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Basil:  money, luck, prosperity, happiness

Bay Leaf: energy, cleansing, can be charged with almost any intention

Camomile: Caring, kindness, luck, growth, self-love growth, confidence, avoiding negativity, happiness

Cinnamon: passion, quick success, fire magick

Chia seeds: Growth, health, kindness, Property

Chilli flakes:  Pride, confidence, power, strength, Passion

Cumin: Courage, bravery, protection, loyalty

Dandelion: wishes, charisma, success, good luck

Dill: sexual love, luck, protection

Eucalyptus: cleansing, healing, purifying, relaxing, comfort

Fennel:  hate, anger

Flax seeds: Prosperity, growth, new beginnings

Ginger: fiery passion, success, and personal power

Jasmine: love, dreams, sensuality, luxury and kindness

Lavender: love and attraction, purification, relaxation, restful sleep

Nutmeg: luck, Health, Fidelity, Love, Prosperity, comfort, loyalty

Oregano:  comfort, love, warmth

Paprika:  Pride, confidence, power, strength

Parsley: Cleansing. purification

Peppermint: healing, purification, love and energy, cleansing, prosperity

Poppy seeds: protection, intuition, self-assurance, hexing and cursing

Rose: love, beauty, harmony, romance, attraction

Rosemary: cleansing, purification, wisdom, protection

Sesame seeds: Prosperity, growth, health, nurturing

Spearmint: love, cleansing, renewal, blessing

Sunflower seeds: happiness, growth, joy

Thyme: beauty, strength, courage

Turmeric: confidence, creativity, energy

Vanilla: love and sexuality

Tools?

Shampoo- cleanses your hair of negative energy

Conditioner- restores/adds positive energy

Body wash- restores/adds positive energy

Scrubs- cleanses and removes negative energy

Face wash/cleanser- removes negative energy

Moisturizer- protection, restores positive energy

Sunscreen- protection

Lotion- depending on scent, it can help with plenty of things

Rose- love, confidence, self-love, beauty

Lavender- calmness, peace/self-peace, self-worth, comfort, soothing

Vanilla- self-love, confidence, attracting good energies

Coconut- protection, purification, chastity

Contacts/eye drops- insight, wisdom, to see what others can’t

Hairbrush- negativity remover

Mascara- to see what others don’t tell you

Lipgloss/lipstick/lip stain/chapstick- to speak smoothly and clearly, to have a way with words, to improve your voice

Toothpaste and toothbrush- cleansing, to help watch your words

Tongue scraper- to get rid of past regrets from past words, to stop gossiping

Concealer- to conceal what others should not know/what you do not want them to know

Foundation- protection

Setting spray- calmness, peace, good luck

Nail Polish- match them to your intentions!

Purple- intuitive needs, spiritual needs, imagination, creativity, third eye, wisdom, peace

Pink- love, harmony, kindness, self-love

Red- love, lust, seduction, confidence, courage, sex, motivation, ambition, passion, strength, action

Silver-moon energy, emotional needs, reflection

Green-healing, wealth, growth, money, luck, fertility

Brown- grounding, friendship, security, material needs,

Blue- clarity, creativity, faith, forgiveness, communication, calmness

Orange- joy, energy, success, optimism, excitement,

Yellow- happiness, clarity, creativity, manifestation, strength, positive thoughts, sun energy, good health

Black- protection, stability, banishing, releasing

White- purification, peace, purity, truth, hope, cleansing

This is no where near all the ways you can charge things so feel free to add to the list or send me other methods. I intend to go back and add to it occasionally.

Edited 12/10/16

Fire

Draw it on paper (or something safe to burn) and burn it

Draw it on a firework and set it off

Carve it into a candle, light it, and let the sigil melt away

Place it close to a flame to absorb the light and heat

Air

Draw it on wind chimes and hang them up

Hang it up somewhere it can blow around in the breeze by a fan

Draw it on a balloon, blow the balloon up, and pop it

Draw it on a kite and fly it

Water

Draw it on something soluble and dissolve it in water

Draw it on a rock (or something non-soluble) and place it in running water

Draw it with something food safe on a tea bag and drink it (It’s more using a sigil to charge the tea, but whatever)

Draw it on yourself then take a shower and let it wash away

Draw it in chalk on the sidewalk to wash away in the rain

Earth

Draw it on something biodegradable and bury it

Transfer energy from previously charged crystals

Draw it in the dirt somewhere it will be worn away

Light

Place it in the sun or moonlight

Draw it with/in something that will disappear: lemon juice on paper, fog in a mirror, etc.

