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Anyone else ready for Lammas this year?
Lammas/Lughnasadh tea
Red tea: IV parts
Sage: II parts
Cinnamon: II parts
Lemon: a pinch
Rose hips: I and ½ parts
Basil: ½ part
Sagebrush: II parts
Calendula: II parts
As for me, I will go to the beggining of the patronal festivities of my town and see some fireworks, then I will celebrate the sabbat in a little light way my brain doesn’t work sleepy XD
Happy Beltane!
Beltane Activities and Ideas
Walk the perimeter of your property to check that everything is in good order. Bring trash bags and do a general clean up of anything that is not where it should be.
Make a miniature maypole for your altar if you can not make a full size version
Get a new mirror, or use one you have already, and decorate it with ribbons and flowers for your bedroom
Fill a cauldron or a large bowl with fresh flowers (wildflowers are best)
Braid bracelets out of white ribbons and give them as gifts to friends or family
Make a dish of fruits, berries, nuts and leave in the wood for the animals and fae folk to enjoy
Cut branches of fresh green from budding trees, or make garlands of flowers to decorate the home for this celebration. Hang them on the doors and windows early, so the may sunrise finds them there!
Create a special wreath for the top of the May Pole
Make “May Day” baskets of flowers and leave on friends and family’s doorsteps as a surprise gift. Maybe they’ll think a faerie did it!
Create hair pieces and garlands for decorating your head or around your neck from flowers that are in bloom
Tie ribbons to trees to celebrate the coming of spring. Make a wish each time you tie a ribbon as it’s good luck to wish for things on this day!
Bathe your face in the morning dew to retain youth. The fair maid who, the first of May Goes to the fields at break of day And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree Will ever after handsome be. Other sources suggest using the dew found under oaks or on ivy leaves. Make a special wish as you wash your face in it or as you drink from a well before sunrise.
Dance the May Pole
During the Maypole dance, think about what you wish to weave into, or out of, your spirit. The Maypole is an ancient symbol of the male aspect of the Divine, while the ribbons are strands of life. Have small baskets of goodies around the room to symbolize the coming abundance and to enjoy after the Circle. Magic is hungry work. (from Trish Telesco’s Victorian Grimoire)
Urban Witch on Beltane
On a holiday that is very much about nature, fairies, bonfires, and all things light and airy, a city witch can be a little lost on how to celebrate. But no worries! Here are some ideas.
Buy a houseplant: If you can’t spend time in nature, bring nature to you! Even if you don’t have a green thumb, there are some pretty low maintenance plants that can hang out in your bathroom or office. Might I suggest an aloe plant? Even a fake plant can make you feel closer to nature.
Visit your nearest Botanic Gardens. Really want to connect with nature but can’t escape city limits? Most larger cities, especially with a university, will have a botanic garden open to the public. Or if it’s on campus they may have visiting hours. If you town doesn’t have a botanic garden, find a park, nursery, green house, or local garden to spend some time.
Visit a bakery, try something new. All the spring and new summer treats are coming out. While some witches with big kitchens can bake all day, we might not have the time and space. Supporting your local bakery is a great way to get into the Beltane spirit.
Go to a Burlesque Show: fertility and pleasure are a huge theme for Beltane. If you aren’t humping like bunnies on Beltane, there are some other options. Check out a Burlesque show, or go to a strip club if that is your thing. Maybe visit the local porn store and pick up a new toy.
Light a candle to signify Beltane fire.
Go out dancing or dance at home
Get married: handfastings and weddings are popular for Beltane. If you want to tie the knot, do it! Especially with so much fertility vibes!
Add a May Pole to your altar.
Eat a salad: green stuff, nature, light and fresh
Family night: bake some cookies and play games or watch movies with your family to strengthen your bond. Make crafts like flower wreaths with the kiddos.
Wear ribbons in your hair, decorate your space or altar with ribbons.
Crystal grid: another way to connect to nature. Try to use stones and minerals that are especially tied to nature like moss agate, tree agate, fossils, jaspers, petrified wood, amber, seashells, or even bones.
