Seashell: XVIII - The Moon

Objective

I feel like I've been learning a lot with only one card spreads but I also want to come up with helpful different spreads and try to have Tarot also work as a divinatory tool (along with its therapeutic uses)

Spread explanation

I want to test this simple crossroad spread which consists in opening up each path you can trail. Each card represent an option which you can follow, through Tarot we'll discover which way's benefits and challenges.

If you only have two options to explore, the middle card will be the overall advice for your crossroad

How to request

For a crossroad reading, use my ask box specifying that you'd like this spread + the following:

Your name, nickname or initials

For relationships asks, please add if you're a minor

The paths (matters) that you would like some enlightenment on

Examples

"I'd like to know the best option for my business, should I invite a family member, a friend or work on my own."

"What would be the best subject for my college presentation between cats, dogs or birds?"

"Should I date this person or am I better off on my own? (I'm 16)"

Tipping

Doing these free readings have been helping me immensely in my Tarot journey, I'm also a beginner on this art that's still learning and playing Major Arcana only and I'm super happy every time my readings help someone in need but I'm also aware not every advice will be spot on.

This reading spread will also be free for anyone to request, however if you feel like tipping me for a reading I'll gladly accept it, you can visit my Ko-Fi page (which is under my main account name) and contribute with any amount from your heart's desire 💜

Having Hades 2 be themed around the moon and witchcraft and how they historically relate to womanhood and sisterhood and having the main "boss" character be a loving mother figure instead of an antagonistic father.... This one really is for the girls thank you supergiant

May I say this reblog made my day, it's really incredible to read other's experiences 🧡 so I feel the need to share a little update!

The left pic is more or less the day I collected the small offering from the original post (september 11th 2023).

The right pic is the very same rosemary, today (may 4th 2024), and look how beautifully it has grown every since, it's been strong and healthy and gives me absolute no worries, not to mention its scent is absurdly delicious, it is truly blessed.

And also today, I've decided it was about time to give it a well deserved trim, and of course it was time for a gratitude offering.

First of all I chose a size for the plant to be wholly trimmed, and of course the first branch would be in Her honor. It makes me so happy to see how far both my plant and I have come and to be able to offer a piece of our growth with the one that is always looking out for us, one branch at a time 💚💚💚

And here's the plant after trim, I matched the previous taller branches to the shorter ones that will hopefully grow newer ones soon 🌿

Heya Hekate!

Small offerings are enough ✨

A while ago I got a small to medium rosemary plant, I've been feeling like caring for plants. I have special interest for the ones I can do infusions and curing, prefer aromatic and ornamental plants rather than flowers, but the most important of all, I was trying keep the plant alive because unlike my mom, I do not have that green thumb (and she'd take over in case the plant started getting ill)

The first sprout I harvested would be offered to Hekate, as it was Her the responsible for my awakening, so I left it by my altar to dry.

Once considerably dry I burned it in Her honor, along with music that chanted Her name, expressing my gratitude for so many blessings in a very personal and warm moment.

Where I live, with my parents I'm unable to follow certain traditional rites to their core. The best place to contact Hekate is on crossroads, where people leave their tributes or the leftovers of their crafts (with ecological consciousness). At the moment I can't really go in and out bringing offerings, so I fight with the weapons I have available.

But how do I know the offering was successful, that it was received and pleased Lady Hekate like I intended to?

First of all, putting your intention, wherever you are, will be the fuel the offering needs to achieve its destiny. Second, you will feel that not only said offering completed its course but also that it pleased (or not) the deity you want to contact.

As I've read on an older Hekatean devotee's testimony, Hekate is a subtle Goddess, her signs are deep and not at all noisy.

For me, the message came as an incredible sense of peace, happiness and realization, that small moment of connection made me feel like that's what I was born to do, how I wished to have awakened earlier in life as at the same time I'm grateful for having the opportunity to experience it now.

