🔥 Have you ever watched a fire burn and noticed strange shapes curling in the flames? These are magical salamanders dancing for you. Small and dragon-like, these beings breathe flames from their tiny mouths.
🔥 Salamanders also live in the glow of a candle, the spark in hot coals, lightening bolts, sunsets and rays of sunlight. Kitchens are also sacred to them.
🔥 They have a high energy and are spontaneous creatures. Unable to be tamed, salamanders are courageous, fierce and loyal to those who call on them. If you want to feel their presence nearby, try cooking. Ask them to bless your dinner or offer them a piece of coal at your next barbecue.
🔥 When you need a pick-me-up invoke their power by visualising a warming flame coursing through your body. You can also work with them when you need to reignite your sense of passion, vitality, joy or community spirit. They’re useful guides to help bring families closer together, and can offer comfort whenever you are feeling lonely.
☀️ Fire fairies ride on the sunbeams, and you may glimpse them wherever a ray pierces through the clouds. They absorb solar energy, which sustains them through winter. However, the best way to meet the fire spirits is to kindle and tend a fire.
☀️ If you have an open hearth, you need look no further, for deep within the glowing embers you will see “fire pictures” that will tell you about the salamanders. Sit before the flames and let yourself feel drowsy and relaxed. Soon you will be aware of the fire spirits coiling within the glow or dancing in the sparks. If a spark jumps out at toward you, that is a fire spirit making its presence felt.
☀️ Outside, bonfires are fantastic fire spirit haunts. Chimeneas (Mexican pottery hearths) and fire bowls are readily available, and make the creation of fire easy in any garden. Fireworks are the very essence of salamanders, which flock around and within them. Remember to take care when looking for them though.
☀️ To make friend with salamanders, show respect for their Element. Avoid using a microwave- it is an insult! Cook with gas, at the very least, and wherever possible with live coal. Fire sprites appreciate a hearty barbecue ! Learn to make fire the old way, by striking wood or using a tinder box, so that you tease the fire from the interior of the wood and the salamanders flash into being. Fire spirits are also attracted by wild and sensuous music. A simple candle, is an invitation to them, and tiny sprites dance in each candle flame.
☀️ As with all fairies, fire spirits reward interest, respect and genuine attempt to tune into their way of being. Look for a glint, a flash, a patch of bright color. Maybe a firefly will pass or, at night, your path will be blessed with enchanting glow-worms. Fire spirits may also leave gold- anything red, orange, or yellow, or arrow shaped. Treasure it, and it will light your days.
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Flowers for types of witches🌺🌻🌼🌹🌷🌸
I decided to cataglorize some of my flower correapondeces for different types of witches. Enjoy! 🌼
💧Water/sea/lunar/love witches- lotus, lily, jasmine, gardenia, magnolia, violet, rose, peony, geranium, orchids, hydrangea, lilac, passion flower, petunia
☁️Air/storm/cosmic witches- (any aromatic/light flower) lavender, babys breath, dandelion, daisy, heather, freesia, daffodil, chrysanthemum, forget-me-nots, st John’s wort, primrose, bluebell, linden
🔥Fire/solar/desert witches- sunflower, hibiscus, poppy, chamomile, chrysanthemum, aster, marigold, calendula, snapdragon, cactus flower, prickly pear blossom, carnations, poinsettia, st John’s wort
🌲Green/earth/ forest witches-(any bulb/foraging/herbal flower) tulips, feverfew, echinacea, passionflower, comfrey, amaryllis, hyacinth, dahlia, iris, catnip flower, sage flower, basil flower
🏠Kitchen/cottage witches- (any edible/fruit/vegetable flower) such as elder flower, honeysuckle, passionflower, apple blossom, strawberry blossom, orange blossom, rose, pansy, squash flower, marigold
🌼Healing/garden/tea witches- (any healing/edible/aromatic flower) such as calendula, chamomile, helitrope, lavender, milk thistle, beebalm, yarrow, red clover, rosehip, passionflower, elderflower, lilac, violets, and orchids
**please do research on the flower before you ingest it in any way
If you’re new to witchcraft or magic, you might have noticed the colorful and ethereal names that some of us use when writing or interacting in the Pagan/Witchcraft community.
