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[ladyiristheenchantress]

September Divination Sale

Blessed fall friends! Today I have several special deals to honor the fall season and upcoming equinox! First I have a 5 dollar equinox ritual you can jump into! Not only will you be provided a free equinox ritual, but your name also get added to the equinox pot! Second, I have discounted my crystal-casting services from $25 to $15 this month! Finally, I am offering a 25% discount on all 5 card spiritual-related spreads, so this includes spirit, deity, path, and intuition-based questions! (terms apply) I look forward to working with you all this September season! Fair winds :) To get in contact with me either send me a message here on tumblr or Kofi, and from there we can see what platform is best to speak on! 🍂 🌽 🌻 🌥️

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Tarot | Divination Tool

*Note: Since Tumblr has a limit of ten images it will take me a while to upload each image not only for the Major Arcana but also the Minor arcana such as cups/wands and I don't have the time for that so here's the link so you can copy themselves Artistic witchy here: There was a myth I read [take this with salt] that because of mass production of tarot cards the people who was in the buisness created the rumour that a tarot deck has to be passed down to 'work' but most believe that if you designed or created your own tarot deck it would work a little better because it's your whole core you put into it. ___________________________________________________________

[Source] A link to all 78 Tarot cards and in depth meaning and upright/reversed meanings. [Source] Another website some meanings are similair/different as tarot is not exact.

Okay lets start!

78 Tarots on a deck.

Divided into two sections [major arcana/mysteries] and [Minor arcana/mysteries] There are 22 Major Arcana cards, tend to deal with big life events and overarching themes, such as relationships, career and love.

There are 56 Minor Arcana cards. Divided into four. Suits. Wands, Pentacles [also called coins] cups, swords. With 14 cards in each. A King, Queen, Page respectfully, from ace-ten.

Major: The fool, the magician, high priestess/priest, empress/emperor. Hierophant, lovers, chariot, strength, hermit, wheel of fortune, justice, hanged man, death, temperance, the devil, The tower, The Star, The moon, The Sun, The Judgement, The World.

Minor: Wand, Pentacle, Cup, Sword. 14 cards each, going from ace to 10 then page, knight, king, queen. ____________________________________________________________

So Minor:

Suit of Cups – Element of Water – Emotions & Relationships

Suit of Pentacles – Element of Earth – Property & Achievement

Suit of Swords – Element of Air – Wisdom & Communication

Suit of Wands – Element of Fire – Passion & Inspiration

It’s important to consider these elements and areas when working with the minor arcana cards, making it much easier for an intuitive reading to happen (after a bit of practice of course)!

WANDS:

Suits of wands. Energy drive, willpower, creativity, power. 

Associated with the element of fire, the suit of wands represents passion, inspiration and creativity. The wands imbue their users with primal energy, for it is through them that the cycle of creation can begin. Because of their ability to bring energy into any situation, they are also associated with action, ambition and making plans. At their worst, they can refer to situations that are filled with recklessness and lack of direction. As you follow the journey within the wands, you'll come across these themes again and again.

CUPS:

Suit of Cups: Emotion, Feelings, Intuition, relationships.

The suit of cups rules over all that is associated with emotions, the unconscious, creativity, and intuition. They frequently talk about relationships, whether romantic or otherwise. And ones imagination and inner world. They are associated with the element of Water, Which becomes a frequent visual theme within this suit. At their worst, the cup's suit is fretted with uncontrolled feeling and fantasy and a disconnect with one's inner voice.

Swords:

Suit Of swords. Logic, Ideas, intellect, communication.

The sword is the suit of intelligence, logic, truth, ambition, conflict and communication. Its associated with the element of air, in readings. These cards focus on the faculty and power of the intellect, which like the swords themselves, are double-edged. This can used for both good and evil, to help and to har and our greatest conflicts usually come from this delicate balance, at their worst, the swords can be abusive, harsh and lack empathy.

PENTACLE/STARS:

Suit of Pentacles: Nature, Body, Material world, stability.

The Pentacles is the suit of all things worldly and material, though we will immediately think of the pentacles as relating to financial matters, we also can understand them as being associated with security, stability, nature, health, and prosperity.

 The Pentacles or Earth element. When we see pentacles show up in a reading they are usually concerned with your long term future, Career, generosity, your household, business investments and your feelings of sensuality. The negative side of the pentacles show up as greed, jealousy, miserliness and unbridled ambition at the cost of all else.

