A collection of stars

💫 C-DID system where different alters have some different practices 💫 Practicing witchcraft and divination since around 2005, growing and changing our beliefs and methods as we go. Connecting with being Welsh and incorporating folk magic from our culture into our work. Mostly daily tarot readings. Chronically ill and doing low energy spells regularly. Doing acts of devotion - different alters work with different deities, beings and spirits.

[starlightwitches]

Hey we used to be @the-starlight-witches years ago and I don't remember why we stopped going on there, but we're back with a new blog!

✨️ This is a side blog, we'll be following from @starlightorchestra ✨️

About

36, nonbinary, queer (he/they)

Jewish, but not religious

C-DID system - different alters have different practices and beliefs

Witch, not wiccan

Practicing since our mid teens, falling off with our practice at times but always coming back

Things you’ll see here:

Welsh paganism and polytheism

Kitchen witchery

Cosmic witchcraft

Water witchcraft

Hellenic polytheism

Norse polytheism

Spirit work

Fair folk and similar

Divination (tarot and oracle primarily)

Low energy practices

Pop culture magic

[witchothebogfolk]

Fresh lavender and rosemary from my own garden for my wee living room mini altar. Makes me so happy to see in the morning!

[whinywillow]

I love this now I wanna make one 😭

[starlightwitches]

Just trying to follow more witches on here and searching the witchcraft tags only to find myself having to block far too many people posting HP shit

Come on guys it’s 2026 and she’s using her funds to attack the trans communities in the UK.

[herme-kate]

Huge reminder that you don’t need to make offerings to your deities everyday

Just being kind to others in their name or a little prayer to them is plenty!

[squishyfauna]

Calling all creatives!

I run a Discord for creatives of all kinds! Community and friendship is central to our server, making connections with others who love to create!

We have spaces for creations, commissions, shops, creative businesses, hobbies, chatting and also optional spaces for darker subjects (health, current events, vents) and another for NSFW topics/art.

Members must be 21+ to join.

We offer:

A safe space for marginalised communities and zero tolerance for bigotry

A mostly static black/grey/whitelist

Monthly themes with prompts build around that theme

Study prompts

Bots with prompts, and also Sprinto for writing sprints or timed art challenges

Random events to encourage you to share your work, past and present

Group digital canvases on a semi regular basis hosted on Magma

Needle Bot to create threads when sharing creations so no one’s work gets overlooked or buried

PluralKit for DID and OSDD systems

A server that is inclusive of mental health and doesn’t shy away from it being part of daily life and often behind creative inspiration

And more!

We hope you’ll join us and we can’t wait to have you as part of our community!

Apply to join here!

[squishyfauna]

Witchy bits 🔮

Print 3 of 4 I’m expecting before Confuzzled!

Links

[ohmymoxie]

hey babes, i promise you’re not a bad witch if you don’t celebrate the wheel of the year

[sophia-the-hearth-witch]

I've been practicing for 7+ years and I've never managed to celebrate ever sabbat lol There are ones that I'm more constant with because I relate them closely with the gods I work with (mostly Imbolc, Midsummer, Samhain, and Yule)

But the idea of celebrating the wheel of the year is a very neo-pagan one we have some evidence that the equinoxes were celebrated by some pagans in history, but having an organized set wheel with multiple sabbats is a modern invention and doesn't work for every hemisphere

imo It's more important to follow what feels right for you and your practice and helps you feel in tune with the seasons and natural world around you and if you miss a "celebration" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ oh well there are no set rules to witchcraft or paganism so you're not a bad witch or bad pagan if miss a sabbat or don't celebrate them~

[witchynyx]

Yes!

The neopagan Wheel of the Year™ was literally invented in the 1950s by two guys: Gerald Gardner and Ross Nichols.

At the time, revival druidry (of which they were both part) was celebrating 4 annual festival, at the solstices and equinoxes.

Also, there was a popular (if incorrect) notion that much British and European folklore represented continuous pre-Christian traditions, including the 4 Irish festivals (incorrectly categorised as pan-Celtic 'fire' festivals*) of Beltane, Lammas, Samhain, and Imbolc.

* Check out Ronald Hutton's Stations of the Sun (1996) for an in-depth history of the British ritual year, including all 4 of these festivals, and popular perceptions of them.

