Rose Petals Witch

Say a small prayer or do a short meditation before you get out of bed in the morning.

Write down dreams or visions you had.

Stir your first cup of coffee or tea counterclockwise to banish negativity and bad luck or clockwise to bring positive energy.

Draw daily tarot or oracle cards (you can also use a pendulum) for guidance.

Cleansing yourself and home using sound or smoke.

Ancestor or spirit offerings

Pick out your clothes, shoes, jewelry... ect with intention.

Write a sigil or petition paper and burn it.

Take a ritual shower. You can spice it up with candles, herbs, and crystals, or you can simply step under the water and imagine all the negativity and bad energy washing off you. You can also recite a chant.

Every time you look into the mirror, say an affirmation

Take a walk outside and ground yourself to Mother Earth.

Dance!! Dancing is an excellent way to rise the energy, and it helps with opening the sacral and solar plexus chakra and getting in touch with the inner child.

“I will be blessed with a generous job that works for me”

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A Few Witchy Ways to Witch Up Your Wedding. 

Are you a witch? Are you getting married? Do you want to honor your practice in your wedding with or without pissing off your extremely religious in-laws? Then please stay tuned!

There are many ways to incorporate your beliefs and practice into your wedding, and many ways to alter the ritual to either appease or hide it from those who may not agree with your practice. There are many cultural practices you can follow (just make sure you are researching closed practices and stick only to the ones you can follow), and many ways to include your gods and goddesses to your wedding with little to no speculation. Unless, you want people to know, then I will make sure to write about those as well. 

Number One: A Handfastening. 

What is a hand fastening? A hand fastening is when you intertwine three pieces of rope into a braid across your hand and your partner's hand. It is typically found in traditional Celtic Pagan weddings, however many religions are now adopting this practice to add it to their own weddings. It doesn't have to just be a Pagan wedding, as I have seen Christians do it and use God/Jesus as the center rope and themselves as the other two ropes. You may choose to use a deity you worship to be the center rope, you can simply dedicate the center rope as your life or your love for one another wrapping around the two of you. The possibilities are endless and it is an easy and very down-low practice to do. To add a little more magic to it, braid your own cords and add protection charms with your fiance. It not only makes the cord more meaningful, but it is a bonding experience and you get to put all the love and happiness you feel for each other into making it. 

Number Two: Crystals. 

Crystals are cool, they look like shiny rocks, and most people wouldn't look twice if there are a few crystals on the tables or in your flowers. I will be giving everyone in my bridal party selenite (to protect and cleanse) and rose quartz (to bring in love). This is a cute idea and you can even do a ritual before you go out to calm your nerves with quartz and amethyst. 

Number Three: Veils

Veils were used in ancient times to confuse spirits and to protect the bride from spirits that wanted to take her. This is a very easy way to add a layer of magic to the wedding, as you can enchant the veil to repel negativity and harm. Also, veils are so widely used these days that people would be considered crazy if they questioned why you were wearing a veil. 

Number Four: Set up a Wedding Altar

A wedding altar can be as simple as the table you set up for the guest to sign the guest book. Add pictures of you and your fiance, pictures of married couples in your family that have passed, crystals, candles, the works. People will simply think you have a very nicely decorated table for the guests. You can also add small tokens of your deities to the table to tie it into the over all theme or to just add a pop of color. I am having a slightly Tangled themed wedding so I will be adding little suns to the table for Apollo!

Number Five: Spell Satchels

You can make a small spell satchel to wear under your dress for protections and love. Rose petals, rose quartz, rosemary, bay leaves with intentions writen on them, and pink salt would be good to add. You can tie it to your garter (if wearing one/wearing a dress) or put it in your suit pocket. They are small enough to not even be noticed by others. 

Number Six: Exchanging of Swords

The exchanging of swords was very big in Norse Weddings. To sum it up, the Groom and Bride exchange swords to vow to protect each other until and past death. Another wedding tradition is to gift the Bride with a kitten to promote protection and to help catch mice and rats. I, personally, don't think this practice should ever go away. 

Number Seven: Go barefoot.

Connect to the Earth as you walk down the aisle. Feel the ground and let it center and ground you to the moment. 

✧ Being a first generation witch doesn’t make you any less special

I sometimes come across people claiming that having witchcraft in your blood makes you more powerful. I disagree.

It can definitely give you a good head start by having access to a lot of information and being involved in the family tradition, but at the end of the day, it is all about you and the effort you put into your craft. 

✧ Witchcraft is not a competition

Stop comparing yourself to other people. We are all different and each of us has their own path. You do you.

✧ Always be skeptical

This is so important! Don’t just blindly listen anyone! Always do your own research and check in with yourself.

