[missmentelle]

The Relationship Jar

If you want to find out what kind of impact a person is having on your life, get an empty jar, a pen, and three packs of post-it notes - one green, one yellow, and one orange.  At the end of each day, think about how that person made you feel that day. It shouldn’t be something you think too long and hard about. When you think about your interactions that day, what’s the general impression you get? What’s the gut feeling in the pit of your stomach? What’s the one thing that comes to mind? If you feel good about the relationship that day, pick up a green post-it note. If you feel bad about the relationship that day, pick up an orange post-it note.  If you didn’t have any contact with the person that day, pick up a yellow post-it note. Once you’ve got your post-it note, write down the thing that made you choose that colour. What was good or bad today? Was it something they did? Something they said? Was it just a vague feeling? If you didn’t hear from them today, was that on purpose? Be as specific or as general with your answer as you want to be. And when you’re done, fold up the note and drop it in the jar. If you do this every day for a couple of weeks or months, you’re going to notice a pattern emerging. What colour is the jar? Every relationship will have good, bad or quiet days, but usually a pattern will emerge. Are you surprised by the number of yellow or orange notes in your jar? If you’re ever at a crossroads with the relationship, dump your jar out and line up the green notes together, the yellow notes together, and the orange notes together. Read them. Are the green notes worth the orange notes in your jar? How about the yellow notes? Your jar can’t give you all the answers, but it can help you make sense of things and make you finally see things that, deep down, you maybe already knew. 

[nightmarist]

Personal Correspondences from my Grimoire

Months

January - Beginning, endings, transition, changes, triumph, growth

February - Purification, ceansing, antiquity, death, renewal, healing, forgiveness

March - Fortune, action, warning, danger, caution, panic, now or never

April - Growth, love, beauty, prosperity, kindness, gentle, care

May - Profit, goods, services, greatness, success, accomplishments, achievement

June - Loyalty, fiedlity, partnership, entrepeneur, relationship, success

July - Continuation, prosperity, formation, groups, friends, peers

August - Protection, enchantment, work, plenty, prosperity, dignity

September - Rememberance, reflection, introspection, mourning, knowledge, knowing, wisdom

October - Death, transformation, age, change, liltness, liminality, spirits

November - Frenzy, madness, speed, gradual stop, sectionality

December - Ending, finality, togetherness, peers, gifts, turning point, change, adapt

Days

Monday - emotion, introspection, glamour, prophecy, divination

Tuesday - protection, wards, detail, dreams, illusion, defense

Wednesday - transportation, movement, motion, clarity, ingenuity

Thursday - cursing, pain, strength, gateway, escape, change

Friday - love, attraction, rest, rejuvenation, sexuality, passion

Saturday - cleansing, protection, shadow, curse, dreams

Sunday - success, bold, prosperity, rest, health, hope, future

Moon Phases

Waxing - Loss, toned down, to a lesser degree, mourning, change, ahead, hiding, break curses

Waning - Growth, prosperity, love, freedom, relationships, happiness, inspiration 

Full Moon - Power, enchantment, magic, strength, healing, wishes, joy, celebration, blossom, spirit

¾ Moon - Release, patience, nurture, refine

Half Moon - Transition, momentum, challenges, adjustment, decomposition, forgiveness, roots, attention

Crescent Moon - Fresh energy,imagination, focus, rest, restoration, reflection, intuition

New Moon - New beginnings, possibility, cleansing, creation, cycle, begin anew, start over, finality, end, death

Blue Moon - Special happenings, wishing, connectio, beauty, love, greatness, feeling

Moons Of the Year

There are many names for the full moons in months. I have named the Blue and New Moons as well for personal use. 

January

Full - Wolf Moon - Shadow work, introspection

Blue - Cold Moon - Transformation, ending

New - Chaste Moon - Cleansing, renewal, change

February

Full - Snow Moon - Rewnewal, antiquity

Blue - Missing Moon - Death, purification

New - Hunger Moon - Healing, forgiveness

February cannot have a blue moon. Instead, it does not have a Full moon, and thus the New Moon in February is the Missing Moon. 

