Quiet Stars

Yule to Imbolc: Rest

During the thick of winter when it’s too cold to do anything and always dark, it’s the perfect moment in the year to rest. The focus is on relaxing, taking extra time to sleep and care for the body especially to not get sick. Winter is also ‘spa’ season because the air is so dry and harsh it’s a good time to soak in hot baths and scrub away dead skin and moisturize with protective lotion. Do not try to make new plans, yet sit home, rest and reflect.

Imbolc to Ostara: Cleansing

When winter thaws it’s a great time to clean the home and prepare for spring. Personally, I also like to do a body cleanse since I tend to eat a lot of processed (yet delicious ;-;) foods all year round. This also makes up for all the heavy foods I’ve been eating since Summer (all the BBQs) to Winter comfort foods. As I clean the home and get rid of stuff that has accumulated over the year, I clean the body. Also the focus is on cleaning the home as well. Breathing in the same air, especially if its full of dust, is really unhealthy and it’s good as the days are getting a little warmer to open up the windows for a few minutes to allow in fresh air to circulate. This is also the time of year I throw out old furniture, accumulated things and rearrange furniture in the room as well.

Ostara to Beltane: Sowing

Spring is a great time to germinate sprouts along with other seeds and clean the backyard or garden to grow plants. If you like to compost it’s a time to start mixing in the vegetable/fruit/plant scraps with the soil. Spring is also a great time to sow bigger changes in life as well. Something about the warm new season brings an air of flirtatiousness and ‘socialness’ that makes it perfect for making new friends or finding a partner. (Probably because people can finally come out of hibernation). It’s also a fantastic time to work on your image and portfolio and apply for long term jobs that begin in the summer or fall. Spring is the season for new beginnings and putting long term plans into action.

Beltane to Litha: Growing

A tradition I like to do on Beltane is repotting of plants and gardening. Repotting plants is a tradition I try to focus on every year because it’s very easy for house plants to die due to dead soil. Plus it makes the inside of the house super vibrant and lively to have fresh new soil in pots. From this point to summer solstice is the point of growth. Growth in the garden but also growth of personal goals. May and June feel like hectic months where there are so many events and opportunities to advance your work or change your social scene, that if I am not personally progressing, I focus all of my attention on my growth.

Litha to Lughnasadh: Thriving

Its the heat of summer! It’s time to get out and feel the intense hot energy and use its power to focus on goals and networking! Where I am there’s usually an exciting event every week where it’s an opportunity to make more connections and meet more friends but also since its warm and nature is so vibrant it’s time to take some days to relax and get away to enjoy the heat and life of nature. Go to the beach, go hiking, swim in a lake, sleep under the stars. Be active since the efforts will pay off.

Lugnnasadh to Mabon: Reaping

This is the time you earn what you’ve sowed both literally and metaphorically. If you have a garden its the time it will start giving back. If you are an active goer of a farmers market you will notice how beautifully abundant the stands are. If in Spring you’ve sent out tons of job applications, and in Summer got the job you’ve wanted and worked hard, then by now you should start seeing some results. If there are no results being seen it’s a time for reflection and re-strategizing. There is a second chance in this time to start again before the cold and the holiday season bulldozes through.

Mabon to Samhain: Harvest and Gather

This is the time to gather and harvest. Usually family tends to gather now since it’s the holiday season. There’s not much other than gathering to be done since family and holidays are bombarding you from all sides. Also there is an abundance of food. This is great to store for the next transition which is

Samhain to Yule: Preparation

Read more about the importance of warding and other forms of protection in magic here.

Growing up in a superstitious, very religious Catholic family that retained strong ties to “the old country” meant being raised with a weird mixture of beliefs.

My maternal grandmother in particular would pray to Saint Anthony whenever she couldn’t find something, often enlisting the help of my cousins and I to recite the prayer/chant because, “God listens to children first.” But having parents from Ireland and Scotland, she also would regularly leave out gifts of bread or milk to her “house brownie.”

For anyone not aware, a brownie (also known as a brùnaidh or gruagach depending on where the folklore is coming from) is a type of fae known to live in or around a house and help with chores. They would be insulted if you offered them payment for their help directly but enjoyed small gifts like fresh milk or bread left out for them in a corner. Some stories say that if you gave them clothes they would leave for good (often out of anger over the insult).

Now, I have never been able to find a story where a brownie helped it’s housemate find a lost item but my grandmother would always leave out a bit of cream if she needed to find something. She never answered directly when I asked her why, instead just telling me that it was “for the best” before heading off to cook or clean, her mission to find the lost item over. I don’t know if she thought the brownie had borrowed it, was playing a prank, or if she believed that the helpful soul had seen the lost object laying around and hating clutter, had put it away somewhere she hadn’t thought to look. I have a feeling it was the last one because once she had done a thorough search, said her prayers, and left out her cream she stopped worrying about it. And sure enough- poof! As she would be going about her business, there the lost object would be, out in plain sight.