There is so much misinformation on the internet, especially on tiktok, so please be careful. 

✧ Always use your own intuition

If there’s one thing you take away from this post, then this should be it. Always. Use. Your. Intuition. I can’t stress enough how important it is. 

Strengthen it and learn how to rely on yourself. Know that you have access to all the answers you seek and you don’t need anyone or anything else to find them.

✧ Don’t doubt yourself

If you stop believing in yourself in the middle of doing a spell or a ritual, it’s not going to work.

Everything is all about your intention. Trust your powers and make sure your intentions are clear and strong.

✧ Avoid love spells

I could make an entire post on this. I know that it’s super tempting, but please don’t. It is so harmful.

You are creating an imbalance in the Universe and that will come for you in one way or another. If they were meant for you, you wouldn’t have to do all that.

Magic resources for all my student witches out there! Remember, magic isn’t going to save your grades if you don’t also put the effort in. But it can certainly support you through your journey as a hardworking student <3

(Updated 10/19)

General tips and advice:

To the witches who are going back to school

Magical school tips

Back to school witch tips

More back to school witch tips

High school witch tips

School witch tips

Crystals to help with school

Kitchen witchcraft for school lunches

University/college witch tips

Everything you need to know about being a college witch

College witchcraft

College witch tips

Little tips for the college witch

Tips for discreet college witches

Dorm life:

Dorm friendly offerings & altars

Dorm hacks for the college witch

Dorm room witch tips

Dorm witchery

Living magically with roommates 

Kitchen witchcraft for the dorm

Alternatives for college witches

Candle/incense alternatives: [X] [X] [X]

Studying:

Witch study tips

Study candle spell

Study sachet

Spell for focus on homework

Stay strong and carry on study spell

Student witch hacks for focus and concentration

Back in focus spell bottle

Studying tips for witches

Tests and exams:

“I can do this!” motivation bottle

Cramming for a test spell

A charm to help you succeed on exams

Using sigils on your tests (tip)

Sigils masterpost for finals week

A spell for finals week

Focus for finals spell bottle

Final exam spell

Final exam pencil charm

Jar spell for good outcomes

Other spells:

A spell for good grades

Back to school success sachet

School success sachet spell

Knot spell for doing well in school

Sweet school year spell

Help me succeed candle spell

“Leave me be” spell

Spell to banish anxiety and get a good mark

Simple spell jar for good sleep

Spells for back to school (masterpost)

Sigils for school, study and education (masterpost)

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Magic to Replenish Energy 

Rejuvenating witchcraft 

Housewarming magic (dorm)

Sick witchery 

Periods suck. Witchcraft helps.

Mentally ill witchcraft: For your symptoms

Chronically ill witchcraft: For your symptoms

Drink Magic Masterpost 

Bath Magic Masterpost 

Bedridden witch series

Here is how to make your moon water in case you do not know))))

✧ carrying rose quartz in my jacket pockets

✧ dabbing lavender on my wrists and vanilla behind my ears before i leave the house

✧ playing soft music whilst wrapped in a blanket

✧ baking sigils into the food i eat

✧ tucking daisies into my hair

✧ drinking strawberry and mango tea with lemon

✧ practising mindfulness and breathing exercises with ocean sounds playing

✧ wishing goodwill on the friends i see

✧ buying flowers for myself

I try to read a variety of books, including ones with different perspectives/topics than I typically feel drawn to. I have a post compiled in my drafts and every time I see a book list on tumblr I link it, then when I have the budget to look for more books I can use those as a starting point! It helps me push past the wall of common authors that mass-publish (often have one or two decent books and then they get very repetitive). Here’s the current list (copied from the draft):

Books on magical history

PBW books

Green witchcraft + plant and herb recs

Personal recs + huge library list

Scottish witchcraft books

Torquewitch’s books + Witchy/pagan book list

Wishlist books - lots

Traditional witchcraft book list

Advanced witchcraft list

I definitely think you should support authors whenever you can, but PDFs are also a thing, and something I try to utilize when reading books from authors I’d rather not support (ie. racist/sexist/etc. but I want to know what nonsense they’re spewing into the world because it does affect this community):

PDF list - some links broken

Immense amount of PDFs on this drive!

PDF masterpost - haven’t had the chance to test links

Viridarium Umbris

On authors:

What to be aware of with certain witchcraft authors

Authors on Hellenic topics to watch out for

And finally, here’s an outdated book recommendation post by me. I just got a bunch of new books and hope to write up a more thorough recommendation/review post once I work my way through more of them!

Witchy Self Care & Mindfulness🌻🌿