March

Full - Worm Moon - Fortune, action

Blue - Sap Moon - Now or Never

New - Crow Moon - Caution, warning, danger

April

Full - Pink Moon - Love, Beauty

Blue - Phlox Moon - Kindness, Gentle

New - Planter’s Moon - Growth, Prosperity

May

Full - Flower Moon - Accomplishments, achievement

Blue - Bright Moon - Success, Greatness

New - Mlk Moon - Services, profit, goods

June

Full - Strawberry Moon - Loyalty, fidelity

Blue - Honey Moon - Relationship, partnership

New - Rose Moon - Romance, ardoration, love

July

Full - Hay Moon - Prosperity, continuation

Blue - Formation, newness

New - Mead Moon - Groups, peers

August

Full - Dog Moon - Dignity, protection

Blue - Barley Moon - Enchantment

New - Grain Moon - Work, plenty

September

Full - Corn Moon - Knowledge, wisdom 

Blue - Hazel Mon - Mourning, remembrance 

New - Grain Moon - Work, plenty

October

Full - Blood Moon - Transformation, change

Blue - Travel Moon - Spirits, travel

New - Dying Moon - Death, liminality, sacrifice

November

Full - Beaver Moon - Gradual stop, sectionality

Blue - Mourning Moon - Mourning, reflection

New - Dark Moon - Frenzy, madness

December

Full - Frost Moon - Divination, future, end, finality

Blue - Long Nights Moon - Togetherness, patience, long wait

New - Oak Moon - Friends, gifts, peers

Harvest Moon - Moon closest to the Autumn equinox. Harvest, Plenty, wealth, prosperity, reaping rewards, successes

Hunter’s Moon - Next moon after Harvest Moon. Danger, yearning, hunger.

[eggsaladstain]

a good take

[sosuperawesome]

Stained Glass Art

The Sweet Karma Bar on Etsy

[sosuperawesome]

Paint Your Own / Wooden Interlocking Keychains

Jennifer Lebon on Etsy

See our #Etsy or #DIY tags

[theblogginggoth]

By Czeck writer Karel Čapek, inventor of the term ‘robot’ as well!

[nadiacreek]

This is one of my husband’s favorite short stories. He quotes it from memory. I’m pretty sure he can recite the entire thing from memory.

[elodieunderglass]

This is a tremendously impactful short story and every time I see it, it serves as an excellent reboot button for my state of mind.

[mikaeled]

Aubrey Plaza Casts a Spell on Me

[sosuperawesome]

Aura Crystal Champagne and Wine Glasses

Essarai Ceramics on Etsy

[dumbthotastrology]

a dumb thots guide to astrology

hey girlies so basically irl I’ve gotten a lot of questions on what some things in astrology mean because it can be super confusing. this is gonna help you figure out what some of your birth chart means and why its important. also ill include some basic info to just overall themes in astrology. u guys can always send me questions on how to interpret your birth chart and if you want me to do personal readings then i will! lets get into it bc this is gonna be long asf. (i think i know what I’m doing)

so lets start off with what the basic ideas are to the different planets in your birth chart

(if you need to get your birth chart, go to cafeastrology!)

sun: 

rules: leo

about: so your sun is your “main” zodiac. when drunk people at the bar ask you “what’s your sign?” you would respond with your sun sign. your sun sign is an overall judgment of who your are, so some people might feel a disconnect with the traits of their sun sign because its such a broad spectrum. the sun controls your ego, basic personality, and consciousness. the different zodiacs have a set of overall traits. this is where a lot of stereotypes are born since its such a wide category (ahem… not all gemini’s are two-faced and not all scorpios are sex crazed demons, girlypops)

moon: 

rules: cancer 

about: your moon sign reflects your inner thoughts, and can hold different qualities than the sun zodiac. (what i mean by this is a sun in cancer for example is slightly different than a moon in cancer.) your moon sign also controls your emotions and moods , and can affect your instincts and habits. your inner-conscious is deeply affected by your moon sign, and your attitude towards many aspects of life are affected by the zodiac in your moon. many people relate more to their moon sign, so if you’ve always felt like your sun sign isn’t accurate, check ur moon sign ladies! 

