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Herbs you can grow indoors.

Made this list for my fellow witchies who like their kitchen to be full of the green stuff :

Basil : like lots of sun and warmth. More difficult to grow in the winter months

Bay : needs plenty of sun and fresh air.

Chives : needs at least 6 hours of sun and plenty of water.

Dill : prefers slightly acidic soil, needs plenty of sunlight, doesn’t need too much water.

Lemongrass : My personal favorite as you don’t plant it in soil. Grow in a couple of inches of water. Easiest to grow.

Mint : needs plenty of water and needs to be placed in an area with indirect light. Harvest frequently.

Oregano : does not deal well with cold and drastic temperature changes could kill it.

Parsley : Doesn’t require too much light or maintenance, but is a slow grower.

Rosemary : needs 6 - 8 hours of strong, direct sunlight. Only water when the top layer of soil feels dry. Needs good ventilation. A bit trickier to grow.

Sage : Needs plenty of sun. 

Thyme : Needs 6 - 8 hours of sunlight a day and maybe even supplemental light.

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Éabhancholl - Cold/Flu Spell

you'll need:

- tea tree oil (commonly used for colds/flus, has a medicinal aroma)

- cedarwood oil (used for symptoms such as coughing, sneezing)

- adventurine (wellbeing)

- red jasper (strength)

- first quarter moon (symbolic of taking action)

- green candle (prosperity)

- sigil (éabhancholl)

- a small charm bottle

• cast a circle (athame/wand optional, i use a selenite wand for purity)

• write the sigil on some paper

• light the candle, applying a drop of each oil to the flame

• sit in Easy Pose/Sukhasana (legs crossed) in the centre of the circle

• with one stone in each hand, close your eyes and meditate on your intent, focus your energy. think of the person you're healing, or if it's yourself, think of what you'll do once you're healed.

• keep the stones in your palms and bring your hands to prayer at the heart.

• repeat the spell -

“my body will in time heal

i pray for wellness; here i kneel

in the presence of the quarter moon

i focus energy; i recover soon

my inner power will restore fully

this is my will so mote it be,”

(if you are focusing on healing another person besides yourself, replace personal pronouns with their preferred pronouns)

• burn the sigil paper with the candle flame; place the ash into a small bottle (carry this with you for a charm)

• blow out the candle

• close the circle

• namaste!

(please note: although this spell elicits a calming an meditative effect, it is not a cure, and should not be a substitute for medical attention)

blessed be 🍃

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Book of Cosmos✨

A Book of Cosmos is essentially the Cosmic Witch’s grimoire or book of shadows. Here are some ideas of what you can put into your Book of Cosmos!

(I’ve included some of my own links to help you along, but please feel free to customize this index as you wish!)

About the Author

Your natal chart & its meaning

Info about your patron planet or deity

Birth cards (tarot) and their cosmic association 

Favorite magickal tools, colors, herbs, scents, incense, etc.

Offering ideas for the planets or other celestial bodies

Star Charts

Altar design ideas

Astronomical & Astrological Events for the year

Astronomy & Astrology Terminology

Planetary Correspondences

intentions

botanicals

crystals

metals

colors

zodiac signs

elements

days of the week

numerology

divinatory methods

deities

Cosmic Symbols

Celestial Body Correspondences

Asteroid & Minor Planet Correspondences

Constellation Correspondences

Lunar Phases & Correspondences

Methods of Celestial Protection

Black Hole Decoy

Dark Matter Invisibility

Celestial Warding

Methods of Celestial Grounding & Channeling

Spiral Meditation

Black Hole Grounding

Astral Travel Tips

Recipes

Powders

Planetary powders

Stardust powder

Oils

Planetary oils

Zodiac oils

Crystal Elixirs

Celestial Gem Elixir

Charged water

Moon Water

Star Water

Potions

Star Potion

Bath Stuffs & Glamours

Planetary Shower Disk

Planetary Bath Salts

Uranian Coffee Scrub

Celestial Roll-On Perfume

Cosmic First-Aid

Solar Herbal Salve

Cosmic Spells

sachets, spell jars, incantations, curses, etc.

DIY Projects

Black Hole Jar

Nebula Jar

Starlight Charm

Personal Experiences

Other Ideas:

Decorate your BoC with pressed flowers, illustrations, cut-out photos, or collages that are associated with the cosmos

If you like the idea of handwriting in a book but cannot, check out this website: it allows you to download and print a template so you can write the alphabet in your own handwriting and upload it as a font

Stain your pages for a vintage look 

Make flower ink to write with 

Enchant your pen or keyboard before you begin constructing your BoC for extra inspiration 

Use glitter markers or gel pens to write with 

Spray your BoC with perfume 

Add a cosmic symbol to the inside cover of your BoC

Grimoire Organization Ideas

Cosmic Witchcraft Masterpost

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Diana (Artemis) the Huntress - (1870-1924) Guillaume Seignac

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🍎How to raise your energy, heighten your vibration.

