~I Want To Believe~

[mycroftrh]

So oleander - a relatively common pretty garden flower - is so incredibly poisonous that if you eat honey made by bees primarily fed on it, you’ll die.  Ever since I learned that fact as a kid I’ve wanted to write a murder mystery about a charming little town where people start just, dying mysteriously, as people do in charming little towns I’m told, and eventually it turns out that the local Sweet Little Old Lady has been feeding her bees off the oleander in her sweet little cottage garden and giving the honey, in sweet little jars with ribbons and hand-written labels that have sweet little drawings of bees and flowers, to every damn bastard in this damn backwards town that she’s built a grudge against over the last 80 years

[strangesigils]

“Hidden From Prying Eyes”

Draw this sigil on or in something you don’t want to be found by somebody else. Make sure you actually hide the thing too.

[vvitchella]

So I have this necklace with a super fake crystal and today I thought I'd put a spell on it. "Let me be as fake as you" Got along great with my coworkers today.

Lmao Good A++ spell tbh.

[ei-len]

omg that’s brilliant

[insertusernameici]

[unicornempire]

I love that Leverage really goes out of it’s way to show us that just because you break the ‘rules’, it doesn’t mean you’re breaking the rules. Rules and laws and society are all made up, at the end of the day, and all you really have is your own moral compass and sense of justice; is this just to you? Is it right? Should it be OK for companies to put people in insurmountable debt for the rest of their lives just because our medical care is so expensive in this modern day and age? No law or rule should change what you know in your heart is right and wrong, and I think that’s the key thing that makes someone a good person in my eyes.

[theheroheart]

#there was a time when parker wouldn’t have noticed, #not because she lacked the capacity to care, #but because she had narrowed herself, #to stay alive she cut off as many unnecessary things as possible, #watching her get them all back, #is one of the glories of this show (via @seananmcguire)

[jack-the-bear]

Leverage hands down has the best character development I’ve ever seen.

[lets-go-steal-an-ot3]

This scene hit me like a brick. My parents were hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt when I was 16 bc I’d had cancer the year before (my treatment ended up being free but the initial ER bills and such were not).

But somewhere along the line they just… Disappeared. My mom says they’re not being paid and they’re not in collections. It’s almost as if someone out there did…exactly what Parker did.

Ever since I saw this the first time, I’ve imagined it was Parker doing it. That she and Hardison had a free weekend and decided to take it out on a collections agency. That I was one of the lucky ones who got a little Leverage.

[gay-jesus-probably]

Okay but like yeah, that is actually a thing that happens, albeit not exactly like this. I don’t remember the exact process but basically there’s a booming industry to sell peoples debt - the business you owe money to sells it to someone else for a fraction of the money owed, wipes their hands of the whole affair, and now whoever bought your debt is riding your ass to get you to give the money to the. But it’s also entirely possible for people to just… buy up massive amounts of debt for pennies on the dollar, and then just. Forgive it. Because capitalism is a living nightmare, but the system is broken enough that it’s possible to exploit it for good sometimes.

Like, the main reason I know about this is because John Oliver did a piece on debt buying a few years ago, and ended it by revealing that he’d bought 15 million dollars worth of medical debt just so he could forgive all of it. Both to expose how broken the system was because some random fucker like him could buy millions of dollars in peoples debt with zero regulations, and also just to take the record for biggest TV giveaway in history.

[mikkeneko]

A charity where you can do this, right here.

Be Parker!

[voidfishplurality]

RIPMedicalDebt was created by John Oliver to do that giveaway. They’re amazingly effective and efficient with donations

[lkeke35]

Can confirm! This is what happened to a lot of my college debt, I suspect. I don’t pay it, haven’t paid any of it, no one has called or asked me about it, and it has seemingly disappeared!

[volixia669]

Just wanted to clarify that RIPMEDICALDEBT was not created by John Oliver, but it was the organization he partnered with to buy up medical debt! They have region specific campaigns or you can donate to the nationwide fund.

