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Planet Retrogrades 101

What is retrograde in Astrology?  A retrograde (or an rx) occurs when a planet appears to be moving in a different direction than its normal course. The planet itself does not actually change its pattern or direction, though. It only looks this way; it’s an optical illusion.  How does this affect us? When a planet appears to be moving backwards, we interpret this as the planet going inward or moving back through its experiences. For us, this can mean when a planet is in retrograde, it is time for us to slow down, back up, and spend time reflecting on our choices and our circumstances relating to what the retrograde planet represents. This can often lead to things from the past being brought into the present, causing us to face our estranged friends and ex lovers, as well as our mistakes, achievements, memories, and life choices. In Mercury’s case, we can experience issues in communication, technology, and travel because we are being called to stand still and relax, in Venus, relationship issues can occur if you have been involving yourself with the wrong people and have been denying this, and so on. Though we are called to reflect, we must refrain from actually living in the past. This is where problems can arise when a retrograde is happening, especially if it is in Mercury because we will feel the need to communicate with people from our past. What if I have planets in retrograde in my natal chart? How will a transit retrograde affect me? The same interpretation applies. The retrograde planet’s energies are turned inward. Your particular retrograde planets will be intensely felt but you will have difficulty expressing your planet’s natural energies and the traits of the sign it occupies. This can manifest as introversion, shyness, awkwardness, delays, or denial in the individual with the planet retrograde. During a transit retrograde in the same planet a person has a natal retrograde, the natal retrograde individual will be less likely to act upon the energies because they are used to them. It can however provide growth to natal retrogrades who have not yet overcome their restrictions. Below is a list of each planet’s energies and how they are affecting during a retrograde. Mercury deals with: Communication, Thinking, Planning, Organizing, Travel Transit Mercury Retrograde: miscommunication, misunderstandings, reflecting on career/education, issues with technology, plans failing or experiencing delays, vehicular issues, travel delays/setbacks, nervousness, insomnia Natal Mercury Retrograde: over-thinking, different method of thinking often misunderstood in educational/professional settings, difficulty focusing, reviewing their words before saying/writing them, social awkwardness, quirky sense of humor Venus deals with: Creativity, Comfort, Love, Romance, Relationships (Platonic or Romantic), Style, Fashion Transit Venus Retrograde: reflecting on relationships and lifestyle choices, seeing the truth in your romantic partners and friends, past relationships surfacing, focusing on your indulging habits and how to fix them, exploring and understanding your feelings, wants, and desires Natal Venus Retrograde: intense feelings, serious and passionate about love, unique/taboo interests and fashion, extremely aware of physical appearance, can be insecure and shy until they develop/mature, secrecy surrounding their comforts and desires, high standards for themselves and others, deep fears of rejection and loss Mars deals with: Desire, Passion, Assertion, Anger, Aggression Transit Mars Retrograde: delays and setbacks involving new projects, re-visiting unfinished projects, frustration, irritability, pent up energies and emotions, restlessness, obstacles, reflecting on your anger, passion, and rage, learning to let the delays happen to see what they mean for you or how they can serve you Natal Mars Retrograde: problems with standing up for yourself and others, issues with assertion and aggression, avoiding competition and confrontation, steady pace when working or doing projects, expressing bursts of passion and anger rather than the energy flowing Jupiter deals with: Higher Knowledge, Freedom, Philosophy, Luck, Religion, Spirituality  Transit Jupiter Retrograde: changes in politics and social issues, re-evaluating beliefs and morals, research, seeking the truth, delays relating to travel, reflecting on spirituality, purifying the soul and body, can cause some people to behave impulsively in areas that they need growth and maturity in to help them realize this (food, spending, etc) Natal Jupiter Retrograde: unusual or unconventional beliefs and morals, different perspective than those in their family or community, prefers to learn and gain experience on their own than be taught by others, intolerant beliefs relating to karma and luck, will experience a pattern of karmic situations and relationships to help them overcome their retrograde Saturn deals with: Limitations, Karma, Restrictions, Authority, Discipline Transit Saturn Retrograde: understanding and reflecting on your insecurities and limitations, issues with authority, karma for your previous actions (good or bad depending on you), recognizing negative habits and thought patterns, government receiving karma and restrictions Natal Saturn Retrograde: irrational guilt and fear, holding themselves to high standards, lack of authority or discipline in childhood (usually from the father figure), feels nervous when following directions, standards, and regulations from authority or responsibilities, overworks themselves Uranus deals with: Individuality, Technology, Society, Unpredictability, Humanitarianism Transit Uranus Retrograde: personality changes - introverts become expressive, extroverts retreat within themselves, heightened intuition, awakenings resulting in change and rebellion in society, fears and worries brought to the surface, issues with technology and social media (technological complications, people acting strangely online, etc) Natal Uranus Retrograde: fear of change and expressing eccentricities, hides their unique qualities, random bursts of rebellion from pent up energy and restlessness, disciplined self-expression, confusion or disgust with technology and societal improvements Neptune deals with: Spirituality, Sacrifices, Dreams, Illusions, Creativity, Intuition Transit Neptune Retrograde: strange and vivid dreams, clarity on confusing situations, illusions exposed, harsh realities to what was once romanticized, reflection on fears and anxieties that come from the exposed reality, painful memories being realized and faced, experiencing conspiracies and slander Natal Neptune Retrograde: private, hides their creativity, spirituality, and compassion, feels uncomfortable with their intuitive abilities, denies their psychic senses, fears that fantasizing and dreaming too much will only bring disappointment, denial of prophetic dreams, empathy, and clairvoyance Pluto deals with: ‘Death’, Transformation, Change, Rebirth, Renewal, Darkness Transit Pluto Retrograde: reflection on your personal power and your relationship with change, realizing what is causing you pain, suffering, and toxicity, destroying bad habits and relationships, creating a new path, fated events and patterns forcing you to see what needs change Natal Pluto Retrograde: strong fears of being controlled or manipulated making the individual private and on high alert, keeps fears and secrets to themselves, fearing change and letting go of people/things, picky about who they associate with, what information they give out, and what they do

