For the witch on a budget

For those witches who are looking for some insight on how to save money and still practice magik. We also do free tarot readings in the askbox! (Readings are closed!) Have a good day witches! Admins- Solas, Luna, Jade, and Estelle 

[aslowyear]

‪May Day is a-coming,‬ ‪

The busy bees are humming,‬

So bang the drums‬

And fill thy cup,‬

For Nature is becoming.‬

Freya Turrill

[paganwonder]

Any Pagans or witches interested in having a Beltane get together in Animal Crossing?? We can't have a bonfire together in real life, but we can do it online!

Anyone interested??

[atchiu-ruad]

Saw an embroidery hoop today that said "less bitching, more witching: make shit happen", and it occurred to me that this is basically the witchy version of one of those little Christian acronym bracelets: PUSH (Pray Until Something Happens), and I've gotta say, I appreciate the more proactive attitude the witchy culture is bringing to the table :D

[plumfields]

🎃Celebrating Samhain 101🎃

🍁So what’s Samhain?

Often known as the witches new year, Samhain (sow-in) is the pagan festival marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter. It is said that that the veil between our world and the spirit world is the thinnest.

🥧When is it?

It begins the evening of Oct. 31 and ends the evening of Nov. 1

🍺Food & drinks: apples, pumpkin, squash, grains, corn, beer, wine, root veggies, pomegranates, potatoes, hazelnut

🍯Crystals: pretty much any black crystal, smokey quartz, fluorite, bloodstone, carnelian

🦊Herbs & spices: Patchouli, rosemary, cloves, sandalwood, sweetgrass, sage, cinnamon, nutmeg

🧀Activities:

Go for a cemetery or nature walk

Cook some old family recipes

Divination!! This is the best time of year for it (in my opinion)

Make a bonfire

Set up an altar to honor your ancestors

Collect fallen leaves/acorns

❗️Before anyone asks, no, you do not have to be pagan to celebrate (:❗️

[jacethewitch]

A Detailed Guide to Cleansing Your Tarot Deck

How often should I cleanse my deck and why?

Between every in-depth reading you do: they require a lot of energy and focus and can heavily impact the energy around your deck

When you get a new deck: you don’t know who has handled the deck before you or what energies surrounded it

If someone touches your deck: their energy can be easily transmitted through physical contact (which you could potentially use to your advantage if you’re reading for them)

When you see multiple cards from a recent previous reading appear in your current reading: a sign that the energies of the people you are reading for are becoming muddled

At different times of the year - equinoxes, full moons, first day of a season: routine cleansing is a great way to keep your cards in good shape

If you haven’t used it in a while: old, built up energies need to be cleared to help “wake up” your deck after it’s been sitting unused

How can I clean my deck?

With a cleansing sigil: place the deck on top to the sigil and write “Negative energy” or “Old energy” for removal

Passing through some sage smoke: sage is a great all around cleanser!

Shuffling while focusing on cleansing: shuffling reorganizes the cards and is a quick method for cleansing in between consecutive readings

Place a clear quartz on top: quartz, especially when charged with light from a full moon, absorbs negative and foreign energy really well

With the light of a full moon: the full moon represents new beginnings and holds strong cleansing power, place on a window sill overnight 

Meditation with a focus on cleansing: sit near or hold your deck, close your eyes, focus on your breathing (count your inhale as 1, exhale 2, inhale 3, etc until 30), then imagine a white, cleansing light enveloping your deck

Make a salt circle around your deck: can get kind of messy, but the salt will absorb negative energy, make sure to dispose of it after!

Put the cards in order (by suit, element, number, or astrology): sorting your deck will give it a fresh start, make sure all the cards are upright as well!

Knock three times: another quick way to cleanse or “wake up” your deck, especially great for after you haven’t used your deck in a while

[caramelcreamppuff]

🌠⭐Some of my favorite low-key witchy things⭐🌠

✨ Stirring your drinks with intentions in mind

✨ Taking bubble baths

✨ Waking up early to hear the birds sing

✨ Making sigils on your face and body with moisturizer

✨ Blessings gifts before giving them

✨ Blessing your make-up, skin care, and perfumes

✨ Collecting crystals, plants/flowers, and things you find on your journeys

✨ Keeping a notebook with all your witchy knowledge written in it

✨ Flower pressing!

