#witches altar

updated altar space 🤎

My goal was to use everything I already owned - which I was able to do! The space looks kinda bare, but the point is that I want to grow into it. The only plan I have for it is to thrift some mix-matching small vases so that I can add fresh flowers when I want to.

🌙Simple Everyday Things You Can Do For Protection

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What are some simple things that you do that you think would help another witch?

🌙My list of daily or easy practices requires little to no prep-work

•Use a protection plant ally like a witch's burr, cloves, thorns, motherwort, black pepper, garlic, or onion. Close your eyes and place your plant ally in your hands. Ask the spirit of the plant if they will offer you protection to see you through the day. Carry it with you.

•Alternatively, you can also use crystals. My go to combo is black tourmaline and red jasper!

•Use a protection archetype tarot card like the Nine of Wands. Nine of Wands, for myself, symbolizes boundaries and protection when it comes to our growth/life path. Place it on your altar with intention since it is a portal to our intentions, our guides, and the liminal, or carry on your person.

•Smoke cleanse the thresholds in your home, yourself, and your loved ones. I personally like rosemary and lavender for this purpose.

•As you leave an offering for your guides/ancestors/deities during your daily conversation with them ask them for their help when it comes to protection.

I'm trying to be more open about my witchcraft. Coming out of the Broom Closet, as it were. I'd like to share some photos of parts of my journey so far, and share a little bit about what witchcraft is to me.

More pics and discussion below the cut.