witch in training

[wiccawitchtraining]

13/09/2019 FULL MOON

My crystals and tarot cards are in desperate need of recharging. I leave them out in direct moonlight for the entire night. I can’t wait to use the cards tomorrow with all that power stored in them! 🌕

✨What are you doing to rekindle the magic in your gems? Do you have a special spell? ✨

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How do you display your crystal collection?! 😍✨

[hekatesoasis]

Crystals

~ What are Crystals and what are they used for?

   Most crystals ( in this case including gems, rocks, precious stones, semi-precious stones, and simple stones) are of mineral origin. Crystals, like amethyst, come out of the ground naturally faceted and don’t need to be changed in anyway. Diamonds, for example, come out of the ground equally as rough, but are usually polished and cut into intricate styles.

 For many years, crystal have been used as a tool to aid spiritual healing, psychic development, and meditation.

~ How can I incorporate Crystals into my everyday life?

   You can carry around your crystals. This way you can feel your crystals energy when needed. Place them in a little sachet or pouch and they are ready to go!

    Infuse your water with your clean crystals. This is a fast way to feel your crystals energy.

    Decorate your magickal space and/or surroundings with crystals.

    Meditate with your crystals. Just spend a minimum of 30 seconds with each crystal. Hold it in your hands, close your eyes, and feel its energy soaking into your skin.

How Crystals Can Help You

Agate

  ~Banded: help you feel grounded, remain focused, and banishes fears.

  ~Blue Lace: helps you adjust and adapt.

  ~Moss: refreshes spirit, brings peace of mind, helps to develop intuition.

  ~Tree: aids meditation and clear thinking, reduces stress.

Amazonite ~ soothes the nervous system, increases self-esteem and confidence.

Amber ~ relieves depression and lifts your spirits.

Amethyst ~ the great healer of mind, body, and spirit. helps the development of psychic abilities and intuition.

Apache Tears ~ brings good fortune and positive energy.

Apatite ~ aids in motivation and communicative powers.

Aquamarine ~ helps you during hard decisions and times. promotes compassion and empathy.

Azurite ~ relinquishes harmful beliefs.

Bloodstone (aka Heliotrope) ~ calms fears, and dispels confusion and obsessive ideas.

Calcite ~ boosts energy and provides amazing psychic protection.

Carnelian (aka Sard) ~ banishes jealousy and inspires courage. aids perception.

Celestine ~ helps with communication and good thoughts.

Chalcedony ~ balances emotions and lifts your spirits.

Chrysocolla ~ eases stress and promotes self-confidence.

Citrine ~ helps steady emotions and give inspiration.

Coral ~ strengthens and protects emotions.

Desert Rose ~ promotes love and stability in relationships.

Diamond ~ assists in your connection with the universe.

Emerald ~ strong healer with both physical and mental problems.

Fluorite ~ helps with rationality and combats anxiety and worries.

Garnet ~ protects against melancholy and depression. encourages perseverance and patience.

Hematite ~ helps with psychic development and building self-esteem.

Jade ~ a very useful healing stone for both the body and spirit.

Jasper ~ aids with stress relief and grounding. promotes tranquility.

Jet ~ keeps evil spirits at bay and strengthens character.

Kunzite ~ helps align emotions. provides security.

Kyanite ~ helps to align and heal chakras.

Labradorite ~ aids with strong development of psychic powers.

Lapis Lazuli ~ helps develop your sixth sense. stimulates intuition. promotes creativity.

Lepidolite ~ great for relieving stress and dispelling negative emotions.

Malachite ~ used for healing when dealing with negative emotions.

Moonstone ~ restores harmony and emotion balance.

Obsidian ~ helps you to focus on the paranormal, used for protection and a scrying tool.

Onyx ~ instills a protective psychic shield. 

Opal ~ helps with rationalizing emotional states.

Pearl ~ aids self-respect, stability, and self-esteem.

Pyrite ~ opens the mind to new ideas.

Quartz ~ channels and aids in meditation. a powerful healing stone.

Rose Quartz ~ aids in anything love-related. instills comfort, relieves grief, and promotes harmonious relationships.

