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The card of the day is...

The Two of Wands. This card encourages you to have faith in your abilities and take action. The world is in your hands. Now, what will you do with it?

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Reading A Candle

Watch your candles closely and learn to read them to help you with your practice.

The Flame

A strong flame: It means that your energies are raised. There is a lot of power behind your spell and little to no resistance. Indicates that all your power and energy is focused on your manifestation. This is a good sign. If a candle shaped into a figure is used and has a strong flame it means that whoever it represents is either angry, winning, or using authority over another. When their are two figures the candle with the higher flame has authority over the other person.

A weak flame: Indicates that the magick you cast is facing a heavy opposition and is a sign that you may need to recast your spell in order to overcome the opposing force. On a figure candle this may indicate that the representative may be loosing a battle or an argument.

A jumping flame: This indicates strong emotions. There may also be some sort of resistance against you. Maybe close your circle and bring your mind back to focus before continuing. It may also mean an explosion of energy. When two figure candles are being used it often means that an energetic or a heated argument is taking place between them.

A noisy candle: Indicates a conversation. It may may that a spirit is trying to send you a message or get in contact with you. The louder the noises get the more urgent communication must be.

The flame catches something on fire: Someone one may be using malicious magick against you.

A clean even burning candle: Means your spell and manifestations are likely to come true.

Fast Burn: The results of your spell will happen quickly.

Flickering Flame: If there is no breeze then it means a spirit is near by. If it is a devotional flame it means you were able to get in contact with your deity.

Cannot blow the flame out: A spirit may not be finished its conversation with you or you did not complete a spell. The spirit needs to complete its work, something may be may in the works that you do not want to interrupt.

A flame goes out while burning: This means the spirits cannot help you and the answer you seek is already determined.

The Smoke

Black smoke/soot: Your energy and magick is being blocked. Negative energy is being sent your way, whether as a curse or hex. You may soon be faced with tough challenges and a hard road ahead of you.

Smoke wafts towards you: It means your call will likely be answered or your spell has been cast successfully. You will get results quickly.

Smoke wafts away from you: You must work harder in order for your calls to be answered.

Watch the direction the smoke wafts: East - Something powerful is assisting you, North - You are ready to begin your ritual and get results, South - The spell will be successful, West - A powerful interference from an outside force.

Smoking Candle: Negative energy is being burned away.

The Wax

When a candle leaves wax residue: Your spell may need to be repeated.

Look for symbols in the candle wax, like reading tea leaves.

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“Magick isn't for everyone, but everyone can have a go. And just like brain surgery, things will get rather messy at times.

If you do decide to become a magician, remember: magick is about taking responsibility for your entire existence.

Are you up to it?”

- Alan Chapman; Advanced Magick for Beginners

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How to be a pre-raphaelite muse

🌹 wear flowy dresses in intense colors and flower patterns 🌹 enjoy art of all kinds 🌹 collect your favorite poems and inspiring quotes 🌹 try to find beauty in everything 🌹 spend time in art galleries, museums, theatres 🌹 be nice to people and charm them more with your intelligence than your look 🌹wear gold and silver jewelry and perfumes with musk and almond 🌹 put flowers in loose hair 🌹 surround yourself with antiques, books and paintings 🌹 music to love: celtic rhythms, harp, “Ceremonials”, orchestral 🌹 care about your inner beauty and mind as much as about your appearance

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Marble head of a goddess, perhaps a syncretism of Cybele and Tyche (Fortune). Artist unknown; 2nd or 3rd cent. CE. Now in the Burgas Archaeology Museum, Bulgaria. Photo credit: Spiritia/Wikimedia Commons.

