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How and when to cleanse your tarot deck

It's very important, especially if you sell readings, to keep your deck nice and clean. Working with energy means that a part of it can always remain in the deck and come back later to affect your readings. Your deck deserves love and care 💖

🧚‍♀️ When 🧚‍♀️

After readings. I recommend this one for bigger readings or those that drained you out of energy. If you sell readings or do them for strangers, I would say after every reading.

If cards from the previous reading show up in the current one (more than one). This basically means there is energy left from the other reading and it can interfere with the outcome of the current spread.

When you buy a new deck. Anyone who touched it can leave their energetic imprint on it and even if that is not the case, cleansing the deck helps you start with a fresh energy.

If you are in a bad mood/state. I personally think every reader who practices tarot at least once in a while has a connection with the cards and your energy alone can impact the reading.

The readings are unclear/confusing. This can be the result of many mixed-up energies.

When you haven't used your deck in a while. Old energy that has to go!!

Someone else touches the deck. While this is good if you are reading for the person that did it, you can't let anyone else touch it. As mentioned above, energetic imprint.

🧚‍♀️ Ways/Methods 🧚‍♀️

Knock on the deck three times. I do this before every single reading as it's quite simple.

Shuffle while imagining the energy leaving the deck.

Put a crystal on top of it and leave it for a while. Crystals I recommend : black tourmaline, rose quartz, amethyst, clear quartz, smoky quartz.

Leave it in the moonlight throughout the night. I've seen a lot of people doing it on full moons which makes sense.

Pass it through candle/incence/sage smoke.

Put in the middle of a circle of salt and leave it there for a while.

You can also leave it in the sunlight as well.

Meditate with the intention of cleansing while having physical contact with the deck.

I've also seen people organizing their decks by suits. I personally don't do this but everyone has different ways of doing things so try whatever feels good to you!

Witchcraft 101: What Is the Difference Between Grounding and Centering ?

What Is the Difference Between Grounding and Centering ?

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Trying to learn witchcraft and wiccan traditions on one’s own can get really complicated: there is just too much information out there, and not all of it is useful. A particularly difficult topic for new witches tends to be grounding and centering. This two terms are often used intercheangeably, but they mean different things and they are to be used at different times. In this article, we are going to explain the difference in a clear and concise manner. Centering and grounding are both related to energy work: they are both ways to steady your energy.

Grounding is a much more powerful practice: when you are feeling depressed, anxious, lost or stressed you might feel like you have lost your connection to yourself and to the Universe. That is when you should do some grounding: this practice allows you to tap into the energy of the Universe and draw power from it without exhausting your own resources. There are numerous ways to ground yourself: meditation is a very powerful one. Sit upright on the floor, with your palms touching the ground, and envision all the parts that touch the floor growing roots. Envision yourself as a tree, drawing energy through your roots, your head sprouting branches and leaves. Keep visualizing until you feel calm, at peace and connected to the Universe. This is only one way to ground: there are many others and all involve some kind of connection with nature. Some people prefer envisioning a flowing river washing over them, some like to walk barefoot on the grass, some prefer lighting a candle and concentrating on the fire.

Centering is a much softer experience that involves concentrating your own energy. Whenever you are feeling jittery, slightly drained or not effective enough you should ground; and it is a good practice to always ground before a spell. To properly center, you will have to locate where your center is: usually it is somewhere between the breasts and the midriff, close to your heart. If you are unsure of where your center is, picture something you love very dearly and meditate on it. It can be your pet, your best friend or your parents. The area where you feel that powerful fuzzy feeling of deep love and satisfaction is where your center is. To center yourself, sit in a comfortable position and concentrate on that deep, loving feeling and in your center. You will know you are properly centered when you feel happy, safe and at peace. You can also center through any activity that makes you feel happy, safe and relaxed: petting an animal, taking a nice bath, dancing, singing… anything that makes you feel at peace, alive and whole !

Shadow work - Chair technique 🪑

I thought about this yesterday, while I was having a conversation with @sonofreddoinverno and He reminded me the existence of this technique.

I thought this could be useful somehow...

Shadow work ain't something easy. Looking into ourselves isn't always nice, especially when we've been avoiding it for a while.

In psychology there's something called "projection", to sum up: is the act of projecting something we don't like about ourselves on another person. This will cause a negative feeling towards the person we project on, instead of ourselves. By doing this, our brain protects our self-esteem and our sense of internal coherence. (Keep this info in your mind a little, I'm about to get to the point)

Most of the people tend to solve this in an "abstract way" with meditation, for example. But since we're not all the same...this technique is something more physical, It require a lil bit of..."trusting the process".