Magical names aren’t new. They’re not a result of the internet or witches seeking to mirror modern fantasy. Most are actually spiritual in nature.
At first glance, they may seem silly, but this is a tradition that is found in mainstream religions as well. Catholics also give themselves a spiritual name at their coming of age.
For Witches and Pagans, it’s served 2 purposes:
It provides us anonymity in an era where it isn’t always safe or socially acceptable for people to go by their legal name when discussing and practicing magic.
It gives us a descriptive and meaningful link to our practice. For some, they may describe staples of faith, deity devotion, or a name given to the practitioner by a Coven, Deity, or Guiding Spirit.
Do I have to have a magical name?
No, having a magical name is a personal choice by the practitioner, it’s not a requirement and no one should judge you for choosing to use your legal name.
How do I pick a magical name?
It’s really up to you. It may have special meaning to you or remind you of why you practice. Common naming conventions can include adjectives and nouns. To avoid appropriation be sure to steer clear of verb+noun phrases as it can be akin to stereotypes for Native Names.
Some things to consider:
Is it easy for others to use/pronounce? (if using it in the community).
Is it respectful? Would you be comfortable giving it to a deity or clergy for use?
Is it likely to be commonly used?
Avoid requiring people to call you a title (King, Queen, Lord) or a Deity name that others may not feel comfortable calling you as this has connotations with Spiritual Abuse.
Are you ready to adopt a magical name? If you are just learning about your practice and your path, you may not feel like you’re prepared to come up with a name that defines you yet. That’s okay.
Airqdry clay is your best friend now. You can make basically anything.
Blank flat amulets/talismans to write sigils on. Curved ones (with your fingerprint maybe) where you can seal herbs with wax in for a spell and keep with you. Leaf pedants and things for offerings, spell pods, I even made a pendulum for my mother!
The options are endless! And if you get white clay you can paint it however you want after it's dry!
Go off and create, try stuff, it doesnt have to be perfect! It's made by you and that's the most beautiful thing
I'm awed by your knowledge, dear Diana. You make the most complex things super easy to understand. And I laughed so much when I saw your astrology masterlist because the concepts that are so difficult for me to learn are under a heading called "The Basics" 😁 I felt bad for myself at first till I actually read them and saw that you did make them very simple to utilise. My question is do you have any advise for people who have very good placements and aspects? I'm somehow afraid I'll waste them ❣
Technically, there are no good or bad placements and aspects, because there are no good or bad planets to be placed and aspected.
The most feared ones, Mars, Pluto and Saturn, actually bestow some of the best gifts. Mars gives confidence, Pluto gives power, and Saturn gives fortitude.
Placements and aspects are better categorized as easy and hard.
Pluto in the First House, for example, is an easy placement. The First House is about valuing yourself, and Pluto is about empowering yourself. There is no clash. It creates people with great self-esteem.
While Neptune in Libra in the Seventh House is a hard placement. Because Neptune is kind, Libra likes harmony, and the Seventh House is all about other people. It creates individuals who are pushovers.
As for aspects, trines and sextiles are easy; squares and oppositions are hard; and conjunctions can be either, depending on the planets involved.
It is people who have hard placements and aspects that need to scrutinize those facets to make sure they rise above them.
Mars in Libra, for example, has a reputation for being a cheater. And whether your faith calls it karma, revenge, or the natural order of things, people who cheat eventually get punished. So those who have this placement should closely watch their actions, to avoid divine retribution.
And Jupiter square Saturn tends to have their luck cut short in just about any situation. So those who have this aspect should always devise a Plan B, C and D, to ensure that things still work out for them in the end.
