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What is Imbolc?

Imbolc is a holiday that takes place on February 1st. I celebrates the beginning of spring and growth. It is a time of renewal, fresh beginnings, and hope towards the future. It is the perfect time to make life decisions, try new things, and attempt to move forward from anything that might be holding you back in your past. 

How Can I Celebrate?

Try out a new hobby

Plant something

Cook something

Really anything that involves you creating something

Volunteer at a nature clean-up event 

Clean your house physically

Cleanse your house magickally

Start a journal

Apply for jobs

Have that risky conversation that you’ve been wanting to have but dreading

Wear that outfit that makes you nervous that people will think it looks stupid. OWN IT

Re-decorate your altar

If you are planning on having a baby, this will be a good day to… uh.. start trying. 

Register for a class

Feel free to add on your own celebrations!

Thanks for all the support.

Cr: @wolfieoffline

So, you wanna get started with divination? (Masterlist)

Well, I am hardly an expert, but I can point you in the direction of others who are!

Introduction

Divination Intro

Tarot Cards

How to Get Started in Tarot

How to Read Tarot Cards When You Don’t Know Shit

Tips for Interpreting Tarot Cards

Reverse Tarot Cards

Yes/No Tarot Tips

Moon Phase Tarot Spread

How to Cleanse your Cards

Cartomancy

Cartomancy ABC Guide

Cartomancy: The Suits

How to Cleanse your Cards

Tasseography

Tasseography Guide

Lithomancy

Preparing a Lithomancy Set

Scrying

Scrying [Witchcraft 101]

Scrying Tips

Runeology

A Guide to Greek Alphabet Divination (Runes)

An Introduction to Norse Runeology

Elder Futhark Rune Correspondences

Blooding Runes

Candle Work

Reading a Candle

Reading a Candle (Yes/No Questions)

Misc.

Lesser known forms of Divination

Seashell Divination

Seashell Divination II

Ooooh! I haven't chosen a divination so these will be helpful

Divination Intro

Like any other school of Magick, Divination uses many different methods in order to divine esoteric knowledge, including the past, present, and possible future. 

Important note: It is important to remember that, no matter the type of divinatory practices used, no single person is able to tell the future. There are always variables at play that may change your future and your destiny. Divination simple says that, should things continue as they are, this is the most likely outcome of the situation.

How does divination work? 

In and around all things is a flow of energy. You can think of this flow of energy as the circle of life type of thing from Lion King. “The circle of life flows through us all”, or, like water: Water particles are everywhere, even in the air we breath, and is thus constantly in motion. Same with energy. Energy makes up the very fabric of our existence, making us connected to everything around us.

Here’s a witchy secret they don’t often bother to tell you: We are connected to this energy, and this energy is connected to all things. Energy, at its base, is information.

When we tap into this energy, we are able to see the information that the energy has to give us. Different diviners use different methods of tapping into this energy, but it’s all the same.

Kinds of Divination:

By no means is this list exhaustive. As mentioned before, there are many ways in which diviners practice divination. None is better than the other, and all accomplish basically the same thing. There are a few that I have dabbled in, and a lot that I have not.

Cartomancy

The most common and well known form of divination is divining using a deck of cards, most commonly tarot. Among the cards are different sets of titles and imagery that is meant to invoke some sort of reaction from your intuition. The best way to work with the tarot, oracle, or any other deck of cards is allow the cards to speak to you, and not you for it. In other words, allow there to be a natural progression as you read the tarot, instead of forcing meanings where there may be none.

Runes (Futhark)

Runes are another form of divination that use ancient symbols housing esoteric wisdom to divine. According to the legends which I’ve read, the runes are Norse in origin, but the exact details of how they came to be is a mystery. It is said that they were sacred to the Norse goddess Freya, and were possibly even discovered by her. She then introduced then to Odin, the Allfather, god of war, and the greater mysteries. Odin, who became fascinated by them, hung himself in a tree to die a shamanic death, and was then reborn as Odin the Runemaster. At some point, it is rumored that Odin then gifted the runes to man. 

Whatever the legends, the runes do have an energy all their own, but are not quite as easy as the tarot to read. They are symbols, ancient and unknown in origin, not pretty little colored images on a deck of cards. The best way to work with runes is to learn their general meaning, and allow them to expand their knowledge to you over time. 

Scrying

Scrying is another popular form of divination that uses a smooth, reflective surface in order to “See” images within the depths. Most commonly, crystal balls, black mirrors, and bowls of water are used. 

This form of divination is difficult to master, and takes tremendous patience. Thus, I will not be able to go into further detail about this at present.