[2460waan]

Reblog if you have been personally murdered by Ted Cruz

My mom doesn’t believe that Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer and I’m trying to prove a point.

[buckmesideways22]

[forever90s]

[alwaysdreamingg-deactivated2023]

[pussyverson]

I’m Arab and I’m telling you our method of expressing love is fierce and on another level 🔥

[nuggsmum]

That is just. So beautiful. Wow.

[daughter-of-rowan]

May I introduce you to Nizar Qabbani @nuggsmum?

[quasieli]

[Image description: A screenshot of a tweet from user @.rosewatwr. The tweet reads "Arabic love poems are on another level. I remembered a line written by Farouq Jwaydeh "and if the devil was to ever see you, he'd kiss your eyes and repent" like come on."

Below is an image of black text, in both English and Arabic, on a white background. The English text reads

My lover asks me:

"What is the difference between me and the sky?"

The difference, my love,

Is that when you laugh,

I forget about the sky.

The Arabic text reads

تسالني صبيتي : ما الفرق ما بيني را بي اها ؟ ها بها ان أنك إن ضلت يا حبيبي . نسي اشها ..

End description.]

[prokopetz]

Given that evidence suggests all extant forms of cartomancy began as card games and were only later adapted as tools for divination, doing readings with your Pokémon cards is really just respecting the history and traditions of the practice.

[prokopetz]

#alright we got an inverted mr mime here. either there’s something you’re not letting yourself see for what it is #or a milf lies in your future (via @zeroblogshere)

[servantofthefates]

10 Ways to Read a 5-Card Tarot Spread

1) IMPRESSION

What does one glimpse tell you?

No one looks happy in this spread. The man in the Nine of Wands is worried. The heart in the Three of Swords is hurt. The guy in the Seven of Swords is cautious. The royal in the Four of Pentacles is tense. The boy in the Four of Cups is bored. So whatever the question is, the answer is not good.

2) PROGRESSION

Read the cards from left to right.

You are currently grieving (Five of Cups). But with the help of a feminine figure (Queen of Cups), passion will enter your life once more (Ace of Wands), and you will have something to celebrate (Three of Cups). Your broken heart will not be so broken anymore (Three of Swords reversed).

3) ARCANA

Observe which arcana dominates.

Four out of five belong to the Major Arcana. One Major and one Minor combine to create negativity (The Tower + Nine of Swords). But the three other Majors have beautiful energy. Three trumps two. And more importantly, Major trumps Minor. So whatever sadness there is right now will be replaced with “major” joy.

4) SUITS

See which suit is present and which is not.

Wands and Pentacles share prominence with two each. A Cups card is there too. There are no Swords, which represent our thoughts. Thus, this situation has a lot of passion (Wands) and stability (Pentacles), as well as a bit of emotion (Cups). Even better, there is no anxiety and overthinking (Swords) involved.

5) COLORS

Use color psychology.

This spread is dominated by blacks and grays. Even though the Five of Swords says “Keep fighting” and the last two cards are positive (Four of Swords + Three of Pentacles = harmonious relationships), darkness (black) and dullness (gray) are surrounding this situation.

6) NUMBERS

Use numerology.

You have one zero, two Aces, and two Twos. Zero means a new start. This is reinforced by the Aces, which are equivalent to the number one – a symbol of beginnings. And number two represents partnerships. Therefore, a new partnership with a new person is predicted to come into your life.

7) SYMBOLS

Look at the symbols on the cards.

That is Apollo on his chariot (The Chariot), ruler of the Sun (The Sun), which in turn rules Leo, who is represented by Strength. Leo’s symbol, the lion, even appears in the last two cards – bottom right in the Wheel of Fortune, and on top in the Two of Cups. Obviously, a Leo will play a huge role in your life.

8) ASTROLOGY

Use the cards’ astrological associations.

