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Aromatherapy (Part One)

WARNING: This post addresses Aromatherapy as a healing assistant, you cannot compromise vaccines with scents.

Today we will be looking at Aromatherapy and the magick of scents.

“The sense of smell is arguably the most underestimated sense we have, as it can actually be one of our most powerful healing allies. Aromas can trigger pleasant memories - from the smell of cookies baking in the oven to the scent of a loved one’s perfume to the fragrance of a flower - as well as unpleasant reminiscences. Aromatherapy is the art of using the power of scent to heal the body, mind, and spirit.

Aromatherapy and the use of scent in healing rituals, magick, and spirituality is not a new thing. Humans have always enjoyed the scent of flowers and have long observed the different effects plant odors have on the human mind and body. In the ancient world, the use of the aromatic properties of herbs in healing, magick, and ritual was well known. The ancients understood the connection between the mind and body in health, happiness, and well-being. The ancient Egyptians honored their gods using a variety of incenses and oils, the preparations of which were very ritualized and held deep spiritual meaning. Native American peoples used herbs for spiritual purposes as well as for healing and health. Many cultures still use fragrant herbs in healing rituals and to honor the dead, the spirits of nature, and the divine.

Today, the practice of aromatherapy is once again widespread, and the use of scented candles, bath salts, and potpourris have become particularly popular. Health-food stores carry lines of essential oils and oil blends. Even department stores carry synthetic oils and scented candles. Aromatherapy is accessible to everyone, and it is an effective and simple way to make positive changes to your health in mind, body, and spirit” -The Good Witch’s Guide by Shawn Robbins and Charity Bedell

Essential Oils

The simplest way to work with aromatherapy is by using individual essential oils. The oils are unique, and many of them have multiple uses. By learning the different uses of essential oil, you can focus your work on the oils that have the most beneficial effect on your health. While working with individual essential oils, you will discover that some are too strong for you, and others may even produce a negative reaction.

Essential Oil Associations;

Allspice - Reduces stress, calms, relaxes tight muscles, uplifts mood, improves digestion, naturally disinfects

Basil - Calms, relieves pain, relieves fatigue, improves mental clarity, purifies the body

Cardamom - Relieves pain, uplifts mood, improves digestion, improves mental clarity and memory

Catnip - Anti-dirrheal, relieves indigestion, relieves anxiety, uplifts mood

Chamomile - Reduces anxiety, promotes restful sleep and relaxation, relieves pain

Cinnamon - Relieves pain, uplifts mood, relieves fatigue, naturally disinfects, improves digestion, increases appetite

Clove - Relieves pain, uplifts mood, improves mental clarity, improves digestion, naturally disinfects

Coriander - Relieves pain, relieves fatigue, improves digestion, improves mental clarity and memory

Eucalyptus - Breaks up congestion, relieves pain, naturally disinfects, vapors help with breathing

Frankincense - Anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, astringent, diuretic, improves digestion, expectorant, sedative

Geranium - Relieves stress and tension, uplifts mood, anti-inflammatory, soothes itchy skin

Ginger - Relieves pain, uplifts mood, relieves fatigue, improves digestion, increases appetite

Juniper Berries - Relieve pain, energize, improve mental clarity and memory, anti-inflammatory, repel insects, soothe insect bites

Lavender - Relieves stress and anxiety, promotes restful sleep, uplifts mood, balances mood swings, vapors help with breathing, improves digestion, naturally disinfects, breaks up congestion

Lemon - Balances the nervous system, uplifts mood, relieves fatigue, improves mental clarity and memory, naturally disinfects

Lemon Balm - Relieves anxiety and stress, promotes restful sleep

Lemongrass - Calms, balances nervous system, uplifts mood, anti-inflammatory, vapors help with breathing, improves digestion, naturally disinfects, repels insects

Lime - Relieves fatigue, uplifts mood, naturally disinfects, improves mental clarity and memory

Mandarin - Reduces stress and tension, calms, uplifts mood

Myrrh - Helpful in meditation, uplifts mood, anti-inflammatory, aids in healing skin

Neroli and Orange Blossom (both come from blossoms of the bitter orange tree) - Remove nervous tension, promotes restful sleep