Rutilated Quartz ~ releases energy blockers.

Rhodonite ~ helps with assurance and confidence.

Ruby ~ purifies love, promotes spiritual knowledge and to be realistic about situations.

Sapphire ~ aids in mental clarity, clearing your inner eye, and bringing good fortune.

Smoky Quartz ~ filters out negative thoughts and emotions. helps with telepathy.

Sodalite ~ heals damaged emotions, and aids in restful sleep.

Tanzanite ~ helps you to accept change.

TIger’s Eye ~ a powerful aid in those seeking knowledge about past or future lives. promotes persistence and protection.

Topaz ~ allows you to transmit your visualizations as universal messages. an aid in telepathy.

Tourmaline ~ repels all negative energy and is a powerful stone for protection.

Turquoise ~ an aid in luck, love, money, and protection.

Unakite ~ heals the psyche, helps you realize your higher self.

Crystal Care Tips

  Some crystals shouldn’t be left in direct sunlight. These include: Amethyst, Ametrine, Aquamarine, Celestite, Citrine, Fluorite, Kunzite, Opal, Rose Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Topaz, and Turquoise.

  Some crystals shouldn’t get wet. These include: Celestine, Desert Rose, Lapis Lazuli, Lepidolite, Malachite, Selenite, and Sodalite.

Click here to learn about Crystal Shapes.

source: Crystals by Cass & Janie Jackson

* If there is anything we missed or you’d like to add, just let us know! *

I hope this is useful! xx ~ @chlovoyant

[burn-the-vvitch]

[apollostoadstool]

🍃Spell for new growth, when things have been holding you down🍃

What you’ll need-

1. A fallen leaf

2. A tree (Or some dirt, the ground)

3. Some pebbles (as many as you need to identify the things holding you down)

4. Some personal DNA to tie yourself to the leaf (this leaf represents you btw! I just used a bit of saliva.)

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Steps-

1. Connect the leaf to yourself, using whatever method you find easiest. I simply put a bit of saliva on the leaf.

2. Place the leaf on the ground, and name off all the things holding you back in life. With each problem/setback named place a pebble on the leaf. 

3. Once the leaf is covered and weighed down, take some time to notice all the things holding you back in life.

4. After reflecting, cast the pebbles aside, freeing yourself of that weight. While doing this you can say “I’m freeing myself of these setbacks. I’m moving on in my life.” To give you some perspective I literally took each pebble, and chucked it as hard and as far as I could, while yelling that as loud as I could. It’s really cathartic.

5. Once you’ve rid yourself of those nasty pebbles, place the leaf in the tree, leaving it to ‘grow’ (not really) alongside the tree. An alternative if you don’t have many trees that would work for that is to bury it. I just buried it and envisioned the earth helping me sprout with new growth and life.

6. Yay you’re done! Now go do some self care it really helps with this!!!

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I hope this helps you all! I know it really helped me!

-Avery 🍃

[skittleswastaken]

Tarot Cards and Their Meanings

Wands:

Ace: Beginnings, birth, energy, self-image, new opportunities

2: Potential, planning, choices, contemplation

3: Long-term, foresight, putting things into motion

4: Rewards, celebrate good times (come on!), teamwork, home

5:Competition, conflict, brainstorming

6: Praise, self-confidence, recognition, role model

7: Defense, threat, perseverance

8: Progress, energy, swiftness

9: Perseverance, wounded, guarded

10: Responsibility, burden, stress or success

Page: Adventures, inspiration, ideas, journey, desires

Knight: Risk-taking, experiments, travel, fun, passion

Queen: Creativity, independence, friendly, optimistic, beauty

King: Leader, pride, energy, charisma, passion

Cups:

Ace: New feelings, awakening, imagination

2: Equality, respect, harmony, sharing

3: Friendship, celebration, fun

4:Withdrawal, indifference, boredom

5: Sadness, mourning, disappointment, regret, suffering

6: Kindness, caring, memories, childhood

7: Fantasy, illusion, creative brainstorming

8: Travel, retreat, spirit quest

9: Contentment, host, wish fulfillment

10:Happy home, shared love, peace, family

Page: Sensitive, gentle, Imaginative, kind

Knight:Romantic, flirt, artist, emotional intensity

Queen: Empathetic, sensitive, emotional, psychic, mother

King: Wise, calm, emotionally mature, father

Swords:

Ace:Truth, intellect, communication, clarity

2: Standstill, mediator, indecision

3: Loss, sorrow, betrayal

4: Rest, mental restoration, reflection

5: Defeat and self-defeat, irritability, arguments

6: Support, moving, retreat, mental healing

7: Gathering information,mental tests, strategy

8: Helpless thoughts, limiting beliefs, excuses

9: Worry, anxiety, insomnia, repressed thoughts

10: Finished, closure, give up

Page: Curious, student, intellect, thoughtfulness

Knight: Debate, explorer, rushing, revolutionary

Queen: Truthful, self-aware, teacher, intellect

King: Objective, intelligent, assertive, fair, logical

Pentacles:

Ace: Healthy beginnings, investing, grounded, opportunity

2: Play, changes, multitasking, adapting

3: Planning, employment, teamwork, assistance

4: Stable, saving, cautious, boundaries

5: Unstable, illness, supportive friends, lack of security

6: Charity, generosity, giving back, assistance

7: Assessment, trial and error, editing, feedback

8: Repetition, precision, commitment, meaningful work

9: Luxury, discipline, earned rewards, fruits of labor

10: Wisdom, home, wealth, legacy, home

Page: New project/job, Student, new studies, cautious

Knight: Loyal, dependable, hard working, practical

Queen: Mother, Fertile, down to earth, nurturing, protective

King:Wealthy, successful, loving father, stubborn, practical

Major Arcana:

The Fool: Trust, Beginning, open minded, innocence

The Magician: Will, personal power, intention, resourcefulness

The High Priestess: Inner Wisdom, Meditation, spirituality

The Empress: Mother, creativity, nurturing, sensuality

The Emperor: Power, structure, stability, father

The Hierophant: Responsibility, knowledge, teacher, belief system

The Lovers: Sexuality, union, love, cooperation

The Chariot: Determination, Control, momentum, competence

Strength: Courage, Strength/ inner strength, survival

The Hermit: Guidance, wisdom, perspective, solitude

Wheel of Fortune: Luck, expansion, destiny, change, movement

Justice: Ethics, law, balance, fairness, accountability

The Hanged Man: Release, waiting, surrender, sacrifice

Death: Regeneration, ending, closure, transformation

Temperance: Experimenting, creating, combining, compromise

The Devil: Limitations, attachments, commitment

The Tower: Sudden shock, chaos, destruction, questioning beliefs

The Star: Renewal, peace, optimism, boundlessness

The Moon: The shadow self, dreams, confusion, intuition

The Sun: Playfulness, acceptance, personal growth, enthusiasm

Judgement: Transition, maturing, reviewing

The World: Integration, connection, wholeness, completion, options

Hey guys! It’s been a long time but I’m working on some posts for later. I’m probably am going to work on a reversed version of the cards for next time. Thanks for reading!- Samantha

[faeryqueenwitch]

🐇🌼🥚  OSTARA 🐇🌼🥚

🌼 Also known as spring equinox

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🐇 When Is Ostara?

🌼 Northern Hemisphere: 19-22 March

🌼 Southern Hemisphere: 19-22 September

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🐇What Is Ostara?

🌼 Ostara is a celebration of the start of spring, it’s when night and day  have become at perfect balance with each other. At this time, light now begins to take over darkness. Signs of spring are here for most of us or are arriving very soon. New life and growth are appearing all around us. Winter is drawing to an end and it’s getting to the time where we need to shake off the winter, if we haven’t already at Imbolc, and move full force ahead. All of the planning and procrastinating at Imbolc is now to be put to the test and begun. It’s a time for fertility, new growth, the birth of animals and insects too. The sun is slowly awakening to its full potential. The sun god and the young maiden goddess are married now and so conception is imminent. When she gives birth she will become the great mother. It’s also time to begin to honour your spring deities and your fertility deities, the main one being the Germanic Anglo-Saxon goddess Ostara who the sabbat is named after. She wakes up the earth with her powerful energy and creates fertility, growth and renewal all around. Ostara often takes the form of a hare of rabbit, which is why rabbits are a huge symbol of Ostara.

