New Witch

Maps! Maps! MAPS! If you're a death witch, get one for the cemeteries you visit and mark gravestones/areas you've practiced in! Garden witches! Map out your gardens! Green witches! Map where you find specific herbs in your area! Lunar witches! Mark the best spots to go look at the sky! Make a key! Take notes!

Recipes for COMPONENTS! Write down how to make the mixtures you use in spells often- A special salt mixed with herbs and put under the moon, a mixture of oils for protection, the herb mixes sachets you keep making to add to sachets, whatever!

For green witches- press samples of stuff and glue them in! Go to an arboretum and ask for permission to take leaves to press, they'll usually let you take some- add them in with your notes about trees

Cool ways to make spells! I make spells in envelopes and on empty spools, what are some ways you do?

The local plants in your area and what they do. You're not going to be likely to find chrysanthemums to forage in Missouri, but you will find creeping charlie and prairie plants. What can you do with a thistle?

When you celebrate a sabbat, write down what you did and include samples! Ribbons from your Beltane altar, a pressed sample of your lemmas harvest, a scrap of your Yule decorations. Maybe do a spell and tape the remnants into your grimoire in a plastic baggie

Learn how to make an envelope out of paper just by folding it, how to string seeds, how to dry plants, how to macrame rocks and hang them from your window. Find those little witchy skills and write them down.

How to incorporate your hobby into your magic. Sigiling origami paper, weaving knot magick into your crochet, making blessed bookmarks, etc

Substitutes! Rosemary, rose and clear quartz are good for most things, but there are more substitutes to be used that are more powerful. Roanoke bells are good substitutes for bluebells, apparently.

Correspondences of odd things. Turns out different kinds of cats have different correspondences, huh.

Superstitions and such from where you're from.

For kitchen witches: easy to alter recipes. An egg noodle recipe that takes herbs really well, a simple bread recipe that can be dressed up for spells or rituals, how to make a good pie crust that you can sprinkle nutmeg in or whatever you desire.

And as you all know I Am currently taking a geology class, so I am probably more emotionally invested in minerals than usual. But that is...very obviously not a natural crystal.

So I did some looking around on Etsy.

Now, these shops all seem to advertise to the “witchy”/“spiritual healing” type of person. And there are a lot of them. Crystals are a Big Thing on Etsy. And ALMOST ALL of them are obviously artificially cut into the same sort of prism with a triangular pyramid top, regardless of the actual sort of crystal it is supposed to be.

Even like, fucking, obsidian. Obsidian is volcanic glass, it doesn’t form crystals at all, it is not a crystal

And as I scroll, I start to see items in...interesting shapes:

“Oh,” I think to myself. “Oh no.”

But it is too late. I have heard the siren’s song, singing to me of knowledge that will destroy me, but that I cannot help but seek.

These...elongated objects are almost always ambiguously described as “massage wands,” “crystal healing wands,” and other such innocuous things. The egg-shaped objects are, um, “yoni eggs.”

...Right. Okay.

Maintain the youthfulness of my sacred organ.

IT’S A SEX TOY. SAY IT. BITCH, IT’S A SEX TOY, IT’S OKAY, SERIOUSLY, THERE’S NO SHAME IN IT, SAY IT WITH PRIDE, SAY IT WITH YOUR CHEST,

OKAY.

Okay. I’m good. I’m fine.

Actually, you know what, never mind. There is shame in this and I want it to be never acknowledged again.

Additionally, I am not fine.

Why the fuck are there so many of these—

At this point I stop and start googling.

Now, Selenite is the crystalline form of gypsum. It is also known as satin spar. Selenite is brittle and breaks easily, and has a Mohs hardness scale of 2.

For those unfamiliar with the Mohs hardness scale, a mineral with a hardness of 2 is soft enough that it can be easily scratched with a fingernail. It also is dissolved by moisture.

NO. DON’T PUT THAT IN YOUR BODY???? DON’T PUT THE GYPSUM, WHICH HAS A MOHS HARDNESS SCALE OF 2, IS BRITTLE AND BREAKS EASILY, AND IS WATER SOLUBLE, INSIDE YOUR LITERAL ACTUAL VAGINA??????????

I try to reassure myself with the fact that these things are probably not actually selenite, because making a dildo out of such a soft mineral in the first place would be very difficult. Having seen fluorite before, I feel pretty certain that the fluorite yoni eggs are probably actually just glass.

I google fluorite.

Okay.

Further exploring online shows me that fluorite is soluble in various strong acids.

Some guys on a forum in 2004 have strong contradictory opinions on this.

(I google the pH of the vagina.)

I don’t understand how pH works. I give up on the solubility question and google the toxicity of fluorite:

I now know at least one orifice fluorite does not go inside.

I have opened Pandora’s box, except Pandora’s box is filled with minerals God did not intend to be anywhere near the vagina carved into the shape of dildos. Etsy is advertising me sex toys I wish I could forget.

And vaginal steam herbs.

It seems that there is potentially a correlation between wanting to steam your vagina and wanting to put rocks in it. I know, groundbreaking discovery.

Okay, so we’re talking therapy substitute therapy substitute.

