TAROT CHEAT SHEET #1

Mōdraniht

or Modranicht, “Night of the Mothers”, was a holy day observed by the pagan Anglo Saxons.

According to Bede, it was celebrated “the year on the 8th calends of January, when we celebrate the birth of the Lord.”, which would have been Christmas, or most likely, the December full moon. Bede suspected sacrifices were held on this night.

One possibility is it may have been the Anglo Saxon equivalent of Dísablót, which was held before Jól in Scandinavia. It’s likely that it was connected to the worship of the Matres and Matronae (Mothers and Matrons).

The Matres and Matronae are known from several altars across England, Germany and France, depicting three women; reminiscent of the Norns. Several altars depict them with headdresses characteristic of the Ubii, a Germanic tribe that lived along the Rhine, pointing to a Romano-Germanic origin. A few altars are inscribed with “Matronis Gabiabus”, the “giving mothers”. This also fits with Old Norse Gefn, an epithet of Freyja, meaning “She who gives”, and Gefjon.

A few of these altars appeared in Roman camps, and one near Hadrian’s Wall, possibly made by Germanic auxiliaries. Their placement around military sites suggests that the Mothers were not mere fertility deities, but also protectors, spinning the fates of the soldiers.

Three goddesses ruling fate is recurring in Indo European religions; for example, the Norns, the Moirai, Parcae, Hekate, and the Sudička.

The Slavic Sudička and Greek Moirai spin a thread as they foretell the child’s life, cutting it when the life will end. New parents would leave out offerings of food for the Sudička, hoping they would make favourable predictions.

While Mōdraniht is a more challenging one to recreate due to fragmentary knowledge, it can still be observed today. ᛉ

Die Hasel - mythologische Interpretation

Wirkung und Wesen:

Schon seit Jahrtausenden war der Haselstrauch für die Menschen ein bedeutender Baum – nicht nur wegen seiner wertvollen Früchte! Ähnlich wie der Holunder der „Frau Holle“ war auch der Haselstrauch ein beseeltes Wesen und wurde ehrfürchtig „Frau Haselin“ genannt und mit viel Respekt behandelt. Kein Wunder, wenn man sich sein Wesen einmal genauer anschaut, denn er hat Einiges zu bieten! ...

Energie leiten:

Recht bekannt ist die Verwendung von Haselnussholz zur Herstellung von Wünschelruten. Dieses Holz war das Holz erster Wahl, da die Haselnuss ein sehr guter Energieleiter ist, mit deren Hilfe in Form eines gegabelten Zweiges auf die Suche nach Wasser gegangen wurde. Auch heute gibt es noch Rutengeher, die dieses Holz verwenden. Ich selbst habe es auch schonmal probiert, allerdings nicht mit Hasel. Und dennoch konnte ich zuverlässig Wasser und Salz finden.

Auch als Zauberstab wurde Haselholz sehr häufig benutzt, z.B. für Wetterzauber.

Wolf-Dieter Storl, Selbstversorger und Kenner der Qualitäten von Pflanzen und ihrer Mythen, beschreibt den Hasel als Vermittler ätherischer Schwingungen und seelischer Bilder. Daher ist er auch ein

Strauch der Innenschau und Weisheit:

Sein Holz kann helfen, tiefer in Traumwelten zu versinken und im Traum Botschaften zu empfangen und zu erkennen. Ich habe neben dem Kopfkissen einen Talisman aus Haselholz liegen und mag seine sanfte Energie und Inspiration sehr.

Aufgrund seiner Eigenschaft, auch Gedanken und deren Vermittlung zu fördern, waren, so Storl, die Thing-Plätze der Germanen mit Haselstäben umzäunt. Bei den Kelten spielte er eine Schlüsselrolle, was man u.a. an Legenden erkennt, in denen es um die „Quelle der Weisheit, umgeben von den 9 Haselbäumen“ geht. Der Lachs (ein Weisheits-Symbol) lebte in dieser Quelle und aß von den ins Wasser gefallenen Nüssen. Für jede Haselnuss, die er verspeiste, erschien ein Punkt auf seiner Haut. Wer den Lachs aß, nahm diese Weisheit in sich auf.

