♠️《witchy shit》♠️

Stir your beverage/food/etc counterclockwise to banish negativity.

Speak fondly to your plants to help them grow

Charge something by holding it in your hands and thinking of happy thoughts and joyous memories

When cleaning, visualize you are collecting negative energy and throwing it out of your house.

When cooking, trace sigils on or above the food 

 Dry clothes out on a clothesline to charge with sunshine

Open up curtains/windows/doors (if weather permits) to let sunshine in to create positive energy in your house.

Instead of spells or incantations, take quotes from literature to use for your intent

Salt for protection; Pepper for banishing; Garlic powder for protection; Onion powder/Onion for a ward; Beans for purification; Rice for absorbing negativity; Cocoa for banishing, love; Cinnamon for protection, happiness; Rosemary is a free for all so to say; Basil for protection; Corn for prosperity, abundance; Apple for fertility, abundance; Orange for health, happiness; Cheese for blocking/ward; *All herb correspondences are open to interpretation

Sing songs that match your intent to charge an object

You can use playing cards also as tarot cards

A necklace works just as well as a pendulum

Keep a small pot of dirt to bury spell objects or for offerings. Remember to take items out after awhile if not biodegradable and to keep space freed up

Some overlooked and discreet ways to practice:

-drinking tea, then reading the leaves.

-spending time in nature (walks, hikes, etc) this could mean the park, a nature trail, or a spot of grass in your yard with a book.

-keeping a house plant or garden. One small potted plant is enough.

-if you meditate, lay in bed at night before going to sleep. Theres no noise or distractions, and if someone walks in they’ll just think you’re sleeping.

-decorating with nature. Dried flowers, wood/sticks arranged nicely.

-lighting candles. Color, smell, and arrangement can be meaningful and discreet.

-burning incense. A lot like candles, smell and time of day have meaning while retaining a mundane appearance/purpose.

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.

Cleanse your bed in the morning when you make it- to remove the stress and negativity of the previous night and have a peaceful sleep the next night. 

Make a cup of tea and charge it with positive energy to get you through the day. 

Clean your desk/workspace/wherever you do creative things and draw productivity sigils on it in cleaner or keep a clear quartz nearby to focus energy. 

Bless your keys before you get in your car for protection on the road. 

Use a special scrub or face mask in the shower for a glamour spell. 

Spend time outside, or keep your blinds open to allow sunlight in. 

Take a walk outside, if you can, and ground yourself with each step. 

Use wax melters, incense, or other scented items to fill your space with an intended scent. 

Cleanse your phone/other electronic devices- clean out the old apps and photos, clean out the negative people from your contact list, and reset your ringtones and wallpaper to increase positive energy. 

Here are some shadow work journaling prompts to get you thinking on your shadow work journey!

What do I love about myself? What do I dislike about myself? Compare the two in length. Then go forward disproving the things you dislike about yourself in the form of memories, affirmation, or statements of those close to you!

Call up a vision of your past self and compare that to your present self. How far have you grown? What have you accomplished? What have you done? Whether it's emotionally, mentally, physically, etc you have grown immensely and don't get stuck on how you PERCIEVE you haven't grown because we all grow all the time everyday, you were different yesterday than today and you mean to tell me you haven't grown in a few years/months? If while doing this you find out some things that you feel discontent with take it as motivation rather than something negative because you have risk for spiraling and then never changing that thing (it's me, I do that), better now than never, right?!

How can I use my negative qualities and spin them around to bring me postive things in life? Do I suppress my negative qualities? If so why, and when did it start?

How do I feel in the current moment?

Write down your thinking pattern. What I mean is to write down your stream of thoughts when you are thinking randomly. You can also try to think something and then try remember what you thought so it can come out even more unfiltered. You can learn alot about yourself by the way you think.

Write down a childhood memory, negative or postive in detail. From colors to sounds to smells to touch to tastes. Then write down how that memory impacted you in the future whether negatively or positively.