Paint it with glow in the dark paint, the light used to charge the paint and its own glow charges the sigil

Technology

Place it on/under a device that is plugged in and charging

Open the image on your computer and play a video game on top of it

Use the sigil as your background or screensaver or just leave it up for a while to be charged by the screen’s light and energy of the computer

Open the sigil in a paint or photo editing program, cut it to pieces, and delete them (like you would tear up a piece of paper)

Place the sigil on/near speakers and play music (match the music to the intent of the sigil)

Post the sigil on social media with the intent that it charge with every like/reblog/thumbs up/etc.

Personal Energy (Mental and Physical)

Direct your own personal energies into the sigil (How to)

Draw it on yourself or something you have on you as you exercise: dance, run, play sport, etc.

Have the sigil on/near you and focus on it as you have sex/masturbate and orgasm

Have the sigil on/near you and focus on it while experiencing pain

Have the sigil on/near you and focus on it while experiencing extreme emotion

Add a drop of blood to the sigil

Other

Sing or play an instrument to it

Place it in a music box, wind it up and let the music charge it

Draw it on paper and tear the paper up

Draw the sigil with food or carve it into food and eat it (bonus if it’s baked/cooked/etc.)

Draw it on the bottom of your shoes and walk around

Here is a simple four card spread that you can do to welcome the changing of seasons!

Imbolc marks the halfway point between winter and summer, and is the perfect time to prepare for the coming spring. Read more about Imbolc here.

Past: What can you learn from the past season? Winter can be rough for some people, maybe you were put through the wringer this past season too. What is something you can glean from this experience so that you can learn from this?

Present: What energy do you need to bring into this next season? It’s important to learn from the past and plan for the future, but make sure you are able to stay present and grounded even as the weather is bleak. So, what energy should you bring with you into this changing of seasons that can help you to learn, prepare, and pursue what you need to?

Prepare: Anything you would need to prepare for this coming season? This is the time of the year that farmers and gardeners start to prep their lands and plant their seeds for the spring; what is something you can prepare for that you will need to grow or nurture in the springtime?

Pursue: What is something you need to pursue during this time? This could be a goal that you set earlier this year but you have yet to follow through on, is this something you could be pursuing now, during this halfway between winter and spring?

I haven't done this exact spread yet, I plan to do it the day of Imbolc. I'll share my experience with it if I feel like it's ok to share :)

The winter solstice is nearly here! Here are some ways to celebrate the longest night of the year ⭐️ ☀️

Food

Oranges 🍊 lemons 🍋 meat 🥩 cranberries ❣️ potatoes 🥔 nuts 🌰 chocolates 🍫 mushroom 🍄 bread 🍞 stews and soups 🥘 hot chocolate ☕️ Yule log cake 🎂 cinnamon 🪵 rosemary 🍃

Colors

Red ❤️ green 🎄 gold ⚜️ silver 🪙white ☁️ blue 💎

Altar Decorations

Mini Yule tree 🌲 mini Yule log 🪵 solar representations ☀️ dried orange slices 🍊 whole star anise ⭐️ candles 🕯snow globes ❄️ greenery from nature 🍃 cinnamon sticks

Crystals

Ametrine🔮 citrine 💛 amber 🧡carnelian ❤️ snowflake obsidian 🖤amethyst💜 diamond 💎 emerald 💚sapphire 💙

Activities

Bake a Yule log cake 🎂

Make dried orange and cinnamon garlands 🍊

Make paper snowflakes ❄️

Decorate a Yule tree 🌲

Have a bonfire and roast hotdogs and marshmallows 🔥

Write wishes on bay leafs and burn them 🍃

Do a house cleansing 🏡

Take a Yule bath 🛀

Do sabbat divination 🔮

Bury the corn husk dolls you made at lughnasad, mabon, or/and Samhain if you made them 🌽

Decorate your house with greenery and holly 🌲

Have a season feast with friends and family 🍲

Drink hot chocolate with spices that correspond with your intention stirred in ☕️

Note: please let me know in dms or in the comments if I missed something, or got something wrong! My point of making posts like these is to inform, but sometimes my research and information can be incorrect itself! Please let me know! <3 Part 2 is coming out soon.

