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Use any method alone, or all three together, never just two.

Method 1: The Suits

Shuffle your deck as you ask your question. Draw 3, 5 or 7 cards.

Hearts for “Yes”

Clubs for “No”

Diamonds for “Could Be”

Spades for “Unlikely”

When a suit dominates by at least one card, you have your answer.

Method 2: The Values

Shuffle your deck as you ask your question. Draw 3, 5 or 7 cards.

Positive for “Yes”

Neutral Positive for “Possible”

Neutral for “Maybe”

Neutral Negative for “No”

Negative for “Absolutely No”

Use this as reference:

When a value dominates by at least one card, you have your answer.

Method 3: The Meanings

Shuffle your deck as you ask your question. Draw 3, 5 or 7 cards.

Read the cards like a sentence. Listen to what they are saying. Refer to this for instructions.

If you use all three methods, whatever answer dominates is final.

ADDITIONAL TIPS

Always phrase your question in a way that when the answer is yes, the connotations are positive.

Ask this: Is this person trustworthy?

Not this: Is this person fake?

Ask this: Will I get the promotion?

Not this: Will I lose to my opponent?

Spiritual & Occult PDF guides available for download.

And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…

Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.

Sometimes life is shitty and your spiritual practice doesn't take priority. Thats okay. Here are some tips for how to get back into your practice once you're feeling up for it.

Cleanse and Clean Your Space This is defiantly the first think you should focus your energy on. This can take as long as needed and as intensive as you want or feel is needed. Spiritual and physically cleanse your space. Pick up items, open windows and start your cleansing method of choice.

Redo Wards and Protections Once you've cleansed its important to redo your protection. Cleanse to get rid of, protect to keep it away. Even if nothing has *hit* your protections and wards, its important to keep up to date on them being energized.

Keep Actives Low on Spoons Now that you've done the basics, stick to low spoon actives and slowly build from there. Even if you feel super energized and ready to get into it- you want to take things slow. This'll help you from losing steam..

Slowly Add Back In Your Daily Practice This is totally unique person to person, but dont expect to be back into your multi step daily routine right away. Add in each step one at a time, or slowly so you wont feel overwhelmed.

Come Up with a Ritual Youre EXCITED About You want to focus on the parts of witchcraft you love. Do something you've always wanted to try, something you always love doing, or anything that will make you excited for the working.

Pick a New Topic, Not an Older One Getting into your practice and going to an older topic might feel disheartening. Pick a new topic like astrology, plants, or an aspect of witchcraft you havent gotten too into before. Then go back to the older topic you left on.

Do Some Divination on What You Need Right Now Spend time with your spirit team, deities or ancestors and figure out what you should be focusing in on right now. Maybe you need more rest, maybe theres a ritual they want you to work on.

Remember You Dont Have To Do Magic Daily Dont put too much stress into doing something every single day. Take breaks. Youre still a witch.

Enchant your morning cup of tea/coffee*

Match the colours of your makeup to your intentions for the day

Visualise the water washing away all the negativity when you shower

Enchant your nail polish (bonus: match the colour to the intention, black for protection, red for love, green for prosperity, etc)

Say your affirmations (for clear skin, fading scars, reducing dullness, etc) when doing your skincare

Charge your perfume with the energy you wish to attract

When tying your shoes, visualise them symbolically protecting you from tripping and “falling” into places and situations that disturb your peace

Use music to your advantage, listen to songs that match your intentions, or alternatively, use music as a tool for divination

Some witches veil to keep their energy from draining and to protect them from others’ emotions, but a beanie works too

If you wear glasses, use them as a tool so that they help you “see clearly”

Put your moisturiser on in the shape of a sigil before massaging it in

Child’s pose is always there for you, use it when you need it (alleviates stress and anxiety, helps clear the mind, releases tension in the back, helps to steady breathing, is overall great for grounding, etc)

Visualise the A+ (on your report card/on the paper after it’s been graded/etc) right before beginning to solve your test/exam, it also helps if you can draw a sigil somewhere on the paper, or trace it on the paper with your finger

When shaving, visualise any energy buildup being shaved off as well

If you play the guitar, draw a sigil on your plectrum/pick for an added boost (this works with other instruments too)

Do not litter out of respect for nature and its spirits

Feel free to add more things onto the list

When you’re just starting out, or even when you’re just too drained to practice your craft like you used to, it can feel like there isn’t enough magic in your life. This is your daily reminder that a lot of the time, the only difference between routine and magick is intent.