(I begin to think about how desperately we need universal health care. Maybe I just need someone, something, to blame.)

At this point, I realize that I haven’t done any googling on whether dildos made of rocks are a good idea at all. So, very tentatively, as if typing it more slowly will make it any less observed by the FBI, I google whether quartz should be used...internally.

First result that pops up:

That’s, uh. That’s reassuring.

I decide I’m incapable of unpacking this particular suitcase.

There are, of course, a small handful of articles debating the safety of rose quartz sex toys. But I’m getting the feeling that this is not a normal question to have in the first place. I close the tab with little relief.

Etsy is still enthusiastically recommending me things that hurt me psychologically.

...pleasure chalk?

How can I describe the fear that this image struck in me, reader?

Pleasure Chalk? What could that be?

Is knowing worse, or is not knowing? I scarcely have a choice:

I check in with my emotions.

Is this relief? Am I relieved that they are eating the dirt instead of fucking it? One review complains about the taste. I don’t know what they expected.

I try in vain to struggle against the tide, to return to the relatively normal side of Etsy. I begin to resent, no, hate, these deceptively aesthetically pleasing hippie shops eagerly spreading medical misinformation and things as yet unknown.

This, unlike the other “crystals” I have shown, appears to show naturally grown crystals. They are, of course, quartz crystals, and $45 comes off as extremely overpriced. I have a quartz crystal I got for a dollar at an Eastern Kentucky rock festival, about the size and quality of the ones in the photo.

Quartz is the most common mineral in the Earth’s crust. But at least this is regular levels of annoying.

Then I see this:

Well, I see the photo and the price, and I think, that looks like a regular quartz crystal. There’s no way a regular quartz crystal is $1,347.

I read the description:

I am crying. I don’t want to google any of this. I am beyond googling. I no longer desire knowledge.

THATS A QUARTZ CRYSTAL. MOTHERFUCKER THAT’S QUARTZ. SIO2, MOST COMMON MINERAL IN THE EARTH’S CRUST. ITS FUCKING QUARTZ IM—

I click on a malachite.

The malachite promises to protect me from emails. And at this, darkest hour, I want to be protected.

I have been broken. I have been lured to my demise.

Big Brother: loved.

Geology lab I’m supposed to be doing: incomplete.

i think design-wise herb spirals suffer a bit when people plant cute lil 4-inch plants into it and don’t take into account the size the plant will grow into; i’ve seen a lot of precarious-looking rosemaries and lavenders that are desperate for more space. but stuff like parsley, thyme, oregano, chives, etc should all do fine. trailing rosemary would be interesting to try, and might end up looking very pretty, and you can often keep lavender nice and tidy and on the smaller side if you prune it right.

We did end up adding rebar & wiring stakes together for more lateral strength, and…. we still didn’t get our dirt math right, which meant trip 3 to the store for dirt 😅 ah well.

I tried not to go overboard at the plant nursery, and i think everything has enough space to grow. They only had one strawberry plant, but as soon as I find more, I’ll be filling in the bottom of the fan with more of those 😍🍓🍓

From the top we have lavender, sage, oregano, garlic, parsley, thyme, dill, basil, chives, & strawberry. In the corners, Thai basil, jalapeno & mint ( to hopefully stop it from growing out of control) (larger plants are successful transplants from my previous garden before moving).

Now we cross our fingers and hope everything grows!

Whelp, it’s been 6 months or so and i thought y'all might want an update. I found more strawberries, and they’ve taken over the bottom quadrant and have started climbing the walls! Unfortunately something keeps eating them as soon as they ripen :( so i need to look into safe peat control options or I’ll never get to taste one :(. 🍓

The basil has exploded and we made our first pesto last week - it was delicious 😋. The dill died, but i replaced it with marigolds that add a nice bright spot to the spiral. Everything else seems to be thriving & has certainly been adding extra savour to our cooking 🥰🤩 and most importantly, the mint has NOT taken over - I’m having more trouble with the basil! 😅

10/10 would recommend herb spirals to anyone trying to garden in tight spaces ❤️

A strawberry tip that may help depending on what is eating them; gather a bunch of strawberry sized stones, paint them red, and lay them around and under the plants. If it was birds and they try to eat the rocks, which look like berries, they will learn and soon stop bothering your fruit.

Tarot Cards & Their Simple Meanings (Yes, No, or Undecided): The Major Arcana 0 The Fool - Yes 1 The Magician - Yes 2 The High Priestess - Undecided 3 The Empress - Yes 4 The Emperor - No 5 The Hierophant - Undecided 6 The Lovers - Yes 7 The Chariot - Yes 8 Strength - Yes 9 The Hermit - Undecided 10 Wheel of Fortune - Yes 11 Justice - Yes 12 The Hanged Man - Undecided 13 Death - No 14 Temperance - Undecided 15 The Devil - No 16 The Tower - No 17 The Star - Yes 18 The Moon - No 19 The Sun - Yes 20 Judgement - Yes 21 The World - Yes

Swords Ace of Swords - Yes Two of Swords - Undecided Three of Swords - No Four of Swords - Undecided Five of Swords - No Six of Swords - Yes Seven of Swords - No Eight of Swords - No Nine of Swords - No Ten of Swords - No Page of Swords - Yes Knight of Swords - Yes Queen of Swords - No King of Swords - Undecided

