Reblogging witchy, pagan, and nature related posts. Omnitheist pagan witch, practicing since 2012. May perhaps add my own posts which will be under #ncqwitchpost
This is my secondary blog where I’m mostly reblogging nature stuff and witchy/pagan related information.
My main blog is @nocturnalcraftyqueer and I’m a ‘97 baby, I’m queer, polyamorous, been learning and practicing since 2012 I wanna say.
I’m omnitheistic and not really a worship type. More of a respect them as older, wiser, more powerful beings especially within their domains.
Primarily a home and hearth witch, that is to say I put energy in every homemaking task I do and it helps build into the house feeling like home and comfortable for everyone who visits so far. I’m also especially strong energetically to herbs. My herbal teas for healing have stronger potency when I make it, than when many of the people around me makes the tea the same way.
Many people think witchcraft starts with spells, but historically it started with observation.
Knowing when turtles nested, when certain flowers bloomed, or how streams changed after rain helped people understand the rhythms of the land.
That knowledge became folklore, seasonal celebrations, and eventually magical practices.
And it’s still very helpful to learn these things.
Go outside today and observe something about where you live. Write it down, then go observe that same thing tomorrow or next week, and write down any changes.
This is how you can begin to flow with the rhythms of where you are.
Hello and welcome to the Weed Magic 101 Masterpost. This series is 18+ and is not suitable for children. I recommend checking out my other series listed in my masterpost masterpost linked at the end of this post. This series posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. It will be composed of 30 posts containing spells, tips & tricks, and other information about weed magic for beginners.
The Basics
Bongs & Elemental Magic
Joints & Sigils - Coming out 7/29/26
Weed & Altars - Coming out 7/31/26
Tools of Weed Magic Part 1 - Coming out 8/3/26
Cannabis Infused Black Salt - Coming out 8/5/26
Tools of Weed Magic Part 2 - Coming out 8/7/26
Indicas, Sativas, & Hybrids - Coming out 8/10/26
Terpenes & Intents - Coming out 8/12/26
Scythian Cannabis Usage - Coming out 8/14/26
Check out my Brew & Bramble Masterpost Masterpost to be directed to each series masterpost.
the herbs in your kitchen can work PERFECTLY as incense. grab a charcoal disk, put it in a fire proof bowl, burn the charcoal (heat it up) and places the herbs you’re burning. you don’t need expensive incense and you certainly do not need incense sticks (and if you use incense sticks, that’s okay)
stop telling witches they can’t use anything they have around them
On August 1st, we witches of the Northern hemisphere will celebrate Lammas, also called Lughnasadh. It is now high summer and the union of sun and earth has produced the first harvest. It is a time of gathering in and giving thanks for abundance. Feasting, market fairs, games and bonfires are the order of the day. Active growth is slowing and darker days are coming...
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Rituals to celebrate:
🥳 With people, this is usually the time to gather around a bonfire, to celebrate the blessings of the harvest. Surround yourself with loved ones and make sure to light something - a bonfire or a candle, it doesn't really matter - to celebrate the sun one last time.
🍽️ In the kitchen, learn to play with yeast and bake your own bread. Grains of any kinds are highly thought after in this festival!
🎨 Get crafty, by making corn dolls out of cob husks.
💃 Dress up, with shades of deep yellow, orange and reds to descent of summer into (soon enough) the fall season.
📜 Write in your journal, about what you are harvesting in your life at the moment. What should you hold onto for the winter months?
🔮 Meditate, about how hard you've worked so far this year, and what accomplishments you can be proud of for this first half of the year.
tiny money jars worked immediately that it scared me :')
ingredients
bay leaf (abundance)
white rice grains (prosperity)
salt (cleansing, protection)
thyme (purification, protection)
moonstone (manifestation)
white quartz (amplifier, cleansing, protection)
i sealed the top off with a green paper and used green ink to write my sigil (amplification), then tied it off. all the ingredients used are just things lying around the house. one of them is placed on my table where i work, and the other is something i can bring around.
i used a lot of protection symbols because i realized that there are so many ways to earn money if you trade off your peace, energy, and integrity. i could be hired into a good-paying job that takes advantage of me, come across opportunities to steal from others, or get a high-paying client that disrespects me – those are things i didn't want to happen.
cleansing motifs are to clear up the factors that prevent the spell from working as you'd like.
supporting spells. put a bayleaf with a fehu rune written on it in places where you typically put your money in (e.g., wallet, coin purse, coin bank).