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A form of divination using cards to ask the future or different paths to follow. The standard deck holds 78 cards, divided into Major and Minor Arcana. These cards reveal hidden truths and knowledge.

Major Arcana: The Most powerful cards in the deck, they are big influences and signs to Keep in Mind.

Minor Arcana: Represented by the four elements, Each represents a different experience: ideas, feelings, actions, and manifestation.

Cups: The unknown, soul, emotions, spirit, healing, relationships.

Swords: Spirit, knowledge, intellect, choices, freedom, judgement.

Wands: Will, intention, creativity, success, intuition power. 

Pentacles: Security, talent, nature, confidence, community results. ____________________________________________________________

Origin of Tarot: "The earliest references to tarot all date to the 1440s and 1450s and fall within the quadrilateral defined by the northern cities of Venice, Milan, Florence, and Urbino. Italy. Because of the complicated nature of the game by that point, it is likely that it had begun evolving earlier in the century." [Source]

Who made the Original tarot card? [Source]

Pamela Colman Smith Was the Artist and Occultist Who Designed the Iconic Tarot Deck. Why Has No One Ever Heard Her Name? An exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art is highlighting her contributions to the development of Modernism. Pamela Colman Smith in the October 1912 issue of The Craftsman magazine.

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[ladyiristheenchantress]

Reading for others and Selling your Readings

So, you want to start reading for others and possibly selling your readings? Well you came to the right place. This post piggy backs off a google class I created on my discord pages, and today I will be going over tips and tricks for success and how to start making a side hustle out of divination! This is going to be a very tarot forward post, however this can be integrated into really any form of divination, the interview process for example is not reserved for only tarot and oracle cards! Big note: Make sure you are aware of your countries, state, and county laws revolving around divination. In some places its still illegal and criminalized and there is no point going to jail over this. Instead its best to raise awareness and talk to your local representatives about the issue.

The slides we will be using today

Part One: Knowing

The first section is all about getting started, and most great readers I can think of have 3 key things they recommened

Know your deck - What this means is actually taking the time to interview your deck and get to know its strengths, limitations, and how it will connect to your readings. When you understand your tarot cards voice, you are better able to apply messages for other people.

How do I interview my deck? To design an interview you need to create a spread that answers a few questions like "what are your strengths and weaknesses", "How do you prefer to speak to me?" and "How can I best listen and apply your advice?" Optionally it is always good to add sections asking the deck if it can read for other people, if it can read on the divine, and if it can process information that is changing.

My personal favorite is the one I am listing below.

2. Knowing your skills - This section is all about identifying your own strengths and weaknesses. Do you not really dabble in spirit work so you cant do spirit ID's? do you work with a trickster god so your decks often go missing? Do you simply just hate doing love readings and they bring you agony? All of these things are really valid, and its good to be honest with yourself. Start by picking out types of readings you enjoy, readings you maybe don't love or aren't skilled at yet, and then readings you just wont do. The ones in the middle category can always be worked on and expanded you may find you love them, but the ones that you just hate doing don't have to come at a cost just be honest and not offer them as a service. Another major aspect is personal associations to cards, Its important that as your using divination to make notes of personal associations you have to things, or how you interpret art on the card. This can help you better connect readings to your skills and give a more unique experience

3. Knowing your client - this is important simply for a marketing standpoint. If you are really good at deity readings it may be better to advertise your work on deity related servers rather than just spiritual ones. If you are a jack of all trades that may be vice versa. When you nail down the readings you love and hate doing you start to learn where you can successfully advertise to attract people who love the readings you do

Some important things and tips I can give as a tarot reader is to trust your intuition, and understand your skill level. When it comes to intuition some of the biggest blocks I see people have is "Well the reading isn't resonating with my spirit like usual" and its actually a really common thing! When people are transitioning to read for other people we become so used to getting that intuitive feeling that the cards just 'fit' but because the reading isn't *for* us we get an uncomfortable empty feeling or second guess ourselves. Have faith that your intuition is still working, just not on your behalf. Relax! If the client lets you know that it didn't resonate that's ok! Its a learning opportunity, it just means you have to re-look at the cards to find details you may have missed. With that also said, sometimes you are going to get a gut feeling that something is just not right, it will be different than that empty feeling or the little nagging self doubt voice. It usually comes as a whisper, a hand tremble, or sharpness in your spine that lets you know to redraw the card.

