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Hi dear Diana ♥, I'm reading/studying some of your posts, and while I was reading "Strict Tarot Traditions We Observe in the Family" this point caught my eye: 10) Enchant your decks. “So that anyone who touches them without meaning you well shall suffer a fate too cruel to tell.” How do you do thaat!? I wanna knoooow~ ♥ tons of love for you, dear!
How to Enchant Your Tarot Decks
This spell was originally intended for traveling fortunetellers who often came across thieves and other villainous strangers.
1) Wait for the witching hour on the same day as when you were born.
If you were born a Wednesday, perform this spell on a Wednesday.
The chanting must begin at exactly three o’ clock in the morning. Prepare everything else before then.
2) Place all your tarot decks on a glass, wooden or metal table.
They must “stand at attention”.
Make sure they are enclosed in the container they came with when you first touched them, whether that is their original cardboard box, a wooden box or a velvet pouch.
3) Knock on each tarot deck three times to awaken it.
Do it for all of them, one after the other.
Do it forcefully enough that you hear a thud with every knock you make. It is important that an audible sound is made.
4) Chant this incantation three times to weaponize your decks.
“Asmot. Deo. Vir. Birtir. Ligete in omnibus membris tujs quia te corumpere volo.”
This orison must be memorized beforehand. It cannot be written down to be read. And one cannot stumble upon the words.
It must be pronounced correctly for it to work. Speak it phonetically, saying it exactly as it is spelled. As Spanish is today’s most widespread phonetic language, you may consult a Spanish speaker for guidance.
5) Shuffle every one of your decks to lock in the spell.
Take them out of their container, and shuffle them once before putting them back inside.
Store them together in a drawer or a shelf.
For the next two weeks, perform the spell again. On the coming Wednesday, and on the one after that, always at exactly three o’ clock. Only then will the magic be potent enough.
Anyone with a pinch of malice against you who touches your cards or their container will suffer a bout of illness no medicine can cure.
I've been drawn to a few Greek deities for a while now, how to know the signs that they're trying to reach out? If that makes sense?
The old gods are not subtle. They are proud. They demand to be seen, heard, felt.
• They give you visions while you are awake.
• They whisper to you before you fall asleep.
• They send you unbelievably vivid dreams.
• Their portraits move, showing you if they are pleased or if they disapprove.
• They appear to you while you are divining, through tarot or scrying.
The Greco-Roman Gods in Tarot
This is how they show themselves to me… how they always have to the women in my family.
• The Fates – The Wheel of Fortune
• Venus – The Empress
• Pluto – Judgement
• Mars – The Tower
• Uranus – The Fool
• Neptune – The Hanged Man
• Saturn – The World
• Mercury – The Magician
• Charon – Death
• Jupiter – The Emperor
• Apollo – The Chariot
• Diana – Strength
• Athena – The Star
• Asclepius – Temperance
• The Graces – Three of Cups
• Hephaestus – Eight of Pentacles
• Dionysus – Nine of Cups
Unlike other gods, they do not love you by default. You have to initiate. Only then will they respond. They do not care for quiet devotion. They want bold admiration. And once you are their advocate, an insult to you is an insult to them. So expect decency from others. Or burn them to a cinder.
Hello dearest , I'm not sure if you've answered this but what does the Hermit mean in a love Reading? It's one of my favourite cards but a lot of people say it's unfavorable and its quite confusing. Thank you!
The Hermit in Love
If he appears in a spread of at least ten cards, with three or more of these:
The Lovers reversed
The Hanged Man
Ace of Cups reversed
Two of Cups reversed
Four of Cups
Five of Cups
Ten of Cups reversed
Five of Swords
Eight of Swords
Nine of Swords
Ten of Swords
Five of Pentacles
Seven of Pentacles
Ten of Pentacles reversed
A Knight reversed
…he foretells that the querent will never be blessed with a great romance, and is doomed to a life of ultimate loneliness.
But if it is at least three of these that he appears with:
The Empress/The Emperor (if the desired is a woman or a man)
The Hierophant
The Lovers
Justice
The Hanged Man reversed
Judgement
The World
Four of Wands
Ace of Cups
Two of Cups
Six of Cups
Ten of Cups
Four of Pentacles
Seven of Pentacles reversed
Ten of Pentacles
A King and a Queen of the same suit (both cards to be counted as one)
…then he promises that the querent will find true love and have the privilege of growing old with his or her soulmate.
All About Divination
Scrying 101
The Right Scrying Instrument
Runecasting 101
Runecasting vs. Tarot
Oneiromancy 101
How to Divine Forgotten Dates and Times
Palmistry 101
What Tridents Mean in Palmistry
How to Really Learn Palmistry
Pyromancy 101
Tasseography 101
Phyllomancy 101
Oomancy 101
Bibliomancy 101
Charmcasting 101
Cartomancy 101
Recommended Decks (with links to photos and videos)
How many decks should you have?
Who is better at which system?
Lenormand 101
A 12-Lesson Lenormand Class
How to Read with Lenormand
Answering Yes or No with Lenormand
How to Predict Timing with Lenormand
How to Find Lost Things with Lenormand
Lenormand Cards as People
Lenormand Cards as Feelings and Thoughts
Lenormand and Sex
How Mirroring is Done
Physical Death Combinations
Doomed Relationship Combinations
Questions You Should Not Pose to Lenormand
Do Not Tarotize Lenormand
The Truth About Lily
Fish is Bigger Than Money
The 12-Step Lenormand Grand Tableau
Lenormand vs. Tarot
How Lenormand Interacts with Tarot
The Twin Cards in Lenormand and Tarot
Tarot 101
How to Truly Master Tarot
Key Meanings for All 78 Tarot Cards
How Tarot Readings Really Work
Tarot Meanings
What It Means to Keep Seeing the Same Suit
What It Means to Keep Seeing the Same Number
What It Means to Keep Seeing the Same Card
What It Means to Get Contradictory Cards
What Tarot’s Colors Say About Your Future
The Major Arcana vs. The Minor Arcana
The Major Arcana as People (Astrology)
The Major Arcana as People (Personality)
The Major Arcana as Professions
The Major Arcana’s Negative Meanings
Your Life and the Minor Arcana
How to Remember the Major Arcana
How to Read “Good” Cards as “Bad”
How to Tell Physical Appearance
How to Read Pentacles for Love
How to Detect People’s Desires
How to Decide Which Meaning to Use
How to Interpret Visual Synchronicities
How to Interpret Tarot Literally
How to Interpret Tarot in a Personal Way
The Best Ace in Tarot
The Differences Among Tarot’s Tens
The Soulmate Cards
The Forever Alone Cards
The Polar Opposite Cards
“False Alarm” Tarot Cards
The Major and Minor Twins
The “Bad” Cards as Advice
The Good Side of Tarot’s “Bad” Cards
The Cards as Yes or No
The Cards as Someone’s Feelings
The Cards as Advice vs. Outcome
The Court Cards as Thoughts or Intentions
Tarot’s Extreme Meanings
Tarot’s Twins in Lenormand
Literal Card Meanings
Career and Finances Meanings
Meanings for Timing
When Reversed is Better than Upright
The Kings in Real Life
The Queens in Real Life
