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All About Astrology

The Basics

The Truth About Your Sun Sign

The Real Deal with Your Rising Sign

When Your Sun and Rising Signs are One

When Your Sun and Rising Signs are Opposite

5 Reasons You Cannot Relate to Your Sun Sign

Your Moon Sign is Overrated

When Your Moon and Rising Signs are One

How to Really Understand the Zodiac Signs

How to Understand Astrological Placements

How to Understand Astrological Aspects

Understanding Aspect Patterns

Stelliums and Superpowers

What Empty Houses Mean in Astrology

Finding Your Dominant Element and Modality

Having Two Dominant Elements or Modalities

The Quadrants of Your Natal Chart

The Four Angles in Astrology

The Five Dignities of the Planets

The Compatibility of Opposite Signs

How to Understand Mutual Reception

When the Planets are at Their Best

Having Planets in the First House

Mercury’s Gifts in the Signs and Houses

Venus and Mars in the Same House

When Planets are at the End of Houses

What It Means to Be on the Cusp

What Your North and South Nodes Really Are

What the Moon Phase Means in Your Chart

Why the Asteroids Do Not Matter

Why There Is No 13th Zodiac Sign

Phenomena

What Really Happens During Mercury Retrograde

How to Take Advantage of Mars Retrograde

How Mars Retrograde Affects Our Psyche

How the Reigning Zodiac Sign Affects Us All

The Promise of Saturn Return

The Age of Aquarius

Life When Neptune is in Retrograde

Tarot and Mercury Retrograde

Saturn, Pluto and COVID-19

Jupiter and the Tragedies of 2020

Lunar Eclipse vs. Solar Eclipse

Solar Eclipse Coinciding with the Summer Solstice

A Full Planet Parade

The Great Conjunction

What It Means to Have Retrograde Planets

The Truth About Generational Planets

The Myth of Intercepted Planets

The Craft

Natural-Born Witch Placements

Astrological Placements for Mystical Healers

Astrology, Animals and Spells

Witches and Dominant Elements

The Four Witches’ Natural Talents

Cartomancy and Zodiac Signs

Astrology in Traditional Witchcraft

The Divine

The Gods and Their Planets

How a God Becomes Your Parent

The God Who Attended Your Birth

When No God was Present

When Your Ruler is Retrograde

Why Calculate Manually

Sample Calculation

The Old Gods

The Old Gods and Their Domains

Apollo

Diana

Mercury

Venus

Mars

Jupiter and Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Pluto

The Gods’ Rivalries and Alliances

Apollo and Mars

Apollo and Pluto

Diana and Pluto

Mercury and Pluto

Venus and Uranus

Mars and Pluto

Jupiter and Uranus

Saturn and Neptune

Mercury and Everyone Else

Mars and Everyone Else

Persephone

The Rest of the Old Gods

The Gods’ Relationships and Ours

The Greco-Roman Gods as Parents

The Depth and Breadth of Their Presents

How the Gods Avenge Their Children

What It Means to Carry Your Parent’s Name

What the Gods Look Like

What the Gods’ Children Look Like

Traditional Worship of the Old Gods

How to Speak to the Old Gods

What You Can Offer the Old Gods

Ways to Worship Discreetly

What to Do with Offerings

How to Dress for the Old Gods

The Gods’ Inner and Outer Circles

How to Know When Your God Has Claimed You

Reasons Your Divine Parent Would Reject You

Mercury vs. Jupiter vs. Saturn

Tips

Tarot and Astrology

Tarot vs. Astrology

Lenormand and Astrology

What to Avoid When the Planets are in Retrograde

How to Read a Natal Chart for Love Compatibility

How to Use Tarot to Find Your Rising Sign

How to See Your Past Life with Astrology

How to Know If You Are at Your Best

How to Strengthen Your Powers

How to Survive an Element-Dominated Environment

Your Natal Chart’s Role in Your Life

Why Your Natal Chart is Contradicting Itself

Having a Good or Bad Natal Chart

Recommended Natal Chart Generators

How My Natal Chart Affects Who I Am

The Zodiac Signs’ Base and Mature Versions

The Zodiac Signs’ Lucky Colors

The Best Time to Be with a Zodiac Sign

Celebrities Who Look Like Their Sun Sign

Recommended Astrology Deck

Signs that Someone is Your Soulmate

Soulmate Pick a Card Reading

The Circumstances of Your Birth

One’s Birthday Dictating One’s Name

Sample Zodiac Sign Comparison

Views

What I Like About Your Sign

The Signs as I Know Them

How to Make the Signs Like You

The Love Language of Each Zodiac Sign