Pentacles Ace of Pentacles - Yes Two of Pentacles - Undecided Three of Pentacles - Yes Four of Pentacles - No Five of Pentacles - No Six of Pentacles - Yes Seven of Pentacles - Undecided Eight of Pentacles - Yes Nine of Pentacles - Yes Ten of Pentacles - Yes Page of Pentacles - Yes Knight of Pentacles - Yes Queen of Pentacles - Yes King of Pentacles - Yes

Wands Ace of Wands - Yes Two of Wands - Undecided Three of Wands - Yes Four of Wands - Yes Five of Wands - No Six of Wands - Yes Seven of Wands - Undecided Eight of Wands - Yes Nine of Wands - Undecided Ten of Wands - No Page of Wands - Yes Knight of Wands - Yes Queen of Wands - Yes King of Wands - Yes

Also I really appreciate all the helpful tips I've seen on your blog they really help.

First of all, this is a really great question, and I love how you phrased it so politely. Thank you for not coming into my ask box and raging hell like so many others. If you don't mind, I'll be using your question as a post!

Witchcraft can be a helpful little friend when it comes to helping along medications and therapies, so let's talk about the safety aspect of it first. If you're planning on eating, drinking, or consuming any kind of herbal/magical/spell-like substance, ask your prescriber about what to avoid while taking medications. For example, I take Zoloft, and Zoloft shouldn't be taken with L-tryptophan supplements because it can cause issues. I also take Prazosin for nightmares, and shouldn't drink alcohol on it due to... you guessed it, various health concerns.

That being said, let's get down to business. My favorite way to incorporate witchcraft into my therapy/med routine are kitchen spells! I'll give you a few recipes, and then a list of ideas for you to research that don't involve cooking/recipes as well.

Apple Cider. Not only is it super effective, but it make your house smell amazing and they usually taste amazing too. Making Apple Cider is a great was to bring a warm, fuzzy feeling to yourself! It's super easy too: check out my Apple Cider post from yesterday (you can find it by searching Apple Magic or Apple Cider on my blog). Most of the herbs are very love and luck centered, so it's a great way to bring some self love into your home.

Strawberry self-love spell. This one is also one of my own, and it's super delicious and easy. It can be made into a number of things: drinks, cakes, oatmeal, etc. Here's the link to that post.

Herbal teas and drinks. Lots of common kitchen spices are great to help invoke self-love! Cloves, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and nutmeg are all wholesome herbs and spices to incorporate into these drinks. One of my favorite self-love drinks is very easy to make: a cup of steaming hot milk/milk replacement, a decent shake of each spice, and a tablespoon or two of sugar with a splash of vanilla makes a delicious, warm drink that soothes the soul and invoked self-kindness.

Here are a few other ideas for you to dig into:

Incorporate herbs that invoke love, healing, and happiness into your food

Make lots of bottles of moon water and challenge yourself to drink one every day. Hydration AND a spiritual boost!

Add lemon to your water every morning to help increase your energy and focusing levels. Stir clockwise!

Create a small spell jar with love-invoking herbs and carry it with you or put it in your bag. I recommend not using wax to seal it if you do, though. Use a screw-cap jar if you need to.

Juniper and rosemary smoke cleanse! Juniper banishes negative energies and well as invites good energies. Rosemary also invoked wellness, healing, and good energies.

Frequently cleanse your space, juniper or not. An easy cleanse spray is sea salt mixed with moon water, then a very light spray around your space. Remember to sweep/mop or vacuum often when you use that, especially if you have pets!

Light pink or red candles to invoke self-love

I also want to say this again, so everyone say it with me: witchcraft doesn't replace therapy and medications. One more time, with gusto! Witchcraft doesn't replace therapy and medications!

Good job!

And that wraps up this post! Good luck y'all, stay safe and blessed be! :)

Autumn 🍁 Magick

I'm sure I'm not alone in the experience as a neurodivergent person that the advice to "just talk to your guides~" is extremely unhelpful because I'm frequently nonverbal or my selective mutism is currently making that not really possible

Journal! Write out your feelings, how you day was, what you want to manifest, tell your guides about yourself, etc. You could also do some channeled writing too if you feel so inclined!

Visualisation. This is especially useful if you have imaginary friends/comfort characters that you think about a lot. You can close your eyes or not but think of yourself sitting with this friend in a comfortable setting and talk to them, even if they don't respond, they're listening and they care.

Making playlists! If you like using music to express yourself and your mood, spend some time making playlists of your favorite songs that you find express your current emotions, ambitions, worries, or songs that make you happy/calm. You also get some bomb personalized mood playlists!

Along the same line, making your own music can work the same way as journaling! Writing lyrics, playing an instrument, creating anything really as long as you put your heart into it.

Art! Some of us are more visual communicators so drawing your emotions and feelings, desires, your day, etc can be a great way to express yourself to your guides! It doesn't have to be good, as long as you are creating!

Pinterest boards! Vision boards on Pinterest are a great way for me to collect my thoughts. I have a shit memory so it's nice to go back through it and remind myself of what I'm working towards. This way your remind yourself and your guides at the same time!