How the Men in Tarot Will Treat You
The Court Cards and Gender
Physical Attractiveness of the Court Cards
The Real Deal with Tarot’s Pages
The Knights in Fiction
The Queen of Cups in Fiction
When the Court Cards Refer to You
The Best Couples in Tarot
The Emperor’s Love Compatibility
Christian Symbology in Tarot
Tarot and Sexual Behavior
True Love Combinations
Old-time Tarot Meanings
The Past and Future Cards in Tarot
The Past Lives Tarot Cards
Tarot Meanings for Different Decks
Why We Read Tarot Symbolically
How to Read Reversals
Tarot Combinations for Health Issues
Tarot Combinations for Mental Illness
Tarot Combinations for Cheating
Tarot Combinations for Physical Death
Amazing Three-Card Tarot Combinations
Tarot and Astrology
Tarot and Locations
Tarot and Countries
The Kinds of Wedding in Tarot
The Hierophant is Forever
The Lovers is Not About Choices
Why Strength and Justice Switched Places
The Hermit in Love
The Spokes of the Wheel of Fortune
Justice vs. Judgement
The Devil as a Person
The Tower’s Duality
The Moon is Not Your Friend
The Star is the Trickiest Card in Tarot
The World is Overrated
The Greco-Roman Gods in Tarot
The Archangels in Tarot
My Favorite Card and My Least Favorite
The Three Most Misunderstood Tarot Cards
The Three Best Cards in Tarot
The 12 Most Underwhelming Tarot Cards
Ranking the Suits in Tarot
The Card at the Bottom of the Deck
Tarot Spreads
Past Life Spread
Life Purpose Spread
General Life Prediction Spread
Life Advice Spread
Soulmate Spread
Relationship Spread
Sex Life Spread
Future Children Spread
Death Prediction Spread
Dream Interpretation Spread
High Priestess Spread (For Quick Predictions)
True Colors Spread (For Questions of Intentions)
Two Paths Spread (For Making a Difficult Decision)
Combined Spreads (Tarot, Oracle, Lenormand)
Ancestors Spread (For Speaking with the Dead)
When Spread (Timing with the Celtic Cross)
Major Arcana Grand Tableau (Yearly Reading Spread)
The What If Spread
The Three Wishes Tarot Spread
The Storyboard Tarot Spread
Using Tarot to Find Your True Gods
Using Tarot to Find Your Rising Sign
Using Tarot to Investigate an Entity
Using Tarot to Find Out Who Cursed You and Why
How to Perform the Celtic Cross Spread
How to Find Your Lucky Numbers
Tarot Tips
How to Achieve Truthful Tarot Readings
How to Be the Best Tarot Reader You Can Be
How to Be a Confident Tarot Reader
How to Read Tarot for Yourself
How to Meditate Using Tarot Cards
Traditional Ways of Dealing Tarot Cards
When to Stop Shuffling
How to Shuffle Huge Tarot Cards
How to Correctly Phrase Your Question
Why Tarot’s Timelines Can Go Haywire
Why You Must Read for Someone Else
Never Pull Clarifiers
Never Use Significators
Never Hold Back Truths
Never Read for Someone You Dislike
Reasons to Have Multiple Tarot Decks
Do Not Worry About Mercury Retrograde
How to Enchant Your Tarot Decks
How to Use Tarot to Protect Someone
How to Use Tarot to Control Another Soul
How to Use Tarot for Vengeance
How to Change the Future that Tarot Predicted
How to Predict Sports Matches with Tarot
How a Tarot Reader Influences Readings
How to Use Tarot to Confirm Your Gifts
Using Tarot to Speak to Someone’s Higher Self
What to Do with Rogue Tarot Cards
What to Do When Tarot Scares You
The Importance of Reading Reversals
Who to Invoke During a Reading
How to Stay Safe During a Reading
Do Not Confuse Honesty with Hate
On Using Playing Cards Instead
On Manipulating the Cards
The Most Common Tarot Reader Mistakes
The Myth of Not Reading Tarot for Yourself
Tarot Rules and Superstitions
How to Close a Tarot Reading
How Your Health Affects Tarot
5 Signs You Are Addicted to Tarot
Top Sign You are No Longer a Beginner at Tarot
What to Do When You Dream of Tarot
How to Know If a General Reading Is Reliable
Tarot Etiquette
Formally introduce yourself
Be open to its requests
Use it often
Acknowledge the card that it assigns to you
Respect its identity
Do not cleanse it
Never ask it the same question twice
When You Can Ask the Same Question Again
Do not ask it basic questions
Do not use it for spying
Never dismiss its predictions
Never use another deck to confirm its answers
Read with it when you are emotional
Do not talk about it negatively
Do not blame it for your own mistakes
Do not pull away from it
Do not think of it as evil
Do not anger it
Shuffle your cards correctly
Respect tradition
Practice etiquette, conduct and decorum
Tarot is easily offended
On Charging Your Tarot Decks
On Modifying Your Tarot Decks
On Secondhand Tarot Decks
On the Significance of Your First Tarot Deck
On Neglected Tarot Decks
Pirated Decks Also Deserve Respect
How to Store Tarot Decks
How to Greet and Thank Your Tarot Deck
How to Make Amends with Tarot
Spend time with it
Never discard it
Use a cloth with it
Trust it
Sibilla 101
How to Read with Sibilla
How to Predict Timing with Sibilla
Kipper 101
How to Read with Kipper
Oracle Cards 101
How Oracle Cards Complement Tarot
Tarot + Oracle + Lenormand Spreads
All About Spells | All About Astrology
Hello, dear Diana! Do you know what it means when you ask explicity about a woman and a male court card pops up? Thank you so much. Reading your blog has made me a better tarot reader.
All About Tarot’s Court Cards
The Court Cards and Gender
The Kings in Real Life
The Queens in Real Life
The Knights in Fiction
The Queen of Cups in Fiction
The Real Deal with Tarot’s Pages
How the Men in Tarot Will Treat You
Kings’ and Queens’ Physical Attractiveness
The Court Cards as Thoughts and Intentions
When the Court Cards Refer to You
do you have any advice on how to start studying magic? i've been interested in witchcraft for a while but it all seems so complex i have no idea where to begin. i know you're not like an advice blog so i don't want to overstep my boundaries you just seem pretty knowledgeable!
I do, it helps greatly to research as much as you can on traditional witchcraft and other types of magick, like folk magick. Once you have a clear idea of how magick operates, you can begin experimenting with it. Though instead of writing out a ton of things for you, I can give you some links instead so you can get started ❤️
Some books/pdfs
Witch Bottles
Basics of Magick
Familiars vs Magickal Pets
Planetary Hours
Planetary Squares (for sigil-making)
The Black Toad - Gemma Gary
Nordic Shamanism: Seidr
List of Grimoire Ideas
Introduction to the basics of magick
Animism
How to astral travel
Psychic abilities and exercises
Sensing energy/spirits
Setting up wards
Banishing and Cleansing
Energetic healing on self and others
Sensing auras + colour meanings
Creating thought-forms
Meditation techniques
Trance work
Divination (tarot, tasseomancy, bone throwing, scrying, etc)
Plant magick (how to use plants, correspondences, secret names)
Rocks and Crystals (planetary alignments/correspondences and how to use them as talismans/amulets)
Animal curios + correspondences
List of local plants in your area + the energies you sense from them
List of local spirits
Types of Dirt and correspondences (graveyard dirt, crossroad dirt, bank dirt, garden dirt, etc)
Colour symbolism/psychological meanings
Planets and their souls + correspondences
Stars and their souls + correspondences
Planetary Hours
Planetary Squares
Moon phases and their affects on plants, spells, etc.
