January 2-3: Quadrantids Meteor Shower
January 30-February 21: Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
March 9-10: Quadruple Formation: Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn
April 21-22: Lyrids Meteor Shower
May 5-6: Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
May 26: Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse
May 29- June 22: Mercury Retrograde in Gemini
June 10: Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse
July 12: Venus - Mars Conjunction
July 17-August 24: Perseid Meteor Shower
August 12-13: Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks
August 18: Mars - Mercury Conjunction
September 27-October 23: Mercury Retrograde in Libra
October 8: Draconid Meteor Shower
October 21-22: Orionids Meteor Shower
November 19: Partial Lunar Eclipse
December 4: Total Solar Eclipse
December 19-January 2022: Venus retrograde in Capricorn, moves back into Sagittarius
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1 - new beginnings, potential, opportunity (the fool - the magician)
2 - balance, duality, choices (the high priestess - justice - judgement)
3 - growth, relationships, inital success (the empress - the hanged man - the world)
4 - structure, foundations, stability, planning (the emperor - death)
5 - conflict, loss, change, rebuilding (the hierophant - temperance)
6 - problem-solving, compassion, harmony (the lovers - the devil)
7 - faith, wisdom, reflection, understanding ( the chariot - the tower)
8 - movement, change, attainment (strength - the star)
9 - fruition, completion, fulfillment (the hermit - the moon)
10 - completion, end of a cycle, transformation (the wheel of fortune - the sun)
Well, I am hardly an expert, but I can point you in the direction of others who are!
Divination Intro
How to Get Started in Tarot
How to Read Tarot Cards When You Don’t Know Shit
Tips for Interpreting Tarot Cards
Reverse Tarot Cards
Yes/No Tarot Tips
Moon Phase Tarot Spread
How to Cleanse your Cards
Cartomancy ABC Guide
Cartomancy: The Suits
How to Cleanse your Cards
Tasseography Guide
Preparing a Lithomancy Set
Scrying [Witchcraft 101]
Scrying Tips
A Guide to Greek Alphabet Divination (Runes)
An Introduction to Norse Runeology
Elder Futhark Rune Correspondences
Blooding Runes
Reading a Candle
Reading a Candle (Yes/No Questions)
Lesser known forms of Divination
Seashell Divination
Seashell Divination II
Here’s a list of some of my favorite witchy/spiritual youtubers that I can’t get enough of. This is by no means a complete list, feel free to add onto it!
Anais Alexandre
Annie Tarasova
Ashera Star Goddess
Avalon Cameron
Azura DragonFeather
Broom Closet Artistry
Creosote Coyote
Dewdrop Dwelling
Ember HoneyRaven
Ethony
Harmony Nice
Hibiscus Moon
Jessi Huntenburg
Joanna DeVoe
Joey Morris
Kelly-Ann Maddox
Laura Daligan
Molly Roberts - HerSpeak
new age hipster
Oolong Witch
Orriculum
Owlvine Green
Samantha Valens
Scarlet Ravenswood
Snow Orchid
Sunshine MorningRae
The Sea Priestess
The White Witch Parlour
The Ladygravedancer
WitchandMoon
WyllowWynd The Thrifty Witch
May the moon light your path.
Freshly picked mint and lavender // a home made drying rack
Tea recipes for a glow up
So my tea business kind went down the drain because to legally sell tea in my state I need to mix them in a commercial kitchen. So I added the price of rent for a kitchen and the price of my herbs and it’s just not profitable. People aren’t willing to spend a million dollars on tea and that’s what I’d have to sell it for. So I’m releasing my recipes for free and you can buy the ingredients and make at home!
Rich Bitch Tea
This tropical tea has herbs that in folklore bring abundance and money. Plus it has caffeine to help to grind.
Coconut oolong tea
Dried pineapple
All spice
Nutmeg
Alfalfa
Moody Moon PMS
This tea is contraceptive safe unlike most!