testimony. roughly 3 hours later, i slept and woke in the middle of the night to a text from someone who ordered from my small business, who paid immediately :') a few days later, my aunt deposited me some money for allowance about the same amount (thank you, auntie). customers in my business increased but also not as stressful for me. more monetary opportunities came my way, though i did not say "yes" to most of them.
feel free to follow this spell or add your own twist to it ♡
I was working on this post back about a month ago and then some shit happened and I had to put it on the back burner for a bit. In lieu of running out of projects to work on, I picked this back up and finally finished it. Hopefully it's accurate, sometimes I feel like I go to one source and it says one thing, and another will say something entirely different.
One thing I've learned from exploring astrology is that things can be very subjective, and some people care about some aspects more than others. I've decided to lay things out as much as possible, but if it disputes what you've read some place else, please feel free to let me know! I'm always interested in hearing others perspectives.
Note that this post is about modern Western astrology, not historic, cultural astrology practices.
ASTROLOGY WEBSITES I LIKE:
Whole signs: Chani
Placidus: Astrotheme
ASPECTS OF THE SIGNS:
Fire: active and enthusiastic
Air: intellectual and communicative
Water: emotional and intuitive
Earth: practical and stable
Cardinal: initiators, enterprising
Fixed: resistant to change
Mutable: flexible, versatile
Receptive: inward focused, reflective (also called feminine)
Active: outward focused, action-driven (also called masculine)
THE SIGNS:
POLARITIES: Signs that are opposite in nature
–Aries and Libra
–Taurus and Scorpio
–Gemini and Sagittarius
–Cancer and Capricorn
–Leo and Aquarius
–Virgo and Pisces
I decided to give really short blurbs on each of these signs because they all mean varying things depending on their placements.
ARIES: ♈︎
–Fire, cardinal, active
–Bold, ambitious, trailblazers
–Ruled by Mars, exalted in the Sun
TAURUS: ♉︎
–Earth, fixed, receptive
–Reliable, steadfast, sensual
–Ruled by Venus, exalted in the Moon
GEMINI: ♊︎
–Air, mutable, active
–Witty, curious, good communicators
–Ruled by Mercury, exalted in the North Node
CANCER: ♋︎
–Water, cardinal, receptive
–Empathetic, loyal, creates security
–Ruled by the Moon, exalted in Jupiter
LEO: ♌︎
–Fire, fixed, active
–Charismatic, radiantly warm, natural leader
–Ruled by the Sun, exalted in Neptune
VIRGO: ♍︎
–Earth, mutable, receptive
–Practical, ambitious, attentive to detail
–Ruled by AND exalted in Mercury
LIBRA: ♎︎
–Air, cardinal, active
–Charming, diplomatic, fair
–Also ruled by Venus, exalted in Saturn
SCORPIO: ♏︎
–Water, fixed, receptive
–Passionate, magnetic, honest
–Ruled by Mars and Pluto, exalted in Uranus
SAGITTARIUS: ♐︎
–Fire, mutable, active
–Optimistic, generous, extroverted
–Ruled by Jupiter, exalted in South Node
CAPRICORN: ♑︎
–Earth, fixed, receptive
–Ambitious, controlled, takes leadership
–Ruled by Saturn, exalted in Mars
AQUARIUS: ♒︎
–Air, fixed, active
–Visionary, independent, unconventional
–Ruled by Saturn and Uranus, exalted in Pluto
PISCES: ♓︎
–Water, mutable, receptive
–Gentle, creative, intuitive
–Ruled by Jupiter and Neptune, exalted in Venus
PLACEMENTS:
Keep in mind that not all readers use all of these aspects, but I’ve decided to include them for the sake of being thorough and because I think they’re interesting. You could very realistically leave out everything listed after Midheaven and still get a pretty good picture.
SUN: ☉
–Changes about every month. Your sense of individuality, style, drive, main role in life, and will. The broad strokes of you and your personality. The sun in Houses 1-6 indicate a daytime birth, and 7-12 a nighttime.
MOON: ☾
–Changes about every two days. Your emotions, instincts, unconscious, inner core, fantasies, and reactions to stimuli.
MERCURY: ☿
–Changes about every two to three weeks. Your communication skills, intellectual practices, mental activities, perceptive abilities, and reason. How you collect information and process it.
VENUS: ♀
–Changes about every one to two months. The way you show and experience affection and love, enjoy or show beauty, the amusements you enjoy, and how you spend your money.