The Emperor and the Queen of Wands both represent Aries. The Tower is Mars, ruler of Aries. The Hierophant and the King of Pentacles both represent Taurus. Therefore, this spread is speaking of a connection between an Aries and a Taurus, or just one person who is on the cusp of these signs.

9) DIRECTION

See where the cards are facing.

All the other cards are looking towards The Devil. The King of Cups, The World, The Hermit and The Fool are all observing him. So you are being warned about an abusive person or an oppressive situation. Or perhaps you are simply being told that your soulmate is a Capricorn, the sign associated with this card.

10) INTUITION

Listen to what your gut is telling you.

If you asked the cards if someone is in love with you, and you know a guy who always wears a red shirt, like the figures in the Eight of Cups, Justice, The Emperor and the Three of Wands, then it is probably him. Especially if his name is Michael, because that is Archangel Michael depicted in Temperance.

[servantofthefates]

The What If Tarot Spread

What would have happened if you took one different step?

THE SPREAD

Card 1: The Answer in a Nutshell

(Justice)

Card 2: Your Surface Feelings About It

(Ten of Cups)

Card 3: Obstacle You Would Have Faced

(Page of Cups)

Card 4: Solution You Would Have Found

(The Fool)

Card 5: The Immediate Outcome 

(Three of Cups)

Card 6: The Final Outcome

(Six of Pentacles)

Card 7: Your Ultimate Feelings About It

(Ace of Swords)

IMPORTANT NOTES

As you shuffle, ask the cards a “What If” question: What if I went to a different school? What if I never met this person? What if I was never born?

After shuffling, lay the cards from the bottom of the deck, in the order mentioned above.

After laying the first six cards, turn over the deck and take the one on top as the seventh card.

SAMPLE INTERPRETATION

“What if I never took up tarot?”

The Answer in a Nutshell

You would have had a career dealing with paperwork instead (Justice).

Your Surface Feelings About It

You would have been very happy (Ten of Cups).

Obstacle You Would Have Faced

Without tarot’s guidance, you would have entered a relationship with someone immature and below your stature (Page of Cups).

Solution You Would Have Found

Clueless of the risks, you would have gone all out, taking a chance on this person (The Fool).

The Immediate Outcome

And at first, you would have been happy together (Three of Cups).

The Final Outcome

But your differences within and without would have shown eventually… and greatly (Six of Pentacles).

Your Ultimate Feelings About It

And so feeling unsatisfied, you would have been craving a new beginning in life (Ace of Swords).

[httpcottagewitch]

welcome the brilliant light of the lions gate portal 🦁🌞

planning a big ritual for august 8th 🌞

[sofiawinker]

The best way to start your practice is research 📜

Here are some ideas for baby witches♥️

[rattaemin-deactivated20221018]

The moon phase you were born in:

In this post, i will go through the characteristics, ths moon phase you were born in will give each one of you.

It was requested after i made the post with the moon phases and its meaning in our daily lifes SO IM HERE TO DELIVER CAUSE YOU ALL ASKED FOR THIS. Lets goooo

You can calculate the moon phase you were born in here

I. New moon: 🌑

Characteristics: Adventurous, creative, complex, observant, constant growth and maturing, emotional sensitivity, sharp

So the moon here is in its purest form. I always see people born under the new moon as a new soul brought in this lifetime. You are risky, adventurous, seeking for sth new, you are curious and ready to face any situation that comes in your way.. Even though you are strong minded person, there lays the problem of you not knowing what you want in this lifetime. Your goals can be generic or non existent, you live a lot in the present or stay a lot in problems of the present.

The sun and moon may be align but you dont know which path to walk on. You take any emotional pain and experience as a lesson to build your spirit even more. A big characteristic of this moon phase is that you have a very hard time trusting others. That ofc appeared after all the emotional struggle and distress people have brought in your life and let me not forget to pinpoint that you guys feel emotions in a whole other level.

