Sometimes, Your Intuition Fails You So You Can Have A Little Fun.

Raise your hand if you love swords 🗡️

The use of knives and blades has historically played a hugely important role in many magical practices. In the modern day, when most people think of magic and knives, they think of the Wiccan Athame—and while there is a lot of interesting lore there, learning about the use of blades in Jewish magic is absolutely crucial!

Whether you’re sleeping with a brand new blade beneath your pillow in order to suss out the evil eye or swinging a carved sword above your head to protect your newborn from the powers that be, these traditions are long standing and deserve to be talked about!

If you’re still here, use code “Swords” on the Jewitches website for a percentage of your order!

Blessed Yule

~ Deity work: Aphrodite ~ PROPERTIES & OFFERINGS

Aphrodite is the Greek Goddess of Love, Beauty, Desire, Fertility, and more.

Correspondences:

Colors: Red, pink, seafoam green, aqua.

Element: Water.

Day of the Week: Friday.

Stones and gems: Diamond, rose quartz, pearl, aquamarine, sapphire, garnet.

Incense and essencial oils: Rose, myrrh, vanilla, cinnamon, jasmine, ginger.

She’s related to:

Doves

Bees

Swans

Geese

Dolphins

Pearls

Mirrors

Roses

Apples

Scallop shells

Conch shells

Ocean

Hares

Cats

OFFERINGS (typical and original)

Roses (could be fake, in a jar of water, planted or in a bush - it don’t matter)

Scallop shells / Conch shells / Sea shells - just shells

Sweets, candy and desserts (She loves chocolate!)

Natural honey

Abandoned beehives

Dead bees (make sure they died of natural causes, please don’t kill bees)

Something you created (could be drawings, poems, knitted decoration, whatever you did while thinking of her!)

Something someone else created (always ask for permission to use someone else’s art and don’t ever make it pass as your own, She’s not stupid and will be pissed if you do)

Statues of her or anything She’s related to, as stated above

White feathers / dove feathers

Pearls of any color

Mirrors

My personal favorite: a golden apple (learn how to do it here)

Diamonds and the stones listed above

Lingerie

Sex toys

Jewelry

Sea water

Fish scales

Wine or champagne

Nuts

Aprodisiac scents/foods

Silk

Myrrh or some incense listed above

Starfish (grab a dead one from the beach, don’t buy one because they usually take living starfish and kill them to sell it as decor or souvenirs)

Beach sand

Coffee beans or ground coffee

Fruits like strawberry, cherries or grapes

Vanilla sticks

Cinnamon sticks

Cat whiskers (please don’t cut a kitty’s precious whiskers, wait for them to shed naturally - look for them mostly during Summer and on the places your cats spend most of their time)

Blood (it could be your period blood or blood you deliberately took to give it to her - I use a menstrual cup and have a rose bush, so what I do is I take that blood and feed it to the roses, they LOVE it)

Himalayan salt

See also: Tip to start deity work and Devotional acts for Aphrodite

Casual ways to connect with your deities

-Pray to them or just just talk with them and tell them about your day

-Light a candle and say your thanks

-Offer your meal/snack to them or bake/cook with them or for them

-Watch a movie in their honor

-Offer your morning drink to them or make a cup for them

-Assign them a plant and take care of it as a devotion to them

-Listen to music that reminds you of them

-Say good morning/good night

-Thank them for the things you see that you consider beautiful

Caution when casting spells! ⚠️

When casting spells, you have to be as specific as possible.

You always have to specify what and how you want this to go.

For example: if you want more money, you don’t have to say “i want money” and thats it. Becouse you might get what you wanted, but your husband died and you got his life insurance.

You can say: “i want more money to come to me, with the less harm to me and to others”

Doing this, you are putting your energy in one spot, causing less or any side effects of your magic.

Be safe and protect others from harm 🌙

For When Shit is All Fucked Up:

1. - 2. WHAT THE: (Center Cross) The face of my current challenge. The crux of what hounds me. 3. ACTUAL: What is real about this situation? 4. FUCK: What is wrong about this situation? 5. ?: Where do I need more information? Where do I need to ask, research, and listen? 6. !: What can I do? What first steps can I take in action?

Hang in there loves!

Full post on the blog: http://www.interrobangtarot.com/blog

And if you like this spread, you might like some of my others: http://www.interrobangtarot.com/contents

Tongue Control Spell (3)

The following spell counters gossip, slander, and testimony against you. It is most powerful if performed standing at the center of a crossroad, however it may also be accomplished standing at a window. A sudden gust of wind is an extremely auspicious omen.

Blend a pinch of white sugar, a pinch of flour, and a pinch of fine ground salt.

Hold the powder in the palm of your hand while visualizing your desired outcome. Direct your petition to the deity of your choice, if necessary. (If you’d like spiritual assistance but are unsure who to beseech, the archangel Michael and the orisha Ogun, warriors who despise lies, are recommended, as is Ma’at, Egyptian dispenser of ultimate justice.)

Chant: I am innocent of the accusations! [Deity’s name] protect me!

Allow the powders to fly out of your hand.

(from The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes)

I'm a big supporter of "the gods love you, regardless of how much you're able to do to worship them", but at the same time, it's difficult to forge a relationship with any deity (or even other people) if you don't allow yourself to be known by them. If you don't have moments of vulnerability, moments of silliness, moments of small joy even, then it's difficult to forge relationships or take them to a deeper level. Loving gods (or even other people) can be a scary thing for some people (hell, it was for me), but if you don't allow your heart to be exposed, even just a little, then you're not going to get back as much as you're hoping to.

Anything that's worth anything in life is going to require some level of risk, as terrifying as that feels sometimes, and in my opinion, having a deeper connection with a deity is one of those things that's worth the risk.

My point isn't that we aren't loved by the gods if we don't do a ritual everyday or pray every hour; my point here is that we cannot deepen our bonds if we aren't willing to dip more than just our toes into our deity relationships. Love your gods, and know that you are loved, but they can't really help you if you won't let them in, you know?

Blessed be!

Spirit work: Questions to ask your spirit guides

When you begin to communicate with your spirit guides you may want to go through the process of asking them specific questions that they will be able to answer that will allow you to do have some form of dialogue. This list is meant to help with that by providing you with certain questions that you may want to ask. This is by no means an all encompassing list, and it is simply a few questions that I found interesting that you may want to ask them. When you go through the process of asking these questions you want to do it in a very clear, and precise way, while being open to whatever answer comes to you.

What is your name?

when did we first meet?

How long have you been with me?

Are you a lifetime guide or are you here to guide me through a particular lesson?

what type of entity are you?

What form are you most comfortable in?

do you have any advice for me?

have you ever been an incarnated entity?

Did we share any past lives together?

What lesson are you here to help me learn?

How can we deepen our connection?

What is your “sign” to let me know you’re around?

What can you tell me that will help me on my path?

can meet you show me a sign in my Waking Life?

What is your gender identity?

Have you ever helped me? If so, how?

How many spirit guides do I have?

Have we ever reversed rules where I was your spirit guide while you lived on the Earth plane?

Have you always been in my life in this incarnation?