Osteomancy

“Throwing bones” as it were. I’ve had more time to learn a little bit more about this, and I have a very basic understanding of how this form of divination works. 

Osteomancy uses bones, preferably from small animals, as well as other shells, beads, and curios collective known as the “bones” thrown out onto a cloth to divine the future. Depending on where the bones land, the diviner is then able to use their meaning to paint a picture of the quarents future, past, and present. 

I’ve read a few blog posts about this form, and it seems that, most commonly, osteomancers use what is known as “animism” the idea that everything has a spirit and is alive, in order to divine. While this may or may not be true, I believe that bone throwing employs the use to psychometry in order to decipher the bones.

Which brings me to my last point…

Psychometry

Psychometry is a powerful way to exercise your “Psychic muscles”, but it also takes a lot of patience to learn. Psychometry refers to the latent or inherent or learned ability to perceive residual information off of objects and/or people, usually by touch. 

Psychometry is best practiced in one of two ways. 

Collect various, preferably older items, such as necklaces, pocket watches, other small antiques, wood, shells, etc. Place all of the items under a cloth or under a bowl and then shuffle them around, making sure that you shuffle long enough for you to have no way of knowing where each item is. You then place your hand over the object, fell its energy, and try and divine what the object is. It’ll take time, but your accuracy will vastly improve, and you’ll find that other esoteric things come to you easily.

Find random objects such as old building bricks, signs, lampposts, antiques, etc. and place your hand on them. Close your eyes, and try to sense the object. See all of the memories that it houses within. Who did it belong to? What has it witnessed? Where did it come from? Eventually, you’ll begin to gain an understanding of the objects around you even without needing to touch them and close your eyes. Then, eventually, you’ll be able to divine a person’s past, present, and future using the same exact method, giving you yet another tool in your divinatory arsenal.

There are, of course, many MANY other methods that I missed. The ones I mentioned above are simply the ones that I personally have, so far, dabbled in. The tarot, of course, is my strongest practice, but others are working their way up there as well.

Short list of other divination practices:

Tesseomancy- Tea leaf reading

Pyromancy- Fire scrying

Lithomancy- Stone throwing

Pendulum- Divining with a heavy, pointed object on a chain

Numerology- Divining with numbers

Astrology- Divining using the stars and their alignments

Automatic writing/Drawing- Divining by closing your eyes and allowing your subconscious mind to write/draw

I'm a baby witch but still curious even if I am researching everything first.

Besoms: How to Make Your Own

Buying a besom can not only be expensive, but also quite difficult to find one that you like. Making your own provides you with artistic liberties. It can be as fancy or simple as you want. 

Here’s an example of beautiful besoms!

I haven’t had the chance to make a besom yet, but it’s something I’ll definitely be doing in the future! Show me how yours looks! (Whether you make one or already have one!)

Need: 

- Wood for the handle. 4-5 feet in length, hefty girth. Can find outside or buy.

- Twigs for the bristles. Can be any length, but ideally 7-13 inches. Can find or buy.

- Sandpaper

- Twine or some strong string

      Optional:

- Wood Stain

- Paint (in any color) 

- Herbs like Lavender (can be used along with twigs for bristles)

- Decorative items

- Knife

Steps:

1) After you’ve found the wood you want to use as your handle, you have two options. You can either carve the bark off or sand it down. Personally, I’d carve the bark off then sand it. This way you can either use a wood stain or paint the handle. (If you want to carve or burn any sigils or symbols into the handle, do it before you stain or paint. Recarve after if necessary.)

2) While your working on the wood handle, soak the bristles in water overnight. This makes the material pliable so it won’t break whenever you try to manipulate it. Let it dry for a couple hours before using it. 

3) Arrange a layer of twigs around the branch and use twine to secure it. Keep adding layers until you’re satisfied with the fullness and length of the besom. Once you get to the outer layers, you can begin to add the herbs if you want. The last layer should cover the broom handle and all other ties. 

4) Either fold over the tops of the bristles of the last layer and tie again to secure or clip them to create an even top. This step isn’t necessary, but it makes the besom look more complete. 

5) Add any decorative items you want.

Don’t forget to consecrate any witch items before use!

If you don’t want a large besom, you can adjust the size of the handle and bristles to suit your desires. The steps are still the same. :)

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JUST LETTING Y'ALL KNOW WHERE THIS BLOG STANDS.

Maybe We can do something

I rarely ever actually say anything on here but I am fully heartbroken on the Monsta X, Wonho situation I love Monsta X it has become one of my favorite groups and to think that I will be losing a member over something so trivial is heart-wrenching I can’t do much about what’s going on and that hurts the most but Monsta X is 7 members and I will not take any less than 7 so please sign this petition and maybe we can change Wonho and Starships mind! http://chng.it/dLwsMHRyps

Spook nasty season!!!

