#feather magic

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Feathers are a product of birds, thus meaning they take on correspondences of avian kind.

Birds themselves represent freedom, inspiration, travel of the mind & spirit, higher knowledge, new transitions & so much more. Because of their connection to the skies, they have long been associated with the Gods & Goddesses.

Many cultures & sacred ceremonies & rituals involve feathers. Feathers can also be seen as a symbol of gratitude & appreciation. Attaching feathers to oneself, animals or things is a ceremonial action that sets intention for growth & abundance - because birds are of the Gods. Feathers are also commonly seen as a gift from the Gods or heavens & as a message from a loved one.

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There are many messages, meanings & uses for feathers, here are some of the most common:

☁️ Truth

☁️ Speed

☁️ Spirit

☁️ Travel

☁️ Levity

☁️ Flight

☁️ Heaven

☁️ Messages

☁️ Ascension

☁️ Fertility

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Feather Colour Correspondences:

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💭 White: Spirituality, angels, faith, protection, purification, hope.

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🖤 Black: Protection, warning, repelling or warning of negative energy, mystical wisdom, spiritual initiation.

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💙 Blue: Peace, inspiration, spirit connection, psychic awareness.

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❤️ Red: Good fortune, passion, emotions, courage, money, security.

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💚 Green: Health, Healing, nature, money, prosperity, success, nature/plant/animal spirits.

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💛 Yellow: Mental alertness, vision, joy, cheerfulness, intelligence.

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🧡 Orange: Energy, change, optimism, success, new ideas, creativity, physical love.

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💝 Pink: Unconditional love, romance, caring, compassion, harmony, faithfulness, honour, inspiration.

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⚖️ Grey: Peace & neutrality.

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🏠 Brown: Stability, grounding, endurance, home, friendship, respect.

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💜 Purple: Universal consciousness, spiritual connection, heightened spiritual growth.

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Meanings of Finding Feathers:

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🙏🏼 Be grateful.

🧚🏻‍♀️ Get high (relax, enjoy life).

👂🏻 Start listening.

Feathers are used in spellwork and rituals for change and to help focus concentration. Feathers from different birds yield different connotations as well each each individual color having it’s own meaning as well. 

They are said to be symbols of spirit giving you signs. With their connection to wings as a spiritual metaphor, feathers represent a strong celestial connection to the Heavenly realms (”Feathers appear when Angels are Near”). It is a cosmic way of saying hello, momentarily transporting you above time and space. 

Since Feathers have a connection to birds and a bird’s wings can symbolize freedom, feathers represent the aforementioned and a spritual journey or quest. 

Key Qualities:

Truth

Speed

Spirit

Travel

Heaven 

Levity

Flight

Messages

Ascension

Fertility

Elemental Correspondence:

Feathers’ Elemental correspondence and Ruler is Air, however due to so many connections to spirituality as well, I would also associate Feathers as having connections to Spirit as well.

Feathers as signs:

You can use feathers to answer the questions you seek provided you are being specific about it. Take care in looking for signs that your question has been answered, as in seeing a feather and having the desire to pick it up, or one falling right in front of you. It may be as obvious as seeing feathers on your doorstep or in your home. Take note of the type of feather it is and the color.

Color Correspondences:

White: Crown Chakra, purity, innocence, purification, cleansing, hope, trust, faith, protection, peace, angels.

Red: Root Chakra, money, stability, strength, courage, good fortune, security, passion, emotions.

Blue: Throat Chakra, communication, speaking your truth, peace and calm, acceptance, inspiration, mental abilities, spritual protection, psychic awareness.

Yellow: Solar plexus Chakra, gut intuition, playfulness, intelligence, energy, vision.

Green: Heart Chakra, love, emotion, relationships, compassion, foregiveness, nature, environment, growth, fertility, plant magic, plant spirits, money, abundance, prosperity.

Orange: Sacral Chakra, sex, intimacy, attraction, energy, change, optimism, ambition, success, willpower, creativity, independence.