They decided to combine the two to create the 8-spoked 'wheel of the year'. (And Aidan Kelly came along in the 1970s and added the more romantic Wiccan names to the solstices and equinoxes)

The 8-spoked 'Wheel of the Year' festival structure is part of Wicca (founded by Gerald Gardner) and OBOD (the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids, a revival druid order founded by Ross Nichols).

If you're not a member of OBOD or any formal Wiccan tradition? You have absolutely zero requirement or obligation to follow/observe/celebrate the Wheel of the Year™.

You obviously can!

You can observe all of them. Observe some but not others. Rename them. Adapt them. Cannibalise it and turn it into something new.

(Personally, I like the structure, so I kept that and built my own whole thing on top of it.)

You also don't need to as much as acknowledge it in your practice if you don't want to.

It's not some Ancient, Universal, Correct thing. It was literally just made up by two guys.

You can follow seasonal events based on your location, your culture, your folklore, your history. You can make things up just because you want to. Or you can not observe any seasonal festivals.

What you do in your practice is 100% up to you 💜

[themanicnami]

Carnivorous Plant Correspondences

Here is a short correspondence list from my grimoire on common carnivorous houseplants and their magical properties. Please take good care of your carnivorous plant and don’t take pieces from it unless you know what you are doing, killing your plant for a spell is not cool. Instead you can just have it present or in the room to fill it with its energy. 

Australian Pitcher Plant: strength, endurance, emotional healing, protection of oneself and the home

Bladderwort: protection, growth

Butterwort: beauty, illusions, glamours, love, self love

California Pitcher Plant (Cobra Lily): secrets, knowledge, cunning, health

Cape Sundew: transformation, growth, passion, motivation; binding, curses related to heartbreak

Heliamphora (Sun Pitchers): mysticism, beauty, love, grace, patience, knowledge; lies, deceit, general cursing

Nepenthes: attracting attention, passion, romance, lust; vengeance, anger

Sarracenia: strength, community, family, communication, messages, imagination

Venus Flytrap: protection, love

[pisces-core]

[witchofthewildwood]

snow magick ❄️

snow water*,’•

collect fresh, untouched snow and melt some to use in your practice—even better if collected before dawn during a full moon! you can boil it after collecting to be sure it is sanitized.

snow water can be used for:

scrying

baths / ritual baths

watering plants

offerings to deities

boiling & adding to tea or potions

adding to a washing machine for cleansing & charging clothing

charging water-safe crystals

add a small amount to a room spray which you can use for cleansing

anointing candles

in binding spells

❄️❄️❄️

properties of snow~

transformative

healing

cleansing

purification

spell amplification

binding

❄️❄️❄️

the frost will hold you (binding spell—can be baneful)

you will need:

* black ribbon/thread (tape will also do fine)

* vinegar

* melted snow/dirty slush (best if murkey/dirty)

* grounded black pepper

* slip of paper

* taglock of person (hair, very small picture, or their name & signs)

* ice tray / ice mold you don’t care about

cleanse your space, then yourself.

grab your small slip of paper, rip the edges and make sure it’s rough. does not have to look good, in fact it shouldn’t. write “The frost will hold X from [whatever they are to not do anymore].” (Example: The frost will hold John Smith from hurting anyone.)

grab your taglock and place in the center of the slip, fold the slip away from yourself with the taglock inside. make sure it is all enclosed within the slip of paper.

tape or tie the slip of paper closed and place at the bottom of your ice mold or tray

pour a bit vinegar over top of the slip, saturating the paper.

add your black pepper, this will prevent the person from acting negatively and absorb their negativity. feel free to add red pepper flakes, or any other herbs you prefer at this step.

add your melted murky snow or your freshly gathered snow slush, and allow the slip to be soaked. imagine covering the subject of the binding in a fog if they attempt to partake in the activity you’re binding them against.

freeze the mixture in either your freezer, or outside if cold enough. this spell can keep frozen in the freezer for 3-4 months before it starts to weaken, or shorter if you wish to release the bind.

** to dispose of the spell parts, let them melt again. remove the paper and throw it in a dumpster away from your home. pour the vinegar and slush/melted snow into the toilet and flush. vinegar is a common cleaning product.

❄️❄️❄️

more winter witchcraft here!