Making sigils from planetary squares
Poppets
Witch Bottles
Places for “sending” spells (burying or pouring your mixtures into various places depending on intent)
Familiars vs magickal pets
Alphabet of Desire
Rune Magick
Folk Magick
Weather-Summoning
Personal deities + offerings
Goetic Demons + offerings
Ancestor work
Working with the Dead
A section to analyze your spells- what methods work and which don’t
Write your own spells based on a successful procedure and what plants you have available
⛈️Witchy guide to weather magic ⛈️
🌀 Utilizing the different energies around us is a center part of all kinds of witchcraft. Weather witchcraft is what I call a task for an advanced witch. After learning to control energies around you in a small scale, like your own energy field, your home, etc, you can tap into energies that have effect on larger scale, such as the Sun and the seasons, the Moon, it’s phases and the tides, and what we’ll focus on this post: the atmosphere as a whole, and how it’s changes define the weather, the change of energies around us.
Here i’ll share what I’ve learnt through the years and give you my personal approach based on what I’ve learnt from my family and my own experience🌀
⛈️To understand weather witchcraft, you must first understand the science behind it. As with any path of craft, the first step is research. Weather is defined by the atmosphere, specifically one of it’s layers, the one that’s closest to the ground, called troposphere. This layer contains most of Earth’s water vapor, and it’s where clouds form. It’s also where meteorological change occurs. Before trying to change the weather by ourselves, we must know what makes it change naturally, and after years of practice, there are three things basic things I’ve found have to be taken into consideration when spellcrafting, and these three basics are: the Sun, Air and Water⛈️
☀️The Sun: The Sun, or heat, affects the weather through it’s radiation. Warmer temperatures mean more water evaporation, more likely to form clouds and rain. This also ties to water pressence. But more Sun doesn’t always mean more rain, the amount of water that the Sun can evaporate will define how much precipitation there is in the end, as in polar areas rain is rare too, even if water abounds, as the Sun doesn’t really heat it enough to evaporate enough for rain to be common.
🌊 The Water: Water pressence or lack of it affects the weather greatly. One of the first things my mother taught me was that places with large bodies of water nearby, like lakes or the Ocean, have less broad temperature ranges. This means, temperature changes less drastically: if it’s 20°C at mid-day, it’s not gonna be -5°C at night, it’s probably going to be ~10°C. Water, due to it’s chemical properties, absorves a lot of heat, thus absorves the Sun’s radiation easily and prevents the temperature from rising. In desert areas or places with really low humidity, temperature ranges are much broader, for example, 40°C during the day to -10°C at night, since there’s no water to soften the Sun’s effects.
🌪️ The Air: Differences in pressure and temperature cause masses of air to move, as wind. From places with high pressure and temperature, called anticyclones, to places with low temperature and low pressure, cyclones. Research what winds affect your area, where they form and what characteristics (humidity, temperature, etc) they have. Create correspondences for them based on their unique characteristics!
⛈️ General advice ⛈️
⛈️ Research, seriously read as much as you can about geography, the characteristics of the place you’re living in and how the factors mentioned above affect it’s climate.
⛈️ Make correspondences that work for you and make sense to you, corresponding to your area’s geography, the winds affecting it, your usual weather, keep track of it, also make correspondences for the Sun and Moon and Water or Ocean, deities you work with in your craft, their offerings and altar settings, you can include maps and drawings in your grimoire!
⛈️ For temperatures, you can call into Sun deities in your work, or use fire and Sun symbolism, like candles or burning sigils/offerings.
⛈️ If water is lacking in your area, consider calling onto water or ocean deities in your craft, spirits of any nearby rivers or spirits/deities associated to the nearest water source to you.
⛈️ Different winds with different characteristics will also form different fronts when interacting with eachother, research what these are and how they form, call into winds you need to form these fronts and you can even make sigils for that specific wind combination and the front it causes!
⛈️ Ways of weather working ⛈️
⛈️ Cloud/wind reading: also one of the first things my mother taught me, as different winds have different temperatures and humidity, they form specific types of clouds. Just by looking at the sky, their shapes and how many there are or not, or by feeling the wind, where it comes from, how cold or dry it is, you can tell which winds are affecting you at the moment, if there’s just one or more, and how many possibilities you have of rain or a storm forming. For example, I live in the argentinean northern patagonia, which means I’m affected by 4 different types of main winds. If I see clouds like nimbostratus, I know we’re having a wind called sudestada, and we may have storms and even a spring tide due to it’s effects.
⛈️ Make charms: you can make all sorts of easy charms for weather magic. The classic work is the 9 knot spell, but there’s much easier stuff like windchimes to alert of energy changes.
⛈️ Herbs, roots, spices, grains, sand: all of these have different uses in weather magic! Here’s some of my correspondences for water witchcraft, stay tuned to my blog for a future post on what herbs and spices to use specifically for weather workings!
⛈️ Sound: whistling, by yourself or using whistles, are one way to call on wind. If you have any tie to merfolk or know you have weather singing abilities, you can sing too (be aware, not all merfolk like humans singing, can cause with fae troubles too and you may want to avoid this), another good idea is chants or prayers. Making sounds similar to rain falling with instruments like what’s here called a palo de lluvia or small bells also work very well.
⛈️ Warning: use this knowledge responsibly, don’t further help the weather go wild, don’t put other people in risk, thank you ⛈️
⛈️ With Love, Nao ⛈️
On the signature of fingers
« • Forefinger (Index Finger) — Ruled by Jupiter and the Oak, this finger is held to denote the Holy Ghost or Divine Spirit and accordingly did priests once wear rings on this finger as a sign of their office, likewise is a band worn on this 'wilful' finger said to indicate boldness of spirit.
• Fool's Finger (Middle Finger) —Ruled by Saturn and the Holly, this baleful finger rarely bares a ring, although Graves says when worn on this finger it naturally expresses a hope of resurrection. It is also known as the digitus impudicus after its use as an aggressive sexual insult, its form suggestive of the upright phallus, hence its use as a gesture to avert the evil eye. Intriguingly the Hand of the Mysteries depicts this, the longest finger, with a sun above it, and likewise do images in the Richel Collection show it as variously having a sun symbol, a triangle of dots or a glowing red tip.
• Ring, Leech or Physic Finger — Ruled by Apollo (the Sun) and Hazel, this finger was used in the 15th century to stir, taste and apply medicines, whilst stroked on wounds would speed heal- ingiyo. It is known as 'the ring finger' for it is upon this digit that the solar golden wedding band is popularly worn, sometimes by religious persons to denote 'marriage' to their patron god(s).
• Auricular Finger (Little Finger) — Ruled by the psychopomp Mercury and Apple, this finger is said by Graves to be divinatory and almost necromantic in nature, for when it is used to stopper the ear as an aid to inspiration it gives rise to mysterious whispers within which secrets might be discerned. A ring worn on this finger is said to denote a masterful spirit.
