturn exits Aries 9/21 - Solar Eclipse 29° Virgo 10/22 - Neptune exits Aries

Moon at 00° Aries (check the hour for your timezone): 1/5, 2/1, 3/1, 3/28, 4/25, 5/22, 6/16, 7/16, 8/12, 9/8, 10/06, 11/2, 11/29, 12/27

I've included our two solar eclipses on this list because March's conjuncts this point (and Mercury at 00° Aries on that day), and September's tightly opposes it (within one degree). Both days can amplify eclipse magic of all kinds (another layer to this puzzle), but many people prefer to avoid doing magic during an eclipse due to its unpredictability. I've written about harnessing eclipse energy for magic here.

In reference to that, our March solar eclipse is a new/new energy eclipse, while our September eclipse is a new-old energy eclipse.

Ways to Work These Dates:

Pick the planet (Sun, Mercury, Venus) that most aligns with your goals and cast your spell on the day that planet first enters Aries

Work with Mercury or Venus's retrograde cycles to gnaw through a particularly tough problem that is keeping you stuck

Plant a spell on the Spring Equinox that will be harvested on the Autumnal Equinox

Cast a spell on the eclipsed Aries new moon that will culminate with the Aries full moon 10/08

Cast a long-term spell on the eclipsed Aries new moon and re-up its energy on the eclipsed Virgo new moon

Consider casting your spell during the hour of the transit, or, if that is not possible, cast it during the hour of the planet moving into Aries

If you don't know what dates to choose - I am offering $20 Election Consults through my Kofi - contact me with a good explanation of what type of magic you want to do, and I will give you (of t

Correspondences

Aries Fire, Cardinal, Masculine Ruling Planet: Mars House: 1 Tarot Cards: The Magician (by number), the Emporer (traditional) Herbs: Cinnamon, Dragon's Blood, Frankincense, Garlic, Ginger, Holly, Horseradish, Marjoram, Nettle, Pepper, Thistle 00° Aries, 1st Decan Ruler: Mars, Subruler: Mars Tarot Card: 2 of Wands (traditional), the Fool (by Number)

Mars Domicile/Houses: Aries/1, Scorpio/8 Exile: Libra, Taurus Exaltation: Capricorn Fall: Cancer Day of the Week: Tuesday Energies: victory, aggression, achievement, action, assertiveness, strength Colors: Scarlet, Red, Vermillion, Orange Number: 5 Metal: Iron Stones: Garnet, Ruby, Carnelian, Bloodstone Herbs: Asafoetida, Basil, Broom, Briony, Cactus, Cayenne, Dragon's Blood, Galangal, Garlic, Gentian, Ginger, Hawthorn, Horseradish, Honeysuckle, Mustard, Nettle, Peppercorn, Red Sandalwood, Rue, Tabacco, Wormwood Tarot Card: The Tower

References: Tarot and Astrology by Corrine Kenner The Herbal Alchemist's Handbook By Karen Harrison

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As always, I hope I have given you some magical ideas to help you align with the astrological transits unique to this year. If you like my work, you can tip me on Kofi or purchase an astrological report written just for you.

More Reading: The Power of the Number One: Starting Over Demystifying Working With Eclipse Energy

[vexwerewolf]

YOU SHOULD KNOW: If you cast Levitate 1 sec on Target on a cliff racer, it will fall out of the sky and die because Levitate replaces its regular flight speed, and when it loses Levitate, it doesn't get it back. If you hit it with the spell while it's high enough in the air, the fall damage will kill it.

Thanks to /u/JaxMed from reddit for this trick

[igorlevchenko-blog]

Morrowind's Constant Effect Enchantments

In Fallout universe, the Supermutants who use stealth technology, inevitably become addicted to it, manifesting maladaptive behavior, paranoia, delusions, affected speech, brain damage, and most commonly of all, schizophrenia.

