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333

333 is a reminder that you are never alone. your spiritual guides are around you sending you love, support, & guidance. open your mind and let them communicate with you. your angels are here to support you through your darkest hour. your spirit guides are asking you to connect your mind, body, and spirit. they want you to remember you are more than just your thoughts.

Self-care baths

Cooking with love

Cleaning your space

Sitting in nature

Talking to your pets

Connecting with people

Gardening

Making a wish on a shooting star

Making a wish blowing out birthday candles

Connecting with nature

Dancing in nature

Sitting in the rain

Swimming in a body of water

Making a promise

Standing up for what you believe in

Making goals

Taking care of yourself

Partaking in your favorite hobby

Telling your deceased loved one you miss them

Educating yourself

Researching your favorite things

Expressing yourself

aka, little things to distance your craft from capitalism

Let’s all just admit that buying stuff is fun. That said, there’s a big issue of consumerism within the witchy/pagan scene. As magic work and the pagan “aesthetic” becomes more of a commodity in the mainstream, there’s a mounting attitude of needing All The Items in the highest quality (even if we’re not certain we’ll use them,) and big corporations mass-producing cheap stuff to make a buck off of a growing trend. Here’s some things you can do to help detach your practice from that and support other people in the craft:

Go outside. Check your backyard or local park for local plant life, waters, roots, etc. If your work involves things from nature at all, you can probably find a lot of your supplies… in nature. It takes a little more time, but it’s free and then you’ve gathered stuff yourself! 

Make stuff. This one is pretty straightforward. There may be key items to your practice that you can make yourself instead of buying it! That said, I know sometimes spending money is inevitable so I won’t dwell too much on this… let’s talk more about shopping:

Shop mindfully. The price of a lot of items will skyrocket once it has a pentacle or other symbol engraved on it. For example, little mortars and pestles can be very pricey in witchy shops, but you could probably get a bigger one that’s actually food safe for less at a nice grocery store. Antique stores and international markets are now your new best friends.

Support small businesses! Things are cheaper on Amazon, but the extra money goes to support real people, likely other practitioners. If you can, supporting small, local, independent shopkeepers and crafters does a ton of good. It also helps build and sustain a local community. 

Shop based on need. Don’t get something “just in case” (unless it’s banishing or hex breaking stuff; those are decent to have on hand.) It’s tempting to impulse-buy a ton of niche items and ingredients, but unless you have a reasonable idea what you’re going to use them for in the near future, it’ll probably just create clutter for you to deal with later.

Prioritize effectiveness over aesthetic. Ultimately your practice has to work for you, not just look good. I think making your work aesthetically pleasing to yourself can be an important part of really connecting with what you’re doing, but don’t make that desire burn a hole in your wallet and distract you from what brought you to this path in the first place. Altar envy is a real thing. 

Recycle/Upcycle. Use old clothing fabric for an altar cloth. That old trinket dish makes a great offering dish. Enchant jewelry you already own. That jar of strawberry jelly you just finished off will work just fine for that spell. Things can be re-purposed and made into new things.

Analyze your offerings. Special occasion wine isn’t a special occasion if you do it every time. Not every offering needs to be a grand gesture, regular maintenance is more important generally.

Organize trades. Have any pals that also practice? See if you can help each other! You could trade different goods (that old mini cauldron you bought and never used for that abandoned tarot deck, maybe?) but also services. A protection spell for a luck charm. A reading for a reading. You help them with the laundry and they cook you a meal one day. 

I love fruits especially any with citrus in it, so this is my different correspondence of fruits.

Apple; healing, fidelity, fertility, intelligence, immortality, joy, love, marriage, wisdom

Apricot; love, passion, peace, romance, strength

Banana; fertility, money, passion, prosperity, sexuality, spirituality, success, wealth

Blackberry; healing, money, prosperity, protection, sex, wealth

Blueberry; acceptance, cursing, home blessings, legal matters, luck, peace, prosperity, protection, power

Cherry; clarity, creativity, divination, happiness, love, lust, passion, psychic energy, romance  

Coconut; chastity, confidence, protection, psychic abilities, purification

Cranberry; action, anti-negativity, courage, determination, healing, health, love, lust, passion, positive energy, protection

Date; abundance, fertility, fortune, friendship, good luck, happiness, healing, spirituality, protection, resurrection

Fig; abundance, divination, energy, fertility, good luck, health, love, money, peace, power, strength

Grapefruit; cleansing, confidence, cooperation, healing, inner strength, mental clarity, purification

Grape; dreams, fertility, mental powers, money, prosperity, spiritual energy, wealth

Guava; cleansing, love, romance

Huckleberry; anti-negativity, banishment, dreams, fortune, good luck, hex breaking, protection, wishes

Kiwi; happiness, health, longevity, love, romance

Lemon; contact spirits, cursing, faithfulness, fidelity, friendship, growth, happiness, health, longevity, love, psychic powers, purification

Lime; cleansing, cursing, energy, healing, health, love, peace, protection, purification, relaxation, strength

Mango; balance, harmony, love, marriage, romance, protection, sexual, spirituality

Melon; cleansing, healing, purification

Nectarine; love

Orange; beauty, divination, fortune, health, love, good luck, money, peace, purification, wealth

Papaya; banishment, cleansing, healing, hex breaking, love, protection, regeneration,

Passion Fruit; calmness, friendship, harmony, hoodoo, love, peace, relationships, sleep

Peach; exorcism, fertility, happiness, longevity, love, purity, romance, spirituality, wishes, virginity, youth

Pear; arousal, clarity, confidence, energy, enthusiasm, love, lust, passion, peace, security, sexuality, stress relief

Persimmon; changing, happiness, healing, luck, lust, sex, sexual identity, wisdom

Pineapple; chastity, creativity, fortunate, happiness, healing, luck, memory, money, prosperity, power, protection

Plum; adoration,anti-negativity, attention, healing, love, peace, protection, relaxation, respect, sex

Pomegranate; conception, divination, fertility, growth, luck, prosperity, protection, wealth, wisdom, wishes

Raspberry; courage, dreams, fertility, good luck, happiness, health, love, marriage, protection, relationships, sleep

Strawberry; fertility, fortune, friendship, happiness, love, luck, passion, romance, sensual, success

Speak a blessing over your pets! Charge your words with all the love you feel for them.

For example, "May you always be safe and protected. May you always feel loved and cared for. May your life be long and filled with happiness."