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Book Recs

So first things first. I am a polyglot and I have recently been learning Spanish. I am at that point where you know enough to start reading books with a dictionary at hand and I am bummed as to where to start. I was wondering if anyone who is reading this has any recommendations? I like reading fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal romance, historical fantasy/romance....New Adult books in general if that helps.

Some of my favorite books are Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews, Forever Evermore by Scarlett Dawn, Guild Codex by Annette Marie, Pride series by Shelly Laurenston and Dragon Kin by GA Aiken. 

Help me.

Please.

I wanna read! 

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witch blogs reblog pls!

my feed has gotten really repetitive and dull, seeing the same posts over and over.

please reblog if you post anything related to:

• the elements

• nature (even aesthetics!)

• lunar phases n generally the moon

• astrology

• divination (of any kind)

• crystals

• herbs

• paganism of any sort!

thank you darlings x

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The Emperor

The following are my interpretations of the emperor. 

It feels like the vast deserts of the Middle East with temperamental sands and sandstorms that destroy everything that stands in their way. Its a savagely horrific energy. 

I think Mussolini when I look at the Emperor. Totalitarian. Completely paranoid about everyone and caring only about their own interests. The Emperor uses tradition and culture like a whip against those who dare advocate for freedoms and rights of everyone. The Emperor is cruel, senile and xenophobic to the point of paranoia. 

If the Emperor card comes up in a character reading, the person you’re reading for is an irrational purist. In fact Puritans are a good example of how the mentality of the Emperor works. The absolute adherence to religion as its written, no tolerance policy for anyone who is different, supremacist thoughts, like they are entitled to all the wealth in the world. They believe it’s their right to possess everything and to mete out “justice” to those who don’t believe in the things and doctrines they believe in. Think the fanaticism of the crusaders. 

They tend to have large and brittle egos and believe in ruling by fear and suppression of any voice that rises against them. They spill blood for sport and sit on thrones made of the blood and bones of those they have deemed less. Think slavers and harbingers of genocides. Like Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren and their Indian Removal Act or HH Asquith with the Suffragettes in England and the perpetrators of the Witch Trials.

They accept no change and take xenophobia to paranoia levels like every new idea, culture, practice, people, expression is trying to attack them. Like theocracies and their heads and how they tamp down anyone who raises a voice against them. 

Think that person at work or school who is always making remarks about women and how they are incompetent, feeds into rape culture by saying things like she/he was asking for it, believes in abuse of power and doesn’t think its abuse or calls people from the community fags, believes that immigrants are leaches and diseases and wields religious doctrines like a club. That bozo who takes credit for everything. You know. That slimy motherfucker that we all fantasize about slaughtering in the most torturous way possible everyday. 

If the Emperor was a season they’d be the kind of scorching heat that parches throats and cracks the earth open. 

If the Emperor was a stone, they’d be lava bombs.

If the Emperor was a region, they’d be the Middle East. 

If the Emperor was a color, they’d be the murky rust of dried blood.

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Hey!! I was wonderingn if i could have a reading please. I (cancer) and my best friend (pisces) have very recently started sleeping together, but we're both very hesitant to define things clearly out of fear that it will ruin our friendship. Beyond havig a conversation, i was wondering whether you could do a reading on how to progress? Thank you so much, lovely ❤️

I have rev Justice, rev Moon, rev Judgement, Nine of Cups, rev Page of Wands, the Fool and rev Star for you.

Defining the relationship shouldn’t be more important than exploring it. I am seeing that you need to explore without set boundaries right now. Assigning someone as your significant other places a cage around the both of you and your limits.

I recommend taking it slow and seeing where things go. Have fun together. Go out on spontaneous dates. Eat pizza and drink hot chocolate while watching the sun set and talk about nothing and everything. Watch a movie in an open air theater. Read a book together. Spend time tangled together in bed and explore the terrain of each other’s bodies. 

Enjoy yourself. That is how you’ll get the most out of this relationship. One thing you should talk about is exclusivity and if the both of you want that. Have that conversation as soon as you can. 

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Hello there. I just recently got into a relationship with a long time friend, F. We have been friends for so long, and we've each expressed romantic interest in each other. He's a Scorpio and I'm a Virgo. Our friendship (and now relationship) have always been a bit rocky but not to the point of breaking up (the longest we've had a row was 5 months of silence). I do know that our relationship is not going to be a conventional one. But how will we fare in the long run? -nZ

I have rev. Nine of Wands, Five of Pentacles, Nine of Pentacles, King of Swords and Two of Swords for you. 