Take a chair, place it in front of you.

Focus. Imagine a person sitting on that chair (Yourself or someone else).

You're going to have a dialogue, talk about events/things you need to work on/things you don't like about someone, or even yourself. Whatever you think your shadow work needs to be. Project everything you have on that person on the chair. Ask for explanations, say your needs at loud...

Now you're going to change your pov, sit on the other chair and reply to yourself.

End the practice when you feel like you've had enough.

Take it easy, cause you're going to be at ease only after a while, it may be really weird at the beginning.

After you get used to it you may start to perceive that chair in a different way (example: it might become hot/cold/far/near etc.). Try to pay attention to how you feel because that is going to be one of the hints to work on, find an explanation to your feelings.

It's not over yet...

After every time you practice this... you're going to feel in a certain way... sometimes relieved, sometimes not so good.

Write it down, read it, give yourself an interpretation and choose the next step to take

Good luck ✨

Cherry do you often meditate?. How do you start it and how it feels after you have done a meditation?

hello!

i will be honest, no i don’t often meditate, it happens rather.. rarely. i usually meditate when i need to calm down myself or to clear my mind, and i feel refreshed and calm after that! sometimes i do a meditation to cleanse my chakras, but i don’t do any other meditations ‘’meet your guides, angels, soulmate etc’’. i’ve tried, but i never saw anything and i was just alone in this place of darkness and i don’t really like that; you see, my guides just tell me often ‘’you are very powerful, and have powerful gifts, so try to trust yourself and your powers instead of us’’; i also tried to be consistent - yet it always felt like my soul is about to go out my body or smth and i don’t want that - it’s a bit dangerous; which is why i admire people who can astral travel!

meditation was always a bit difficult for me to do.. which is why i probably don’t do it often ^^’’ i’m sorry if i couldn’t be any help, you seemed to wanted more of a guide but i’m not very good at it myself >< 

May we have the courage and sensibility to feel all the things that can't be seen.

what is a epiphany you had that made everything click for you?

that im different.

i used to base all of my opinions, goals and dreams on what others around me were doing but then i realised i didn’t want to do any of that, i didn’t want to be in corporate and work 9-5 jobs. i would rather spend the rest of my life relaxing, learning (not for academics) but learn to understand the world better and educate myself. i would rather spend my time traveling and embracing other people’s cultures and create, make art and design stuff

i don’t believe in hustle culture at all.

ever since i accepted myself for how different i am, things shifted. i became more calm with myself, i stopped stressing. i stopped worrying about other people’s opinions. i stopped hating myself. i understood myself better.

🌹 tarot tips for sexual readings:

⎡QUESTIONS ⎦⇁ so, this is a simple trick but priceless. once you run out of ideas, flip what you asked the deck to the other person/perspective. if you inquired “how are they like in bed”, you now ask “how would they experience me sexually?”. i got the most eye-opening results with this ‘inverted question’ method.

⎡SUITS ⎦⇁ the minor arcana excel in nsfw readings. why? the four suits show you what type of tone is set to a t. swords are serious and thought-out sex with sharp movements, wands signify loud and aggressive romps in multiple places or rounds, cups are romantic, sweet and emotional, while pentacles are slow, trusty, and drawn-out lovemaking that’s domestic. 

⎡ELEMENTS ⎦⇁ don’t forget that the suits come with elements as well, and interpret accordingly. e.g. swords as air show you encounters that leave you breathless, wands as fire show you that both partners will be burning up with sweat, cups as water show you that it’s gonna be all wet and spit/kiss-heavy, while coins as earth are a more grounded experience without any horizontal positions, and that the person has your favorite scent.

⎡TROPES ⎦⇁ the major arcana are perfect to determine what kind of sex life a person wants overall rather than the details. see them as erotic archetypes that get to the core of the person. they show central sensual needs and most importantly, relationship goals. and, by the way: the kind of sexy clothes the person prefers to wear.

⎡REVERSALS ⎦⇁ unless you’re the utmost pro with a decade of tarot practice under your belt, or pretty advanced, make life easier and keep reversals out of sexual readings. for other questions yes, but i find that reversals are tricky with 18+ questions if you’re a beginner. especially when you focus on reading the imagery.

⎡DOM/SUB ⎦⇁ if you’re asking about bdsm VS vanilla: swords and wands are the kinkier suits. cups and coins are way tamer. in the same vein, you can find out what type of sexual role they prefer this way. hard doms come with swords if they are strict. soft doms, usually pentacles. brats show up as wands (exception: the king/queen/knight show a dominant). soft subs = usually cups. 