But for people who have easy placements and aspects, you do not have to do anything. Except follow your heart, as cheesy as that sounds.
Because the benefits of your easy placements have been installed inside of you. Like a GPS that is always pointing you to the right direction.
The only thing I can advise is regular meditation. It is you yourself who can take you to your intended destination.
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The Knight of the Flowers, 1894, by Georges Rochegrosse. Detail and photo by Paul Perrin. Edit.
Pluto in the houses
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TRIGGER WARNING: Pluto is considered a malefic planet. Read this post only if you are not a beginner to astrology and if you're open minded about the dark side of astrological placements. Most important thing, DON'T GET SCARED, it's just Astrology not the ultimate truth.
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Pluto's key words 🗝 passion, destruction, intensity, sex, power, money, death, taboos, secrets, enemies, love-hate dynamics, toxicity, occultism, intensity, deep emotions, karma, magnetism.
Pluto in the 1sthouse:
These people are extremely intense and it's impossible not to notice them when they enter in a room, they capture all the attention. When people meet them, they could give off negative vibes, that's because of their mysterious aura and their secretive nature, those who are superficial could avoid them and spread gossips about them. In their life, they attract many enemie s and envious people, that's because of their magnetic and powerful vibes, people tend to envy them a lot. People doesn't disrespect them openly and directly, they tend to do it behind their back. Interacting with those with Pluto in the 1sthouse is not something for weak people, they tend to scare those who are weak and those who judge others easily. These people tend to be very intense in public, even if they're secretive, they're not afraid to stand up for themselves (or others) and they're not afraid to show their deep emotions in front of others, they always wear their heart on their sleeves. They tend to change their appearance frequently and could even do some plastic surgery in their life time. They tend to have vindictive traits and could do witchcraft and talk about this passion openly, they tend to wear witchcraft related clothes and actually love to be considered witches by other. Scaring people away is something they actually like, they love being perceived as strong, powerful and even dangerous. These people are extremely sexy and are not afraid to talk about sexual topics in public, they also tend to talk about their sexual life without problems. These people tend to live many different lives, changes many different homes and changes their appearance frequently. They are wise and intuitive.
Pluto in the 2nd house:
These people could have a toxic relationship with their money. They tend to accumulate a lot of money but they hate to spend them or share them with others. They tend to have some kind of addictions and spend their money to satisfy their toxic behaviors, they could also spend their money for sex, giving them to sex workers or earn their money working in the sex industry. They could be secretive about their money and have secret bank accounts. In their life time they could earn a lot but lose lot of money too, their financial situation could be unstable. They could have been born in a poor family and have developed toxic believes about money. It's easy for them to become obsessed with being rich, to be workaholic and to be in a position of power at work. These people could evade taxes and be secretive about their money, they could also earn them from illegal sources. These people tend to have a toxic relationship with food too, they could develop a binge-eating disorder, anorexia or become obese due to a food addiction. These people could live in a beautiful home full of luxurious objects.
Pluto in the 3rd house:
It's hard for these people to communicate, they always feels like no one understands, they tend to be quite and observe the environment, they don't talk to much. These people tend to be private and introverted, they hate to share what's on their mind. These people tend to accumulate anger and they have the tendency to explode and to say mean things to others when they're upset. They should be very careful with their mental patterns, they have the tendency to fall into toxic behavior and to be manipulative with people around them. It's common for these people to have been victims of bullying when they were young and they usually have turbulent relationships with their siblings. Sometimes they feel like they're the “black sheep” in school and they're usually victims of gossips and jealousy. They tend to be extremely powerful with their words, they could send actual blessings or bad vibes to other people just speaking. They tend to be deep and they hate small talks, these people need deep conversations and tend to have no taboos, they're open to talk about everything. These people should be careful when it comes to travels or their car, they risk to be victims of an incident during their life time.