So I will give you two paths that lay ahead of you and you can decide among them. It should ultimately be your own choice.

Path one- You stay with him and he cripples you financially and emotionally. He becomes a leach and you start to detest him for not pulling his own weight. He feels entitled to all things you do for him and is never thankful. You’re constantly compromising to keep him in your life. And life goes on like this until he has drained you dry and moved on to another host. Because that’s what you are right now. A host. 

Path two-You leave him and focus on yourself. You grow financially. You come into your full potential. You start your own business and heal. You become healthier emotionally and invest in yourself. You take off your blindfold where this abusive male is concerned and give him a talking to and walk out on him.

As of this day, one of these two possibilities WILL occur. It is set in stone. You are the only person who can decide which fork to take. 

To explain this further, the future is malleable to a certain degree. Its like clay. You start with a blob and you begin shaping it. It is at its most malleable at this stage but as you continue working on it, the things you can shape it into get eliminated until you’re left with a very narrow set of possibilities. This is where you’re at right now. Decide or the path of least resistance-path one-will inevitably come to pass. 

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Hi! I’m struggling a lot right now- I’ve wanted the same career since I was 6, and am now 20, and I still love it, but it’s hard and I feel like a failure already. Will it ever work out?

I have Eight of Wands, Seven of Wands, Queen of Cups, High Priestess, Four of Swords, rev Judgement, rev The Sun and rev Two of Pentacles for you. 

You are putting undue pressure on yourself and expecting results to come forth too fast. At the same time, you’re overextending yourself financially and the anxiety that you have because of this is almost driving you in the ground. 

Don’t be anxious. Its hard to put this aside but whenever anxiety about anything comes up, I advise you to work through it logically. Write it down. What is making you anxious? Was it something you saw today or a person you talked to? Why is it that they are having this effect?

Work through the anxiety.

Another thing that I advise you to do is to keep a planning journal.

In it, write down all the feasible steps that you can take to get closer to your goal. 

Set aside everything else. Turn off your notifications. Take a pen and write down exactly what it is that you’re trying to achieve. Write it in as big a script as the paper allows. Now map out a course to it. What can you do to bring this goal closer to you?Audition? Intern? Start a blog? YouTube? Tumblr? Create a brand Insta? What can bring you closer to your goals? Can you take a course? Go to college for this? Join a performance troupe? 

Write down also, the reason you want to do what you want to do. You are incredibly passionate about this and you obviously want a tangible result. Write down this reason and whenever you get discouraged, look at this page and reaffirm your resolve.

Now live and breathe this journal. Put in your 100 percent into manifesting this goal. Believe that it will manifest. Giving up hope is the worst possible thing you can do. Remember, the harder and more exclusive the goal, the more risks you have to take to reach it. 

Also, do something to balance your finances. It doesn’t have to be a glam job. But work it to get enough money to be able to peruse your goals. 

Do what you have to do to get where you want to get. 

You will get there. 

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Hi! Can I please ask whether I'll move RI o another country? What this county will be like? Thank you very much! - a

I have Three of Wands, King of Wands, Strength, rev The Emperor and rev Six of Pentacles for you.

So yes you will move to another country. I am seeing that this has something to do with what you do for a living. Maybe you’re an artist or a freelancer? I am also seeing that you move away to escape from the almost regime like control that you’re living in right now. Maybe its your current partner or one of your parents. It’s like you feel subservient to them and they tear you down anytime you try to talk to them about your plans for the future. 

I see you moving away for this reason primarily. It grates at your self confidence and esteem that you have to belittle yourself in front of this person for your material needs. 

I don’t see exactly where you’re gonna move to but it will be someplace with a hot climate. Maybe a Mediterranean country? 

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Ogham - an introduction

So I may be Dutch, but there’s interesting things to learn from all over the world and from all kinds of cultures. I’ve always had a love of the Irish ogham letters - probably since they’re strongly connected to popular Celtic paganism, and to tree lore. Here’s an introduction to the Ogham I wrote some years ago, that I think is still pretty accurate. Please let me know if you’ve any comments or questions!

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History About ten years ago I came across a book called Celtic Tree Mysteries by Steve Blamires. Now, I’m interested in Celtic stuff, and I love tree and mysteries, so this was the right book for me. Through this book (which in my humble opinion is quite a good start if you want to learn more about this subject) I learned about the Ogham alphabet. This early medieval Irish alphabet has become quite popular in modern Celtic Pagan and Druid circles, mostly as a means of divination, but also for other magical purposes.

As I said, the alphabet is early medieval Irish. It might have been developed when the first Christians came to Ireland and brought the concept of writing with them, but there is no actual proof of that. We have about 400 known inscriptions on stones, most of them names. The functions of these stones is unclear, but most researchers are of the opinion that they mark borders. Other uses of Ogham have been found in manuscripts, and these provide more insight.

Contemporary information on the Ogham is sparse; what has been written about it can be read in high medieval and late medieval manuscripts. These manuscripts are: The Book of Leinster (12th century) The Book of Ballymote (1391) The Book of Lecan (1416)

These manuscripts refer to older sources: The Scholar’s Primer, The Values of the Forfeda and the Book of Ogham. The Scholar’s Primer says that Ogham was only to be used by learned men – would they be monks or druids? The act of reading and writing was very elite in the early Middle Ages, so we can be sure that the average Irish farmer wouldn’t have been very familiar with Ogham.