I’m positive that there are non-magical reasons for why when she stopped freaking out while searching, she was able to think clearly and find her lost item. But I also have been in enough situations where we had most definitely looked in a certain spot and there had been nothing before but now there the lost book, pen, or knitting needle was.

One day I will be able to openly collect herbs and flowers to dry and use in my spells

One day I will be able to set rows of jars outside for rainwater

One day I’ll be able to meditate without be laughed at

One day I’ll go on adventures and not waste everyday day sitting in a room

One day I’ll be able to sell my own potions and elixirs

One day I’ll be able to set aside offerings for fairies without be scolded

One day I will be able to dress as I please, no mater how “weird” I look

One day I’ll have as many books and jars and crystals as I like without be shamed and called a hoarder

One day I’ll be able to openly celebrate the Sabbats

One day I will be able to have a big beautiful altar i won’t have to hide away

One day I won’t be a closet witch…

And when that day comes

OMGs witches! When I started this little blog I had no idea a couple of months later I would have over 1700 followers! I’d like to thank you all for your support, interactions and friendship ❤

So to thank you all, it’s time for another give away!!!!

You can win this! It’s a tiny forest-themed travel altar. Handpainted with tiny TINY mushrooms and leaves and flowers. I love how it turned out and I’m almost sad to see it go…. Also: it’s filled!

You get:

This adorable handpainted tin lined with actual moss.

Forest Magic spell candle.

Tiny jars with representations of the elements. Air: a found feather. Earth: acorn, fern and moss. Fire: charcoal, carnelian, red jasper. Water: tiny shells and seablue quartz.

Tiny TINY handmade pendulum. Glass filled with labradorite, amethyst and mugwort for psychic abilities, with added amethyst and moonstone beads.

But that is not all. There will be THREE winners!

First place: the forest-themed pocket altar, a name rune reading where I will explain your name in runes and what this says about you, a tarot/oracle reading of your choice.

Second place: a name rune reading and a 3-card tarot/oracle reading of your choice.

Third place: a name rune reading and a 1-card tarot/oracle reading of your choice.

The rules:

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Reblog this post and TELL ME what you ultimate witchy life would be like! Would you live in a secluded forest? Own a magic shop? Haunt graveyards? I wanna know!

This give away is international

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Give away ends Litha (21st of June) 23:59 EMT +1!

I stir my tea three times clockwise for good health, happiness, and longevity. Honey is added in the shape of sigil for immune system boosting (because I’m immune deficient af). 

My familiar is a big, fluffy cat named Winston. We live in a tiny house just outside the city where I run a witchy shop. Winston sits in my bicycle basket every morning as we ride to work. He’s in charge of Inventory Control - try to slip a crystal in your pocket or a book in your bag without paying and his tiny, fuzzy mouth grows fierce, sharp teeth. When he’s not prowling for thieves, he likes to lay on the crystals charging in the sunlight.

When we get home, I work in the garden and Winston rolls around in his personal catnip beds. I gather lavender and camomile for bedtime tea. More honey, more stirring, and then we settle down for meditation. 

You guys gave me an unbelievable amount of support on my little witch Mimi, and she wants some friends!!

I am offering witchsona commissions for $25 usd! Payable by paypal or ko-fi. 

a small spell for a small thing:

I desire _______, so mote it be.

Lemme tell y’all about this app called PictureThis

It’s a plant identifier, you take a picture of a plant and the app will automatically identify it for you! All of the plants you put in the app upload to a feed (it’s like a social media) so if the app can’t identify it for some reason, people in the community can!

There’s also a map that shows the plants you and other people have found, and on your profile, it keeps a log of how many plants you’ve collected!

Healing Spells:  

[A Spell To Bring Light and Positivity Where There Is None]

[Cleansing and Healing Spell Bottle]

[Candle Healing Spell]

[Spell To Regain/Enhance Energy]

[Healing and Protection From Abuse]

[Comfort and Courage Jar Spell]

[Healing Spirits Soup] - *vegan friendly*

{Healing Loved Ones Spell]

Protection Spells: (for both protection of yourself and others targeted by Nazis)

[A Guide to Successful Casting Successful Wards]

[I Send You Safety Spell]

[Empath Protection Jar]  – for my fellow empaths out there who have an incredibly hard time handling the suffering of innocent people.

