How to Memorize the Major Arcana

Follow The Fool’s journey, so you can keep in mind the arcana’s meanings and remember their order altogether.

0 - The Fool

Imagine that he is a new student at a university. He is foolish at the beginning of his journey. Because in many ways, he is still clueless, no matter how smart he actually is.

1 - The Magician

The Fool uses magic to adapt to his new environment. The magic of the intellect to do well in his classes. And the magic of extroversion to make some new friends.

2 - The High Priestess

College is challenging. More than making friends and passing classes, you have to be on the right path. Like a priestess, The Fool consults his higher self to ensure just that.

3 - The Empress

Having passed his classes and made friends, as well as change his major from Engineering to Architecture, The Fool now feels abundant and secure, just like an empress.

4 - The Emperor

Eventually, he makes a name for himself. The Fool gains recognition. Like an emperor, he is acknowledged as the leader of some projects and an authority in certain subjects.

5 - The Hierophant

No longer a clueless freshman, The Fool is now someone that the confused, younger students approach for advice and guidance. Just as they would a hierophant.

6 - The Lovers

He has the grades, the friends, the belief in himself, the abundance and the authority. And still, The Fool feels lonely. Because he needs a lover to truly be happy.

7 - The Chariot

Having found a kind and caring partner to share his burdens, thoughts and emotions, The Fool can now move forward, on his chariot, to gain even more triumphs.

8 - Strength

Through his acquired knowledge and experiences, along with self-love and the constant support of his lover and friends, The Fool has grown to feel truly strong.

9 - The Hermit

A leader for many and a favorite of all, The Fool is very happy but gets tired too. Every now and then, he would spend some needed time alone, like a hermit would do.

10 - Wheel of Fortune

Life is like a wheel. Sometimes we are on top. Other times, we are not. Until now, The Fool has been consistently climbing up. But now, he is about to be knocked down.

11 - Justice

It seems The Fool’s mother is facing financial difficulties. She did not make the deadline for this semester’s rent at the dormitory. The rules of justice dictate that he gets kicked out of the campus.

12 - The Hanged Man

So now The Fool has to commute from home every day. His schedule is disturbed. His studies are affected. His social life is put on hold. Everything hangs in the balance.

13 - Death

The Fool decides to take a loan and find a job so he can help himself and his mother. His happy-go-lucky life has suffered a death, but as a responsible adult, he has been rebirthed.

14 - Temperance

With his newfound maturity, The Fool is now at peace. His burdensome duties have been tempered by his acceptance of reality and his willingness to overcome obstacles.

15 - The Devil

But too much of a good thing can be devilish. Having experienced the high of earning his own money, The Fool acquired another job. He is now working endless shifts.

16 - The Tower

But The Fool can only take so much. A dozen classes and a dozen shifts a week do not a healthy body make. And so it collapses. And his life falls apart like a burning tower.

17 - The Star

His friends all visit him, bringing fruits and telling jokes. His girlfriend cheers him up with his favorite Netflix shows. The Fool feels like a star and hopeful about tomorrow.

18 - The Moon

Life’s lessons are not lost on him. The Fool meditates, looking up at the moon, reflecting on where he went wrong… feeling his pain but telling himself he will move on.

19 - The Sun

By sunrise, his fever is gone and his muscles are no longer aching. The Fool is ecstatic that he can live his life again. He really missed how it felt to be healthy and well.

20 - Judgement

Having learned the importance of balance, The Fool sets out into the world again, armed with better judgment. He now knows his priorities and stands by them.

21 - The World

As the year ends, The Fool feels on top of the world, grateful that he has gained his health back, along with a worthy romance, academic achievements, and faithful friends.

Protect yourself and home via witchcraft/while doing witchcraft

Witchtok spreads a lot of bullshit.

A lot of bullshit.

Like, so much.

My lovely Witchlings, when you are educating yourselves on your path, please don't use Witchtok as your primary source. That's not to say all of Witchtok is unreliable, there are some amazing creators on there that know their stuff! And know it well! But a lot of them spread misinformation and pseudoscience. (Remember that whole thing with Manifestation Numbers from notorious anti-semitic cult leader Grigory Grabovoy? That was completely pseudoscience and bigoted all in one!)

Witchtok kinda reminds me of an adolescent Witchblr. It needs time to grow and weed out the bad faith creators. I feel like it needs to be held to a higher standard as well since most of the users on TikTok are teens and young adults.

Always cross-reference when someone is giving you information (not an opinion). This is something everyone should do, no matter the platform.

