Magical colors of candles

 Candle color correspondences

5 Tips for 2021

5 Witch tips to start your 2021 

 I just saw this amazing and simple tip and thought I’d share it here with you. It is so amazingly simple you’ll wonder why you hadn’t thought of doing it before.

Tip

Keep crystals in a bowl of salt so they will always be cleansed.

 

Seeing that tip made me wonder what other tips out there I have somehow missed over the years. So here is what I found.

Tip

Marigolds- They are an incredibly resilient flower that is super easy to grow. I keep the deadheads and sprinkle the seeds on top of the dirt. Believe it or not, it’s that easy to get them to grow. A little water and a little sun and you will have a flower box full. So, why am I including them in this tip post? They are great for protection. Keep them inside in pots or outside (weather permitting) to protect yourself, your family, and your house.

 

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Clover- But Momma V aren’t they weeds? Nope. They have magical properties that we could all use, wealth, and success. The best part, they don’t have to be four leaves. Everyone knows the four-leaf ones are hard to find and therefore the extra lucky ones, but don’t throw out the three-leaf ones. Use them in spells for wealth and success.

 

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Trust your gut- I can’t state this loud enough. You are a witch, embrace your intuition. If something doesn’t feel right, you should not do it. Those gut feelings are there for a reason.

 

Tip

We can make an easy and cheap pendulum from a needle and string. Grab your newly made pendulum and a sheet of paper, write yes vertically (top and bottom), and no horizontally (left and right sides), draw a cross in the middle so the pendulum will have lines to use. Now get to asking those yes and no questions you have been too afraid to ask. 

Witch tips for the new year

 A few tips for the new year

  Start your day with meditation.

This is something I read in one of the first witchy books I ever had. Naturally, I don’t remember what the book was titled or who wrote it but it speaks to me more now that I am an older witch. It really will help to open your mind and energies to start your day off right.

 

2.     Find a balance between your mundane life and witchy workings.

I don’t think enough witches take this into consideration. Some might think you can’t be a proper witch if you don’t look a certain way or act a certain way every moment of every day. Being a witch isn’t the items around you or how you act. Being a witch is who you are. Finding the balance, what does that really mean?

 

Well, you probably can’t cast spells at work or doodle in your grimoire in class. You also don’t want to bring your calculus homework into your sacred space. You also might not want to change diapers on your altar.

 

3.     Don’t worry about not having all the things right away.

It can be very tempting to go into a metaphysical shop and spend your entire paycheck on all the cool witchy things you find. It takes a lot of years to accumulate all the tools you will want to use. Make your own when possible, the tools will be infused with your energy and will be more powerful.

 

4.     It’s ok to not be perfect.

No one is perfect. Magic is a practice, and it takes time to get good at it. I can’t really say that any of the spells I did during my first two years came outright. But during that time I got pretty good at divination and reading auras.

 

Much later I got pretty good at protection spells and found out that the line between the dark and light isn’t easy to keep in balance. It is really easy to do harm when you are furious. If that is your goal, so be it. But I had to learn to be patient and let go of the negative before I do spell work.

 

I hope these tips come in handy for you

Citrus magic

 How to use citrus in your witchy practice.

There are ways you incorporate citrus in your witchy practice other than the obvious. Eating is just one way to get the goodness of citrus. You can slice it up, dry it out, and use it in spell jars. You can cut them in half, scoop out the insides and use them as offering bowls.

That's what I really want to talk about. Using the bowl-shaped rind. You can put them on your altar to use as an offering dish, but you can also fill them with birdseed and put them outside. Put a couple of holes around the top and add twine to hang them from a tree.

They can also be used to burn candles in.  I am sure there are many other ways you can think of to use them, and I would love to hear them in the comment section below.

magical properties

Orange: Joy, happiness, purification, money, luck.

Lemon: Longevity, happiness, refreshment/rejuvenation, purification, money, physical energy.

Lime: Protection, purification.

Grapefruit: Purification.

Tangerine: Purification, magickal energy.