Shay

Recently I have been really stressful and in the near future I need a little personal time. You know just me, a good book, a cup of tea and some self care.

In one of Arin Murphy-Hiscock’s book called ‘The Witch’s Book of Self-Care’ I found some good recipes which I’m gonne try as soon as possible!

🍪Vanilla Cookie Sugar Scrub🍪

This lovely scrub will make your skin so smooth and glowing! Plus it has amazing smell.

You need:

¼ cup coconut oil

¼ cup brown sugar

¼ teaspoon vanilla extrac

4-ounce glass jar or plastic storage container with lid

Additional: to make it smell more amazing, you can add a pinch of ground cinnamon or giner and allspice!

Additional: I gonna try to add some pumpkin spice to the scrub to make it smell like autumn!

How to do it:

Mix all the ingredients together in a small jar.

To use, massage onto skin

After rinse with warm water

Pat dry.

🌸Relaxing Bath Oil🌸

‘This is a lovely, all-purpose blend for relaxing in the bath. It’s good before bed, or when you need to unwind after a tense day at work.‘

You need:

Rose quartz stone ( Make sure the stone is small enough to fit in the bottle you intend to use.)

1 cup carrier oil of you choice

Bottle with lid

5 drops lavender essential oil

5 drops lavender essential oil

3 drops frankincense essential oil

2 drops sandalwood essential oil

White candle and candleholder

Matches or lighter

Label and pen or marker

How to do it:

Cleanse the stone

Pour the carrier oil into the bottle. Add the essential oils. Cap the bottle and gently shake to blend the oils.

Pour the carrier oil into the bottle. Add the essential oils. Cap the bottle and gently shake to blend the oils.

Let the candle burn down. Label the bottle

Allow the oil to rest at least a week, if possible, to develop before using.

To use, add 2–4 tablespoons to your bath and swish your hands around to help disperse the oil in the water.

🍚Magical Body Butter Blend: Serenity🍚

As you can see this blend contains jasmine, rose and lavender oil to create a blend that attracts balance and peace.The blue candle and amethyst, jade, and moonstone also work to underline peace and to calm stress.

You need:

1 recipe Body Butter 

4 drops jasmine essential oil

4 drops rose essential oil

2 drops lavender essential oil

Pale blue candle and candleholder

Matches or lighter

Amethyst stone

Jade stone

Moonstone

How to do it:

Prepare the Body Butter as per the previous recipe, adding the jasmine, rose, and lavender oils where essential oils are indicated in the recipe.

When the Magical Body Butter is finished and placed in the container, bring it to your work space. Set the candle in the center of the work space, place the container of butter in front of it, and arrange the three stones in a semicircle in front of the container.

Light the pale blue candle, and say: Spirits of serenity, I invite you here. Lend to this butter your peace, your calm. May I be blessed by you each time I use it. .

Touch the amethyst and say, “Amethyst, I invoke your calm. Lend it to this butter.”

Touch the jade and say, “Jade, I invoke your tranquility. Lend it to this butter.” 6. Touch the moonstone and say, “Moonstone, I invoke your peace. Lend it to this butter.”

Sit at your work space with your eyes closed, breathing deeply, sensing the calm around you. When you feel it is right, you may extinguish the candle and leave, or allow the candle to burn down completely to continue to charge the butter.

🌼Herbal Tea Hair Rinse🌼

Just as an addiction I added my herbal hair rinse to this list because for me it works really well. My hair is less greasy plus I love the smell of my hair after this rinse. 😊

You need:

1 tablespoon of Chamomile tea

1 tablespoon of  Green tea

1 tablespoon of Jasmine tea

1 tablespoon of Peppermint tea

1 tablespoon of Lavender tea

1 tablespoon of  Rooibos tea

Additional: One of them drawed my attention to rosemary which can be a good addition to this recipe! So if you would like to add rosemary as well in my opinion 1 tablespoon of it will be enough.  

How to do it:  

Brew a strong tea out of the herbs. (Because I have long hair I usually make 1 liter of strong brew.)

Let it sit and cool to roome temperature.

After washing your hair and putting your regular balming your hair,  slowly pour the brew through your hair and massage your scalp.

You can rinse with water your hair after the herbal rinse, but personally I love leaving out this step because water makes the good herbal tea smell go away.

🍵Herbal tea for relaxation🍵

As I mentioned before there is no relaxation without a good cup of your favorite tea. Here I mention some tea which is excellent for reliving stress and soothing both your body and mind.