An extra note to add to your sun and moon aligning is that you are very sensitive to your surroundings. Sometimes you have examined the way you react in situations too much that you can understand right away if sth is wrong with a person. You can realise more in the room than any other person.

II. Waxing Crescent moon: 🌒

Characteristics: expansive, ambitious, motivational, hard worker, energetic, stable, down to earth.

People born under this moon have similar characteristics to new moons but are actually much more stable and less risky. New moons have like a more uncontrollable temper, while waxing Crescent moons have a more calm feeling to them. They are expansive people with the purpose to work hard and give their everything so they can receive it back. There may be issues with laziness or unorganization so this people need a reason to feel motivated.

People doubting their abilities is a huge trigger for them to proof that they are capable of anything and everything. Even though they have a calm power, intense emotions are what will make them determined and grow.

Even though they are stable and down to earth, this characteristic will many times benefit them but other times not, so realising when they need to react will get them even more foward than expected. They can lose focus on their goals easily so they many times choose people in their lifes that will be harsh and truthful to them and remind them what they do sth for.

III. First Quarter: 🌓

Characteristics: strong, both patient and impatient depending the situation, unlucky, extra hard worker, exra motivation, goal oriented, determined, picky

Things may feel very hard for you sometimes, ik. The effort and hard work you put is not always rewarded and you have noticed that for you to reach a level of where others are, you need to shed more sweat. People born under this moon phase, have a lot of struggles they have gone through, many disappointments in their life that made them develop a thick skin. Sometimes you may wonder why you have to go through all of these but yknow you are build for sth higher than everyone else.

These people are not quitters, they have vulnerable moments and a much more fragile mental health but they always stay determined to get through any situation they go through.

The thick skin i refered to previously has also made you very picky in lots of factors. The way you choose people in your life and the things you want in life. As a result, people may paint you as a cruel or cold person, but they dont know what you have been through and thats why they judge so easily.

IV. Waxing Gibbous moon: 🌔

Characteristics: positive, enthusiastic, peaceful, prefers to have calmness in their life, indesicive, secretive, hides emotions, compassionate

People born under this moon phase have a very graceful personality. Often characterised by their peacefulness and positivity, these people feel necessary to be around. They mark each place they go to with their energy. There is the issue of them hiding their emotions and feelings, which may many times result in some type of misunderstandings. You need to learn to share both the bad and the good with others cause when you keep the bad in, you unintentionally change your behaviour to your people and may hurt their feelings.

You need to let in the people you love into your life. You trust them and care for them but the action of hiding behind a mask sometimes, makes your loved ones doubt if you really trust them, so conflict is build around that, which could have been unavoidable.

You have quite a big variety of emotions that you express. You make others around you surprised by how much depth and hidden you have in that soul of yours. Youre a box full of surprises. Unexpectable is the least to say.

V. Full moon: 🌕

Characteristics: INDESICIVE, splitted between their mind and heart, passionate, talented, may not recognise their effort, harsh on themselves, impulsive to the point it can lead to a life full of success or chaos, mood swings.

Oh dear do i have a lot to say about you guys? I have experienced so much with you my full moons and i have A LOT TO SAY. People born under the full moon, have always this split between choosing what their heart or mind wants. There is a constant fight in the mind of these individuals for what is the rightest thing to do; follow the logic or the feelings? Spoiler alert, you do go for the feelings most of the times.

Sth i can give full moons a praise for is that even though sometimes you may create misunderstandings or a bit of a chaos in situations, you always own up when you make a mistake. You are not afraid to apologise, even though ik most of you are quite prideful. You may act out of impulsion with your feelings but then your logic kicks in and you see what you did wrong.

Unbelievably smart but you dont give yourself the credit at all. Sometimes you are the cause that you hold yourself behind cause you dont trust your abilities. Being harsh on yourself is sth you do so oftenly but learn that if you dont praise yourself and just expect more and more and more from you, you will reach nowhere.