Rosemary is not Hekate's favorite herb, but it is my favorite, and what feels more special than being offered something that another person loves and desires to share with you? I think the Gods feel the same way, if your offer is filled with gratitude, positiveness, respect and strong intentions, it'll be appreciated.

Heya Hekate!

I feel Her every call

When I was still young and oblivious about other religions, the name Hekate stood up in a book among many others, I could never forget Her ever since

In 2019 when I hit rock bottom and nothing could offer me the comfort I so desperately needed, She lighted up my way toward the first steps in the Art

In 2020 she gifted my beloved tool with which I'd start gathering courage to make my first spells

In 2021 I knew She was there when I gave up my vicious job to pursue my dream

And this year I can feel Her again, calling for action, it's time to finally chase my purpose, dive into books and officially start my witchcraft journey.

She gave me strength so I could hold others in a difficult time, She offered me opportunities so I could deepen my intuition, Her torches are guiding me towards Her path so She can handcraft my life to Her plan

It was Her, every time the moon would keep me company in the car during any little travel, it was Her keeping my believes in Magic from childhood until now so strong.

Every time, when I was still a toddler questioning my mom about her god and being reprehended, in every nap I took during masses in the church, the books I'd sneak into religious classes to avoid the bible, the feeling that I'd never fit among my people no matter how hard I tried.

It was the things that I bought and never got to use, all ready to go whenever She'd call me. The black notebook that was gathering dust in my drawer that now I'm adorning to be my Shadow Book; the crystals and shells that came to me one way or another and I never had the courage to throw them away; the stack of books I got to download but only read so far.

Everything leading to this moment of awakening, this adrenaline to gather all the knowledge I can, my creativity tingling to come up with tarot reading structures, spells, prayers and even the will to shout to the world about Her and Her power even knowing they will not accept my decision.

My heart's filled to the brim with her light and our journey is still just beginning. ✨

Hi! Can you use the cards to ask this question?

Is there anyway for me to use magic like the irl magicial girls blogs on tumblr? If so, how?

There's an interesting combo.

X of Wands gives you a heads up, you might have everything you need at hand already, you just don't know how to use it, how to organize it, and you end up losing perspective because of what's right in front of you.

That might be the reason for IX of Swords, your blocked vision creates the illusion that you can't do it. But that's all it is: negativity that fuels your fears. Don't lose your sleep or hope over it.

You want to know how to do it? The Hierophant can tell. This card represents both faith and knowledge, which coincidentally are the X elements for magick. I can tell you personally too, no one from my family knows how to read cards, I wasn't born knowing either, yet here we are. It was and is through knowledge, faith and lots, lots of practice.

Don't be ashamed to ask others, there will be plenty of people out there eager to help you find your path, and plenty of paths for you to choose. Remember Magick doesn't require the fanciest of tools, nor the prettiest of blogs, your intention is all that matters.

I wish you nothing but good luck on your search, may the right path find you soon ✨

hello there

I'd love a romantic reading for me and MS?

My emojis: 🦉🥺💪😶‍🌫️😴

Her emojis: 😆🥺🐹🥰🤗

Thank you <3

My initial is N

Your relationship looks very positive!

You're a fierce person, sharp like a cat, yet very open to discussions and solve issues. Like the Queen of Wands, you have a lot of pride, head standing tall, you know how to love yet how to be independent.

MS, similarly, has a great conflict solving ability, he has the same straightforwardness as you, as the VI of Wands aiming to success in every field of their life.

Your mindsets are very similiar, that's why III of Cups fit very well, you're set to be harmonious, carefree and joyful. Both of your are in sync in the relationship, something worth of celebration. Enjoy!

Hope this was helpful, praying for this happiness to last! ✨

I'm so happy to see my blog hasn't been lost due to my absence and asks keep coming in! I think it's good to also let you know how to ask (specifically if you request readings from me)!

