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Alice in Wonderland (1951)

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Alice in Wonderland (1951)

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Follow So Super Awesome on Instagram

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Dya wanna know something pretty cool? I’ve survived 100% of my worst days. And if you’re reading this? So have you. And that’s awesome.

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@cielo-e-voragine

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i dont even have guilty pleasures anymore i just like stuff and if people have a problem with that they can go fuck themselves

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Alice In Wonderland

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Ways to get Closer to Your Craft

Open your curtains in the morning and look outside

Always try to stay grounded. Observe life around you

Make a list of the correspondences of certain soaps or other products that you have. Use a product with intent

Draw sigils

Chant in your head

Walk, sit, or lie down outside. Watch the plants dance in the wind and listen to your surroundings

Carry crystals or objects that mean a certain thing to you

Take time for yourself

Smile at strangers and visualize sending positive energy their way

Listen to music that represents your intent

Pick your outfits using colour magic

Light a candle

Do something for your community. By putting good things out, the universe will repay you

Try interpreting a tarot card for each day

Be creative. Find the magic in every day objects

Practice energy work

Meditate

Schedule days to go to the library and research plants, herbs, your religion, etc

Say thank you more often. Even when no one is there

Try to grow some plants

Have tea more often

Go outside!! I cannot stress this enough. Connect to nature. Go barefoot. Dance in the rain. Anything. Just go out

When hiking pick up things that call to you

Pick up trash. Give back to the planet

Take care and time for yourself

Be patient

Remember, its your craft. Do what feels right 🌱

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Tarot symbols for journaling

100% admitting that I got inspiration from others on these.

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The Deck Bonding Challenge

One of the ideas I tossed around when I was looking at challenges to create for myself for the #100DaysOfTarot, one of the ideas I tossed around was a deck bonding challenge; to take my “Start Here” material and organize it into small chunks that someone could do daily while still using their deck for regular readings. I initially scrapped the idea since I don’t have a new deck I’m working with at the moment but my girlfriend asked me to write the challenge out for her to do with her deck. 

If you want to see someone doing this challenge in June, I’d recommend checking out @petrosophia, she’s kickass. I’m biased of course but she’s also just objectively a very reflective person, which is helpful if you want someone to follow along with. 

Before You Start

I’d recommend reading all of my “Start Here” section but especially my posts on not learning tarot cards like flashcards and on reading vertically. 

The important concepts here are the narrative approach to the Major Arcana/the suits and, well, reading vertically - taking all of the 1′s then all of the 2′s and so on. 

What to Do Each Day

On days the prompt says to ask the deck a question, shuffle and draw three cards. Use the book to look up the meanings if you need to. Make any notes you might want to keep or make a post about it. 

On the other days, select the cards listed and start with your first impressions. What story do you think is being told? What’s the emotion of each card? What’s the action? After you’ve made notes of your first impressions, make notes of the book’s definitions for each card as well. When you’ve completed a suit - say all of the pentacles - write a brief one or two sentence summary of the story being told. When working vertically, jot down three keywords after you’ve finished taking notes. 

For the two signifier questions, feel free to either select one and reflect on it or shuffle and draw one then reflect on it. Or hell do both. See how closely your pick matches you deck. 

You might also consider combining these prompts with the SOAP Journaling framework. 

Why Do This Challenge

The benefit I see with this challenge is that it allows you to develop a framework understanding of your deck over the course of several weeks which I think is more approachable for a lot of folks. I’m also just a firm believer that a little structure goes a long way. 

But feel free to play with this structure. Do all the Pentacles at once if you please. Maybe you need to break down the Vertical Reading into smaller chunks. Maybe you’re using a playing card deck so you just omit all of the Major Arcana. This is just a starting point. 

And I’m excited to see what y’all do with it! 

The Prompts

1   Ask the Deck: What are your Strengths? (Draw 3 Cards)

2   Ask the Deck: What are your Weaknesses? (Draw 3 Cards)

3   Pentacles 1-4

4   Pentacles 5-7

5   Pentacles 8-10

6   Pentacles Page & Knight

7   Pentacles Queen & King

8   Swords 1-4

9   Swords 5-7

10  Swords 8-10

11  Swords Page & Knight

12  Swords Queen & King

13  Wands 1-4

14  Wands 5-7

15  Wands 8-10

16  Wands Page & Knight

17  Wands Queen & King

18  Cups 1-4

19  Cups 5-7

20  Cups 8-10

21  Cups P&K

22  Cups Q&K

23  Major Arcana 0 & 21

24  Major Arcana 1-5

25  Major Arcana 6-10

26  Major Arcana 11-15

27  Major Arcana 16-20

28  Vertical Reading - The 1’s

29  Vertical Reading – The  2’s

30  Vertical Reading - The 3’s

31  Vertical Reading – The  4’s

32  Vertical Reading – The 5’s

33  Vertical Reading – The  6’s

34  Vertical Reading – The 7’s

35  Vertical Reading – The  8’s

36  Vertical Reading – The 9’s  

37  Vertical Reading – The 10’s

38 Internal Signifier – Who am I Internally (Select or Draw a Card)

39 External Signifier – Who am I Externally (Select or Draw a Card)

40 Ask the Deck: What do you want me to know? (Draw 3)

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Tarot Hacks

(DISCLAIMER: I didn’t invent most of these, just accumulated a lot from across the internet amongst other resources)

When something isn’t going your way: find The Wheel of Fortune, the cards on either side are the solution to the problem