Talented, passionate and ready to thrive. Its up to your hands to truly see all the potential you are holding in your soul and existence.

VI. Waning Gibbous Moon / Disseminating: 🌖

Characteristics: self aware, expansive people with lots of growth in the future, amazing communicators, egotistical, doesnt listen to others, prideful, judgemental

People with this moon phase have a bit of the influence of a Full moon on them. In comparison to the full moons, you can easily connect and speak to others. I could characterize full moons as loners but you are not the case. Traits kept from the previous moon phase is that you can be very prideful and judgemental.

Your communication skills are so decent but you dont listen to others. You have a very certain way to accept critisism and harsh words from others and surely one of those ways isnt through confronting. You need people in your life that will understand you and listen to you, in order for you to listen to them.

You have a lot of growth to go through and thats cause some times your choice of wording may bring you in distressful situations that will teach you many lessons. You never stop that mouth from running when you are frustrated and hurt.

An amazing trait of yours is that you know your abilities and you are very self aware when you make mistakes. Its harder for you to admit them to others but when necessary, you know where to apologise to.

VII. Last quarter / Third quarter: 🌗

Characteristics: loyal, sentimental, caring, the past haunts you, hardly gets over people that passed through your life, can hold grudges, nostalgic oftenly

People with this moon phase have such a hard time to move on from past incidents. You have such a sensitive soul, with so much care and love to give to the people in your life but you really need to move on from the people in your past. Incidents from your childhood may still even haunt you to this day and i can see it was so stressful for you.

You have a special place for a certain activity, place or hobby. Through that you became so much stronger and gained so much power to get up and still fight even with all the past memories in your head bringing you down.

Strong is a very weak word to use for how much you handle. You have become so private in some matters that the people in your life sometimes feel like they dont know you. You know deeply some people are worth it. You give so much care to others so why not also try and accept some back. You deserve to get treated with the way you treat others

VIII. Waning Crescent moon / Balsamic: 🌘

Characteristics: talented, extremely knowledgable and wise, deep, successful when using their talent and charisma to their advantage, imaginative, trust issues, non-committal

Oh you are such a blessed fellow, babe. Where do i begin with you guys? People born under the balsamic moon, are truly gifted with sth. You are people that have so much depth, knowledge and control over sth you enjoy doing. Sometimes it can become too controlling cause you enjoy it A LOT. Imagination is so strong here, saying your smart with this emotional intelligence you possess is an understatement.

Because Balsmic and new moon is very close, some traits of new moon always go to the other sign. So a thing i mentioned about new moons is that trust issues they have. Getting involved with people is a hard point for this moon phase as well as this moon is quite private and hidden as the new moon approaches. You have a hard time believing other people's words even if you wont show it but there is so much doubt in everything you hear. Sometimes you may get more pessimistic but i hope through an interest you discover you will learn to stand up on your legs again.

Success is so strong with people under this moon phase. Dont give up on the talent you have. You are so charismatic, there is no way that yiu wont find a solutions even when things are complicated. Use your talent to your advantage cause it will take you so forward in life and you will finally open your wings.

Guys im so sleepy, i will proof read it tomorrow, sorry if sth doesnt make sensee, i will check them tomorrow

[nikolaiiy-deactivated20230617]

DAMN i was born under a waning gibbous moon and it honestly ties so well with having a leo mercury, especially with it sextiling my jupiter at a tight degree.

You have a lot of growth to go through and thats cause some times your choice of wording may bring you in distressful situations that will teach you many lessons. You never stop that mouth from running when you are frustrated and hurt.

damn i think that goes with having mercury square mars in the 0 degree too. this fits honestly so so well.

[moonlightacademy]

Gardens of the Witches

Already starting to plan this years garden so I thought I should do a post on Witch Gardens

Moonlight Garden

A garden that blooms in the moonlight, a great place to perform night time rituals, meditations, or to just take a midnight stroll. A garden that is full of magick even after the sun sets. 