Nutmeg - Relaxes tight muscles, relieves pain, improves digestion

Palmarosa (a lemon grass genus) - Relaxes tight muscles, relieves pain, uplifts mood, helps regenerate skin, anti-inflammatory

Peppermint - Relieves pain, uplifts mood, relieves fatigue, breaks up congestion, anti-inflammatory, vapors help with breathing, improves digestion, increases appetite, soothes itchy skin, improves mental clarity and memory

Petitgrain (from leaves and twigs of the bitter orange tree) - Reduces anxiety and stress, promotes restful sleep, uplifts mood, improves mental clarity and memory

Pine - Lessens pain, uplifts mood, relieves fatigue, breaks up congestion, naturally disinfects, improves mental clarity and memory

Rose - Relieves pain, uplifts mood, anti-inflammatory, aids in healing skin

Rosemary - Relieves pain, stimulates nerves, relieves fatigue, vapors help with breathing, improves digestion, improves mental clarity and memory, naturally disinfects, repels insects

Spearmint - Relieves pain, uplifts mood, relieves fatigue, breaks up congestion, anti-inflammatory, vapors help with breathing, improves digestion, improves appetite, improves mental clarity and memory, soothes itchy skin

Tea Tree - Relieves pain, naturally disinfects, aids in healing skin, vapors help with breathing

Thyme - Relaxes tight muscles, relieves pain, uplifts mood, breaks up congestion, anti-inflammatory, improves digestion, increases appetite, improves mental clarity and memory, naturally disinfects

Ylang-Ylang - Relaxes tight muscles, relieves pain, promotes restful sleep, uplifts mood, naturally disinfects

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Tarot info set 2

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🌟Tips for interpreting Tarot🌟

1. The most important clues may be in the background! 

In the Rider Waite Smith deck, many cards show a figure with a number of significant items behind his or her back. What happens behind one’s back is, for oneself, something unseen, shadowy, something to which one has no conscious access. This could point to the idea that the figure in the foreground is unaware of the nature or scope of their issues. You can’t grasp what you cannot see, and that can reveal a lot about the nature of the card’s meaning.

2. The color of the sky reveals a lot!

Again referencing the Rider Waite Smith deck, the color of the sky on a given card often leads to a simple but important clue for its interpretation.

3. Pay close attention to proportions!

In the image of the Four of Wands, the figures are depicted much smaller than is the case in other images; they fall short. Or perhaps they are of normal height and are painted so small in order to emphasize the comparatively huge size of the wands. This sort of thing can be found in many other cards. 

4. Court cards represent developed personalities or facets of oneself!

The Queen: impulsive, an initiator, an investigator (water type)

The King: thorough, intensive, consolidating (fire type)

The Knight: magnifying, expanding, a drawer of consequences (air type)

The Page: makes something tangible out of or with the element in question (earth type)

4. Pay attention to numbers!

Numerology can play a big role in your interpretations of the cards, especially in the Minor Arcana:

Ones (Aces): Something new with vast potential is indicated when you have many aces in your readings. They are pure energy without form - and it depends on you to shape it and bring the opportunities that they represent into fruition. Because they are raw, they are also unstable, and can very quickly overwhelm if not taking care.

Twos: Coming together in pairs is the theme of the twos, and all the complexities that this union represents. We leave the individuality of the ones, and the twos are a taste of union. 

Threes: Group dynamics rule the threes in the tarot, and they depict different outcomes that can occur when a group comes together - whether they are groups of individuals, or groups of ideas. Because it is also symbolically thought of as completion (the first polygon, the holy trinity, etc) it also indicates an initial completion of a first phase of some sort.

Fours: The fours usually indicate that some foundation has been created and is ready to grow and evolve. To grow and evolve is the key here, because though the foundation is created, there is some disappointment indicated sometimes because things may not have progressed entirely as hoped for - thus, the fours are also the universe’s way of pushing us to grow and move forward.

Fives: Change, fluctuations and conflict are represented by the fives. After the fours, the fives are amplifications of that same energy. When that energy explodes, the fives ask us to look within ourselves for a deeper reason of why to progress. To move forward and beyond these instabilities, we have to push forward.

Sixes: While the fives represent conflict, the sixes represent the movement away from that conflict into a solution, whether they are internal or external, whether that means reconciliation or letting go. They are the cards of overcoming suffering, light after the dark.