• Thumb — Ruled by Venus and Hawthorn, the Romans and Greeks wore their iron seal-rings upon this finger as a charm to preserve virility; the thumb evoking the phallus and the iron ring denoting the smith-god Vulcan, husband of Venus. In images of the Hand of the Mysteries the thumb is depicted as being crowned, denoting the dominance of the will over the four elements, that is to say the one thumb over the four fingers, as expressed in the saying 'under the thumb'. »
[Martin Duffy, The Devil’s Raiments]
We need an understanding of levels
Folks out there act like there isn’t any intermediate and advanced witchcraft content available to them. Even 20 years ago most of what is easily available now was not at your finger tips. Because of all this availability it seems like people don’t realize what is basic, intermediate or advanced. Spoilt with everything available, they wonder what advanced even is. Everything listed down here can be found online, in distance classes, and in books that are for sale at modest cost:
The basics are knowing the major neopagan holidays, how to cast a circle, cleanse, ground, shield and follow spell and ritual instructions for simple goals like attracting prosperity, inspiration and a little luck. Easy to follow and clear cut ethics. The instructions for learning visualization. You can start elsewhere than neopagan but there will be similar basic practices, and there are hundreds of books of the same basic content and lots of sites and blogs too.
Intermediate material is setting up a daily practice, getting good with a divination method, getting very familiar with herbal, tree, stone or animal lore, writing your own spells and rituals using correspondences and standard patterns, some study of myth and folklore. Thoughtful understanding of gray area ethics and honor. A lot of self exploration and strengthening. Instructions for out of body experience.
Advance material will be communicating with various spirits and/or deities. The specialization in the arts of a particular path or role like priesthood, tool making, bardic storytelling, writing your own grimoire or copying your tradition’s book of shadows. Initiation into that path and optionally coven practice. Confidence in astral travel. More specific and targeted spell craft and ritual based upon your compiled experiences and those shared with you by teachers and peers. Ecstatic practices during ritual and spell work. Deep self knowledge, facing difficult demons and shadows and acting in full accordance with your own ethical compass.
Post advanced: learning the specialities of more paths perhaps becoming a leader, teacher, warrior, writer, or mystic in your tradition. Learning more depth and self knowledge through teaching or leading or even through deeper life dedication. It is not every person who has gone through the levels duty to teach, it takes extra talents outside of the craft like writing ability, pedagogy, and even the luxury of time and space to provide for others.
It all comes down to your own personal level of dedication and amount effort you can or will put in how far you can go. And one can have a very meaningful and impactful practice at any level dependent only upon satisfying their own drive for self knowledge and wisdom and truth of the spirit world, deities and/or nature. Everyone’s advanced path will look different though intro paths can be fairly similar, they all are unique too.
hello! i've been trying to research magic, but unfortunately most books i find are specific wicca, which i'm not interested in. do you have any book reccomendations that arent wicca centric? thank you! i love your blog :^)
Oh heckin yes I do My amazon wishlist is literally like six pages long… ALL BOOKS
WARNING: This Is Going To Be Extremely Long!
First though I want to note that while I 100% understand your feelings about the Wicca stuff (being a very NOT Wiccan Witch), not all books that are Wicca leaning are bad! I’ve gotten loads of useful information from books that tended to be a little new agey. That’s where being objective comes in! With ANY book, you should take it with a grain of salt, and some with a whole shaker. But it’s up to you to pay attention to misinformation and conflation, and to know how to do research to prove or disprove that something in a book you read is true or not. Does that make sense??
Anywho, a couple of books that are still kind of “Wicca-y” but great:
Grimoire of the Green Witch
The Goodly Spellbook (This one is an INCREDIBLY AWESOME REFERENCE)
The Modern Guide To Witchcraft (Written By Skye Alexander who seems to mass produce books, so need some good fact checking here)
The Modern Witchcraft SpellBook (Written By Skye Alexander who seems to mass produce books, so need some good fact checking here)
The Witches Broom (LOTS OF SALT but good basic history)
The Witches Athame (LOTS OF SALT but good basic history)
The Witches Mirror (LOTS OF SALT but good basic history)
Cottage Witchery (This author is pretty good about keeping away but there’s still some slips)
Practical Protection Magick (This author is pretty good about keeping away but there’s still some slips)
The Big Book of Practical Spells (Written by Judika Illes, who did the Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells; it’s a good book, but there’s too much Cultural appropriation for my taste. Tread Lightly, and bring that shaker I was talking about)
Those are all books from my personal collection that I would recommend! Now as for the Non-Wicca Books, Let’s dive in! Not all of these have I read or owned, and they are in no particular order. You’ll notice most of them relate to “Traditional Witchcraft” or West Country, because that is where my practice is focused.
The Tradition of Household Spirits: Ancestral Lore and Practices
The High Magic of Talismans and Amulets: Tradition and Craft
Cornish Charms and Cures
To Fly by Night: An anthology of Hedgewitchery
Treading the Mill: Practical Craft Working in Modern Traditional Witchcraft
Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History
The Black Arts: A Concise History of Witchcraft, Demonology, Astrology, and Other Mystical Practices Throughout the Ages
Grimorium Verum
The Devil’s Dozen: Thirteen Craft Rites of the Old One
The Witching Herbs: 13 Essential Plants and Herbs for Your Magical Garden
Defences Against the Witches’ Craft - Anti-cursing Charms from English Folk Magick, Traditional Witchcraft and the Grimoire Traditions
Nummits and Crummits: Devonshire Customs, Characteristics, and Folk-lore
Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions
The Art of Black Mirror Scrying
Enchantment: The Witches’ Art of Manipulation by Gesture, Gaze and Glamour
CHILDREN OF CAIN: A Study of Modern Traditional Witchcraft.
The Pillars of Tubal Cain
Witch’s Workbook
The Left Hand: The Cabal Grimoire of Walking in Darkness
Profane Seals: A Compendium of Vile Sigil Magick - Volume I
Eye of the Oracle: The Cabal Grimoire of Psychic Magick
The Book of Smokeless Fire
Azoetia: A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft
Between the Living & the Dead: A Perspective on Witches & Seers in the Early Modern Age
The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
The Horn of Evenwood: A Grimoire of Sorcerous Operations, Charms, and Devices of Witchery
The Cunning Man’s Handbook: The Practice of English Folk Magic, 1550-1900
Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches’ Sabbath
The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook of Elizabethan Magic
The Grimoire of Arthur Gauntlet (PB)
Witchcraft: A Handbook of Magic Spells and Potions
Cecil Williamsons Book of Witchcraft: A Grimoire of the Museum of Witchcraft
Under the Witching Tree: A Folk Grimoire of Tree Lore and Practicum
Veneficium: Magic, Witchcraft and the Poison Path
Witchcraft For Tomorrow
Pharmako Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path
The Witches’ Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic
The Visions of Isobel Gowdie
The Taper That Lights The Way: Robert Cochrane’s Letters Revealed)
The Call of The Horned Piper
A Deed Without a Name
Heritage Witchcraft (This one is kind of useless unless you’re taking his Classes)
Letters from the Devil’s Forest: An Anthology of Writings on Traditional Witchcraft, Spiritual Ecology and Provenance Traditionalism
The Devil’s Plantation: East Anglian Lore, Witchcraft & Folk-Magic
Liber Nox: A Traditional Witch’s Gramarye
Thirteen Pathways of Occult Herbalism
Traditional Witches’ Formulary and Potion-making Guide: Recipes for Magical Oils, Powders and Other Potions
The Black Toad
Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways
PHEW!