Plants to add in your moonlight garden:

Moonflower: (Ipomoea alba) A nocturnal relative of the morning glory. Has fragrant flowers that open at dusk and close by dawn.    

Evening Primrose: (Oenothera biennis) Has beautiful, scented flowers that bloom only at dusk. 

Night Flox: (Zaluzianskya capensis) A sweetly fragranced flower that only unfurls its pinwheeled shaped flowers after dusk. 

Four O’Clock: (Mirabilis jalapa) Its scented flowers bloom at around 4:00pm (hence its name) and do not close up until morning. 

Queen of the Night: (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) A species of cactus whose flowers only open at night. Attracts moths and bats!!!

Night Blooming Jessamine: (Cestrum nocturnum) Strong, sweet scented star shaped flowers that only bloom at night. Attracts moths and bats!!! All parts are toxic, do not ingest!

Angel’s Trumpet: (Brugmansia) Produces a strong scent on warm summer evenings. All parts are toxic, do not ingest!

Evening Stock: (Matthiola longipetala) Produces lots of small blossoms that produce a perfume described as a mix of vanilla, rose, spice, and cloves only after the sun sets.

Ever-Flowering Gladiolus: (Gladiolus tristis) Release a strong almond fragrance after dusk.  

Lilac: (Syringa vulgaris) Although has a perfume during the day, it is said to be a lot stronger after dark. 

Flowering Tobacco: (Nicotiana) Open in the late afternoon and have a fragrance that smells of jasmine. All parts are toxic if ingested!

Summer Snapdragon: (Angelonia angustifolia) Preferably in white, to reflect the moonlight. Has a scent apple-scented foliage. 

Silvermound: (Artemisia schmidtiana) Has thick foliage that will shimmer under the moonlight.

Jack Frost: (Brunnera macrophylla) Hdeart shaped leaves of silver and green, perfect to add more highlights of silver to your moon lit garden. 

Any plant that blooms after dark or has white, lavender, pale pink, pale yellow on it is a perfect addition to your moonlight garden. 

Things to add:

Stepping stones that have the phases of the moon.

Fairy lights

A place to sit

Candles

A small fountain to sing along with the insects and birds of the night

String charms and bells on tree branches for a soft jingling every time a gentle breeze passes. 

Herb Garden

For witches who need a more practical garden for uses of healing, tea crafting, drying, and growing plants used in their practices.

Plants to add to your herb garden:

Anise: Helps to ward of the evil eye, find happiness, and stimulates psychic abilities. 

Basil: Use for anything pertaining with love, exorcism, wealth, sympathy, and protection. Dispels confusion, fears & weakness. Drives off hostile spirits.

Bergamont: Corresponds with money and prosperity. Provides with protection from evil and illness, improves memory, stops interference, and promotes restful sleep.

Borage: Corresponds with courage and psychic powers. 

Cat Nip: Is sacred to the Goddess Bast. Brings forth beauty, happiness, good luck, and good spirits.

Chamomile: Corresponds with love, healing, and sleep. Is known to reduce stress.

Chervil: Brings a sense of the higher self, placing you in touch with your divine, immortal spirit.

Coriander: Corresponds with love, health, immortality, and protection.

Dill: Corresponds with money, protection, luck and lust. 

Lemon Balm: Corresponds with love, success, healing, and psychic/spiritual development. 

Marjoram: Used to cleanse, purify, and to dispel negative energy.  

Mint: Promotes energy, communication and vitality.

Oregano: Corresponds with joy, strength, vitality, and added energy 

Parsley: Calms and protects the home.

Rosemary: Protects, cleanses, purifies, and aids memory. 

Sage: Used for self purification and dealing with grief and loss.

Thyme: Attracts loyalty, affection, and the good opinion of others.