Do a Beltane tarot spread
Fae work: I don’t know too many urban witches that are into the Fae, we tend to work with the other realm of spirits since there are many haunted places in cities. But if you wanted to try and invite a fairy to your space/garden (I wouldn’t, but you do you) you can leave an offering for them like sweet milk, cream, wine & beer, or sweets like muffins, cakes, and cookies.
Beltane Fried Honey Cakes
These cakes were left in the garden to please Faery visitors. If you plan to leave an offering to the Faery, double the recipe to keep some for your family. They’re scrumptious. ½ cup sweet white wine 2 tablespoons sugar 1 egg 1 cup honey 2/3 cup flour 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon Oil for frying 1/8 teaspoon salt Beat the wine & egg in a medium bowl. Combine the flour, cinnamon, salt & sugar in a small bowl. Stir into the egg mixture. Let stand 30 minutes. Combine the honey & nutmeg in a small bowl. Heat ½-inch of the oil in a frying pan until hot, but not smoking. Drop the batter into the oil 1 tablespoon at a time; fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Dip into the honey. Yield: 1 ½ Dozen.
☀️How to Celebrate Beltane☀️
~ For solitary or broom closet witches ~
• Start your garden!
• Have a bonfire 🔥
• Spend the day soaking up some sun
• Press flowers
• Make a small faerie offering
• Go outside barefoot and enjoy the feel of Earth
• Cast a love, fertility or sex spell
• Wear a flower crown or clothes with floral designs
• Dance!!
Sounds of the forest: The biggest theme of this Beltane for you.
Dancing around the Maypole: The things you are doing right, should be proud of and should cherish.
Casting it into the flames: The things you should leave in the past season and remove from your life.
Weaving the flowers in your hair: New interests that will enchance your life.
Staring into the fire: What the next 6 months have in store for you.
Seeking the Midnight Flame: The arrival of a new close lover or friend.
Whispers in the wind: A parting message to you from the divine.
Hey guys! Thought i’d convert the tarot spread i’ve been doing for the past few years on Beltane into digital format so you could enjoy it too! Hope you have a wonderful time.
Curses
Just a reminder, over on my spell blog, I am way behind on updating my spell listings, but I do have a fair amount of spells already added to convenient links. Well here’s my curse list so far:
Silent Hill Curse
Vanity Breaking Curse
Heart of My Enemies Curse
Friends on the Other Side Curse
Lilo’s Punishment Curse
Maleficent’s Revenge Curse
Poison Apple Curse
Pins and Needles Curse
Storm Witch’s Curse to Amplify Problems in a Relationship
A Simple Pit Curse
A Curse for Those Who’ve Abused You
Your Joy Will Turn to Ashes
Elsa’s Lunar Punishment Curse
Revenge Curse Cage
Jalapeno Hush-puppies Poppers Curse
A Curse to Make People See the True Nature of Someone
Lollipop Curse 1
The Wrath of Sauron Curse
Bee Nice Stinging Binding Curse
Releasing the Hounds
Gabriel’s Candy Curse
The Curse of Arrows
SPN Iron Binding Curse
The Wordless Curse
Jalapeno Bloody Mary Curse
Bones’ Bubble Bursting/Binding Curse Jar
A Curse of Intent
Not One of Us Curse
Wrath’s Bad Luck Curse
Never Had a Friend Like Me
Son of a Bitch: Dean Winchester Curse
Storm Witch’s “In All My Dreams I Drown” Curse
“I’m Just Your Problem” Curse
“A Little Priest” Curse
“Why’d you have to go and turn to ice?” Curse
Night of the Hunter Curse
Dragon Age Cursing Cloud
Weeding Curse
Curse for Abusive Relative
Curse of the Warriors
Special Curse Jar
Ryuko’s Daniel In the Den Curse
Abaddon’s Curse Against Sexual Harrassment
Strexpet Curse
Quick Curses
Curse for Anon Haters
“Ignorance is Your New Best Friend” Curse
Morgan’s “I Hate You, Get Out of My Life” Curse
Hocus Pocus Curse
“By All Means, Panty Away” Curse
“To Send Forth Enemies to Your Enemy” Curse
Rapunzel Anti-Intruder Curse
Kitchen Witch Cursing
Sassy Spock’s “Live Long and Prosper” Curse
Lunar Eclipse Curse - To The Brink Of Death
Song by John Donne - The Witch of the Waste’s very customizable curse version
A Curse for Loneliness and Isolation
Dinsey Curse Series: Hellfire
Rose’s Perfume Bottle Curse
The Curse of the Golden Chrysanthemum
You Have Heart: A Curse
A Curse For a Large Group
Khan’s Punishment Curse
Khan’s Fear and Intimidation Curse
Fatten The Bear Curse
Introducing New Witch Worksheets: Worksheets that can help new (and old!) witches better understand and define their practice. Each worksheet is set up to print comfortably on standard U.S. Paper. Click image for full size.