rising/ascendant:

about: your rising sign is determined from the time you were born and is based on where the sun was on the horizon when you popped out.  your rising sign rules your social life and how you appear to others. your rising sign can also affect your looks! for example, a leo might be more unruly and expressive, while a cancer may stick to more cool-tones and have more of a relaxed demeanor. your rising sign can have an impact whether you’re an extrovert/ambivert/introvert as well. basically, the rising sign is the outer you, while your moon sign is the inner you.

mercury:

rules: gemini (that’s me hoes) and virgo 

about: mercury can often affect reason and your means of communication. mercury can also change and impact your way of thinking, so those susceptible to mercury’s orbit can be moody, obsessive, over-thinkers. we’ve all been there before kittygirls. if you’re ruled by mercury or have a large amount of gemini/virgo in your birth chart, you can have a lot of nervous energy or anxiousness. most of us get affected by mercury retrograde and thats why we all seem to have shitty periods in our lives at the same time. as the iconic all time low once said, “we go together or we don’t go down at all,” right?

venus:

rules: taurus and libra

about: your venus sign basically controls your love life and artistic nature, so if you ever wonder why your daddy issues get in the way of your love life, your venus sign may have something to deal with it. a lot of times your venus sign impacts the way you show love or view love as a whole. you may be naturally attracted to somebody with the same venus zodiac or someone with the same elemental rulerships of the zodiac in cancer. venus also impacts your artistic nature, and your view on beauty in your life.

mars:

rules: aries 

about: just like our lovely aries ladies, mars is fiery and intense. mars impacts your sex life majorly. how you view and value sex can vary depending on which zodiac is in mars, and sometimes if mars signs are different/elementally different a couple might run into differences in what they like in sex or how they value sex. (*cough* if you have a fire elemental zodiac in mars you kinky as FUCK!) although mars isn’t only sex- its also impacts your motivation, competition, passion, and more. 

jupiter:

rules: sagittarius

about: jupiter is a tricky one. it basically rules your optimism, luck, personal growth, and goal setting. some people who aren’t super affected by jupiter may have issues with optimism or constantly feel unlucky in their lives, and those who have a lot of sagittarius in their chart or are affected by jupiter may be the opposite, with lots of lucky opportunities. i see jupiter as a huge fortune cookie. happiness can also be ruled by jupiter, and personal image can fluctuate with jupiters orbit. 

saturn:

rules: capricorn

about: saturn is ruled by capricorn, who often can be stubborn and driven, and thats exactly what saturn is. saturn basically rules your ambition, drive, discipline, structure, and responsibility. capricorns and those who have a lot of capricorn in their birth charts are comfortable under pressure, and understand boundaries. knowledge and tradition is a huge part of saturns traits, and reliability and stability comes along with saturn. though selfishness,  stinginess, frustration, and disappointment can be negatives with being affected by saturn/capricorn. 

uranus:

rules: aquarius

about: if you can get past the fact that uranus sounds like ur anus, you can start to understand the seriousness of it. uranus revolves around your future. this planet can intimidate many, because at some points in its orbit you can experience super unpredictable changes and reform, even revolutions or realizations. with your personality, uranus affects your uniqueness and eccentricity. so when jughead said “im weird, im a weirdo,” we can all infer that he was being affected by uranus, or has a lot of aquarius in his birth chart.

neptune:

rules: pisces

about: now listen, i think we all know a pisces (or several) who has ruined our lives, or made them great in one way or another, but that doesn’t completely reflect neptune. if you think about it, neptune is mainly ice and water, reflecting the water sign- pisces.  neptune as a whole rules over your dreams, imagination, and intuition. another thing that neptune plays with is your spirituality. those impacted by neptune are usually very kind, forgiving, and naturally wise due to their faithful nature. they also may feel that they’re connected to the universe or religion, and are less susceptible to be nihilistic and materialistic. the negatives that may go along with those who are impacted by neptune can be over-sensitivity, naivety, and desperation. something thats kinda dope though is that these people have a higher chance of being psychic due to their overload of intuition and connection to the universe.

