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Connecting with Deities for Beginners

First: religious or spiritual belief is entirely optional in witchcraft. Your own divinity and power to manifest does not reduce because you’re not throwing food at your altar for a “patron deity” every week. In fact, patron deities are a lot rarer than tumblr might have you believe. Allow this process to be what it is - a process. Allow time to discover your spiritual home. There’s no rush. You’ve lived lifetimes and you will live more. 

If you feel called toward connecting with deity, here’s my advice: write. Writing forces you to slow your thinking down and truly consider your ideas, thoughts, and desires. Writing pieces of yourself down puts them into the universe. 

Take these ideas into a journal that you’ve chosen with an intention to be a place for spiritual work. It can be a Book of Shadows or something else. Try these prompts - if you don’t know the answers to these questions, it’s an opportunity to dive into yourself!

1. Numbers: Are there numbers you’ve felt drawn to? Do you have any lucky numbers? Do things always work out the first time you try them, or does it seem to always take three - or seven? Do your relationships with others come in twos or fives? Does your birthday mean anything to you? What about your birth time, or place? If there’s a number you feel at home with, explore it! What deities are related to it? What direction? In my case, 3 is incredibly powerful in all aspects of my life. I’ve found Vishnu and Auset to be my focal points and recognize 3 in them. Vishnu has had 9 incarnations (3x3) and Auset recovered Ausar from the dead to become pregnant and give birth to their child.

2. Animals: Yes, everyone has an opinion about cats or dogs. But maybe you find yourself watching spiders closely rather than jumping away, or the finches in your yard carry weight when you see them. Maybe you found yourself getting a dragonfly tattoo out of nowhere, or there’s something about the octopus that gets your heart swelling with intrigue. Write these down. Check the World Wildlife Foundations adoptable endangered species. Which would you choose? What element or directions do you associate these animals with? Which ones do you want to experiment calling upon? 

3. Music: I don’t mean the radio. Think about the music you go to when you’re emotionally well; not full of happiness, not in a valley of sadness or pain. What do you like to study to, meditate to? What songs come on when you’re out at restaurants? Is there a song that just pops up at the strangest or most needed of times? Look at the words, the genre, the meaning of these songs or these types of music. If you’re into soundscapes, seek out elemental or nature deities. If you like hip-hop, seek out deities who are playful or assertive. Classical could lead you to deities of balance or justice. Try making music, just with your hands on the table. What rhythms do you find yourself producing? What’s your vibration? 

4. Joyous Moments: What makes you happy? Maybe bath bombs aren’t your thing, but tea in the morning is. Do you like being surrounded by friends, family, or strangers? Write down the moments of your life where you felt the most blissful. Write down what moments you want to collect before this life has ended. What deities reflect similar habits or goals? If you want to backpack along the Ganges or in Europe, think about deities of travel and movement. If you want to build a family, look at Mother Goddesses.   

5. Weirdnesses: This might be the most important and will require slowly opening your inner eye. Look! For! Weirdness! These are not coincidences, these are communications. Track your moods, your feelings, your interactions. Did a friend mention a film or historical figure that’s been in the back of your mind lately? Did that license plate you read have the initials of someone you care about? What imagery or feelings keep appearing in your dreams? Do you keep finding pennies everywhere you go? If you’re not experiencing weirdnesses in your life, throw yourself into a new situation, new people, hobby, or activity. Breaking routine is an excellent way to invite the universe to have a hand in authoring your day. 

These are simple journaling activities to help you place yourself in the greater world we occupy. Spiritual journeys are deep, personal, and a long-term commitment. Don’t choose a deity just because they’re popular, or you feel like you need one. 

Spirit guides are already here, waiting for you to listen. The more you reflect on the inner workings of your mind and heart, the more you’re saying YES to magic and saying YES to ascension. 

Love & Light <3

Overnight Cleansing Ritual ✨🌙

This is more of a log for myself in the future, but maybe this can inspire or remind anyone to take a moment for themselves or declutter before the start of a new decade! I’m only about a year into my Wiccan journey so some things may not make sense or work in a way you’d think to, but I think intentions are what drive energies and magic so this my own ritual that I’ve done in the past to clear my mind and space.

