Witchy Signs

Warning: A kinda long post.

So, many of you may be familiar with the game Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector [Google Play iTunes]. After collecting all the cats and goodies, it may seem like there is nothing left to do. But! What about divination with this cute little app? River and I have been exploring this, and a reading could go as such:

1. Wait until your yard is clear, and the food bowls are empty.

2. Go into goodies, and auto-set your yard, which should put out random furniture.

3. Think about what you’d like to ask, and then put out the food of your choice.

4. Wait about 30 minutes (give or take). I know it’s hard, but be patient!

5. Go into the app, and see which cats are there, and which cats have gone. The cats that are there and what furniture they’re on can be interpreted as an answer to your question. The cats that may have left can signify the past of the situation.

6. You have your reading!

It’s a little rough, but it can absolutely be modified. Here is what River and I came up for meanings - keep in mind that you can certainly apply your own meanings!

Minor Cats      

Snowball - Peace, tranquility, relaxed

Smokey - Changes, but successful, two (or more) choices

Spots - Pranks, silliness, lightheartedness

Shadow - Strange, new situation, different, off

Sunny - Trickery, reversed meanings, behind a veil

Fred - Romance, love

Pumpkin - Discovery of a small sort, disagreement, your star sign and things associated with it

Callie - Happiness, but at a cost, contentment, friendship

Tabitha - Growth after a lull, moving forward, the unexpected, gentleness

Bandit - Fearlessness, bravery, strength, excitement

Gabriel - Watchfulness, expecting, justice

Marshmallow - Overconfidence, cockiness, distant

Socks - Journey, travel

Lexy - Gain and loss, leisure

Bolt - Discontent, a need or want, unrest

Breezy - Time, relaxation

Misty - Laziness, loss due to, something missing, lack of energy

Pickles - Innocence, new beginnings, fragility

Pepper - Fear, avoidance, reserved

Patches - Jealousy, want for insignificant things, envy

Gozer - Loss, disappointment, anger

Cocoa - Choice making, decisions, uncertainness, indecisiveness

Princess - False alarm, surprise, head in the clouds

Ginger - Proper, regality, shyness

Peaches - Change, fluidity, moodiness

Spud - Investigation, curiosity, caution

Mack - Determination, strength, keep going

Speckles - Boredom, isolation, driven to bad habits, solitude

Willie - New ideas, discovery, energy

Rascal - Selfishness, ignorance, self serving

Dottie - New person, gathering, relationship (family)

Spooky - Caution, awareness, wariness, quiet

Major Cats      

Joe DiMeowgio - Cooperation, collaboration, achievement in a group

Senor Don Gato - Person of trouble, warning, be careful (of something)

Xerxes IX - Gain, achievement, high position, regality

Chairman Meow - Argument, feud, disagreement

Saint Purrtrick - Mystery, uncertainty, boost of motivation, giving

Miss Fortune - Gain and achievement in finance, bountiful

Bob the Cat - Adventure, new advances, discovery, endeavours

Conductor Whiskers - Journey, but not too far, stay watchful

Tubbs - Gluttony, greed, picky, indecisive

Mr. Meowgi - Guidance, helpfulness

Lady Meow-Meow - Talent, use of

Guy Furry - Creation, plentiness

Kathmandu - Artistic development, discovery of a new talent, culture

Ramses the Great - Puzzle, problem

Sassy Fran - Enjoyment, approval

Billy the Kitten - Struggle, underdog situation

Frosty - The little things in life, content

Furniture

Balls - Happiness, energetic

Boxes + Hiding (leaves, bags) - Hiding, uncertainty

Pillow/Cushion/Blankets - Rest, regeneration

Fluffy Bed/cushion/sheep cushion - Comfort, security

Cubes - Decision

Cooling pads/mats/marble pad - Relief from a stressful situation

Head space - Thoughtfulness

Hammock/Umbrellas - Relaxation, vacation

Tent - Connection [Family + Friends]

Sock - Surprise

Cat trees/bureau - Expansion (of the mind or otherwise)