If you prefer words, you can make lists! I have over 80 notes in my Google notes account and it's a great way to organize my chaotic thoughts. I have a few different lists of my ultimate goals and what I'm focusing on right now. I even will list out the steps to get to where I want to be! You're working together with your guides to figure it out!

If you feel comfortable enough to speak, but feel weird doing so alone or to yourself you can try talking to your pets! I used this technique to help me in school and had to read the Odyssey because it was hard to understand.

If you have difficulty recognizing your emotions sometimes (like I do!) then that's okay. Just brain dump and write about how frustrating it is that you don't know how you're feeling. Just try to keep going and usually you'll find some emotions hidden in there~

I want students of astrology at all levels to understand how this works, whether you’re a beginner, or you’ve been studying many years, I believe this material is essential :).

I think it is important to not only understand astrology on an interpretive/creative level, but also on a physical/mathematical level.  This way, you thoroughly grasp how it works, you gain an authentic connection to how the celestial bodies move, instead of just reading what each sign and aspect means.  Learning this also helps you to estimate where the planets are in the houses at any given moment, without having to rely on the computer to run up a chart for you.

At the new moon, the sun and moon are in the same sign, so no more than 30 degrees apart (some people would say that when the moon is within 45 degrees of the sun its still a new moon).  This is why you can’t see the moon when its new moon time, they’re so close that the moon can’t show its sign.  So let’s say you’re walking around outside at noon and the sun is at the top of the sky and you know it’s a new moon that night, now you can also figure that the moon is close to the midheaven since the sun is.  Let’s say you keep walking a few more hours and the sun is more than 30 degrees away from setting, so you now know the sun is in the 8th house, and the moon must be pretty close by it.

At the Waxing Crescent Moon, the moon is one or two signs after the sun.  So its almost noon, and the sun is in the 10th house, now you know that the moon would probably be in the 11th or 12th house, as celestial bodies move clockwise thru the horoscope.  At sunset on these days, the moon would probably be in the 9th or 8th house.  At midnight, the sun would be near the IC, and so the moon would likely be in the 5th or 6th house.

At the First Quarter Moon, the moon is three signs after the sun, so the moon would be 90 degrees counterclockwise from the sun.  At noon when the sun is on the midheaven, the moon is just rising up the ascendant.  When the sun is transiting the 8th house, the moon is transiting the 11th house.  The moon is right at the top of the sky when the sun is descending.  When the moon is in the 8th house, the sun would be in the 5th house.  When the moon sets, the sun is conjunct the IC.  When the sun rises on that day, the moon is conjunct the IC.

At the Waxing Gibbous Moon, the moon is at the sign that would be quincunx/inconjunct to the sun.  This is when the moon is 150 degrees counterclockwise from the sun.  Some astrologers would count the moon trine (120 degrees) the sun as a waxing gibbous as well.  So lets say its January, the sun is in Capricorn and the moon is in Gemini (or maybe its November and the sun is in Scorpio and the moon is in Aries, or maybe its July and the sun is in Leo and the moon is in Capricorn), before sunrise, the moon is in the 6th house.  When the sun rises up thru the 12th house, the moon is in the 5th house.  At noon when the sun is in the 10th house, the moon would be in the 3rd house.  The moon rises up into the 12th house (above the eastern horizon) before the sun sets in the 7th house.

At the full moon, the sun and moon are 180 degrees apart, so right when the sun sets on the western horizon, is when the moon rises on the eastern horizon.  Then when the moon sets on the Descendant, the sun rises on the Ascendant. When it is noon and the sun is on the Midheaven, the moon would be conjunct the IC.  When the moon is at the very top of the sky, then you know the sun is conjunct the IC, as this is a 180 angle.

As the moon starts to wane, the moon sign makes the other quincunx/inconjunct to the sun.  This is when the moon is 150 degrees clockwise from the sun.  In January while the sun is in Capricorn, the moon would be in Leo, in July while the sun is in Leo, the moon would be in Pisces, in November while the sun is in Scorpio, the moon would be in Gemini, and so on… Some astrologers call this the Disseminating moon phase.  Before the sun rises, the moon would be in the 8th house, as the sun rises up into the 12th house, the moon would be in the 7th house.  At high noon, the sun is conjunct the MC and the moon would be in the 5th house. When the sunset is happening during sun in the 7th house, the moon would be in the 2nd house.  Then the sun’s in the 6th and the moon’s in the 1st.  When the moon rises up thru the 12th house, the sun would be in the 5th house.  Once the moon reaches the top of the sky, conjunct the midheaven, the sun is likely in the 3rd house.

Some astrologers would still consider the next moon trine sun to be a disseminating phase.  This is when the moon is 120 degrees clockwise from the sun.  So lets say the sun is in Aquarius and the moon is in Libra.  When the sun rises on the Ascendant, the moon would likely be in the 9th house.  At high noon, the moon is probably in the 6th house.  Late afternoon while the sun is in the 8th house, the moon is in the 4th house.  Right at sunset (DSC), the moon would be around the brink of the 3rd and 2nd houses.  Right when the moon rises (ASC), the sun would be on the brink of the 4th and 5th houses.  When the moon is at the top of the sky (MC), the sun would be in the 2nd house, reaching into the 1st.