Another big thing that follows up with the third point is about your own skill level. The reason why there is so much emphasis on it is because your level will determine what readings you do, how much you charge for them, and how long it will take you to preform the reading. Its important that you are charging appropriately for practices, disclosing when you are new to something, or when you just aren't comfortable doing a type of reading for someone yet. It is always ok to say 'no' especially when a reading is out of your skill range.

Another really big thing to this is Practice, like I mentioned about finding your skill level so that leads me to another point:

Where can I go to find people to practice on?

In most cases, if you are a person of the internet you have a ton of options! There are dozens of discord servers and forums where you can practice your skills with people willing to trade or looking for free readings. Its best to avoid places like Instagram, tic tok, or amino for the time being because those places are more for building up a business rather than seeking out people to practice with. This is mainly because you will likely get overwhelmed with people trying to get free readings out of you, and servers usually have moderators that can help protect the peace while you are still learning.

A big thing I see is also about how to source tools for divination, lets say your in the broom closet and want to practice giving tarot readings but cant use physical cards, you can offer up readings using a digital deck (just make sure to disclose that) and get your practice in that way.

Part Two: Planning

Lets look at the aspects of giving a reading, We need to remember that for a lot of people divination is not only just an aspect of their spirituality but also a business for a lot of people. Some of the best readers I know actually aren't spiritual at all, but give such quality readings because they chose the study the psychology behind giving a reading. On the flip side, some of the best readings I have ever received was when the person was in tune with me spiritually, and got to know my beliefs as a client. It is a fine line for most people, and what makes these groups one in the same is they both took the time to really break in their practice, and see divination like an art form.

What are some things to note on the spiritual side?

Spiritually, we as readers are taking the time to use our tools to connect to the other side. Whether you believe tarot reads on paths, futures, or simply psychology, it can be a spiritual experience overall. I want it to be known even a complete atheist can still enjoy giving and practicing with divination, because at the end of the day you don't have to be any "type" of spiritual to practice.

Divination can be used to help other people through problems by offering another perspective, and as a reader that is a really fulfilling thing! Its nice when we can help others to see things they cant yet. Its also exciting to engage with the different questions a human can be faced with about life. As a reader there are so many beautiful solutions to problems, and divination can help with that!

Most commonly sold methods: Tarot, Oracle, and Runes

Most common services (as of 2022): Love readings, Yes/No questions, Deity and spirit questions

Ethical considerations and quirks are an important thing to cultivate as a reader. Its important to figure out where your ethics lie. Are you comfortable reading on a third party? Are you comfortable doing blind readings? What sort of things can you offer that would make you unique? As a general rule of thumb, its good to plan this out while you practice to see if anything is invoked in you. As you research different styles of readings you may find preset ethical takes online, some you will vibe with, others you will not. Take the information and evaluate it as you practice. Another big thing is confidentiality, if a reading begins to expose a deeper thing its best to talk to your client or leave it be if it isn't an immediate cause for concern.

Note: sometimes you get some seriously sick people asking for readings, confidentiality is great, however if someone is breaking the law or confessing a crime to you it is a good idea to stay calm, and report it to law enforcement if you can. It gets really difficult if the person is in another country and you are just reading online, but you can still pass it on to law enforcement who can possibly notify that countries police system. Above all else: If someone is making you feel uncomfortable you have every right to say no, block them, and move on. If it is someone physically with you like at a school or workplace setting who is making you uncomfortable, you have every right to deny service and seek out someone higher up who can help create distance between you and the other person. safety comes first.

What are some things to note on the business side?

On the business side, not only are we assisting other people, however we are also assisting ourselves. It is amazing when we can take something that brings us so much joy and use it to help turn a profit. When you begin actually selling your readings, you will come to find that a lot of math and marketing is involved like calculating where you want to be, how much to charge per card, how much to charge for other practices, how to market yourself to the world, its all things we have to factor when we are trying to make a side hustle out of this. Above all else, take care of you first! Make sure that you are keeping your energy and mental health in mind as you go through this journey

Average Pricings: $1-2 per card when first starting, averaging $3-4 a card, and on the high end some readers charge up to $17 per card. Usually pricings for spreads start at $5 per 3 cards, $10 per 10 cards, and $20 upcharges for voice chat or in person sessions. The average in person tarot reader will charge $70 per 45 min session

Average market: Highest money comes from tic tok, facebook, and instagram

Average Demographic: Usually within the ages of 23-35, mainly metropolitan areas

What are some things that makes a reader unique?