Sevens: When seeing many sevens in a reading it usually indicates that it is a time to step back and introspect. The sevens ask us to assess, and reevaluate whether the path that you are taking is what is best for you. Sometimes this is a lonely pursuit, but this period is needed to go forward with your authentic desires.

Eights: A completion of a second phase is indicated with the eights, and usually corresponds to some sort of achievement, whether in the worldly sense, or in an emotional sense. Growth either way is indicated here, and sometimes it can take place in a form where we least expected it.

Nines: Nearing completion is indicated by the nines, and this can take the form of entering a plateau of some sort. What looks like the finish line, may actually be just a transitory stage. While the feeling of completion is here, it is usually just a pause before the final part of the cycle comes.

Tens: In the tens, we see the actual completion of the cycle, that something has come to a full circle - it indicates that from this point forward, we can move towards a new beginning.  ✨🔮✨ Sources: Biddytarot, The Ultimate Guide to the Rider Waite Tarot by Johannes Fiebig and Evelin Burger, Understanding Tarot by Liz Dean

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My study guide/notes on the fool's journey and the major arcana card meanings. You can download it as a pdf here.

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Your posts are so raw and talk about stuff we don’t acknowledge enough. I mean like the little things. Everything you post makes me fall in love with humanity a little more

honestly thank you for saying this.

it’s been hard to find reasons to stay motivated in life. like, pushing through days. having days considered “filler days”. everything we do has this overwhelming urge to have purpose. sometimes we don’t feel productive until the last little spout of the day is over. and sometimes, seeing something little to fall in love with is all you need.

i’m glad i could be that for you. <3

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on being perceived:

i absolutely love it when people laugh at my jokes.

i like holding the door for people and hearing a quiet, muttered "thank you" when they pass through, trying their best to get to their destination as quickly as possible.

i love it whenever people look my way when i raise my hand to answer a question in class.

i am still baffled when people go out of their way to check on me, or make little notes about my outfit.

my heart flutters when someone says that they were thinking about me.

my friend and i were at goodwill, and she held up a shirt and said "you would TOTALLY rock this" and i promise you that i haven't purchased anything quicker. i love wearing it.

when i think about myself, i think of other people and how they see me. it helps me see myself.

#perceiving #perception #shadow work #understanding #memory #communication #kind people #happy #people #ppl #self improvement #me #self healing #self love #personal #being mindful #being productive #existence #feeling #attention #wordofthehour #interpersonal #moment #social interaction #human interaction #interacting with me #being interacted with #being perceived #perceive #i want to be loved

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Shadow Work Prompts 1

1. what emotion do you try to avoid (e.g. anger, sadness, jealousy...)? what makes you afraid to feel it? what are you afraid will happen if you feel it?

2. in what ways are you priviliged? what do you take for granted?

3. pick an adjective from the list below that would trigger you if someone would use it to desscribe you and then ask yourself: "why would this trigger me? what would be bad about it being true? is it the accuracy or inaccuracy that bothers me? what could be a positive aspect to being that way?"

list: arrogant, lier, jealous, mean, cruel, possessive, bitchy, bossy, loser, greedy, mysterious, sneaky, codependent, sick, fat, disgusting, stalker, stupid, idiot, fearful, unconscious, masochistic, narcissist, insignificant, frigid, sexist, manipulative, racist, victim, egositic, arrogant, ugly, careless, passive, aggressive, lame, boring, tactless, irresponsible, incompetent, lazy, unfair, childish, know-it-all, insensitive, psychotic, sad, ordinary, hypocritical, reproachful, gloomy, jealous, envious dirty, tyrannical, inflexible, heartless, resentful, dominant, bad, ignorant, uneducated, tasteless, insecure, depressed, hopeless, not good enough, cry baby, paranoid, pushy, stubborn, inferior, weak , impatient, unreliable, self-destructive, over-sensitive

4. what is the biggest promise you made to yourself that you have broken? how does that make you feel?

5. how do you lie to yourself in daily life? what are you trying to avoid?

6. what do you think is your worst trait? why is it "bad"? what positive aspects does this trait bring with it?

7. if you truly loved yourself, what would your life look like? is it very different to how it actually is? and if yes, why?

8. think of a time someone broke your heart. could you have been responsible in some way as well?