pluto

rules: scorpio

about: pluto is the god of the underworld, so you can expect some deep shit to be under plutos rule. plutos orbit is extremely slow since its on the edge of our solar system, so its affects may be gradual or may take a while to manifest. pluto can rule your self-transformation, power, and the death/rebirth cycle. you might be thinking wtf girly death/rebirth cycle? what i mean by this is that if you fall, you can pick yourself back up, and if you dig yourself a grave, you can get yourself out. the traits of those heavily ruled by pluto are restlessness, motivated, passionate, and a truth-seeker. though some negatives of pluto are stubbornness, extreme intensity, and relentlessness. at different points in plutos orbit, such as retrograde, you might uncover some hidden secrets and solutions may reveal themselves. thats some scary shit. 

so thats the basic intro to what the planets mean and what they rule! i know this post was suuuuuper long, but i hope you enjoyed it and learned some good shit! soon ill do posts on elemental rulerships of the zodiac, and a whole ass post on retrogrades and what they mean. thanks thots ill catch ya later xoxo gossip girl

-violet (gem sun/scorpio moon/gem rising) 12/5/18

[blackivywitch]

Herbs for Magical Teas

Alfalfa Leaf: home protection; money draw; prosperity; security.

Bergamont: money draw; success.

Black Cohosh: relaxation; turn worries aside.

Boneset: call upon devas; divination; protection; ward negativity.

Burdock Root: protection; purification; ward negativity.

Chamomile: calmness; meditation; prosperity; purification.

Chickweed: Crone Wisdom; divination; honesty; love; trust.

Comfrey: health; money draw; safety.

Damiana Leaf: attraction; divination; love.

Dandelion Root: divination; Fairies; good luck; honor/invoke devas; psychic power.

Echinacea: body’s self-defense; empowerment; invoke healing devas.

Elder Flower: Fairie blessing; honor/invoke the Goddess; healing; prosperity; rest.

Eyebright: mental sharpness; psychic awareness.

Fennel: healing; honor/invoke Horned God; protection; purification.

Fenugreek Seed: attract money; skill in verbal communication.

Feverfew: health; protection; purification; ward sickness.

Goldenseal: healing; honor/invoke the God; joy; prosperity; success.

Hops: comfort; good health; relaxation; well-being.

Hyssop: purification; ward negativity.

Irish Moss: invoke Fairies; luck; money draw; protection.

Lemon Balm: health; love; success.

Linden (Tila): love; luck; Otherworld; protection; rest.

Mint: Devas; money; protection; prosperity.

Mugwort: Hecate; divination; inspiration.

Mullein: between the worlds travel; courage; divination; health; protection.

Nettle: healing; love; protection; ward negativity.

Orange Peel: divination; love; luck.

Parsley: purification; protection.

Raspberry Leaf: Fairie blessings; health; love; protection.

Rose Hips: divination; consecration; Elves; protection; ward negativity.

Skullcap: healing (esp. headaches); hidden knowledge; Lord of Shadows; protection; wisdom.

Slippery Elm Bark: clear communication; persuasive speech; protection from envy, gossip, and slander.

Uva Ursa: divination; honor/invoke Artemis; purification; psychic awareness.

Valerian Root: Crone magics; love; protection; purification; psychic awareness.

White Oak Bark: fertility; honor/invoke the Green Man; health; protection.

Wild Cherry Bark: creativity; divination; love.

Willow Bark: health; mental acuity; reduce headache pain.

From Ann Moura’s “Grimoire for the Green Witch”

[medievalthymes]

a list of current immortals

florence welch: probably like 200 BCE celtic queen

keeanu reeves: 1500 renaissance hoe

jeff goldblum: late 1800′s i would guess

harry styles: fairly new immortal, 1970′s 

lorde: 1920′s flapper era

hozier: man who even knows, rough estimate is like, 400 BCE

john mulaney: 1930′s/40′s, still bitter about the great depression probably and if he could put it in a bit with out being #exposed he would

paul rudd: newest to the immortal club, didn’t age past the 1990′s

[inthannon]

I feel like this list is forgetting Sir Patrick Stewart who I believe has not aged since 7000 BCE.. After all his twin brother was the Kennewick man..

