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candles-crystals-cauldrons · 2 years

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Tasseomancy symbols and meanings

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nile-the-empathy-cleric · 2 years

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Putting my anthropology degree to good use and compiling a bunch of credible sources documenting real life Balkan folk magic traditions in one easy, convenient article!

I know so many sources about witchcraft are inaccessible and or culturally appropriative, so I did a lot of research and wrote this easy to digest article covering some basics of South Eastern European folk belief. I’m thinking of writing more articles about various European folk traditions (when I have time!) so this will be an ongoing project. I hope you learn something new and meaningful to incorporate into your craft 💗

An Introduction to Balkan Folk Magic

Like many old world practices, traditional Balkan magic has historically been carried out by cunning folk, healers and seers who were gifted in communicating with the “other world”. These community healers practiced generational family knowledge, remedies and prayers passed down from elders. It is important to note that most cunning folk did not view themselves as witches, rather they were seen as conduits for god’s miracles. Within a historical context, these practitioners very much considered themselves Christian, Muslim, or Jewish. Elements of paganism lingered in many rural regions, though they were absorbed into the social-religious fabric of the day. Rituals performed by cunning folk were typically protective, either preventative or as a treatment for supernatural maladies. Spells shielded people from harm, physically or spiritually.

Many of these traditional healers and diviners were women. They passed down knowledge to their daughters, granddaughters, and nieces. Men weren’t barred from practicing, it was just rarer for them to perform these rituals. These traditions are often tied to the family, home, or the community. Many magical rituals shared common themes, but were often specific to a singular family. The women who performed these rituals and divined their neighbors’ futures are known as bajalica, bajanje, basmara, bajarica, or bajaluša — or “conjurers that heal with words.” Bajalica and those they helped held the belief that spirits have the power to afflict illness, charms, and hexes. Bajalica are the mediators between the spirit and human worlds.

In Serbian folk belief, each family has their own protective spirit or slava. Families would celebrate them with dedicated rituals in which they made offerings of bread, sacred water, wine, and oil, as well as lighting incense and sacred candles. These spirits or saints are associated with the hearth, the heart of the home, which is considered the most sacred ritual space. During healing rituals bajalica call upon the slava, drawing and channeling their power to strengthen spells. These spells typically involve a verbal component, whispered incantations that call upon saints and spirits for help in casting evil away. These verbal formulas are highly specific to each bajalica, often times mumbling well remembered words to rid patients of their misfortune.

Spiritual afflictions are found through various means of divination, digging for the root cause. Divination has long been used to predict the fates of those who seek out the conjurers. These methods include reading tarot, casting beans and interpreting patterns (also known as favomancy), molybdomancy (casting and reading molten lead), reading tea leaves and coffee grounds, and gazing into copper bowls filled with water beneath the moonlight and interpreting patterns in the reflection. Divination was and is, the main way to discover the root of “spiritual sickness”, who hexed whom, if one was afflicted with the evil eye, the urok. Much of Balkan folk belief centers around protection from the evil eye, with the majority of spells dedicated to banishing or warding.

Various regions and countries have their own means of protecting oneself from the evil eye. In Albania people use dordolec, house dolls, that are elaborately dressed and displayed in gardens or atop homes to protect against the malicious urok. In modern times most dordolec are stylized scarecrows or stuffed animals, but the intent is the same. It is believed that the doll reflects the covetous gaze back on the perpetrator and shields the home’s inhabitants. Other amulets in Albania, Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, and various Balkan countries are dried snake heads between two holy medals made of silver, objects made of iron, cloves of garlic, the hand of Fatima or hamsa, and the nazar.

Again, most rituals heavily focus on protection magic — not just from the evil eye, but malevolent spirits as well. Bajalica will employ the ritual use of knives, broom whisks, sickles, and axes in healing and warding spells. Though these are physical implements, they are tokenistic, a form of sympathetic magic. Knives and other sharp implements are used symbolically, cutting away illness and curses from the spiritual self by slashing bowls of water or the air around the afflicted person in increments of 3 or 9. These are considered sacred numbers. After the symbolic cuts are made, the water is spilled at a crossroads away from the home. This leads the evil away from the community.

Healing rituals have many intricate components. Conjurers often employ various herbs in healing and blessing water such as basil, thyme, oregano, Saint John’s-wort, sage, and mugwort. Other healers might cleanse spaces and energies with a smoke bath made of similar herbal blends. Not only do healers use ritual tools, they often perform physical acts, such as performing knot magic and binding spells using colorful yarn. The yarn is typically red, black, or white. White yarn is used in healing rituals, red in binding magic and love spells, and black is used in binding as well — though it is sometimes used for darker, malicious purposes.

