☽ Witch Up ☾

So I have a friend in real need of financial stability and help, so I whipped this bad boy up for her. Feel free to sub ANYTHING with what you have on hand or associate things with.

Purpose: For quick, but consistent monetary gain.

You’ll need:

- A jar

- Salt - Purity of heart and intention.

- Garnet pieces - Prosperity and financial strength. Good luck in business.

- Jasmine flowers - Money, y’all.

- Bayleaf - Wishes. For scribing an intention.

- Paprika - An extra power boost.

- Coffee grounds - Coffee is a stimulant. To make this move quickly.

- Coin(s) - Money, of course. I used a single penny, head’s up, for a lucky penny.

- Sigil (optional)

- Green candle - Money and prosperity

Write your intention on a bayleaf. I chose something along the lines of “Money comes to me quickly and consistently, with harm and ill will to no one.”

Place ingredients into jar. Order doesn’t entirely matter - get aesthetic if you please. I chose to place everything in the order as written, but that part is up to you! I strongly recommend the lucky penny at the top, however!

Close your jar up - I had a vial that had a cork top. On the cork, I drew up a sigil, but that’s optional. I won’t provide the one I drew because it’s personal to my friend.

I lit the green candle and melted just enough wax on the edges to seal the jar, as well as enough to cover the sigil to charge.

Final steps:

Bury the jar by your front door. If not feasible, keep near a PiggyBank, in a place you frequent a lot, in a desk drawer at work, or anywhere that feels comfortable. The placing by your front door is meant to draw the spell onwards and toward you. Get creative!

Once you see your spell come to fruition, open your jar and dispose of the contents as you please, whether burning or just tossing away. Clean your jar and either save for future use or dispose of properly based on what its made of.

Finally: after your spell is complete, say thank you! Give up an offering to your deity, pour some wine into the earth, let a white candle burn out, or donate to an organization or charity that’s important to you as a way to give back.

Me: *drawing a card* why did I dream about an ex-lover last night?

Tarot: *9 of Swords*

Thank you, darling!

My number one tip is READ. Everything that interests you! Books, Tumblr posts, Instagram stories; anything!

The beauty or witchcraft is that lots of it is take it or leave it - meaning, you don’t have to follow EVERYTHING I do, but can create your own.

For example, I don’t necessarily celebrate lots of Wiccan holidays, but sometimes I might do something a little special. I like to do rituals for moon phases - full moon clarity tarot readings, or new moon good luck charms. Maybe I’ll make a twine bracelet as part of my ritual. Maybe I’ll just do a tarot spread, drink some wine, and pour a shot of it out beneath the pine tree outside and say, “drink up, Queen!” to celebrate and thank the earth.

Like I said previously: rhink of what you love and maybe integrate witchcraft into it. Love to cook? Add a specific spice or herb into your cooking that represents prosperity if you need an extra boost for a job interview. Like art? Paint something on canvas with colors that coordinate to happiness when you’re in a tough time. Like gardening? Plant flowers or herbs near the front of your home that symbolize friendship if you want to bring new friends into your home or life!

Remember: witchcraft is INTENTION. It’s speaking (or writing or signing, for our differently abled witch family) your desire and intention into existence as if it’s already happened.

“I’m adding a lavender satchet to my pillow and AM sleeping well and peacefully.”

“I’m sprinkling salt on my doorstep because only people with pure intentions come into my home.”

“I’m painting my nails green because money comes honestly and easily to me.”

So something important to know is that every path is different! No two witches might practice EXACTLY the same and that’s a beautiful thing! We have platforms like Tumblr, Instagram, Facebook groups, etc to share information, recipes, spells, rituals, all that.

Some witches are kitchen witches, and some are green. Some find their magic at its best in the forest and some just on their bed with a deck of tarot cards (guilty 😅).

Your practice is as unique to you as your fingerprint.

The best advice I was given was to READ. Anything! Tumblr posts, books on witchcraft (having to do with religion/Wicca or not) and ask around on platforms like you did with me!

Decide what your belief system is also - this could take time. For example, I practice a secular craft, meaning I don’t work with deities. I also don’t work with spirits. Not because I think it’s wrong, but because it’s not my path!

What makes you YOU? Do you love to cook? Garden? Write? Do you have social media presence? Do you want to learn divination? A great skill but not required!

Witchcraft is built off of who you are. That’s what decides what you’ll invest yourself in. :)

A ritual for a pagan witch would look different than mine. For example, sometimes ritual for me is just my grimoire (book of shadows/witch’s diary, etc), a glass of wine, tarot cards, a quiet space, and maybe a spell, depending on what I’d like.