#saffirewolf666

Long answer is long, I didn’t mean to ramble but I hope this answers your question!!

I used to be very involved in witchy stuff when I was a teenager full on wicca, but generally I didn’t really find it was for me, though I did retain a love of tarot/oracle and candles. Nowadays I am more into a lot of the history of witchcraft, bad and good, and it’s ties into strong women, feminism and other such things that get written out of history.

I also love the items and styles of magic that aren’t just waving about a magic wand and light glows in the end and it’s all very dramatic and cinematic. Symbols sewn into clothing or worn as tattoos for protection or personality. Herb collection for tisanes or smells, plant growing etc etc The kind of small feelings of power we get from everyday things not just massive grand magical gestures suitable for epic fantasy.

I think that’s why I’m also drawn to tarot. I don’t believe specifically they’re a magical way of telling the future or whatever, but they are a tool of meditation that can make you focus your thoughts on something you might not have previously been thinking about. So while they don’t have a direct “magic” I think their magic comes from how we interperit which random cards appear in our spread and have value whether you “believe” or not.

(however having said that I own 2 sets of tarot and a fairy oracle deck and I haven’t been able to find the tarot for years because I’m convinced the fairies are hiding them so I will only use the fairy deck, so... I’m such a hypocrite!)

The aesthetic is just a bonus. But I like to tie it into feelings of feminine power and strength no matter the gender of the character I’m drawing whether that’s fashion, hairstyle, accessories etc, I feel witchcraft carries a lot of balanced gender energies but also a strong female prescence.

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