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Get to know your cards!

When you do tarot, you work with your cards in a one-on-one dynamic. You channel energy into them and they offer you answers. Just like with anything in witchcraft, you should be in sync with them and understand what they're trying to say, in a way, treat them like they are its own entity. There's many ways to get to know your deck! Here are some:

Make a spread. Here on tumblr there are many spreads to get to know your deck of two, three, four and more cards. They are usually a "hello, how are you" kind of thing. This way you can also find out how the deck answers your questions. Each deck has its own personality, if we can call it that, so just like pendulum readings, decks have unique ways to answer your questions.

Spend time with them. I know it may sound silly, but both your energies have to be in tune, so I recommend carrying them with you wherever you go. If you go take a walk or to get some groceries, carry them on a bag or purse. Go to nature (if that's available to you) and meditate with them.

Use them! That's the most important thing. Don't let them dust just because you don't understand them. Start doing readings left and right (but not as much as to drain your energies) and figure out what your cards' deal is. You will find a pattern to their answers and the more you work with them, the better your readings will be.

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just thinking about a few random recipes and stuff i want to play around with, with seasonal ingredients this autumn! i figured a few other kitchen witches out there might appreciate the brainstorm, i’ll probably be adding to this list more into the season <3

[ brown butter sage sauce ]

good on/with; pastas & ravioli (pumpkin or butternut squash filling would be a great combo!!), over poultry especially turkey, could be great on roasted potatoes or even on mashed potatoes, roasted/sautéed veggies, etc :)

general how-to; melt down about a stick of butter until completely liquidy, add in about 12-16 sage leafs to your taste, and crack in some fresh black pepper for a bit more flavor dimension

[ caramel apple crumble cheesecake ]

good with; warm/hard cider, honey milk, eggnog, mead

general how-to; generic cheesecake base, or swirl in some caramel if you’re feeling wild, throw together a crumble to put on top made of diced up granny smith apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, and some oats; put it on top of your cheesecake and drizzle that with a homemade caramel (or salted caramel) sauce! you could also make this as more of like a cheesecake bar in a square pan than a traditional round cheesecake to make it cozy looking

[ elderberry mead ]

good with/for; anything seasonal meal-wise, great to drink around the mabon bonfire, would probably be spectacular with some sort of goat cheese snack, a great way to kick up your immune system this time of year and also get buzzed, antioxidants, what can i say!

general how to; okay so mead is a whole thing i can’t teach but, just like, go for about 5 lbs of raw honey, maybe 10-12 cups of elderberries, 4 cinnamon sticks, 6 cloves, and a packet of yeast, take all that and split it in two one gallon jugs, if you know how to make mead you’re fine from here i hope, but if you don’t know how to make mead i highly recommend learning how through youtube, it’s an amazing way to connect to your craft!!

[ eggplant meatballs ]

good with; stuffed baked sweet potato, butternut squash/pumpkin ravioli, goat cheese ravioli, or just some marinara and spaghetti/angel hair, maybe some garlic bread with that sage butter on top!

Lughnasadh, also known as Lúnasa, Lùnastal, Luanistyn or Lammas, is a Gaelic festival of the first harvest, which also corresponds with other European early harvest festivals. It is held on the 1st of August, halfway between the Summer Solstice (Litha) and the Autumn Equinox (Mabon).

The festival is named after the Celtic god Lugh, and part of the festival is often offering some of the first harvest’s bounty in gratitude, and feasting or athletic competitions. Historically, journeys to sacred wells or holy shrines, or climbing mountains or hills have been popular, and in some places are still observed. Lugh is often seen as a personification of the first harvest, or the corn itself, and he is sometimes recast as folkloric figures such as John Barleycorn.

 Lughnasadh colours: gold, orange, yellow, green, light brown

 Lughnasadh crystals: amber, citrine, aventurine, peridot

 Lughnasadh foods: Bread, corn, soup, root vegetables, berries, mead, rice, barely, nuts, seasonal fruits, roasted meats, honey, beer

 Ideas for Lughnasadh celebrations:

Bake bread! Baking bread is one of the most traditional ways of celebrating this festival, and the first of the grains have been harvested. Consider baking different types of loaves, experiment with plaiting the dough or drawing designs on the top. Add seasonal berries, nuts or seeds to the dough to add flavour and interest

Have a picnic with friends and family – with lots of bread!