Calming teas:

Chamomile: used for antianxiety, relaxation

Green Tea: helps combat anxiety and stress,  keeps you alert yet calm enough without making you feel drowsy

Lavender: relaxation, good for addressing emotional stress

Lemon Balm: soothe headaches, calm anxiety, and treat insomnia

Lemon Verbena: promotes restful sleep, works as an antiinflammatory, improves digestion, calms nerves, eases stress, functions as an antioxidant

Passion Flower: combats anxiety, panic, insomnia, and depression, calms nerve pain, help balance mood

Peppermint:  reduce stress and relieves you from anxiety,

Rose tea:  helps remedy stress and anxiety,  calming effect

Skullcap: treat anxiety, headaches, and insomnia, promotes relaxation

Vervain:  possesses an antianxiety, relaxant, sedative effect, strong antioxidant, it packs a lot of vitamin C

This post was made to cover more birds that were requested in my last post. Again this is a disclaimer, if you are always seeing a bird take into account that the bird might just be common in your area. If the bird is doing something out of the ordinary, something looks wrong with it or the bird keeps popping up in other forms like pictures, movies, etc. You should definitely take the bird as an omen

Albatross-new travel opputunties, long trip/voyage/adventure ahead of you, represent the element of water. Astral travel.

Blackbird- development of psychic abilities, time of reflection, great wisdom, listen to your intuition.

Chick-a-dee-happiness, adaptibility, being to gentle, social oppurtunities.

Cuckoo-lies are being told, deceit, something is being hidden, news.

Dove-Christian symbol, peace, hope, new love, and breaking free from a bad situation.

Falcon-seen as a messenger, taking action, ambition, spiritual journey.

Finch-good luck, happiness, high energy, fast-paced, optimism, life is looking up.

Goose-fellowship, loyalty, teamwork, set boundaries, fake friends will reveal themselves.

Heron-ancient wisdom, independence, self-reliance, reflection, take it slow.

Loon- serenity, time of relaxation, wishes coming true, being haunted by your past, pay attention to your dreams.

Mockingbird-similar to Cuckoo, two-faced friends, lies, defend your territory, confidence.

Osprey- strength, leaving your comfort zone, staying alert and aware, survival.

Peacock-associated with the goddess Hera, show off your talents, be confident, beauty, fun and don’t take things too seriously.

Pigeon-see dove, can represent sacrifice, adapting to new environments.