Vermittler zwischen den Welten:

Als Symbol für Weisheit und das Erspüren und Leiten von Energien ist der Hasel auch ein Baum des Übergangs und ein Mittler zwischen den Welten. Er ist ein Baum, der mit den Elementen Wasser und Luft sowie dem Untergrund assoziiert ist und uns dabei hilft, die Quelle des Seins zu ergründen und aus dieser Weisheit zu schöpfen. Er wächst gern auf gekreuzten Wasseradern und ist nicht nur deswegen ein symbolischer Wächter der Pforte, der eine enge Beziehung zur Anderswelt hat. Und er hat auch einen spannenden „Untermieter“, denn in seinen Wurzeln soll eine weiße Schlange mit einer goldenen Krone wohnen – diese scheint in ihrer Herkunft mit dem keltischen Weisheit verwandt, da auch ihr Verzehr mit Weisheit beschenken soll: Wer ein Stück von ihr isst, der „wird die Sprache der Tiere verstehen, mit den Zwergen und Naturgeistern reden und sämtliche Heilpflanzen erkennen können“, so Storl („Die alte Göttin der Pflanzen“, S. 185).

Fruchtbarkeitssymbol:

Seine reichhaltigen, nahrhaften Früchte sowie sein frühes Blühen im Jahreskreis verraten es: Er steht auch für Fruchtbarkeit. Daher hatten Haselruten u.a. zur Wintersonnenwende sowie zu Ostara einen festen Platz in den Feiern zum Segnen von Feld und Tieren, die so auch mit Gesundheit beschenkt werden sollten. Auch bei Hochzeiten waren Haselnüsse ein beliebtes Geschenk an die Braut, das viele Kinder bescheren sollte. ...

In Volksglauben und Brauchtum:

Folgende Informationen sind im Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens versammelt:

Der Hasel ist in der germanischen Welt eine uralte Zauberpflanze mit vielen kultischen Bedeutungen.

Man nahm ein Stückchen seines Holzes mit, wenn man auf weitere Reisen ging, um beschützt zu sein – ebenso, wenn man auf gefährlichen Wegen und bei Nacht unterwegs war.

In Siebenbürgen war es ein Brauch von Soldaten, bevor sie in den Krieg ziehen mussten, ein Schutzamulett aus Haselholz anzufertigen: Man „teilte einen an Johanni geschnittenen Haselzweig zwischen 11 und 12 Uhr Mitternacht in sieben, etwa 1-2 Zoll lange Stückchen“.

Der Hasel schützt vor bösen Geistern, der Teufelsjagd und in Rumänien auch vor Vampiren.

Aus seinem Holz wurden Tinkturen und Öl gegen angehexte Krankheiten angefertigt. Hierfür muss das Holz „gesammelt werden, wenn die Sonne im Widder steht, oder 2-3 Tage vor dem Neumond“.

Kühe und andere Tiere wurden damit gefüttert und gesegnet, um sie zu schützen und fruchtbar zu machen.

Auch im Kräuterbuschen fanden ein Haselzweig sowie 3 Haselnüsse Verwendung.

Er war eine stark gewitterabwehrende Pflanze. Seine Zweige wurden auch bei Gewitter an die Fenster gesteckt (siehe oben: ein guter Energieleiter!). Ebenso wurden Haselkätzchen bei Gewitter zum Schutz des Hauses in das Herdfeuer geworfen.

Haselnüsse schenkte man zu Weihnachten und Neujahr als Zeichen der Liebe.

Viele Haselnüsse im Herbst bedeuten viele Kinder im nächsten Jahr und unfruchtbare Frauen wurden mit Haselzweigen berührt.

Viele Haselnüsse deuten ebenfalls auf einen strengen, kalten Winter.

Der Haselstrauch steht in Verbindung mit unterirdischen Schätzen.

In der Volksmagie fand der Haselstrauch Verwendung für Krankheitszauber und Liebesorakel.

Die Hasel war ein Glücks-, Schutz und Lebensbaum.

Franziska Thiele.

Der Haselstrauch ist der Zauberbaum der Germanen und Kelten. Viele Märchen, unter anderem Aschenputtel, beschreiben die magische Wirkung des Haselstrauchs. Der Stab »gandr« ist zuerst einmal ein Haselstab. Haseln wachsen sehr gerade und geben auch gute Wanderstöcke ab. Das magische Holz der Hasel gibt im Ritualfeuer Antworten auf Fragen, die magische Nuss heilt Gebrechen. Im Orakel steht die Hasel für die Kraft der Magie und die Verbindung zu Elementargeistern.