Tunnels - Caution

Teasers + (mr mouse + butterfly + busy bee + butterfly swarm) - Adventure

Twisty rail - Wildcard, depends on the cat, amplifies meaning

Heating - Relationships, love

Scratching - Family

Baskets, pots, bowls, bucket/planter - Unexpected, friendship

Goldfish bowl, vase, macaroon/pancake - Creativity

Cowboy hat - Struggle

The Autumn equinox is next week and this year (2017) on a Friday! As it’s the equinox the day will be equal parts light and dark (perfect for the beginning of Libra season!) and as it’s autumn in the northern hemisphere there will be leaves that are beginning to change and squirrels scurrying about. Autumn is such an important season of mine and it’s my favorite. It’s also special to me as it begins on Libra season (I am a libra) and also according to the French Revolutionary Calendar, the season of wine. Libra season is one of fun and beauty and that combined with autumn and the celebration of wine makes this the start to my favorite part of the year.

Autumn Equinox is not only the time to be grateful for all that you’ve earned during your hard work of the summer, and be grateful in general for the good that has occurred to you this year, but it’s also a time of letting go. As we inch closer to Samhain, the time of death and transformation that leads to the new year, we should take time to reflect and see what needs to be shedded like falling leaves. The keyword to my rituals are Reflection. Reflect on what makes you grateful and reflect on what needs to be let go. I do have a personal correspondences post that might help explain why I also chose certain things listed below! (Also here is my personal tag.)

A lot of us witches practice alone and have our own solitary rituals for each sabbat that we observe (or the ones we’ve created just for ourselves that we observe alone!) Like any solitary eclectic witch I do things my own different way but some of these things might line up with others practices. I do refer to some of the equinoxes/solstices/crossquarters by their celtic sabbat names but I celebrate them in a secular animist way and treat the wheel of the year I celebrate as more of an argrarian cycle and celebrating nature. I use sabbat names as a point of reference and also people that do celebrate these witches sabbats more traditionally might find value in my personal practice!

When I am alone and casting spells a lot of it is visualization/intent so my solitary rituals are more like activities I like to do then specifically casting a spell. If I am doing a spell with an activity based on it a lot would be listening to music to get in the mood and focusing on a candle while visualizing for a period of time! Eves are also important to my celebration as I like to stay up until midnight and cast a spell then!

Mabon Eve

Thursday September 21st 2017

Autumn Tea lights! First we all know autumn scented candles are the best, but for the autumn equinox festivities, making special autumn tealights is a must! Make Apple tealights, acorn tealights  or squash tea lights (x) and decorate your altar with them or save them for the feast table tomorrow. Bonus: use scented autumn wax or natural beeswax and maybe top it with cinnamon or nutmeg! 

Acorn charms for good luck! I would make these annually for my friends. Acorns represent prosperity and everytime the bell jingles its to hope it will bring you more prosperity for the rest of the remaining year!

Swap wardrobe clothing for your autumn clothes and put a sack of nice smelling herbs like cinnamon sticks in the corner of your warddrobe to make them smell nice.

If you enjoy wearing makeup take out all of your autumn shades of lipstick and eye make up and charge them with your tools of glamour like rose quartz, carnelian and good energy.  

Dry fruits and herbs in an oven or dehydrator! Annually I love to make apple chips this time of year. 

Enjoy snacks while doing crafts! Eat caramels, dried apple chips, nuts (like peanuts if you are not allergic. I like nuts to honor the squirrel and acorn season), maple sugar candies, sugar candied nuts, sweet corn bread, butterscotch candies. Also if you don’t like nuts/can’t eat them but want something acorn-like, make these donut acorns! Bonus if they are cinnamon sugar! (Or you can coat them in maple sugar glaze!) 

If you love knitting this is a great time to begin a knitting project! Use knot magic to bind intent into your scarf to keep you warm in the cold seasons!

I love the spirit of Oktoberfest and though it is too early for that I like to celebrate the eve of Autumn with great fall beers and apple sausages. (There’s a great German beer hall near me and they start their Oktoberfest specials early so some years I go on the eve!)

Preparing dishes Since tomorrow is a great autumn feast day, the evening would be fantastic to just cook autumn magic into the food of tomorrow.  That also being said, Make Caramel Apples! I associate caramel apples with this holiday and candied coated apples with Halloween. Make a nice maple sugar caramel and top with sprinkles, cookie crumbles or enjoy on it’s own! 

Decorate your Altar! Wipe your altar down with oils like cinnamon and cedar. Cover it in chrysanthemums, beautiful fallen leaves, carnival squash, mini pumpkins, and anything fall colored. Burn cinnamon and apple incense! 

