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Snow moon meditation. I needed another jar in the rotash, so I put it all together (organizing and gathering the ingredients is my favorite part). Did the working, then blessed it under the moon. Collected and cleaned up the next morning.

Details: Fam/Friends jar focus on prosperity and the number 10. Cleansed with sage and salt. Sealed with 10 silver charms, 10 resin flowers, glass sphere, black & white ribbon. Copper/green sealing wax. Created while burning orange and green candles.

Stones

- Amethyst

- Peridot

- Aquamarine

- Ruby/corundum

- Opalite points (5)

- Pyrite (5)

- Flourite octahedron (1)

- Rose qtz spheres (5)

- Clear qtz points (5)

Charms

- Yuanbao Sycees (10)

- Mini seashells (10)

- Peppermint balls (10)

- Cubic zirconia (10)

- Iridescent bubbles (10)

- Mini bricks (10)

Plants

- Baby’s breath

- Magenta filler flower

- Mini Daffodils (2)

- Chrysanthemum buds & flower

- Lotus seed

- Hops

- Rosebud

- Forget me not petals

- Star anise (whole)

- Jasmine flower

Full moon blessing accompaniment

- clear qtz points, selenite stick

- Towers: Ruby, aquamarine, citrine, clear qtz, amethyst, labradorite (2), tourmalized qtz, sunstone, moonstone.

- Coins: Leo, Pisces, moon

- Sage in abalone shell

- Resin pastry offering under glass dome

- Rome GA candle (fire)

- Jan moon water (water)

- Feather (air)

- Snail shell (earth)

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R Jar Kit, Started November 11, 2023 - Finished January 26, 2024. Explanation:

Instead of building a jar for you, I figured I’d make a kit for you to make your own. There’s more stuff than would ever fit in the jar so you pick what you want and add whatever you want to make it your own! Ingredients have been cleansed during the January 2024 full moon. Dump out the stuff out of the tube jar, take a quick inventory. Put some of my salt blend in the bottom of the jar and start building!

There are a lot of threes in this kit. I don’t know why, but 3 has been speaking to me lately, it’s weird because that’s my least favorite number.

In the tube jar:

- Yuanbao Sycees (3) ~ Chinese symbol to bring wealth

- Miniature crack ‘n’ glow sticks (3) ~ for visibility/clarity. Either in the jar or around it. Crack them and just toss when they run out.

- Steel ball bearings (3) ~ agitators to help mix different energies

- Mini seashells (3) ~ grounding

- Silver imbolc charms (3) ~ these 3 charms were from a spell I did 2 Imbolcs ago. The spell worked really well so they have good luck!

- Ferrero Rocher charms (3) ~ bring sweetness, cuteness, and levity (because they are hilarious)

- Springtime green flower charms (3) ~ more Imbolc energy

- Essential oil peppermint balls (3) ~ these are in a tiny jar inside the jar. Brings healing, purity, smells good.

- Rose quartz points (3) ~ love

- Selenite sticks (3) ~ cleansing and will hold the energy longer. Either put one or more inside the jar or just keep them nearby.

- Tiger eye sphere ~ courage, empowerment.

- Man and woman capsules ~ physical representation of you and D for bonding.

- Cinder block ~ grounding, stability.

- Skull dice ~ luck

3 rainbow glass ramekins:

- Sawdust from a home project ~ symbolizing building and maintaining a stable home environment.

- Sterile egg shell - protection. I pulled the membrane and boiled the shells so they are safe to handle.

- My personal salt blend ~ layer in the bottom of the spell jar to cleanse it.

Crystals:

- Large jar of moonstone/labradorite feldspar chips ~ moonstone has been calling me lately so it’s there for good luck, but also to help bring physical and mental balance.

- Small jar of super seven chips ~ healing, put you in touch with your spiritual side

- Rose quartz heart and sphere ~ relationship harmony

- Clear quartz cluster ~ keep it nearby the jar you create to point more energy to it.

- Labradorite tower ~ just for fun, I want it to stay with that quartz cluster, they kinda “belong together” in my mind.

- Amethyst cluster - protector and symbol of Imbolc. Amethyst does whatever you want it to.

- Ocean Jasper palm stone ~ one of my favorite common lucky stones.

- Quartz tumbles (3) ~ Put in a triangle on your altar to draw more energy

- Rainbow flourite chips ~ pulls out your negative shit.

- Quartz points ~ energy aggregators.

Tools:

- Moon water from Jan 25th full moon

- Sealing wax spoon w/melts

- Mixing spoon

- Spell candle

- Knife

- Mini book (for write-and-burns)

- Palo santo block

- White sage leaves. I hate using the huge bundles of sage, so these are just easy one-time-use for burning.

My salt blend, made in 2020:

I made this salt blend, using different types of salt. Each element is represented, so it can be used for any purpose. Salt is used for cleansing, so I use it as the base for all of my projects. You can put some in the very bottom of your spell jar, sprinkle around the outside of the house for protection, put a pinch in your bath water, to cleanse your mind and body. Ingredients:

Himalayan Pink Salt, from Pakistan (Air)

Black Lava Salt, from Hawaii (Fire)

Flake Salt, from Sweden (Earth)

Grey Salt, from Guerande, France (Water)

(Also used: Sea Salt, from my trip to Salt Lake City, Utah. Kosher salt, from the grocery store. Black Salt, made by a fellow practitioner.)