🌻How to find balance.

🌾Your harvest; what you’ve collected throughout the year.

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Mabon Tarot Spread

🍂 Merry Mabon and Happy Divining 🔮

I’ll be using this spread with my oracle cards

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🍂🍎Blessed Mabon!🍂🍎

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Quick Guide to Celebrating the Sabbats 🌻

LITHA

🧀Fruit & veg, herbed bread, cheese, honey cakes, chicken, pork, sunflower seeds, lemonade, ice tea.

🍋Lemon, orange, cinnamon, rose oils.

🔮Moonstone, tigers eye, amethyst, flourite, agate. {Or any crystals in warm colours}.

🌞See the sun rise & set, eat outdoors, make or buy a sun catcher, bake a sweet cake, let sunlight cleanse your rooms, clear cobwebs, wear a flower crown, make honey/sugar scrub, wear warm tones.

🎬Peter Pan, Fairy Tale, Ferngully, Stardust, Tinkerbell, Maleficent.

LAMMAS

🌽Multi grain bread, corn on the cob, bbq meats, fried chicken, potatoes, soup, rice, nuts, black current juice, beer, peppermint tea.

🌹Rose, chamomile, passion fruit, all spice oils/scents.

🔮Citrine, clear quartz, tigers eye.

📖Finish a project, make a bread to share, enjoy nature, take care of plants, decorate or craft, acknowledge what you are grateful for, journal future hopes.

🎬Parent Trap, Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Cheaper by the Dozen.

MABON

🍇Pies, nuts, smoked or roast poultry [bbq chicken with smoky bbq sauce], soup, corn, apples, plums, grapes, cinnamon donuts, caramel popcorn, peanut butter, butterscotch.

🌲Sage, pine, cinnamon oils/scents.

🔮Amethyst, clear quartz, citrine, yellow agate.

🌾Make scented pinecones, spend time under the stars, donate food or goods [RSPCA], burn bad habits, visit the deceased, harvest take care of plants, bask in nature, meditate.

🎬Open Season, Brother Bear, Spirit, Pocahontas, Brave.

SAMHAIN

🎃Pumpkins, toffee apples, ginger bread, chai, nutmeg or cinnamon spiced foods, hazelnuts, sweets.

🌰Nutmeg, cinnamon scents.

🔮Obsidian, onyx, bloodstone, amber, fossils.

🕯Cook a family recipe, light a fire, remember & honour the deceased.

🎬Hocus Pocus, Addams Family, Monsters Inc, Little Vampire, Corpse Bride, Casper, Hansel Gretel Witch Hunters, Underworld, Van Helsing.

YULE

🍪Cookies, fruit cake, turkey, eggnog, ginger tea.

🕎Cedar, frankincense, myrrh oils.

🔮Bloodstone, citrine, clear quartz.

❄Give or volunteer, bake shortbread or sugar cookies, share a meal with loved ones.

🎬Santa Clause, Rise of the Guardians, 101 Dalmatians, Frozen, Snow White Winters War, Narnia.

IMBOLC

🍩Poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds, bread butter pudding, scones, muffins, garlic, onions.

☕Vanilla, cinnamon oil.

🔮Amethyst, bloodstone, onyx.

🕯Light white candles, plant seeds, bless your pets, declutter & clean your living space, bake orange and poppy seed muffins or cake.

🎬Mr Poppers Penguins, Happy Feet, Balto, Ice Age, Mirror Mirror.

OSTARA

🍌Roast ham & pineapple, eggs, milk, seeds & nuts, banana bread, chocolate milk, green vegetables.

🌹Jasmine, light florals, sweet garden, wild flowers.

🔮Amethyst, rose quartz, moonstone.

🌹Light candles, plant seeds, share a roast ham with loved ones, bake banana bread, finish spring cleaning, lay tumbled stones in your garden bed, take deep breaths [inhale new energy & exhale old energies], wear spring colours whites & florals, collect wildflowers or buy flowers that call to you & research what they mean, walk through nature.

🎬Epic, Strange Magic, The Secret Garden, Spiderwick, A Bugs Life, Barbie Fairies.

BELTANE

🍞Breads, cakes, honey, leafy greens, fruit & veg, seafood, iced tea, lemonade, milk.

🌼Florals, sweet garden, honeysuckle, jasmine, rose.

🔮Amber, citrine, moonstone, red jasper, rose quartz.

🌼Wear a flower crown or flowers in your hair, dress in red or white, make a bonfire & roast marshmallows, garden, take a walk, spend time in nature, pick fresh flowers to decorate.