In Morrowind, players often try to outdo each other with the cumulative magnitude of their constant effect Chameleon enchantments—a spell which grants them near invisibility.

Collate 1 and 2, won't you.

[aesethewitch]

There's something interesting I've noticed in my spellcrafting experiments. I do a lot of food magic, turning meals into spells and writing recipes specifically for magical purposes.

When a dish takes more time and effort to create, I find it has a greater magical "punch." Quick and easy dishes done with magic work just fine, of course. I wouldn't do them if they didn't. But their effects don't last as long, I've found, and they tend to not have as drastic results as something that takes a lot of energy.

Once I noticed this in my food magics, I started seeing it elsewhere, too. I tested it with my money bowl by going from a single tea light candle lit once per week to a large taper candle lit every day. Not much else changed about the bowl itself, but I also decided to physically write out a petition instead of just thinking what I wanted during the casting.

It's had drastically different results. Money comes in quicker, easier, and in large quantities. I think it's in part because the set-up of the spell took more effort (the petition) and because it's taking active, concentrated care every day (lighting and babysitting the candle). The energy input matches the output.

Now, I do think this means that low-effort spellwork would yield smaller or shorter-term results. That doesn't mean it isn't worth doing. Performing a bunch of little spells for the same purpose builds up that effort and energy over time, compounding into a bigger and bigger result.

But the effort put in tends to match the results gotten out of spells. The more care taken, the more effort it takes, the more attention it gets, the better it'll do.

Obviously, this is based on observations done on my own spellwork and practice. It makes sense that effort = results in my practice, since I'm pulling fatestrings and so forth, and the harder the pull, the bigger the movement. So YMMV, etc.

I'm curious, though, has anyone else noticed this same thing? And if so, what sort of paradigm are you working with?

[grimoiregradient]

Send me your unique spells!

I'm looking for inspiration in spell design and I'm very bored with the typical 'light the candles say the chant' structure. There's nothing wrong with those, I love doing them, but I'm trying to break out of the box. Send me your favorite spells please, I'd love to hear!

[fiantacleasai]

What kind of spell would you, personally, do for attracting a new home/house to yourself? What kind of spell or spell jar or ritual would you do for manifesting your desired home? Would you pray to/work with a specific deity for help?

I’m trying to craft a spell but struggling

[simone-da-witch]

fuck it new spell:

CREATE SPIRITUAL GLORY HOLE

This spell creates, you guessed it, a glory hole that attracts spirits to use it, allowing us corporeal, living folk to receive from it

hopefully this spells finds its uses, especially for those on the @slutty-wizard-council

[witchysylv]

in case you need to hear it today, your craft is just as valid if you use personal correspondences. in fact, i would argue it's more valid because that aligns more closely with your intent.

an herb you hate won't bring good luck and vice versa. assign and utilize your own intentions where necessary.

[sylverra]

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[tetvashatalren]

Introducing a spell type I've been developing for a while: Mana Weaves.

As an introduction, a Mana Weave is working on the Principal of Mana's Centrality, or the idea that Mana is the substance of magic, and the matter your soul is made of. Under this philosophy, the process of casting spells of any kind is understood to be an act of Mana Manipulation. In the Mana Manipulation framework of practice, the Law of Three Fold applies, though I've found in my own experience that there are two ways to cast: cast with the ambient Mana in the environment, or cast with your own Mana, and the universe is much less quick to smack you if you cast from your own Mana.

Problem: I need to science up my magic by compulsion, I need to understand and iterate, but that takes a lot of Mana to use.

Solution: Mana Weave creates a bubble of partially your Mana and partially the ambient Mana, and it amplifies it in a contained work station in three dimensional space.

