Moon Whisperer

🎐 Baby Witch Tip #1 🔮

If you’re having trouble with or doubting your crafts effectiveness, there are a couple of questions you can ask yourself:

Whats my source? 📜

Well chances are if you got it off Tumblr, Pinterest, or the first page of Google…its crap. This isnt to say there aren’t exceptions but generally the mass of the online community seems to have hopped in bed with the idea that everything is arbitrary. Dont have a full moon? Do it whenever you want! Don’t have a candle? Use plastic! Don’t have moon water prepared? Just grab some Deer Park bottled water! The fact of the matter is, while witchcraft is constantly evolving and adapting there are just some things that work and some that don’t. Not everything is buzzing with magical energy and no two things have the same energy or effect. Emoji spells, jars of random things from your kitchen, and YouTube “chants to turn yourself into a werewolf” just aren’t going to cut it if you’re looking to make some serious magic. Think of it like cooking. Honey, agave, and stevia are all fine substitutes for sugar. But if you’re trying to make a rich chocolate chip cookie with dark brown sugar and you use stevia instead… You will not get the same cookie. No matter how much intention you put into it. The things you use matter. Tumblr likes to think you can just add more milk and not bake the cake and its basically the same thing as long as you put a lot of intent into it? Try serving that at a wedding.

Alternative sources include books by well known members of various witch communities (I.e. an herbalist/green witch might read Judika Illes). Thats not to say books and websites cant be trusted unless famous, but when youre a baby witch go with the most popular then work your way in as your BS radar and sense of self get stronger. But the best source will always be elders, reach out and try find pagans in your community. We’re a sneaky lot but we are out there. For eons, magick has been passed down through generations. I personally believe in the prowess of a magickal bloodline but many these days are the first of their line to pick up the craft and that’s okay. Plenty people who are born swimmers lose to people who are passionate. But what both need is guidance and training.

2. How strong is my mind? 💪

A witch is only as good as their intuition and if you’ve just googled love spells, went out and bought the pink candles, and plopped down to seduce Chad The Almighty then Im afraid that might not go well dear. While a good spell is a great help, ultimately items are simply there to aid, amplify, and channel your ability. If you are hasty or a poor listener then you wont go very far.

Meditation (of all kinds) is the best way to train your brain. If you can quiet your mind and channel your spirit then you stand a chance to make a potent spell with minimal aid. But this takes YEARS of practice. Hang in there.

3. Am I REALLY prepared? 🎓

Have you been meditating? How many books have you read? Have you been taking good care of your body? Do you have the right spell? The right enviroment? Are you taking your time? Have you taken moments to listen to the world around you and observe what the universe might be trying to tell you? Are you sure a spell is needed? Is the timing right?

If you feel like somethings just not clicking, then the answer is no- youre not prepared. Magic is intuitive and when its right its right. You’ll know.

Never. Ever. Ever. Rush into magic unprepared. If you force yourself down the throat of the universe, it will shit you out.

4. What am I contributing? 🔁

I’m not fluffy bunny. Every great teacher I’ve ever known, read, listened to, or heard of has made sure to make one thing very clear everything has a price. If you are drawing from within that means your personal energy, strength, happiness, safety, or more depending on the spell and intensity. Objects can help a lot with this, thats why spell ingredients aren’t arbitrarily thrown about and exchanged. If you work with spirits or dieties or other beings of any kind, then you must contribute back to them. Its a relationship, not a charity. If you want your house spirit to protect you, then you must get to know that house and treat it in a way that pleases it. If you want a spirit to bring you love, it might want offerings of honey or milk.

I mean, imagine this: You’re a rich bank owner and someone shows up and bangs on your door. They tell you they want you to bring them money and bring it now, here are some rocks that remind them of money, they’re holding a green candle. Would you just give it to them? Probably not. But if it was a friend, or if the person came with a gift, you might share just a little bit.

5. Does this even need magic? 🔨

You wanna drop 20lbs? Dont do a spell. You wanna find true love? Dont do a spell. You wanna make sure you dont burn your pastry? Dont do a spell.

Instead do spells that motivate you to go to the gym or choose that healthy meal. Do spells that make you a more confident and comfortable person so that you arent so worried about meeting the one. Do spells that help you show love to your bakes so that you know just when they are ready to come out.