🎬Moana, Arthur Trilogy, Avatar, Jungle Book, Tinkerbell, Barbie.

HOW I CELEBRATE ALL SABBATS OR ESBATS

☾Sage cleanse the house, light candles, diffuse oils.

☾Clean sheets/bedding/pillowcases/towels.

☾Eat at least one traditional food.

☾Watch a relevant movie.

☾Take notes in my BOS of how I celebrated the Sabbat to look back on next year.

☾Charge my crystals & tarot decks in the full moonlight.

☾Do a tarot reading relevant to the Sabbat.

☾Spend time outside with my dogs 🐶

🔮🌙🔮🌙🔮🌙🔮🌙🔮🌙🔮🌙🔮🌙🔮🌙

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i hope you have a great time ahead, drinking hot chocolate or apple cider, reading your favorite book in bed while it rains outside, studying hard and taking care of yourself, collecting pretty leaves and jumping in rain puddles, wearing your new oversized red sweater

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Last update I promise, thanks to @nicstoirm for the info. This is tarot spread for the upcoming Lammas/Lughnasadh (August 1). This spread follows the Gaelic tradition of Lughnasadh, or the “Lugh’s games/festival”. It is a commemoration of Lugh’s foster mother, Tailtiu, who died while clearing land of Ireland for farming. It marks the first of many Autumn growths of the season.  This spread can be used even if you don’t observe pagan/gaelic calendar/events as it gives a simple retrospective look of our summer as we approach autumn.

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🌿Lammas Activities🌿

Lammas (also called Lughnasadh) is a sabbat from the Wheel of the Year that is celebrated on August 1st to mark the beginning of the harvest season

🌿 Bake! Cooking and sharing food is a great activity for any sabbat, and cooking bread, desserts, meat, and enjoying fruits and vegetables is a great way to celebrate Lammas! 🌿 Enjoy nature! Fall is coming next, so enjoy the fresh air while you can. Invite friends and family on a nature walk or picnic or you can go yourself and embrace the beauty that nature has to offer! Visit a lake, a park, go on a trail, or whatever you want to connect with nature! 🌿 Take care your plants! This is the beginning of the harvest season. Take extra care of your plants and maybe even give them a treat: new soil, a new pot, fresh water, or fertilizer. If it’s time to harvest some fruits or veggies, do so!  🌿 Decorate your altar and/or home! Colors, plants, grains, wreaths, animal prints, and candles are some great ways to decorate your home and/or altar for Lammas! 🌿 Do some crafts! Making crafts is a great way to have fun on Lammas, especially if you’re celebrating with kids! Making corn dolls and corn wheels are a few of the many fun ways to celebrate! Plus, when spring rolls around, you can bury the corn doll or corn wheel in a new garden to help your plants grow. 🌿 Prosperity magic! Lammas is the ideal time to perform prosperity magic, so if you have any prosperity spells hidden in your grimoire or book of shadows, take those out and work some magic! 🌿 Work on your book of shadows or grimoire! A relaxing way to end the day would be to write a few pages in your book, whether you write in spells, information, or a journal entry. 🌿 Finish some projects! If you have some projects nearing an end, Lammas would be a great time to finish those or to make more progress if you can! Not every goal needs to be achieved, but dedicating your time and effort to finishing a few would be a great Lammas activity. 🌿 Make a bonfire! Invite friends and family to a bonfire! While you sit around the fire, share some of your bad or unnecessary habits and how you plan to change or get rid of those habits so you can have renewed strength. If you’re a secret witch, you can just light a candle in your room and privately journal your reflection!

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Low Spoon Ways to Celebrate Lammas/Lughnassadh

(Made, in part, for my own benefit on this very tired Lughnassadh)

🌽 Eat some carbs/bread, and leave the rest to your deity/beings of choice if you like.

🌽 Light just one candle, (gold, orange, white, yellow, red, or brown if you can) and just spend five minutes thinking about Lughnassadh and all the things you wish to harvest in the coming months.

🌽 Reconnecting with nature is always a good idea, if you have the spoons for it. See if you can take a walk outside, or maybe meditate with some plants.

🌽 Write down everything you hope to manifest in the coming months. Keep it in a safe place for Yule, where you can bring it out again and burn it to close this chapter on that part of your life.

🌽 Drink some mint tea to draw abundance. Leave some for your deity/beings of choice, if you like.

🌽 Write down all the things you’re grateful for, imbue the gratitude into a piece of paper, and bury it later when you can.

Feel free to add your own ideas!

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I love the pagan eating bread holiday, along with its friends, the pagan eating apples holiday, the pagan eating barbecue holiday, and the pagan eating with your dead relatives holiday.