The exact origin of Ogham isn’t known, but there some interesting myths and stories have been written down. In one of the manuscripts we find a legend about the origin of the Ogham: it was developed by Fenius Farsaidh, with the help of Goidel Mac Etheoir and Iar Mac Nema and a whole host of scholars. After the destruction of the Biblical Tower of Babel, Fenius went to search for the letters all over the world that together would make the most perfect language. Each letter was named after a linguist who best devoted his time to this task. Note that ‘Gaelic’ or ‘Goidelic’ (the name of the Irish language) comes from Goidel Mac Etheoir, one of the scholars that developed Ogham.

Apart from this legend, another link has been made by modern scholars with the Celtic Irish god Ogma, who may be compared to the Celtic Gallic god Ogmios. The names of these gods seem connected to Ogham (which, by the way, means something like ‘idea’ or ‘notion’). The Romans liked to compare foreign gods with their own gods and they dubbed Ogmios the ‘Celtic Hercules’, or at least an older version of their Hercules. According to these Roman sources, Ogmios was depicted as an old but strong man with one end of a chain through his tongue, the other end being attached to the ears of an eager public. This has been explained as the power of eloquence, or the power of words, in which the strength of this god lies. There is no direct connection between Ogham and Ogma/Ogmios, but could there be a divine element to the development of Ogham, keeping this part of mythology in mind?

Purpose and meaning The ancient Celts were mostly an illiterate people. It was the Roman world, and Christianity after that, that brought the written word to those parts in Europe that apparently had no use for it before. This is also the reason why we use the letters we have today instead of systems like the Ogham. Our letters are derived from Roman scripture, and more directly from the letters in medieval manuscripts (especially those made under Charlemagne). To be honest, Ogham isn’t a very practical script – so what was it used for?

Based on where the Ogham has been found, it appears that this alphabet had a few specific uses. First of all, as has already been noted above, Ogham has been found on standing stones, or monoliths. They are said to mark borders, and by doing that they also marked someone’s property. This might also be the reason why mostly names and short phrases (‘of the clan of x’, etc.) are found on these stones, instead of actual texts. There could also be some cryptic message in all this, since not many people were actually able to read Ogham, even in that time – but as far as I know this has been lost. Ogham that has been found in manuscripts seems to have a different function. It has mostly the purpose of learning, remembering and making connections.

But there are also certain stories in which the Ogham has a more magical purpose. From these old sagas we learn that Ogham was not only written down on stone, but also on wood. This is a material that doesn’t last, so there is no physical evidence, but it seems plausible that this was actually done in reality. There is even one instance where Ogham is written on metal. In the Book of Leinster we find an medieval legend in which an Ogham text on an iron ring around a stone says: ‘Whoever comes to this meadow, if he is armed, he is forbidden to leave this meadow without requesting single combat.’ The only thing stopping someone from simply leaving the meadow without a fight is the text itself – therefore it must hold some magical power. The semi-divine hero Cú Chulainn has another solution; he throws the stone away, with ring and all. In another instance, Cu Chulainn gives a small wooden spear to the king of Alba (Scotland) inscribed with Ogham – it says that the king is allowed to take Cú Chulainn’s seat at the court of Ulster.

There is slight evidence of the use of Ogham as divination in Irish myth, and this is what Ogham is used for today by many Celtic Pagans and Druids. In an Irish legend, a druid writes down Ogham letters on yew sticks and then uses them for divination, but it gives no further details.   Nowadays, what is most popular is to make a branch for every letter and then use this set of branches in several ways. This can be done by blindly drawing one or several sticks and then interpret the meaning of the letter(s). Another way is to throw the branches on ‘Finn’s Window’ (based on the round diagram that can be seen on the parchment page from the Book of Ballymote here depicted) and draw a meaning from how the branches fall.

The technical details So, after reading all this, you’re probably wondering what this Ogham alphabet actually looks like. I’m not a linguist, but I’ll give you an outlining that’ll hopefully give you more insight. The Ogham Alphabet doesn’t have the sort of letters that we are familiar with. Its essence is lines; smaller lines that are placed in a series across a longer line. Ogham can be found on standing stones, where this line goes from bottom to top (and from top to bottom on the other side) . It can also be found in parchment manuscripts, where it goes from left to right. The notches on the long line, the actual letters, are called feda, which means ‘wood’. Is this just a figural way of speaking, since the long vertical line on a stone with the notches on each side does sort of look like a tree?  Or is there more behind this? I don’t know this – then again, I can’t actually read Old Irish, excepts for the few words that are needed to understand the Ogham alphabet, so perhaps someone else can help me out here. On to the letters and their order:

B  L  F  S  N  H  D  T  C  Q  M G  nG St R A  O  U  E  I  EA  Oi  Ui  iO  AE

That makes 25 letters, of which the last five letters (the so called forfeda) were added at later times – so it appears the oldest version of Ogham had twenty letters.

