#witch beginner

There's a version of this conversation that gets pretty fluffy pretty fast — crystals on your desk, manifesting your income, that kind of thing. This isn't that.

What a lot of us witches who run businesses don't talk about enough is how much the actual thinking patterns of magical practice translate directly into running something sustainable. Not the aesthetic of it. The actual mechanics.

Intention setting is just goal setting with more honesty about what you actually want versus what you think you should want. Most business goal-setting frameworks ask you to get specific and emotionally connected to the outcome. That's exactly what a well-constructed intention does.

Working with timing is something witches understand intuitively. We know there are better and worse times to launch something, push for visibility, or pull back and reassess. Moon phase planning maps cleanly onto content and launch calendars once you start looking at it that way.

Knowing when energy is wasted in the wrong place is a skill the practice builds over time. You learn pretty quickly that a working done from the wrong headspace or at the wrong time costs more than it returns. Business works the same way — effort spent in the wrong direction compounds the problem rather than solving it.

Building and refining systems is something most witches do without calling it that. A ritual is a system. A set of correspondences is a reference framework. The habit of revisiting and adjusting what isn't working is exactly the skill a growing business needs.

And knowing the difference between what looks good and what actually works — that one speaks for itself.

If you're a witch who runs a business or is thinking about starting one, this thread is for you. There's a lot more of this kind of content coming.

This is a basic dumb idea that I didn't see around a lot: Use the Tarot to find lost objects.

You know, when you are not sure if an object is even in your house, why don't use Tarot?

I personally use my own Oracle but the basic Major Arcana should work fine, still I find important that the cards have a good amount of images, since what you will use to find the object, is based in the images that you see, not in the meaning of the card itself. For this, very minimalist decks, or basic playing cards may not be useful enough.

So, let's say that you are an unmedicated AHDH as me, so you need to find things because your brain just can't cope with basic order. You sits and start to ask. Where is the Thing? Is in this house, outiside, in a specific room? Then the spread can help you.

Usually I find a basic 5 cards spread useful in this case, but is mostly because I use an Oracle. If your deck have tons of images, maybe 5 are too much... Too much info can lead to contradict itself or turn confusing, so start with a basic 3 cards and see if you have to add more. If your deck have little amount of images, it can need 5 cards or more.

Cards where the "ambient" is outisde, probably mean "not in your house/ in other house or lost in the street" (The Fool, The World, The Wheel of the Fortune).

Cards with columns and chairs can mention a "inside the house" (The High Priestess, The Justice, The Hieropanth).

Some cards can point where in reference to other objects. The Magician have stuffs over the table, it can point things over a table or furniture.

You have pets? Maybe is close your pet, and for that, cards with animals can give a hint (The Strenght, The Chariot).

The cards with suns can hint that is "at sight" (The Sun).

Cards with moons and stars can point the Bedroom (The Moon, The Star).

Card with little light? Inside a closet! It have water? Maybe in the bathroom! Have plants? The garden! Chairs? Check close a chair or the kitchen! Fruits? Maybe close the fridge! Have clothes? Maybe on your bed!

earlier today i was talking to a friend about it. then just now we went to this like witchy type shop and i was paying for this random crystal and the woman who worked there told me to take one of the evil eyes, free of charge and keep it on me at all times.