#learningmyspots

Good question! Not sure how long it’s been in my inbox since I’ve been gone for a while.

BUT, I’ve found a few ways it’s useful. Because it’s invasive and will strangle out native species, I’ve used it in hexing and like. For instance, wrapping a poppet in kudzu and letting it be strangled. When I was in GA, I had kudzu in my yard and could just do it there. Now that I’m back home, I’d have to drive somewhere and don’t love the idea of not being able to keep an eye on it. It could possibly be rooted and grown in a pot, but I really don’t recommend it cause again, kudzu is invasive af. In GA, English ivy and Asian wisteria like this for the same reason.

On the other hand, I’ve used the leaves and vines in workings for perseverance and prosperity because it can survive anywhere, an admirable trait. The leaves also have a *I’m not a doctor, this isn’t medical advice* property to aid in digestion and I’ve used that literally and metaphysically for healing work as well.

Ah, that is the Morgan-Greer Tarot. Quite the wonderful thing, it plays right into my soft spot for vintage occult aesthetic.

Hello, dear! While shuffling, the four of wands jumped out with a message for you:

Happiness and celebration is in your future after all of this hard work! This card reminds you to stop and recognize and take pride in all the milestones you hit along your journey.

It DIDN’t mean they’re closed, it just apparently meant that uhhhhhhhhhhhhh I’m doing it like three days late

So heyyy you get a past-present-future reading with a really unhelpful clarifying card lol

I say that, but I think I figured out what the hell that fucker showed up for. I did not wake up very confident about doing readings and I was like ‘hey let’s grab a clarifier so I have somewhere to start!’ and then basically the Happy Squirrel of this deck showed up

Had to meditate on it for a HOT minute (read as: two hours while I did other stuff) but I think it pretty simply is your search for enlightenment and connection, in whatever form that takes for you. Getting an inkling you’re looking for it via witchcraft and divination, so let’s start with that then yeh? As always, let me know if that’s way off.

Clarifier: The Fountain

Enlightenment and connection. Specifically with a greater energy, power, or community. Implies that you have been passively or actively seeking this out for yourself for some time.

Past: King of Swords

You were dependent on others of authority as sources of inspiration and guidance. This doesn’t necessarily mean a live person- this could have been a single source, such as a single book or single blog. Though knowledgeable, this source isn’t familiar with you and the way you operate- they’re pretty impartial and you’ve moved on to need someone closer to yourself or to take the reigns for yourself.

Present: The Emperor

Speaking of taking the reigns, that’s sort of what’s happening presently. In witchcraft, this is building a craft, building a structure and routine. In your greater enlightenment, it is pattern-finding and sense-making. Be aware that this figure is like. literally boxing himself in though. Break routine often and question the authority of your sources as you construct your spirituality and practice.

Future: Ace of Swords

A moment of enlightenment on the horizon!!! Maybe it’s something like finding a new type of witchcraft you’re attracted to, a daily prayer that calms you, a deity that you work particularly well with. Or, if you do your own divination, a reading that really changes how you view something- cuts through the bullshit and everything clicks into place.

In conclusion...