Go on a walk up a mountain or hill, or visit a sacred place such as a shrine, holy well, stone circle or burial mound (or just somewhere sacred to you if none of those are available)

Play games with friends or family, have a sports contest such as a running race or a tug of war

Make a donation of food to your local food bank or donate money to a charity

Hold your own Lughnasnadh ritual, light a fire and offer some food to the god Lugh and thank him for your harvest, and feel gratitude in knowing that all your efforts are coming to fruition

Make corn dollies, instructions for lots of interesting designs can be found online, or make sculptures and decorations out of salt dough

Light a candle and make a list of all that you are thankful for, and meditate upon this

Go on a foraging trip, look for early apples, plums, berries and edible fungi (ensure you are certain of what you are harvesting before you eat it!)

(Made, in part, for my own benefit on this very tired Lughnassadh)

🌽 Eat some carbs/bread, and leave the rest to your deity/beings of choice if you like.

🌽 Light just one candle, (gold, orange, white, yellow, red, or brown if you can) and just spend five minutes thinking about Lughnassadh and all the things you wish to harvest in the coming months.

🌽 Reconnecting with nature is always a good idea, if you have the spoons for it. See if you can take a walk outside, or maybe meditate with some plants.

🌽 Write down everything you hope to manifest in the coming months. Keep it in a safe place for Yule, where you can bring it out again and burn it to close this chapter on that part of your life.

🌽 Drink some mint tea to draw abundance. Leave some for your deity/beings of choice, if you like.

🌽 Write down all the things you’re grateful for, imbue the gratitude into a piece of paper, and bury it later when you can.

🍂 spend some time outdoors while the weather still permits!! we’re officially at the beginning of the harvest season and nature has so much to offer this time of year. take note of all the small changes beginning to happen while we’re slowly transitioning into autumn!!

🍂 decorate your altar!! fall/warm colors such as reds, yellows, oranges, browns and even greens are fantastic to incorporate. and, things such as various plants, candles, fake/real leaves, corn dolls, etc. being the spirit of autumn into your altar!! i love to incorporate some green transitioning into more earthy colors to represent the changing seasons.

🍂 FOOD!! oh, the most glorious part of the sabbats haha. things such as bread, soups, muffins, roasted meats if your diet permits, etc are all fantastic to cook up! incorporating things like pumpkin, cinnamon, nuts and berries, etc are some of my personal abso little favorite ways to feel closer to autumn.

🍂 like i recommend for every sabbat, do some CLEANING!! reorganize your space, cleanse it with sage or incense. we’re transitioning into a new time of the year and now is the perfect opportunity to switch things up and berid of any unwanted energy around your space.

🍂 tend to any of your crops/plants!! this is the beginning of the harvest, darker and colder days are ahead of us while the hustle and bustle of gardening is slowly becoming behind us. now is the time to take some extra care of your gardens to prepare for the harvest of mabon!

🍂 honor the sun!! in whatever way you see fit. the darker months are approaching and it’s so important to appreciate the brightness while it’s still around. light some candles and say a prayer, perform a sun ritual, bask in the daylight. take the opportunity now while it’s still here!

🍂 create a gratitude list. as the darker months approach i find it difficult to adjust. creating a list of things that i’m thankful for, or things that mean a lot to me, truly help me to ground myself and make the transition much easier. i plan on writing them down on small pieces of paper and leaving them on my altar!

🍂 spice up any of your current tools if you find the need!! i find this the perfect time to do so, as we’re at such a transitional part of the year. whether you have tools you’d like to jazz up, or you’re looking into creating/buying your own, this sabbat is a fabulous time to do so!!

🍂 work on your book of shadows/grimoire!! i’m finally starting back up on mine again this lughnasadh and i’m just so excited! i find sabbats one of the absolute best times to learn about my craft because i truly feel at my peak on these days.

🍂 spread the love!! whether it be through text messages to friends and family or creating some baked goods to share, you don’t have to out yourself in any manor! just some kind gestures to spread some light to those around you. im personally baking some pumpkin muffins and will be blessing them + sharing them.

🍂 celebrate with colors!! this is a fabulous way for those of you in the broom closet to have some fun. warm and earthy tones are incredibly welcome, browns and golds, reds and oranges. painting your nails, wearing some makeup or even dressing up in these colors is such a lovely way to honor this sabbat.