Luisa Francia.

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Sick Witchery

Because everyone gets sick, even witches! Witchcraft is to be used in addition to proper medical care, and please be cautious when using herbs and do your research*

Teas and potions:

Sore throat potion

Sore throat sage tea

Cough/cold tea

Cold banishing potion

Us witches get colds too

Magick sick tea

Feel better tea spell

Fire cider recipe

Sick witch’s brew

Flu and cold buster

Milly’s “the flu can f*ck off” brew

Soothing tummy tea

Vitamin C healing potion

Syrups:

Easy DIY cough syrup

Soothing lemon cough syrup

Simple elderberry syrup

Magic cold syrup

Food:

Swamp’s immunity boosting noodles

Faye’s patchwork soup

“I am not getting sick!” broth

Spells:

Simple sickness spell

Simple healing spell

Christian witch healing spell

Bath magic:

Anti-nausea bath

Healing milk bath

Healing bath

Shower meditation

Odds and ends:

Cold remedies and tips

Common cold healing

Lil’ witch tips for sickness

Immune system sigils

Basil

Coriander seeds

Eucalyptus 

Onions

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Chronically ill witchcraft: For your symptoms

Witchcraft and meds

Witchcraft in the hospital

My spoonie sigils: (1) (2) (3)

Spoonie witch masterpost

*Resources for herbal interactions*

Links updated August of 2021. Please inform me of broken links via askbox!

Magie der Bäume: die Kiefer

signs you are an earth angel

♡ you are quiet and quite introverted, you love time alone to recharge yourself and heal

♡ you feel like helping people, serving them, is your main purpose. you feel joy by helping other people

♡ you are an empath, and have a deeply strong sensitive heart. you can almost feel other people’s pain

♡ you love animals and nature a lot. you feel safe between the whispers of the trees and the birds singing

♡ you dislike violence to humans and to animals. most earth angels are vegetarian/vegan

♡ you have/had imaginary friends

♡ you are deeply psychic and you are prone to spiritual or paranormal experiences

♡ you are also spiritual

♡ you feel like you are here for a purpose but can’t wrap your head about what it is

♡ you are an old soul and you adore vintage treasures

♡ that said, you dislike the modern world and/or don’t feel connected to it

♡ you have felt like an outcast most of your life or you had the feeling of not “fitting in”

♡ animals and intuitive people feel attracted to you

♡ you adore plants, and have your house filled with plants and flowers

♡ you are fearless or have few fears. death doesn’t scare you

Tips for the Cheap Witch: Rune Stones

Really simple way to get started with runestones!

Just buy some glass beads from the dollar store (where I bought them), Walmart, Michaels,

They should be fairly large, mine are a bit larger than my thumb (and I would’ve liked a little larger), and have a flat bottom.

Then take a sharpie to em and write each rune on them!

For the best look write the runes backwards so the rounded top is facing the right way

Here are all the runes mirrored!

Once you have them all sharpied put a layer of clear nail polish top coat so they don’t rub off, and there you are!

🌿Magical Herbs,Incense, And Oils🌿

🌿 Use herbs in a pouch, or while cooking, and stir the mix or infusions to empower the spell to protect the home, any possessions, your workplace, and property. Use incense in sticks, cones, or as a powder incense and burn it on heated charcoal blocks and use a lighted incense stick like a smoke pen to write empowerments or symbols. 🌿

Allspice- for money,passion,swift-moving,or urgent matters.

Basil- for fidelity,prosperity,protection,and fear of flying.

Chamomile(Roman) and Chamomile(German)- for healing,babies,children, animals,and reversing bad luck. It also helps to attract money and is helpful in family matters.

Cedar/Cedar Wood- for healing,cleansing bad influences,negative thoughts,and harmony.

Cinnamon- for passion,regaining money after loss, urgently needing money and psychic awareness.

Dragon’s Blood- for fierce protection,anti-curse,any major enterprise, and male potency.

Fennel- for travel,house sales,and moves. It helps to banish and  keep harm away from people,animals, and places.