Peony
Ashwagandha
Gymnema
Cinnamon
Point Blank Period
A period tea that is contraceptive safe! Only have up to 3 times a day
Chamomile
Motherwort
Cinnamon
Yarrow
Skinny legend
This tea will help with weight loss but you have to put in the work. It helps with cravings and in human trials was proven to be more than a placebo. I don’t want you guys abusing this though so only once a day okay!
Gymnema
Yerba mate
Fenugreek
Aphrodite Aphrodisiac
If there’s one thing I’m good at it’s attraction spells! So this tea will attract romantic love into your life
Rose
Cornflower
Nutmeg
Clove
Dried strawberries
Cinnamon
Dried cherries
Morning bloat tea
Peppermint
Fennel
Ginger
Lemon peels
I hope you guys get use out of them. I wish I could sell them to you but the FDA is just doing it’s job 🤷♀️
I recommend getting the herbs at rose mountain herbs.com
it’s that time of year again
So. You’ve covered the basics. You know what every kind of ritual tool does, you understand all the terms that seemed alien to you before and you think you’re finally starting to get a feel for this witchcraft thing. You’re not a baby witch anymore, but… where to from here? Making the move from beginner witch to intermediate witch is a lot more difficult than it seems, purely because resources aimed at intermediate witchcraft are few and far between. But there’s a good reason for that.
There are general rules and ideas that can be applied across all of witchcraft. There’s so much to learn from other witches, but your greatest teacher will always be yourself. There is a reason witchcraft is so customisable to the individual: some things just work better for certain people. Not to mention pretty much every magick practice in history was developed by witches using their intuition! Because of this, it’s hard to create resources that tell somehow how to go from a beginner to an intermediate. However, they do exist! You’ll just find that most of them will act as prompts or scaffolds. They’ll instruct you on how to figure things out for yourself.
This next stage of your craft will involve a lot of introspection, and a lot of trusting your gut. It’s the reason you learnt all that baby witch stuff in the first place. This is where most of the personal growth happens. It can be scary, but it’ll also be magical. It’ll be a while before you actually qualify as an ‘intermediate witch’, and there’s no shame in that. The process of moving from beginner to intermediate is one that can take years, simply because witchcraft is such a deep and complex art. I myself definitely wouldn’t identify as a baby witch, but I’m still a beginner in many aspects despite having been a witch for years.
Without further ado, I present to you witchcraft 102.
GENERAL
The Problem with Sharing Advanced Magic
Using Tumblr as a Resource
How to Stop Being a Beginner Witch
How to Deepen Your Craft
Developing Your Craft Beyond Tumblr
Creating a Spiritual Calendar
SOAP Journaling: a Devotional Framework
Devotional Journal (for deity worship)
Questions for a Deeper Spiritual Practice
ORGANISATION
When reading through information, I recommend taking notes on the content, as well as your thoughts on it. Do you notice any connections to other texts or ideas? Do you have any questions you’d like to follow up? This will not only help you remember the information, but encourage you to look at it critically and see the bigger picture. Here is an example of my personal note-taking scaffold which includes some of the notes I took a while ago. I adapted it from the Cornell notes system based on my personal needs.
At TechnoCoven, a recent online witchcraft convention, there was an hour-long panel about planning in witchcraft called Spirit Papers. Here is a link to the recording. It goes over different organisation systems, notebooks, etc.
Why you should cite sources
How to cite sources
What is an annotated bibliography?
I would highly recommend setting aside a specific time every day to study witchcraft. This way, you will be improving your craft every day. Even if you only set aside half an hour, you will be doing three and a half hours of study a week. An hour a day totals to seven hours a week. If you can’t find a specific time every day, then find a specific time every week. 6pm-8pm on Tuesday and Saturday, for example, or reserve all of Sunday afternoon. This structure obviously isn’t compulsory, but with it you will advance at a much quicker pace and probably find your craft more fulfilling.