[sugaryewscythe]

goddess cerridwen altar details 🌱🐈‍⬛🌾♡

[sheydmade]

"One common misconception about witchcraft is that it requires tools, plants, and magical allies that are difficult to come by. This certainly is the case in some works, but it needn't be. Witchcraft should be both accessible and adaptable to meet the needs of the practitioner, and the witch's toolset should be the same."

-'Practical Magic: Everyday Items You Can Use in Witchcraft; Part 1' (2025), Keziah Zibelmann (@sheydmade)

[starlightwitches]

My chronic illnesses have been Bad but I’m trying to do little readings when I can ❤️

[normal-horoscopes]

Liminal Space: A place of motion and transition. Doorways, arches, gates, crossroads, rest stops on the highway. Borders and roads. Places where the veil is thin.

Proximal Space: "This Side" of the Liminal Space. Comfy bedrooms. Your home town. Holy spaces. Kitchens. Places where the veil is thick.

Distal Space: "Far Side" of the Liminal Space. Frontiers. Destinations. The wilderness, the grave. An amusement park. A mall. A ghost town. A monument. Places where the veil is deep.

[shoebillsorcerer]

Spell of "Be Happy Dammit!"

Intent: bring persistent happiness to someone in your life

Materials:

A tag lock of some kind that can be burned(I'll be using a strand of hair.)

A candle.

Several small chunks of citrine and/or sunstone.

Ground cinnamon (would fresh work better? Probably! But I'm using the pre-ground stuff in my kitchen cupboard!)

Day of the Full Moon, before its peak

Hour and day of the Sun and/or Jupiter, if timing so allows

Something to carve the surface of your candle with.

The astrological symbols of the Sun, Jupiter, and Moon.

Small, heat safe dish.

A song you associate with happiness (I will be using Dog Days by Florence and the machine!)

A Vessel. Not necessarily a container, this vessel will be the anchor of this spell. I will be using a heart shaped rock I have.

Process:

0. Gather ingredients and set your space as you normally would for spell work. If utilizing a planetary hour, perform this step just before it begins.

1. Carve your candle with the astrological symbols listed above. If you are performing this work during the day and/or hour of any of these, carve the symbols in order of day, then hour. As you carve each symbol, call upon the celestial object represented to aid you.

2. Place your heat safe dish in front of the candle.

3. Take your crystals in hand one by one and think of a moment of shared joy with your target, a new one with each stone. Place the stones at roughly equal distances apart around the heat safe dish.

4. Place your tag lock in the heat safe dish and sprinkle with cinnamon.

5. Light your candle to activate your carved symbols.

6. Take your chosen vessel in your dominant hand and draw the celestial energies into it as the wax melts.

7. Once the symbols have totally melted, start your chosen song. For at least thirty seconds, really focus on the song and feel that happiness. Pour that energy into your vessel.

8. Once ready, hold your vessel a safe distance above your heat safe dish and concentrate on your target and their happiness. Light the contents of your dish on fire.

9. Continue holding your vessel and concentrating on your targets happiness until your taglock has fully burned and your song has ended.

10. Blow out the candle and end your ritual as you usually do. Clean up and cleanse your components and tools.

11. Place the vessel somewhere safe, preferably where it will get sunlight.

12. Feed your vessel as needed. One possible method of such would be holding your vessel while playing the song you chose, preferably during the full moon before its peak or during the day and hour of the sun and Jupiter.

[recreationalwitchcraft]

Your book on Witchcraft is bullshit if:

It uses the “Witchcraft” and “Wicca” fuckin interchangeably 

It suggests you’re one dreadlock and eagle feather away from being your very own, white Shaman

It claims “Voodoo” is a super fun, spooky thing that everyone should join in on

Smudging is cool, also, has anyone seen my works cited? Oh that’s right, I didn’t make one.

If you curse, you are mustache twirling devil and the 3 fold law is gonna send your ass to witch hell 

All witches, Wiccan or not should abide by the rede or burn the hell up in the aforementioned fictional witch hell

Ignorantly throws around the word “Chakras” like fuckin mardi gras beads 

You even see the word gypsy once

Spices things up with some sacred, closed and wildly un researched Native American Spiritualism

Miscellaneous new age white person spiritualism

And here’s some Ohms.  ૐ ૐ ૐ 

I’m not sure what what they but have some more Ohms ૐ ૐ ૐ ૐ ૐ 

Wait, white sage is endangered?