Frankincense- For wealth,courage,joy,career,success,and travel. Also used in formal rituals.

Hyssop- For making a love commitment;healing;spirituality;all forms of protection, especially from psychic attack;and as an infusion to cleanse artifacts.

Juniper- purifies homes; protects against accidents,thieves,and illness;and male potency.

Lemongrass/Lemon- repels spite,malice,and gossip. It also helps with psychic awareness and travel.

Lemon Verbena- For breaking a run of bad luck,protection against negativity, the Evil Eye, and ill-wishing.

Mint and Peppermint drives negativity from objects and places,and brings money, health,love, and success.

Myrtle- For a lasting marriage,mature love, domestic happiness,property, and security.

Myrrh- For healing,peace,purification,overcoming grief, and protection against evil.Can be used in formal rituals and in moon magic.

Pine- Drives away harm from the home and family, especially newborn infants, cleansing negativity and malice, guarding property, and premises.

Rosemary- For learning,love,fidelity,prosperity,and banishing malevolence.

Sage- For longevity,good health,examinations,interviews,tests,protection of home and family,slow-growing prosperity, and wisdom.

Sandalwood- For spiritual awareness and healing,leadership,justice, compensation,and sexuality. Can be used in formal rituals.

Tarragon- The dragon herb,courage,and anti-bullying,and the shedding of old burdens,guilt,fears,and destructive relationships.

Thyme- Psychically cleanses the home,possessions,vehicles and land,health, memory of past worlds,and drives away nightmares and phantoms of the night.

Vertivert- For love, breaks a run of bad luck, protects against theft and negativity.

Holey Stones

“Some stones have a hole naturally weathered through them by wind or water, or created by fossilized worm tunnels. These stones are called hag stones, Odin stones, or holey stones. Witches will sometimes tie a red ribbon through the hole of smaller ones and use them to protect a home or barn, or wear a very small one as a protective amulet. One legend says that if you peek through the hole, you will be able to see the land of Faery. These stones are most effective if you find one yourself or receive one as a gift.” -from “How to Become a Witch: The Path of Nature, Spirit & Magick” by Amber K and Azrael Arynn K

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🧚🏻‍♀️Protection From The Fae🧚🏻‍♀️

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Iron

Iron in any form or shape has always been considered the very best protection against fae – in almost all legends, the metal is like kryptonite to Superman. If you kept an iron nail in your pocket, you couldn’t be carried away by them. Sometimes iron nails were sewn into the hems of children’s clothing for that reason. A pair of iron shears hung on the wall near a baby’s bed was said to prevent the child from being swapped for an ugly fae baby.

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Steel

Steel is also effective against the faeries because it is created from processed iron. If a faery is cut by a steel or iron blade, the wound will not heal or will take a very long time. In some stories, the Fae is slowly poisoned by such a wound. Steel or iron weapons are among the few things that can actually kill a Fae being.

However, unless it was plainly self-defense (and sometimes even that wouldn’t help your case), you could expect the rest of the faeries to exact a terrible retribution!

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Horseshoes

You can put one above the main entrance of your house and it will help protect the entire home. For added protection, put iron near any opening a person could go through. If you have large windows, you may want to place some nails near it to make a barrier. You can do the same with your dog’s house to keep the fairies out.

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Bells & Chimes

Bells were also said to have frightened off evil faeries in Medieval Ireland and elsewhere in Europe. Specifically the big, deep-sounding Church bells that would ring to draw the people to Church. So this theory can be applied to your home by hanging deep-toned chimes on your front or back porch or by using deep sounding bells during magickal ritual.

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Food

Traditionally, bread and salt provided protection from the Fae. Carrying yeast-risen bread with you had a two-fold effect. It would repel some faeries. Other faeries would accept it as an offering and leave you alone.

My gramma taught me a Welsh tradition of leaving a saucer of milk and a slice of bread or some bread crusts on the back porch as an offering to the faeries, so they wouldn’t play pranks on the family or trouble the livestock. Sometimes, if you were seeking the faeries’ aid, you might add berries, honey, or cheese.

Even humble oatmeal was believed to be a fairy repellent. You could carry a handful of dry oatmeal in your pocket or sprinkle it on your clothes. As long as you didn’t mind looking flaky, you’d be safe.