You should definitely have a grimoire already, but if you don’t, get one. It can be on paper or online, if you’d prefer. OneNote, Evernote, Microsoft Word and Google Docs are all viable digital options. You probably have lots of loose information lying around, whether its physical, in note form or on your Tumblr blog. Categorise it and order it. Then go through it. Document the important and useful parts in your grimoire.
READING
Elemental Magick in Science
Elemental Systems
The Darker Elements
History of Magick Part 1
History of Magick Part 2
History of Magick Part 3
History of Magick Part 4
How Location and History Affect Spiritual Practices
Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health (ebook)
TAROT
Stop Learning Tarot Like Flash Cards
Learning the Major Arcana
Learning the Court Cards
Reading Tarot Cards Vertically
Reading Reversed Cards
How to Take Notes on a (New) Tarot Deck
Understanding Yourself Tarot Mega-Spread
Conceptions of the Self Through Spreads
Shadow February Divination Challenge
Daily Tarot Journal Printable
SHADOW WORK
Introduction to Shadow Work
6 Phrases for Shadow Work
Safety Planning (good to have one of these if you’re doing shadow work and have a mental illness)
Shadow Working with Stuck Points
Shadow Work with Hillbillyoracle (pt. 1)
Shadow Work with Hillbillyoracle (pt. 2)
Hillbillyoracle’s Personal Shadow Work Framework
RESEARCH
Good Things to Research When You Don’t Know What to Research
Areas of Research for the Intermediate Witch
Masterlist of Journals, Articles & Books on Folklore, Mythology and the Occult
Index of Old Grimoires
Working with Plants
Tips on How to Google Correspondences
The Cornell University Library Witchcraft Collection
Sacred Text Archive
Bocastle Museum of Witchcraft
Occult Library
Hermetics Library
Project Gutenberg Paganism Bookshelf
Legal Free Ebooks Masterpost
Good Pagan & Wiccan Publishers
How to Get Use Out of Older Texts
Finding Experienced Witches
PRACTICE
What to Do When You Fall out of Practice
Making Your Own Correspondences
Pendulum Dowsing for Correspondences
2019 Grimoire Challenge (a year of grimoire prompts)
Stones for Advanced Practitioners
On Tools and Psychodrama
A Way to Astral Project
Energy Alignment Identification
Magic in the Body
Spell Circles
Irish Concept of “On the Breath”
Sky Catch
Verbal Sigils
PODCASTS
Tea With the Gods
The Hillbilly Oracle
Hex Positive
The History of Witchcraft
The Empowered Modern Witches Show
Academy of Affluence
TESTIMONIALS
A Samhain Fairytale
Foundations of Diywitchery’s Practice
Godphoning
Devotional activities
GET OFF TUMBLR (AKA GET SOME VARIETY IN YOUR SOURCES) I’ve got some examples listed here but there are definitely more out there!
Bree NicGarran’s Blog
Luna Luna Magazine (Blog)
Witchy Words (Blog)
Mumble & Things (Blog)
Down the Forest Path (Blog)
The Travelling Witch (Blog)
Prisoner’s Apothecary (Blog)
Harmony Nice (Youtube)
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
6 Books for Advancing Your Craft
Hellenic Polytheism Books
Walker Between Worlds by Robert Kirk (I haven’t read it so I can’t vouch for its quality but I’ve heard its a valuable resources for those wanting to learn about the fae)
The Study of Witchcraft: A Guidebook to Advanced Wicca by Deborah Lipp (I will link to my book review here; this book is essentially a study guide)
Evolution of Goddess by Emma Mildon (book recommendation) (especially good if you are looking to find a deity but are unsure of where to start)
The Occult, Witchcraft & Magic: An Illustrated History by Christopher Dell (a fantastic starting place for looking into occult history)
Idk what messy witch needs to see this but, you've got annoying wax all over your alter cloth?
1. Wax paper
2. Lay it on the wax and melt the candle wax onto the paper using a clothes iron
3. It's better now.
Boom
You're welcome.
Just uploaded these grimoire pages all about astrology, get them without the watermark HERE!