Things you’d need:

You

Your room

A preferred cleansing tool

White candle

Morning ☀️

Beginning in the morning I did strip and make my bed, I vacuumed the mattress, the floors and began throwing out any trash I’ve had piled up between the bed and the wall.

At this time I realized I wanted to do some spell work that night as I felt filled with bright and productive energy, things simply fell in place for me throughout the day it just felt right.

Evening 💫

I like to think of my space and body working with eachother. So I begin my night by reflecting in on myself what does my body need, I cleaned my face, showered and took time to reconfirm I wanted to spend this night awake and working.

I would record your night as I often forget my thoughts no matter how important they seem at the time.

Next day ⛅️

Light a white candle and begin cleaning your room. This may seem like your mom ghost wrote this post, but a deep clean of ones room is the perfect time to reflect, and meditate. Thank the space for the shelter it has provided you in the last year or maybe the things it has witnessed.

I genuinely spend all night cleaning my room and space. Sometimes I will pause to watch a video or listen to music, but most of my night is spent with myself. This may seem intense at first, but I find it opens me up to slow time down and regain control over my own energy.

After finally feeling satisfied with my work or naturally falling asleep, the next day I will throw out the bags or donate what I’m giving away, light an unlit candle for fresh spirit and do whatever tarot spread I find effective, usually I will write a note down during the night. I cleanse my space with a cedar smudge as it’s often used for new houses and apartments to invite in positive energy and I like to think of my room as new after these rituals.

Other Notes 🌎

I’d really love to talk to people about their journeys and ideas with magic. So far most of my information has come from online research and library books, so I’d love to hear from other wiccans and witches! Best of luck to all in the new year. ✨

set your intentions and manifestations lovelies, it’s the last full moon of the decade🌕

astrology cheat sheet

The Planets: if astrology is a language, then these celestial bodies are its sentences. we intuit much information from the planets and how they interact

Sun/Sol: where you shine in life, your ego, the person you are becoming in this incarnation of life

Moon/Luna: your personality when you are comfortable and around those you trust, your heart, your emotions, the mother

Mercury: the way in which you process the world as you experience it, your intellect, the way you speak to others

Venus: what you place value on, what you love, who you love, what you’re most likely to invest in (lesser benefic)

Mars: your inner fire, your willpower, your drive to win and achieve, the way you act when you’re in a fight (lesser malefic)

Jupiter: where you are most blessed in life, where you are abundant, whatever is touched by jupiter becomes “big” in some way (greater benefic)

Saturn: where you find your limits, where you feel restricted and frustrated, the way in which you want to leave a mark on society (greater malefic)

Uranus: shocking and unexpected events. random encounters

Neptune: where you are prone to disillusionment, your creativity, your spiritual nature

Pluto: your need for control, subconscious influences, the shadow self

The Houses: these do not represent types of energy. they are areas of life that we experience and are generally physical

House 1/Ascendant: the way an individual views the world, how the world views an individual on the surface. the general outlook on life. a viewfinder

House 2: everything you own, including your emotions and your history. mainly material things such as objects, money, and assets. the home you’d love to own

House 3: siblings -> the way you learned to communicate as a child, speech, small trips

House 4: the home you had as a child, what a person believes “home” to be, family matters, the mother, the personality that is only shown at home

House 5: where you derive pleasure from life and become inspired to create, children, romance, sex, all acts of creation and creations, games, things people do for fun

House 6: the job an individual works where they are not their own boss, jobs where you serve others, ways in which a person may be asked to be of service

House 7/Descendant: the ideal partner, all partnerships ranging from marriage to business matters, lovers and enemies

House 8: how do the relationships in a persons life change them? the subconscious, the deep and hidden self. the ways you merge with others

House 9: education. where do you need more education? this house can describe the way a person feels about school, their relationship to school and teachers, and also rules over higher thought so religious matters can be found here