This is very much an experimental project, so please let me know what you think!
Part Two, Part Three
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positive words for each moon sign:
aries moon: spirited, fiery, independent, fun, wild, adventurous, passionate, energetic
taurus moon: calming, caring, patient, thoughtful, dedicated, friendly, natural, genuine
gemini moon: witty, charming, intellectual, talkative, adaptable, intelligent,
cancer moon: sentimental, intuitive, nurturing, supportive, imaginative, honest, generous, sweet
leo moon: magnetic, artistic, charismatic, entertaining, brilliant, courageous
virgo moon: reliable, cheerful, analytical, encouraging, friendly, smart, motivating,
libra moon: optimistic, outgoing, irresistible, lucky, popular, reliable, sunny, fair, vibrant,
scorpio moon: intense, alluring, captivating, loving, soulful, intelligent, instinctive, intuitive, genius,
sagittarius moon: carefree, adventurous, optimistic, independent, genuine, engaging, willful, vivacious, lucky, refreshing
capricorn moon: dependable, rational, practical, responsible, unwavering, surprising, refined, powerful, humorous
aquarius moon: curious, transformative, open, inventive, innovative, creative, generous, enchanting, outgoing, diligent, unique
pisces moon: affectionate, dreamy, romantic, idealistic, compassionate, sensitive, spiritual, vivacious, divine
Witchtip Wednesday 1.3.18
How to find your rhythm with your Tarot Deck
Happy new year to everyone! I’m glad to be sharing this tip and I waited because I’m sure a lot of people got new decks for the holidays.
Tarot has a ridiculous amount of variation in the deck style and variables for the meanings. Some are pip decks, some marssaille some rider Waite smith, and each book that comes with the meanings is slightly different.
When you get a new deck, I always do an intro spread just to get a little familiar with it. But then begins the fun.
Do a Daily pull, first thing in the morning, and if you don’t have time to interpret, take a picture of it. Just ask “What does my day have in store?” Write down your first impression of the card, and every once in a while look at the picture throughout the day.
At the end of the day, compare your first impression, the text book meaning and think about your day. This exercise helps you figure out where on the spectrum your readings are.
Was it kinda vague, was it about someone else, was it closer in meaning to your interpretation, or the book, was it super literal and you found yourself naked collecting water at a stream near a fallen building?
Just do this for a week, even if you’re old hat and in a rut. It can help revitalize your passion, recalibrate your intuition, and make you more confident in your readings by giving context to these elusive cards.
🦇Cheers, Barberwitch
Basics of Kitchen and Cottage Witchcraft
Kitchen witches believe that the kitchen is a sacred place where all of the magick happens. They focus on the use of edible ingredients and kitchen tools. A cottage witch is a witch that brings magick into the house and are protectors of the hearth and home. They bring cheer and warmth to every room they enter. Their focuses are on the family, home, and daily needs. Both the cottage and Kitchen witch believe that by honoring the home it honors the Gods and Goddesses. They bring magick into everyday life and daily chores.
Ways a Kitchen and Cottage witch can bring magick into a home:
Create a kitchen altar
Stock your shelves with herbs and spices
Bring maximum feng-shui to your home
Keep the home physically and spiritually clean
Paint the house walls in colours that bring happiness, warmth, and coziness
When making a sandwich put mustard or mayo sigils on it
When making meals add herbs that correspond to your magickal needs
Decorate the home according to the sabbats
Brew some special teas
Make your own candles, salves, and tinctures.