At the Last Quarter Moon Phase, the moon is 90 degrees clockwise from the sun.  For example, the sun is in Aquarius and the moon is in Scorpio, or the sun is in Pisces and the moon is in Sagittarius, or the sun is in Aries and the moon is in Capricorn, and so on… When the sun rises up the ascendant, you may faintly see the moon at the top of the sky (midheaven).  At high noon, the moon is setting.  At sunset, the moon is cozy at the IC.  The moon rises around midnight, when the sun is at the IC.  The moon is transiting the 12th house while the Sun is transiting the 3rd.  The moon’s in the 11th house (reaching towards the top of the sky) while the sun’s in the 2nd house.  So during this time, you don’t see the moon at night, or at least not very much.

At the Balsamic Moon phase, the moon is within the last 45 degrees, approaching the sun.  For example, the sun could be in Libra and the moon is in Virgo, or maybe the sun is at the beginning of Libra and the moon could be in the last half of Leo.  Or the sun is in Sagittarius and the moon is in Scorpio, or the end of Libra.  And so on… If it’s high noon, the sun is at the MC and the moon is somewhere between the 10th and 8th house, of course you can’t see the moon during this time, as it’s too close too the sun, it can’t shine.  This is kind of symbolic, as being born under a Balsamic moon phase means you have lots of karmic debt you’re working thru, you feel like you can’t shine all the time.   That’s a topic for another blogpost though…  In transits, the “dark moon” is a time for retreat, so you cannot see the moon shine as it wants to be left alone, not on display for everyone.  In progressions, a balsamic moon is an important stage of your development to release old feelings, old karma, old habits, etc., to prepare for your new moon phase where you begin anew.  I digress, back to the geometry.  When the sun sets at the Descendant, the moon is somewhere between the 7th and 5th house.  When it’s midnight and the sun is at the IC, the moon is between the 4th and 2nd house.  The moon rises not more than a few hours before sunrise.

NOW GO EAT SOME SUPERFOODS UNDER THE MOONLIGHT!

signs

aries

characteristics: optimistic, energetic, aggressive

element: fire

modality: cardinal

sister sign: libra

ruled by: mars

rules: first house

taurus

characteristics: sensual, stubborn, realistic

element: earth

modality: fixed

sister sign: scorpio

ruled by: venus

rules: second house

gemini

characteristics: talkative, witty, adaptable

element: air

modality: mutable

sister sign: sagittarius

ruled by: mercury

rules: third house

cancer

characteristics: nurturing, intuitive, emotional

element: water

modality: cardinal

sister sign: capricorn

ruled by: the moon

rules: fourth house

leo

characteristics: protective, generous, prideful

element: fire

modality: fixed

sister sign: aquarius

ruled by: the sun

rules: fifth house

virgo

characteristics: critical, organized, shy

element: earth

modality: mutable

sister sign: pisces

ruled by: mercury

rules: sixth house

libra

characteristics: polite, oblivious, fair

element: air

modality: cardinal

sister sign: aries

ruled by: venus

rules: seventh house

scorpio

characteristics: powerful, secretive, jealous

element: water

modality: fixed

sister sign: taurus

ruled by: pluto

rules: eighth house

sagittarius

characteristics: adventurous, funny, impatient

element: fire

modality: mutable

sister sign: gemini

ruled by: jupiter

rules: ninth house

capricorn

characteristics: responsible, independent, unimaginative

element: earth

modality: cardinal

sister sign: cancer

ruled by: saturn

rules: tenth house

aquarius

characteristics: creative, rebellious, eccentric

element: air

modality: fixed

sister sign: leo

ruled by: uranus

rules: eleventh house

pisces

characteristics: imaginative, selfless, sensitive

element: water

modality: mutable

sister sign: virgo

ruled by: neptune

rules: twelfth house

modalities

cardinal

characteristic: initiating 

signs: aries, cancer, libra, capricorn

fixed

characteristic: sustaining

signs: taurus, leo, scorpio, aquarius

mutable

characteristic: changing

signs: gemini, virgo, sagittarius, pisces

elements

fire

characteristics: action-oriented, creative

signs: aries, leo, sagittarius

earth

characteristics: stable, practicle

signs: taurus, virgo, capricorn

air

characteristics: intellectual, unpredictable

signs: gemini, libra, aquarius

water

characteristics: psychic, sensitive

signs: cancer, scorpio, pisces

planets

sun: personality, ego

moon: emotions, behavior patterns

mercury: communication, thoughts

venus: beauty, love, female

mars: aggression, vitality, male

jupiter: growth, luck, charity

saturn: boundaries, responsibilities

uranus: rebellion, change

neptune: dreams, imagination

pluto: obsession, power

houses

first house: self, individual (rising/ascendant)

second house: possessions

third house: communication

fourth house: home

fifth house: creativity, fun

sixth house: schedules, health

seventh house: partnerships

eighth house: transformation, death

ninth house: adventure, growth

tenth house: public image, career (midheaven)

