Rosa Roja

These are some of my tips for connecting to the elements in the morning before school, work, busy days, or just a day at home. It’s also handy for witches like me who prefer to work in the morning and daytime 🌞

☁️Air-

💨wake up at dawn if you can (dawn is the time that correspondes with air)

💨pick a perfume that correspondes with your intent for the rest of the day

💨listen to some music to set intent for the day and energize yourself

💨get some fresh air and let the crisp morning air invigorate and center you

💨light incense that correspondences with your intent of the day

💨enjoy the morning bird chirping

💨do a daily divination reading to get a feel for what to expect for the rest of the day

💨incorporate almonds, honey, strong scented herbs like dill, or eggs in your breakfast

Water🌊-

💧have a cup of tea or some water when you wake up

💧take a shower or bath and let it cleanse you

💧take a morning swim if you can

💧moisturize with lotion that correspondes with your intent for the day

💧make a water bottle of infused water (with the herbs/fruits of your intent) to carry around and keep you hydrated for the day

💧collect morning dew

💧pick a seashell that correspondes with your intent for the day to carry around with you

💧sing! (to connect to mermaids and warm up your voice for the day)

💧incorporate apples, berries, salt, fish, or avocado in your breakfast

Earth🌳-

🌿take a walk or jog

🌿do some yoga

🌿pick a crystal that correspondes with your intent for the day to carry with you

🌿ground yourself

🌿take care of your plants (water them, talk to them, etc.)

🌿do a prosperity spell for the day

🌿spend time with your pets

🌿use plant based products or make your own if you can (like shampoo, soap, makeup, etc.)

🌿incorporate nuts, beans, roots (like ginger), and greens (like spinach and kale) in your breakfast

Fire🔥-

🕯light a candle to set your intent for the day

🕯enjoy the morning sunshine, feel it’s warmth

🕯do some makeup or fashion magic when you’re getting ready

🕯meditate with the Sun

🕯take vitamins and/or medications

🕯stay warm with hot teas, hot showers, blankets, etc. (the morning can be a bit chilly)

🕯use the sunshine as a positivity and happiness spell and let it charge you for the day

🕯carry a tealight with you (you never know when you’ll need one)

Written In the Stars Tarot Spread

Option 1: Love 1 - 2: You and your crush / significant other 3 - 4: What you need to know 5, 7: Things to look forward to 6, 8: Things to look out for

Option 2: Making a decision  1, 3: Choice 1 2, 4: Choice 2 5: Pro of Choice 1 6: Con of Choice 1 7: Pro of Choice 2 8: Con of Choice 2 Add more pro/con cards as necessary 

Option 3: Short Term Future Reading 1 - 4: Overall tone of short term future 5 - 8: Timeline of events

NOTE: This spell is not a substitute for trained therapy or contacting the police. This is just to remove unpleasant thoughts (the old meme “what has been seen cannot be unseen” works here)

Materials:

Black Candle

Basil oil (harmony and peace)

Cedar oil (balance)

Eucalyptus (purification)

Peppermint oil (purification and mental energy)

Piece of Calcite

Mix up the oil and annoint the forehead with it. Light your candle and charge your calcite with the following:

My mind is clear and my thoughts are pure, I am happy, calm and relaxed.

Carry the calcite when you need to have clear thoughts

🔮Protect yourself while enhancing your psychic abilities🔮

🔮Things needed

1. A purple bag

2. Herbs

    🌿Dried Lavender

   🌿Dried Mugwort

   🌿Dried Anise

   🌿Dried Bay

   🌿Dried Rosemary 

   🌿Dandelion 

   🌿Dried Sage

3. Amethyst 

🔮Instructions

🌙Add a few pinches of the above herbs into the bag (you can add as much or little of a herb as you want. Make sure you enjoy the smell)

🌙Add the amethyst 

🌙Before bed rub the bag on your forehead and inhale the scent

Divination: Tapping into hidden knowledge by some form of magick in order to discover information about the nature and condition of things.