Go Star Gazing This time of the year is the best for star gazing. It probably has to do with the temperature at night being pleasantly cool and there being far less bugs. Spend a night under the stars especially since it will be the last night possible to do so before the weather cools! 

Midnight Spell: Focus on what you would like to shed away from your life. This is a time that’s great for letting go of what is no longer working for you in the previous year. As an activity I do like to collect dead and colorful leaves that have fallen and write in gold pen the things I want gone from my life. Over a flame I burn it to a crisp. If you can’t have fire, this is equally as great if you can toss it out of a high window to let it ‘fall away’ (I’d suggest not writing anything on it though, just put the energy into it), or crushing it into powder and letting it blow away in the fall winds. Another spell I like to do is road opening. If you feel blocked and don’t know what to shed away, this helps instead. I always like lighting a candle for road opening spells as it’s similar to lighting a lantern on a path shrouded with darkness, but this can be understood as a leaf blower spell. Take a pile of leaves as clean as you can find them. (at least 10-20 is good enough). Take your favorite stack of tarot cards and shuffle them thinking about the obstacle that you can not overcome. Once you are done, the top card is what you must do. (Or any that jump out randomly). Take that advice card and put it under the pile of leaves. Envision the leaves as the many things that are cluttering your path. When you are ready, take a mighty blow and blow them away off the card! Acorn Spell I like to pick an acorn I am drawn to and think about the things I want to prosper. I use them as wealth spells. As I charge my things and do magic for the ritual, I also charge my acorns with positive intent. That night or the next morning I go to a nearby park (usually the same where I got the acorn) and bury it into the earth. As the acorn is a seed that will grow, so will what you wish to prosper in your life. 

Mabon Day

Friday, September 22nd 2017

When you pick your clothes for this day, Either wear the most fall-tastic witchy outfit or wear the dark veil witchy outfit. Fall is officially the Season of the Witch sorry I don’t make the rules. (I mean 365 days of the year is the season of the witch to me but like, fall is goth witch time). It’s time for burgundy, brown and black lipsticks, heavy eyeshadow, black veils, velvets, boots, flocks of crows following you around as you shop for mini pumpkins. Little kids watching you in awe and believing in magic as you and your Raven companion go pick up Halloween candy. 

Go Apple Picking! If you have the great privilege and opportunity to, this would be the most blessed day for apple picking. Being in the country side and picking apples is the most ideal way to spend Mabon Day. Make a tart with those apples for the feast or save them to make autumn apple cider for Samhain! 

Take a Bike Ride or a Fall Hike! Autumn is an airy season for me and the winds are playful, give life to dead leaves and howl wildly in the night. I love to spend autumn biking and feeling one with the streams of air. Go on a ride and collect the beautiful leaves you see! If you don’t have a bike, taking a hike would be just as rewarding especially in a trail in the mountains!

Drink spiced autumn drinks and be grateful for the past year and the season to come! Enjoy a nice hot apple cider, spiced autumn mulled wine, a spiced chai tea or even a pumpkin spiced Latte (YEAH I SAID IT) don’t let anyone take your autumn festiveness away from you! 

Eat seasonal fruits and vegetables! APPLES! Plums! Grapes! Squash! Yams! Offer some back to nature to show gratitude! 

Plant bulbs in the garden for next spring! You should try to harvest what you can from your garden and pickle your produce and dry your herbs but if you want some things to pop up in the spring, now is the time to plan before your garden goes to rest! 

Make Apple bird feeders!

If you have the opportunity to, tour a winery or a beer garden! Not all of us might have the time to go on a hike or apple picking, yet it is wine and autumn beer season so a nice outing to a brewery will be equally as festive!

Charge yourself in the cool autumn winds! Whistle with the whispering winds, release intentions into them. Find a cool and clean place where you won’t be disturbed to center yourself and allow their energy to flow around you. Feel free as the birds flying south. 

Evening

Celebratory Dinner The feast is the most important part. This holiday is often compared to Thanksgiving because its an autumn feast that has a focus on gratitude yet this is gratitude for what the earth has given for the harvest and your hard work (and not stealing land from other people) and if you are lucky enough to celebrate it with those that share your practice, you should go around the table to say the things that you are blessed for this year passed and toast each one to hot spiced cider. Let the loving warmth engulf you as you drink it and reflect on the good that has become of you this year. One year I made a fantasy feast for each sabbat and this is a recipe post for Mabon. 