The folk practices of South Eastern Europe are heavily entrenched in doing acts of good. Healers serve their communities, curing ailments and casting protective spells. Many of these traditions still exist in some capacity and are practiced equally among Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Balkans. Though many of the rituals have a religious faith based element, they can be adapted to secular, agnostic, or polytheistic belief systems. These practices date back hundreds of years and by choosing to incorporate them into your craft, you are helping keep rich and beautiful traditions alive.

(sources available at the end of linked article)

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mywitchlingjourney · 2 years

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Tea

White tea - cleansing and protection

Chamomile - sleep, relieve anxiety and stress

Matcha tea - mental clarity and health

Oolong tea - wisdom, deep connection, water magic

Vanilla black tea - strength and happiness

Green tea - healing, mindfulness, new energy and fire magic

Hibiscus - love and harmony

Chai - calming and energy

Peppermint - clarity

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sageandthesabbats · 4 months

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FREE Tarot Readings & Spell Work!

Although I’ve offered this for a while, I’m reposting as I’ve updated the forms of divination to more than just tarot. Although I’m definitely most experienced in tarot, I have some experience reading runes for myself and friends, and have been researching palmistry, tasseography, cartomancy, and oracle.

I’d like to finally give these new forms of divination a try, and thought I might as well offer them as well. Hopefully it’ll benefit us both; I’ll get more practice, and you’ll get a reading absolutely free.

I also offer spells for protection, confidence, banishing anger, and much more. If you have an intention in mind, I’ll see if I have a spell for it. If I don’t, I’ll write one! (Within limits, of course - no conjuring the dead or forced love spells or anything like that).

Although I don’t charge anything for my readings, I heavily believe in the concept of trade; we all have something to offer each other. By asking for a reading or spell work, you’re giving me the chance to practice what I love doing, while helping others in the process. That’s a fair trade to me! However, if you would like to share your digital art with me, for example, or any other services or products you would like to trade, I would absolutely love that! And, I promise I never forget someone I work with, but a reminder of you would be treasured dearly :))

Please message me if you’re interested, and with any questions!

Merry meet, merry part, blessed be <3

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apolloendymion · 23 days

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emergency divination readings!🃏🔮☕💎🕯️

tarot, runes, tea leaves, pendulum, and crystals!

(info on my situation here)

for $5, you may choose one of the following:

single card or rune (see deck options below)

tea leaf reading

crystal chip scattering (see crystal list below)

pendulum reading (see pendulum options below)

add-ons:

additional cards/runes [$1 each]

my cat will choose your card(s)/rune(s) (see cat pic & bio below) [$2]

my dog will choose your card(s)/rune(s) (see dog pic & bio below) [$2]

I'll recommend a deity/spiritual entity to guide you based on your query and results; you may ask for an entity from a specific culture if you'd like (open practices only!) [$5]

please dm me with proof of payment, your choice of divination method, any add-ons or preferences, and a clear, single-sentence query. you may provide extra context to assist with the reading. tips and dona.tions appreciated.

🕯️ vnm 🃏 cshpp 🔮 gfndme ☕

options and photos of my equipment (& cute pets!) beneath the cut:

deck options:

standard smith-waite: tiny (smaller than a US quarter), pocket size (comparable to a business card), and standard size

nonstandard smith-waite: the somnia tarot by nicolas bruno (incredible photography project. eerie, dreamlike, liminal, yet the physical props give it a more grounded, tangible feel than your average deck.), the tattoo tarot (stunning art, if you like clean but complex designs, classic playing card artwork, or traditional western tattoo art, this deck will really resonate with you.), the literary tarot (each card depicts classic literary characters from around the world; deck sales benefited charity. my personal favorite. every detail is carefully crafted to appeal to book lovers. elaborate, shiny, magical. also they gave odysseus top surgery scars)

specialty decks: the caretaker (@cryptotheism, formerly @normal-horoscopes)'s normal tarot deck (completely original oracle deck, feels liminal and dark, but somehow peaceful; great for someone pondering deep mysteries or looking for advice in hard times), moreno & quijada's sonoran tarot (smith-waite's major arcana only; stunning and vibrant watercolors of sonoran desert wildlife. really showcases the power and wonder of the natural world. local purchase from indie artists who I've personally met)

