How to Tell If Youâve Been Cursed
Being cursed is one of the the most fearful things for a practitioner or superstitious person. Iâll be honest with you: Iâm pro-curse and Iâve been cursed in the past at least a dozen times. Itâs a thing, it has a history, and people kind of need to get over hating on those people who do decide to curse.
I am passionate about education. And I feel that even if youâre not going to curse someone ever you still need to know how curses work so you can create effective protections. Knowing how you can be hurt is one of the best ways to prevent being hurt, after all.
Plus, even if youâre not going to curse someone that doesnât mean someone else wonât curse you. Itâs a two way street after all.
A curse is a prayer, utterance, or spell with the intent to cause harm, trouble, or ill luck to befall another. The word hex has an Pennsylvania origin, from what I can tell, and it meant from meaning simply âwitchâ or âto practice witchcraftâ to âto cast a spell onâ and now it has a darker meaning. That probably comes from the ill-reputation that magic workers had for a long time, if I had to hazard a guess. I personally define hex as a short-term spell meant to cause mischief and trouble. Like a casual curse or minor vengeance. But it is regional speech so youâre probably better off just using the word curse and calling it a day.
So what are the symptoms of a curse?
Curses can be really casual such as spilling coffee on yourself. An extreme example would be someone who spills coffee on themselves, has a car break down, has the tow truck driver drop the tow bar ON THE CAR crushing it, is late for work, finds out theyâre being laid off, and has a lover break up with them on the same day.
Other things to look for:
Loss of energy (physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and so on)
Sudden relationship troubles
Scattered mind and unable to gather your thoughts, confusion, disorientation
Generally, itâs a culmination of several of these things at once. Please, please, please, check with doctors when youâre feeling aches, pain, or medical issues. Whether something medical is induce via a curse doesnât mean that the curse breaking will actually REMOVE those issues. Same goes for any other issues that crop up. Youâll still have to deal with that shit. Removing the curse or hex means that nothing additional should crop up (beyond the normal âshit happens, thatâs lifeâ kind of deal)
How to tell if youâre cursed
The above symptoms should occur consistently and suddenly. They are persistent. You donât ever catch a break. There are curses that last years and years but they are very rare. Most end up fading out over time. By and large, you can counter a curse simply by changing your lifestyle or behavior (but not always).
Iâm going to be honest. There are some curses or hexes that wonât register because theyâve been designed to avoid detection. If you think this might be the case, simply move onto hex breaking and curse removal methods, followed by cleansing and protection.
However, there are some methods to determine if youâve been cursed. Divination is the easiest way to go about it. Tarot cards, oracle cards, pendulums â you pick whatever method works best for you.
For a deity and/or spirit workers, I would ask for a sign of some kind within the next three days to confirm that thereâs a curse. And then pray for help with the removal.
If youâre unsure still or want to be extra sure, just skip right onto the curse breaking and hex removing methods. Remember, donât panic. You are your own worse enemy when you panic. (I know thatâs nearly impossible for some folks with paranoia or anxiety but itâs something to keep in mind)
How much do I have to worry about curses? Really?
You probably arenât cursed. Itâs just bad luck which happens to everyone. If youâre not a practitioner, then itâs even more likely that youâre not cursed. Sometimes bad shit just happens. But, when you deal with other practitioners, donât be surprised to find that youâve annoyed one of them and they fired back at you. Iâm not saying that curses or hexes never happen, they absolutely do, but theyâre not super common either.
But if you want to take some preventative measures, it canât hurt either, right?
Originally posted here. Adapted from my original ask here.