The eight sabbats/the wheel of the year are holidays around the year, generally celebrated by pagans, witches, or wiccans. The sabbats/holidays divide the year into eight equal parts that mark the beginning and mid-points of each season. *The pictures included are not mine*

I get a paralyzing feeling of dread when I am under pressure so I stop cleaning my house or accomplishing important tasks or feeding myself. I literally let my tooth rot until it fell out of my mouth on its own. I can get things done, but not the things I actually NEED to do.

So I use the ritual of witchcraft to help form traditions and habits that help me take care of myself!

Matronalia? Perfect time to do a breast exam

Kallynteria? Today is the day to vacuum the apartment in honor of Athena

It's a full moon? Take a fäncy bath, then scrub the tub or pick the clothes up off the bathroom floor!

Alfarblót? In honor, of the goddess Freya's chariot pulled by cats, I will get my oil changed.

It's kind of silly, but if I disguise actual tasks as silly things without any sense of pressure or immediacy and spread them out, I trick my brain into wanting to do them. And if that's not magic, I don't know what is.

This spell is a charm for retaining information when studying and to stay calm and collected on testing day.

Any container that can be carried on your person. (I made a little square pouch a lot like a little pillow with a loop to put on a keychain.)

Rosemary (memory, knowledge)

Lavender (comfort, calming)

Pencil shavings (studying, written information)

A small piece of paper

Green pen

Feathers or some kind of soft stuffing, enough to fill your container the rest of the way (to make your mental burdens and anxiety light)

For a bottle container, layer your ingredients into your bottle, leaving a little room for your piece of paper at the end. For the little cloth pouch, stuff it all in there (of course visualizing your intent while doing so with each ingredient) and leave a bit for the paper.

On your piece of paper, write with the green pen a sigil for remembering, comfort or studying, and/or write: "Remain calm when testing day comes, have confidence, study, this is what must be done."

Add your rolled up piece of paper to. your container and seal it either by wax (bottle) or sewing it closed (pouch).

~We are productive and get things done~

~I am successful in my endeavors~

for when you’ve studied or prepared for an event as best as you can, but you still feel like you need an extra boost of luck on your side. i created this as i panicked and was ridden for anxiety right before my driver’s test. it helped me calm my nerves and boosted my chances of passing!

what you need:

an orange candle - to me, orange represents success along with change and stamina/energy

a green candle - represents luck

tiger’s eye crystal - gets rid of negative emotions and keeps you focused on your goal

a small piece of paper and a green pen

first, light the candles and place each to the left and right sides of the tiger’s eye crystal, and charge the tiger’s eye with your intent by touching it and chanting the following:

“luck and success may you bring,

when i’ve done all i can, 

and my stress makes it hard to breathe.”

chant that as many times as, or as long as you’d like. because i was so nervous, i chanted it repeatedly throughout the entire spell and even after the spell was technically “over,” so to speak.  

next, to allow yourself a chance to specify exactly what you want to be successful in, take your paper and green pen and write exactly what you want this spell to bring you. for example, i wrote, “pass my driver’s test.” if you are able to safely do this, burn the piece of paper. if you can’t burn it, either bury it, drown it, or keep it on your person during your event.

continue to chant and charge your crystal, or simply stare at the flame if you’d like, until you feel your stress and anxiety wash away or at least lessen to a bearable level. blow out your candles when you are done, and don’t leave the flame unattended.

🌕✍️🧠🎰📝📈🌕

Likes charge

It’s been a while, I hope you’re all doing well :)

If an ingredient is in bold it is highly recommended you use it, all the others are optional.

Salt- protection (eggshells will serve the same purpose)

Nutmeg- luck (rosemary can replace any herb you don’t have)

Cinnamon- strengthens spell, luck

Orange peel- positive change

Luck sigil- this will make your intention very clear (my post on sigils)

Aventurine- luck (clear quartz can replace any crystal you don’t have)

Amazonite- luck

Yellow turquoise- luck

Something to seal- candle wax, crayon, glue, tape, etc. (I used green candle wax)

these aren’t all the correspondences of these ingredients, just the ones relevant to the spell :)