Turkey-new gifts, family, celebration (Thanksgiving just comes to mind lol), growth, enjoy life.

~~~Cleaning your Psychic Temple~~~

13 Cups Spring/Moon Water

½ Cup Red Roses (homegrown/organic)

3 Tablespoons Bay

3 Tablespoons Peppermint

3 Tablespoons Mugwort/Orange Peel

3 Tablespoons Yarrow/Calendula  

   Put all the water into a pot and all the herbs then while it’s starting to boil, say the following

“Water, Water, boil for me cleans thyself as in the sea water, you can make me Free. as I will it, shall it be.”

So I was looking out my window and saw two birds and the idea of making a list of symbolism associated with types of birds came to mind. My mom always taught me if you see an animal -especially if they are doing something out of the ordinary- you should take it as an omen. So here’s a list of some basic birds, some of the associations are personal but I hope you like it!

Blue Jay-the truth will be revealed, high energy, playfulness, clarity and communication.

Cardinal-hope, joy, good health, some associate them with angels or deceased love ones, passion and warmth.

Crow-often associated with magic and witches, transformation, power, intelligence and mystery. 

Duck-friendships, new friends, happiness, good fortune and protect against negative energies “water off a ducks back” :)

Dove-peace, harmony, joy, love, might be telling you to break away from a toxic situation, think positive, often associated with Aphrodite or Jesus or Angels

Eagle-power, leadership, freedom, adventure, breaking free.

Hawk- common as spirit guides, courage, protection, and awareness. 

Hummingbird- I adore hummingbirds and often associate them with faeries. Creativity, joy, love and beauty. Can be a sign that you are moving too fast in life and need to take a break.

Magpie-Magpies represent duality because seeing them can be really good or really bad, I know it’s confusing :/ Seeing a magpie can be a good luck omen and new oppurtunities will appear. They also represent illusion and trickery, maybe someone is being a two-faced friend to you. 

Owl- wisdom, associated with the goddess Athena, intuition, spiritual exploration, change, observation and intelligence.

Raven- associated with the nordic god Odin, mystery, magic, fae magic, knowledge, mischieve, and can be seen as a death omen (but can also mean change) 

Robin- luck, prosperity, good things will happen, joy and your hard work will soon be rewarded. 

Sparrow- associated with Aphrodite, new love and relationships, fertility, team work, time of productivity and stop procrastinating.

Stork-long life, prosperity, fertility, new life, wisdom, take time to relax, motherhood and luck.

Swan- also associated with Aphrodite and Apollo, gracefulness, beauty, music, poetry, creativity, loyalty, and long lasting relationships.

Vulture-death, cleaning up other people’s messes, renewal, patient, use your resources and be perceptive.

Woodpecker- hard work, take advantage of new oppurtunities, attention, progress and determination.

Alder- balance between the emotions and actions, Water and Fire elements, Ostara, Mars and the Moon, amethyst, ravens & hawks, purple, Fae, Apollo, Aphrodite; used to help face what you’ve been avoiding lately

Ash- feminine in nature, Fire element, energy conductor; new growth, good wood to use for wands, staves & besom handles; one of the three sacred trees (Oak, Ash, & Hawhorn); (known as to be the World Tree or Yaggdrisal in Norse/Celtic)

Aspen- protection, overcoming fear, ascent, Air element, Persephone, Hades, ancestry, heritage, cleansing, healing, family and community, Mabon, the planet Mercury

Birch-  purification, protection, exorcism; represents renewal, Thor, rebirth and beginnings as it is the first tree after Winter to leaf; great in protection spells; (to ward off Evil Eye, tie a red string to branch)

Chestnut Tree- fertility, grounding and centering energy, healing, love, prosperity, abundance, attracting animals, relieving worry, transforming karma, Artemis, the planets Jupiter & the Sun, masculine

Fir- immortality, seeing situations clearly, planet Jupiter, Earth element, birth, used in blessing mothers and babies, shadow work, Artemis, Frigg, 

Hawthorn- masculine, Fire element, Fae/fairies, love, marriage, Beltane, health, fertility, chastity, protection and death; keep out unfriendly entities/spirits when placed around doors and windows, considered portal to fea realm (NOTE: tree is sacred to fairies, it is strongly recommended that one ask permission before taking the blooms or sprigs; leave an offering when cutting down a whole tree- offerings such as milk, honey, wine or cider poured into the ground, baked goods, crystals & gemstones)

Hazel- spirit contact, manifestation, protection, prosperity, wisdom, dreams, divination, dowsing, knowledge, marriage, inspiration, wrath, fertility, intelligence, reconciliation, poetic inspiration, anti-lightning charm; sacred to Fae; traditionally burned in Balefires during Beltane & Litha (it is also said that mistletoe that grows on Hazel protects you from being bewitched)

Hickory- childbirth support, land nourishment, protection from legal difficulties, transitions, 

Lemon Trees- longevity, the Moon, feminine, Water element, purification, refreshment, unity, uplifting, clarity, friendship, happiness, aura cleanse, rejuvenation, awareness, love, fidelity, lunar deities 

Maple- feminine, Water element, the Moon, the planet Jupiter, wisdom of balance, love, longevity, money, travel, spiritual healing, learning and decision-making (especially when bringing about or dealing with change), great horned owl, communication

Oak- money, success, strength, fertility, stability, health, healing, potency and good luck; known for attracting light; associated with the Sky Gods/Goddesses (especially White Oak) a holy tree; one of the three sacred trees (Oak, Ash & Thorn); (their acorns were carried in the pockets of Druids for good luck)