if you'd like me to use a specific tarot spread template, please let me know. otherwise i will choose the best option for your query + number of cards. you can also pick a spread mat, if you like! you don't need to purchase enough cards to fill the mat; i can get creative with the placement. just let me know if you want the floral mat or the bunny mat:

other options:

pendula: metal (this was a gift and i don't know what it's made of; brass maybe? gold in color.), howlite, glass beads with sea turtle scene

crystal chips: red jasper, various quartz, flourite, lapis lazuli, lace agate, tigers eye, sunstone, sodalite, bismuth. all stones can be thrown, or you/i can choose 5-10 specific stones that resonate with your query.

runes: elder futhark, white clay, handmade. wyrd optional.

my kitty cat, nachtus:

nacht came into my life through my current girlfriend, who has had him since he was born. every time she went into the room with his litter, he scrambled up her pant leg like he knew she would be his favorite person. he's about 2 years old now, and loves cuddles, belly rubs, q-tips, waking up our boyfriend in the middle of the night, bothering people while they're gaming, and sitting on my gf's shoulder like a parrot.

my puppy dog, misha:

misha came into my life through my current boyfriend, who has had him since he was a puppy. he was a rescue, along with his brother oakley, who went with my boyfriend's sister. misha is a chug (chihuahua-pug mix) and is estimated to be around 8 years old. he loves cuddles, being swaddled in blankets, barking at strangers, lying on the softest pillows he can find, and zoomies!

thanks so much for taking the time to read this. it means more than you know.

#tarot reading #rune reading #tea leaf reading #pendulum reading #crystal reading #divination #spiritual advice #deity work #deity reading #signal boost #cartomancy #cleromancy #tasseography #tasseomancy #pallomancy #radiesthesia #lithomancy #poe divination

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smoking-witch · 16 days

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POV ur a baneful cottage witch, u just had a great day of hexcasting & now ur stirring ominous positivity into ur coffee @9.26pm (clockwise, ofc)

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river-in-the-woods · 10 months

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Tips on divining for others

As someone who has been giving free readings on the internet for a modest while, I have some tips to share if you want to sharpen your skills.

🌿 Find your audience If reading for friends and family is not an option, there are many forums, Discord servers and other social platforms for you to practice on strangers and then cut all contact if it gets too weird or embarrassing! (Try not to ghost people too much though, you should practice your communication skills as much as your divination).

🌿 Get clear on your goals This is kind of obvious I guess, but instead of just “practice divination”, decide on some clear achievable goals like: – Practice a particular divination tool X amount of times – Practice a particular spread X amount of times (because each spread brings its own style of interpretation to the reading) – Get X number of positive feedback from querents – Make X number of brave predictions about the querent (and get X number correct!)

🌿 Experiment This is the ideal environment to try out something new. Mixing up different divination tools, breaking in a new deck, changing up your divination style, trying a new pre-divination ritual, and making brave predictions about people’s past, present and future! Every success will build your confidence, every failure will teach you something – if you reflect on it patiently and mindfully.

🌿 Be humble and accept mistakes graciously You will get things wrong and be totally off. This is okay and happens even to advanced diviners. Be upfront about the fact that you are doing this to practice, and if you get it wrong – be light-hearted and have a laugh about it!

“Oh haha, I was totally off! Thanks for correcting me!”

Ask questions, get the correct answer, and relate it back to your divination tool. Then diagnose the reason why you misinterpreted. You didn’t cleanse your deck recently, you’re having a bad day, you’re distracted, you didn’t vibe with the querent, etc. Next time, tweak your pre-divination preparations and see if things change.

🌿 Ask about the querent’s existing knowledge This will save you time. If you are doing a romance reading, ask if the querent is dating. If you are reading for career, ask about the querent’s education and career path. You don’t need much detail, just enough to help you interpret what comes out of the reading. There is no point in you spending time divining knowledge the querent already has! (Unless you’re doing this specifically to practice and get quick answers about your accuracy). Instead, just ask them, and focus on divining the things your querent isn’t clear on, so they come out of it with a little more perspective. This is the goal of divination.

🌿 Be firm about receiving constructive feedback You spent all this time and effort constructing a thoughtful reading aaand... the querent just goes “thanks, that resonates”. This will not help you develop your skills, and it is also the querent lacking in manners. Expect reciprocation! Deal with this as professionally as you can. For instance:

“I would appreciate it if you give me some constructive feedback on the reading I just did for you.”