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A Song to the Seasons

Orphic Hymn 43, “To the Seasons” (author unknown; date perhaps between 200 CE and 250 CE) Note: Eunomia = “Good Government”; Dike = “Justice”; Eirene = “Peace”. Their mother Themis = “Natural Law”. O Seasons, daughters of Themis and lord Zeus, Eunomia, Dike, and prosperous Eirene, Spring is your time, meadows are your home; chaste goddesses, you are bursting with flowers- Every hue is yours, every scent that’s wafted on the flowery breezes. Ever-flourishing Seasons, you whirl in the dance with your sweet countenances, Wrapped in dewy robes made from luxuriant flowers; You are the playmates of holy Persephone, when the Fates and Graces With their circling dances lead her up to the light As a favor to Zeus and to her mother, fruit-giving Demeter. Come, then, to these holy and well-omened rites; come to the new initiates, And bring with you blamelessly the beginnings of new seasons, rich in fruits. Ὧραι θυγατέρες Θέμιδος καὶ Ζηνὸς ἄνακτος, Εὐνομίη τε Δίκη τε καὶ Εἰρήνη πολύολβε, εἰαριναί, λειμωνιάδες, πολυάνθεμοι, ἁγναί, παντόχροοι, πολύοδμοι ἐν ἀνθεμοειδέσι πνοιαῖς, Ὧραι ἀειθαλέες, περικυκλάδες, ἡδυπρόσωποι, πέπλους ἑννύμεναι δροσεροὺς ἀνθῶν πολυθρέπτων, ἁγνῆς Περσεφόνης συμπαίκτορες, ἡνίκα Μοῖραι καὶ Χάριτες κυκλίοισι χοροῖς πρὸς φῶς ἀνάγωσι Ζηνὶ χαριζόμεναι καὶ μητέρι καρποδοτείρηι· ἔλθετ’ ἐπ’ εὐφήμους τελετὰς ὁσίας νεομύστοις εὐκάρπους καιρῶν γενέσεις ἐπάγουσαι ἀμεμφῶς.

A bearded Dionysus leads the Horai (Seasons) in procession. Roman relief of the 1st century CE, after a Hellenistic Neo-Attic original. Now in the Louvre.

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What Makes a Reading Good?

Alternate title: How Can I Be Confident My Readings Don’t Suck?

This is mostly written with tarot in mind, but I think the sentiment can apply to any type of in-depth divination or metaphysical readings. Here’s some things to look for in readings, and if you are charging a set price for your own readings, things to demand from yourself.

The information provided in a reading should be…

Relevant to the querents’ needs. If somebody comes to you asking about a specific question or topic, the reading should be designed to reflect that. This may mean using a different spread or focusing on details of meaning more relevant to the question than the traditional baseline meaning. (Example, if a querent is asking about money and I’m picking up signs of a new romantic relationship coming soon, it shouldn’t turn into a love reading. Rather, how might entering a new relationship affect ones’ finances?)

Abundant. Anybody can go online and find a random tarot card picker with a general description or some key words. If you’re providing a compensated service, your interpretation should have more meat than that. Allow yourself to explain your thought process or speculate on a deeper meaning, instead of regurgitating key words. After all, that speculation and personal insight is what they’re paying you for, otherwise they’d just find the bot! (For reference, I’m trying to give each of these points about the same amount of depth I would want to see in a really good tarot reading for each card.)

Nuanced. A lot of us are afraid to get into the details and specifics of an answer because we’re afraid of being wrong, so we just stick to being vague. Throw that out the window. Right now. Being specific HELPS your reading be more accurate, believable, and helpful, because if we’re too conservative with our details it gives the querent nothing to grab onto. Go for the specifics, the details, the things that make the querent say, “okay, I know exactly what that’s talking about.” (Example, what sounds better: “There’s conflict in the future” or “There’s conflict here, my gut says probably butting heads with an authority figure you’ve known for a while. Neither of you is right or wrong, but you’ll just keep wasting your time if you don’t compromise.”)

Understandable. Keep in mind that most of your querents will probably not practice the service you’re providing, or if they do they may just be beginners. Don’t shroud your reading in convoluted, arcane talk. If you can, explain some of how you’re getting the answers you getting. That doesn’t mean divulging secrets to your practice, but something like, “These runes are so close together, which to me means they’re working together, and the synthesis of their meanings could mean X.” Really helps a querent feel involved and more confident in your skills as their interpreter.

Applicable. Give the querent knowledge they can walk away with. If you’re doing all of the above steps this is probably happening anyway, but it’s important to keep in mind. You should always be able to answer the question: “What is the best next step for the querent to achieve their goals, once they leave this reading?” What can they do right now to develop themselves, prepare for success, repair that relationship, etc? Do they have a game plan? Basically, they should be able to take the insight you have provided them with and apply it to their life in a productive way.

I hope this helps some people assess their own readings, and gives new diviners a better idea of what they should be going for! Did I forget anything important? Let me know your thoughts!