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Salt

Salt’s association with purity made it an excellent tool against otherworldly beings. Spreading salt across the threshold and along the windowsills has long been the primary method of keeping faeries, demons, and spirits out of houses. If you had to carry food to the farmhands in the fields, sprinkling it with salt was said to keep the faeries from taking it – or from extracting the nourishment from it unseen!

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Offerings

Leave a pail of fresh milk, butter, or cream outside of your front door on the eight holy days to appease the fae and keep them from wreaking havoc on garden and home. Leaving faery offerings and libations dates back hundreds of years, and if you have any Celtic ancestors, you probably have ancestors who partook in this tradition. Some people in Europe still do! This is a preventative method of protection from trickster and evil fairies. Make them happy at the back door so they don’t intrude.

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Plants

Historically, garlands were often made of marsh marigolds and hung over the barn doors to protect the horses from being ridden to exhaustion by faeries in the night. Flowers, especially primroses, were spread over windowsills and hung above the door-posts of the house for safety. Your best bet, however, was a plant called St. John’s Wort. Wearing it was said to provide strong protection from fairy magic and mischief.

Fairies could vanish at will and remain invisible to mortal eyes for as long as they pleased. Carrying a four-leafed clover would allow you to see the faeries – but only once. A Celtic tradition was to sew several of the clovers into a tiny bag to be worn around the neck. You could then discern the faeries once for each clover in the bag. In some legends, the clover was said to allow you to see through fairy glamors and magical disguises.

Red berries were believed to keep fae at bay, especially if they were from rowan trees, mountain ash or holly. So did red verbena (a flower). Daisies were often tucked into children’s pockets or woven into fanciful chains to wear around their necks to prevent them from being taken away by the fae. And if you were walking through the woods, it was best to carry a walking stick or staff made of ash or rowan wood.

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Protection Charm

At this season, the Winter Court is in rule and you will want to look out for malicious, harmful beings in your interactions with the fae. You can make yourself a protection charm using:

St. John’s Wort

Sea Salt

Lemon Zest

Rosemary

Eggshells

An Iron Nail

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Ancestral & Deity Protection

One of the MOST effective forms of protection against evil faeries (and other spirits in general) is to invite your ancestors and gods into your home. Once your guides and guardians take up residence in your home, they do most of the work of keeping out negative forces like evil fairies and the like. In fact, my ancestors are SO good at protection, I have to ask their permission to allow any other spirits inside the home!

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Faery Box

Decorate a small box by painting it and gluing on glitter or plastic gems. Inside place leaves, pinecones, crystals, and plants. Add a piece of felt or fleece in the centre as a soft bed you can add essential oil to. Draw a sigil on it that will protect you from harmful fae. At night, light a fake candle by the box, and leave out some food.

Make sure to protect yourself from negative influence. Then invite those of good intention to see the place you’ve prepared for them to rest in, and stay with you through the night if they wish to. Leave the candle on, as long as it’s a fake one, and then go to bed.

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The Circle Of Light

Another effective yet simple technique of faery protection consists of using one’s mind and energy. If you are used to using visualization in your meditations, rituals, and spells, this method of fae protection should be familiar to you. It’s what I like to call the Circle of Light.

You can do this visualization exercise any time of the day, any day of the week and as often as you’d like. For me particularly, I do it every night as I’m lying in bed and before I go to sleep to continue to build the circle’s strength around my home

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Running Water

Fae folk are unable to cross streams and rivers, so in any pursuit leaping from bank to bank will be a sure escape for the hunted human. Water courses running south are said to be especially efficacious.

Oddly, nevertheless, fae seem to have no objection to still water. They actively seek it out for washing themselves and they are from time to time associated with wells. For example John Rhys in Celtic folklore (1901, p.147 & chapter 6) notes the existence of several ‘faery wells’ in Wales which demanded attention from local people, in the absence of which they would overflow or flood.

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Hag Stones

According to John Aubrey, if a person could locate stones through which natural erosion had created a hole, they could protect their horses from night-riding by fae by hanging the stones over each horse’s manger in the stables- or by tying the stone to the stable key. The fairies would not then be able to pass underneath.

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Sources : http://aminoapps.com/p/4sn2it