Make offerings to Gods and Goddesses of hearth and home.
Ask your deities to keep your house safe and healthy.
Create your own recipes and add your own touch of magick to them
Put intent into everything you cook and clean
Make an incantation or short song to sing while you stir.
Inscribe your wooden spoons with sigils
Carve your wooden shelves with sigils - carve them at the bottom of the cupboard to remain discreet
Craft oils, incense, soaps, potions, and salves.
Make herbal remedies
Chant while cleaning or preparing a meal
Use numerology in their practices by the number of times they stir or the number of times they knead dough.
During the mead moon, brew mead with magickal intent.
Decorate the home with your own art or art done by your children, poems, knits, woodcraft’s, paintings, quilts, diy’s, or tapestries.
Enchant your crafts.
Use weather magick, candle magick, ribbon charms, and anything else used to add magick to your home.
Honour the ancestors.
Bless the home.
Start a garden and will it with organic and in season fruits and vegetables.
Charge herbal oils by moonlight or candlelight to heal, bless the home or to clean and protect the woodwork she polishes with it.
Scatter charm bags, witches ladders, chimes, and bells around the home.
Grow an indoor jungle
Learn herbal remedies to treat MINOR injuries
If you work with meat make sure to thank and honour the animal it came from.
Sing or play music to raise good vibrations
Bake and cut cookies in shapes to match your intentions
Provide someone in need with a free meal
Volunteer at a local soup kitchen to bring magick into it
What their altar may display:
Candles
Tools used for sacred use
Four elements
Statues of the honoured deities
A doll weaved of corn
A kitchen witch’s altar is often displayed in the corner of the kitchen and is not permanent
Food made by the witch left as an offering
Some beliefs followed:
Magick is not used to inflict pain on others or block anyone’s free will
Believe in living simple lives
Believe in using organic items, products that aren’t animal tested, recycling, and composting.
Creativity is a form of devotion
Keep peace in the household
May the home always contain good food, good talk, and good company
Welcome guests into the home with open arms
Cottage and Kitchen witch superstitions/wives tales:
Stir clockwise to bring good luck
Never stir with a knife as it is considered bad luck
Place a piece of amethyst near the stove top to make the food cooked there tastes better
If an apple bursts in the oven while baking it means good luck is on its way for the cook
Eggs that are cracked while they boil is a sign that visitors are on their way
Dropping silverware means that company is coming
Spilling water on the table cloth means that rain is on its way
Seeing a spider in the house is good luck, killing it is bad luck
Wild animal tracks in the snow encircling your house is a sign of good luck and protection
When your cupboard doors are left opens it means that people are gossiping about you
If a broom drops across the doorway it means that you will soon head off on a journey
If you spill salt throw it over your left shoulder to undo any bad luck
To keep evil spirits away chop an onion in half and place it on the window sill
Chosen tools:
Wooden spoons
Knife
Bowls
Cooking pot or cauldron
A ritual knife used to only cut spiritual ties
A Fire place
Broom
Mortar and pestle
Kettle
Jars and bottles
Sewing kit
Cook books
Spells are cast to bring:
Healing
Prosperity
Protection
Abundance
Happiness
Fertility
Harmony
Peace
Deities worked with:
Hestia
Frigga
Brighid
Demeter
May your house stay warm and full of magick!
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Protection Witches' Ladder
- Black String
- Black Candle
- Oil or spit
- Salt
- A chosen amount of nails
- Obsidian
- Clear Quartz This is a ward for protection. Tie the nails to the string, one after another, followed by the obsidian and quartz. Seal the knots with the wax and anoint it with either spit, oil, urine, blood, etc.
“By these nails and by the string, Protection from harm this charm will bring Evil begone, evil now flee, Get ye away from my family and me, This is my will, so mote it be.”
I made another school sigil for you all! “I have the energy and motivation to study and complete assignments”.