eleventh house: friends, social justice

twelfth house: imagination, endings

major aspects

sextile

degree: 60°

polarity: positive

indicates: harmony, natural talents 

trine

degree: 120°

polarity: positive

indicates: luck, oppurtunity, creativity

conjunct

degree: 0°

polarity: neutral

indicates: blend, two energies working as one

opposition

degree: 180°

polarity: negative

indicates: tension, energies compete for center stage

square

degree: 90°

polarity: negative

indicates: conflict, challenges

asteroids

chiron

keywords: healing, wounds

ceres

keywords: cooking, nuturing, parenting

pallas athena

keywords: creativity, justice, talents

juno

keywords: soulmates, marriage, commitment

vesta

enjoying your coffee, latte or mocha in the morning can be a small ritual of its own. coffee as a fruit, as well as what flavors and milks you choose to enjoy with it, all have magickal properties that can work well together.

coffee magick

the magickal properties of coffee include: grounding, peace of mind, overcoming negativity, and breaking curses. it is also commonly used as an offering to ancestors, spirits and deities. 

coffee can also be used for divination; it’s said that bubbles in your cup of black coffee are a sign of good luck (and extra luck if you can catch the bubbles with a spoon and eat them!). 

coffee and espresso are also a great way to fertilize your garden and charge your herbs with higher energy!

flavor magick

sugar: used to “sweeten” both literally and magically! brings positivity.

vanilla: promotes happiness, calmness and love

hazelnut: brings you spiritual

chocolate: emotional release, prosperity

cinnamon: attracting wealth, passion

milk magick

These are just suggestions. Adapt to your own personal needs.

Knit, sew, crochet, weave or quilt - Learn, take lessons, create, or teach

Check fire alarms and carbon monoxide detectors

Clean your home

Volunteer/offer to help a new mother or the elderly to clean their home

Learn and cook a new recipe

Read or write cook books

Cook for guests

Create a kitchen altar

Donate clothes and food

Volunteer at food banks and soup kitchens

Create and keep a household notebook: meal planning, budgeting, recipes, what appliances need checking etc.

Hosting

Create a savings account for a future home

Volunteer with domestic abuse victims

Books for research:  - ‘The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine’ by Rozsika Parker - ‘A Note on the Division of Labor by Sex’ by Judith K. Brown - ‘Women’s Work: The First 20,00 Years – Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times’ by Elizabeth Wayland Barbet - ‘The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History’ by Kassia St Clair - ‘Hearth: A Global Conversation on Identity, Community, and Place’ by Annick Smith and Susan O'Connor - ‘Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging’ by Sebastian Junger - ‘The Yellow House: A Memoir’ by Sarah M. Broom

Use a shoe box to hide your more obvious items.

Keep herbs stored in ziploc bags to easily conceal them.

Take up “rock collecting”.

Candles and incense because they “smell good!”

Use an Altoids tin as an altar.

Buy crystal jewelry.

Use perfume to cleanse.

Essential oils can be used in place of most herbs and are less obvious.

Get into cooking, buying herbs is justified then. Plus, kitchen magic!

Use old makeup/perfume/mason jars for spell jars.

You can use almost any necklace as a pendulum.

Use spice jars for tiny spell bottles.

Put an altar in a spare drawer.

Playing cards can be used in place of tarot cards and are very common.

There are a lot of virtual apps geared towards witches that are easily hidden.

You can put sigils, tiny crystals, among other things in lockets to hide them but be able to wear them.

Farmer’s almanacs are just as good as the witch geared ones if you add some information to them, and they are more mundane.

Acorn caps make good biodegradable offering cups.

Get into crafts! You can make some really cool witch stuff that can also just be taken as “artsy”.

Taking a few pinches from your parent’s kitchen cabinets is never a bad idea . Unless caught.

Store things in big, boring looking books.

Seashells and rocks with natural holes make great windchime elements.

You can say your bos/grimoire is a dream journal, which are fairly common and not suspicious.

Draw sigils on with lotion or washable marker.

A tea bag in your clothing drawer can help imbue clothing with the attributes of the tea you use.

Draw sigils on the bottom of your shoes.

Make a virtual altar instead of a physical one.

Always remember to clear that browsing history!

Draw small sigils on your nails then cover them with nailpolish.

Pretty much everything at a craft store can be used for witchcraft. Except maybe the older people who shop there.

You can buy really really small jars online and make them traveling spell jars.

You can enchant jewelry to keep spells close to you.

You can make friendship bracelets/lanyards with colors corresponding to your intent.

Enchanting something you wear daily like glasses or shoes with a ward is something that could be done if one doesn’t wear jewelry.

If you’re into sewing/cross-stitching: incorporate secret sigils into the design.

You can grow plant ingredients under the guise of eating healthier.

Buy soap/shampoo etc with scents to match different intents.

Pencil cases are inconspicuous!

You can use birthday candles instead of actual candles.

Obtaining scented candles a covert way of having colored candles… and if you want scentless you can just say you like the aesthetic but not the smell.

Bath salts can have magical intent and be just as effective as a for bath.

Doodling is a great way to cover up sigils in a notebook.

Grow plants. Collect rainwater. Say rainwater is for plants. Cackle to self.