Keeping these twenty letters in mind, there are four families/series, or aicmí (plural of aicme), that each contain five letters: Aicme Beithe, Aicme hÚatha, Aicme Muine, and Aicme Ailme. Note also that a neat quarter of these letters is a vowel and three quarters exits of consonants.

There is some confusion about the order of the first five letters. In many texts it says BLFSN, but in some other text it says BLNFS. As far as I know, it was Robert Graves in his famous book The White Goddess, who used the sequence of BLNFS first. This has probably to do with the poetic and mythological value he added to each letter, and also with his introduction of the so-called Ogham Tree Calendar. [The tree calendar gives a certain period or time of the year for each letter, e.g. 24 December – 20 January for Beithe. This is a strictly modern invention, though that shouldn’t say everything about its value.] The White Goddess has had a huge influence on many modern pagan and witchcraft traditions, and I think that it’s from this source that the BLNFS-sequence has seeped into the modern use of the Ogham alphabet. However, it seems that more historically authentic sources stick to BLFSN, so that’s the sequence I’m sticking with, too.

Some note about individual letters: iO was original P – for some reason this letter was replaced in later times, leaving the alphabet without a proper P-sound. AE was originally X or CH.

The ‘Tree Alphabet’ So what about the name ‘tree alphabet’? Actually, the Ogham was also a bird alphabet, colour alphabet, river alphabet, etc. It appears that there were many systems that were used for remembering the letters of the Ogham alphabet. Of all these systems (several hundreds, they say), the tree system has been most popular since early times. So, every letter got a tree attached to it, and by memorizing the trees, one was able to memorize the letters. A mnemonic aid of some sorts. Then again, we can’t rule out a deeper, perhaps even magical, meaning for using such a system.

The meaning of the letters connected to the trees was further developed in the uses of kennings, or phrases, known as the Bríatharogham. Three of these lists are known: Bríatharogham Morainn Mac Moín (who was a human judge) Bríatharogham Mac Oengus (god) Bríatharogham Cú Chulainn (semi-divine hero, we’ve already noted him in connection to the Ogham) The translations of these kennings can be found below, under each individual letter.

The separate letters

Beithe Literal meaning: birch, (a) being Letter: B Tree: birch (beithe) Book of Ballymote: Now Beithe has been named from the Birch owing to its resemblance to the trunk of that tree. Of withered trunk, fair-haired the Birch. Word Ogham of Morainn: Faded trunk and fair hair/withered foot with fine hair. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Browed beauty, worthy of pursuit/beauty of the eyebrow. Word Ogham of Oengus: Most silver of skin/greyest of skin.

Luis Literal meaning: flame, herb Letter: L Tree: rowan (caertheand) Book of Ballymote: Luis is named from Mountain Ash (caertheand) as it is the old Gaelic name for rowan. [Delightful] for eyes is Mountain Ash owing to the beauty of its berries. Word Ogham of Morainn: Delight of eye, quicken-tree; to whit, the flame/luster of the eye. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Strength of cattle/sustenance of cattle. Word Ogham of Oengus: Friend of cattle.

Fearn Literal meaning: alder Letter: F Tree: alder (fearn) Book of Ballymote: Fearn, Alder, the van of the warrior band for thereof are the shields. Word Ogham of Morainn: Shield of warrior bands, owing to their redness/vanguard of warriors. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Protection of the heart, a shield/protection of the heart. Word Ogham of Oengus: Guarding of milk, or milk bucket/milk container.

Saille Literal meaning: willow Letter: S Tree: Willow (saille) Book of Ballymote: Tthe colour of a lifeless one that is, it has no colour, owing to the resemblance of the colour to a dead person. Word Ogham of Morainn: Hue of the lifeless/pallor of a lifeless one. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Beginning of loss, willow/beginning of honey. Word Ogham of Oengus: Strength of bees/sustenance of bees.

Nion Literal meaning: branch fork, loft Letter: N Tree: ash (uinnius) Book of Ballymote: Nion, Ash-tree, a check on peace is Nion for of it are made the spear-shafts by which the peace is broken. Word Ogham of Morainn: Checking of peace/establishing of peace. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Flight of beauty, a weaver’s beam/boast of beauty. Word Ogham of Oengus: The flight of women/boast of women.

hUuath Literal meaning: horror, fear Letter: (silent) H Tree: white thorn Book of Ballymote: A meet of hounds is Huath (whitethorn), or because it is formidable owing to its thorns. Word Ogham of Morainn: Pack of wolves/assembly of pack of hounds. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Difficult night, hawthorn/most difficult at night. Word Ogham of Oengus: Whitening of face/blanching of faces.

Duir Literal meaning: oak Letter: D Tree: oak (duir) Book of Ballymote: Duir, Oak, higher than bushes is an oak. Word Ogham of Morainn: highest of bushes/highest tree Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Kneeling work, bright and shining work/most carved of craftmanship Word Ogham of Oengus: Craft work/handicraft of a craftsmanship.

Tinne Literal meaning: metal bar, ingot. Letter: T Tree: holly (cuileand) Book of ballymote: A third of a wheel is Tinne, because holly is one of the three timbers of the chariot wheel. Word Ogham of Morainn: Third of a wheel/one of three parts of a wheel. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: A third of weapons, an iron bar/one of three parts of a weapon. Word Ogham of Oengus: Fires of coal/marrow of (char)coal.