Deity Dossier

This spread is intended to answer those “I’m being contacted by a deity but which one!?!” questions. This is your answer. It won’t give a name up it will give up a LOT of information to help you find out the answer.

I’ve been working on this one for what seems like forever. This is a HUGE spread. The kind of spread where you lay out on the floor and hope the cat doesn’t mess up the spread kind of spread. It’s meant to look like a tree with the four cards at the bottom being roots but I am not an artist. I can’t even stick figure well. However, I also gave you two demos of the spread in action!

Special thanks to hellboundwitch and whatever beings were used as testers.

The text is tiny so I’ll copy it below for your convenience.

Spirit or Significator: This represents the spirit, deity, or being in question. The card can be drawn or selected, depending on if you know the nature of the spirit or a card that could represent them.

Past: These are past deeds or dealings the spirit has had with either other people or you that you should know about.

Underlying Influences: Similar to Past, this represents influences that could be important to know. This may be an emotional thing rather than a past action. (Example: if previously betrayed by humans, a spirit is less likely to want to deal with humans.)

Attitude and Thoughts or General Personality: General personality and/or how they think.

Present: Their current status. If a spirit is in trouble, this information would appear here.

Situation at Hand (optional): If there’s a specific situation at hand, draw this card. (Example: A spirit asks for a large offering that would be very expensive - draw this card to see why it suddenly needs that offering.

Health: The health of the spirit, deity, or being. (Example: A land spirit could be ill or ailing due to pollution.)

Mind: Their mental health or, possibly, their overall mood.

Physical: Their physical health or how they could physically manifest. This is especially useful for finding out what deity is contacting you.

Things They Like to Do: This could be things they like to do for others, part of their sphere of influence, and/or things that could be used to connect with them or honor them. Think of this like hobbies or likes.

What to Know: Things that are imperative for you to know. This could be used to see how working with this being could affect you in the future.

What to Avoid: Things that are imperative for you to avoid doing. Example: If a spirit hates blood, don’t give blood offerings. This could also be used to see how the spirit could negatively affect you in the future.

Positive Influences: What is helpful? What will help your relationship with them? This can be something that is not in the spirit or deity’s sphere of influence but still influences them. A deity might be one of fertility but their sibling could be a deity of war. That will somewhat play into how the spirit acts. Another example would be a spirit becoming powerful because a nearby coven is worshiping it.

Negative Influences: Exactly as above, but the more negative side of things. What isn’t helping this spirit? What will not help your relationship with them? Do they feel used or not appreciated? The examples above also apply. 

Conscious Desires: What they want. This could be offerings or a general goal. This may be what they want from you. If they have an agenda they’ll admit to, it will be here.

Unconscious Desires: This is what they want but won’t admit to or what they don’t know they want. If they have a hidden agenda, it will be here.

Hopes: This can be a general list of hopes, a overall hope for the future, or what they hope to get from you.

Fears: This can be a general list of fears, what they fear for the future,or what they’re concerned about in regards of you or your life.  

For those of you staring wide-eyed at this, I offer this reading in my shop.

Have fun everyone! 

thiscrookedcrown 

Prompt 40: Don’t leave yet

Pairing: Aaron Hotchner x GN!Reader (friendship. If you squint you can see something possibly building in the future.) 

AN: Once again I bring the angst. I’m sorry, but once this idea came I couldn’t help it. 

Requested by: @originalsoulduck

GTKMaMC means Getting To Know Me and My Craft, this is a series of posts that I am doing that I will end up repeating in about a year or so to see just how far I have come in my Craft. 

Divination

Divination is what originally drew me into my craft. I started using divination, specifically Oracle cards, about six years ago. I had always been drawn to them and the idea behind them as I have always been a rather intuitive person. I use a few different forms of divination and I am working on learning a few more. I work with Tarot, Oracle and Lenormand. I am working on learning Runes and how to use a Pendulum properly. Other forms that I feel drawn to and wish to work with are Bibliomancy and Scrying. 