[Protection Jewelry] 

[Warding Meditation]

[A Spell to Prepare for Difficult Times and Give You The Power to Rise] 

[Protection Powder]

[Spell Jar to Protect American Minorities] - I need to give a special shout out to the creator here because this spell is fucking awesome and is absolutely perfect for this cause and useful for all types of witches!

[Mini Protection Vial]

[Bravery Protection Spell]

Protection Sigils: (useful for my less experienced/low energy witches who want a simple an easy way to contribute)

[”I Will Protect You” Sigil]

[Protection Sigil For You or Someone Else]

[”I Am Shielded From Acts Of Violence” Sigil]

[Sigil For Safety From Dangerous People]

[”No Negative Energy Can Affect Me” Sigil]

[”I Am Protected From That Which Would Do Me Harm” Sigil]

[A Sigil to Keep The Fucking Nazis Away From Your Blog]

[”I Repel Ignorance and Negativity” Sigil]

[”The Holder of This Sigil Is Safe From Harm” Sigil]

[A Sigil to Guard Against Malicious Intruders On Your Blog]

[”My Loved Ones Are Safe and Protected” Sigil]

[Protection From Hate Sigil]

Banishing: (for keeping the Nazis far fucking away from you and your loved ones)

[Simple Banishing Sigil]

[Banishing and Transmutation Sigil]

[Bitch Be Gone Powder]

[Banish Negativity Spell]

[Get Lost Powder]

[Ice Banishment Spell]

[Banish Evil Spell]

[Black Hole Banishing Jar]

[Banishing Powders]

Curses:

[Burst Your Bubble Curse] - “a simple curse to destroy someone’s ego or their hopes over something.”

[Avada Kedavra Curse] - “a harry potter inspired curse designed not to kill, but to make the target feel death’s presence in their life.”

[Red In Your Ledger Curse] - “a curse to inflict all the pain a person has caused back on them, one item at a time.”

[Seven Devils Curse] - “inspired by florence + the machine’s “seven devils”, a curse to burn the kingdom of and haunt the target.”

[The Gaston Curse] -  “curse to knock someone off of their high horse and make them feel the pain they have inflicted upon others and/or you.”

[Voice Theft Curse] -  “a curse to stop someone who has been spewing hateful speech and words and return that negativity they put out back into their life.”

[Death Reborn Revolution Curse] - “a curse meant to drain a target’s energy, power, and motivation.”

Extra Cursing Info: (for those who are inexperienced with cursing and/or are more comfortable with creating their own curses.)

[A Guide to Post-Cursing Cleansing]

[Cursing Correspondences] 

[A Guide On Preforming Curses]

[How To Write Your Own Curses]

Binding Spells: (only meant to prevent the target from doing harm)

[Five Simple Binding Spell Methods]

[Binding Chalk]

[Binding Poppet]

[General Binding Spell]

[Generic Binding Spell]

[Sand Spell For Banishing and/or Binding]

[Binding Spell Jar]

[Binding Spell To Prevent Physical/Psychological Harm]

[Binding Spell To Stop Spreading Influence]

[Simple Binding Spell]

Binding & Cursing Spells: (meant to cause the target harm and prevent them from harming others, it’s a twofer.)

[Banishing and Cursing Sigil]

[Make Them Choke Binding Curse] 

[Four Elements Binding Curse]

[Binding Curse to Prevent The Enemies Progress and Success]

[Pepper and Dish Soap Binding and Banishing Spell]

[One Ring Binding Curse]

Introduction:

This is my paradigm for understanding and for categorizing Magick especially when pertaining to learning the practices, and understandings of it. This paradigm of categorization is inspired by the 4 classical elemental system, and is also inspired by the layout of the Temple of Witchcraft series by Christopher Penczak. This is a system of not only categorizing magic into four separate distinct categories that will be based off of the attributes of the magickal practice, but is also a learner’s guide for the general understanding of magick, and the occult.This understanding was first written about in my post on beginning your magickal journey, but will now be extrapolated on more in-depth here in order to flush out the paradigm, and to see more of what it covers. This entire post will pretty much be my personal understanding surrounding the categorization of magick as a whole.

The four categories of magick:

Pyrosophic, geosophic, hydrosophic, and aerosophic are the four names for the four categories of magick in the paradigm. The order in which that I believe they should be learned from my experience is pyrosophic, geosophic, hydrosophic, and then aerosophic. This is primarily, because I feel like the one that precedes always will flow nice, and evenly into the other. Always allowing a good jumping-off point, and a way of using what you learned in the previous category to advance what you are learning in the present one.