Coll Literal meaning: hazel Letter: C Tree: hazel (coll) Book of Ballymote: Coll, that is everyone is eating of its nuts. Word Ogham of Morainn: Fairest of trees/fairest tree. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Sweetest of woods, a nut/sweetest tree. Word Ogham of Oengus: Friend of cracking/friend of nutshells

Quert Literal meaning: bush Letter: Q Tree: apple (aball) Book of Ballymote: Shelter of a wild hind is is Quert, that is, an apple tree. Word Ogham of Morainn: Shelter of a hind, lunatic or death/sense [the time when a lunatic’s sense comes back to him]/shelter of a lunatic. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Excellent emblem, protection/dregs of clothing. Word Ogham of Oengus: Force of a man/substance of an insignificant person.

Muin Literal meaning: not certain – neck, ruse/trick, love/esteem Letter: M Tree: vine (finemhain) Book of Ballymote: Highest of beauty is Muin, that is, because it grows aloft. That is, a vine-tree. Word Ogham of Morainn: Highest of beauty, strongest of effort, Muin equals back of man or ox for it is they in existence that are strongest as regards effort./strongest in exertion. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Pack of wolves with spears, three vines/path of the voice. Word Ogham of Oengus: The condition of slaughter/proverb of slaughter.

Gort Literal meaning: field (as in: garden) Letter: G Tree: ivy (edind) Book of Ballymote: Gort, that is ivy, greener than pastures is ivy. Word Ogham of Morainn: Greenest of pastures, sweeter than grasses, due to associations with corn fields/sweetest grass. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Pleasing oil, corn/sating of multitudes. Word Ogham of Oengus: Size of a warrior/suitable place for cows.

nGetal Literal meaning: slaying Letter: nG Tree: broom (cilcach) Book of Ballymote: nGetal, broom or fern, a physician’s strength is broom. Word Ogham of Morainn: A physician’s strength, panacea equals broom/sustenance of a leech. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: beginning of heroic deeds, healing/beginning of slaying. Word Ogham of Oengus: Robe of physicians/raiment of physicians.

Straiph, Literal meaning: sulphur Letter: St Tree: blackthorn (draighin) Book of Ballymote: The hedge of a stream is straiph, that is, blackthorn. Word Ogham of Morainn: Careful effort, strongest of red, straiph equals sloe which gives strong red dye on metal/strongest reddening (dye). Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: An arrow’s mist, smoke drifting up from the fire/seeking of clouds. Word Ogham of Oengus: Increasing of secrets/increase of secrets.

Ruis Literal meaning: red Letter: R Tree: elder (trom) Book of Ballymote: The redness of shame is Ruis, that is, elder. Word Ogham of Morainn: intensest of blushes, it I reddening of a man’s face through the juice of the herb being rubbed on it/most intense blushing. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Arduous anger, punishment/glow of anger. Word Ogham of Oengus: redness of faces/reddening of faces.

Ailm Literal meaning: pine (?) Letter: A Tree: fir or pine Book of Ballymote: Ailm, a fir tree, a pine tree. Word Ogham of Morainn: Loudest of groanings, that is, wondering. Ailm or A for that is what a man says while groaning in disease or wonder/loudest groan. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Beginning of the weaver’s beams, ahh/beginning of calling. Word Ogham of Oengus: Beginning of answers/beginning of an answer.

Onn Literal meaning: ash-tree Letter: O Tree: furze (aiten) Book of Ballymote: Onn that is furze. Word Ogham of Morainn: Helper of horses, wheels of a chariot, equally wounding; whin/wounder of horses. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Strength of warriors, fierceness/[equipment]  of warriorbands. Word Ogham of Oengus: Gentlest of work/smoothest of craftsmanship.

Ur Literal meaning: earth, clay, soil Letter: U Tree: heather (fraech) Book of Ballymote: Ur, that is heath. Word Ogham of Morainn: Terrible tribe, in cold dwellings; mould of the earth, or heath/in cold dwellings. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Completion of lifelessness, the grave/shroud of a lifeless one. Word Ogham of Oengus: Growing of plants/propagation of plants.

Edhad Literal meaning: unknown Letter: E Tree: aspen (crithach) Book of Ballymote: Horrible grief, that is, test tree or aspen. Word Ogham of Morainn: Distinguished man or wood/discerning tree. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Kinsman to the birch, aspen/brother of birch (?) Word Ogham of Oengus: Additional name for a friend/exchange of friends.

Idhad Literal meaning: yew-tree (?) Letter: I Tree: yew (idhad) Book of Ballymote: Yew. Word Ogham of Morainn: Oldest of woods, service tree, yes/oldest tree Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: strength or colour of a sick man, people or an age/energy of an infirm person. Word Ogham of Oengus: Abuse for an ancestor or pleasing consent/fairest of the ancients.

Ebad Literal meaning: unknown Letter: EA Tree: apsen (critchach) Word Ogham of Morainn: Fair-swimming letter. Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Fairest fish. Word Ogham of Oengus: [admonishing?] of an infirm person.

Óir Literal meaning: gold Letter: OI Tree: spindle-tree or ivy (feorus, edind) Word Ogham of Morainn: Most venerable substance. Word Ogham of Oengus: Splendour of form.