Oracle

Oracle is the first type of divination that I learned. I was about 14 when my mother bought me a book with two small oracle decks in it. She found it at Walmart. When I came over to her and saw it I was immediately drawn to it and she noticed this. So she bought it, she didn’t have much money but she still got me started on my journey. The decks are Celtic Animals and Celtic Trees. I adore them still to this day. I read Oracle cards without using any spreads, unlike the way I read Tarot. I find that I connect to the cards better when I read without a spread, I read them as they fall, with my energy telling me when to stop pulling them. I tend to notice that I pull in numbers divisible by 3. Though I do not use Oracle as much as I used to, I still rely on it quite a lot and i will always rely on it. 

Tarot

Tarot is the second form of divination that I learned. I found myself getting into it the more I worked with Oracle, I delved into Tarot about a year or so after my beginnings with Oracle. My first deck was the Tarot Illuminati. I still find myself connected very strongly with this deck and it is one of my favorites to read for myself with. I do have a number of other decks that I use as well. As I began working with Tarot I noticed that my decks tend to choose a few types of readings they favor. I have one deck that adores working with romantic energies and another that strongly calls to me when I am in need of quick and precise answers.

Lenormand

I do not have the most experience with Lenormand yet. I never knew that it existed until I bought a deck combo pack with Tarot, Oracle, and Lenormand. When I got the cars and began looking into how they work I found that I enjoy reading with them a lot. They still confuse me a bit, like I said, I am still inexperienced a bit with them, but I have the basics down. I only have one deck of Lenormand cards right now, I am interested in making my own set as I haven’t found any other decks that call to me yet. 

Runes

I am not sure when it happened, but one day my heart just yelled at me to try divining with Runes, so what did I do? I made a set and began working with them. I adore them so far, I just began working with them about two weeks ago, but they are amazing so far. The set I made is made of wood, but I would like to make a set out of stone and possible seashells as I have always loved shells. 

Pendulums

I love the idea of Pendulums, I think they are absolutely wonderful. I do not own one, so I made one using a ring and a chain from a necklace. I have yet to start working with it, but have plans to soon. I think this is one of the forms that I am most eager to work with because I can wear it and take it with me should I need to ask a question on the go. I don’t carry around a purse or bag and really don’t like to, so taking cards or Runes with me is not feasible. A pendulum seems like a wonderful solution.

Bibliomancy

This is another form of Divination that I never knew existed until I began my path of Witchcraft. I have always loved books and reading, I own quite a number. I am working on making a book specifically for Bibliomancy, one that is unique to me with quotes and passages from other books and people. I am excited to get this book to a point where I can begin using it, until then I am going to be working with a book that I haven’t decided on yet, that has a number of poems from different authors and time periods. 

Scrying

Scrying is something that I have known about, but never thought I would try until recently. I wish to get a crystal ball to work with, but until then I am planning on using water and fire, as well as a mirror. I am hesitant to begin working with this method until I get further on my path and am able to focus my energies better. 

Closing

I saw some posts and accounts that really bummed me out tonight. Some people are so proud to be transphobic and it’s disgusting. I’m terrified that I accidentally follow some TERFS without realizing it.

Because everyone gets sick, even witches! Witchcraft does not replace proper medical care, and please be cautious when using herbs and do proper research*

Teas and potions:

Sore throat potion

Sore throat sage tea

Cough/cold tea

Mama’s cold curing tea

Cold banishing potion

Feel better tea spell

Sick witch’s brew

Flu and cold buster

Soothing tummy tea

Vitamin C healing potion

Syrups:

Easy DIY cough syrup

Soothing lemon cough syrup

Simple elderberry syrup

Magic cold syrup

Food:

Swamp’s immunity boosting noodles

Faye’s patchwork soup

“I am not getting sick!” broth

Spells:

Simple sickness spell

Simple healing spell

All-purpose recovery spell

Christian witch healing spell

Healing/cleansing spell bottle

Bath magic:

Anti-nausea bath

Healing milk bath

Healing bath

Shower meditation

Odds and ends:

Cold and flu remedies

Lil’ witch tips for sickness

Immune system sigils

Herbs for a sick witch

Onions

Coriander seeds

Eucalyptus 

Basil

*Resources for herbal interactions:

U.S Department of Health and Human Services

AAFP

Potential Herb-Drug Interaction Chart

Checking for Possible Herb-Drug Interactions