And most of all, mundane before magical. Plenty of people live perfectly good lives without a single chant or gemstone. Make sure you are doing what you can, and the powers that be might just take a fancy and help you out even when you dont ask for it.

If you get nothing else out of this, the main thing I encourage you to do is READ READ READ.

Happy Casting

Magic is in the one who wills it, not in his ways, but without the proper ways it can never find its way out into reality.

You don't need a lot of ingredients, eye of newt and toe of frog...you just need intent, faith, concentration, and understanding of the ways energy works and the laws.

Date: January 21st, 2019

Rulers: Sun, Fire, Fixed

Affects: self-awareness, reflection on ego and expression, creativity, increased need for attention and validation, inspiration, drama and conflict as others project the face of their egos, courage, pride, splurging on material items, dramatic outbursts, events/actions taking place that seem like scenes from movies or performances, fertility, burst of confidence and self-worth, value/love for yourself and for others being tested

What It’s Good For: checking your ego, spending time with children, getting a haircut or a style makeover, express yourself honestly, self-care related activities, going to parties, artistic events, or concerts, creating something, realizing your worth and defending who you are, taking risks, putting yourself first, spending time playing and participating in leisure activities, express your romantic/passionate feelings, reflecting on your childhood / doing things that remind you of your childhood

Crystals: citrine, garnet, pyrite, sunstone, amber, labradorite

Herbs: lemon balm, chamomile, rue, sunflower, clove

Incense / Oils: lemon, sandalwood, frankincense, chamomile

LITHA

🧀Fruit & veg, herbed bread, cheese, honey cakes, chicken, pork, sunflower seeds, lemonade, ice tea.

🍋Lemon, orange, cinnamon, rose oils.

🔮Moonstone, tigers eye, amethyst, flourite, agate. {Or any crystals in warm colours}.

🌞See the sun rise & set, eat outdoors, make or buy a sun catcher, bake a sweet cake, let sunlight cleanse your rooms, clear cobwebs, wear a flower crown, make honey/sugar scrub, wear warm tones.

🎬Peter Pan, Fairy Tale, Ferngully, Stardust, Tinkerbell, Maleficent.

LAMMAS

🌽Multi grain bread, corn on the cob, bbq meats, fried chicken, potatoes, soup, rice, nuts, black current juice, beer, peppermint tea.

🌹Rose, chamomile, passion fruit, all spice oils/scents.

🔮Citrine, clear quartz, tigers eye.

📖Finish a project, make a bread to share, enjoy nature, take care of plants, decorate or craft, acknowledge what you are grateful for, journal future hopes.

🎬Parent Trap, Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Cheaper by the Dozen.

MABON

🍇Pies, nuts, smoked or roast poultry [bbq chicken with smoky bbq sauce], soup, corn, apples, plums, grapes, cinnamon donuts, caramel popcorn, peanut butter, butterscotch.

🌲Sage, pine, cinnamon oils/scents.

🔮Amethyst, clear quartz, citrine, yellow agate.

🌾Make scented pinecones, spend time under the stars, donate food or goods [RSPCA], burn bad habits, visit the deceased, harvest take care of plants, bask in nature, meditate.

🎬Open Season, Brother Bear, Spirit, Pocahontas, Brave.

SAMHAIN

🎃Pumpkins, toffee apples, ginger bread, chai, nutmeg or cinnamon spiced foods, hazelnuts, sweets.

🌰Nutmeg, cinnamon scents.

🔮Obsidian, onyx, bloodstone, amber, fossils.

🕯Cook a family recipe, light a fire, remember & honour the deceased.

🎬Hocus Pocus, Addams Family, Monsters Inc, Little Vampire, Corpse Bride, Casper, Hansel Gretel Witch Hunters, Underworld, Van Helsing.

YULE

🍪Cookies, fruit cake, turkey, eggnog, ginger tea.

🕎Cedar, frankincense, myrrh oils.

🔮Bloodstone, citrine, clear quartz.

❄Give or volunteer, bake shortbread or sugar cookies, share a meal with loved ones.

🎬Santa Clause, Rise of the Guardians, 101 Dalmatians, Frozen, Snow White Winters War, Narnia.