That was a lot! Okay anon I hope this gives you a good starting place!
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Shady Grove is haunted by her father's death and his lost fiddle that could summon ghosts. When tragedy strikes her family again and her brother is arrested for murder, Shady sets out to find the fiddle and wrest answers from the dead.
This book is perfectly southern gothic and very creepy! I was immediately drawn in by the lyrical writing, descriptions of rural Florida, and the characters. This is probably the most country YA novel I've read and I loved it! I love the unique but relatable cast of characters and their bond as bluegrass musicians. Yes, these teens live and breathe bluegrass and it's amazing. There's LGBTQ+ rep (Shady is bi and at least two other characters are queer), some diversity in the characters (Cuban-American), and major differences in socio-economic status. There's also a murder mystery plot, generational trauma and secrets, romance, heartache, and reconciliation. And lots of scary ghosts, nightmares, and wasps!
I would recommend to fans of The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater, Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens, and Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak.
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hi! i was wondering if you have any go to spreads for a career reading? i love your blog so much! thank you :)
Tarot Card Meanings for Career and Finances
A career question is just like any other query, so you may use any spread you like. I prefer the Celtic Cross, so I can see everything and everyone: the querent, their colleagues and their boss. It all boils down to accurate interpreting. Here are some tried and tested career meanings.
THE MAJOR ARCANA
The Fool – A new career path
The Magician – Living your dream career
The High Priestess – You already know the answer
The Empress – Ultimate financial abundance
The Emperor – Higher-ups favoring you
The Hierophant – Long-term job security
The Lovers – Two career paths to choose from
The Chariot – Progress leading to success
Strength – Hurdles will need to be overcome
The Hermit – Solo proprietorship
The Wheel of Fortune – Major windfall
Justice – Large-scale layoffs
The Hanged Man – Taking a sabbatical
Death – Major career change
Temperance – Breaking even
The Devil – Workaholism
The Tower – Bankruptcy
The Star – Getting a promotion
The Moon – Misunderstanding with superiors
The Sun – Career fulfillment
Judgement – Your true calling
The World – Being admired for your work
THE SUIT OF WANDS
Ace of Wands – Exciting new job
Two of Wands – Strategic thinking
Three of Wands – Everything as scheduled
Four of Wands – Stable job
Five of Wands – Conflict with colleagues
Six of Wands – Successful project
Seven of Wands – Being opposed at work
Eight of Wands – Overlapping deadlines
Nine of Wands – Crisis management
Ten of Wands – Busy period ahead
Page of Wands – Young entrepreneur
Knight of Wands – Athlete; fitness expert
Queen of Wands – Big name in start-ups/sports (female)
King of Wands – Big name in start-ups/sports (male)
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I'm interested in doing the celtic cross spread for personal weekly predictions but I'm struggling to think of how I should word my question when I'm shuffling my cards. Do you mind giving some guidance on that?
How to Correctly Phrase a Question for Tarot
Do not believe anyone who tells you that tarot is not good at answering yes or no questions. Just because they are doing it wrong does not mean you will be unable to do it right.
Because tarot can answer any question effortlessly. Yes or no… What… When… Where… Why… How… What if… Should I… Will it… How about… What do you think… If this… If that… The list is endless.
You only need to remember one thing.
Whatever your question is, no matter how simple or complex it is, make sure you state it very clearly — in your mind, with your words, or both.
When I do my weekly Celtic Cross, I ask, “What will happen to me this week, from today, Sunday, until Saturday?”
Had I neglected the words “to me,” tarot could show me an event that will happen somewhere in the world instead of in my own life. I could draw The Tower, and instead of it referring to something that will rock my world, it could manifest as an earthquake two regions away.
Had I neglected saying “from today,” tarot could count Monday as the beginning of the week, and my spread would miss a full day and overlap another day with next week’s reading.
Had I neglected mentioning “Sunday until Saturday,” tarot could take “this week” to mean five to six days — an approximation of a week, when what I wanted was a thorough prediction for the full 168 hours ahead.
Of the type of question and how best to word it, do not worry. For as long as you ask it clearly, tarot will answer sincerely.
Hello. I have a question about spreads. Do we always have to use a spread that already exists or its okay to make up your own spread for something? thank you. I really admire your skills💖
Feel free to make your own tarot spreads.
With the exception of the Celtic Cross, I only use spreads that I or my ancestors created. Here are some of them:
Past Life Spread
Life Purpose Spread
General Life Prediction Spread
Soulmate Spread
Sex Life Spread
Future Children Spread
Death Prediction Spread
Dream Interpretation Spread
High Priestess Spread (For Quick Predictions)
True Colors Spread (For Questions of Intentions)
Two Paths Spread (For Making a Difficult Decision)
Combined Spreads (Tarot, Oracle, Lenormand)
Ancestors Spread (For Speaking with the Dead)
When Spread (Timing with the Celtic Cross)
Major Arcana Grand Tableau (Yearly Reading Spread)
How to Predict Timing with Tarot
When performing a Celtic Cross, there are three cards that can reveal when the event will happen: the advice, the outcome, and the card at the bottom of the deck. While your intuition will tell you which is most likely, it is best to acknowledge all three possibilities.
THE MAJOR ARCANA
The Fool – Whenever you are ready
The Magician – It has already begun
The High Priestess – You know exactly when
The Empress – During harvest season
The Emperor – It is almost done
The Hierophant – It is finished
The Lovers – As soon as you make the choice
The Chariot – In just a few moments
Strength – The minute you accept it
The Hermit – Only after you meditate on it
The Wheel of Fortune – During your first or next Saturn return
Justice – When you least expect it
The Hanged Man – When the circumstances change
Death – Whenever it is ready
Temperance – After the storm
The Devil – It is happening right now
The Tower – Soon, unexpectedly and suddenly
The Star – The more you believe, the sooner it will happen
The Moon – It cannot be determined at the moment
The Sun – In the summer or by sunrise
Judgement – Soon and inevitably
The World – In divine timing
THE MINOR ARCANA
THE SUIT OF WANDS
Ace of Wands – One day
Two of Wands – Two days
Three of Wands – Three days
Four of Wands – Four days
Five of Wands – Five days
Six of Wands – Six days
Seven of Wands – Seven days
Eight of Wands – Eight days
Nine of Wands – Nine days
Ten of Wands – Ten days
Page of Wands – As we speak
Knight of Wands – End of November to most of December
Queen of Wands – End of March to most of April
King of Wands – End of July to most of August
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Hello Diana! I absolutely love all your posts! When talking about tarot you recurrently talked about astrology could you tell us more about it please? Thank you for everything, have a lovely day
Tarot and Astrology
The stars are carved into the cards. A reader’s ability is fragmentary without knowledge of astrology.
Each Major Arcana is a sign or a planet. This is crucial when you are identifying people. Who will you marry? Who will your child be? A Pisces or an Aries?
The Fool is Uranus. They are both eccentric.
The Magician is Mercury. They are both intelligent.
The High Priestess is The Moon. They are both intuitive.