Style - Having a style or theme when it comes to how you present your readings is a wonderful thing. It not only makes you more recognizable, but it also draws clients in who are curious

Presentation - How you actually present your readings is important. If you are physically speaking to someone laying your cards so its facing the client adds a special touch, if you are trying to layer paragraphs online making sure they look cohesive with correct grammar and paragraph indentation is amazing

Timing - How long you can produce readings and with how much information can be used to set you apart from other readers. Plenty of readers upcharge for 'same day' readings, or charge more for blind readings because more intuition is being used

Extras - If you are willing to provide extras, online you can create custom spreads, crystal grid photos that represent the readings, or physically offer candy or for the client to pick their own deck

Personality - Having good customer service can apply to readings too, establishing your unique personality to a client is wonderful. Whether your setting up a 'no-nonsense' vibe or are smiling ear to ear, you can connect it to the deck the client vibes the most with.

Options - Providing options and some sort of consultation phase is a great way to start a dialogue between you and your client, giving plenty of room to ask questions and be honest about what's going on sets a really good mood for both of yall.

Examples:

Part Three: Doing

In this section we will be going over the most important things to remember while we are practicing, growing, and learning.

Always remember:

Your boundaries - The things you are willing and not willing to read on

Trends - What readings are the most profitable right now, why? Do you want to partake in them or not?

Clients - What types of clients do you tend to get? Do they tend to prefer a specific reading or style? Do you tend to get returning business or mainly one-off readings?

Where you promote - Where you promote is what you attract, so keep surveying the data analytics for what is most popular. For example: Psychics in Vegas tend to get the most skeptic readings, Beverly hills gets the most amount of pet readings, and Instagram pages tend to offer love readings the most

A big tip I have for new readers are on 3 things, time, spirits, and progress. When it comes to time make sure you are picking ways to charge for everything whether its VC, text, or in house, make sure you aren't running your clock and have methods to lead a conversation if a client is taking up a lot of time with stories that don't exactly apply. Next when it comes to spirits and deities it is important that you wait on those types of readings until you have protections and adequate research on different types of deities and spirits as to not possibly bring danger to yourself, clients, and are giving accurate information that preserves the cultures these being originate from. Finally when it comes to progress I recognize that it can be hard learning to say no, developing a back bone, and wanting to do more with your readings, just ride the wave as it comes! This takes time and I promise the more you work on your skills the more likely you are to succeed. Just make sure you are always honest with your clients and with yourself when you need to take a break.

What are some bad habits people should avoid?

Over cleansing - Sometimes we create this idea that you need to be triple cleansing in between each and every client, but in actuality this can create fatigue on our decks. Its kind of like showers: Some people shower daily just to get the gunk off, but they might not wash their hair or use a scrub every single shower because it strips the good oils from our hair and skin. Tarot can be the same, over cleansing it can strip it of energy. Its best to talk to your cards, have a charging station at the ready, and keep tabs on how they are feeling

overbooking - If you are currently enrolled in school full time, or have a full time job, it isn't realistic to take every single client at all hours of the day, that is the fastest way to divination burn out. Stager out clients between your real world schedule and set up a system that gives you time to transition.

Overdoing - Don't offer more than you can put out. Don't promise to do a 15 card spread in 30 min if you know your readings take longer. Don't offer freebies willy nilly because then it becomes an expectation. Make sure that you are properly valuing your work based off how long it takes you to create that product. At the end of the day you are offering a service, treat it like such!

Final Words

The divination community is an incredibly vast one that features all sorts of people, businesses, and more. Relax! This journey is a rewarding one, don't take it so serious that you start to fall apart. Have faith in your ability to research and practice, and as you grow don't hesitate to start finding communities that can help you grow as a reader.

Another big thing to watch out for is the rampant scam community. often times we see 'readers' come along who either make up some story about an ancestor leading them to you, someone cursing you for no reason, etc and making you foot the bill for their services. Or you get people who pretend to be tarot mentors and instead will copy paste things from biddy tarot while you pay 100 bucks a month. Be aware of people who are looking to take advantage of you, if it looks to good to be true it probably is. Be careful out there!