[space-feminist]

as a self-appointed expert on Hozier, i would say that date is possibly accurate.  

many of Hozier’s songs reference being buried in the earth (In a Week, Work Song), and some are directly inspired by bog bodies (Like Real People Do, Run). two of the most famous Irish bog bodies, Old Croghan Man and Clonycavan Man, are dated between 392 and 175 BCE, and both are speculated to have been kings ritually sacrificed to the goddess of the land. in Take Me to Church, Hozier demonstrates a willingness to offer sacrifices to a goddess, and in Foreigner’s God, he thinks fondly upon the image of a pre-Christian Ireland (“when the land was God-less and free”). as well, Old Croghan Man is estimated to have been about 6′6, and Hozier is about 6′5. 

the only possible flaw in this theory is that in a Facebook Q&A (here at 5:28), Hozier says that he is over 3000 years old. 400 BCE only puts him at ~2400. it could be that after so many years he’s lost track of how many thousands, but another possibility is that he is more contemporaneous with an older bog body, the Cashel Man, also presumed to be a sacrificed king. that would put him closer to 4000 than 3000, but again, we could forgive an immortal for getting his millenia wrong.

in any case, it seems likely to me that Hozier is an ancient Irish king who was ritually sacrificed to the old gods, but somehow returned (possibly through intervention by said old gods) to give us music subtly hinting at his experiences.

[mythicalmessenger]

this hozier addition is frighteningly detailed and I’m here for it

[hack3rwitch]

Moons n Holidays 2018

Been working on filling out my calendar this evening… Here are the important witchy dates for the coming year!

January 1st: Full Wolf Moon 17th: New Snow Moon 31st: Full Snow Moon (Blue Moon!)

February 1st: Imbolc 15th: New Worm Moon

March 1st: Full Worm Moon 17th: New Pink Moon 20th: Ostara 31st: Full Pink Moon (second Blue moon!!)

April 16th: New Flower Moon 29th: Full Flower Moon

May 1st: Beltane 15th: New Strawberry Moon 29th: Full Strawberry Moon

June 13th: New Buck Moon 21st: Litha 28th: Full Buck Moon

July 13th: New Sturgeon Moon 24th: Full Sturgeon Moon

August 1st: Lughnasadh 11th: New Corn Moon 26th: Full Corn Moon

September 9th: New Harvest Moon 23rd: Mabon 24th: Full Harvest Moon

October 9th: New Hunters Moon 24th: Full Hunters Moon

November 1st: Samhain 7th: New Beaver Moon 23rd: Full Beaver Moon

December 7th: New Cold Moon 21st: Yule 22nd: Full Cold Moon

[babyanimalgifs]

Find someone who supports you like this cat supports his owner’s music

via @sarperduman

[pale-manmi]

OH MY GOD THE cat is enchanted

[rilli-luci]

@corixr

[ro-zden]

I like to think this piece is called “The Kitten’s Lullaby”, and it was considerately written not to use the very keys his cat occupies.

[feltelures]

Sarper actually does write the music he plays on Instagram, and that one of his (nineteen) rescue cats is a regular at the piano, so it’s very, very likely he wrote that piece with his little friend’s comfort in mind.

He has a crowdfunding page for his rescue kitties, because feeding and caring for 19 cats on a piano teacher’s salary is…difficult. Please consider donating if you’re in a position to do so!

https://gogetfunding.com/help-me-take-care-of-my-19-rescued-cats-3/

[hupperts]

[bluebeetletedkord]

[lastnightspants]

[saint-batrick]

that photo is one of the sexiest things i have ever seen.

[honexjams]

yall im gonna pass out

[worldcircus]

Kind of gives you chills .

[kittygory-deactivated20210901]

Good Lord, how delicious! I wanna do that! The next time I’m in a cathedral, I’m doing it. 

[youreyesblazeout]

As she stood inside an ancient and empty church in Montefrío, Spain, Malinda Kathleen Reese belted out one of the best Christmas carols of all time-“O Come, O Come Emmanuel” and the end result was just heavenly.

[derrieresandcankles]

I’m obsessed with this because A. Victorian Christmas Carols B. European Cathedrals C. It’s gorgeous and fuckin choristers are my favorite

[carlitos-guey]

[strawberrygardenkisses]

🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄

May your autumn be cozy, refreshing, and full of love.

🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄🍂🍄

[witcheshaven]