Pyrosophic:

Pyrosophic is associated to the element of fire, and the sun. Pyrosophic forms of magick, and understanding are fundamental, and active. They are sources that emanate outwards, and act as axioms, and supports for other knowledge, and practices. They are simple, but effective, and are the first things I believe a practitioner should know when they are starting out learning magick. Pyrosophic is very knowledge-based, and energetically based, and it is the foundation that we build upon all other knowledge. It is the first emanation of any particular knowledge, before it incorporates any other advanced features. It contains a lot of beginner information, and energy work.

Some pyrosophic practices, and understandings:

Journals (book of shadows, dream journal, book of shadows, book of mirrors)

Types of practitioners

Different magical and spiritual traditions

Categories of magick

Authentic thaumaturgy: the laws of magick

The Law Of Contiguity

The Law Of Continuous Association

The Law Of Contrast

The Law Of Least Resistance

The elements (fire, earth, water, air, spirit)

Understanding liminality

Understanding UPE, USPE, CE, UPG, USPG, CG, VPG, and Lore

Hermetic principles of the kybalion

Theurgy and Thaumaturgy

Magic Vs. Magick

Theories on how magick works

Planes of existence

Dimensions

The subtle bodies

(Masculine and feminine energy), and (yin and yang)

Magickal names

Understanding spiritual energy (chi, ki, Mana, PSI,)

Understanding magickal intention

Energetics system

Visualization

The Law Of Attraction

Centering

Grounding

Affirmations

Ki breathing

Psychic bubble of Light

Power hand, and receptive hand

Charging, and opening the energy centers in the hands

Energy Ball / Ki Ball / Psi Ball

Programming spiritual energy

Pushing, And Pulling Energy

Absorbing Energy

Seeing auras

Seeingenergy in the air

Energetic cleansing

Spiritual Energy Scanning

Telepathy

Energetic Blockages

Energetic Overflow

Energetic Burnout

Energetic processes

The kinesis

The Soul Star, and The Earth Star

Reiki level 1

Geosophic:

Geosophic is associated to the element of earth, and the planet mars. Geosophic are things that are a little bit more complicated, and work off the understandings that are figured out in pyrosophic. It takes the fundamental understandings, and gives you tools in order to advance what you already have. Geosophic builds upon the foundation that was solidified by pyrosophic, and makes it a little bit more complicated bringing in object, symbols, and correspondences to work with. A lot of forms of folk magic and thaumaturgy are going to be here in this category, because of its incorporation of tools, and symbols to manifest it’s desires

Some geosophic practices, and understandings:

Magickal tools

Crystal magick, and crystal correspondences

Herbs magick, herbalism, and herbs correspondences

Candle magick

Nature cycles, and lunar phases

Astrology

Color magick, and color magick correspondences

Taglocks, and magickal Links

Invoking, and banishing the pentagram

Invoking, and banishing the spiral

Casting, and closing a circle

Setting up an altar

Divination

Sigilcraft

Making your own spells, and rituals

Curses

Creating a wand

Creating a staff

Enchanting Items

Hex Bags, And Mojo Bags

Witches bottle

Crystal Grids

Gem Elixirs

Emoji Spells

Alphabet of Desire

Alphabet Of Binding

Reiki level 2 and 3

Numerology

Weather Magick

Lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram

Greater ritual of the pentagram

Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram

Greater Ritual of the Hexagram

Gnostic pentagram ritual  

Hydrosophic:

Hydrosophic is associated to the element of water, and to the moon. Hydrosophic focuses on internal knowledge through the acts of meditation, and altered states of consciousness. It allows you to learn more about yourself, and the inner workings of you through the practices, and understandings that it holds. This encompasses everything that takes place within, and that interacts with the inner being that is you.

Some hydrosophic practices, and understandings:

Focus meditation

Clearing your mind meditation

Mindfulness meditation

Journey meditation

Shape-Shifting meditation

Finding your Sacred Space

Dream work

Create an Astral Temple

Spirit guides

Thought-forms

Communicating with your higher self

Past life regression

Shadow work

Daemonism

Soulmates

Twinflames

Internal Alchemy

Aerosophic:

Aerosophic is associated to the element of air, and is connected to the planet mercury. Aerosophic encompasses understandings, and the practices of theurgy, and the higher knowledge of the universe, and source. It is focused on understanding the outer world beyond the practitioner. This encompasses everything that takes place without, and looks for the higher meaning in the whole of reality.

Some aerosophic practices, and understandings:

Triangle of Art (Solomonic triangle, Triangle of Evocation)

Invoking, and evoking entities

Qabbalah

Working with the spirit of the land

Different types of spiritual entities

Deity work

Spiritual companionship

Astral travel

Astral projection

Spirit burrowing

Channeling