🍂 treat yourself!! this holiday is about celebrating the hard work that has come with this past harvest. incorporate some self care into this day by preforming acts that make you happy.

🍂 create a list of your accomplishments of the year and a list of your goals for the future!! i adore doing this, especially around this time of year, just to get a grasp on where i am in my craft.

Happy Harvest!

I created a list of subtle witch tips for folks who are looking for some low-key harvest celebrations during this busy time.

🌽 Bake a loaf of Quick Bread - Unlike most breads which take hours to prove, quick breads are just that - quick! Have a search around Pinterest or your favorite recipe places and find something that strikes your fancy. I happen to be partial to beer cheese breads with caramelized onions. While mixing your dough be sure to infuse it with thankfulness for all that you have been granted this year.

🌻 Do a ritual centered around your goals for the year - Make a list of everything you hoped to work on this year and evaluate how far you’ve come. Make offerings in celebration of all you’ve accomplished and meditate on what you can best do to manifest everything you’ve hoped for. 

🌽 Go for an early evening walk - Bask in the warmth and light that continues to suffuse the later hours of the day. As the days grow darker, you will come to miss the greenery and easy evening productivity. There’s no easier way to be grateful for something than to acknowledge it in the moment and be fully present in the world.

🌻 Let go of regrets with a burning spell - Lughnasadh is also a period of reflection as with the bounty of life comes the memory that death is not far behind. Sit quietly and meditate on what plans you had that are not working out, or what endeavors you should be letting go of. Write all your regrets and what you want to rid yourself of on pieces of paper or corn husks if you’re feeling particularly seasonal. Gather all of them up and burn them one by one to release yourself from such burdens as we go into the tail end of the year. 

🌽 Tidy Up - While we usually think of harvest time as a period of abundance, for farmers it is also a time of cleaning. Once the bounty of the fields is collected, work begins to prepare the ground for more crops, or for the soil to sit under a sleepy blanket of snow until spring. Take some time out of your Lughnasadh celebrations to clean your space - your altar, your home, or even just your bed or desk. Evaluate that which is no longer serving you and consider donating unwanted items so that others may benefit from your abundance!

Lammas, also called Lughnasadh, is a celebration of the first harvest of the year, marking the annual festival of wheat. 

Date: August 1

Themes: The first harvest, blessings, hearth and home, celebrating hard work and accomplished goals, abundance, transformation and change, prosperity

Lunar Phase Association: Disseminating Moon

Colors: Gold, Orange, Yellow, Green

Herbs: Ginseng, Rosemary, Sunflowers, Chamomile, Mints

Stones: Amber, Citrine, Sardonyx, Tiger’s Eye, Rose Quartz

Scents: Fresh Bread, Sweet Preserves, Flowers, Mint

Foods: Corn, Peaches, Pears, Bread, Berries, Beer or Mead, Honey, Rice, Apples, Jams, Cookies, Strawberries, Corn Bread, Potatoes, Pies

Offerings: Roses, Sunflowers, Buttercups, Wheat or Corn, Beer or Mead, Myrrh, Beeswax Candles, Mint, Sweet Wine

Recipes:

- Traditional Irish Soda Bread

Things to Do:

- Crafting 

- Baking (Bread in particular) or make preservatives

- Make a Bonfire

- Donate time or money to a food drive

- Make Sun Water

Hi lovelies! I hope you are having a beautiful day/night! Okay, so, Spring is almost upon us, this means warmth, sunshine, and Ostara! This is again, another recipe that you can use for Ostara, and you can also use it throughout spring and summer. This is super, super easy! And, you can customize it any way you want! If u guys give this a shot, let me know! Tell me what you think! Onto the recipe!

🍶Ingredients:

🍋A large pitcher that can hold everything 🍋A small pot 🍋8 Cups water 🍋1&½ Cup sugar 🍋1&½ Tbs honey 🍋1&½ Cup lemon juice 🍋Lavender to your taste, I use a few Tbs dried

🍶Instructions:

🍋Take 1 of your cups of water and all of your sugar and put it in the pot, bring to boil, stir until the sugar had dissolved and at the end add honey and Lavender then incorporate. 🍋Take off heat and let cool. 🍋While that’s cooling juice your lemons. 🍋In your large pitcher add your other 7 cups of water, the lemon juice, and your lavender simple syrup. 🍋Mix together and let chill together

That’s it! Pour a glass and enjoy!