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🐇 How To Celebrate It

🌼 Easter, the traditional Christian holiday that is widely celebrated, has been adapted from the pagan Sabbat Ostara. As you may know, Easter is named after the female hormone oestrogen, necesary for fertility, which is one of the main aspects of the celebration of Ostara. As Easter has evolved from Ostara, there are actually quite a few similarities between the two holidays.

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🐇 Activities

🌼 Any plans or goals that you would like to complete this year, get started on them now; motivation is high!

🌼 Start your magickal herb garden if you haven’t already, if you don’t have room, no worries! Small pots and plants in appropriate places can be just as effective.

🌼 Take a walk, look for the first inspirational and motivational signs of spring, Maybe even press a flower or two.

🌼 Hold an Ostara egg hunt.

🌼 Wear green to represent the green earth arriving.

🌼 Spells to cast at this time would be for hope, love and good fortune or any that relate to achieving goals, to fertility and to love.

🌼 Bless an egg with a property of your choice and eat it.

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🐇Altar Ideas

🌼 Decorate it with green, purple and yellow ribbons to represent the spring and greenery that comes to the earth,

🌼 Light green,purple and yellow and orange candles.

🌼 Paint real or fake eggs for your altar to represent fertility and honor the fertility goddess Ostara.

🌼 Decorate your altar with some spring flowers- only pick a few though! After picking flowers, water them to give thanks and plant some more seeds around them if you can.

🌼 Pot up a plant and place it at your altar, keep it healthy and watch it grow and flourish.

🌼 Add statues, trinkets or stuffed toys of hares or rabbits- these are major symbols of fertility and immortality, and are close representations of fertility deities.

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🐇 Food And Drink

 🐇 Good foods and drinks for this time of the year are anything that represent fertility and seasonal foods to honour the beginning of spring:

🌼 Green vegetables 🌼 Seeds 🌼 Eggs 🌼 Dairy such as goat’s , cow’s and sheep’s cheese and milk. Free- range or home produced is best, but shop-bought or dairy substitutes, if you don’t eat dairy, are just as good. 🌼 Meats such as lamb, ham and rabbit, or meat substitutes 🌼 Flowers that are edible, on salads, etc. 🌼 Light breads 🌼 Fresh juices

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🐇Crystals

🐇 Relevant crystals to carry around with you this time of year and to meditate with, use in divination and spell work, and place at your altar are:

🌼 Clear Quartz

🌼 Agate

🌼 Rose Quartz

🌼 Amazonite

🌼 Jasper

🌼 Lapis Lazuli

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🐇Herbs And Flowers

🐇 Herbs and flowers that are preferable at this time of the year are seasonal flowers and herbs that can be planted, or that begin to blossom or be fragrant in the spring.

🌼 Lilies

🌼 Narcissus

🌼 Lavender

🌼 Honeysuckle

🌼 Lemon Balm

🌼 Daffodils

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🐇Incense

🐇 Good incense to use during casting circles, burning at your altar around Ostara time and for cleansing and consecrating, as well as for magickal workings, are:

🌼 Floral- spring flowers

🌼 Rose

🌼 Strawberry

🌼 Oak Moss

🌼 Sandalwood

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Source: A modern guide to witchcraft & magick by: harmony nice

Art Credit To: natachachohraart

Art by thienbao.deviantart.com

[quality-street-rat]

HAPPY OSTARA!

Let us celebrate new life, growth, and the coming of spring!

[thetipsywytch]

Days of the week and their magickal correspondences ✨

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Sunday

Sunday will set the tone for the week ahead. Ensure that your Sundays are full of love, light and positivity.

Ruled by – Sun

Colours – Gold, orange, amber and yellow.

Crystals – Sunstone, diamonds, amber, tiger’s eye and yellow topaz.

Herbs & plants - Angelica, buttercups, cinnamon, eyebright, juniper berry, marigold, St. John’s wort and sunflowers.