Olive Tree- masculine, prosperity, wisdom, abundance, peace, protection, console (a person), Athena, the Sun, Fire element, Mabon

Palm Tree- cleansing, feminine, transforming, transitions, divine, masculine, fertility, nourishment, peace, relaxation, victory,

Pine- rebirth, immortality, strength in adversity, overcoming hardships through optimism & inner strength; Pine cones are good for tips of wands or staffs; (use a pine branch like a broom to brush away negative energy from your home or from surfaces (like a altar))

Poplar- life cycles, Zeus, death and rebirth, Hades, the planet Jupiter, enhancing divination tools, love; good for all-purpose wands; leaves for altar decoration for Samhain, celebrations in honor of Hades, ancestral rites, funerals/any ceremony related to the underworld

Redwood (aka Sequoia)- Earth wisdom, protection, fire resistance, healing, abundance, Fire element, balance

Rowan- the Sun, tourmaline, protection, Imbolc, meditation, broadening perspectives, dowsing, divination, the Goddess Bridget

Spruce- ancient wisdom, Goddess energy, healing, protection, purification, spiritual refreshment, pure intentions

Willow-  divination, resonance, harmony, the Moon, moonstone, Water element, masculine, support, death, Hades, directing energy, ghosts/spirits, Hecate, Persephone, Lunar alignment, pain relief, personal empowerment, creativity, fertility, female rights of passage, inspiration, emotion, binding, love, protection, healing

 Witch Hazel- dowsing, the planet Saturn; can be burned to rid of negative emotions, hexes/curses, and general negative

Fairies often try to extinguish Midsummer bonfires via whirlwind, but can be stopped if fire is thrown at them.

Leaping through the Midsummer bonfire protects one from fairies.

Driving cattle through the embers of the bonfire with protect them from them from the attention of evil spirits.

In order to escape the chase of fairies, cross a stream of running water.

Carry rue in your pocket to ward off evil fairies.

If you are being pixie-led or troubled by fairies, turn your clothes inside out to confuse them and then make a run for it.

If your companion is being dragged into a fairy circle, throw in one of your gloves and they will disperse giving your companion time to escape.

Scatter flax on you floor to keep fairies out of your bedroom.

When confronted by fairies show them any form of iron and they should vanish as they are terrified of iron. Lore says to keep a knife or nail in your pocket or under your pillow at night.

Hanging a Hag Stone above your door frame will keep evil fairies at bay.

Rowan wood tied into a cross with red thread will protect the hearth when hung up somewhere high.

A besom placed beside the fireplace will stop fairies from coming down chimneys.

Burying a Witch Bottle in front of your doorstep will also provide protection from pesky fairies.

Oatmeal sprinkled on clothes or carried in pockets will keep bad fairies at bay.

 St. John’s wart prevents fairies from carrying you off while you sleep.

okkkk this post is just for fun and for you babes are into the more mystical side of spirituality! signs there are faeries in your house : 

you see lights dancing out the corner of your eye 

your shoes seem to move - when I was little, I would always swear to my parents that my shoes would shift every time I woke up. the movements are usually so tiny that most people will dismiss it as their brains messing with them.

jewelry and shiny objects vanish  a l l   t h e   f u c k i n g   t i m e.  I once left a dangly earring on my bathroom counter, turned around, and looked back to see it slipping into the sink. it was as if a magnet was pulling it in, craziest thing in the world !! (then proceeded to cry because I really wanted to wear that fucking earring bitch)

you walk into a room and immediately forget what you went in there to do/get - sometimes just a psychological thing but if it happens randomly + frequently, could be a sign!

plants grow effortlessly around your house - even if you live in an urban area or don’t actively garden, you’ll find that everything just grows quickly.

birds, bees, wasps, etc. build nests around your house - even though there are a thousand other natural places for them to live.

your pets get random bursts of energy/excitement despite any visible stimulation - in celtic folklore this is considered a sign that the fae are playing around with your pets!

you hear bells, tapping, or singing at night or early morning - will sound like it’s distant but close at the same time, as if drifting from another realm.

Going along my path of working with the Fair Folk, I have tweaked some of my own guidelines when interacting with them. I had a post about Faery Etiquette that I decided to remove because looking back on it, many of the tips should’ve have been elaborated on so this is my new and improved tips for interacting with faeries.Theses guidelines have come from folklore, books and my own experiences!

Expressing Gratitude 

One of the hardest things for beginner fae workers to understand is the rule of not saying “Thank You” to the Fae. There are many theorised reasons why you shouldn’t say this particular phrase because it might be taken as you are being dismissive or you admitting debt to them. Now, this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be grateful towards them, instead of quickly saying “thank you”, take your time to express gratitude towards them. One method is to pay back what they have blessed you with! This means setting out an offering of small trinkets, food or drink with the intention of showing gratitude. If you find yourself unable to set aside an offering or you would rather be short and sweet, try rephrasing “Thank you” in other words like “I appreciate this gesture….” or “I’m very grateful for…”