🍉Foods: strawberries, pineaaples, apricots, lemons, honeydew, leafy greens, pea pods, potatoes, bread, pastries, any dairy

🌼Crystals: citrine, selenite, amazonite, amber, lapis lazuli, carnelian, clear quartz, rose quartz

🍰Herbs and flowers: lemongrass , chives, tulips, honeysuckle, lavendar, basil, mint, rose, parsley

🍭Activities: wear pastels, give yourself a spa day, sit outdoors, start spring cleaning, cleanse your living space, cast a glamour spell, make lemonade, paint eggs, help clean up a local park, pick wild flowers

🍡Songs:

Rhiannon - fleetwood mac

New ways - daughter

Radio - Lana del rey

Handmade heaven - Marina

Dreams - fleetwood mac

The children - hån

Ingredients:

½ cup Riesling wine (German white wine) 1 egg 2/3 cup flour 1 cup honey 2 tbs sugar 1/8 tsp cinnamon 1/8 tsp nutmeg Dash of salt

Beat the egg together with the wine. In another mixing bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, sugar and salt. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture. Stir until blended through. Let sit for 30 minutes. In another small bowl, mix the honey and nutmeg. In a skillet, heat up about a ½ inch of oil. Drop a tablespoon of batter into the oil and fry until golden brown. Drain off the oil, and dip into the honey mixture.

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✨💐Overview 💐✨

Wicca 101: Ostara 

The Witch Talks: The Spring EquinoxOstara and The Spring Equinox 

Ostara - 21st of March 

Blessed Ostara

💐🥚What Can I Do To Celebrate Ostara?🥚💐 

Setting Up Your Altar: Ostara 

Laurel’s Easy Sabbat Planning Guide 

🌸Happy Spring Equinox!!🌸 

Celebrate Ostara!

Celebrate Ostara 

🌻🌷 Spring Witchcraft 🌹💐 

✨💐Food 💐✨

💐🍠Ostara Quiche🍠💐 

Ostara Tea

Ostara Honey Cakes

Ostara Honey Cake

Ostara Lavender Lemonade

Ostara Sugar Cookies

Ostara Honey and Milk Cake Recipe

✨💐 Spells 💐✨

Spring Healing Jar Spell 

🌿Spring Glamour Shower Spell🌻

🌵✨Springtime Spell✨🌵

spring spell 

✨💐 Rituals 💐✨

A Springtime Ritual

🌸springtime renewal ritual

Lushcraft: Cleansing and Restoring Ostara Bath

✨💐Tarot 💐✨

Tarot Spell for Self-Empowerment

New Life Tarot Spread

Ostara Serpent Magic Tarot Spread

A Tarot spread to welcome Ostara!

✨💐Correspondences 💐✨

Ostara Plants 

Ostara Foods

Ostara Flowers 

Ostara Correspondences!

Fertility Correspondences 💕

✨💐Other 💐✨

Ostara Psychic Body Scrub

Ostara Oil

Ostara Oil II

Ostara Oil III

Ostara Oil IV

Spring Time Oil 

Offering stones

💘L o v e w a t e r 💧

Quick Guide to Celebrating the Sabbats 🌻

Seasonal Herbs/Ingredients/Flower

Ostara Crafts: Lover’s Wand

💖🥚Ostara Tips!🥚💖

I will be updating this whenever I find anything new!

Outside:

Collect spring flowers

Leave offerings to your garden

Set out sweet food for the Fae

Scatter eggshells to fertilize the soil

Make waterers for Bees and butterflies

In the Home:

Throw open the windows to let in fresh air

Cleanse your home with a floral incense such as Rose or Jasmine

Make eggshell candles

Set out vases to fill with fresh flowers

Paint or dye eggs to celebrate springtime fertility

In the Kitchen:

Make traditional hot cross buns

Bake your own bread

Make an Ostara Tea

Make Ostara Honey Cakes

Concoct your own edible flower cookies

Make Strawberry Sage Lemonade

In the Bath:

Bathe in fresh flowers for spring

Surround yourself with green, pastel, or white candles

Take an Ostara-Inspired Lush Bath

On your Altar:

Decorate with colors of yellows, blues and greens

Symbolize fertility with fresh eggs or their shells

Scatter fresh flower petals across your altar