Uillen Literal meaning: elbow Letter: UI Tree: honeysuckle (edleand) Word Ogham of Morainn: Fragnant tree. Word Ogham of Oengus: Great elbow/cubit.

Iphín Literal meaning: spine, thorn (?) Letter: IO Tree: gooseberry or thorn (spinan, ispin) Word Ogham of Morainn: Sweetest tree. Word Ogham of Oengus: Mostwonderful taste.

Emancholl Literal meaning: twin of hazel Letter: AE Word Ogham of Morainn: Groan of a sick person. Word Ogham of Oengus: Groan of a sick person

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Cunning Celt's Spell To Call Blood To Blood

A way to commune with your ancestors.

Gather: - Rosemary for remembrance - Yew for spirit calling - Cypress for longevity - Yarrow Root for contacting relatives - Anisette Liqueur for ancestor summoning - spring water

Let the name of the loved one be repeated by the preparer of the spell. Burn the herbs in a cauldron and spill the liqueur into a glass of pure spring water. Lay in the cauldron a treasure of the loved one, should one be available.

Using safe, sterile equipments prick your finger and add your blood to the cauldron, calling the name of your ancestor and saying:

“Blood of my blood, I summon thee.”

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So I am selling readings now from my Etsy shop. I will complete all the readings in my asks but from now on forward I will sell all readings from my shop. Its only 3.27 gbp. I have tried to keep it as affordable as possible. So henceforth, if you want a reading, go to my shop.  Yeah. That’s it.  https://www.etsy.com/in-en/shop/EclecticWitchTarot That’s the link.

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Mostly Freya, Loki and Ran

So i remade my pagan blog (for the 5th time) 

Please reblog if you post anything about:

🐋 Norse Traditions 

🐋 Witchcraft (Esp water) 

🐋 Norse Gods 

🐋 LGBT+ Paganism 

🐋 LGBT+ esp in Norse Paganism 

🐋 Heathenry 

🐋 Norse gods 

🐋 Seidr/trance work 

🐋 Astral projection

🐋 Nonbinary witchcraft/ paganism

🐋 Modern Norse paganism

🐋 You work with any of these gods: Thor, Loki, Freyr, Freyja, Njordr or Rán

DO NOT REBLOG IF UR NASTY: 

🚫 You’re a Nazi/ sympathize with Nazis

🚫 You’re transphobic 

🚫 You’re homophobic 

🚫 You’re racist (and yes this includes you thinking gods may only appear as white people)

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Witchy *Free* PDF book list Masterpost

Hey lovely witches! I wanted to share some of my PDF witchy books I have on my computer. I know it’s hard to find these books and not everyone has money to buy them or easy access. I hope I can help someone with this <3

Most of the books are on my google drive library, you can click on the link and then download if you’d like to.

A Manual of Occultism, by Sepharial

Mastering Witchcraft, by Paul Huson

Natural Magic, by Pamela J.Ball

Pagan Spells, Author Unknown

Herbal Magick - Herbal enchantments, folclore and divination by Gerina Dunwich <3

Spell Crafts - Creating magical objects, by, Scott Cunningham and David Harrington <3

The Book of Power, by Idres Shah

The Complete book of Incense, Oils ad Brews, by Scott Cunningham

The Essential Skills of Magick - Benjamim Rowe

The Ultimate Book of Spells - Pamela J. Ball *my favorite spellbook*

50 of The Most Powerful Spells, by unknown author

Witchcraft Today, by Gerald Gardner

The Gardnerian Book of Shadows

The Basics of Magic, by K. Amber

8 Sabbaths of Witchcraft, by Mike Nichols

Witchcraft Today, by Gerald Gardner

Celtic Mythology and Religion, by Alexander Macbain

The Art and meaning of Magic, By Israel Regardie

An Introduction to the Study of Tarot, by Paul Foster Case

The Alchemy of Abundance, by Lisa McSherry

Encyclopedia of Acient Roman and Greek Mythology, by James Belton

Asgard and the Gods, by M. W. MacDowall,

The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Spells by, Michael Johnstone

Witches’ Bible by, Janet and Stewart Farrar

The Witch’s Master Grimoire, by Lady Sabrina

The meaning of Witchcraft, by Gerald Gardner

Aleister Crowley book collection (google drive)

Lid Off the Cauldron, by Patricia Crowther

A Grimoire for Modern Cunningfolk, by Peter Paddon

The A to Z of Dream Interpretation, by Pamela J. Ball

The Dream Oracle, by Pamela J. Ball

The Great Book of Spells, by Pamela J. Ball <3

The Techniques of Astral Projection, By Dr. Douglas M. Baker

The Opening of the Third Eye, By Dr. Douglas M. Baker

Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft, By Bailey Michael

The Goddess is in Details, by Deborah Blake <3

Circle, Coven and Grove, by Deborah Blake

A Witch’s Dozen, by Deborah Blake <3

Witchcraft on a Shoestring by Deborah Blake

Egyptian Magic, By Ernest Budge

Advanced Candle Magick, By Raymond Buckley

Amulets and Magic, By Budge Walli

Pen and Ink Witchcrafr , By Collin Calloway

Basic Sigil Magic, By Philip Cooper

The Occult Properties of Herbs , By W.B Crow

Shadow Work Guidebook, by Jessica Cross

Gemstone Sorcery, By Gerina Dunwich <3

Wicca A to Z By  Gerina Dunwich

Every Witch Way By Ellen Dugan <3

Power Of The Witch By Laurie Cabot <3

The Spiral Dance By Starhawk <3

Spiritual Power - Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Book of Shadows By, Phyllis Curott:

Witchcrafting By Phyllis Curott

Spells for the Solitary Witch By Eileen Holland

Wiccan Magick By Raven Grimassi

The Witch’s Familiar By Raven Grimassi

Magical Candle Crafting By Ember Grant

Magical Powder Recipes By Lady Gianne

Wicca For Beginners By Lisa Chamberlain

Scott Cunningham’s Books:

Divination for Beginners

Wicca in the Kitchen <3

Book of Shadows

Living Wicca

Crystal Gem and Metal Magick <3

Wicca

Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs

Magical Household, Rituals and spells for the home <3

D.J Conway’s Books:

Mystical Dragon

Norse Magic

Wicca, The Complete Craft

Falcon, Feather and Valkyrie Sword

Celtic Magic

Christopher Penczak’s Books

Gay Witchcraft - Christopher Penczak

The Living Temple of Witchcraft V. II- Christopher Penczak

The Gates of Witchcraft

The Living Temple of Witchcraft V.II 

Mystic Foundation

The Outer Temple Of Witchcraft

The Inner Temple of Witchcraft

The Witch’s Shield

Cassandra Eason’s Books:

A Practical Guide of Witchcraft and Spells, 

Fabulous Creatures, Mythical Monsters and Animal Power Symbols

Candle Power

The Art of Pendulum

The Complete Guide to Psychic Development

Illes Judika’s Books:

Magic When You Need It - 150 Spells

Pure Magic

The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft

Ellwood Taylor’s Books:

Pop Culture Magic

The Pop Culture Grimoire

Multi-Media Magic

Manifesting Prosperity

For those of you who wish to see my full library on the drive, feel free to send me a message and I will send you the link!

HAVE FUN!  :)

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Hi there, I would love a reading. Is my husband angry because I've said stuff that hasn't been nice about his younger sister? It's not often I say anything, but in the past I've said stuff about his mom and sis. My husband looks up to his mom and sis, and I feel that right now, I'm feeling that he's upset that recently, I've said things about his sister. I'm not close with my husband's family, and I don't feel that they like me. Thank you :)

I have Ten of Wands, rev Six of Pentacles, Strength, rev Magician and Five of Swords for you.

You are entitled to your opinion and are right in thinking that they don’t like you. Your husband just needs to put on his big boy panties and learn to respect your opinions about them. Don’t doubt yourself or go into a spiral because of anything that happened. Just because they are his family doesn’t mean that they are automatically yours or that you have to put up with them. He is trying to emotionally manipulate you into feeling bad about yourself and apologizing about what you did even though he knows that you did nothing wrong and that his family would have done the same thing to you. He wouldn’t have asked them to apologize. 

So don’t feel bad or apologize, fam. It is what it is. Don’t let him manipulate you.

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hi, lovely! may I have a past life reading please? also, I’m not sure if this info helps, but I have a birthmark on my lower abdomen (I was reading about birthmarks and how they can indicate how one died in a past life but I’m not sure if that’s accurate) thank you for the reading! ♍️

I have Page of Pentacles, the Hermit, rev Hanged Man, Queen of Wands, Three of Cups, the World, Ace of Pentacles, rev Two of Cups and rev Emperor for you. 

So you were a very grounded person with a warm ambiance around you. You loved talking to people, you loved helping people and had an almost unreal knack for finances. You were intensely curious about everything and absorbed any and all knowledge that came your way with an unparalleled zeal. You hated status quo. You didn’t like hierarchy and used every available platform that you could to passionately argue about how the government or the crown was unsuccessful in providing for its citizens. 

Part of your passion about politics came from your mother who was a prominent activist for civil rights and women’s rights in the area you lived in. She educated you about social topics and injustices from the time you were in the crib and your thirst for justice and knowledge was birthed then.  

I am feeling very 1920s vibes from this life. 

Your social life was full and satisfying. You had many friends and admirers and never lacked an invitation to anything even remotely interesting. You loved to observe people and the way they behaved. You were something of a heartbreaker though. You loved to experiment with everything and almost made it a goal to try everything once. 

You did not have any prominent romantic relationship that made an impact on you but you did have many flings throughout your life. 

As for the birthmark on your abdomen, your father in your previous life was an abusive ass and gave it to you when you were quite young. This is the event that triggered your mother leaving him. 

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Hi! So my friend M hasn't spoken to me in a while and I was wondering how she was doing please? I'd love to know how she is and how she feels about me. Thank you! -L

I have Two of Swords, rev Hanged Man, rev  Hierophant, rev Eight of Swords, rev Ten of Cups and rev Emperor for you.

So things are tough for M in her family right now.  I am seeing problems between her and her father figure related to her wanting something that they don’t want. She wants to do something sporadic and actionable with her life right now, she wants to explore and her family is not happy with that situation right there. She is feeling very cornered and unsure of herself right now. She wants to talk to you but she keeps delaying it because she wants to have her head together before she reaches out. Just hang in there L, she’ll reach out eventually.

:-)

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