Write down negative thoughts you've cultivated about yourself. Go back in your memory to the first time you thought that about yourself. Think about the source of the nagative thought. If it's a person try to remember how they acted and were. Remember the circumstances and enviornment in which this thought formed. Does this thought come from peer pressure or diversion from social norms? Does this thought come from an insecure person themselves or someone unsavory? Does this thought come from the way you were raised? Really detail how this thought formed so you can aim to see it logically and laid out on paper, because when something irrational or subjective is laid out on paper with all of it's falsies it is very difficult to continue to take it as fact.

Write down the entirety of your personalitie(s). Meaning the personality you show others, the personality you show your parents, the personality you show your friends, the personality you show to your acquaintances, the personality you have by yourself. Compare them, see how they contradict and how they compare.

Be in love with yourselves,

Transiting Jupiter in Pisces 05/21-12/22

~ If you don’t go to sleep soon you’ll miss seeing your dreams come true ...”

Jupiter is reaching its final destination in Pisces as we board the divine dream liner and return home in together.

In the ceremony of all sky ceremonies, the High Priestesses of matriarchal wisdom wait to greet this zodiac year’s graduate star scholars and astral alumni.

Jupiter is our the great temple of higher education, philosophy, medicine, law, and universal knowledge. Pisces as Jupiter’s nocturnally feminine experience, is the creative interpretation and artistic expression of these higher mind principles. It’s the orphic hymns, poetry, portraits, replicas of heavenly architecture, the celebration and love of wisdom - philosophia.

As historic greater benefic and bringer of good fate and fortune, the gifts are both abundant and excessive when Jupiter is home. There can be

- a renewed sense of hope and future

- opening up the private oasis and offering spiritual hydration whenever we retreat within to create, imagine, speculate, meditate, and dream.

When Jupiter is in Pisces there’s always room for one more drink from the wellspring of fortune.

As the planet of questions and quests Jupiter is our broad eagle Zeus eye, the explorer, seeker, and wanderer. In Pisces we are seeking the answers and truth of another sort. A self and universal perspective that we validate through the positive emotional and healing effects it has on our lives - the peace of mind, peace of body, and peace of soul. A psychic placebo that is just as real and remedying even if you are the only one that can see it.

Cherry

“....Oh the passenger, how high he rides

he sees the stars are out tonight

he sees the winding ocean ride

everything was made for you and me

All of it was made for you and me

stir your morning drink (coffee, tea etc) with intent

pull a tarot card each morning for the day ahead or night for the next day

wear crystals or jewellery you’ve enchanted

wear certain colours that correspond to certain things

incorporate kitchen witchcraft into your everyday cooking

bid you deities or spirits good morning or good night

create a playlist that makes you feel witchy and listen to it

listen to witchy podcasts

meditate for a few minutes to ground yourself

admire nature from your window even if it’s just a distant tree or even the clouds

make a quick sigil and carry it with you (sigilscribe is a great website to quickly create sigils if you don’t have time to make one for yourself!!)

My series on astrological magic is now complete. There are thirteen posts total, each of them thoroughly discussing different concepts which are important to the effective practice of these arts. They don’t proceed in exactly the order you’ll need the information in, and I apologize for that, but I also don’t think it will be a problem. You should really make sure to carefully read the information in each of these posts before attempting to carry out this kind of work, in order to be sure that you’ve covered your bases and taken the appropriate precautions. Below is a list of all the posts in the series. I hope they are helpful to you. You’re welcome to ask us if you have any questions at all.

The Moon (and Sun)

Saturn and Mars

Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury

The Ascendant

Uses of the Decans

Parts (also known as Lots)

Image Theory I

Image Theory II

Master List of things Ruled by the Planets, Signs, and Fixed Stars

Lunar Nodes, Planetary Days and Hours, Names and Spirits of Times and Bodies

A Very Effective Method of Drawing a Circle

Consecration, Prayers, and Ritual Theory

Conclusion (Aspects, Other Loose Ends, and a Step-By-Step Walkthrough)

Thank you very much for reading. If you found this series interesting, please consider checking out Benefica’s series on the court cards in Tarot, and if you’re interested, check back soon for our upcoming series on the creation and use of talismans (which will be a collaboration between Benefica and myself).

This year, on the 31 March, we lost Gilbert Baker, gay artist and creator of the gay pride flag. Today we would celebrate his 66th birthday. Let’s remember him as the wonderful person he was.