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Wheel of the year✨

These are some of the main correspondences for each of the Sabbats in the Wheel of the Year. Compiled from lots of sources and my own interpretation/knowledge. 💞

Lughnasadh/Lammas

colours: gold, yellow, green, orange, brown

herbs/plants: grains, myrtle, corn stalks, heather, frankincense

crystals: citrine, carnelian, moss agate, amber

foods: multigrain breads, blackberry pie, corn on the cob, dark fruity wines

tarot correspondence: the emperor

spell/magickal workings: kitchen magick, protection

activities: * bake bread and share with loved ones * finish a project * leave part of your first harvest as an offering to deitie(s) of your choosing * honour the land

decorations: corn dolls, sickles, grains, summer flowers

Mabon

colours: orange, red, gold, brown, yellow

herbs/plants: frankincense, cinnamon, rue, yarrow, myrrh, marigold

crystals: yellow agate, citrine, lapis lazuli, yellow topaz

foods: apples, wheat, pomegranate, squash, pumpkin, wine, cider

tarot correspondence: the high priestess

spell/magickal workings: abundance, prosperity, gratitude

activities: * share a meal with loved ones/those you are grateful for * make a prosperity candle * second harvest

decorations: acorns, oak leaves, corn, grapes, cinnamon, colours of the season

Samhain

colours: black, orange, brown, scarlet

herbs/plants: marigold, fern, heather, sage, mugwort, patchouli

crystals: jet, obsidian, carnelian, smoky quartz, amber

foods: pumpkin, apple, nuts, turnip, pear, cider

tarot correspondence: death

spell/magickal workings: divination, work with passed loved ones/ancestors, sex magick

activities: * carve jack-o-lanterns * host a dumb supper (set a place at the table for deceased loved ones) * light a candle in your window to guide spirits home * bury an apple as an offering for your ancestors * last harvest

decorations: skulls, sickle/scythe, jack-o-lanterns, bones, apples, besoms

Yule

colours: red, green, white, gold

herbs/plants: evergreen, holly, mistletoe, frankincense, oak, pine, myrrh

crystals: garnet, emerald, diamond, bloodstone, ruby

foods: nuts, ginger tea, spiced ciders, cookies

tarot correspondence: judgement

spell/magickal workings: peace, harmony, love, happiness

activities: * burn the Yule log * decorate the tree * volunteer/help a stranger * bake cookies from a family recipe and share with others

decorations: Yule log, tree, holly, mistletoe, pine, orange pomanders

Imbolc

colours: pink, white, yellow, light blue, lavender

herbs/plants: angelica, basil, myrrh, clove, coriander, lilac, wisteria, saffron

crystals: turquoise, amethyst, amber, tigers eye

foods: spicy food, onion, garlic, peppers, shallots, full bodied wines, herbal tea

tarot correspondence: the lovers

spell/magickal workings: creativity, life path, conception, candle magick

activities: * weave brigids cross * do magick by candlelight * spring cleaning/cleanse your work space * do a rite to bless your tools and seeds for spring

decorations: brigids cross, white flowers, daffodils, lambs

Ostara

colours: pastels

herbs/plants: honeysuckle, iris, ginger, jasmine, rose, violets

crystals: aquamarine, rose quartz, moonstone

foods: leafy greens, sunflower seeds, sprouts, pine nuts

tarot correspondence: the empress

spell/magickal workings: honouring related deities, meditation, awakening, uplifting

activities: * scatter eggshells in garden * make “egg” dishes * garden magick * egg decorating * starting indoor seeds

decorations: (you guessed it) eggs, bunnies, sprouting plants, chicks, robins, baskets

Beltane

colours: red, white, pink, green, silver

herbs/plants: birch, mint, tulips, dandelion, mugwort, rosemary, bluebells, wildflowers

crystals: aventurine, bloodstone, malachite, emerald

foods: spring greens, strawberries, cherries, honey

tarot correspondence: the hierophant

spell/magickal workings: sun related magick, sex/fertility, spirit communication

activities: * transfer indoor seedlings to outdoor garden * make faerie offerings * make flower crowns * bonfire

decorations: ribbons, flowers, cows, bread for offering, may pole, goats, honey bees, faeries

Litha/Midsummer

colours: yellow, blue, green, white, gold

herbs/plants: camomile, lemon, hemp, thyme, fennel, wisteria, elderflower, carnation

crystals: jade, lapis lazuli, tigers eye, fluorite, agate

foods: herb bread, potato salad, honey, seasonal herbs/veg

tarot correspondence: the sun

spell/magickal workings: healing, growth, love

activities: * greet sun at dawn * light fire of fellowship/friendship * chase fireflies * make sun/solar water

decorations: suncatchers, dried oranges, honeycombs, suns, bees