Names

It is best to not tell the Fair Folk your full name and this goes for any spirit. Names hold power and you wouldn’t go around giving just anyone the ability to hold power over you. If you go by a name different than your birth name, I still wouldn’t give them your current name. When they ask for an introduction you can give them a nickname or false name but phrase it so you aren’t technically lying about your name, for example “You may call me *insert new name*”

Honesty and Politeness

Faeries are very different beings from us humans so you should treat them with the utmost respect as to not upset and get yourself into a tricky situation. The Fair Folk are very honest beings and respect the truth so they expect us to be just as honest as they are, so do not lie! There is the belief that fairies cannot lie but it is unsure if that is myth or not. Although the Fae are very honest, they are very skilled at twisting their words and speaking in rhymes so make sure that you do not take everything they say as the straightforward truth. I would not recommend that you try at twisting your words when talking to them because that may get you into some trouble also so it is best that you either speak the truth or keep quiet. Apologies are very important but just like the rule with “Thank you” you shouldn’t say “Sorry”!!This can also be confusing but just show your apology in different way because the phrase can be seen as lazy or dismissive so try setting out an offering to appease them.

Visiting their Realm 

If you find yourself visiting the Faerie Realm, always err on the side of caution!!!! This goes for any spirit or astral work! You are stepping into a land that is unknown to you and has many of it’s own rules and customs. Take the countries of our own realm for example, North American countries are very different when it comes to countries in Europe or Asia and it is expected when you visit a different country you try to learn and follow those customs to be polite. Be polite and respectful of the beings that live there but also be cautious of their intentions. Fae workers must realize that not all fae have good intentions but then again not all fae are malicious so be wary when interacting! When visiting have your spirit guides or a trusted fairy guide you through the realm so you don’t get into trouble. 

Food & Gifts

Many old folk tales describing interactions with the fair folk often warn against the consumption of food in the spirit realm. For example in the story of Hades and Persephone the pomegranate Persephone eats ties her to the Underworld or in Japanese legend the goddess, Izanami was trapped in the Underworld because she had consumed the food there. Folk tales from the British Isles say that the food of the Faerie realm tastes heavenly but is often  enchanted so that whoever would eat it would be placed in a trance. But who knows if these tales are true so as I said before, always be cautious with faeries. Morgan Daimler states in her book Fairycraft, that “When in the Irish Otherworld it is a bad idea to eat or drink anything, and if its offered to you find a way to very politely decline; on the other hand if in one of the Norse Fairy Worlds- ljiossalfheim or svartalfheim, for example-it is acceptable to take food and drink and is worse to refuse than accept it. Should you be in a Fairy world that is not Norse or Celtic try to learn the expected customs first..” (Daimler, 2016)

Fairy Gifts are a very tricky subject I find but here is how I go about it! Trust your intuition when accepting gifts! Declining gifts from the Fae can be considered disrespectful to them so if you receiving a gift from a trusted faery then accept but if you are unsure about the side effects of accepting then either kindly decline or accept it and cleanse the gift. Just be wary that the faery may expect something in return for the gift so be prepared to give them an offering.

-Moonlight 🌙

Sources:

🌸Altar Items/ Symbols/ Offerings:

Fae star (septagram), milk, apples, wild flowers, mushrooms, alcohol, fairy statues, butterfly and/or bee symbolism, dried or fresh fruits, fresh water, plants, bells, bubbles, non-plastic glitter, tree symbolism, dancing, 4 leaf clovers, nuts and seeds

Don'ts: anything plastic or unnatural like plastic glitter (that’s littering and fae hate littering), chocolate (it’s extremely dangerous for animals), Himalayan salt (it gets its pink color from iron and iron repels fae)

💎Stones and Crystals:

Pink tourmaline, rose quartz, aura quartz, chyroprase, amethyst, peridot, opal (opalite), tree agate, moss agate, dyed quartz, holey stones, goldstone, copper, honey calcite, calcite (any)

🌻Herbs and Plants:

Rose, lavender, thyme, chamomile, blackberry, apple, clover, elderberry, violet, bluebells, lilac, peony, st John’s wort, oak, holly, willow, moss, fern, dandelions, berries

🙏🏽Deities:

Brigid, Aine, Rhiannon, Lugh, Morrigan

💨Essential oils and Incense:

Bergamot, lavender, rose, fir, pine, ylang ylang, geranium, jasmine, lemongrass, strawberry, violet, gardenia, grapefruit, oakmoss, tea tree

🍀Natural Gateways (to the fae realm):

Rivers, stone or tree arches, lakes, springs, mountains, old trees, (wishing) wells, hills, wildflower fields, stone circles, flower gardens, rainbows, clover patches, mushroom circle

🦋Fae Elements (7 elements of fae):

Water, Earth, Air, Fire, Moon, Sun, Stars

🔮Spells and magic fae can help with:

*this isnt a complete list, but it’s a list of what I’ve found fae to be the MOST helpful at

Cottage witchcraft, kitchen magic, garden magic, prosperity, happiness spells, elemental magic, art magic, life witchcraft, animal magic, cannabis magic, solar and lunar magic, nature magic, air witchcraft, fertility spells, magic/witchcraft that has to children

🌹Fae Tea blend:

Raspberry leaf

Rose

Lavender

Lemonbalm

Strawberry

🌼Fae Tea blend 2:

Earl grey tea

Jasmine or rose or lavender (optional)

Cream (or any milk substitute)

Fae witch bath (mine)

Fae work guide for witches (mine)

Pixies!! (Not mine)

My personal favorite fae sigil (not mine)

Faery sugar recipe (not mine)

Gift ideas for Fae Witches (not mine)

Fae witch self care tips! (Not mine)

Fae witch activities:

🌸 clean up litter!

🌸 spend time in or near natural gateways

🌸 wear a rose, lavender, or floral perfume blend

🌸help animals when you can

🌸 grow a faery garden

🌸 study local fae

🌸stay hydrated with fruit infused water and floral infused water (or teas)

🌸have an outdoor tea party or picnic to honor the fae

🌸 make offerings regularly, especially before asking for favors

🌸 things going missing or lost things suddenly reappearing is a sign of fae near

🌸 carry a satchet of, or wear a locket of rose quartz, thyme, st John’s wort, rose petals and lavender to attract fae and help you see them

🌸 dance, sing, or make art

☀️sunrise is the best time for: healing, positivity, happiness, anti-anxiety/depression, spirituality, self care/love, air magic, cleansing, soft energy/ positive energy amplifier, truth spells, protection, and peace

☀️sunrise associations: citrine, lemon, peaches, ginger, orange, morning dew, orange calcite, coffee, bergamot, lime, earl grey, mint, sage, cinnamon, grapefruit, morning glory, marigold, saffron, calendula, daylily, daisy, black tea, and frankincense

☀️tips and things to try:

🌞yoga (especially sun salutations!)

🌻sunbathe in the sunrise to cleanse and charge with positive energy

🌞if you can’t wake up before/during sunrise, just leave your window blinds open to help you wake up naturally and/or to charge in the sunlight while you’re sleeping

🌻this is a great time for tea and coffee magic

🌞this is a great time to charge stones, especially sun-sensitive stones. (Here’s a post on solar stones)

🌻listen to and charge with soft or acoustic music

🌞 spend some time outside, take some deep breaths of fresh air, enjoy the birds chirping, flowers, dew, fog, and the beautiful colors in the sky that sunrise brings

🌻charge some lemon juice in the sunrise for extra boost of cleansing, positivity, and happiness properties (to make it stronger you can infuse it with mint or grapefruit, which both have similar properties and correspond with sunrise)

🌞if you’re comfortable with it, leave an offering out for sunrise deities and dawn sprites & other sun fae

🌻sunrise is a spiritual time, it’s the perfect time for meditation, exploring spirituality, astral travel, etc.

🌞here’s my post on how to connect to the elements in the morning/dawn

☀️My sunrise recipes:

🍋Sunrise tea: (has cleansing, happiness, positivity, energy boost, and protection properties)

1 part grapefruit (be careful if you’re on medication) optional

1 part sage or basil (whichever you prefer, both work)

1 part lemon

1 part orange

1 part mint

1 part hibiscus

🍊Sunrise oil/diffuser blend: (helps you connect to the sunrise, and it’s energy. It has positivity, happiness, anti-depression/anxiety, glamour, cleansing, and love properties)

Bergamot

Grapefruit

Rosemary

Lime

🍑Dawn faeries/spirtes:

☀️What they’re like- human looking, lots of pinks (their skin as well as ‘clothes’), they love dancing during sunrise, waking up the animals and plants sweetly, happy attitude, gentle, they love dew, pink clouds, they have a soft yet sparkly pink glow (it feels warm but not hot), and can bring about peaceful and positive feelings

☀️Offerings- rose quartz!!!, grapefruit, pink chyroprase, pink roses, peaches, peach roses, peony, geranium, hibiscus, marigold

So I was looking out my window and saw two birds and the idea of making a list of symbolism associated with types of birds came to mind. My mom always taught me if you see an animal -especially if they are doing something out of the ordinary- you should take it as an omen. So here’s a list of some basic birds, some of the associations are personal but I hope you like it!

Blue Jay-the truth will be revealed, high energy, playfulness, clarity and communication.

Cardinal-hope, joy, good health, some associate them with angels or deceased love ones, passion and warmth.

Crow-often associated with magic and witches, transformation, power, intelligence and mystery. 

Duck-friendships, new friends, happiness, good fortune and protect against negative energies “water off a ducks back” :)

Dove-peace, harmony, joy, love, might be telling you to break away from a toxic situation, think positive, often associated with Aphrodite or Jesus or Angels

Eagle-power, leadership, freedom, adventure, breaking free.

Hawk- common as spirit guides, courage, protection, and awareness. 

Hummingbird- I adore hummingbirds and often associate them with faeries. Creativity, joy, love and beauty. Can be a sign that you are moving too fast in life and need to take a break.

Magpie-Magpies represent duality because seeing them can be really good or really bad, I know it’s confusing :/ Seeing a magpie can be a good luck omen and new oppurtunities will appear. They also represent illusion and trickery, maybe someone is being a two-faced friend to you. 

Owl- wisdom, associated with the goddess Athena, intuition, spiritual exploration, change, observation and intelligence.

Raven- associated with the nordic god Odin, mystery, magic, fae magic, knowledge, mischieve, and can be seen as a death omen (but can also mean change) 

Robin- luck, prosperity, good things will happen, joy and your hard work will soon be rewarded. 

Sparrow- associated with Aphrodite, new love and relationships, fertility, team work, time of productivity and stop procrastinating.

Stork-long life, prosperity, fertility, new life, wisdom, take time to relax, motherhood and luck.

Swan- also associated with Aphrodite and Apollo, gracefulness, beauty, music, poetry, creativity, loyalty, and long lasting relationships.