[breelandwalker]

New Additions:

It suggests that “witch” is a gendered term or refers to witches (and possibly the reader) exclusively with she/her pronouns.

It sets hard timelines on length of study before you can call yourself a witch or learn certain skills or try certain activities i.e. “year and a day before you can cast a spell” with a hand-wave of an explanation. (Bonus points if it’s a book that’s supposedly for solitary witches.)

It says anything about youth being inherently magical. Big honking red flag.

“The Law of Attraction TOTALLY works! You just need to be more positive!”

You don’t need medicine or doctors, just drink this crystal herb elixir and do this spell, oh and don’t forget to put mugwort in your tea. What are health warnings?

But of COURSE we can apply modern concepts to ancient narratives without any regard for the historical record! There was totally a pre-Christian Irish potato goddess! 

NINE MILLION DEAD WITCHES!!!11!!!1!!eleventy

There is only ONE RIGHT WAY to be a witch, the rest are garbage and you’ll probably end the world if you get things wrong.

[book-of-forbidden-knowledge]

Here’s some more things to look for:

Any uncritical citations of James Frazer, Margaret Murray, or Robert Graves.

Haphazard attempts at syncretism, e.g. Taking deities out of their cultural contexts, putting them into correspondence tables, treating myths from different cultures as identical. 

Any mention of the “Burning Times.”

Random, edgy dissing of Christianity. Be especially wary of any claim that Christianity was “copied” off of this or that pagan god or mystery religion.

Dissing baneful magic, claims that you’ll be divinely punished (by karma or the “rule of three” or whatever other replacement for hell) if you attempt it.

Anything concerning pre-Chrsitian matriarchies.

The book presents itself as being about general pagan “witchcraft,” but it’s really just Wicca with the serial numbers filed off.

The author makes no attempt to distinguish between their UPG and actual history.

Finally, is the book useful? What do you get out of it? Can you actually do the spells and rituals in it? Or is it just bad history and a correspondence sheet?

Fact-check rigorously and check the bibliography. It can be hard to spot the bullshit if you don’t know what to look for, and some of it is just trial-and-error, but if you use good research skills, you’ll get better at vetting as you go. I highly recommend reading actual scholarship (e.g. Ronald Hutton, Owen Davies, Stephen Skinner, Radcliffe Edmonds, etc.) in addition to witch books or pagan books.

[auntie-ria]

“I can’t do glamour magick. I don’t have the tools!”

Tools?

Shampoo- cleanses your hair of negative energy

Conditioner- restores/adds positive energy

Body wash- restores/adds positive energy

Scrubs- cleanses and removes negative energy

Face wash/cleanser- removes negative energy

Moisturizer- protection, restores positive energy

Sunscreen- protection

Lotion- depending on scent, it can help with plenty of things

Rose- love, confidence, self-love, beauty

Lavender- calmness, peace/self-peace, self-worth, comfort, soothing

Vanilla- self-love, confidence, attracting good energies

Coconut- protection, purification, chastity

Contacts/eye drops- insight, wisdom, to see what others can’t

Hairbrush- negativity remover

Mascara- to see what others don’t tell you

Lipgloss/lipstick/lip stain/chapstick- to speak smoothly and clearly, to have a way with words, to improve your voice

Toothpaste and toothbrush- cleansing, to help watch your words

Tongue scraper- to get rid of past regrets from past words, to stop gossiping

Concealer- to conceal what others should not know/what you do not want them to know

Foundation- protection

Setting spray- calmness, peace, good luck

Nail Polish- match them to your intentions!

Purple- intuitive needs, spiritual needs, imagination, creativity, third eye, wisdom, peace

Pink- love, harmony, kindness, self-love

Red- love, lust, seduction, confidence, courage, sex, motivation, ambition, passion, strength, action

Silver-moon energy, emotional needs, reflection

Green-healing, wealth, growth, money, luck, fertility

Brown- grounding, friendship, security, material needs,

Blue- clarity, creativity, faith, forgiveness, communication, calmness

Orange- joy, energy, success, optimism, excitement,

Yellow- happiness, clarity, creativity, manifestation, strength, positive thoughts, sun energy, good health

Black- protection, stability, banishing, releasing

White- purification, peace, purity, truth, hope, cleansing

Cuticle oil/hair oil- growth, improvement, new beginnings, letting go