The Empress is Venus. They are the Queen of Queens.
The Emperor is Aries. They are natural leaders.
The Hierophant is Taurus. They embody stability.
The Lovers is Gemini. They represent duality.
The Chariot is Cancer. They carry their home with them.
Strength is Leo. They are the epitome of bravery.
The Hermit is Virgo. They are both analytical.
Wheel of Fortune is Jupiter. They are givers of abundance.
Justice is Libra. They both strive for fairness.
The Hanged Man is Neptune. They both love introspection.
Death is Scorpio. They are the masters of evolution.
Temperance is Sagittarius. Both need balance.
The Devil is Capricorn. Both are tied to the physical.
The Tower is Mars. They are destructive.
The Star is Aquarius. They both have many dreams.
The Moon is Pisces. They are the mystics.
The Sun is The Sun. They represent vitality.
Judgement is Pluto. They are both vindictive.
The World is Saturn. Commanders of the material.
And when predicting the future, the signs’ corresponding Court Cards indicate timing. When will your dream come true? A month from now or two?
Knight of Wands is Mutable Fire Sagittarius. End of November to most of December.
Queen of Wands is Cardinal Fire Aries. End of March to most of April.
King of Wands is Fixed Fire Leo. End of July to most of August.
Knight of Cups is Mutable Water Pisces. End of February to most of March.
Queen of Cups is Cardinal Water Cancer. End of June to most of July.
King of Cups is Fixed Water Scorpio. End of October to most of November.
Knight of Swords is Mutable Air Gemini. End of May to most of June.
Queen of Swords is Cardinal Air Libra. End of September to most of October.
King of Swords is Fixed Air Aquarius. End of January to most of February.
Knight of Pentacles is Mutable Earth Virgo. End of August to most of September.
Queen of Pentacles is Cardinal Earth Capricorn. End of December to most of January.
King of Pentacles is Fixed Earth Taurus. End of April to most of May.
Start here. If you can remember these, reading tarot will be a breeze.
Claves Astrologicae de Iris Sacra
For the longest time, I did not have an astrology deck. I simply couldn’t connect to anything that’s already out there.
Then by chance, I came across this one online. And the moment I saw Pluto, I knew he wanted me to have it.
Hi love! Thank you for all the work you do — your blog is incredible. I wanted to ask you about offerings. I know you mentioned dark chocolate when you do personal readings; what else do you use for offerings, and can you talk about them in general? I haven't seen anything about offerings on your blog, so my apologies if you answered this already! Thank you so much!
What You Can Offer the Old Gods
They do not live on mortal land. We kindly summon them to us. So before every offering, ask, “Will this be worth their journey or not?”
FOOD THAT SATISFIES
During a ritual or ceremony, offer them a full course meal, complete with fruit, meat, bread and wine. Something abundant, fragrant and befitting a god.
FOOD THAT IMPRESSES
When you come across unique food, give them some. Luxurious chocolates… a specialty from a city you visited… Anything worthy of their interest.
FOOD THAT TOUCHES
Each time you bake, give the first batch to the gods. Even if your sweets are nothing too remarkable or elegant, it is your effort that you offer.
OBJECTS THAT HONOR
A silver arrow for Diana. A porcelain shell for Venus. A music box for Apollo. Anything related to the gods’ identity, or whatever reflects their personality.
OBJECTS THAT CONNECT
A tarot deck… a scrying mirror… a rune set… Any conduit for visions or messages. Offer it up to the gods, so that they may speak to you through it.
OBJECTS THAT ENDEAR
A poem for Mercury… your trophy for Mars… your medal for Saturn… Even cheap items, if they mean something to you, will be something to them too.
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
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
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
Having a Good or Bad Natal Chart
Recommended Natal Chart Generators
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
How a Scorpio Really Sees You
The Zodiac Signs at Winning
The Zodiac Signs’ Cruelty
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
All About Divination | All About Spells
Many thanks for your enlightening posts on astrology! I wonder Diana if there is a method that will allow me to understand astro placements as a whole? Or do I just have to study and memorise them all one by one? Cuz now I just research them one by one. Venus in Pisces, Saturn in Cap, Neptune in 3rd. Is there like a method I'm missing? A sort of shortcut maybe?
How to Understand Astrological Placements
It is a simple three-step process.
STEP 1: Know the difference between Planets, Signs and Houses.
Planets are the sources of energies that influence our lives. For example, Jupiter is the source of abundance, Venus is the source of beauty, and Mercury is the source of intelligence.
Signs are the categories of our personalities. To illustrate, Cancer is a nurturing personality, Libra is a harmonious personality, and Pisces is an intuitive personality.
Houses are the areas of our lives. Such as, the Second House is the area of our money, the Sixth House is the area of our health, and the Seventh House is the area of our partnerships.
STEP 2: Know what each Planet, Sign and House represents.
THE PLANETS IN A NUTSHELL
Sun – Source of your stamina
Moon – Source of your instincts
Mercury – Source of your intelligence
Venus – Source of your beauty
Mars – Source of your aggression
Jupiter – Source of your abundance
Saturn – Source of your ambitions
Uranus – Source of your eccentricity
Neptune – Source of your intuition
Pluto – Source of your power
THE POSITIVE AND THE NEGATIVE OF THE SIGNS
Aries – Driven and dominating personality
Taurus – Tenacious and stubborn personality
Gemini – Sociable and deceptive personality
Cancer – Nurturing and passive-aggressive personality
Leo – Brave and prideful personality
Virgo – Disciplined and critical personality
Libra – Harmonious and fickle personality
Scorpio – Passionate and vindictive personality
Sagittarius – Optimistic and tactless personality
Capricorn – Determined and greedy personality
Aquarius – Humanistic and emotionally detached personality
Pisces – Intuitive and escapist personality
THE ROOMS OF THE HOUSES
The First House of Self – Area of your self worth, your confidence, how you judge yourself, what you believe your purpose to be.
The Second House of Value – Area of your finances, the money that you earn, whatever you consider as your valuable possessions.
The Third House of Communication – Area of your contracts, the messages you receive, the conversations you have, how you express yourself.
The Fourth House of Home – Area of your actual home, the people you live with, whatever you define to be your foundation as a person.
The Fifth House of Pleasure – Area of your creative passions, your children, the things and places that give you comfort and happiness.
The Sixth House of Routine – Area of your daily life, your health and energy, your schedule at work, your projects and assignments.
The Seventh House of Relationships – Area of your romantic and sex life, your business partnerships, the one person you consider closest to you.
The Eighth House of Transformation – Area of your evolution as a person, what others find mysterious about you, rewards other people will give you.
The Ninth House of Philosophy – Area of your adventures, your beliefs, your learnings in terms of spirituality, what you wish to explore.
The Tenth House of Reputation – Area of your career, your place in the world, how you want other people to see you, your public image.
The Eleventh House of Community – Area of your close friends, your outer circle, the causes that you care about, where you stand in society.
The Twelfth House of Secrets – Area of your own secrets as well as truths that have been kept from you, your intuition, your deepest dreams.
STEP 3: Interpret them all together.
Now that you understand what each of them means, you should be able to interpret any placement simply by combining them.
