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[thewitchywitch]

I wish there were more people out there who were into palmistry

I'd like to start posting some of my notes and findings here but idk if anyone would really be into that since I never see anyone talk about their interest in it on this site at least, ya know?

Like the palmistry tag is a mess truth be told, and I wish good palmistry information was more accessible to people.

I might do it. I'd need more people's hand pictures tho 👀

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This is probably the best meme I've ever made and I can't believe I never posted it here

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Hey guys!! I'm so sorry I disappeared for a couple days, we had a tornado of all things pop up where I live here in West Virginia and it knocked out the internet in my area. I'm currently posting from a spot with good signal that I drove out to, and I'm not quite sure when the internet will be coming back on. But when it does, I'll respond to everyone's messages asap!

I'm so sorry for the delay, thankyou for your understanding (and hand pics!!)

[thewitchywitch]

re; pinned post on black tourmaline meme... so i have a lot of crystals (use em in spells mostly idk what i'm doing with them) how do you use black tourmaline as a ward, is it like a charm you carry with you? :>

Alrighty buckle up because I'm about to ramble.

Black tourmaline is absolutely one of my favourite crystals, like actually in my top 3.

I keep little bowls of it around, because it is incredible at absorbing the negative energy off of stuff. So at the end of the day—especially if I was around lots of people—I'll take any crystal jewelry off and plop it in my black tourmaline bowl to cleanse it. I also have a black tourmaline necklace my mother made for me that I wear out on days I know I'm going to be interacting with a lot of people, which I also make sure to cleanse in my bowl.

When it comes to objects, I smoke cleanse first with sandalwood incense and then plop them in the bowl so any straggling negativity can get cleansed too.

Now, black tourmaline is not self-cleansing, so you'll need to cleanse it every so often. Enter blue kyanite, also in my top 3. Blue kyanite is an absolute beast when it comes to cleansing other crystals, even better than selenite in my opinion, so I use them together. I have a layer of blue kyanite in my bowl, and then a layer of black tourmaline on top. You may be wondering why have the black tourmaline? Shouldn't I just cut out the middleman? I don't recommend that based on my personal experience. The black tourmaline sucks the negative energy out of crystals and other objects, then the blue kyanite dissolves that negative energy. They work together.

When it comes to using black tourmaline as a ward, it's actually quite simple. Take a few chunks of it and put them in the corners of your room, or around your house. Every couple of weeks, cleanse them however you prefer that is safe (I prefer blue kyanite as mentioned above) and then put them back. The black tourmaline will absorb any negativity within the space they occupy. I would recommend using a black tourmaline ward in tandem with other kinds of wards, and not by itself.

As a charm, just carrying it in your pocket or as jewelry is fantastic since it'll suck all the negativity you interact with on a daily basis. Just make sure to cleanse it every time you use it of course. I find that black tourmaline is perfect for helping to absorb the evil eye (a particularly nasty one may still linger though), and is a huge help to me when working with people, since it absorbs any negativity that is sticking to you. I always had black tourmaline with me when I used to work retail (and omg could I tell the difference in the few days I forgot it), and it's always with me when I read palms. Lots of negativity can get stuck to you when you're interacting with other people.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any additional questions :)

[thewitchywitch]

sorry if this comes off as weird i just don’t have anyone to talk to about this irl and it stunned me this morning. i’m in college to be a mortician/embalmer/funeral director, and i’ve loved egyptian mythology since childhood, especially anubis. yesterday i bought an anubis altar statue, and this morning when i lit him some incense as an offering, a random dog ran into my backyard. idk just a fun story maybe it’s him saying hi

Not weird at all anon, I love receiving messages! I'd definitely take this as a sign too, you should reach out some more if you feel so inclined.

I find that he loves sandalwood scented incense specifically, this is the one I use:

He also loves Egyptian brass and/or gold jewelry on his altar. I have a brass Egyptian cuff my mother gifted me that I keep on his altar, and I wear a gold ankh to honor him (though I used to wear one made with Egyptian silver that was made in Egypt, he loved that one too)

I'm very excited for you to start your journey with him anon, he's truly amazing, and a fantastic deity to work with :D

[thewitchywitch]

Would you like me to post pictures of hands in the palmistry tags? I'm not expecting any readings, but typically people need SOMETHING to study, right?

That'd be awesome! Clear pictures of hands is the best resource for people getting into palmistry. I actually recommend beginners to read off of pictures since pictures are often more accessible than in-person willing participants AND because you're reading without any pressure.

It's also fantastic to study the hands of well-known people or "celebrities", because you can draw better comparisons while reading people's hands in person. Like telling people that Hillary Clinton has a simian line too, or that Jim Carrey is someone who also has long ring fingers.