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July 2023 wish bottle for H.

Note: December birthdays. Started June 16, finished on July 22, 2023.

- Clear quartz point, 3” - to focus energy, pointing upwards

- Turquoise - December birthdays

- rainbow fluorite - show you how to build a foundation

- Rainbow moonstone - balance and creativity

- Super seven - energy aggregator

- Amethyst tooth - reduce fear

- Selenite stick - “preservative” to keep it “fresh”. These usually last about 3 months. Then it’s just a pretty charm unless you charge it.

- Celestite - brings truth

- Clear quartz mini points with tourmaline inclusions on top

- UV occluded quartz point on top (shine a uv light on it!)

- Sea glass from my childhood in the UK

- Salt blend I made to cleanse the jar

- Egg shell - protect the new relationship

- Sawdust - from a home building project to symbolize you building a new life

- Orange peel - fortune

- Dice - symbolize the risks you are taking

- Gold bar - symbolize prosperity at job (advancement)

- Glass and steel spheres - for mixing energies

- Key/heart/clover charms

- Wish capsule

- Zodiac coin: magnetized at the base for stability (jar and yourself)

- Baby’s breath - innocence and purity

- Forget-me-not - long distance love

- Jasmine & Lavender - calm stressful moments

- Rose - love

- Mojo wish bean - wishing the best for you

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More catchup from Feb 2023:

Charm bottle I made for a colleague who had a horrible travel experience. I book and manage travel for a big team and my girl K had a rough one back in February 2023. I sent her the ingredients:

“Salt blend, stainless steel spheres, star anise, quartz, lavender, petals from flowers I got on a fun and relaxing road trip, a pink strawberry sugar cube, and dried baby’s breath. I didn’t wax it all the way shut in case you want to decant the ingredients or reuse the components. The symbols are for protection, health, and finding your way home, and the pinky promise charm is just a little reminder that I’m on your team.”

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I forgot to upload for over a year. These were my full moon meditations for the next few months, before I fully fell off the wagon. 🌕

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There’s so much going on at work for the next month. I know myself well enough to know I can’t conjure the energy to do what I need to do in a timely manner so I think I’m going to just “meal prep” my new and full moon spells for the next 6 weeks.

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September Full Moon. This month I’m doing something different. I got an intuitive card message telling me to do something nice for a new person in my life and I immediately thought of this girl at work who has been giving really cool vibes. She’s into witchery, even more than me, so I put together a care package for her to do some crafting.

Spell jar tools:

- ceramic flat spoon

- glass test tube

- cross lock soldering tweezers

- funnel

- succulent tea light

- 4” beeswax candle

- 2 x mini/birthday candles

- wax seal pellets

- satin scarf

- charms

Ingredients/supplies:

- flask of moon water

- my salt blend

- sweetgrass braid

- palo santo stick

- bay leaf

- white sage

- jojoba oil

- gold & silver shavings

- lavender

- crushed egg shell

- rose quartz

- amethyst

- sea shells

- mini flower bouquet

- dried daffodil

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Filler flowers are the shit, I can't believe I used to hate them. I want a baby's breath bush in my yard!

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August Full Moon

August meditation - making up for last month's shitty half-hearted attempt. I did a full cleanse with all of my common stones, cast a circle for protection, and crafted a flower spell jar, with the interpretation of the flower petals dying so that the fruit can emerge. I'm right at that point in my life right now. This is going to be a better year, not just because the last 2 have been so tough, but because I can feel it happening already.

Next month will be more about dropping some of my vices, because that's an area I need a LOT more work and focus.

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July Full Moon - so half-ass...

This has been a rough month, but in a good way! I started a new job last month and am getting used to spending so much time out of the house. I was freaking exhausted. For this month, I simply placed all of my towers outside to charge, and that is IT.

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Star rose quartz

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did a little Sun worship...

... with a couple of my freshly charged towers, in my little kiddie pool in 100 degree heat :)

June 20, 2022. 3:30pm

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June Full Moon

June 14, 2022. 11:00pm. Strawberry moon. Focus stones: All my towers! Sunstone, Moonstone, SuperSeven, Quartz, Citrine, Aquamarine, Selenite, Flourite, Rose Quartz, Labradorite, Dalmatian Jasper, Tiger Eye

This was the last Full Moon meditation before starting my new job. The focus has been working, and I can feel my mojo coming back!

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Oh my goooosh your blog is such a witchy journal lover's delight!!! Good timezone to you and I hope this mercury retrograde hasn't been too chaotic for you! ☺💗

Thank you love! I’m trying to get back into tumblr with zero photography skills lol

I just checked out yours and it was an immediate follow! <3

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May Full Moon

May 16, 2022, 11:00pm - Flower Moon meditation. Last night was a lunar eclipse, and I missed it. I was getting my stuff out in the yard, preparing to do my meditation. It was overcast, but I thought I could see a break in the clouds coming up. I was setting out all my things methodically, excited to do a full lunar eclipse meditation, whether or not I could see the event. Suddenly, the wind kicked up. It blew everything all over the yard. If I was in the middle of my rituals, I would have thought I had caused it somehow, hahahaha

I had to run inside. Mom sent me pics of the eclipse from her house in GA. She stayed up late to capture it, and I loved that. The next night was my meditation. Selected crystals: Amethyst and Red Jasper hearts (from Aunt Martha). I did a grid to help with the meditation, since I could not center myself otherwise.