#nail magic

I notice I tend to prefer using the names of the polishes as part of the glamor rather than the color itself most of the time.

Although, I am a glamour witch. I was never the kinda girl who got her nails done.

You:

Me:

I did paint my nails often, so yes i was still doing nail magic. So you might be wondering what even is Onychomancy?

Onychomancy is a form of glamour magic and divination. For this post I’ll be focusing on the glamour aspect of it since I’m more familiar with it than divination. I will be referring to onychomancy as nail magic for the rest of the post. There are there are four aspects of nail magic you have to think about.

Color

2. Nail shape

3. Length

4. Finger placements

I’m going to use my own nails to breakdown these concepts

they’re super cute aren’t they?

Colors: nude, red & pink

Color magic is one of the oldest forms of magic yet a completed one. I encourage you to embrace your uniqueness when it comes to color magic. A lot of the information online is from the White Western perspective regarding the meaning. Use your lived in life experience too to guide you in this form of work. With that disclaimer out of the way, I am going to be using a mixture of personal western and eastern color meanings due to my background.

Nude: This color is used for the base of the nail. Nude are seen as simple, elegance, and authentic. The reason a lot of the wealthy tend to wear it is because it seamlessly blends in.

Red: The color of love & passion, which is highly favored during Valentine’s Day. The thought of red roses, and hearts but the red is not the focus of this nail set. It’s used to accent the piece.

Pink: Seen as a color of innocence. While being associated with girlhood, it also pleads to the girlhood dream lover. There is just something about wanting and seeking true love.

Bonus! for the nail art. It’s a French tips with hearts and kiss marks which furthers points to the romantic energy I’m looking to receive and give this month.

2. Nail shape:

I decided to do a coffin this time around; I wanted to use fire energy which is about forward movement. My moon is also in Aries so I want to speak from the heart.

3. Length:

My nails are short. Which keeps me grounded to the reality of my situation.

4. Finger placements:

Each finger has a difference planet and tarot card assigned to them. There are kiss marks on my ring and middle finger. Ring finger is the sun and the middle finger is Saturn. Is it cheeky that I placed two kiss marks on Saturn? Very much so; I’m trying to get on Daddy Saturn’s good side and my sun. It is almost like a thank you moment

In summary, this February I’m seeing my romantic relationship with elegance and cheeky flirty energy. There won’t be any complicated interactions due to the heavy influence of the nude color but romantic gestures will be received and given.

Within week of getting this set, my partner gave me red roses and I’m determined to bake him a cheesecake for Valentine times day.

These were found driven into the ground amongst a group of three trees. It seems they were originally part of a series of perhaps nine nails joined together with string (there were other nails that could not be removed because they were stuck in the tree roots).

Traditionally, nails were often driven into the ground and left to rust as a way of curing illnesses in humans and animals. The idea was probably either to transfer the illness into the ground, or that the illness would diminish as the nail rusted.

ok so I had this idea for those nail art pens and stuff… sigil nails!

think about it…

use color correspondences with the sigil

energy sigils to enchant things with touch

spirituality sigils to enhance your divination practices

small hexes in your middle finger charged with your anger and released when showing it

u secret? Cover it with a coat of same colored polish

A spell to break yourself free of any binding spells that may hold you.

You Will Need:

Blue Nail Polish

Metal Nail File

Bowl of Salt

1 Black Candle

1 White Candle

Steps:

Place your candles before you, the black one to your left and the white one to your right. Light them starting with the black candle. 

Place your bowl in front of you and fill it with salt. Make sure it is between the two candles but closer to you creating a triangle like shape.

Paint your dominant hand with the blue nail polish. While painting visualize your nails long and sharp like razors, ready to cut through anything that may hold you.

Once painted hold your hand out before you and over the bowl of salt. “These bindings hold me tight and strong, but I shall not allow them to for long.”

With your hand slash like you are clawing at something (careful not to hit your candles). “I cut through the ropes! I cut through the ties!”

Grab your nail file and hold it in the hand you have painted and hold it above your head in a position one would do if read to stab something. “I release myself and break through the binds.” 

Stab it down into the salt (again careful not to hit your candles or to break the bowl). “I cut them away!” leave the nail file in the salt

Hover your painted nailed hand over the nail file and bowl once more. “I set myself free.” Blow out your candles starting with white then the black

Leave the bowl with the file in it over night and do not remove your blue nail polish, let it chip away on its own.

My newest set is a pink, iridescent dust with medium coffin nails.