If they do not give constructive feedback, kindly explain what it is:

“By constructive feedback I mean, please reflect on every aspect of the reading and talk me through how it helps you, and how it relates to what you experienced – in this case, perhaps the events surrounding [the subject of the reading].”

And if they still do not reciprocate, blacklist them. If they attempt to contact you again, simply say:

“I appreciate your trust in me, but I am doing this to practice my skills and I need proper feedback to improve.”

If you are giving a reading about the future, of course the querent can’t tell you much about what they think of it. In this case, it is a good idea to check in with them at a later date and ask them how things went. This is a small request, one the querent should be happy to honour, and will help you very much.

🌿 Sometimes querents just want to vent This happens especially when querents ask about their relationships, especially romantic ones. You will very likely come across the “what does my ex think of me” crowd or the “advice on my love life” crowd when giving readings.

Usually these kinds of people won’t listen to you unless you tell them what they want to hear. They might thank you for the reading but continue riding the disaster train. You might even get an essay on someone’s entire life story and all their relationship drama. It’s up to you whether you want to moonlight as an amateur therapist (or if you are a professional therapist, you ought to be paid for it!)

If you’re doing divination with the desire to help people, then a few kind words will suffice. Thoughtful and practical advice is great if you can provide some. Divination services can attract some very desperate people who just want someone to give them the answer. Your readings are a puzzle piece in the mystery and an opportunity for the querent to receive help from a kind stranger, but you cannot fix someone’s life for them. Wish them luck and send them on their way.

🌿 You don’t have to read for everything Get clear on what subjects you’re willing to read for, and what you want to avoid. Legal matters, pregnancy, medical health, spirit/deity contact, death, ex-partners – these are common ones people don’t want to read for. You can if you want to, but make sure you’re not liable for any advice you give (especially if you charge money for your services). Tell people not to take you too seriously. A common disclaimer is “this is purely for entertainment purposes.”

Similarly, you have no obligation to read for querents that are rude, unresponsive, rambling endlessly, or just... asking weird questions.

🌿 You are paid for your effort This is for those who do paid readings. Personally I have only ever done readings for free (that may change) but don’t feel guilty about charging money, even if the reading was not the quality they expected. You are being paid for your time, and for performing a service. And if the querent accepts this transaction, it was their choice to do so. Make this clear at the very beginning.

#divination #free readings #paid readings #tarot #oracle #runes #tasseography #tasseomancy #aura readings

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sapphic-nature-witch · 11 months

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🫖 Tasseomancy Symbollogy 🫖

The apple 🍎

#green witch #cottage witch #witchythings #nature witch #witch #witchyvibes #witchblr #witch aesthetic #pagan witch #witch community #tasseomancy #sapphic nature witch #sapphic witch

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mamamoon92 · 1 year

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#green witch #lunar witch #witchyvibes #gemini #witchy blog #witchcraft #magic #baby witch #tasseomancy

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nightwindwanderer · 2 years

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Genuine practical question for anyone who reads tea leaves: how do you avoid drinking the leaves by accident I keep accidentally inhaling the leaves.

#witchcraft #divination #tasseomancy #tea leaves #tea leaf reading

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dancyrilkingston · 9 months

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Tea Leaves by Alma Gogin (c. pre-1916)

#alma gogin #art #painting #fortune telling #tasseomancy #tasseography #tea leaf reading

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candles-crystals-cauldrons · 2 years

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Tasseomancy

I'm planning on also doing some kind of booklet that I can easily slip in and out of my grimoire of different tea leaf symbols and their meanings

#witchblr #witchy #grimoire #bos #book of shadows #witchery #witch #another page in my bos #witchcraft #tasseomancy #tasseography #tea leaf reading #tea #tea magic #tea witchcraft #tea leaves #divination #tea leaf divination

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azlyricsdotcom · 9 months

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Diana // Tasseomancy // Ulalume (2011)

#tasseomancy #ghost bees #m #2011 #2010s #toronto music

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stagkingswife-services · 1 year

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I would like a free tea reading, if available.😊 Thank you in advance!

I wanted to ask how this month will be for me physically and/or mentally.