Vulture-death, cleaning up other people’s messes, renewal, patient, use your resources and be perceptive.

Woodpecker- hard work, take advantage of new oppurtunities, attention, progress and determination.

Note: These are a collection of tips found in various places on the internet. While some of these are my own, they do not all belong to me.

•Mix together Salt and Pepper and sprinkle to prevent trespassing •Add coffee to a bath to break a curse •Place sachets of dried rosemary around the home for protection •Sprinkle around garlic powder to keep evil at bay •Add lime to your water for protection •Carry a clove with you for courage •Mint attracts business - try hanging a sprig above the door to your private workspace •Place a sprig of thyme under your pillow to bring about prophetic dreams •Hang a braid of garlic in a sickroom to trap the negative energies •Put a vial of rosemary water in a sickroom to promote healing •Stash an onion beneath a sickbed to soak up wandering negative and harmful energies •Seaweed can be used to ward off evil spirits •Scatter dried or fresh chilli peppers to break a curse •Throwing rice into the air promotes rain •Lilacs rid unwanted spirits •Black Obsidian is great for scrying •Stitch sigils into clothes, blankets, etc •Too Cold outside to storm call? Storm calling / weather magick will work just fine when facing your window and looking out •When showering, imagine all the impurities and negativity being washed off you by the water, and down into the drain •The Fae enjoy sweets as offerings the most •Wear your pendulum as a necklace when on the go •Use amethyst crystals to recharge your energies. Left Hand - Out with the old. Right hand - In with the New. •Soups and stews not only are great for healing the body, but they have many magickal properties too! •Himalayan pink salt can get seriously expensive. Unless you plan on eating it, buy Himalayan Pink Bath Salts. They’re so much cheaper and you can buy them in even larger bags. •Use coffee filters and elastic bands to make the perfect bath bags •Use sea salt when sweeping the floor to soak up the negative energies and cleanse your home •Store your Black Salt in a dark glass jar, away from sunlight.

This one Caucasian girl told me that she began to work with her ancestors and she said that she could tell that some were still deeply racist in the spirit world, and others had learned to do better. She asked me, what can be done when she’s just trying to honor her “good” ancestors and be better. There’s certain rituals that one can do to block yourself from ancestors that don’t wish you well or that you don’t find useful. They don’t have to be elaborate. The key is that you have that right, and you have that power to define who has access to you.

Houses and Degrees in Astrology

In astrology, Houses are essentially where energy in the natal chart is being expressed. Houses are general areas of life that encompass everything from our physical self, our relationships, to our careers. 

As a [General] Rule...

The degrees in each house represent the following [especially in regard to life lessons]:

1-9º Formative Development 10-19º Integration life lessons 20-29º Lessons in Mastery

1st House / Aries / Mars

Rising, how you are seen/perception, presentation, outward shield, persona,  head, face, upper lip, and upper jaw, cerebrum [brain].

1-9º Physical Body 10-19º Self 20-29 º Early Environment

2nd House /Taurus / Venus

Resources, Self-worth, material possessions, security, values,  throat, vocal cords, ears, lower lip, lower jaw, and base of brain, cerebellum, cervical spine, and neck.

1-9º Money 10-19º Possessions 20-29º Earning ability

3rd House / Gemini / Mercury

The conscious mind, lower mind, perception, intellect, thought patterns, relationships, communication, neighbors, siblings, fingers, arms, hands, shoulders, lungs, and nervous system.

1-9º Brothers 10-19º Sisters 20-29º Journeys & Communication

4th House /Cancer / Moon

Emotional conditioning, early childhood, nurturance & support, uterus, digestion, breasts, stomach, and womb.

1-9º Home 10-19º Support 20-29º End of life

5th House / Leo /Sun

Creative self-expression, ability to procreate “being fruitful and prospering”, popularity, leisure, romance, kids, heart, spine, flanks, upper back.

1-9º Social life 10-19º Pleasure 20-29º Children

6th House / Virgo/ Mercury

Work, daily routine, & health maintenance, pets, solar plexus, colon, intestines, abdomen

1-9º Work 10-19º Service 20-29º Health

7th House / Libra / Venus

Close personal relationships, marriage, business agreements, contracts, commerce, open enemies, low back, kidneys, veins, and buttocks.

1-9º Open opposition 10-19º Public relations 20-29º Partnerships

8th House / Scorpio/ Pluto

Other people’s money, inheritance, business, partnerships [business and romantic] sex, psychic experiences, deep psychological & emotional issues, genitals, sex organs, reproductive system

1-9º Taxes & Debt 10-19º Regeneration 20-29º Death

9th House / Sagittarius/ Jupiter

Collective mind, Higher mind/learning, rules & regulations, teaching, publishing, Religion, Law, social conscience, wisdom, higher intuition, inspiration, philosophy, sciatic nerve, liver, hips, and thighs.

1-9º Higher Education 10-19º Law 20-29º Long trips

10th House / Capricorn / Saturn

Career, executive power, prestige status, profession, authority, awards, recognition, knees, bones, skin and teeth.

1-9º Authority 10-19º Profession 20-29º Status

11th House / Aquarius/ Uranus

Group associations, network, community, friends/peers, philanthropy, humanitarianism, arteries, ankles, and calves of the legs and shins.

1-9º Friends 10-19º Hopes 20-29º Dreams & Wishes

12th House / Pisces / Neptune

Unconscious/subconscious, traumas, hidden-enemies automatic responses & attitudes, self-deception, self-undoing, spirituality, past lives, dreams/nightmares, feet, toes, and physical pain