✨ Thrifting your cloths, donating to foundations, just giving back to the earth because it gives so much to you

✨ Learning your astrology chart and writing down your friends and families charts as well

✨ Enjoying the craft, taking care of yourself, and creating a deeper bond between you and the earth

[crystalclearcoven-deactivated20]

Samhain History!

Hello lovelies! Since Samhain is right around the corner we thought we would share some history!

Pronounced “sow-win”; Samhain is a pagan holiday that originates from an ancient Celtic spiritual tradition. Today, Samhain is usually practiced from the evening of October 31st to the evening of November 1st to welcome in the harvest and bring in the “dark half of the year.”

Ancient Celts believed Samhain was the most significant of the four quarterly festivals and after their harvest work was complete would celebrate by joining Druid priests in lighting a community fire using a wheel that was considered a representation of the sun. Participants took a flame from this communal fire back to their homes to replenish the hearths that they let die out earlier that day. These Celts believed that Samhain was a mandatory celebration and if one would refuse to participate they would receive a punishment from the gods, usually being illness or death.

Celts believed that the barrier between worlds was thinnest during Samhain and would leave offerings outside of their villages and in fields for the fae, as well as Sidhs. They believed that their ancestors might cross over during this time and to protect them from being kidnapped by the fae; would dress up as animals and monsters. More specifically, they would dress up with monsters that they associated with Samhain, such as the shape-shifting creature ‘Pukah,’ that recieved harvest offerings, or The Lady Gwyn, a headless woman dressed in white that would chase night wanderers.

Samhain celebrations continued to progress through the Middle Ages. Samghnagans, personal bonfires nearer the farms, became a tradition to protect families from the fae, as well as witches. Persons would carve turnips attached to strings and embedded with coal: Jack-o-lanterns. In Wales, men would toss burning wood at each other as a violent game. During these times, the tradition “dumb supper” began, in which celebrants would invite ancestors in to feast with them, giving the families a chance to interact with the spirits until the feast was over. Children would play games for the dead, while adults updated them on the past year’s news. That night, doors and windows would be left open for the dead to come in and eat cakes that had been left for them.

As Christianity gained way into pagan communities, church leaders attempted to refrain Samhain as a Christian Celebration. The first attempt was by Pope Boniface in the 5th century. He moved the celebration to May 13 and specified it as a day celebrating saints and martyrs.In the 9th century, Pope Gregory moved the celebration back to the time of the fire festivals, but declared it All Saints’ Day, on November 1. All Souls’ Day would follow on November 2.

A broad revival of Samhain resembling its traditional pagan form began in the 1980s with the growing popularity of Wicca.Wicca celebration of Samhain takes on many forms, from the traditional fire ceremonies to celebrations that embraces many aspects of modern Halloween, as well as activities related to honoring nature or ancestors. Wiccans look at Samhain as the passing of the year, and incorporate common Wiccan traditions into the celebration.In the Druid tradition, Samhain celebrates the dead with a festival on October 31 and usually features a bonfire and communion with the dead. American pagans often hold music and dance celebrations called Witches’ Balls in proximity to Samhain.

However you celebrate please be safe and respectful! Blessed Be!

[a-heart-of-flame]

Not the most Aesthetic™️ photo but, I'm pleased with my altar atm. Finally got some candle holders for my taper candles, and some autumnal coloured tealight holders too.

Ready for Samhain!

[tattooed-alchemist]

Samhain altar in progress.  It will continue to evolve through the end of the month.  I actually got my ancestors (a bowl of personal items from each of them) off the main altar and in on the party action this year.  All the flowers shown in this shot are from the backyard.  I’d love if that held through the month.

[thetarotinsight-deactivated2020]

“Affirmation: I always find a solution.”