Things to add:

A place to dry herbs

A place to compost any herb scraps

Rocks

A place to leave offerings before you harvest

Bee Garden

Make yourself a sanctuary to watch bees frolic and thrive

Plants to add to your bee garden:

Bee balm

Lavender

Crocus

Snow Drop

Wildflowers/Any native species

Catmint

Borage

Anise hyssop

Heliotrope

Sunflower

Oregano

Yarrow

Coneflower

Black eyed susan

Asters

Goldenrod

Foxglove

Marigold

Pansies

Sweet peas

Nasturtiums

Things to add:

Bee houses

Bee waterers/bee baths

Bee feeders

A place for offerings to the bees

Some other ideas for your garden:

Hummingbird garden

Medicinal garden

A garden whose plants and decorations represent/correspond with your practice.

Butterfly Garden

Faerie Garden 

The options are endless! I hope this gives you some ideas for this years garden.

Happy planting!

==Moonlight Academy==

[rhiannonchristine]

Effective Tarot Questions

Questions should be focused on yourself and your experience rather than someone else. For example the third question to follow is the most appropriate to ask rather than putting the focus on another person …

What is the reason behind Jamie’s bad grades at school? How can I help Jamie get better grades at school? What role do I play in Jamie getting bad grades at school?

Questions to Avoid

The Tarot cannot provide specific data such as dates or names. It is also unable to answer with a simple yes or no. So…

Avoid questions that ask for a time-related answer.

Avoid questions that require a name as their answer.

Avoid questions that would need a yes or no answer.

Avoid questions that require a choice between one thing and another. (In this instance it is better to gain more information in a reading and then for you to make this decision).

Effective Questions

Effective questions should be of a positive nature in order to attract constructive insight. Ask how to create something in your life rather than focusing on any negatives. They may begin something like this…

What is the energy surrounding …

What is the meaning / lesson of …

What is going on when …

What are the circumstances underlying …

What do I need to know about …

What do I need to know to decide on …

What do I need to understand / know about …

What do I need to know to get along better with …

What can I do to reconnect with …

How might I …

How can I resolve …

How can I advance …

How can I improve …

How can I improve my chances of …

How can I improve my relationship with …

How can I improve my ability to …

How can I make the transition from … to …

Can you help me find a way to …

Can you help me understand why …

Can you give me insight into …

Source 

[cait-loves-life]

🔮28 Day Witchy Challenge🔮

Hi lovelies! I hope you are all having a beautiful day! I have decided to make a 28 Day Witchy Challenge Post. This can be started at the beginning of the month or at any time. It’s whatever you prefer.

This is geared towards all witches, new and old. This challenge is focused on taking care of you and your witchy self. I am starting off September with challenge one. I’d love to see or know if y'all do it!!

🔮 DAY 1 - Take time out of your day to think about, write about, or draw what your witchy self looks like. What they are into. Their favorite witchy activity. Any details you can possibly think of.

🔮DAY 2 - Take the day to meditate. It can be about anything or nothing at all. Let your mind wonder and do it’s thing. Journal about it and let things come to you.

🔮DAY 3 - BUY SOMETHING WITCHY! This challenge is all about self-care for you and your witchy self, so it can be as simple as spending a dollar at the dollar store or buying something elaborate online. If there is no way you can buy something, try to find something. For example, go to the woods/Park and try to find a mushroom for an offering.

🔮DAY 4 - Piggy backing off of day 3, MAKE SOMETHING JUST FOR YOU AND YOUR CRAFT. Like all of these days, it can be something big or small. You can make a set of runes or maybe make yourself a picture for your alter. Just make it for YOU!

🔮DAY 5 - Watch or listen to something witchy. Charmed, Practical Magic, listen to some witchy music, anything!

🔮 DAY 6 - Spend some time in nature! Whether it is sitting on your lawn or taking a hike, or even a walk through the park, just take time to appreciate nature and Mother Earth and all she had given us.

