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witchdex is a comprehensive, dynamic, and mobile-friendly reference for magical + witchcraft correspondences based on several years of independent research. it's a work in progress and i am constantly updating and adding information so please remember to do your own research!
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some of the most common terminology used for associations/traits include but are not limited to:Β attraction, banishing, binding, cursing, divination, dreamwork, fertility, fidelity, love, lust, manifestation, protection, psychic abilities, power, warding
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idk if you found an app for notifying you bout planetary movements and transits? but i use time nomad & would recommend it! idk if it'll have detailed enough notifications but i know it has planet movements
I went and checked it out and I think you might've just saved me. Haven't had a chance to look at it super in-depth just yet, but I got a pop-up saying it'll notify me about transits, aspects, retrogrades, and returns and that's honestly more than I could ask for.
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It's the first month of Weyward Grove, and we already started with a toughie.ββ
Throughout my life, I've given the concept of magic a lot of thought. I was raised believing magic existed - but unsurprisingly, my perception and understanding of it has changed over the years. There's been times where I've been asked to explain what magic is and how I know it's "real," but the truth is, I don't know. The way I interact with magic is always changing.
Sometimes, my belief is steadfast and unwavering - I see the magic in everything, everywhere, all the time; paradoxically though, there are times when I'm unaffected, unmoved and indifferent to magic, too. My understanding ebbs and flows.
β WHAT IS MAGIC?
Magic is everything.
It's all around us - there, even when we don't recognize or understand it.
There's really no easy way to explain magic. It's in nature - in the changes of the seasons, in the migration of birds, in the gentle summer breezes. It's in natural phenomena - the stuff that can be seen and explained by science and theories.
At the same time, magic is unknowable.
It's in coincidences that could be explained by chance and yet feel meaningful to you. It's in the feeling you get when someone triggers your wards, or when a spirit wanders into your sanctuary.
Magic is a paradox.
It's there when you want it to be. Gone, if you don't. There's magic in everything - the observable, the unknowable, and the proven.
Everything in life can be explained. You can explain it with logic, with science and theories, by chance and coincidence, and with magic. I choose to believe that nothing just /happens/ in life.
Everything, everywhere, all the time is connected to something else. Even if you don't see it or choose not to believe it, the threads of magic, of coincidence and science and chance, are embedded into everything.
β DO WE CREATE MAGIC OURSELVES?
This question is a tough one. Magic, in my opinion, is a kind of energy. It cannot be created nor destroyed - just transformed and converted.
The full question is, "do we create magic ourselves? Or are there pre-existing magical currents we're utilizing?" and I think the answer lies somewhere in the middle.
If there's magic in everything, which I believe there is, then that means there's inherently magic in us, too. But that magic is inherent - granted to us by virtue of being part of the world around us. It dwells within us, settled somewhere within the fabric of our very being; we don't create that. We draw from a finite, but constantly replenishing pool of energy.
That's why we get tired after a long ritual. That energy - the magic we use, comes from somewhere. If we could generate our own magic, then we'd all be casting spells 24/7 without ever getting tired.
In the same way we need regular sleep and nourishment, we need to regularly replenish our magic(al) energy.
That said, not everyone draws from their inherent pool of magic. Just like with anything in life, everyone's pool is different.
Some people have an easier time tapping into their own magic, while other's have bigger pools to take from. Some people's pool replenishes naturally with time, while other's have to take energy from elsewhere to take care of themselves.
Some people prefer to borrow magic altogether and turn to the ethereal and divine for help rather than using their own supply.
ββββββββ WHERE DOES MAGIC COME FROM?
Like I said, magic is inherent. I'm sure you could come up with some theory about where it originates from - but like the blood that pumps through our body, magic is just there.
If you're part of nature, magic is part of you. (in other words, I don't know)
β DOES MAGIC HAVE A PURPOSE?
No.
When we harness magic, we can give it a purpose but magic can be used for anything. Think of electricity - before we found a way to convert it to power our lights, it technically didn't have a purpose.
That doesn't mean it wasn't there, or anything. It just didn't have anything to do or a place to go. Magic doesn't inherently have a purpose. Anyone can harness it and use it for whatever motivates them. Some people use it for healing and protection, while others get more destructive and baneful with it.
There's no right or wrong way to use magic. It doesn't follow a strict moral code or have a rulebook for the do's and don't.
β IF MAGIC ISN'T "MAGIC," WHAT IS IT?
Then it would be synchronicity. I know that Carl Jung gets mentioned way more than he should, but his concept of synchronicity - the concept that events can appear meaningfully related, yet lack actual connection, feels relevant here.