Pink: Unconditional love, romance, friendship, feelings, harmony, honor, inspiration, caring, compassion, kindness.

Purple: Crown Chakra, universal consciousness, spiritual connection, higher thought, opening up of the psychic senses, deep spirituality.

Brown: Earth, grounding, stability, enduance, home life, respect, friendship.

Grey: Peace and neutrality, authenticity, flexibility, wisdom, you are on the right track (sign), 

Black: Protection, warning, repelling of negative energy (banishing), death (closing of a chapter, end of something), mystical wisdom, magic, spiritual growth & initiation (sign).

Color Combinations:

Black and White: Protection, symbolism of a union (think Yin-Yang).

Black and purple: Deep spirituatity, a very great mystical sign.

Brown and Black: The balance between the spiritual and physical planes.

Brown and White: Happiness, and prevention of psychic or other harm.

Red and Green: Assistance financially. A very lucky sign.

Grey and White: Hope.

By Bird:

Peacock: Once thought to bring bad luck because of the ‘eye’ on it’s feather and the connection to the Evil Eye, but now seen as a symbol of beauty.

Blue Jay: Bringer of light and joy.

Crow: Used for mourning or to get rid of negative feelings or situations.

Robin: Bringing new things into one’s life.

Swan: Used to purify and cleanse. Beauty, grace and goodness. Black swan feathers can be used to purify an area of unwanted energy.

Nightengale: Communication feather, used to tap into the senses.

Eagle: Great energy bringers that remind us of the sacredness of all birds. Can drive away harmful energy.

Feather Etiquette:

Don’t harm animals in any way to get a feather. There are bound to be feathers on the ground as you walk by that have fallen off of birds. You may also buy authentic ones online as well.

Don’t culturally appropriate. Native American traditions see the feather as very symbolic to their tradition and culture. Don’t go around wearing headdresses of feathers you know nothing about. It is incredibly offensive and there are many ways you can wear feathers without it being offensive.

Make sure to clean any new feathers you may have found before use.

More information:

Peacock feathers are popular decoration in homes as well as easy to find at craft stores and hobby stores and they are wonderful for magick and witchcraft!

Peacock: Dreaming, prosperity, change, beauty, grace, dignity, self-adoration, expression, general mysticism and magick, focus, good luck, power, warding, communication; curses related to bad luck, paranoia, nightmares; represents the “Evil Eye”; Air element

Uses for the feathers:

Ward your home from evil and negativity with them by putting them up as decoration

Take small pieces of them to put into spell jars and sachets to boost the power of those spells

Use them in your room to bring you dreams and improve dreamwork

Use quills made from them to improve communication when writing, help you focus on your work and to improve the power of your sigils

Keep them near mirrors to reflect beauty back into the room and at yourself for glamours

Keep them near windows to protect you from curses

Use them in curses to bring paranoia and bad luck to others

Keep one near or on your desk to bring you inspiration and help with your creativity 

Keep one near you during tarot readings or divination to help improve your focus and to help keep clarity during your readings

Use to charge spells and objects with any of the listed above qualities or intents

A spell to help you heal and bring good health. (Though always be sure to seek medical care when ill or injured, this spell is to help you with proper medical care. It is not a cure all!)

You Will Need:

✨ A white feather ✨ Unakite ✨ Rosemary ✨ Rose Petals ✨ Mint ✨ White Candle

Steps:

✨ In a bowl play your herbs and flower petals. Light your white candle next to it

✨ Place your unakite into the bowl of herbs and place your feather on top of the crystals and herbs

✨ Hover your hands over the bowl and feather and focus on all of the healing energies from the crystal, candle and herbs being absorbed into the candle. Keep focusing on this as you speak

✨ “Feather white, feather of light, bring me health and bring me delight.” Repeat as many times as you need.

✨ Once you are satisfied blow out your candle and carefully move your feather through the smoke a few times, careful not to singe it on any ashes left