The Zodiac Signs at Winning

The Zodiac Signs’ Cruelty

Why a Fixed Sign Would Leave You

How a Scorpio Really Sees You

Why Scorpios Hate Geminis

Scorpio’s Three Faces

Venus, Pluto and Self Esteem

On Traditional and Modern Rulers

On Astrological Systems

On Vedic Astrology

On Horary Astrology

The Problem with How We See Astrology

Things I Heard the Zodiac Signs Say

The Astrology of The Crown

All About Divination | All About Spells

Hi, how can we identify if a person is spiritual or a puppet?? What's the difference??

This is a really good question, and the message I’m getting from my guides right now, and feeling called to deliver in the subject, is that it’s important for us to focus on bettering ourselves instead of labeling or identifying others.

I know I’ve been talking about celebrities and politicians being puppets a lot recently, because every time I see a celebrities picture lately I’ve also seen their spiritual ties and guides, but it’s possible the enthusiasm with which I shared these things was misconstrued? Or someone who reads my blog is useing them as a distraction or excuse for why things are the way they are or something?

Psychoanalyzing others and looking into their spiritual sides or higher/lower selves is only beneficial when we do so from an observational standpoint and with the understanding that our observation of others is limited to our observation of ourselves.

Your body knows the truth intrinsically. You’ll feel the answers in your soul, but some of you are so disconnected from yourselves that you confuse anxiety and fear with spiritual affirmations.

I’m not meant to answer this question any further right now. If you’re meant to know the answer, you’ll already know. If not, there are other things spirit wants you to be focused on.

🌸 °< heal with me > °🌸 vol. 1

decluttering - the process or activity of getting rid of things you do not need or want from your home or another place.

decluttering is very underrated!

every item we have holds a specific energy, depending on what we ''energized'' it with.

''energizing'' an item = putting an intention/intense feeling on it.

example: you want to do tarot with the help of playing cards you found around, but they keep telling you wrong things! this is because the cards were 'energized' with the energy of 'playing' (in case someone played with that specific deck before). in such case, clear the cards, 'return them to the state they were' (by order) and set the intention that from now own, they will predict.

the same goes for other items - if you have some t-shirt you were once made fun of, you will always be reminded of it, wearing it, even subconciously, feeling 'negative' or as if people judge you by your looks, because that is the ''energy'' that was set into the shirt.

you can take an item and set the intention like ''if i write with this specific pen, everything it writes will come true'' - the trick is it to 100% believe it, without doubt! think of ways you could trick yourself into believing.

to heal, it's very necessary to declutter everything we don't truly need. my examples:

recently, i have cleared my blog from energy that made me feel even the tiniest bit uncomfortable - this allowed me to regain control of my emotions and self, as well as be able to set boundaries;

i have removed over 2000 ''watch later'' videos on youtube, because i felt like 'i will watch them later' even if they are on that list for years. removing them, i don't feel like 'putting things on tomorrow' aka procastinating anymore, which means, i removed my energy of ''i'll do it later'';

often we don't recognize that we put negative intentions in our things! to allow to heal from those energies and intentions that bring us more harm than good, it's better to either remove them from our lives or, if it's something that has to stay, clearing its energy.

why do lucky charms work?

because we believe that this certain item brings luck, so everytime we truly believe in that, the intention becomes stronger and more positive. this goes for ourselves as well - if we believe that we are lucky, luck will surround us constantly!

intention & belief are the strongest power we can have!

it is difficult to believe in ourselves. it's difficult to believe what society doesn't believe. but doing that, we can be very powerful!

