August Tarot Challenge
9. What is it calling me to understand, wake up to, or remember?
The Big House (The Tower) - I think my deepest teacher (see day 8) is calling me to understand that unwanted change and the crumbling of old systems, patterns, and behaviors are inevitable. But my intuition will always guide me. My intuition will be my North Star in the darkest and terrifying moments. I must trust her.
0Hello Friends!
I’m going to be selling tarot readings!
$2 for 1-3 cards
$3 for 4-9 cards
$5 for 10+ cards
you can find a spread online or for an extra 50¢ i can make one for you.
At the moment I’m only able to accept payment through venmo, so message me if you’re interested!
1Kim checked the small leather pouch for its contents: chicken bones, dust of a pearl, rose petals, and a crumpled up poker card. She tied it up with the thin red thread and placed it onto the simple wooden coffin underneath her feet.
It had taken a while to dig a hole this deep and she swore at herself for doing so, but this is how it had to be. She grunted and struggled to clamber back out of the pit, then paused to catch her breath once she had made it back out. Continuous flurries of drizzle made her flannel jacket unpleasantly damp. The smell of ozone and fresh soil permeated the air all around her.
Looking at her weary, shaking hands, dirt clung underneath her fingernails. She grabbed the heavy shovel and winced as its rough wooden handle rubbed against the blisters forming on her fingers as soft red spots.
She sighed deeply before she stabbed the shovel’s blade into the mound of dirt piled up next to the grave. Then she heaved the first shovelful of loose earth onto the coffin’s lid and commenced the drudgery of burying the body down there.
1Aces in Tarot
Ace of Pentacles
🌱 Element: earth
🌱 Upright Meaning: Enjoying the world, enjoying nature, grounding, comfort, new adventures, start of hard work that can end in reward
🌱 Reversed Meaning: Missing an opportunity, delay in reaching goals, impatience
Ace of Cups
🌊 Element: water
🌊 Upright Meaning: Positivity, emotions, receptivity, joy, love, reflection, intuition, renewal
🌊 Reversed Meaning: Pessimism, delay in romantic or platonic relationships
Ace of Wands
🕯 Element: fire
🕯 Upright Meaning: Passion, creativity, starting new things with determination and drive, inspiration
🕯 Reversed Meaning: Destructive nature, lack of creativity and passion
Ace of Swords
❄️ Element: air
❄️ Upright Meaning: Clarity, new path, using your intellect, logic
❄️ Reversed Meaning: Delay of a venture, trying to force a result
2ya know those spells on tiktok like where u put some spices and a flower in a jar then u seal w wax or smt? yall got any easy ones that dont need wax bc my mother dont trust me w f i r e but i wanna be a witch bc _i have the power beech_
1For quite some time now I have had very intense and realistic “dreams”. I am confident enough to say that astral projection and alternate dimensions are real; but they are too hard to make sense of. Although, to be fair, this world makes no sense either and I’ve been living in it for twenty-four years. Truthfully, I don’t think any world would truly make sense to our feeble human minds. I know people will think I am crazy, that I’m sick in the head and very mentally unstable. But, I firmly believe that this is real. I believe in it more than I believe in most things. There is a natural and observable world around us which can be studied, and understood - this is the basis of science itself; but what about the unnatural, the supernatural? The parts of our world and our universe that are hard to observe and even more impossible to measure, to prove, to understand?
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Many witches incorporate physically cleaning their space as part of how they cleanse the energy of their space, but most tips out there involve sweeping or adding ingredients to mop water or to surface cleansers. But I have carpets! (and simply vacuuming just didn’t feel like enough).
So, my ingredients are for cleansing, healing, and peace:
- Rose
- Lavender
- Rosemary
- Pink Salt
- Bay Leaf
- Chamomile
- Eucalyptus
- Cinnamon
- Fine Salt
I ground that up in my food processor, but a mortar and pestle works really well too! I just had too much shoulder pain to mess with that lol
Then I added that to baking soda and cornstarch, which help to eliminate odors and lift stains/grease/grossness. I wish I had the measurements but I just poured it in until it seemed right…
Mixed it up really well and ended up with something like that ^ then I added oils with similar properties (here I will specify that the oils I use are herbal infused oils that I get from a small mompop Indian market, not essential oils). Just a couple drops of each, or else the powder will clump up too much:
- Lemon oil
- Peppermint oil
- Rosemary oil
- Lemongrass oil
- Lavender oil
- Eucalyptus oil
Mix all of that up, and then spread it over your carpet. I tried poking holes in the lid of my jar, but that didn’t spread as easily as using my hands. Lightly tossing it to spread it over the carpet also allowed me to be more involved in my intent. Leave the powder on your carpet for about an hour, and then vacuum it up!
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Hey everyone, I’m quite the lurker on tumblr, but my companion really wanted me to talk about her here!
Thamesgrove (or just Thames) came from my desires of getting rid of the negative thoughtform I’ve inadvertently created due to years of trauma and self-hate. It’s been almost a month since she was created and she’s been getting stronger everyday.
The wonderful thing about her is that I’ve felt… lighter than I’ve ever felt in years. She’s incredibly diligent about watching out for me; I’m so grateful for her existence.
0the moon and the ocean go hand and hand.
they are connected in a way that soulmates would be.
as the moon comes closer to the earth in her orbit, mother ocean never fails to try and raise her tides in attempt to reach out to her dearest and oldest friend.
10Hey friends. I practice magick and my gf admitted to me she’s a witch. I’m pretty sure she cast a love spell on me and it backfired. She had given me a cupcake with a PINK candle as an early bday present. Well I’m not attracted to her anymore in any way. I’m very indifferent and I’m seeing a lot of red flags since the candle. I was the exact opposite before the candle. And I’m losing intrest now. What do y’all think? Is there some sort of test I can do?
8✨witch tip✨
have a crystal you use frequently that might need some cleansing? hold it out the window while riding in a car and imagine the wind rushing through it, blowing away any negative energy!
i prefer to do this with my heavy-er crystals so they are a little more secure in my hand.
14*Showing me a candle holder* “And I got this because I thought it’d be cute for your witchy altar!”
“Why the hell are you up at 5 in the morning?” (Answer: I needed to get my moon water)
“I choose not to ask why you need honey again.”
“So… witches aren’t evil?”
“I love you, but why are you showing me a rock?”
“I know you’re a plant dad, but I’m not letting you adopt more.”
“Okay, why are you yelling about faeries?” (Send me asks if you wanna know the full story behind that clusterfuvk)
“Of course I have more candles, who do you take me for? Someone normal?”–My mother, the agnostic (almost) witch, retired goth and excellent plant/cat parent
“can I ask the deck if you’re a dumbass?”
“Your spirit guide is just you but from everyone else’s perspective.”
“I know both you and the cards told me it was a terrible idea but I did it anyway.”
“So, let me get this right, you’re mad at this unknown person because their altar’s prettier?” (Yes, the answer is yes.)
“Can you draw another one of those symbols on me?”
“Look! I drew that symbol for the sun guy!”–My little sister, who was extremely proud of herself
“Should I be worried you’re going to curse me?” (Response: I won’t)
“Please don’t curse me.” (Response: I said I won’t, soph, calm down)
*I want to ask how you know but I don’t think I want to hear the answer.”
“Oooo, how the turntables, the cards are on my side now!”
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