Healing of the mind, body and soul, decision making, strength, personal growth, special friendships, problem solving, creativity, health

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Monday

Ruled by – Moon

Colours - Silver, white, grey and blue.

Crystals – Moonstone, mother of pearl, opal, selenite, quartz, sapphire, aquamarine and silver.

Herbs & plants – Catnip, chamomile, comfrey, lily, lotus, mint, moonflowers, moonwort, myrrh, poppy, sage, sandalwood and willow.

Peace, truth, travel protection, confidence, psychic work, healing, creative ideas, invoking power, divine messages.

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Tuesday

Ruled by – Mars

Colours – Red, black and orange.

Crystals – Ruby, steel, flint, bloodstone, garnet, pink tourmaline, red jasper and rhodonite.

Herbs & plants - Allspice, basil, cactus, chilis, coneflower, dragon’s blood, garlic, ginger, holly, horseradish, mustard, stinging nettles, onion, pepper, pine, radish and thistles.

breaking and reversing hexes, passion, courage, personal power, building strength of mind & body, sexual encounters.

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Wednesday

Ruled by – Mercury

Colours – Yellow, grey, silver, orange, purple and mixed colours.

Crystals – Aventurine, citrine, lapis lazuli, zinc, pumice, quicksilver/mercury and agates.

Herbs & plants – Fern, lavender, aspen tree, periwinkle and lily.

Communication, luck, focus, clarity, studying, job/career problems, research.

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Thursday

Ruled by – Jupiter

Colours – Blue, green purple and rich royal colours.

Crystals – Turquoise, brown jasper, green tourmaline, lapis lazuli, malachite, amethyst, peridot and aventurine.

Herbs & plants - Anise, borage, cinquefoil, clove, dandelion, dill, fig, honeysuckle, hyssop, maple, meadowsweet, mint, nutmeg, oak, patchouli, sage and star anise.

Success, money, prosperity, happiness, new job, legal matters, spiritual matters.

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Friday

Ruled by – Venus

Colours – Copper, pink, aqua, light blue and green

Crystals – Emerald, jade, malachite, lapis lazuli, copper, blue lace agate, aventurine, moonstone, rose quartz, selenite and clear quartz.

Herbs & plants - Apples, apple blossom, apricot, barley, birch, cardamom, carnations, catnip, columbine, foxglove, germanium, goldenrod, heather, hibiscus, iris, lilac, magnolia, rose, strawberry, sweet-pea and thyme.

Fertility, love, friendship, connection, lust, beauty, relationship reconciliation.

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Saturday

Ruled by – Saturn

Colours – Indigo, maroon, purple, black and dark colours

Crystals – Tourmaline, black onyx, smoky quartz, tourmaline, apache tear, hematite, obsidian, serpentine, salt, lead, coal and pewter

Herbs & plants - Amaranth, beetroot, belladonna, boneset, comfrey, cypress, hellebore, hemlock, hemp, ivy, mimosa, morning glory, mullein, quince, skullcap, slippery elm and thyme.

Gaining focus, self-love, creativity, breaking bad habits, finding lost items, home relation problems, committing to personal goals, endings.

[wiccawitchtraining]

Today’s tarot spread

1. Power: lust, passion, dramatic, ready to fight

2. 2 of cups: falling in love, pleasant meeting

3. Ace of coins: chance for luck and prosperity

[arcandemy]

Wheel of the Year

General Information

For more go and check my Instagram.

The pagan year begins with Samhain on October 31 and ends with the sundown on October 30. Each holiday is also called sabbat. They are celebrated to honor a given time of the year.

Samhain

Also known as All Hallows’ Eve, Halloween.

Time: October 31 (start of the pagan new year).

Colors: orange, brown, black, gold, white, silver.

Yule

Time: Winter Solstice. December 21.

Colors: green, red, gold, silver, white.

Imbolc

Also known as Candlemas, Brighid’s Day/

Time: around February 2.

Colors: white, pink, yellow, red. PS. Sorry for bad typo in the photo :( 

Ostara

Also known as Eostre (‘ehs-truh’)  - Goddess of Spring.