(I'm also working on actually joining TikTok in order to help spread some skeptical witchcraft thoughts, so that'll be interesting.)

🎃 Samhain 🎃

On Samhain, also known as Halloween, the veil between worlds is at its thinnest. This allows for easier communication with spirits and improved divination. Samhain also celebrates the last harvest of the year and the beginning of the “darker half” of the calendar. Some people call it the witch’s new year.

Activities:

Stones:

Colors:

Symbols:

Herbs: 

Flowers: 

Incense: 

good morning 🍄

Happy Halloween and blessed Samhain to all celebrating today!

There were no big Halloween pumpkins left at the store, so I used a Hokkaido for my Jack O'Lantern this year 🎃 Since I didn't use to do this as a kid, as Halloween was only starting to become a thing, I'm not that good at carving yet 😄 With the flesh I made pumpkin bread and roasted seeds. The bread is a bit underbaked (another thing to practice) but the seeds are great.

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👏Not every Witch is Wiccan!👏👏

👏Not every Witch is Pagan!👏👏

👏Not every Witch believes in Deities!👏👏

👏Not every Witch is Religious!👏👏

👏Not every Pagan is Wiccan!👏👏

👏🏽Not every Witch is white!👏🏾👏🏿

👏Not every Witch identifies as female!👏👏

👏Not every Witch is Straight!👏❤🧡💛💚💙💜👏

👏Every Witches craft will be different to another! 👏👏

👏We are all different but must respect each other!👏👏

can’t talk right now, I’m doin hot squirrel shit 🐿

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𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐨. 𝟑

🍲Kitchen Witchery🍲

In Lisa Chamberlain’s book called ‘Wicca: Kitchen Witchery’ I found some good informations for kitchen witchery and I would like to share it with you so it may will be useful for someone!

🌿Basil 🌿

🍃Bay Leaf🍃

🌳Cinnamon🌳

🏵️Dandelion🏵️

🌰Nutmeg🌰

🍃Oregano🍃

🌱Parsley🌱

🌿Rosemary🌿

❁Sage❁

⭐Star Anise⭐

🌿Tyhme🌿

🌶️Red🌶️

🍊Orange🍊

🍋Yellow🍋

🥑Green🥑

🍇Blue🍇

🍆Violet🍆

🍄White🍄

🍠Black🍠

🍫Brown🍫

🍑Pink🍑

🍞Bread🍞

🍡Beans🍡

🧈Butter🧈

🧀Cheese🧀

🥚Eggs🥚

🍯Honey🍯

🥛Milk🥛

🍚Rice🍚

🧂Salt🧂

🍬Sugar🍬

🍶Vinegar🍶

🌾Earth🌾

🌪️Air🌪️

🔥Fire🔥

🌊Water🌊

👻Spirit👻

Witches’ Honey Bread

Ingredients:

Steps:

This is one of my favorite recipes from “Kitchen Witchery, A Compendium of Oils, Unguents, Incense, Tinctures, and Comestibles” written by the talented Marilyn F. Daniel!

🔮 little witchy things to do 🔮

there’s not always time to do hour-long full-out rituals and spells, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do little witchy things in your day-to-day life!

- sleep with your curtains open to naturally wake yourself up with the dawn, and appreciate the new day

- do yoga (i like sun salutation yoga in the mornings)

- use a body wash that matches your intent for the day (eg. lavender if you shower at night, rose if you want to boost your love life etc.)

- sprinkle a watered down lavender spray on your blankets/pillows at night for relaxation and rest

- meditate

- you can find some very simple quick spells to do 

- immerse yourself in nature

- moonbathe

- sunbathe

- listen to witchy music

- tidy (physically) and cleanse (energy) your room/house

- light candles

- make a few sigils (put school sigils on your schoolbooks, self-confidence sigils on your hairbrush … )

- have some you time

- add to your book of shadows/grimoire

- even just flick through/read your book of shadows/grimoire

- if you’re on the bus, or waiting for someone or have a free moment, take a minute to ground yourself. concentrate on feeling the connection between you and your seat, your feet and the floor.

just remember that simply doing these does not make you any less of a witch.

you’re an important, busy person!

MY FAVORITE COTTAGE CORE RECIPES

Would you guys like me to post more recipes inspired by cottagecore? Please let me know ^_^

Rose lemonade syrup

Cottagecore meat pie (Original content)

Creamy vegetable soup

Chewy oat cookies

Spiced sugar cookies

Orange Cake

Cheddar biscuits

Apple butter

Cozy Wildrice Soup

Amish White Bread

Caramel apple cider recipe

Forest Porridge

Roasted butternut squash