tasks

how about we try things to help you clear your energy? it will improve your well-being very much! doing these will help you to remove things you are uncomfortable with yourself with and become a more confident soul in general!

digital declutter - remove: tabs, posts you saved for later but don't actually use/need, pictures on your device you don't use or have the tiniest discomfort/sadness with, organize everything by folder, remove apps/programs you don't use, youtube playlist videos you put on later but haven't touched in the longest time, delete emails/spam & make them stop sending them if you don't actually need it, messenger/social media chats you don't use for long with people you stopped chatting with, delete 'downloads' you don't use - it's just use of space, remove phone numbers/contacts you don't use ; organize everything to not let you feel confused/lazy next time so you won't have to declutter everything again and instead do it instantly;

home declutter - let go of items you truly don't need and won't ever use, sell/give them away; old stationary that doesn't work anymore - throw such things away! paper, litte things that lie around for no reason, clean the whole house - and i mean every inch of it with the intention to clean the energy in the home, re-organize your room/table/bed if it doesn't satisfy you, going by the feeling by ''well i have no choice'' if you can't change it will show universe only that you're not grateful, so if you can - change it in someway, even if it's just moving the bed to a different place or putting pictures on the wall, keep things that make you happiest in a place you see them most - that way you will 'automatically be grateful' and gratitude means getting gifts from the universe! have a place for every thing and reward yourself everytime you put it there instantly instead of just putting it somewhere with the intention to 'clean it later' - that will just put in negative intention in your effort again; if you have food, makeup, paint or other products that have a date limitation, throw them away if they're due!

personal declutter - analyze your feelings, give yourself time to think: what makes you feel upset in any kind of way? write down everything you can currently think of in some journal or even simple piece of paper, don't put it on later, make it a habit, reward yourself for it - don't let those confused and mixed emotions wander through your mind, it just gives your body more stress! draw out your emotions - you don't have to be an artist, you can even do it with paper and pen, just draw whatever you feel like; if you surpress yourself, you will know what to work on; do shadow work, forgive things that happened in the past, clear out misunderstandings with people, go out to nature more, meditate, plan your days and find your own schedule! if you feel bad for going to sleep at 2am - work towards going sleep earlier, being proud of yourself is important! be more honest - being honest, without surpressing, will make you find ways to deal with it in a healthy way even when releasing those emotions, but your mind and body will be thankful! do more things that make you cry - cry more, sing or talk loudly more to be more confident, go to the mirror and practice seeing the good parts of yourself! write down anything you wish for/what you want/what you deserve, rebirth: burn the past and start from zero - if you had no limitations what would you do? and even if you have limitations, what is a smart way to do it anyway? do things that make you passionate, have your own morning time, evening time, passion time, work time, calm time, sleep time - give yourself time for everything you want and don't ever ever ever feel guilty about treating yourself nicely! treat yourself more with your favorite movies or snacks or desserts!

Red Flags in Witchcraft

Red Flags When Looking For Information

As a Witchling, doing research before attempting any spell-work is important. Whether you are asking more experienced witches for their knowledge, reading a book or searching for information on Google, you should always cross reference from multiple sources. While this is a good way to verify information, you should be aware of red flags to look for when doing your research. Inconsistency in terminology Pay attention to the words people use. You can often find people interchanging words to refer to the same thing. If you see this, consider it a red flag. It is important that you research the definitions of different terms, especially when you are just beginning your path as a witch. Here are terms that are sometimes interchanged that shouldn’t be: - Talisman & Amulet - Pagan & Wiccan - Smudging & Smoke Cleansing - Pentacle & Pentagram - Jinx & Hex & Curse Claiming Spell-work Does Not Have Consequences You may come across some witches who like to believe that doing any kind of spell-work doesn’t ever have serious consequences. Here is the problem with that: every action results in a consequence. It may not necessarily be a negative consequence, but there are risks. Always keep in mind that when you do spell-work you can either have no results, the results you expected or results you did not expect. Spell-work sometimes backfires. Sometimes spells end up causing more harm than good. There is also the possibility of causing collateral damage to people who you never intended to harm. This is why we always push the fact that Witchlings should always learn how to do proper cleansing, banishing and learn how to set up strong protections before attempting any other spell-work

When They Talk About Using Restricted and/or Closed Practices If you are new to witchcraft, you may not have heard of these before. Some practices are restricted or closed, meaning you either have to be born into them or be invited and/or initiated. The primary reason for certain practices to be restricted or closed is due to them being oppressed and abused. The history often includes racism, slavery, invasion of their sacred land and genocide. Here is a list of practices that are restricted or closed:

Restricted:

Hoodoo

Eastern European Religions.