Make a private discord server for taking to deities.

Threads that hang off of clothing or coats are good for thread magic so long as you don’t have to do a ton with them.

Cleaning and cleansing go hand in hand.

Virtual or sketched altar.

Usually the isle that carries Ethnic food carries SUPER cheap herbs.

All astrology is just you getting really into horoscopes.

If you want a more accurate birth chart, ask your parents for your time of birth. Say it’s out of curiosity.

Weird witch stuff lying around? You like the aesthetic from Charmed.

Sigils don’t have to be considered witchcraft. Say they’re like a good luck charm.

Make your own jewelry, beads, gems,threads, color correlation, etc.

Pinterest boards are great for various things. Dedicating things to deities, saving spells, etc.

Stuffed animals as representations of deities.

Thread magic = sewing and crocheting.

Side blogs on Tumblr are similar to pinterest boards!

Sigils on the bottom of hair spray cans for glamours.

Nail Polish = color correlation.

Quote: “My room smells weird so that’s why I’m burning like 100 candles and some incense”. Works every time.

You can make your own tarot cards with inconspicuous symbols and photos on them, say they’re drawings.

Fairy lights in your room because they “look cool”.

Put your bos in something that looks like a school notebook.

Leave offerings outside if safe. Bury them! But don’t bury things that are bad for the enviroment!!!

If you want to use a ouija board, there are quite a few virtual ones.

Any herbs you can get be purely for tea and nothing else.

If someone catches you meditating, tell them it’s for relaxation.

Draw sigils on the top of your ceiling fan. The fan will charge them while on! - Not recommended you do with a permanent marker!

Draw a sigil on the charger base of your electronic devices.

Charge your makeup/hair products/perfume/cologne up with whatever you’d like.

Lemon water makes a great cleansing spray and is usually not suspicious.

Sigils inside your phone case!

Enchant your jewelry or watches.

Draw a sigil with a white crayon on paper.

Put a pouch of herbs in your clothing drawers, if someone finds them, say it’s to decrease bad smells.

Incorporate magic into art.

Study herb pouch and gemstones in your backpack.

Oils and herb pillow for your glasses case to encourage clear vision.

Make your own paper and use flowers/seeds/etc to create a design.

Sticky notes for sigils inside a school locker.

Correlate your clothing to your intent that day.

Sigils on a hair ribbon or enchanted ribbon.

Put your intent into your food and drinks.

Learn to make your own tea.

Keep a penny in your pocket for luck.

Google drive vs physical bos if you’re worried about your parents seeing it

Slowly start buying candles and bam you wont be questioned because they are just candles!

Craft store stars painted with black-light paint placed on your ceiling in constellation arrangements.

Drink fruit infused water/tea.

Carry salt in old film bottles or similar cases to help cleanse your purse or bag.

Salt packets are free at fast food places.

Enchant your bank account/wallet/piggy bank/etc so that it charges your money!

Use travel size medicine bottles to hold random mini witch things: twig, pebbles, sand, salt, etc.

Draw elemental items to encourage their energies around you.

Leave sticky notes with magical symbols on your desk or in your locker to generate positive energy for the next school day overnight.

Terrariums and shadowboxes have always been popular, make it your altar or invitation to the fae.

Fairy gardens have been a thing for a long, long time. They’re not suspicious and very good for attracting the fae!

Enchant counter bowls of fruit or breads so that the food decays slower.

Embroidered Witch Hats

Monday

🔮 Correspondences: travels, dreams, psychic powers, peace, mystery, healing, home, fertility, emotions, family, divination

✨ Ritual: brew green tea and put all your positive intentions for this week in the tea by stirring it clockwise for good luck. 

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Tuesday

🔮 Correspondences: bravery, business, courage, strength, war, partnership, passion, protection, sexual intentions, work, victory

✨ Ritual: connect with the strength and bravery of nature by going on a walk outside, a hike, or at least opening your windows wide open and letting the fresh, cold air of the morning in your home. 

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Wednesday

🔮 Correspondences: art, astrology, communication, focus, creativity, education, excitement, inspiration, wise

✨ Ritual: take a ritual bath or cleansing shower, and repeat the following mantra “I cleanse myself so I may feel light, creative, peaceful and at ease”. 

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Thursday

🔮 Correspondences: abundance, money, luck, growth, personal development, prosperity, health, expansion, altruism

✨ Ritual: on a bay leaf, write a keyword or sigil representing a wish or dream of yours, focus on it with all your intention, then burn the leaf with a white candle to make it happen. 

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Friday

🔮 Correspondences: affection, friendship, love, romance, beauty, social interactions, harmony, birth, reconciliation

✨ Ritual: after working or studying, bring harmony to your desk by thoroughly decluttering any unnecessary item, cleaning up the dust and magically cleansing it with sage or Palo Santo. 

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Saturday

🔮 Correspondences: banishment, spiritual communication, justice, curse, death, cleansing, purification, time, end, debts, home

✨ Ritual: to get rid of a curse or negative energy, fix a black candle in a bowl by letting some wax melt at the bottom of the candle. Then fill up half the bowl with water. Turn on the candle, then focus all your intentions on banishing the curse. When the candle has reached the water, the negativity will be gone. 