9. do you hold grudges against someone? if so, why are you not letting them go yet?

10. what do you need to forgive yourself for?

11. think back on the last time a person triggered you: can you see how the aspects of that person that triggered you are also in you?

12. ask yourself: "if... were true about me/my current life situation, i'd be terrified" (try to fill out this sentence as often as possible)

13. think back on your last argument/fight: did you actively try to see the other person's viewpoint and would there have been a way to be more compassionate with the other person and yourself?

14. think about a time in your childhood when you felt unhappy (small or big moment) and write a letter from your child self to the present you about how you felt and how you perceived the situation: try to take on that child as much as you can and write from its perspective as automatically as you can then write a letter back to that child, explaining the situation, showing empathy and understanding and asking how you can help now or which needs have to be met for that child to feel good again if you get answres from that child, then try to meet those needs today

15. In what areas of life are you holding back and playing small? (Think about the times you feel weak, small or disempowered.) Write them below and next to each explore why

16. In what ways do you feel judged by others? Write them below. Explore how many of these judgments might actually originate within you first (and are displaced onto others)

17. What negatives or positives do others point out about you that you have trouble accepting?

18. What emotions do you rarely express around others – and when did you first start hiding these emotions from others? (Emotional suppression and repression often point to areas of shame buried within you.)

19. Reflect on a period of life where you were at your worst (i.e. most selfdestructive, argumentative, etc.). Write a short, but heartfelt letter of understanding, acceptance, and compassion for that version of you. You can return to this letter later whenever you feel rotten about yourself.

20. What are your “hot buttons” or triggers that cause you to get angry or defensive in the presence of others?

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going through a friend-breakup

last night, i realized that the reason i had been feeling so lonely is because i was subconsciously processing the friend that had left me.

for a bit of context, i considered him one of my closest friends and he had been trying to distance himself from me. i kept pushing him to tell me why, only to find out he had been falling in love with me this entire time.

my point in all of this is that i have been treating myself as if i am too delicate or fragile to get into new friendships with people. i am convinced that i am "only" good for the development of other people. while that's not necessarily true, it hits hard when it needs to.

by putting myself in that box, i limit my capability to what i could be if i weren't "only" something else. although the human mind is as ridiculously capable of building cathedrals brick by brick or using context clues to read other languages, i am convinced that i "only" exist to improve other people.

i sit up at night sometimes. i think about the fact that i spent our entire friendship convinced that this person was going to be in my life until we were old, wrinkly, and still making fun of people falling on their face when they walked down the sidewalk. i find myself asking "am that desperate for love?" but i simply just do not think that this is the case. i was drawn to him because i thought "well, if i can embrace the parts of him that i can't love about myself, then both of us can be accepted and loved." i played the "if, then" game so much that i lost sight of what was happening. i scroll through our text messages and pinpoint all of the times that he was probably "actually" flirting with me instead of what i assumed was just a-little-too-elaborate jokes. hindsight 20/20, i guess.

when you lose someone in a relationship, it's easy to say "oh, right person wrong time" or "wrong person right time"; when you lose a friend, you lose a part of yourself, in a weird way. i feel like i lost a part of my soul because i allowed myself to love this heavily. i would have done almost anything for him. i thought he was my platonic soulmate. yes, i know that might be dumb.

i am scared to make that connection again. it's a little bit terrifying.

#friends #friend breakup #friend application #friend breakups #breakup #heartbreak #heartache #moving on #lost love #painful #apprehension #apprehensive #scared to move forward #miss moving on or whatever #letting go #moving forward #friendship #relationships #life #loving #regret #honesty

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firsts

um.. i signed up for an open mic night to perform my original songs in front of a crowd??? i've never done that before. i did it so mindlessly, too. i'm anxious.