I also have a general question for you. I was wondering how the cup affects the readings? You said that this is a cup you recently got, so I assume you have other cups you use for readings too. Is it like a tarot deck feeling where different cups are better suited to some questions/has a specific vibe or is it just the cup is shaped differently so you want to test it out? I’m very interested in learning this divination method. (I will eventually make my way into it once I start liking tea lol)

Parallel Lines (Yellow) - In Geometry parallel lines run forever and never meet. There’s something unchanging and interminable about them. Truly parallel lines are rare to find in nature, but seemingly unchanging situations aren’t.

Crocodile (Blue) - A lot of things come to mind with a Crocodile symbol, “Crocodile Tears,’ various crocodile associated entities from different cultures, but with it’s mouth open like this I mostly think of the symbiotic relationship between crocodiles and Egyptian Plovers. How the plover can safely pick rotting food out from between the crocodile’s teeth, even going so far as sit inside the croc’c mouth.

Rabbit (red) - Most of my rabbit associations come from my love of Watership Down and traditional folk stories about trickster rabbits. So to me the rabbit is a symbol of running and running and never stopping, of safety in numbers, a symbol of trickery, of cleverness. But above all it’s a symbol of survival, because all of that, the running, the numbers, the tricks and cleverness, they all come together to ensure the survival of the warren, of the species.

There’s a great deal of time to consider in this reading. I know you asked about an upcoming month, but I feel like the scale being taken into account might actually much longer than that. This may all apply to a single month, but I think it scales better when applied on a longer time span. Things have been stagnant for a while haven’t they? I don’t know if you have some sort of existing chronic issue, or if you’re waiting for a diagnosis, but the Parallel Lines make me think that you’ve been in some sort of holding pattern, waiting for things to get better - or at least change. And here’s the thing, I think they are going to change, but I can’t necessarily say that they’re going to change for the better. That’s not to say that things are going to get worse either. I’m not seeing anything that really indicates one way or the other. What I am seeing, and what in my opinion as a semi-professional patient myself is more important, is how you handle it. You survive. Like the Rabbit you tackle whatever is coming towards you with cleverness, and you keep running. And eventually you work out a balance, like the Crocodile and the Egyptian Plover. If I can wax poetical about disability in this reading for a momment - isn’t that something that we’re all looking for, really? Not to overcome our diagnosises, whatever they be, but to achieve a symbiotic relationship with them eventually that doesn’t break our stride? I know that’s certainly something I’ve tried find.

As for your question about cups: I find that the cups don’t really factor into the readings in a magical or spiritual way, it’s not like I have a cup for love questions and a cup for health questions, or anything like that. I do find that there are a lot of mundane features to take into consideration when choosing a cup for tasseography. I like wider, shallower, bowls with open mouths. One of my favorite teacups to drink from is actually terrible to use for readings, it’s slender and fluted in shape, so any leaves in the cup get caught in the flutes and don’t form good shapes.

You may have noticed that I switched cups after the first few readings. My new cup, though delightful to drink from, and full of a delightful energy, was not good for how I like to do my tasseography readings. When I do a reading I like to drink as much of the tea as I can, swirl the very last little bit of liquid around and then flip the cup upside down on its saucer to drain the last little bit of liquid away. The placement of the handles on my new cup was very high so when I tried to flip it the rim of the cup didn’t actually touch the saucer. Trying to flip it ended up being very messy, and it actually left less in the cup to read. Also, there was a pattern on the inside of the cup, which was very pretty, but made it harder to discern the symbols in the leaves - which sort of negates the whole point. So I’ve gone back to some of my old favorite cups for the remainder of these readings. Lower placed handles, plain white inside in the cup, and good shapes. All around easier to read.

#tasseography #tasseomancy #tea leaf reading #free divination #divination services

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pupsmagickarchieves · 1 year

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Navigation (WIP)

basics ;

witchcraft 101 || masterlists || correspondence || sabbats || elements || altars || wicca || stregheria || crafts || burnout || recipes || spiritwork ||

tools of the trade ;

crystals || herbs || moon ||

scrying ;

tasseomancy || tarot || pendulums || numerology || runes || palmistry ||

spells ;

'beginner' spells || witch jars || rituals || hexes ||

self love || happiness || safety || hearth || romance || anxiety || sleep ||

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mxmollusca · 1 year

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Ooooh, got a fluffy fic rec for y'all!

Finally got around to reading Tasseomancy! If you are angsted-out (and I deeply apologize if it's my fault) this fic will heal you. My crops are flourishing. @zacharybosch did such a lovely job capturing these two.

#ofmd #our flag means death #blackbonnet #ofmd fanfic #fic rec #tasseomancy

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