Judaism.

Sikihism

Zoroastrianism

Gardnerian Wicca.

Alexandrian Wicca.

Shamanism Closed Practices

Indigenous Practices

Polynesian Practices

Santeria

Voodoo

Rastafarianism

Nahua

Sami

African Tribal Religions

Claiming Witches Must Be Wiccan

Many of the sources that you find will probably be based on Wicca. Although not all Wiccans push Wicca onto Witchlings, there are some narcissistic Wiccans who will tell you that to be a true witch you must be Wiccan. This is not true. If you do not vibe with Wicca, then it simply isn’t for you. There are many other paths to choose from. The threefold law and the rest of the Wiccan Rede may not vibe with you. That is okay. Wicca is not for everybody and it is not the only valid path for a witch.

Claiming Only Women Can Be Witches Men can be witches, too. No, they don’t have to refer to themselves as “warlocks”. As far as most witches are concerned, Witch is a gender-neutral term. If anybody tells you men cannot be witches, chances are they are a misandrist. Don’t listen to them. Claiming You Must Work With Some Sort Of Entity Listen carefully. Whether it is deities, the fae or any other type of spirit, you must understand that working with any type of entity requires a certain level of responsibility and knowledge. There are trickster spirits and other negative entities that would love to jump at the opportunity of taking advantage of a Witchling who does not know what they are doing. You can get hurt if you do not know what you are dealing with. Do not attempt to work with any entities until you have learned the bare basics that I mentioned earlier. With that being said, working with entities of any kind is not a requirement to be a witch. That is a matter of belief and personal preference. There are some witches who are agnostic or atheist, and that is okay. Do not force yourself to work with entities if you know you do not want to. Claiming You Must Learn Some Form Of Divination This one may be against popular belief, but truth be told you do not have to practice divination. Although divination has its benefits, some witches just don’t vibe with using pendulums, runes, tarot or any other divination tool. That is perfectly fine.

Claiming You Must Celebrate The Sabbats You may have already discovered the Wheel of the Year, but if you have not then all you need to know is it tells of the holidays that many witches celebrate. Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lughnasadh / Lammas, Mabon and Samhain. You do not have to celebrate these to be a witch. It is all a matter of personal preference.

Claiming You Must Identify As A “Type” Of Witch

Green Witch, Kitchen Witch, Eclectic Witch, Grey Witch, etc… Does not matter. These types of labels only exist to give people a sense of structure. You do not have to label your path. You are a witch. That is all that matters. Claiming You Must Do Shadow Work Listen carefully. Shadow Work isn’t a witch thing. It is a psychological thing. If you don’t understand this, look up Carl Jung and his theories. Shadow Work, although beneficial in many ways, can be difficult on a person who has experienced severe traumas. If you know that your traumas are very triggering for you, please avoid doing Shadow Work unless you are in the presence of a medical or psychological professional.

Claiming You Must Do Shadow Work Listen carefully. Shadow Work isn’t a witch thing. It is a psychological thing. If you don’t understand this, look up Carl Jung and his theories. Shadow Work, although beneficial in many ways, can be difficult on a person who has experienced severe traumas. If you know that your traumas are very triggering for you, please avoid doing Shadow Work unless you are in the presence of a medical or psychological professional.

These are just a few red flags that you should look out for when doing research. Understand that not all people and resources are trustworthy and you have to be able to decipher what resources are reliable. There are many egotistical witches, , poorly written books and bad information across the internet.

Cleansing for Beginners•

•Release negativity • Purify • Neutralize energy•

Common items that require cleansing: Tarot Cards, Pendulums, Crystals & Stones, Spaces, Altars.