Pluto in Scorpio in the Seventh House If Pluto is the source of power... Scorpio is a passionate and vindictive personality... and the Seventh House is the area of relationships, then:
A man with this placement has very powerful (Pluto) emotions for the people in his life (Seventh House). He is exceptionally kind and protective towards those he loves (Scorpio), but extremely hateful and dangerous towards those he considers his enemies (Scorpio).
Jupiter in Leo in the Fourth House If Jupiter is the source of abundance... Leo is a brave and prideful personality... and the Fourth House is the area of home, then:
A young girl with this placement could someday have a truly amazing family life (Fourth House). She could marry a wealthy man (Jupiter), and their beautiful, intelligent or talented children would be the source of her pride (Leo).
Neptune in Capricorn in the Ninth House If Neptune is the source of intuition... Capricorn is a determined and greedy personality... and the Ninth House is the area of philosophy, then:
Someone with this placement has the potential to become a cult leader. Spiritual dogma (Ninth House) will be very easy for them to create (Neptune). And their ambitions could push them to preach it to others (Capricorn).
All you need to memorize are the 10 Planets, the 12 Signs and the 12 Houses. Using that knowledge, you can easily assess anyone's personality and make reliable predictions about their destiny.
Hello. I have a question about spreads. Do we always have to use a spread that already exists or its okay to make up your own spread for something? thank you. I really admire your skills💖
Feel free to make your own tarot spreads.
With the exception of the Celtic Cross, I only use spreads that I or my ancestors created. Here are some of them:
Past Life Spread
Life Purpose Spread
General Life Prediction Spread
Soulmate Spread
Sex Life Spread
Future Children Spread
Death Prediction Spread
Dream Interpretation Spread
High Priestess Spread (For Quick Predictions)
True Colors Spread (For Questions of Intentions)
Two Paths Spread (For Making a Difficult Decision)
Combined Spreads (Tarot, Oracle, Lenormand)
Ancestors Spread (For Speaking with the Dead)
When Spread (Timing with the Celtic Cross)
Major Arcana Grand Tableau (Yearly Reading Spread)
Hey I was was wondering how you make offerings to the gods? I don’t have much of a safe place in my home to do it because of my family, but when I can there’s a huge old oak tree I take fruit and wine to.
Ways to Worship Discreetly
Some of us still have to hide, unfortunately.
Altars with No Portraits
Choose an item that represents your deity. For Venus, a red rose. For Apollo, a mini lyre. For Mercury, a scroll. For Mars, a lamp of LED fire.
Shrines Hidden in Plain Sight
Build a small shrine on your nightstand, a section of your bookshelf or a nook inside a cabinet. To others it will look like décor. Nothing more.
Dry and Packaged Sweets as Gifts
A box of brownies, a jar of cookies, a bar of chocolate… Compared to fruit or meat, no prying eyes will expect these to be meant for deities.
Poetry, Song and Art as Presents
Whatever talent you have, humbly offer it. If you are good with words, write your deity a poem. If you are gifted in music, compose them a song.
Indoor Plants as Offerings
Gift your god a plant, and nurture it in their name. Speak to it as you water it. Between you and your deity, let it be a living conduit. Never let it wilt.
Is there anything about familiar or the personnal daemon in your tradition ? Sorry if it's too personnal i study agrippa's "witchcraft" he often speak about this being a old believe in greek tradition.. iloveyousomuch
There is a story my mother used to tell me about demons.
It starts like Rapunzel’s.
There was a man who wandered into a vegetable field. It was so vast that he did not think it stealing to take a couple of crops. He believed the farmer would not miss them.
And for a second he thought he was right. He bumped into the farmer, who told him, “You can keep them. But next time, ask for permission.”
The man thanked him and walked straight home. The trip took him less than half an hour. But when he arrived, he was welcomed with tears of shock, relief and joy alike.
It appears he had been gone for weeks.
It was a demon’s field he came upon. And demons do not like thieves.
If the old gods are queens, demons are ladies-in-waiting.
They are not divine, and their powers are limited, but they are immortal, and can help or ruin humans. They are spirits.
The Abrahamic religions, because of their strict belief in one god, had to demean their power, by adding evil to their description, so people will look down on them. So their god will have fewer competition.
My family has always had a strong relationship with demons. We do not worship them, but we respect them. And in spells like this one, it is they who respond, not our divine father or mother.
We believe them to be old ones. They live in forests. Forests that are now filled with houses. And that is why every house has one or more demons. Not because they need humans to thrive, but because we took over their home, and they had to learn to live with us.
They can grant and take away whatever good or bad thing you can think of. But since they are not gods, it will always have a limit.
For this reason, some witching families are afraid to work with them, thinking them to be whimsical and untrustworthy. The truth is, even though they wish to keep helping their humans, their capacity to give simply runs out.
So one should be careful what to request of them. Ask for money to buy shoes, not a car. Ask them to make you look your best for a special occasion, not to change the color of your eyes. Ask for the attention of someone you admire, not for marriage to that person. Blessings of a fleeting nature. That is what they are good at.
In exchange, one must treat them like the wisest of pets. Offer them food and water. Give them their own space. And if they like you, they will show themselves. The ones in my childhood home look like elves.
I've been drawn to a few Greek deities for a while now, how to know the signs that they're trying to reach out? If that makes sense?
The old gods are not subtle. They are proud. They demand to be seen, heard, felt.
• They give you visions while you are awake.
• They whisper to you before you fall asleep.
• They send you unbelievably vivid dreams.
• Their portraits move, showing you if they are pleased or if they disapprove.
• They appear to you while you are divining, through tarot or scrying.
The Greco-Roman Gods in Tarot
This is how they show themselves to me… how they always have to the women in my family.
• The Fates – The Wheel of Fortune
• Venus – The Empress
• Pluto – Judgement
• Mars – The Tower
• Uranus – The Fool
• Neptune – The Hanged Man
• Saturn – The World
• Mercury – The Magician
• Charon – Death
• Jupiter – The Emperor
• Apollo – The Chariot
• Diana – Strength
• Athena – The Star
• Asclepius – Temperance
• The Graces – Three of Cups
• Hephaestus – Eight of Pentacles
• Dionysus – Nine of Cups
Unlike other gods, they do not love you by default. You have to initiate. Only then will they respond. They do not care for quiet devotion. They want bold admiration. And once you are their advocate, an insult to you is an insult to them. So expect decency from others. Or burn them to a cinder.
Hi love! Thank you for all the work you do — your blog is incredible. I wanted to ask you about offerings. I know you mentioned dark chocolate when you do personal readings; what else do you use for offerings, and can you talk about them in general? I haven't seen anything about offerings on your blog, so my apologies if you answered this already! Thank you so much!
What You Can Offer the Old Gods
They do not live on mortal land. We kindly summon them to us. So before every offering, ask, “Will this be worth their journey or not?”
FOOD THAT SATISFIES
During a ritual or ceremony, offer them a full course meal, complete with fruit, meat, bread and wine. Something abundant, fragrant and befitting a god.
FOOD THAT IMPRESSES
When you come across unique food, give them some. Luxurious chocolates… a specialty from a city you visited… Anything worthy of their interest.
FOOD THAT TOUCHES
Each time you bake, give the first batch to the gods. Even if your sweets are nothing too remarkable or elegant, it is your effort that you offer.