The above are all called the “personal” or “inner” planets because they cycle through the signs the most often.
MARS: ♂
–Changes about every couple of months. Your energy, boldness, courage, strength, anger management, conflict resolution skills, sexuality, and impulses.
JUPITER: ♃
–Changes about every year. How outgoing and genial you are, your career, luck, your philosophy, and worldly possessions.
SATURN: ♄
–Changes about every 2.5 years. How you overcome obstacles and hardships, diligence, self-control, your maturity, and your sense of optimism or cynicism.
URANUS: ♅
–Changes about every 7 years. The changes in your life, inventive or unconventional ideas, inner will and secret power, what kind of genius you have.
NEPTUNE: ♆
–Changes about every 14 years. Your sense of perfectionism, unselfish ideals, your spiritual quest, mysteries and illusions, dream life, art and spiritual movements.
The above are all called “outer” or “generational” planets because they cycle through the signs slowly.
PLUTO: ⯓ or ♇
–The most prominent difference between generations, as it stays in signs for around 12 to 31 years. Represents change, transformation, dormancy, death and rebirth, the highest highs and lowest lows.
ASCENDANT: ↑ or AC
–The zodiac sign that was rising in the east at the time you were born.
–Your outward demeanor, mask or image, impact on the world, experiences, and relationships with others.
MEDIUM COELI or MIDHEAVEN: MC
–The sign at the highest point of the sky when you were born.
–The work you’re meant for, your public persona, reputation, and legacy.
DESCENDANT: DC
–The zodiac sign that was setting in the west at the time you were born.
–Your “missing half” (can be referred to as a person or a thing), how you relate to others, things you are drawn to.
IMUM COELI: IC
–The lowest point of the sky (the highest point on the exact opposite of the globe) when you were born.
–Your roots, ancestry, private self, childhood and upbringing, the unconscious.
NORTH NODE: ☊
–The intersection point between the moon and Sun's orbits, where the moon is moving upwards.
–The future, unfamiliar territory, the key lessons you’re supposed to learn, your destiny.
SOUTH NODE: ☋
–The intersection point between the moon and Sun’s orbits, where the moon is moving downwards.
–Your comfort zone, past-life experiences, innate talents and abilities.
VERTEX: 🜊
–The intersection between the Ecliptic and Prime Vertical circles in the West.
–Your hidden destiny, fated encounters, and divine give and take.
FORTUNE: ⊕
–Calculated differently depending on if you were born during the day or at night. Day= AC + Moon - Sun and Night= AC + Sun - Moon.
–The parts of your life you will naturally have success or luck in.
EAST POINT: EP
–The eastern intersection between the Ecliptic and Prime Vertical circles.
–Your more casual, off the cuff personality.
LILITH DARK MOON: ⚸
–The point where the moon is furthest away from the Earth.
–Your sense of independence, rebelliousness, shame, and personal power.
CHIRON: ⚷
–The placement in the sky of the celestial body Chiron.
–Your “deepest wound,” often originating from childhood or another foundational time, and your journey towards wisdom after that.
PALLAS ATHENA: ⚴
–The placement in the sky of the comet Pallas.
–Your creativity, intelligence, problem-solving abilities, wisdom, logic, and practical intuition.
CERES: ⚳
–The placement in the sky of the dwarf planet Ceres.
–Your parenting style, how you nurture others, how you react to cycles of growth and loss.
JUNO: ⚵
–The placement in the sky of the asteroid Juno.
–Your ideal partner, your relationship style, how you go about power dynamics, and your deal-breakers.
VESTA: ⚶
–The placement in the sky of the asteroid Vesta.
–Your dedication, inner spark, and what ignites your passions.
RETROGRADES:
Signified by an R, Я, or ℞. Retrogrades occur when a planet appears to be moving backwards from the Earth’s point of view. These signs indicate an aspect of self that is not as easily expressed, and often remains internalized. Having a natal retrograde can change your experiences when living through a current transit.
MERCURY: Happens three to four times a year for a few weeks, can make communication with others and learning new things more difficult. Getting misunderstood happens more often, which can lead to the strife and struggling that a lot of people know Mercury retrogrades for.
VENUS: Happens about every 18 months and lasts for a month or so. Makes understanding love and affection more difficult, and positive self-talk harder to achieve. Creativity and beauty may not be uplifted, and your femininity suppressed. Indulgences are harder to resist.