• First, if you're a minor please signalize so i can have an idea for how to interpret the cards (if there's no signal I'll consider you/people you ask about are over age)

• For a witch, I'm kinda skeptical on zodiac, I also haven't gotten to the astrological matters of tarot yet, so telling me your sign/moon/asc or not doesn't make any difference

• I also don't understand how emojis could help me know any better, if they're some kind of info I'd rather you write a short description on the matter instead

• Lots of requests are for love readings, it'd help a lot if you could tell me if your love interest is a crush, a friend, a stranger, a boyfriend, a fling, etc, so it gives me an idea of your intention and can make readings more accurate

• Do not put any personal/sensitive information into the asks, don't need to go into detail if you don't want to either, remember to tell only what you judge a stranger can know, your intention is enough

But you can also ignore everything above, the downside is you'll be trusting my intuition to know better and read the spread according to my own ideas.

If you'd like tarot readings focused on astrological signs unfortunately this is not the place yet, but I'm sure there are plenty of awesome tarot readers around tumblr you can ask!

Either way, you are more than welcome to give me feedback after you read your answers. I want to get better at this Art and I know I won't be right every single time, so if you can give me any light, even if it's small, I'd be incredibly grateful.

Guess who's back??

The time for me to get the traditional Waite-Smith tarot and I LOVE it already, not to mention other two oracles I'm sure will be awesome to make weekly advice readings!

So, I'll be reopening free readings and hopefully be able to open paid more insightful readings, but all in due time.

I took some time off to dedicate to my work, I'm a freelancer digital artist to those who don't know, and now that things are finally working out I feel like it's time to fit tarot back into my life.

My ask box is open, feel free to seek for advice ✨

My initiale are AEA and my question is; when will I be socially accepted/more looked up to

The way I see it, what you aim to be is like the Page of Wands, represented by the Fire Element, he is the spark that sets people ablaze, in the best of meanings. The desire to let go of routine and adventure yourself into new things, bright burning passion.

However, if you consider the narrative displayed by the cards, it's already happening. People already love and accept you the way you are, they have strong connections with you, they welcome your presence as a special flame and cherish its warmth.

You may not feel it yet because the environment in which you're inserted might be very new still, you've only sowed your seeds in this place, give time to time so your seeds grows into steady roots. Don't take for granted what you receive from people either, admiration is something you harvest little by little.

Best of luck in your journey ✨

February 25th, 2022

A whole year and some days since I felt something calling for me for the first time, something for which I officially gave up everything I was taught, but so far, I have not regretted my decision even once.

At this time I had been looking forward to meet the calls, my first contacts with wichcraft was through several Wiccan books that I could find around the internet, the basic guides about assembling your altar, witches' rules and the innumerous paths one could trail.

I did not know, at that time, that it was possible to honor the Goddess of Witches, all I've known about Her until then was through Greek adventure books read on high school, but even then I could feel her influence. I remember our teacher instructing us to pick our favorite Greek deity in order to make a presentation about them, needless to say who did I choose.

I chose Her and keep doing so, and it's an honor to think She chose me too.

Looking back, it warms my heart and brings me peace to think Lady Hekate was gifting me with something I've much longed for.

At that time I've just read the book about picking a wood stick to make your wand, it should be the lenght from your elbow until the tip of your middle finger, a gift made under my very measures. I would not have picked the wand so eagerly without that info prior, or would not have kept it for long, but at the right time, she brought it to me, right under a triple trunk tree. I took this photo in order to never forget this blessing.

Three years have passed since this, my beautiful wand is still with me, strong and radiant. Today it called for me, the wood was opaque and sad, I took some of the best paints I own and gave it another life.

Made a vibrant brown color for the wood and two special shades of green to never forget about the moss that came along with the wand, I also painted green the wires that hold still my pretties clear quartz on top, as well as adding different colors to the artificial flowers that tie this whole piece together.

When everything cured, I could feel the happy energy around it, beaming with its own representation of the nature it came from.

This makes me extremely happy and brings me peace, here I'm hoping my beloved tool will stay with me for many years to come.

And so be it! ✨