OBJECTS THAT HONOR
A silver arrow for Diana. A porcelain shell for Venus. A music box for Apollo. Anything related to the gods’ identity, or whatever reflects their personality.
OBJECTS THAT CONNECT
A tarot deck… a scrying mirror… a rune set… Any conduit for visions or messages. Offer it up to the gods, so that they may speak to you through it.
OBJECTS THAT ENDEAR
A poem for Mercury… your trophy for Mars… your medal for Saturn… Even cheap items, if they mean something to you, will be something to them too.
This may be an odd question, but is it possible for a deity to dislike or reject someone despite having attended their birth?
Reasons Your Divine Parent Would Reject You
You are ashamed of how they made you.
Children of Mars are aggressive. Making enemies is easy for them, but so is attaining their dreams. Children of Pluto are vengeful. Anger is inherent in them, but so is self-love at the highest level. When a child only sees their weaknesses and not their strengths, their parent will disown them.
You are not using their gifts.
Neptune gives his children visions. Mercury gives his children the gift of manipulation. When fear or embarrassment drives a child to run away from these gifts or to hide them, their divine parent will take them away, never to give them back again.
You think their gifts are insufficient.
Venus gives her children beauty. There is a difference between enhancing it and changing it. To enhance it means to protect it and let it flourish. To change it means to reject how it was originally. Careful not to offend the gods by spurning their gifts in such a way.
You did not introduce yourself properly.
The old gods are infinitely proud. They demand a respectful approach. Even as a mortal, which message would you rather reply to, the basic “Hi.” or “Hello. I hope you still remember me. Are you there? Can we talk?”
You treat them like a friend instead of a god.
Lords and ladies of old rarely received their king’s or queen’s favor by speaking to them like an equal. You cannot expect benevolence from your divine parent if you do not first, and always, show them reverence.
You worship other deities.
If you have two parents, never offer to one without giving to the other. Your prayers to each should be equal in fervor and duration. And the old gods are not like outfits you can remove and put on when you want to, so if you worship deities from different pantheons, your disloyalty will be noted.
You wish you were someone else’s.
Approach your parent wholeheartedly or not at all. No one is forcing you to introduce yourself in the first place. But if you decide to, they will sense any reluctance and frigidity. They will either ignore you or respond to you cruelly.
Your faith is weak and your devotion lacking.
Worship can be done traditionally or in secret. My ancestors too had to hide their beliefs for ages. But whether you pray to your divine parent openly or discreetly, it must be done sincerely and regularly, not leisurely and conveniently.
Dear Diana, in one of your latest posts you said something like Cardinal Air, Fixed Earth. I wonder how such things affect the zodiacs? I just look at the personalities for now. Kind of a begiinner in astrology. Would like to learn as much as I can! Many thanks!
HOW TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ZODIAC SIGNS
1) Observe the Elements.
FIRE: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
AIR: Libra, Aquarius, Gemini
EARTH: Capricorn, Taurus, Virgo
WATER: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
One simply has to observe nature to see how this works:
Fire lights up quickly and burns out nearly just as fast. Its dance is mesmerizing and dangerous at the same time.
Air is ever-changing. One moment it blows coolly and evenly from north to south, the next, it changes in direction, temperature and strength all at once.
Unlike Fire and Air, Earth is solid and steady. Until another element attacks, and it responds with an eruption or a landslide.
Water is deep and unfathomable. It can be as still as Earth and as treacherous as Fire. It cleanses and kills alike.
This is who the Zodiacs signs truly are deep inside.
2) Study the Modalities.
CARDINAL: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
FIXED: Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius, Taurus
MUTABLE: Sagittarius, Pisces, Gemini, Virgo
To comprehend this, one must look to the seasons:
Cardinal means leading, so Cardinal signs lead or begin their season: Aries begins Spring, Cancer begins Summer, Libra begins Fall, and Capricorn begins Winter.
Fixed means stable, so Fixed signs are stable and sitting securely in the middle of their season: Taurus sits in the middle of Spring, Leo sits in the middle of Summer, Scorpio sits in the middle of Fall, and Aquarius sits in the middle of Winter.
Mutable means flexible, so Mutable signs flexibly straddle the end of their season and the beginning of the next: Gemini straddles Spring and Summer, Virgo straddles Summer and Fall, Sagittarius straddles Fall and Winter, and Pisces straddles Winter and Spring.
This is how the Zodiac signs behave: they are either initiating, stubborn or adaptable in their ways.
3) Learn the Dualities.
MASCULINE, POSITIVE, ACTIVE, DIURNAL: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius
FEMININE, NEGATIVE, PASSIVE, NOCTURNAL: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces
These four different categories all say the same thing – Extroverted and Introverted:
Contrary to popular belief, extroverted does not mean outgoing and introverted does not mean shy. Countless extroverts hate spending time with strangers, and introverts tend to make the best public speakers.
Extroverted simply means that a person recharges their battery by interacting with other people. They absorb external energy inwards.
Introverted means that a person recharges their battery by spending some time alone. They project internal energy outwards.
Once an extrovert’s and an introvert’s batteries are fully charged, both people – given that they are mentally and emotionally sound – can perfectly function, whether alone or in a crowd.
After being drained, this is how the Zodiac signs regenerate.
If you combine these classifications to analyze the Zodiac signs, you will be able to fully comprehend both their outward behavior, and their true, inner nature.
Is there a way to predict number of children, their gender, and traits?
How to Glimpse Your Future Children with Tarot
This method works with the Rider-Waite deck and with faithful clones of it.
STEP 1: Confirm the number.
Overhand shuffle your deck, as you ask, “How many children will I have?”
Wait for a card to jump out. If more than one did, take only the first that landed.
Count how many human and discernibly humanlike elements there are in the imagery. That is your answer.
Examples:
• The Lovers shows Archangel Raphael, Adam and Eve. You will have three kids.
• Death includes the Reaper, a priest, a king, a mother, a child. You will have five.
• Eight of Wands has nothing human. You will have none.
Needless to say, if you get zero as an answer, no need to proceed.
STEP 2: Determine the sex.
Do this for every child.
Overhand shuffle your cards, including the one that was previously drawn, as you ask, “Will my child be born male or female?”
If any card jumps out, put it back in the deck. After shuffling, take the card on top and the one at the bottom.
Observe both cards to see if the human and discernibly humanlike elements in the imagery are male or female. The majority is your answer.
Examples:
• Two of Swords (1 woman) + Three of Pentacles (3 men) = Your child will be male.
• The World (1 woman, 1 male angel) + Eight of Swords (1 woman) = Your child will be female.
• Judgement (1 male angel, 2 men, 2 boys, 2 women) + Three of Cups (3 women) = Draw. Repeat Step 2.
STEP 3: Ascertain the personality.
Do this for every child.
Overhand shuffle your cards, including the two that were previously drawn, as you ask, “What will my child be like?”
If any card jumps out, put it back in the deck. After shuffling, cut the deck in half. Take the card on top of the second pile (i.e., the card that was in the middle of the deck before it was cut).
Read the card. That is your answer.
Examples:
• Five of Cups – Your child will be melancholic, gentle, quiet, sensitive, pensive.
• King of Swords – Your child will be intellectual and ambitious, but at times cold and distant.
• The Sun – Your child will be optimistic and charismatic, joyful and playful.