With all that said, I hope you all enjoyed this post, if you have any questions or comments feel free to drop them below. Thank you! Fair winds travelers

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Jewelry-Tober Challenge

I took on a personal challenge to create a new necklace every single day for the rest of October. I have a small Etsy shop called StrawberryNida (it's my favorite fruit with my name attached to it lol) where I post a collection of jewelry once every 2-3 weeks. Although I am getting engagement on Instagram stories (where I mainly show daily behind-the-scenes of my work), I post to my feed roughly twice a month (once my collections are complete). I plan to change that with these goals:

Become more active on my Instagram feed

Facilitate conversations/interactions with my mutuals

~Stimulate~ creativity with gothic jewelry sets

Do a daily October-themed thing that a lot of artists typically do (Ink-Tober, Spook-tober, and whatnot)

Here are the sets I have created for day 1 and day 2 of this challenge!

Let me know what you think and what you'd like to see. If you're also a small jewelry account then try this out! You can hit me up on here or my Instagram if you'd like to have a mutual in this line of work or have any questions you'd like answered. <333

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o witch of the kitchen, heed my call... i'm terrible at bread and my succulents are cursed. pls help. i offer a giant glass measuring cup that pours badly but is great at holding large quantities of iced beverage in exchange

Hi hello! I’ve gotchu! Some questions before I can offer specialized bread improvement advice, in which way is your bread terrible? Is it too dense, too soggy, too crumbly? And is that abnormal for the type of bread you’re trying to make? If you live somewhere with more altitude than sense and if so, have you accounted for that because it regrettably affects breads quite a lot. More Generally, bread is temperamental so don’t feel bad. Also, don’t ever be afraid to eyeball it especially if it’s a basic loaf. Your brain knows roughly what dough is supposed to look like and your hands know what it should feel like. So you can make additions or use less of something as you need. And as always, it gets better with practice and is improved when you’re gentle to yourself about the results while you’re practicing.

As for your succulents, I’m gonna need to get sciencey before I get witchy. How do they die when they go? Do they rot, do they crumble, or do they possibly have weird coloration first? The first two are about water intake (as with people, too much of a good thing has a tendency to rot the roots but not enough can kill just as quick. Balance is always the key) and the third is about potting soul mostly because it’s a sign of nutrient deficiency. Most succulents don’t grow fast enough to need to be repotted often, but it does happen on occasion (especially if you got the lads from somewhere like Walmart or Home Depot where they leave the poor things in tiny pots until they’re root bound). So science says that you ought to monitor water carefully and when you first get them, switch them to a pot with a bit of breathing room and break up the rootball a little so that it feels comfy enough to stretch.

From a Magical perspective, plants can sometimes act like sympathetic magic sinks. They absorb whatever magic gets thrown at them for good or ill. I know of some greener witches that like to dedicate a plant to each of their friends and use it as a way to provide nourishment and care to their friends on the sly and also as a way to make sure they’re healthy and happy. And still others use them as curse deflection and as negative energy absorption. Any curse or negativity meant for you gets taken up by the plant and saves you that bit of trouble, which is really quite valiant of the little fellas in my opinion. If you’re worried about that, feel free to stick up more house wards as a first defense! And remember, they absorb what’s around so intentionally pouring good in yields good in return (and makes a stronger curse buffer which is apparently necessary in your case).

I hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions, with or without an offering, and I’ll answer! Remember you’re loved and I’m terribly proud of you, now go be magic!

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Allergies can Kiss My Ass- potion

Not really a potion, just me making probably the nastiest tea I can with limited resources. this goes out to all the low budget, low energy, witches with allergies. This is also a potion for people who don’t have spare herbs and  the ability to do math to make their tea. 

Ingredients

three different tea bags of your choice (or all the same or one idc. I like two of the celestial tea blends and a bag of green tea for one cup) 

your favorite mug filled with hot water

your spite against the allergy season

honey (or any other sweetener) 

a lil bit of lemon juice

Directions

brew the tea bags in one cup all together. let seep as long as needed. Add as much honey or sweetener as your little heart desires. stir in as much intent as you can for health. try visualizing what it actually feels like to not have a stuffy nose. stir whatever direction you want as long as the intent is there you’ll be good. add a few drops of lemon and stir it in. Bam. Potion. 

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