#new experiences #music #original song #musician #my writing #songwriter #songwriting #song #original music #song lyrics #lyricist #lyric #anxious #anxiété #anxeity #anxi4ty #anxceit #apprehensive #apprehension #apprehended #new things

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hi tumblr, here’s something nice that happened to me today (p1)

so today i went to dave and buster’s with my dad (i guess it’s kind of our thing now, considering that that’s basically all we do when we get to see each other). somebody that works there was fixing the claw in the giant claw machine (the one that’s known to be notoriously hard, for the record) and i was just sitting there because i was so intrigued that he had to actually go inside the claw’s mechanics (specifically the little box that’s above the claw itself) and fix the wire so the claw would lower properly. anyways, he looked at me--after fixing the claw--and said “hey, there’s a swipe in the machine if you want to play.” needless to say... i played. i went for a yellow pillow that was kinda on top of everything and the claw was **so** strong. the claw picked it up and almost got above the chute before it dropped. i was 0.3 seconds away from swiping my card (I WAS NOT GOING TO LEAVE AFTER THAT) before the guy basically shrugged his shoulders and swiped again. i was so surprised that i lost a few seconds on that timer. i got the claw directly above the pillow, slammed the “drop claw” button and watched as the claw grabbed the pillow, almost as the claw WANTED me to have the pillow, and dropped it in the chute. now i have a yellow pillow!!! (i have little to no room for this kind of stuff in my dorm. oh well.)

#storytime #storytelling #true story #stories #real life #dave and busters #arcade #claw machine #claw #arcade game #workers #kind #kindness #kind people #people #good people #good person #good stuff #goodvibes #goodtimes #be kind #be a good person #friend #friendship #happy #im so happy #happiercamper #with my dad

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things that make me happy p1

- Listening to happy music - Playing video games - Seeing new art of my characters - Creating characters - Writing stories or telling stories - Haikus - Gratitude - Smelling good - Face masks - Shadow work - Finding money in unexpected places - Laughing so hard my ribs hurt - Snuggles - Making food for myself - Bargain hunting - Thrift shopping - Small achievements - Chocolate (sometimes) - Taking a long shower and feeling the soap get super grothy in my hair - Having all my homework done - Having a clean room - Waking up before my alarm and knowing there’s more time to sleep - Validation! - Popping bubble wrap - Socks (sometimes) - Finding a cool rock - Writing someone a note and seeing them happy - Finding an awesome gift for somebody - Wearing a cool outfit - Finding the right song to match my mood - Making little scrapbooks - MAIL - Picnics - Harry Potter movies - Disney movies - Tiny impulsive buys (do not make this a habit) - Teaching myself something new - Pens - Treating myself to a little date - Fruity herbal scents - Staying in a hotel room and ordering pizza - Making time to read - Finding places to store stuff - Throw blankets - Halloween stuff - Random acts of kindness - Having my hair played with - Platonic affection - Being appreciated - Writing letters (WRITE HER BACK YOU MONGREL) - Bacon on sandwiches - BBQ burgers - Playing card games (Learn to love MTG again) - Little tiny acorns - Rain hitting the window outside - Snuggling up with my stuffed animals - Playing games while on a discord call - Calling my friends while I’m doing busywork - Keeping plants alive - Getting plants - Watering plants - Big shirt no pants - Crunchy apples - Perfectly ripe tomatoes (I hate squishy ones) - The stain remover stick that I have - My Apple Pencil - My AirPods - My stuffed animals - Buying clothes for my stuffed animals - Thrifting - Getting a shirt in *just* the perfect color - Wearing that said shirt every day - When someone finds something at the thrift store for me and they say “You’d wear this” - Or “This is a Kindle shirt” - Looking at birthday cards - Making my own cards instead - Writing poems and being proud of their consistency - Whenever someone takes the time to look at my essay or writing and really analyze it - When someone comes up with a new meaning for my song - Sticky white rice - Falling in love with a book - Falling in love with a book character - Writing about said character and elaborating on a - Getting to tell my distant family members about my life and them getting excited with me - Carnations - Peppermint carnations - Good smelling flowers - Big stacks of copy paper - My plethora of markers - Smell of food cooking - Smell of gasoline - Smell of grilling - New haircut - People complementing my makeup - Making tiktoks directly after putting on my makeup - Knowing about family heritage (to some extent) - Hot chocolate - Sweet baby ray’s barbecue sauce - Kitty cuddles - When a dog tugs on its leash to be pet by me - Olive Garden - Feeling sophisticated - People asking my opinion and developing their opinions off of mine - “That fall feeling”

#selfcare #self care #mental wellbeing #journey #mental health #wellness #self improvement #online friends #mindfulness #list #happy #happy list #self healing #self love #healing #heal