Before using any cleansing method, be sure to check if it’s safe. Some crystals or objects are sensitive to water, heat and light. Always burn responsibly.

Importance of Intent

Use affirmations to make your intent clear. Be sure to clear your mind and relax, you can clearly think of your intent and let it embody you. You can also speak the intent out loud or repeatedly think of it in your mind. Be sure to focus your intent on what needs cleansing. Also remember to keep your affirmations in the present tense.

Examples of affirmations

“This space is cleansed of all negative energies and influences.”

“The moonlight cleanses these stones.”

“These cards are purified.”

Using the Elements for Cleansing

• Water: submerge, sprinkle, rinse.

Fully submerge some items in a cup of water.

Sprinkle water over a space or object.

Rinse what you wish to cleanse.

• Air: incense, wind, smoke, oil diffusers.

Burning incense & diffusing essential oils can cleanse spaces and objects. Hold objects in the incense smoke for best results. Common scents for cleansing include lavender, peppermint, lemon, sage and rosemary scents.

Wind can cleanse items using weather conditions or fans. Hold items in the wind or allow wind to blow through a space.

Smoke of any kind can be used to cleanse but the easiest route is using incense smoke.

• Fire: flame, candle, heat, burn.

You can use candles in different ways. Hold an object over a candle and the heat and smoke will work together to cleanse. You can also use scented candles to cleanse areas. White candles are associated with purity.

Heat can be used with candles, flames or any other method. Hot springs are considered to have cleansing properties.

Burning or holding an item in a flame is considered to be cleansing as well.

• Earth: plants, dirt, mud, salt.

Different plants and herbs can be used for cleansing. Before using plants and herbs, be aware of any medical conditions, pregnancy, pets or children and be sure the plants you are using are safe. Common plants and herbs for cleansing include sage, rosemary, juniper, white pine and thyme.

Fully submerge objects in dirt or sprinkle with dirt to encourage cleansing.

Cover objects in the mud. You can place a dish with mud in a room and ask the earth to cleanse the area.

Burying an item is known to cleanse it.

Salt can be used in many different ways for cleansing. Most commonly it is sprinkled.

Crystals and Stones for Cleansing

Certain crystals have cleansing and purifying properties. This list is only a few.

Be sure to cleanse these crystals often. They may crack or break from absorbing too much energy. The exception would be self-cleansing stones.

Selenite

The best stone for beginners, it is very sensitive to water. This stone is self-cleansing and also cleanses the air and other objects around it. Keep it stored with other crystals, tarot cards, on an altar or on your person.

Clear Quartz

Clear Quartz is very versatile in its uses. One of its properties is cleansing but it also requires to be cleansed itself. It can be placed in a room, on your person or on an object to cleanse.

Citrine

Citrine can be used to cleanse other objects, it also requires to be cleansed itself. Can be stored with other crystals, tarot cards and objects to keep them cleansed.

Carnelian

Carnelian has cleansing properties. It can be used to cleanse others and yourself as well as other objects.

Using Light for Cleansing

•Moonlight

Leave items in indirect or direct moonlight for cleansing. You can also allow moonlight to shine directly into a specific space.

•Sunlight

Alternatively, you can also leave items in indirect or direct sunlight or allow sunlight to enter a specific space. Be careful leaving certain crystals or stones in sunlight.

Best Times and Moon Cycles for Cleansing

Days of the week

Saturday’s & Sunday’s are the best days for cleansing. Saturday’s are ruled by the elements and are a day of relaxing and letting down. The best day for cleansing and protection. Sundays are the day to get ready for the week, prepare and cleanse spaces and items.

Days of the year

•Spring Equinox

A great time for manifestation and cleansing. Balance is heightened and there is a sense of renewal.

•May Day

A great day to cleanse, especially with fire. Purification is a theme of the day.

•Autumnal Equinox

A day all about releasing and starting new. Cleansing energies are high as a cycle is coming to an end.

Moon Phases

• New Moon

Associated with new beginnings and release. This is a great time for Cleansing, Manifestation and Planning.