1. AUGURY: Reading omens from the observed flight of birds.  This form of divination is so old it is actually mentioned in the Bible; Romans used to do it and depending on the species of bird, the messages from the gods could be favorable or unfavorable. 

2. CROMNIOMANCY: Divination using onion sprouts. First a ritual is done to ask the question, and then the answer is determined by the way the onions grow.

3. CAPNOMANCY: Divining by looking through smoke. The shape, direction, and speed of the smoke can all have a meaning. It can be observed in smoke you create for the purpose of divination using something like incense or a candle, or a natural fire can be observed. Sometime,s hands are waved near the smoke to create shapes.

4. OMPHALOMANCY: Divination through the umbilical cord or belly button. This term can refer to either form of this type of divination; but the premise is that the belly button or umbilical cord can predict many things about a person’s life and future. Dr. Gerhard Reibmann, a Berlin psychologist actually wrote a book about it. 

For the purpose of this article, “ward” is defined as: a wall of energy with a purpose. These are different types of protective wards and components. 

Anti-Detection: Prevents you/your area from being sensed by hostile forces in the first place. 

Reflection Ward: Repels any outside magical attacks.

Wall Ward: Simply prevents entry/provides a barrier, just like a regular physical wall does. 

Offensive Ward: Damages the intruder upon entry/touch. 

Redirect portal: Entering this ward will teleport the intruder to another place. 

Illusion Wards: Mess up the intruder’s senses in some way. Can make the ward much thicker than it seems to be, or even cast the illusion of being somewhere else. 

Binding Wards: Condense into a binding that will limit the intruder’s ability in some way. 

Minor Hex/Debuff: Cast a curse on the intruder. This can be temporary, wearing off as soon as the intruder leaves or a short time afterwards, or permanent (as can be). 

Sensor:  This component senses anything and feeds that information to the other wards/to other security systems in place. 

Warnings: A ward component whose only purpose is to warn the intruder. This component contains a prerecorded message. Usually of impending doom if the intruder proceeds. 

Energy Drainer: A component that drains the energy of the intruder, so as to tire them out. Can also be used to redirect hostile energies elsewhere, where it cannot harm you. 

Samhain is often remembered for its association with the thinning veil, ancestor work, and the movement of the world into the darker half of the year. However, it’s also been known as the Witch’s New Year! For this Samhain, I wanted to craft a simple New Year’s type spell to banish what I don’t wish to carry with me anymore in this next year.

Needed ✨ Writing implement of choice ✨ Paper ✨ Candle ✨ Fire ✨ Fireproof/fire safe bowl or container (to hold the burning paper)

Write all the things you don’t want to carry into the next year (or things you wish to banish!) on a piece of paper.

Light the candle and say (or think, or sing, or whatever you like) as it burns:

“Samhain is here and cold is the earth, As we celebrate death, life, and rebirth. As the Wheel keeps turning on, Some things we keep, others- gone. To move forward in life, I look to the past, And what no longer serves me, out I cast.”

Tips for Organizing Your Grimoire

For Traditional Notebook Grimoires

Incorporate a table of contents in the front or end of the book

Create a vocabulary section at the end of the book

Section out parts of the book for specific topics and add organizing tabs (like dividers but just the tab part instead of the entire 11/8.5 ones. You can get these at any office supply-selling store OR you can create some of your own and either glue or staple them on!)

Make an introductory page to announce the change of sections

Don’t rule out including pictures!

For stuff within the same section,  change pen colors between topics in the section (Preferably with the color corresponding with the topic)

For Electronic Grimoires

A folder for magick and folders within it for different sections

Different font colors to correspond with the topic

Include pictures!!

Include a header that describes the date included as well as the general topic

I recommend the program evernote that creates notebooks and notes within those notebooks

If it’s too much to write out, include a link for more information