Also, reading from a complete stranger's palms allows beginners to read without bias, and helps them to practice accuracy within their readings, which is suuuper important.

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Not me getting distracted from the palmistry series and instead compiling the correspondences for 86 (EIGHTY-SIX) different fruits and vegetables 😐

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Okay but shout-out to that local restaurant I went to yesterday that made the entire appetizer gluten-free just so I could have a bite with everyone else I was with

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Do you have any good books or resources in mind for someone interested in palmistry?

I've been meaning to get into it, but don't know where to start.

Hi! This is a wonderful question, so I'll break this down into parts.

Firstly, I'm actually currently searching for good books myself to recommend to others. I've ordered a few and I'm currently reading through them, so I'll absolutely make another post or reblog this ask when I find something accurate and reputable.

As far as resources to avoid, honestly, tiktok videos and most pinterest graphics I've seen are all on parlor palmistry, which I mention in my Palmistry 100 post here.

The best resource I can mention and 100% recommend at this time are learning from other palmists. I first started learning from a professor who was doing a two day class on the basics, which, if I recall correctly, she learned from both her grandmother and palmists in her native country.

I don't want to recommend resources that I don't 100% agree with, so I'm sorry I don't have much else to mention at this time. Hopefully, I'll find something good soon!

[thewitchywitch]

hello!! heard you're into palmistry. if i recall correctly, palmistry is a form of divination right? what do you like about it? :)

-Sirius

Hi! Palmistry is probably one of my favourite forms of introspection. I'm weary in considering it a form of divination since you can't exactly divine answers about the future from it. True palmistry tells you more about the inner workings and the actions about the person whose hands you're reading. And as a palmist, you can give advice based off of those things.

Like for example, I read a woman's palms on Saturday that strongly indicated she was torn between two choices and one of which would be a better option for her. She then opened up to me about how she was considering switching her career and I was able to give her advice on which choice I believed would be a better fit for her and she explained to me how that was the option she was more strongly considering.

I think the best comparison would be astrology. It's more something you use for introspective reasons rather than divinatory ones like with tarot.

I love palmistry though, because all you need to do it is a willing participants hand, compared to astrology—which can be great—but you need a lot of personal info to do it, like someone's time and location of birth. I also find palmistry to be more accessible in that aspect, because you can still do it for people who may not know their time and location of birth or don't feel comfortable sharing it.

I'm just so passionate about palmistry lol, I love connecting with people, especially while reading palms in person :)

Thankyou for your ask! And I hope my answer was helpful or interesting at the very least.

[thewitchywitch]

I'm so so excited about your palmistry write up.

Thankyou! I am as well. I'm working on splitting everything up in more manageable chunks and figuring out how I'm going to organize all the posts on my blog so they can be viewed chronologically. But I'm sure I'll figure it all out :D

[thewitchywitch]

So it's 4 am and I haven't slept yet because I got caught in an unexpected OCD ritual that lasted 5 hours. I wish I was joking or exaggerating... but hey, it could be worse 🤷🏾‍♀️

Anyways, I need to ramble--

I live in West Virginia, and I incorporate a lot of local plants into my practice.

Problem is, very often, I'll identify a plant or remember one I already knew existed that could be used in a magical context, so I'll start doing research and turn up nothing, nada, zip, zilch.

So now I gotta come up with all my own correspondences and while I'm staring at the damn plant and deciphering it in my head like a rubik's cube and "running experiments", I feel like one of those old alchemists who, for a good part of what they were doing (mostly when it came to trying to make a new discovery), were just tossing shit together to see what happened.

Like why in the world is this WEED that NOBODY has EVER talked about in a magical sense, incredibly good at WARDING a space from JINN???? HUH????? 14 year old me was crying tears of both confusion and sweet relief after not having slept in peace for over a week.

That discovery for me was a complete fluke, an accident, but it worked. Call it divine intervention or whatever but it wasn't what I was planning on.

Which brings me to this: not all of these "unknown" (in the magical sense) plants have traits that pop up like that. Some of them are trickier to crack. Some of them take forever, some of them I temporarily give up on because I've got shit to do and limited energy these days. But I just know this plant or that plant have to be good for something , ya know?

Anyways--

If anyone knows any good resources for West Virginian plants and magical correspondences, that'd be fantastic.

Or if anyone has any tips or advice on finding your own correspondences because everything I do is a complete shot in the dark at this point 😂

Much thanks.

[thewitchywitch]

I just put saffron in a success and money oil lmao

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I'm a terf and I've been following you for months. I'm your biggest fan and I'm not going away. Kisses 🩷

Damn you know how to play with a Leo's heart–

If you really loved me, wouldn't you let go of your terf ways?? 😌