Setup: (only necessary to do once per wand)Take a dedicated wand and meditate, focus on bonding the wand to you so you can feel it as a part of your Mana essence. For this to work, this wand must be made so close as to feel like another organ in your soul's body. Then, find a point on your wand and ensure it is a point where you can easily place your index finger on on your dominant hand and hold it there for extended periods of time. (If you've played VRChat and used the markers, this is the rough visualization you're going for.) Focus your Mana from your belly and visualize it following a path around your heart and down your arm, into your hand and wand, then draw that path out from the tip of the wand. This is to give a focusing point. After creating that path, focus on moving the line where your fingertip rests in 3D Space to instead be bonded to your fingertip. Then, once the line is set, focus on cutting the points either side of the wand so that the path is a broken circuit. Once the connection is severed, that point where the line is bonded to your finger lets you complete the circuit and allow Mana Flow in a controlled way.

NOTE: Ensure you draw that Mana line through the point where your finger will rest on the wand and ensure that point is not at the tip of the wand.

Function: Ley lines naturally firm when Astral Caves flow near enough the Physical Plane for Mana to flow thick through the planar barrier. Over time it creates a selfperpetuating cycle of Mana from the Astral and Physical Planes blend and create a vortex. This vortex flow creates a field that sucks in Mana and amplifies it's energy output, or a "Locational Mana Density Shifting Field" that increases the Mana Density of an area that functions as a storage location, and thus amplifies the output energy draw and thus stronger magic you can cast. This weave functions by creating an artificial network of Ley lines in an ordered and repeated pattern as opposed to the more chaotic and random patterns of the natural ones. This allows the field it creates to be stronger and more structurally sound while being shrunken down.

Procedures: Take your wand and draw a mesh in 3D Space, then draw a circle around it while focusing your intention on bonding the mesh into a solid three dimensional weave. After this, you can draw circles in the air and draw Glyphs inside them. When creating the circles, focus your intention on letting what's put inside move as one piece that can jigsaw into place with other circles. (This last part is the foundation of my craft. All of my spells are comprised of Sigil Glyphs that can work together as building blocks. Think molecules and letters for how this modular images system interlocks together.) Place each Glyph in the weave and the Glyphs will draw from the Mana your weave draws in from both the environment and from you. The weave creates a self contained bubble that gives a space of super strong amplified Mana output, but fully workable as a work station safe enough for novices to practice most lone witch spells. After you place the Glyphs into position, place the Mana Weave in it's place wherever the spell requires, and then you just put a tiny bit of your own Mana into the weave to activate it.

Example Spell: Potection of My Soul

Cast Mana Weave around head and place the Glyphs inside, then grip the weave and mold it to your head shape, ensuring it is completely immersing your head in the Mana Weave boundary. Doing this ensures the effected enclosed space creates a saturation therapy of sorts and ensures that the spell is saturating your head, amplifying it and ensuring it's effects permeate your flesh. This can also effect the entire body, just mold the weave to the body and head together instead.

[coinandcandle]

Have you ever done tarot spells? If so, how? Like what do you do and who do you use them in spells?

Some friends and I are running a lil experiment and we're using the cards very loosely like how people do crystal grids, but I'd love to hear how y'all use tarot in spells.

[elminx]

Magic for Recentering During Times of Conflict

Note: I am writing this immediately following the November 2024 election cycle, but this is not meant to be specific to this time. Nor am I inferring that magic can solve all of our problems. Please seek out help from a professional if you need it.

One of the deep truths that I have uncovered in my life is that when I am unbalanced (emotionally, physically, spiritually), I am of no use to myself or to others. When something rocks me to the core of my being as this election has, I need to feel all of the feels first and foremost. Then, I need to find a way to move on from the immediate (VERY VALID) emotional turmoil so that I don't get stuck in a pattern of rumination or pathological catastrophizing.

These are some of the ways that I do so. This list is not meant to be exhaustive and, of course, I do not expect every one of these to work for everyone. That is okay and expected. I'm also not including medical, psychological, or court-based interventions because I am not a doctor or a lawyer. Some of these tips are purely magical in nature and some are what I would call magic adjacent - they are mundane actions that are cleansing in nature.