House 10/Midheaven: the greatest potential of a soul in their incarnation of life. this is the career where you are your own boss (the 6th House is usually activated first) this is a persons calling

House 11: communities and friends, large communities. the internet, ways you connect with other people. groups of people

House 12: the shadow self, the vast unseen, the cosmos, can literally represent outer space or other realms. this is the side of ourselves we don’t see clearly. can show what people may secretly think about an individual

The Signs: these represent energies that people, things, experiences, etc can embody in this world

Aries: the newborn of the zodiac, inspiring, initiates change, anger, frustration that leads to necessary reform

Taurus: the feeling of comfort, being nurtured and fed, caring for beauty and value, materialism, evaluating the value of objects

Gemini: excited, exhausted, energetic, curious, loves to talk and gather data, focused on communication, debates, arguments

Cancer: intuition, empathy, clairvoyance, feeling things out, being cautious, can have low boundaries, energy sponge, sensitive to stimuli

Leo: warm, empathetic in a philanthropic way (cancer is more familial), sensitive in a superficial way, where something/someone shines, where someone needs to be confident

Virgo: detail oriented, routine focused, also enjoys collecting data, health conscious, virgo energy can be heavy and challenging -> tasks that become burdens

Libra: relationship focused, values partnerships over other areas of life, where something requires balance to be maintained

Scorpio: getting to the root of anything/everything and uncovering it’s true nature, a scientist, intuitive in an instinctual way, the psyche

Sagittarius: where a person is positive and inspired, where you can teach others, adventurous, fun, sparkly, needs direction to feel functional

Capricorn: cold when necessary, needs to feel functional to find their direction in life, calculating, enterprising, where a person wants to build and dedicate themself to something

Aquarius: reform, contrarianism, being challenged on ideas and thoughts, where someone feels detached and distant, where someone has new ideas

Pisces: spiritual, empathetic, expanding forever, reincarnation, being able to commune with non physical realms and beings, being formless, where a person wants to drift off to

Sign Rulerships: there is a clear pattern to the zodiac when examined with traditional rulerships. the sign rulerships begin with cancer/leo being ruled by the luminaries. the following signs are ruled by each consecutive planet going out from either side of cancer and leo.

Moon: Cancer

Sun: Leo

Mercury: Gemini, Virgo

Venus: Taurus, Libra

Mars: Aries, Scorpio

Jupiter: Sagittarius, Pisces

Saturn: Capricorn, Aquarius

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Real question how many years of calling myself a baby witch does it take for me to acknowledge I might know a thing or two?

Every since I found out the lyrics are actually “he looks up grinning like a devil” and that they refer to Taylor being completely exasperated by his lack of response after yelling that she’s completely in love with him, and he’s simply GRINNING AND SMUG ABOUT IT, I’ve since been screaming the line and wildly throwing my arms to gesture at an invisible person in the corner to show that I too AM REACHING A NEW LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION

Quick Guide to Celebrating the Sabbats 🌻

LITHA

🧀Fruit & veg, herbed bread, cheese, honey cakes, chicken, pork, sunflower seeds, lemonade, ice tea.

🍋Lemon, orange, cinnamon, rose oils.

🔮Moonstone, tigers eye, amethyst, flourite, agate. {Or any crystals in warm colours}.

🌞See the sun rise & set, eat outdoors, make or buy a sun catcher, bake a sweet cake, let sunlight cleanse your rooms, clear cobwebs, wear a flower crown, make honey/sugar scrub, wear warm tones.

🎬Peter Pan, Fairy Tale, Ferngully, Stardust, Tinkerbell, Maleficent.

LAMMAS

🌽Multi grain bread, corn on the cob, bbq meats, fried chicken, potatoes, soup, rice, nuts, black current juice, beer, peppermint tea.

🌹Rose, chamomile, passion fruit, all spice oils/scents.

🔮Citrine, clear quartz, tigers eye.