To bring wealth; shuffle then pull the 1st, 5th, 10th, 20th, and 50th cards

When a romantic relationship is turning rocky; shuffle and find The Lovers, the cards on either side are the root of the problem

When you need to make a decision; shuffle, then find the 2 of Swords, the cards on either side are the different outcomes

When you’ve done fucked up shuffle then find The Fool, the cards on either side are how to fix the problem

Make a wish and draw a card

To get a glipse at your future; find your birth cards, then check out the cards laying underneath

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More Grimoire Ideas

Hey all! I have compiled a few more ideas for your grimoire! Enjoy! ⭐️Alchemy ⭐️Knot magick ⭐️Info on the astral plane and astral projection ⭐️How to cast a circle ⭐️Meditation and grounding techniques/tips/purpose ⭐️Self care ⭐️Info on the fae (if you are into that) ⭐️Chants and songs ⭐️Song lyrics to turn into spells or prayers ⭐️Wheel of the year (holidays) ⭐️Essential oil uses ⭐️Substitutes for spells ⭐️Chakras ⭐️Witchy DIYs ⭐️Charm bags and spell bottles ⭐️Protection charms/spells ⭐️Hexes ⭐️Safety tips ⭐️Ideas for spells ⭐️Zodiac info ⭐️Animals and their powers and associations ⭐️Interactions from your day (that seem important/ suspicious/magickal) ⭐️Your traits/symbols (your element(s), flower, animal, etc) ⭐️Tarot spreads

Once again, I am going to be posting more soon, so look out for them! If you don’t understand something or want further explanation for anything I mentioned here, feel free to drop an ask! I will respond ASAP. 🌛🌕🌜

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Tarot Cheat Sheet

The Fool: Beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, free spirit. Reverse: Naivety, foolishness, risk-taking

The Magician: Power, skill, concentration, action, resourcefulness. Reverse: Manipulation, poor planning, latent talents.

The High Priestess: Intuition, higher powers, mystery, subconscious mind. Reverse: Hidden agendas, listen to inner voice.

The Empress: fertility, femininity, beauty, nature, abundance. Reverse: Creative block, dependence.

The Emperor: Authority, father-figure, structure, foundation. Reverse: Domination, excessive control, rigidity, inflexibility.

The Hierophant: Religion, group identification, conformity, tradition, beliefs. Reverse: Restriction, something to shake up routine.

The Lovers: Love, union, relationships, aligned values, choices. Reverse: Disharmony, imbalance, misalignment of values.

The Chariot: Control, willpower, victory, assertion, determination. Reverse: Lack of control and direction, aggression.

Strength: Strength, courage, patience, control, compassion. Reverse: Weakness, Self-doubt, lack of self-discipline.

The Hermit: Soul-searching, introspection, alone, inner guidance. Reverse: Isolation, loneliness, withdrawal.

The Wheel of Fortune: Good luck, karma, life cycles, destiny, a turning point. Reverse: Bad luck, negative external forces, out of control.

Justice: Justice, fairness, truth, cause and effect. Reverse: Unfairness, dishonesty, unaccountability.

The Hanged Man: Restriction, letting go, sacrifice. Reverse: Martyr, indecision, delay.

Death: Endings, beginnings, change, transformation, transition. Reverse: Resistance to change, inability to progress.

Temperance: Balance, moderation, patience, purpose, meaning. Reverse: Imbalance, excess, short term vision.

The Devil: Addiction, sexuality, materialism. Reverse: Detachment, breaking free, reclaimed power.

The Tower: Disaster, upheaval, sudden (brutal) change, revelation. Reverse: Avoidance of disaster, fear of change.

The Star: Hope, spirituality, renewal, inspiration, serenity. Reverse: Lack of faith, despair, discouragement. 

The Moon: Illusion, vision, dreaming, fear, anxiety, insecurity, subconsciousness. Reverse: Release of fear, unhappiness, confusion.

The Sun: Fun, warmth, success, positivity, vitality. Reverse: Temporary depression, lack of success.

Judgement: Judgement, rebirth, inner calling, absolution. Reverse: Self doubt, self blindness.

World: Completion, integration, accomplishment, travel. Reverse: Incompletion. Lack of closure.

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𝒮𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝒮𝓅𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝒮𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐵𝒾𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒮𝓅𝑒𝓁𝓁

With the holiday season coming up and hours getting increased at work + seasonal jobs opening up, as well as companies screaming at you constantly “BUY, BUY, BUY!”, this is the time of year I feel most inclined to spend. We may even feel inclined to buy the most extravagant presents for our loved ones when we know we can’t afford it. Or maybe you just have a chronic reckless spending problem, and you need to stop buying for now and save for the future. This spell will bind you from reckless spending so you won’t feel caught up in the materialism that is the Christmas season. ✨

Moon phase;

preferably a new moon, but you can perform this on any night of the waning cycle (I’m performing mine this upcoming new moon on November 7).

Materials;

1 blue candle for willpower, patience, and focus.

1 piece of green aventurine (or any crystal that represents money for you)

1 receipt from something you bought but didn’t need (I had a few in the bottom of my purse, but if you can’t find any, you could even print out your bank statement, cut out a transaction of something you didn’t need, & wrap it in that)

1 black ribbon

Incantation;

“My need to recklessly spend money is tightly bound

And I bury those urges deep into the ground.

I want and am able to save money.

I am financially responsible so my future can be comfy.

This is my will, so mote it be.”

Directions;

As you say the incantation, wrap the crystal in the receipt and then bind it together with the black ribbon. When finished, circle it around the flame of the candle counter clockwise before blowing it out. Then bury it outside so you will never see it again.

Happy casting! 🌙✨