In a world where magic isn't magic, then those instances that felt "magical" would be examples of synchronicity.
β ARE YOU A MAKER OF MAGIC?
On impulse, I wanted to say that I am a maker of magic - but when I think about it for a second longer, I don't think that's true.
The full question, "are you a maker of magic? Or has magic made you?" truly made me wonder. Throughout my life, I've been guided by magic. In almost every major life decision, magic has been there for me. I learned from my grandma and mom, and every since then, magic has just been part of my way of life. There's something a bit poetic about saying that I'm made by magic, but I think that's true.
It's so deeply engraved into my soul and body. I've casted spells for so many things, and when they've failed, I've taken that as a sign to move on. It's that kind of process that's led me to where I am right now, literally. If my spells had worked as intended, then I'd be elsewhere - but I'm here.
And with that in mind, I say that my magic has definitely made me.
β WHAT ROLE DOES MAGIC PLAY IN MY LIFE?
As I've gotten older, magic has less of a role in my life - but I yearn for it.
I so desperately want to get back into doing magic and casting spells. Magic used to play such a big part in my life. Everything I owed was enchanted, protected and anointed - and while there's still lots of that energy around, the way I engage with magic as a whole has changed.
When I say that I was raised with magic, know that I mean I was raised with it. It's literally weaved into my daily life, that I don't think I could separate myself from my practice even if I tried.
From the color I paint my nails, to the jewelry I wear, and the oils I put in my hair - every aspect of my life has been touched by magic in one way or another. During my job search, I did so many different spells in the hopes of landing a job.
Whenever I need to make a big decision, I immediately pull out the tarot cards for guidance from the Universe. The rearview mirror of my car has like, three different amulets dangling from it as protection on the road. While I am not so intentional with it anymore, magic is just a way of life for me. I'm always engaging with it, even when it might not seem like it - magic surrounds me, and I'll forever be grateful for that.
Someone sent me a message saying that something odd was happening with the stars - and while I'm still waiting for them to tell me what they meant, I decided to look at my horoscope and yeah.
The Mercury-Sun/Moon square is beating my ass, I fear. Mercury is so at home in Gemini, and my Virgo Moon desperately wants to get along (as a fellow mercurial sign) - but my poor Pisces Sun just wants to relax.
In my life, I see this manifesting as a need - almost to the point of compulsion, to look towards the future while simultaneously finding every excuse to take it slow. In desperate need of a break that never seems to come because the need to feel "productive" is all-consuming at times.
The tension between the Sun/Moon - perceived vs. instinctual self, is always palpable with me by virtue of the two being in opposition in my chart, but Mercury's influence over the two makes them more at odds.
As the stars would have it be, the transiting Mercury is conjunct with my natal Saturn, too. My Gemini Saturn yearns for solutions - for guidance and rules to abide by. It wants things grounded in reality, a boundary to respect, something to hold onto. As the Sun/Moon fight each other, the Saturn turns to others for answers.
And somewhere in the mix, Neptune watches. In the background, as always, but still there - quietly shifting things behind the scenes. While my Aquarius Neptune is like my Sun's big brother - Neptune doesn't just empower it. Neptune turns thoughts into actions, and together with Mercury, actions into material success.
Neptune leads, making dreams into realities.
Altogether, these transits read as though I need to turn towards others for guidance. Mercury, which is at war with all concepts of self, can only seem to find comfort in others - in Saturn, that desperately wants a solution, and in quiet Neptune, who's ready to take the next step towards something.
Rather than wallowing in self-pity and a need to feel productive (rather than actually working towards anything), the best thing I can do is connect with others and put feelings into words.
I think, when we talk about cleansing and protection "routines", most people automatically think of layers of ritual and full sterilized cleansing. But it doesn't have to be. Some people might do weekly or monthly ritual cleansing and warding. But not every routine is a ceremony.
Sometimes the "cleansing" someone's referring to is just opening their windows. Sometimes the "warding routine" is just giving offerings to the warding spirits. A space being cleansed for one person might mean fully sanctified and sealed; for someone else, it might mean a specific type of energy that accumulates in a space more aggressively due to a person's circumstances, lifestyle, and practice. A space being "well-warded" for one person might mean layers of magical wards created through circumambulation with tools or elements; for someone else, it might be bells on the door, a mirror as a reflecting ward, and a witch bottle buried under the stairs.
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to other folk witches: how do you engage in protection magic?