Pluto in 4th house:
This is a hard position for Pluto, these people tend to have a hard relationship with their family. The environment during their childhood was violent and unpredictable, these people are scared of their own family. They could live in a family full of obscure secrets and it's common for them to fell like the black sheep of the family. These people could have a family full of witches or people connected to spirituality or occultism. They hate to talk about their family with others and prefer to keep private what happens inside of their home. They tend to feel attached to their natal country and could be a bit close minded about other cultures. These people tend to have an extreme emotional depth and could have raging explosions or deep crisis during their life time, they should take care of their mental health. They tend to be extremely empathetic, have a strong intuition and an amazing emotional intelligence, they're natural born psychologist. There could some criminals inside of their family or they could have accumulate richness in illegal ways. Be careful to generational traumas or common toxic patterns in the family.
Pluto in 5th house:
These people will have an intense and sometimes even exaggerated love and sexual life. They tend to feel obsessed over the idea of love and they might date many different people in their life time, they're that kind of people who attract and date “weird toxic people”. Some people with Pluto in the 5thhouse develop an addiction toward pornographic contents or illegal substances, be extra careful if you have this placement in your chart. They tend to be successful in love, they attract crushes on them like no one else. They usually date people with a strong Pluto/8thhouse/Scorpio in their chart. In love they crave for sexual intensity, chemistry, deep talks and emotional intensity. They love art and could be amazing artists or performers, what they crave is to impress others. They should be careful with their children, sometimes it's hard for them to develop a healthy relationship with their children, they could have kids with plutonic traits or a strong Scorpio/8thhouse. They should be careful with sex, they risk to develop STD or unwanted pregnancy, they should be careful with losing their kids during the pregnancy too. In a relationship these people are extremely jealous and could also show toxic traits. There could be two different scenarios: these people could be obsessive with dating and dates many different people (and have secret lovers when dating someone) or they could avoid dating and chose to do it only if there's an authentic and strong connection with another person.
Pluto in the 6th house:
These people should be extremely careful with their physical health and should do medical controls when necessary. They could suffer from physical conditions that makes their daily life hard. These people could change many different jobs in their life time, it's hard for them to find a stable job. Common jobs with Pluto in the 6thhouse are: psychologist, surgeon, death related jobs, illegal jobs, working with money, secret investigator, occultist, police man, working in secret associations, serial killer, sex worker, criminologist, archaeologist, judge, etc. These people should be careful with colleagues, they tend to attract envious people in their work place. These people could develop a toxic relationship with workout and physical exercise, they should be careful with food too. They tend to be obsessive with their routine and could be workaholic too. They tend to transfer their stress to their body and to develop health issues due to stressful situations. They should be careful with animals too, they tend to attract aggressive animals toward them.
Pluto in the 7th house:
Like people with Pluto in the 5thhouse, they tend to attract toxic partners toward them, they need to work a lot on building strong boundaries. They tend to attract people with a strong Pluto/Scorpio/an active 8thhouse in their charts or people with a work related to Plutonic themes. They should be extremely careful when it comes to marriage, they have the tendency to be absorbed in their marriage and to develop a symbiotic relationship with their partner. It's common for these people to have a divorce during their life time. They should be extremely careful, I know many people with this placement who have been victims of abusive and violent relationships. They could attract obsessive and jealous partners. This placement creates enemies to lovers relationships. They tend to have many enemies during their life time and should be careful with legal questions too. In their relationships sex is always extremely important and they usually attract partners who are good in bed.
Pluto in the 8th house:
These people are natural born psychics, they're extremely intuitive and they actually attract paranormal and occult events to them. They have witchy vibes and loves averything related to occult, spirituality and witchcraft (included black magic or satanic rituals), even if they don't like to share their interests with others. They could be obsessed with sex and have unhealthy sexual habits, they try to hide their sexual preferences from others, they could be into BDSM or other extreme sexual practices. With this placement, these people could have experienced rape or unwanted sexual attention, they could have victims of sexual aggression and they live these things with extreme shame, they try to hide their trauma from the world. In general, these people try to hide every controversial aspect about their personality and they try to do everything to act like they're perfect, these people really care about what others think about them. Having sex with them is literally a magic experience, they're amazing in bed and their touch is addictive. These people could hide money from others and could earn them in illegal ways.