IMBOLC

🍩Poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds, bread butter pudding, scones, muffins, garlic, onions.

☕Vanilla, cinnamon oil.

🔮Amethyst, bloodstone, onyx.

🕯Light white candles, plant seeds, bless your pets, declutter & clean your living space, bake orange and poppy seed muffins or cake.

🎬Mr Poppers Penguins, Happy Feet, Balto, Ice Age, Mirror Mirror.

OSTARA

🍌Roast ham & pineapple, eggs, milk, seeds & nuts, banana bread, chocolate milk, green vegetables.

🌹Jasmine, light florals, sweet garden, wild flowers.

🔮Amethyst, rose quartz, moonstone.

🌹Light candles, plant seeds, share a roast ham with loved ones, bake banana bread, finish spring cleaning, lay tumbled stones in your garden bed, take deep breaths [inhale new energy & exhale old energies], wear spring colours whites & florals, collect wildflowers or buy flowers that call to you & research what they mean, walk through nature.

🎬Epic, Strange Magic, The Secret Garden, Spiderwick, A Bugs Life, Barbie Fairies.

BELTANE

🍞Breads, cakes, honey, leafy greens, fruit & veg, seafood, iced tea, lemonade, milk.

🌼Florals, sweet garden, honeysuckle, jasmine, rose.

🔮Amber, citrine, moonstone, red jasper, rose quartz.

🌼Wear a flower crown or flowers in your hair, dress in red or white, make a bonfire & roast marshmallows, garden, take a walk, spend time in nature, pick fresh flowers to decorate.

🎬Moana, Arthur Trilogy, Avatar, Jungle Book, Tinkerbell, Barbie.

HOW I CELEBRATE ALL SABBATS OR ESBATS

☾Sage cleanse the house, light candles, diffuse oils.

☾Clean sheets/bedding/pillowcases/towels.

☾Eat at least one traditional food.

☾Watch a relevant movie.

☾Take notes in my BOS of how I celebrated the Sabbat to look back on next year.

☾Charge my crystals & tarot decks in the full moonlight.

☾Do a tarot reading relevant to the Sabbat.

☾Spend time outside with my dogs 🐶

A. Please don’t!

This is not black magic and there is no need to abuse poor little newts. This is simply ancient witch code for Mustard seeds.

Back in the middle ages most witches made their livings selling healing products that actually worked. To prevent non-witches from discovering their secrets they developed a code for their Grimoires that would prevent people from learning what was really being used. It also added an air of mystery. Ask yourself what sounds more witchy.

“What’s this ointment made from”

“Crows Feet collected under a full moon my dear”

Or

“It’s Geranium”

William Shakespeare immortalised the code in his plays  and our potions contents are now the stuff of legends. If you wish to bring back this tradition or are simply trying to unravel an old spell hit more for a good list and their true meanings. Why not buy a UV pen and make your own list in the back of your book, adding in some more modern herbs and flowers.

I find it easier to charge things with intent if I have something like a chant to focus on, so here you go

For psychic stones

Clear of mind, clear of sight

I can see the future bright

For power and catalyst stones

With your power fuel my spells

Hopes and dreams and wishing well

For emotional healing stones

Take what’s broken, make it whole

Heal all the wounds of my soul

Grow again straight and true

Bring all that’s good to full bloom

For manifestation stones

As the Magician to me reminds

The world is affected by my mind

To my thoughts it responds in kind

I’ll go forward at my best

To north, to south, to east, to west

Let all my hopes be manifest

For plant growth stones

My garden is green

My garden will grow

This I see

This I know

For physical protection stones

In this place I am safe

With this stone I am safe

As I go I am safe

As I am I am safe

For emotional protection and depression dispelling stones

Darkness, sadness, anger, hate

Sorrowful energies be dispelled

Fragile feelings of love and light

Will be protected safe and sound

For self love and healing stones

In my heart and mind I know

The strength to love myself and grow

For grounding stones

Water cleans me

Fire burns in me

Air holds me

Earth supports me

Spirit moves me

And I am free

For luck and success stones

Luck, power, success I find

I can make the future kind

For sleep and good dream stones

Dreams be kind, dreams be sweet

📖📖⚡🌈🌟🌟✅✅✅✅♯💯❗❗❗❗😅😅

Burning Sage.