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Sunday

🔮 Correspondences: ambitions, goals, career, growth, beginning, masculinity, health, spirituality, success, prosperity

It’s really common to find witchy mental illness/health related content that is catered towards specific illnesses (usually anxiety and depression). This is more catered to specific symptoms. This does NOT replace medication!

Anger:

Amethyst anger release spell

Easy anger release spell

A quick way to cool anger

Anger dispersion magic tea

Anger reducing bath

Bath spell to release anger

“I channel my anger in a healthy, safe and productive manner” sigil

“My anger is under control” sigil

This masterpost

Anxiety:

Anti-anxiety shower spell

Soothing bath spell

Rainy day anxiety spell

I will be okay spell

Anti-anxiety spell jar

Anti-anxiety spell charm

Anti-anxiety tea

Brain Fog + Memory:

ADHD concentration spell bottle

Brainfog lifting

“Brainfog begone” sigil

Rosemary memory spell

Finding things/ memory spell

Memory and concentration spell

Memory enhancement sachet

Memory and awareness spell bottle 

Depression:

Post-depressive-episode bath spell

Ease my depression spell bottle

“Last hope” spell for depression

Anti-depression tea

Gems for depression

Disassociation: 

Spell for disassociation 

Witch’s disassociation bracelet 

“Anti-disassociation” sigil

“I am grounded and in control of my emotions + reactions” sigil

Fatigue:

Spell for energy

Energy gain spell

Energy jar

Energy bath

Crystals for fatigue

“No fatigue” sigil

“Energy” sigil

“I am energetic” sigil

“I have the energy to take a shower” sigil

Flashbacks/trauma

Spell to release emotional blockage

Piece by piece trauma healing spell

Healing from childhood trauma spell bottle

Spell bottle for reassurance 

“My trauma does not hold me back” sigil

Insomnia + nightmares:

Restful sleep and sweet dreams sachet

Sleep crystal spell

Stuffed animal sleep spell

Sleep easy spell sachet

Sleepy witch tip

Nightmare ward charm

Nightmare repellent

Nightmare prevention - crystals and herbs

Dream witch nightmare tips

Intrusive thoughts:

OCD assistance bath

Spell to ward against intrusive thoughts

Spell to control intrusive thoughts

Banish intrusive thoughts incantation

Banishing unwanted thoughts spell

Intrusive thought banishing spell

“I am in control of my OCD” sigil 

Panic attacks:

Panic attack relief pouch

Anti-panic attack spell earrings

Rose Quartz calming spell

“Ease my panic attacks” sigil

“I have less panic attacks” sigil

Paranoia:

Crystals for paranoia

“My paranoia does not control me” sigil

“I don’t let paranoid thoughts overcome me” sigil

“My paranoia does not affect me” sigil

Picking (hair, skin, etc.):

Ease skin picking spell

“I resist the urge to pick my skin” sigil

“I keep from picking” sigil

“My trichotillomania is under control” sigil

“I don’t pull out my hair or eyelashes” sigil

“I am in control and resist the desire to pick my hair” sigil

Mood Swings/Emotional Balance: 

Increasing your emotional tolerance spell

Crystals for BPD

“I regulate my emotions well”

“I am happy and do not have mood swings” sigil

So much witchcraft emphasizes how important it is to honor and work with the Earth, but then teaches us spells with ingredients we basically have to import using locations we don’t have access to. It’s rare to find an existing grimoire or guide book that actually works with where we live. We can still use them, but it doesn’t enhance our connection to our local land, which to many can feel important. Here are some tips for localizing your practice and working with the land you actually live on.

See what nature exists around you. Explore your own backyard with a critical eye. What plants can you actually go and pick yourself? What are those plants associated with? Do you have access to a creek or river? What does your local land actually have on it? If magic correspondences for your local plants haven’t been written about, you may have to do your own research. Example: I grow several plants on my back porch which I can potentially use for magic.There are magnolia trees and rhodedendrons on the grounds of my apartment complex. My parent’s neighbors have chickens in the backyard, so I have access to some feathers when they shed. 

Check out local folklore, legends, etc. This is one of my favorite parts, but can also be the hardest. What are the stories of your area, both on a local and cultural scale. Example: A West Virginian may incorporate legends of the Mothman. Everyone says that one building on my old college campus is haunted (and they’re right.) People talk about that liminal-space feeling when you drive down that one road at night.

Find the magic spots. Sometimes the urban legends will tip you off to these (usually in a bad way) but other times you can find them on your own. A place where the energy is just right for some reason. A place you can go to be closer to nature, or a place you could host a ritual if needed. Sometimes it’s just a place where you can feel your mind open a little bit. Example: The shady corner of a public park. The tunnel downtown. That weirdly-perfect circle of trees in the woods behind Wal-Mart.

Meet your land wights. Spirits of the local land. This could be the fair folk, but also house spirits, the spirits of the trees near you, the nature spirits of wherever you are. They’re there. Be good to them and they’ll be good to you! Note: Some spirits and wights will not be interested in working with you, and that’s okay. I generally think it’s good to at least leave a polite offering to just be on general decent terms even if you never work with them more directly beyond that.