MARS: Happens about every 26 months and lasts for weeks or months. Anger and frustration get bottled up and internalized. Toxic masculinity or purity culture and violence are emphasized. Struggles with motivation, energy, ambition, or sexuality (especially being sexual with others).
JUPITER: Happens about every 14 months and lasts for four months. Feeling like you’re unlucky or have to work harder than others. Independence and a strong sense of inner guidance. Feeling out of place with your beliefs, being misunderstood or ignored when you share your philosophy. Not being allowed to take up space. Pessimism. Struggles with risk-taking, seeing others perspectives, and faith. Self-teaching is easier. Follows their own code of ethics.
SATURN: Happens once a year for about five months. Lack of consistent rules or guidelines, especially with role models. Your internal thoughts are organized, but externally you seem disorganized. Struggles with setting and honoring boundaries. Struggles with self-motivation and direction. Commitment issues. Rebelliousness and authority issues.
URANUS: Happens once a year for about five months. Feeling like you have to keep yourself hidden, especially the parts of yourself that are shameful or unique. Following the rules, conforming to expectations or the “norm.” Swinging between a very rigid and a very loose sense of self and self-expression. Structure becomes important, mostly out of fear or anxiety.
NEPTUNE: Happens once a year for about five months. Favoring logic and science rather than intuition and emotions. Struggles with expressing creativity and externalizing dreams. Struggling with existing in reality. Ignoring intuition or signs. Conditional, strings attached relationships, and surface level bonds. Having a hard time empathizing with or understanding others perspectives.
PLUTO: Happens once a year for about five months. Staying in imbalanced relationships or roles, not wanting to express boundaries as they’re violated. Distrusting others to have authority or control, trouble with authority figures. Strong inner beliefs and convictions, but not expressing them. Preferring to process trauma and grief alone. Struggling with being vulnerable. Keeping your struggles secret. Building up resentment and then exploding.
ESSENTIAL DIGNITIES:
DOMICILE: When a sign is in a planet that already rules it. Ex) Mars in Aries.
EXALTED: When a sign is in a planet that exalts it. Ex.) Mars in Capricorn.
DETRIMENT: When a sign is in a planet ruled by its opposing sign. Ex.) Mars in Libra.
FALL: When a sign is in a planet exalted by its opposing sign. Ex.) Mars in Cancer.
MAJOR ASPECTS:
CONJUNCT: 0° apart (or within 10°)
–A strong focal point, enhances good or bad.
TRINE: 120° apart (or within 9°)
–Most harmonious, very favorable, too many make someone weak.
OPPOSITION: 180° apart (or within 9°)
–Unharmonious opposition, challenges to growth and achievement.
SEXTILE: 60° apart (or within 6°)
–Harmonious and favorable, requires effort to be beneficial.
SQUARE: 90° apart (or within 9°)
–Challenging and stressful, places obstacles and teaches lessons.
THE HOUSES:
Therefore, if your Sun sign is located above the horizon, you were born during the day, and if below the horizon you were born at night.
1-6: present above the horizon at your time of birth
7-12: present below the horizon at your time of birth
FIRST: “House of Self,” your mannerisms, style disposition, temperament, likes and dislikes, how you are perceived and present yourself.
–Ruled by Aries
–Your ascendant is always in your first house
SECOND: “House of Money and Possessions,” what you own in life, your prospects, how you feel about worldly possessions, what might be lucrative for you.
–Ruled by Taurus
THIRD: “House of Communication,” self-expression, family ties, day-to-day travel, the way you think, speak, and write, logic, memory, and manual skills.
–Ruled by Gemini
FOURTH: “House of Home,” your home life in the past, present, and future, ancestor relationships, the security you seek in old age, what you keep protected and secluded.
–Ruled by Cancer
FIFTH: “House of Creativity and Sex,” what you do for pleasure and to express yourself, love affairs, children, new undertakings, things you love unconditionally
–Ruled by Leo
SIXTH: “House of Service and Health,” your need to help others, especially those “below you,” your place in hierarchies, constitution and illness, altruism
–Ruled by Virgo
SEVENTH: “House of Partnership and Marriage,” your partner, the partnership(s) in your life, the unions or contracts you enter, your ability to work with others
–Ruled by Libra
EIGHTH: “House of Death and Regeneration,” spiritual transformation, legacies and inheritance, psychic powers, occult knowledge, and mental health.