Make sure to remember to make a plate for any entities you like to work with. Leave something nice for your ancestors, or the spirits of nature outside. Anything you have left over like organic waste, apple peels, squash string, put it in compost to give back to the earth when the time comes. 

answer this test truthfully

“That’s…That’s not how Ouija boards work. And the apps are not a reliable indicator of activity because their shit is randomly generated.”

“Why are you ASKING the tiny mysterious child to come in and play? Are you fucking stupid?”

“Why is it white people? Why do these shows almost always feature random white middle-America fluffheads without the sense God gave a goose? Is it because they do dumb shit more often or because POC families are quicker to recognize spirit bullshit and move the hell out?“

“-blink- Lady, that is NOT the 91st Psalm.”

“Wait, so you saw random geometric symbols doodled in a closet and you automatically thought OMG SATANIC? What kind of ignorant jackass….”

“RECREATIONAL TAROT CARD READING DOES NOT RANDOMLY SUMMON SPIRITS, YOU USELESS CARDBOARD SUBMARINE!”

“Since when is divination the same as spirit-summoning? What is this bullshit? Read a goddamn book, people, holy crap.”

“No no no, you can’t just set herbs on fire and think that’s it. You have to put some oomph behind it and claim your space. Holy shit, if you can’t use the sage properly, put it the fuck down.”

“You moved into a house that the realtor was literally afraid to walk around in, did you think there was no REASON for that!?”

“Oh you ignored your wife and kids being terrified cause you’re skeptical of spirits, mister big tough man? How’d that work out for ya? Thrown down the stairs you say? Gee, that’s rough.”

“Why does NOBODY listen to their kids when they say they see weird shit!?”

-the second anybody mentions Zozo- “OH MY GOD. OH. MY. GOD. OH MY. GOD OH MY GOD. OHHHH MY GOD.”

“Ohhh yes, there was a witch who lived in the house once. Totally the cause of your haunting because we all know that the only thing witches do is sit around and summon evil spirits. Much wicked. Very scare. Wow.”

“Yanno, witches aren’t automatically evil and hauntings can be nasty without being demonic. Your fundie financial backers are showing.”

“Listen, numb nuts, surfing the internet to find out what’s clomping around your house at night is kind of like going to WebMD to figure out why you have a stomachache. The answer you find is always going to be way more dire than what’s actually going on. Sheesh.”

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Went out into the woods for some inspiration for a new spread and the trees delivered! (Self insert much haha) 

Stage 0 “This mythology/Pagan stuff/witchy stuff seems kind of cool.”

Stage 1 is when you just start out and everything is new, where A White Candle Means Purification And Anything Else is Invalid. Everything is Serious Business and must be approached in a Serious and Solemn matter. It’s when you start buying all the tools, because everyone says you need all the tools. Labels are important because everyone has one.

Stage 2 is when you get a bit more settled, so to speak. Your praxis becomes a bit more personal. You start tossing the tools you don’t use/don’t need. You start realizing other people do things differently. You like blue candles for purification now.

Stage 3 “I don’t give a fuck correspondences are meaningless fuck everyone else.”

My femme wife: [who has also taken 6 hours] Okay babe I love you I’m ready and your highlight is poppin severely but you need to blend that contour in a little bit

Quick PSA to any witches working with Fae: Do not give them your name under any typical circumstances. Give a nickname, or no name at all. BUT! If you give a nickname, don’t say: “My name is -insert nickname-.” Because that is a lie, and a fae will twist that around their little finger and use it to manipulate the shit outta you anyways. 

INSTEAD, say: “You may call me -insert nickname-.” This lets them know that this name probably doesn’t have power over you and that you are both cautious and intelligent. 

I had an absolute Blast working on this entry to the #Angelarium Tribute To The Watchers contest, I am a huge fan of the series and Pete’s work so this was a lot of fun! #KokabielAngel of the Stars. Prints available on my new store 7/10 at 12:00 PM (ET). First 20 go for %20 off!  

I also got second place! Woo!✌️

Wiping down my dash at the end of an evening, I see your read-more, over-hear your rant in the tags, so I pour you a drink.

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