📖Finish a project, make a bread to share, enjoy nature, take care of plants, decorate or craft, acknowledge what you are grateful for, journal future hopes.

🎬Parent Trap, Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Cheaper by the Dozen.

MABON

🍇Pies, nuts, smoked or roast poultry [bbq chicken with smoky bbq sauce], soup, corn, apples, plums, grapes, cinnamon donuts, caramel popcorn, peanut butter, butterscotch.

🌲Sage, pine, cinnamon oils/scents.

🔮Amethyst, clear quartz, citrine, yellow agate.

🌾Make scented pinecones, spend time under the stars, donate food or goods [RSPCA], burn bad habits, visit the deceased, harvest take care of plants, bask in nature, meditate.

🎬Open Season, Brother Bear, Spirit, Pocahontas, Brave.

SAMHAIN

🎃Pumpkins, toffee apples, ginger bread, chai, nutmeg or cinnamon spiced foods, hazelnuts, sweets.

🌰Nutmeg, cinnamon scents.

🔮Obsidian, onyx, bloodstone, amber, fossils.

🕯Cook a family recipe, light a fire, remember & honour the deceased.

🎬Hocus Pocus, Addams Family, Monsters Inc, Little Vampire, Corpse Bride, Casper, Hansel Gretel Witch Hunters, Underworld, Van Helsing.

YULE

🍪Cookies, fruit cake, turkey, eggnog, ginger tea.

🕎Cedar, frankincense, myrrh oils.

🔮Bloodstone, citrine, clear quartz.

❄Give or volunteer, bake shortbread or sugar cookies, share a meal with loved ones.

🎬Santa Clause, Rise of the Guardians, 101 Dalmatians, Frozen, Snow White Winters War, Narnia.

IMBOLC

🍩Poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds, bread butter pudding, scones, muffins, garlic, onions.

☕Vanilla, cinnamon oil.

🔮Amethyst, bloodstone, onyx.

🕯Light white candles, plant seeds, bless your pets, declutter & clean your living space, bake orange and poppy seed muffins or cake.

🎬Mr Poppers Penguins, Happy Feet, Balto, Ice Age, Mirror Mirror.

OSTARA

🍌Roast ham & pineapple, eggs, milk, seeds & nuts, banana bread, chocolate milk, green vegetables.

🌹Jasmine, light florals, sweet garden, wild flowers.

🔮Amethyst, rose quartz, moonstone.

🌹Light candles, plant seeds, share a roast ham with loved ones, bake banana bread, finish spring cleaning, lay tumbled stones in your garden bed, take deep breaths [inhale new energy & exhale old energies], wear spring colours whites & florals, collect wildflowers or buy flowers that call to you & research what they mean, walk through nature.

🎬Epic, Strange Magic, The Secret Garden, Spiderwick, A Bugs Life, Barbie Fairies.

BELTANE

🍞Breads, cakes, honey, leafy greens, fruit & veg, seafood, iced tea, lemonade, milk.

🌼Florals, sweet garden, honeysuckle, jasmine, rose.

🔮Amber, citrine, moonstone, red jasper, rose quartz.

🌼Wear a flower crown or flowers in your hair, dress in red or white, make a bonfire & roast marshmallows, garden, take a walk, spend time in nature, pick fresh flowers to decorate.

🎬Moana, Arthur Trilogy, Avatar, Jungle Book, Tinkerbell, Barbie.

HOW I CELEBRATE ALL SABBATS OR ESBATS

☾Sage cleanse the house, light candles, diffuse oils.

☾Clean sheets/bedding/pillowcases/towels.

☾Eat at least one traditional food.

☾Watch a relevant movie.

☾Take notes in my BOS of how I celebrated the Sabbat to look back on next year.

☾Charge my crystals & tarot decks in the full moonlight.

☾Do a tarot reading relevant to the Sabbat.

☾Spend time outside with my dogs 🐶

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toph: today you will be collecting a handful of dirt and eating it

aang: and this is gonna help me become a better earthbender?

toph, who just wants to see if she can trick aang into eating dirt: sure