–Ruled by Scorpio
NINTH: “House of Exploration and Travel,” expanded study, travel, mental pursuits, study of deep and profound subjects, foreigners and foreignness.
–Ruled by Sagittarius
TENTH: “House of Career and Public Standing,” all matters outside of the home, professions, status, reputation, ambitions, attainment, aspirations, and expression of your talents.
–Ruled by Capricorn
ELEVENTH: “House of Hopes and Wishes,” long-term dreams and relationships, involvement in your community, “it takes a village” mentality, clubs or societies.
–Ruled by Aquarius
TWELFTH: “House of Secrets and Sorrows,” the most mystical house, ends of cycles, limitations, boundaries, unseen forces, disappointments, debts, the meaning of life.
–Ruled by Pisces
HOUSE CONSTRUCTION METHODS:
PORPHYRY: The Medium Coeli and Ascendant are calculated first, with the Imum Coeli and Descendant being 180 degrees across from them. The remaining houses are divided equally between these two lines. This means each house may be different sizes.
WHOLE SIGNS: The first house is always your Ascendant sign, and each sign that follows your ascendant will be your second, third, etc. Every house is the same size (30 degrees).
PLACIDUS: A much more complex system, the Placidus houses are decided by measurements calculated with your location and time of birth. Your Ascendant will always be the cusp of your first house, and, moving clockwise, the next cusp will be marked after two hours. This continues until the seventh house, where the remaining six houses will be extended as needed to make up the remaining space. The further from the equator you live, the more uneven your houses. Sign interceptions and doubles are only possible with this system.
As a beginner, I have been recommended to use the Whole Signs method, since it’s a lot easier to interpret. Placidus is wholly the most popular method nowadays, though.
SIGN INTERCEPTIONS: Only occurs in the Placidus system. When a sign has no house cusps present in it. Always occurs in opposing pairs. Aspects of yourself that are blocked or underdeveloped.
SIGN DUPLICATES: Only occurs in the Placidus system. When a sign has two or more house cusps present in it. Always occurs in opposing pairs. Aspects of yourself that are enhanced or reinforced.
If you have an interception you will always have a duplicate, and vice versa.
SOURCES:
“The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need,” by Joanna Martine Woolfolk– honestly I wouldn’t recommend it. It’s very surface level, gendered, and ignores some very important aspects of astrology and I was still left feeling pretty confused after reading it.
Free Astrology Course by Shaina Astrology– the one issue with these videos is that they seem a bit biased or subjective-passed-off-as-objective, but they were helpful to get the basics down!
Here's me being vulnerable: I went through a burnout this year. It was hard, harder than I would have liked it to be. But now, a few months later, I can say I grew and learned a lot from it. While sharing my experience with friends and family, I realised that I definitely wasn't alone in feeling this way about work.
If you can relate, here's a little spell that I hope can help you.
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💼 Work Prosperity Pouch 💼
A pouch to keep on you at all times to attract prosperity and happiness in a work setting.
Materials and ingredients:
A green pouch/sachet
Cloves
A bay leaf
Two or three coins
A cinnamon stick
Basil
Mint
A green crystal
A few strands of your hair
Instructions:
Gather the items one by one into the pouch while thinking of what success at work means to you - whether it's finding friendships, earning a promotion, or filling up your bank account. Think about financial comfort, about feeling more at ease in a work setting, about finding long-lasting friendships with coworkers. Close the pouch and slip it into your work bag.
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⁀➷ Wrote about my burnout and a book that helped me through it on my Substack today. Give it a read!
"What is the biggest impediment to your writing life?"
"Capitalism, which continues to devour the living world that we need as our home and to consume the hours of everyone's lives for the profit of the very few, setting people against each other for the mere preservation of life and pressurizing gendered and racialized forms of oppression. There's no writing without time, without air to breathe and potable water, without a body and earth that supports life, without each other."
🌪️ A simple summer ritual: place a small heap of ground cinnamon in the center of your palms. Outside, ideally on a windy day, visualize everything that no longer serves you. Blow the cinnamon in the wind and let it be sent away from you.
💧️ A simple summer ritual: while lying in a body of water (sea, lake, or your bath tube), close your eyes and visualize your body being cleansed of negative energies. When you step out, leave it all behind in the water.
🔥 A simple summer ritual: write a single word on a bay leaf that represents something you'd like to get rid of, whether that's a bad habit, an addiction, a common pattern in your life. Then, burn it down in a campfire or with a lighter.