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Recently a client told me that he is unable to wandering despite having followed all the steps advised by his mentor and books he reads on the subject. At the end of our session, I discovered a very strong congestion in the quadriceps muscles and I questioned him. He was surprised, because he assured me that at each meditation, he succeeded to relax his body and “disconnect”, to use the term he used, but felt a kind of internal whirlpool, like dizziness.  

As I have read similar messages on a forum, I decided to write this post about the body’s role in the success of your astral journeys and providing the essential information to prepare the body for such activity. There is a lot of interesting information on several tumblr accounts about what a wandering is and effective techniques for getting started: I don’t want to repeat their work, but add something to it.

Connection or disconnection to the body?

First, we all agree that such activity is about traveling out of the body, which might lead us to believe in the need to disconnect from the body. If you think so, you are wrong. It is all in the strength of the spirit-body connection.

Your spirit needs to feel your body and to know exactly where to find it in order to travel around without worries and to find its way back. Astral travel is often illustrated by a soul floating just above his own body lying under and a kind of luminous thread connecting the two. Some techniques explain how to visualize this luminous link like a string or a rope to make sure not to lose its way.

This illustrated or visualized link is the visual representation of the spirit connection to the physical body that we are talking about here.

Someone who’s used to travel or even visualising may be able to establish or improve his connection this way, but if you don’t, proceed as I’m explaining here.

In fact, it is the compass of the traveling spirit. If you lose connection with it, it will have the same effect of a compass that no longer finds the north.

How your body protects your spirit

This connection can be interrupted at any time by none other than your body itself. Why? To protect the spirit, to keep moving forward and it ultimately does so for your survival: At each traumatic event, it does so to no longer have access to the bodily sensations linked to a rape or a car accident, for example. This is true for big traumas such as these, but also when you are under physical or mental stress for a prolonged period.

When you try to relax your body for the purpose of a wandering and you wonder if you have acces to all of your sensations, observe the presence of dizziness, restrained breaths, or even mental images appearance. Your body is sending you warning signals and if you are just starting your initiation or if you are not yet used to travel in such way, it will be better to re-establish the link with your sensations before your next attempts.

Re-establish a link

Your body records all of your experience in your flesh. All your good and bad memories, your traumatic events, your life habits, life attitudes or even your thoughts are printed there. Tensions and pains are among the messages to understand. In the case of my client, he congested, tight, sore quadriceps had been in this condition for a long time and brought his body to adopt a protective reaction: cut himself off from the sensations of his legs and he started to feel it again after a relaxing massage.

But a little massage to relax a muscle is not necessarily enough to re-establish the link between body and spirit. It doesn’t adopt a protective attitude for nothing. It is therefore necessary to find the source by shadow work, induction (guided meditation), psychotherapy, hypnosis and many others are quite appropriate options.

In the client’s case, the legs are related to our ability to move around the world: symbolize direction, movement. Strong, taut thighs can mean stubbornness. We stand on our own feet by refusing to admit what is wrong or should change.

By developing with him on the symbolism of his tensions to help him find in his life what is causing his congestion, he will know exactly what to approach and where to start to solve the problem at the source.

You will understand that this process is not really magical and that it can take a lot of patience. But predisposing your body for an activity such as astral travel can clear the blockages you encounter, make your experiences safer and ultimately make your journey easier.

So the way I suggest ain’t magical, but the résults you could get would be.

Tips to prepare you body

How to know if you are no more aware from the sensations of your body? When you relax your body at the start of your meditation (or after this step) : you feel dizzy, your breathing becomes blocked or becomes irregular and / or memories, images or words suddenly surface.

How to know if your breathing is irregular: while meditating, at each of your inhales and exhales, count their length in seconds. if your breathing is irregular, you will know which one between the inhale and the exhale is shorter. The exhale shorter: means the fear of letting go, the fear of death. The inhale shorter: means inaction, the inability to act or the fear of expressing your energy.

Helping methods to find the source of what is blocking you and to recreate the link between body and spirit: massage, psychotherapy, induction (guided meditation), hypnosis, shadow work, etc.

It is easier to fall asleep during horizontal meditation, while it is easier to remain connected during vertical meditation.

Observe the tensions and pains meanings using the symbolism of the body.

More about wandering

About astral projection

How to remember your dreams

How to know if you are wandering