I've never been a heavily warded kind of person. if something is coming my way, I often dream about it, and get told the protective measures to take. if I feel off, I'll divine about it, and react accordingly.
i enchanted the necklace i wear everyday and have six baneful wards for myself and my family, protecting us from general negativity and Bad Things. i also have placed individual wards on my all doorways for protection and prosperity, including sachets, black salt, and runes drawn in protection oil. π listing it all out makes it kinda seem like a lot, but these were all reactionary things i felt "called" to do
Most of my protection magic is centered around my house.
At home, we have a cinnamon brooms over the exterior doors, an evil eye ward at the front door, a crystal grid set up inside, and sigils written with moon water on every windows.
If I feel like something bad is coming, I'll sprinkle black salt on the top of the doorframes and on windowsills as a type of "barrier" to keep the bad out, but that's rare. For personal protection, I write sigils under my nail polish. It keeps me feeling protected and is discreet enough that no one would even notice until the polish starts to clip.
There have definitely been times where I felt called to do protection, but for the most part, the upkeep of my protection wards is so weaved into my life (cleaning the windows, dusting off the crystals, etc.) and regular non-magical practice (painting my nails), that I don't feel like I need to dedicate time to setting them up.
They are all quiet constants, like a program running in the background.
In desperate need of an app that will send a notification about transits and planetary movements so I don't have to hear about them last minute by word-of-mouth.
It's a bit funny looking back at this now, knowing that I quit my job on the morning of the Lunar Eclipse.
I woke up real early that day, only to discover that I couldn't see the actual eclipse because the moon was hidden somewhere. I decided then and there that something in my life needed to change (that's the Virgo charm) - so, I quit my job, effective immediately.
The sentiment around this specific eclipse was that its Virgoan energy shouldn't be used for manifestation - but I manifested myself a new job before the month was over. I quit after 6 months with little progress and no back up besides what I had in my savings and a dream and got hired somewhere else in 20 days. I make more money now (by virtue of just getting a consistent schedule) and I'm set to get a $7.50 pay increase within the next month or so. Quitting that day was probably the best thing I could've done for myself - otherwise, I'd still be working a retail job and hating myself for every second of it.
The theme to explore for May 2026 is magic. It seemed a fitting theme to open our prompts with. As you may already know, Weyward Grove is a project created with the intention of fostering exploration and celebration of magical and mystical traditions, as well as encouraging introspection and growth in one's own magical path and magical perspectives and understandings. This month, we're doing so by exploring the concepts, ideas, and functions of magic, as well as exploring our own beliefs and definitions surrounding magic.
Here are some examples of questions through which one can explore their beliefs and definitions of magic within their own practice/craft, culture, religion, etc.:
-What is magic?
-Do we create magic ourselves? Or are there pre-existing magical currents we're utilizing?
-Where does magic come from? What is its origin?
And some further examples of more introspective, philosophical ponderings to explore and play with this month:
-Does magic have a purpose?
-If magic isn't "magic," what else might it be?
-Are you a maker of magic? Or has magic made you?
-What role does magic play in your life, practice, beliefs, etc.?
Feel free to explore these questions within your practice, play with them, answer them in any way you'd like. You can spend as long or as little with these questions as you want. Perhaps these questions birth further questions, which you are more than welcome to share and explore in your submitted posts, reblogs, or responses.
Need ideas of what to post? Weyward Grove encourages creativity, passion, and nerdiness of all sorts, so don't worry about getting "too crafty" with artistic mediums of expression, "too wordy" with written responses or journaling/logs detailing your process and answers, or "too into it" when sharing your opinions. Remember, answer in whatever way you're moved to β Q & As, essays, poems, digital art, photo diaries, mood boards, videos, audio, etc.
Join in: Use the submission feature on our blog to submit a post. // Make your own post using the tags #weywardgrove, #weyward grove, or #weyward grove community submission to ensure we see the post and can share it via a reblog on this blog. // Share shorter form answers via asks or replies. // Share your thoughts in reblogs to this post.
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"A jinx will ruin someone's day or week (maybe), a hex will wreak havoc in a certain area of someone's life, and a curse will get up from your altar, pick up it's purse and lipstick and go become the worst roommate they ever had" - My wife when I asked her to describe the difference between the three
Thereβs something so emotional about the outer planets entering new signs.
They stay there for so long and often define an era or generation. With Uranus stepping into Gemini soon, I canβt help but worry about how Iβll change over the next 6 years. Itβs enviable that I will, but at the same time, I cannot help but be a little scared of the change.
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