⎡COURT CARDS⎦⇁ if a royal appears for a person you’re asking about, you know that they are experienced or know their stuff. unless it’s the pages, those show you’re dealing with a novice or shy person (cups and coins the most in that case, swords and wands the least). the knights, 50-50. beside the knight of coins they are or have been the most sexually active at least.

⎡ACES⎦⇁ Most tarot readers interpret them as stages of initiation, like a first date, first time. I think you can add another meaning given their number in the suits (1): They can stand for the singular person getting it on by themselves rather than couple activity. The aces tell you the most about masturbation habits. On top of that, it’s how they want to become ‘one’ with their partner.

⎡HARMONY⎦⇁ if there’s one thing a deck can do, it’s this. the tarot will give you lightning-fast reflections on whether your intimate time would be/is/was harmonious or not, healthy or not. should you however get a card that is ambiguous in meaning, focus on how the image makes you feel like and you know the answer.

⎡SPREADS ⎦⇁ for a mysterious reason, the tarot seems to like 5-card spreads for sexual readings. it seems to be the sacred number right here. maybe it’s how the body has five outermost points, the four limbs and head. so, a star-shaped spread works wonders congruently.

Affirmations for instant manifestation

I manifest instantly and limitlessly.

The 3D instantly conforms to my desired reality.

I manifest at the blink of an eye.

I always receive my manifestations quicker than expected.

My manifestations come so quickly, I never have to wait.

My mind is so powerful. I get whatever I want when I want it.

I literally manifest so easily and quickly.

Every desire manifests instantly for me.

I shift realities whenever I want.

Everything I want comes to me instantly.

the lost city of atlantis

"atlantis was my home, it was this beautiful island, surrounded by the most beautiful blue water. whales and dolphins were our protectors, our best friends. mermaids and humans lived happily together, between the sea and the land. angels were among us, angels were our healers, the people that came from other planets and dimensions, they came to us with a mission, to help planet earth, and helps us all. atlantis was beautiful, small mountains were here and there, with magical portals that brought you to these wonderful caves, surrounded by the most beautiful waterfalls, you could hear the water flowing gracefully. the rivers could heal you by just touching their crystal clear water. the crystals that had the most high energetic frequency, they helped us heal this island, they helped us healing our people. atlantis were the place were love and peace ruled over everything. now it lives in our memories. but it's still there somewhere. my home is there, out there, somewhere."

How to communicate with your subconscious mind

So in my last post, I said that I communicate with my subconscious regularly. How do I do that, and what does it help me with? That will be answered here! Feel free to ask questions if you have any 💕

You may feel guided to read this post! If you do, don't ignore that guidance!! That is your subconscious mind telling you that it wants to talk to you, and showing you how to do it!!

The process of communicating with your subconscious is incredibly easy!

Specify that you want to talk to your subconscious mind. This can be as easy as thinking "I'd like to speak with my subconscious." Now that I have rapport with mine, I usually just call out "Subconscious?" in my mind, and it answers.

Allow yourself to be guided to its answers. This is the trickiest part of the process, but it does get easier as you practice! Basically, don't force yourself to think anything: the first thought that comes into your head should be your subconscious mind answering you!

Pro tip! If you feel resistance in your chest, mind, head, etc. you're probably forcing your subconscious to say certain things, and that's not actually what it's trying to say! When your subconscious mind talks to you, it will feel like your thoughts, but smoother and more free flowing.

After that, the biggest step is just taking with your subconscious mind. Talk to it like you would a person, because it's literally just you, and you want to treat you well 🥰 It might take a little while to become comfortable conversing with yourself in this manner, but it becomes easier every time you do it!

You'll likely find that your subconscious has a personality similar to your own, but it may act how you'd like to act, or how you used to act, etc. It will appear in the way that will be the most comfortable for you, so don't worry about it! Remember that your higher self is literally just you: the you that exists on the 4D plane. It wants you to be happy, and it loves you dearly, because you are a part of it!

Benefits!

In terms of manifestation, you can ask your subconscious mind directly for things if you desire. Of course, it will give them to you, and it will reassure you that you have what you want as many times as you need! What you want may still take some time to manifest, but know that your subconscious mind will have more answers about the delay than anyone on Tumblr ever could!

Your subconscious mind will likely be able to guide you to answers and conclusions that you would not otherwise think of or consider. It knows what you need to do to manifest, and it knows what's stopping you. Don't be afraid to ask it questions! It would love to answer them so you can get what you want 💕