🔮DAY 7 - Let an entire candle burn. I know this may sounds silly to some of you, but I am the type of person that struggles with this (unless doing a specific spell). So, just sit with your candle and watch it burn. Feel free to multitask while doing this. Just try to focus on it now and again. It can be a birthday candle or a very large candle, whatever works for you.

🔮DAY 8 - Make a special cup of tea. If you’re not a tea drinker, try a different kind or hot coco or coffee. When making, focus in your intent. When drinking, focus on all the different flavors you taste and sensations you feel.

🔮DAY 9 - Journal about the elements and what they mean to you.

🔮DAY 10 - Make a list of new worst things you can try. It can be anything like talking more walks or a new spell!

🔮 DAY 11 - Journal about your deities/higher power. What they mean to you. If you don’t have any, then try to journal about the energies around you. What you feel and the power.

🔮 DAY 12 - Piggy backing off of day 12, write down/find a new way you can honor your deities or energies that you journaled about. And if it’s possible, do it! It can be anything from a leaf you found to an elaborate meal. It can be simply praying.

🔮DAY 13 - BATH OR SHOWER MAGIC! This is pretty self-explanatory, but try to just take some time and take a magical bath or shower. It doesn’t have to be elaborate, or it can! Try to just focus your intent and maybe try a shower or bath meditation. There are a ton of different things here on Tumblr, so get creative!

🔮DAY 14 - Spell Jar!! There are a TON of spell jars on Tumblr and all over the internet. You can use those or make your own! They are very easy and great if you’re low on spoons!

🔮DAY 15 - Cook! If you aren’t able to cook due to physical reasons, or even lack of time, then try to eat something special. Regardless, cook or at least eat something that inspires you or harnesses your intent.

🔮DAY 16 - PRAYER! This is pretty self-explanatory, but try to honor and show your intent. Ask even, for guidance, hope, strength, whatever!

🔮DAY 17 - Sky watching! You can watch the Moon and stars or just the clouds go by.

🔮DAY 18 - Journal about what magick means to you. Go into as much detail as possible.

🔮DAY 19 - SIGILS! Make your own sigil! Focus your intent and be creative! If there is no way you can come up with your own, then feel free to use one from the internet.

🔮DAY 20 - Alter time!!! Try to redecorate your alter! If you are in the broom closet, then maybe draw one!

🔮DAY 21 - Journal about ways you can, from now on, nurture yourself. Whether it’s teas, baths, putting on makeup, whatever! Make lists or just woke about the things you want to do!

🔮DAY 22 - Worry Stone! You can find one or make one or but one, it’s totally up to you! Which brings us toooooooooooo……

🔮DAY 23 - Cleanse and charge your items!! There are umpteen different ways you can cleanse and charge your items, just pick one! Please make sure that however you cleanse and charge your items, it is safe for them.

🔮DAY 24 - PLANTS! Take care of your plants, harvest a plant, buy a plant, even take some time to talk with your plants!

🔮DAY 25 - SCAVENGER HUNT! No, not literally. But, go find something that nature has given you. A mushroom, a leaf, anything! Place it on your alter and honor it! By honoring it, you honor Mother Nature and all that she has created. Including you!

🔮DAY 26 - Do a glamour!! This can be anything from enchanting your chapstick to make you feel loved or carrying a self-love charm bag. Get creative with it! Try to make your intent focus on love from yourself or self-confidence!

🔮DAY 27 -MAKE YOUR OWN SPELL! Literally, just have fun with this. Use your alter, use your journal entries and the internet and books! Get creative! Focus your intent and be specific! It can be low spoons or high spoons. Whatever works for you!

🔮DAY 28 - MEDITATE! Meditate about the past 28 days and all the work you’ve done! Think and focus on your craft and all the self-care you have worked for!

I hope y'all enjoy this! Please let me know if you do it! I’d love to hear y'all’s thoughts! Feel free to edit this however you want! Make it work for you! I hope all you lovelies are have a beautiful day/night! 💚

Love and light

Cait ✌