Feel your feelings. I know I said AFTER, but I feel that I need to reiterate this. These steps are unlikely to work until you have worked your way through the first stages of rage, revolt, grief, name your emotion here. How long this takes will be different for everyone. Don't rush this.

Breathe. When I am really In It, I find meditation nearly impossible. I need to be reminded how to take deep breaths. This is when I get help—I use the Tide App for this. I set it to "Breathe," a fifteen-minute timer, and balanced breath. If you're new to breath work, start with five minutes. This is very simple: The app makes a sound for inhalation and one for exhalation. For many people, deep breathing helps to bring your nervous system into balance.

Change. This isn't a tip for everyone, but you know who you are. (I'm definitely guilty of this) If you've been wearing the same clothes for a week, stewing in your emotional turmoil, it's time to change them. Every single item you've been wearing. This may go to blankets or bedding, too. Put them all in the wash and give yourself a fresh set and a fresh start.

Wash. Take an intentional bath or shower. Wash every part of your body, focusing on removing the bad emotions with soap and washing them down the drain. You can add oomph to this by using soaps with cleansing scents (think lavender, citrus, lemongrass, sage, etc.).

Cut or Dye your hair. This is a deep take that will only work for some people, but if you're like me, cutting your hair can be a big release. It doesn't have to be a big change (though I find the bigger the cut, the bigger the release). Sometimes, making a visible change to your appearance can change how you feel. IYKYK

Small Cleansing Rituals. These will vary greatly depending on your practice and culture. If cleansing yourself with smoke or crystals really gets you, do it.

Clean Your House - stale energy is stale. Part of getting over an emotional episode, for me, is getting the energy in my environment flowing again. Open some windows. Wash your floors. Pick up the mess you created when you were too In It to do anything more than feel. This could be your bedroom, house, or space in which you spent the most time while you were down for the count. You can add oomph to this with Cleansing Vinegar.

Big Cleansing Rituals—When something is really stuck, we need the big guns. This could be cord-cutting or cleansing spells, whatever works well for you. I have a spell that works for this here.

Flush it out of you. (TW: alcohol) If you're the potion type, you can make a cleansing potion to move the emotions through your body until you eventually pee them out. This doesn't have to be alcoholic, though I like alcohol for its mild diuretic effects in this scenario. Think cleansing with citrus here, especially. My long-form lemonade will definitely work here, as would many types of tea. I have a seasoned cocktail specifically designed to do this here.

Banish it. There are too many ways to do a banishing spell for me to list them all here. But, since we are talking about explicitly banishing something from your own body - I suggest using food. Onions and black pepper are good banishing ingredients that taste great, too. I have a French Onion Soup banishing recipe here.

I want to reiterate here that if you are still dealing with your emotions stage of things right now, that is completely okay. This isn't meant to rush anyone through this process. We are all different people with different needs. It's also okay (and probably expected) that all of these things listed above won't work for all people - after all, they are things that work for me, specifically.

You need to find out what works for you. If don't know where to start right now, I hope this gave you some ideas. And, as always, if there's a method of getting through the hard shit that you'd like to add to this, please do! We could all use some new ideas for the hard road ahead.

[lavender-pebbles]

Looking for advice for a binding spell to be used on a trickster spirit that has been causing problems in my home. We have tried reasoning with them and being diplomatic but they are not respecting our house rules so we are going to try a binding spell, as they have been there longer than we have and we’d prefer to not banish them if we can avoid it.

My current plan is to create an effigy to represent the spirit, bind it in thread or rope and place it inside a container sealed in wax. I think I will put a paper inside the container that says the conditions of the spell and other materials like maybe black salt.

I would love any advice from someone who has dealt with a similar situation or just knows more than me about this type of spell :)

[witcheryofthevalley]

Ideas for spells to make someone “see the truth?”

As in, they are being lied to and I cannot tel them directly, but maybe I can still help them see what is going on with a specific person.

[lunarhomewitch]

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