Pluto in 9th house:
These people are extremely deep, smart and philosophic, they tend to have extreme ideas on politic/philosophy and could be a bit close minded, once they make their mind on something it's impossible to make them change their mind. These people are extremely stubborn but also charismatic and charming, their view on the world is intense and they can make other people change their mind they're great influencers and powerful philosophers. They're interested in psychology and occult themes, they always seek for the truth and it's impossible to hide things from them. They have deep knowledge in general and they also love to travel, it could actually become an addiction for these people. These people should be careful when it comes religions or cults, they could easily fall victims of these organizations. They're also the kind of people that could become completely devoted to their religion and leave everything behind to follow their religious ideals. They could also found their personal religion during their life time and gain followers through their religious activity. They attract life changing experiences while they travel, they should be careful because some of these experiences could be dangerous to them.
Pluto in 10th house:
These people actually crave for money, power and glory. They'll do everything for their status and they deeply care about what other people think about them. They should be very careful with their career, they tend to live many ups and downs during their life time and they easily fall victims of envious people. These people tend to be extremely ambitious and set unrealistic and dangerous standards for themselves, they're going to do everything to reach success, even illegal things if necessary. These people tend to care a lot about what other people think about them and they'll do everything to reach a certain status or to be considered in a certain way by others. They tend to be quite controlling and manipulative when it comes to their career, they prefer to work on their own and it's quite impossible for them to work for another boss or to be under someone at work. These people are ambitious and resilient, they'll do anything to reach their goals. They have a strong personality and stands up from the crowd. They should be extremely careful about jealousy and envy from other people, they tend to fall victims of gossips.
Pluto in the 11th house:
People with this placements tend to be quite and introverted, they don't like to share many information about themselves, they tend to be secretive. They should be extremely careful with their friendships, they tend to fall victims of manipulative and toxic friends. They tend to avoid crowds and usually do not have a large group of friends, they're very selective when it comes to their friends circle. These people have been hurt a lot in the past by their friends and could have some traumatic memories related to them, they could also have lost some friends due to unexpected death. During their life time, these people tend to have many friends with benefit but they should be careful, usually these dynamics doesn't work well for them. These people are attracted to secret cults and could even become leaders of secret associations. They tend to have rich, and powerful friends, some of them will also have occult powers. They should think twice before sharing their secrets with their friends and they easily fall victims of envious people or gossips. Some of these people could have friends who are criminals or who are in jail. They have great abilities in influencing others, usually they stand out from the crowd and have different and unique ideas about politic and society.
Pluto in the 12th house:
These people tend to have lot of nightmares during their life time and fall easily victims of their own destructive patterns. They tend to have powerful occult and paranormal gifts and it's common for them to have lucid or prophetic dreams. The birth of these people could have been traumatic or very intense. During their life time, these people tend to hide a lot of secrets, some of them are very powerful, intense and horrible, sometimes they feel ashamed because of the dark secrets that they carry with themselves. These secrets are often related to death, occult and sex, many people who have experienced a sexual abuse have this placement. They should be extremely careful to their mental health, it's common for them to develop anxiety, depression or other mental illnesses. These people could live their sexuality in two different ways: they could be kinda asexual or they could be hyper-sexual. These people should be very careful because they could have secret enemies. They tend to ignore the darker side of their personality and they prefer to “put on a happy face” when things are going bad, in general, they tend to hide the darkest sides of their life to others and it's hard for them to ask for help. They could live some periods of their life in solitude and they could chose to become hermits to explore their spiritual side.
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