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💦 Water is associated with absorption, beauty, calm, change, compassion, creativity, emotions, intuition, flexibility, relations, reflection, sensibility and sadness.

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Depending where you get it from and what it is, it can have more magical properties:

💦 Pond water: conjuration, stillness, boundaries, silence.

💦 Sparkling water: banishment, curses, power, purification.

💦 Lake water: abundance, stillness, the unknown, wealth, spirituality.

💦 Swamp water: creating bonds, invisibility, illness.

💦 Sea water: banishment, concentration, immensity, fear, power, protection, purification, life.

💦 Rain water: growth, power, rebirth.

💦 River water: charging, conjuration, energy, movement, power.

💦 Storm water: banishment, charging, clarity, energy, strength, curses, motivation, purification.

💦 Melted ice: creativity, growth, fleetingness, harmony, preservation, protection, purification.

💦 Melted hail: aggressiveness, wounds, curses, ill intentions.

💦 Melted snow: change, delicacy, balance, endings, healing, power, purity, slowing down, resolutions, tranquility, transformation.

The days of the week each have their own unique magickal properties and correspondences, which can be useful for planning rituals and spells. Here is a brief overview of the magickal properties associated with each day of the week:

Monday: Associated with the moon, intuition, and emotions. Good for spells related to psychic abilities, divination, dream work, and emotional healing.

Tuesday: Associated with Mars, courage, and strength. Good for spells related to courage, protection, strength, and victory.

Wednesday: Associated with Mercury, communication, and intellect. Good for spells related to communication, divination, wisdom, and knowledge.

Thursday: Associated with Jupiter, abundance, and expansion. Good for spells related to prosperity, abundance, growth, and success.

Friday: Associated with Venus, love, and beauty. Good for spells related to love, attraction, relationships, and beauty.

Saturday: Associated with Saturn, discipline, and structure. Good for spells related to organization, discipline, boundaries, and endings.

Sunday: Associated with the sun, vitality, and success. Good for spells related to success, vitality, energy, and healing.

By incorporating these correspondences into your magickal practice, you can enhance the energy of your spells and rituals and work more in alignment with the natural rhythms of the universe.

note: I like to do these things at the beginning of the month, also because a clear day helps me with consistency, but it doesn't mean that you can't do them any other day!

1: blowing cinnamon through the door

It's probably the only one that it's traditionally done on the first of the month (again, traditionalli, doesn't mean you can't do it on the 2nd if you forget!)

What is it for: to invite abundance

How you do it: you put a bit of cinnamon on your left hand (left hand to attract, right to release) and blow it though your front door from the outside (aka you are outside and looking to the inside)

If you don't have a private front door (ex. if you have non witch roommates), you can do this with your private room door!

2. salt wards

Since I am already working with my front door, I also take the chance to re-do my wards with salt!

What is it for: protection

How you do it: you sprinkle salt, with the intention of protection, right outside your front door and outside all the windows.

Again, if you have only a private room, you can do it outside of your room!

Tip for witches in the broom closet: if you have a doormat (or carpet outside your door) you can use it to hide the salt!

3. door, mirrors and windows rune/sigil

The second phase of the wards is to lock the mirrors and, optionally, windows (I like to do it especially with franch windows!) and add protection to the door

What is it for: protection again!

How you do it: dip your finger in moon water and write a sigil you made for protection or a protecting rune (I use Algiz) on your front door (or, again, your private room door), your mirrors and your windows

Note for witches in the broom closet: the rune/sigil can still be seen, with the right light, especially on the mirrors and curtains!

Draw or paint using your non-dominant hand to bring out your inner child

Create a mini oracle set out of bottlecaps or coins

Write odes to the tools, herbs, etc. that you use the most in your craft

Use only natural materials in a work of art- tea, coffee, dirt, plant parts, etc.

Decorate playing cards to act as talismans and keep in your pocket/wallet/bag (i.e. a money drawing card to keep in your wallet)

Bring your inner sacred space to life by drawing/painting/collaging/sculpting it

Use handmade images as offerings to spirits or deities; create personalized images of spirits or deities you're in contact with

Make a poppet of yourself and stuff it with petitions or pictograms of what you wish to embody

Create a powerful protection amulet to hang above the doorway of your home/sacred space. What does protection look like to you? Use materials that reflect the kind of protection that you're looking for.

This post will go over what is needed for a spell to be created!

This is a page from my grimoire and by no means is this a set-in-stone situation. Take what you will and leave what you won't.

Desire or intent. This is the whole point of the spell. What is the desired outcome, what do you want to achieve from this spell?

Planning of ingredients, spell structure, time, and location. This includes the verbal or written aspect of the spell if any.

Protection, there’s really no reason not to have a safeguard on your spell in my opinion but this isn't true for everyone. Do what feels right for you.

Raising, gathering, or building energy for the spell. Energy is how you get your spell to work. This can be done by chanting, breathwork, borrowing energy, and more.

Directing energy into the spell. Self-explanatory, gotta get it in there somehow. Basically just getting the intent/desire from inside you to inside the spell so that it can work its magic (pun intended).

Release any excess energy if needed. Grounding is a good way to do this.

Clear and concise ending; this could be a phrase, word, or physical act that indicates the ending of the spell. It’s best when everyone and everything involved knows when you have ceased doing the spell.

Extras:

It’s a good idea to record your process and results of the spells you create and cast so that you have a reference for future spells; also you can figure out what went wrong or right.

I personally think it’s a good idea to put a fail-safe in a spell, I usually do this by stating it out loud: i.e. “If I take apart this spell bag then the spell will cease.” or “If I do this spell in reverse the spell will cease/reverse” and so on.

Do you ever use a Pendulum for Divination? 💎📿🔮