#raeven talks

[animisticpagan]

Having trouble with cartomancy? Wondering what the tarot equivalent to the playing card definitions are?

Here is a cheat sheet we made for cartomancy, with the addition of their tarot parallels!

Cartomancy Cheat Sheet

Cartomancy Guide Cartomancy (Tarot),Hearts (Cups),Spade (Swords),Cloves/Clubs (Wands),Diamonds (Coins/Pentacles) Section Meaning,Feelings,

Feel free to leave comments on it, and please send asks if you have any suggestions for things to add! I am also open to researching other divination methods to put on here or another spreadsheet to help people!

[animisticpagan]

I hope everyone had a good Samhain yesterday! I didn't get to celebrate how I thought I would, but I had a wonderful time regardless! I went trick or treating with my brother and his girlfriend and had a wonderful time watching a play I had been search for earlier in the day. (That play being Venus in Fur, played by Hugh Dancy- my favorite actor- and Nina Adrianda!) Today, however, is Dia De Los Muertos! I couldn't make soup yesterday, so I will try my best to make it today for the stretched thinning of the veil across the holidays I celebrate- Samhain (Yesterday), Dia De Los Muertos (Today), and All Soul's Day (Today and tomorrow)! Even if I don't do anything, even if I don't make soup, simply resting, or doing work, or thinking of ideal devotional acts and/or festivities for these holidays- and any other ones you may celebrate- it was still a good holiday. You don't have to do anything for it to be a successful holiday. Holidays are meant to be times of comfort, times to be spent at the hearth, and even those brought to life with parades and communal gatherings, away from the hearth, still have the alternatives for those who cannot- or don't want to- leave their homes. For those who cannot participate in all the extravagant acts that come with the day- like trick or treating, or making soup, or even just getting a sugar skull, let alone setting an altar to the dead. Simply sleeping, restfully or not, or eating, or drinking, or laying down, or just waking up can be a perfect enough act of festive spirit for the holidays if you don't hold yourself to the high, picture-esc standard that is strewn about everywhere. Take your practice, and remember that you are at the center of it. Your practice does not exist without you, so make yourself comfortable in it, and make yourself loved within it. The holidays you celebrate in your practice are yours to celebrate, and while there are traditional ways of celebration, or popular, well known ones, that doesn't mean you have to do them. Take care of yourself, and have a wonderful Celtic New Year. May your ancestors bless and guide you through the thinned veil. Blessed be <3

[animisticpagan]

So excited for Samhain!

Im not sure what I am going to be doing, as my family doesn't celebrate the holidays I do, and this is my first year celebrating Samhain. I might make soup! Cock-a-leekie soup is a family staple, and Scottish in origin (As well as French technically, but still), and my favorite dish ever.

For other things, I have no idea! I made a spell last night for motivation in my studies, and the Hunter's Moon carries over to Samhain, so maybe Ill do more Full Moon spreads, and maybe make another spell!

Feel free to reply with more Samhain festivities you would like to share also!

[animisticpagan]

I recently was contacted by the God Hades to work with him, and I am over the moon about it! He has been very kind and respectful about my belongings. We are struggling to communicate a bit, but it seems that he best communicates with me in urges and feelings, rather than words and digital divination. I am trying to build up a better relationship with him, learn what he like and how best to understand his way of communicating with me, and I have found that making a Pinterest board for him and just going through the 'more ideas' tab and selecting what he becomes happy about has really worked!

Its kind of interesting, though, considering that the day he arrived in my home, and ever since then (its been 3 days), when I wake up and look out the window- and only then when I look out the window- a crow flies by. I did a spread, and it does tell me something is coming, but to not worry, release my stress and to not focus on rewards, and to instead give away my independence to allow my deities to guide me like I have asked them to. Thats my plan for today, then! Relax, do my schooling, and maybe fill out my grimoire.

I have also noticed that Hades has been hanging around more than anyone else, but maybe its because he is getting used to the place. Its quite messy, but none of them mind, or at least I havent picked up on them minding the mess. The Phonoi often hang around, especially if I am watching something they take interest in, and sometimes Artemis comes around, but usually when I am around children or the dogs are in my room. Especially Turbo, but I think its because hes a puppy.

Regardless, I have a long day ahead of me! Before anyone says it, I do not have a physical tarot deck, but I am pretty confident that when I get one, it will be easier to communicate with my deities. I have found that the universe does communicate best through what I am most connected to, which is my digital divination app, but alas. Time to do work!

[animisticpagan]

Some Grimoire things!

I decided to add the Wheel of the Year, which I need to do more research on, and I started to make dedicated pages to each of the deities I work with!

I started with my Matron Deity, the Goddess Artemis, because the first handful of pages are dedicated to her and her brother, the God Apollo, when I first started out my path with deities, so I already had a list ready. I am excited to make one for the Gods Phonoi, and the God Hades!

I have been getting along with Hades more, and today I am going to go out exploring with my brother's girlfriend (her and my brother are living with my family and I) at Hades' very clear "yes, and take her with you" when I did some cartomancy. (Pulled the 8 of Hearts, which means Visitors/Invitation)

Exciting day ahead! I may even post a selfie with my veil...? We'll see!

[animisticpagan]

Happy Yule!

[Image ID: a stylized drawing of a guy wrapped in a blue blanket, a red and green scarf, a purple sweater, a santa hat, with only his eyes poking out and tuffs of pink hair. he is sitting next to a fireplace hearth that is lit, and above the mantle is a wreath with green leaves and a few red berries. written in red next to it is “Happy Yuletide”, under it in black says in parentheses “or whatever you celebrate.” end ID]

[animisticpagan]

I didn't post much for Dia De Los Muertos and All Soul's Day last week, but I will mention that today is Artemis Laphria! Here is a note I got from the internet and put in my personal calendar about the festival!

[Image ID: A screenshot of a description that reads, "Laphria was an ancient Greek religious festival in honour of the goddess Artemis, held every year in Patras. There was a sanctuary of Artemis Laphria on the acropolis of Patras. The sanctuary has an image of Artemis Laphria, that was brought there from Calydon in Aetolia after it was laid waste by Augustus. Every year, the people held "a Festival of the aphria" in the goddess's honour "which was peculiar to their place." They made a barrier of tall logs around the altar, "still green", so that the stockade would not burn." End ID.]

I don't plan on doing much today besides caring for myself and bringing myself back up to take care of my room and my health, but I will be continuing a drawing I started of Artemis, as well as working on my school work. So, I am technically pleasing two deities today! One being Hades, who has been on my ass these past few days about doing my work, and the other being Artemis, who probably also wants me to do my work, and is going to get a pretty drawing of herself!

Blessed be <3

[animisticpagan]

I set out my moon water tonight to charge, thanked Artemis and asked her to protect and bless the water I set out in honor of her, and shortly after I came back inside, my mother went outside to take photos of the moon. Well, when she did, she saw a deer come running down the road up by our neighbors fence, coming from the direction of where I placed my water. That is one of the clearest signs I have ever gotten from her and I am eternally blessed to have her still answering me and helping me when I ask for her.

[Image ID: Two photos taken of the Hunter’s Moon]

Looking up the type of moon it is tonight has me kind of in awe as well! Its the Hunter’s Moon! No wonder Artemis was so responsive!