•Full Moon

Associated with reset and letting go. This is a great time for Cleansing. Energies are very high and the moonlight can easily illuminate spaces and objects at this time.

Best Full Moons for Cleansing: December, October, March, April.

TL;DR: Use affirmations to affirm your intent while cleansing. Elements, sunlight, moonlight and certain stones/plants can be used to cleanse objects, spaces or people. Most effective on Saturdays, Sundays or during the new moon/full moon.

Putting Things Under Your pillow

By putting certain things underneath your pillow, you will allow those metaphysical properties to interact with your dreams and being throughout the night when you sleep upon that pillow. Here is a small list of constructs you can put underneath your pillow that will provide you with specific kna, minds states, and physical stimuli throughout the night based on what they are:

Lapis lazuli is placed under your pillow for awareness of your dreams and the vividness of those dreams.

Clear quartz to wake up with more kna after you awake from your sleep.

Bayleaf to have more prophetic dreams.

Chamomile to promote relaxation and good dreams.

Rose petals to bring love into your waking life.

Peppermint to promote relaxation and vivid dreams.

Lavender to promote calm and for you to sleep well.

Anise to prevent nightmares.

Rosemary to prevent nightmares and to bring deep sleep.

Garlic to promote good sleep.

You can put a blade of grass or a leaf underneath your pillow to promote growth and change in your waking life.

Money for wealth and prosperity in your waking life.

A Picture of someone to connect with them better.

A name of someone to connect with them better.

You can put all manner of sigils underneath your pillow to get the effect of that Sigil into your dreams and waking life.

look how tiny we are, almost invisible, standing on the world's finger. the planet's hair tendrils could woosh us away. yet, here we are. tiny people.

Thank you for explaining! But what would be energy work? I looked it up and it seems to be some ancient techniques to heal energy balance in the body. I don't know what any of that means. And how would you confirm that it's god and not a trickster identity? I've heard plenty about those.

Hi! I know you're asking the other anon, and I do hope they see this, but I can give some basic answers that hopefully help too :)

Before you do any more research, please read this post!

In witchy and spiritual circles, energy work quite literally refers to working with energy! Your energy, the energy around you, and everything in between. Here's a good post about it (and some other things)! I would actually recommend going through their "energy work" tag for more posts.

When communicating with other beings, I'd say you'll get better at knowing who's who as you do it more. In general though, putting up the proper protections for whatever you're doing, trusting your gut, and knowing when to cut communication (aka banishing in this case) is important. Energy work is actually very helpful for this! One very basic part of energy work is protective work (which often involves visualizing a shield of energy surrounding you) and that is necessary when communicating with other beings. Here's a good post on protection!

If you already work with the law, use that to your advantage! Assume that you're properly protected at all times and that you're always communicating with who you want to communicate with (and/or any being who means no harm). I'd also assume that only the beings you want to communicate with can communicate with you! That's actually what I do with my deities because having them around can still be overwhelming. I imagine this would help a lot with trickster spirits.

Some clues that you may be dealing with someone/thing who's lying about their identity:

if you have a feeling they are (trust your gut!!)

if you find yourself low on energy, constantly or suddenly in a bad mood (for no apparent reason or everything is pissing you off), sudden frequent nightmares

if they constantly change their identity (not necessarily changing their names! most beings will tell you if they want you to refer to them as something else or if they're comfortable with another name. changing their identity for no reason is a whole other thing)

if they get very aggressive or angry when you ask for their real identity or say that you're going to banish them/ask them to leave

if they tell you that you're like... super important or powerful (like a god reincarnated or a high priest/priestess).

if they don't want to tell you their intentions for why they're talking to you

if they can't answer basic questions about themselves or you (or they keep answering with things like "maybe/idk". in general, you'll know the difference between an actual deity who's saying maybe for whatever reason and a trickster who's saying maybe because they don't actually know)

This is just some very basic information. This post isn't comprehensive! I hope none of this scares you because trust me if you have the right information and do the right things, you'll be completely fine. But you do need to know the right information and this post isn't all of it. So again, I don't want to overwhelm or scare you but if you find that you want to go into energy work or communicate with a deity, do more research.