...Now trying my hand at writing...

Let Me Talk About Werewolves for a Second

Why is it that every werewolf book is this weird testosterone fueled alpha male/female romance thing? 

Like guys. Werewolves are family groups. They are basically big ol’ dog families. Your werewolf family wouldn’t be made up of alpha males fighting each other for dominance and subjugating females. 

If there was a werewolf in your neighborhood, they’d be that family of 10 kids always roughhousing outside and their house is the one all the neighborhood kids go to hang out at because Mr. Werewolf and Mrs. Werewolf are the Cool Parents that their kids find really embarrassing. 

Oh my fucking goodness!! Her little chonk butt!!!!

Too much of a chonk to be able to balance her back legs too 😂😂

I’m sorry to bother you, but do you have any tips for how to learn to draw?, how did you start to draw? How did you improve? How did you learn to draw what you wanted? You’re so talented and I love your art ❣️

Thank you! Hmm I don’t think I really have as many tips other than study and not just draw. Like, ideally what you wanna do is work on your observational skills by studying lots and lots of real life refs. You can do this by a variety of ways such as anatomy study (with the actual muscle details), dissecting things into shape language (what are the major shapes used, where/how do they connect?) in which tracing over a picture can be useful as well. Note that you need to be actively looking at what you’re drawing when you try to trace by learning- simply drawing over lines will not help you. As an example, you can do something like this:

What works for me may not work for you, but I find it helpful to break down bodies into shape language that msoothly flows into each other. So for example, how the pectorals connect to the shoulders etc. Tracing over it isn’t even necessary perse, you can also just look at a picture and try to draw the big shapes you see. This will actually help you build your base sketch as well, and once you have a good idea of how shapes work in 3D, you can build off a reference without copying it for example.

Once you start learning these things and work on your observational skills, you start being able to apply it to other things. You’ll notice yourself getting better at picturing shapes in 3D. You can also choose to start simple, building up to complex shapes. 

I hope that helps!

i randomly wandered into an art gallery with live music and a full cheese spread and im going ape

ppl are so annoying “you can’t paint ur bedroom pink you’re an adult” i did not spend my entire life waiting to grow up and control my life to paint my bedroom beige

Ugly sobbing!! This is so beautiful full credit to the artist and this amazing piece!!

Here’s the full 24 hour comic I drew yesterday, called “The Fish Wife”.  Thank you to everybody who followed along on twitter and cheered me on <3

Dog in a greenhouse dome!! I wish my laptop could handle shaders because this would honestly look banging with them.

A picture of our SMP-LIVE fan realm

Message to be invited to our server! ✨

Burnette Estate

village blacksmith.

Rosepetal Manor, Neverwinter.

now that ive got a text tool i wanted to re write my last orc post

jungkook saying goodmorning 🌥✨🥞🥯🥂

Cana: Is it true that Natsu carried you all over town yesterday?

Lucy: Listen, it was wild. He came home steaming, literally and figuratively. Then he said "You gonna sit on my arm while we walk around." and he flexed and I sat on it. We went to city and he then just yells "Get Gemini out!" so I did. "Transform into Lucy" he yelled and Gemini did and he carried her on the other arm and we walked around for like 3 hours.

Cana: WOW! But why did he do that?

Lucy: I don't know!

Mirajane: Oh, I know why~

Cana and Lucy: WHY?

Mirajane: I told him he can't call himself a man if he can't hold the world in his arms. He came back and said "I HELD THE WORLD! TWICE, ONE ONE EACH ARM! TAKE THAT!"

Cana: Oh myyyyyyy Lu-lu~

Lucy: *blushing* That dummy...

In 1937 two women caused a car accident by wearing shorts in public for the first time

Citra is REALLY bad at meowing. She sounds like a broken party favor when she remembers to actually meow.

y’all: peter was able to stop bucky’s fist in civil war bc bucky heard peter’s voice, realized he was a child, then weakened his punch bc he was so worried about hurting a child uwu

me, eating pistachios: y’all know peter can canonically lift up to 75 tons, right. y’all know bucky’s fist is easy as hell for peter to block, right. y’all know bucky didn’t know shit about peter being a child and was just shocked that someone was able to so easily block his punch, right. y’all know that, right.

Take care of yourself. And don’t trust strangers easily— it might be lethal! Being a girl is scary in so many ways. Yeah it can happen to men, but cmon they see females as an easier target.