— The Star

[short-baby-witch]

How to make a wand

Wands, wands, wands. Not like the Harry Potter ones. Alot of people when they saw my wand were like "Cool! What a nice decoration for Harry Potter fans!" Wands are not used in witchcraft the exact same way. In witchcraft, we use it as a pointer to direct energy. When you cast circles, use your wand, when you charm something, you use your wand to point the energy to it. Here is a photo of mine:

For you, it might look perfect but it was accually really easy to make! Here's how:

Find a branch

Not any type of branch. Make sure to pick one you feel attracted to. I would reccomend you to pick one that has already fallen since you don't want to hurt a tree. It should be as long as the tip of your middle finger to your elbow. Mine is a little shorter, but it dosen't have to be perdect. Some witches will prefer to have a more traditionnal wand, that comes from an oak, apple or willow tree, but mine came from a mapple tree.

Shape it

Cut it, carve it, forge it and take the bark off. Whatever you like. What did is scrapping off the the bark of about 3/4 of the wand and left the rest for the handle. On the handle, I carved a simple pattern. You can carve sigils into it if you want to.

Decorate it

My favorite step! Use fabric, beads, threads, metal wires, salt dough, crystals! I am still working on it. The three little balls on my wand are salt dough balls*. I am trying to figure out a way to stick a crystal to my wand with wire. You can also paint it. Some witches will take a hair of their own and stick it to their wand.

* How to make salt dough

Mix flour, water and salt together until you get a dough. If it's to liquid, add flour. If it's not liquid enough, add water! You can either bake it or make it dry on the counter. In both ways, they will harden.

[thestormandthehedge]

WITCHES NEED A SECRET SYMBOL FOR SAFE PLACES

So a lot of us are out of the broom closet so to speak, but many of have to be careful of being public because of the views of the communities we live in. What I propose is a symbol we can put on flyers or in shop windows that means “You’re safe here.”

I don’t believe that a pentagram would work because it’s got so much stigma attached and it’s really easily identifiable. Ideally, we can find something that is not tradition specific. I don’t know. I just want us to be able to put feelers out into the community without painting a target on ourselves for intolerant jerk faces, and I want witchlings that are seeking guidance to be able to do so in a safe environment. I mean, how badass would it be to find a little symbol of solidarity in your favorite coffee shop or bookstore??

Reblog with suggestions!

[visardistofelphame]

A witches’ foot. It has been used historically like this. 

In one of the grimoires I’ve read through, it references this being a secret sign to mark on sacred spaces for the group. 

[awitchandhersecrets]

Love it, passing it around. Will be wearing it and hanging it at my house and teashop once I own one.

[lilyarozanova]

hi i need more blogs to follow!! i'm a gay witch and i'm looking for other witchy blogs!!

please reblog!!

[tea-and-antlers]

Samhain Ideas

🥀 Write letters to your ancestors. Seal them in envelopes with dried flowers or other small offerings, and burn them.

🥀 In lieu of flowers, delicately cut apple slices, orange peels, or other fruits in floral shapes and leave a bowl of them as an offering.

🥀 Read some books/watch some movies that are popular in your family.

🥀 Write little poems or letters to the Fae, roll them up and put them inside cinnamon sticks with a blob of honey or some milk, then leave them in the woods.

🥀 (Gently!) Put googly eyes and tiny paper hats on your plants to make modern Jack o’ lanterns.

🥀 Wear things from people in your life, family jewelry, clothes that a family member has purchased for you, 

🥀 If you can visit the grave of a loved one or someone in your family. Talk to them for a bit.

🥀 Charge candles with crystals Lapis Lazuli, Rhodonite, Citrine, or hematite to burn at your altar.

🥀 Write a list to your deities of the things you are proud of having accomplished together. Bury it with an offering.

[galickbeam]

Would like to do a free reading to practice!

I enjoy tarot and really feel like I have a natural talent. I would like to do a free reading (or two, or however well this does!) to just test myself out and see if I hold truth to myself.

Just message me! I've never done this before so be patient.

[enchantedspacewitch]

Kitchen Witchery

Kitchen herbs and what they are used for.

[thetarotinsight-deactivated2020]

“Instead of waiting for a twin flame, a special person that will make you feel important, work on yourself to be more true to yourself, work on yourself to feel like you are enough and you will attract someone that is compatible with you to share a life together.”

— The Lovers (The Tarot Insight)