Time: Spring Equinox. March 20 (or 21).

Colors: light greens and blues, yellow and pink.

Beltane

Also known as Roodmas, Walpurgisnacht, May Day.

Time: May 1.

Colors: green, blue, pink, white, yellow, purple.

Litha

Also known as Midsummer Night’s Eve.

Time: Summer Solstice. (Approx.) June 21.

Colors: Pale Yellow, Green, Gold, White

Lammas

Also known as Lughnasadh.

Time: August 1 through August 2 (first harvest of the year).

Colors: Yellow, Brown, Orange, Green, Gold.

Mabon

Also known as Alban Elfed, Mean Fomhair.

Time: Autumn Equinox, around September 21.

Colors: Red, brown, orange, gold.

*Edit: Removed pronunciation examples ad there were too many mistakes. Waiting for your examples in the comments!

[orriculum]

🗡️ Jinxes, Hexes, & Curses 🗡️

🗡️  JINXES -  quick-lasting, harmless but mean-spirited.

nox - a spell to end a source of light or positivity

your heart in my hand -  to send someone nightmares and to feel a general sense of being lost in life

burn your wishes - a simple curse to destroy someone’s wishes

spell of shattered sight -  a spell that makes a person only see the most ugly aspects of themselves and others around them

🗡️ HEXES - mal-intended spells with temporary effects. 

burst your bubble -  a simple curse to destroy someone’s ego/hope

hex for a player -  a curse from scorned lovers to the one breaking hearts, to give them difficulty finding anyone to be with romantically/sexually

cerberus hex - attacks what hurts things under plutonic protection spell

breezeblocks curse -  to affect someone you resent for leaving

pumpkin head - seasonal hex to “burn” those who wrong you

bad moon rising - a revenge curse, general misfortune for a month

🗡️ CURSES - intense, powerful and long lasting.  

to sink a sailor -  to symbolically drown someone 

marooned sailor curse -  a curse to strand them alone in life. 

avada kedavra - a curse not to kill, but to make the target feel death’s presence in their life. 

imperius curse -  to make the intended feel helpless, that things in their life are out of their power and control

cruciatus curse  - to create pain in the life of the intended, whether physical or emotional

seven devils curse -  a curse to burn the kingdom of and haunt the target

thorn in my side - a curse for abusers

red in your ledger - to return the hurt someone has done

if you take issue with cursing, jinxing, or hexing, that is your craft, but please do not add onto this post telling witches not to curse because “karma”, “the three fold law” or whatever.  mind your own craft. 

[tarot-dreams]

The Return.

a tarot spread for yule.

1. The Reflection.

As this year comes to an end, it is important to reflect upon the choices I’ve made. I will not dwell on my mistakes, but I must face them, and atone for any pain I’ve caused others and myself. Where in my life do I need to make amends?

2. The Return.

The long night promises a return to length of days and light. It is within this spirit that I choose to move forward with positivity. In doing so, what will manifest within my life in the year ahead?

[wiccawitchtraining]

🔮Tarot reading🔮

The phoenix “Its a sign of fire and transformation. The Phoenix lifts our spirits up and up and we begin to recognize ourselves again.”

🌟What is your favorite tarot deck?

Personally, I like to switch it up and I recently discovered the “Animal Spirit” deck by Kim Krans. I feel very connected to these cards in particular because they all portray animals and every animal carries a different kind of energy with them. 🕯

[wiccawitchtraining]

💫wand crafting 💫

I got the branches of this beautiful old tree, that has been struck by lightning and that’s why there is this big hole in the tree.🌩

I worked all day on these 3 wands and i am so happy with how they turned out! They are now currently soaking in a mix of holy and rain water to purify them. 🌧 Tomorrow i will then do some rituals to really make them my wands.

[tarot-dreams]

[wiccawitchtraining]

So today I deep cleaned my altar! I burned so much sage because it didn't feel clean the past few days, but now it is so nice and I am so eager to practice more witchcraft!

On my altar there are:

a lot of candles

my book of shadows

spell books 

Essential oils

cinnamon sticks and remnants from my mabon ritual

my precious gem stones