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The Moon in Week 20

14th/15th/16th/17th - New Moon in Taurus

18th/19th/20th - Waxing Crescent

The New Moon is the ideal time to decide on your intentions and goals for the month ahead. The new moon represents new beginnings and is the start of a new lunar cycle.Time to set up the plan you’ll be putting in to action!

Taurus is a very grounded and sensual sign. A New Moon in Taurus is a great time to surround yourself with love. Spend some time on self care and lay out plans to do so in the month ahead. Grab a bath bomb and go for a bath. Paint your nails. Cover yourself in body lotion. Don’t forget to send your friends a loving message too!

#MoonMonday #witchblr #New Moon #Taurus

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Mercury goes retrograde - what does that even mean?

Whilst it’s not the case right now, “Mercury in retrograde” is a phrase we read and hear often in the witchcraft community, but what does it actually mean? 

Lets start with the mundane:

Our perspective on our neighbouring planets changes constantly thanks to the varied times it takes the planets to orbit the sun. Most of the time, the planets travel west to east through our sky. This is called prograde. However, there are times, when Earth’s orbit is aligned with another planet and the sun, when the other planet is moving east to west in our sky. This is what we call retrograde and is all about perspective. The other planet is not actually moving backwards, it just appears as though it is. 

Mercury goes retrograde three or four times a year for a handful of days, each time. So despite all the buzz, the world isn’t going to descend into chaos when it happens.

Now to the astrology:

Mercury is the planet that rules communication. When Mercury goes retrograde, things get a little fuzzy and mistakes are made. Text messages aren’t always received on time, tech crashes become more common and misinterpretation becomes more prevalent too. You may say something, meaning it as a joke but the person hearing it may interpret your tone as harsh or scathing.

What this means is that when Mercury goes retrograde, it is a good idea to focus more on what you are saying but also be mindful of your interpretations. Mistakes are made all the time, no biggie, just clarify and move on. Meeting someone for a night out? If they didn’t show, it’s probably more likely that they didn’t receive the correct information than that they stood you up.

#TheoryThursday #Mercury #Retrograde #Astrology

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Tarot card of the week

1st May 2018 - The Tower

Uh-oh as someone who accepts change begrudgingly at best, this is not a card I like pulling... The Tower card is one of sudden, unexpected change, that leaves you feeling like the rug has been pulled out from under you. Whether this is because something challenges how you perceive the world around you or because there is an upset at home, school or work is anyone’s guess. 

The reality of the card is, you’re already on shaky ground, you’ve built yourself up in a precarious position and something is going to come in and wreck that. BUT whilst it will be hard to see the good as you’re trying to pick yourself up, this change will give you a chance to grow, learn and start fresh. So keep on truckin’ and things will be alright.

#TarotTuesday #witchblr #tarot

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The Moon in Week 18

30th/1st/2nd - Full Moon in Scorpio

3rd/4th/5th/6th - Waning Gibbous

So, I covered the Full Moon in Scorpio, last week. But for the other half... This month’s moon is the Blood Moon, also known as the Hunter’s Moon. Or, since I’m Australian, I prefer to refer to it as the Sea Moon. This is the perfect time to enjoy the sea as it is at its calmest, the beaches look their most idyllic. It’s time to take advantage of the remaining fair weather, to clean and cleanse your hearth, home and mind in preparation for winter. It’s also a good time to play, give yourself a chance to bask in the sun and calm seas before they take a back seat to the cold.

#MoonMonday #witchblr

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It’s Tarot Tuesday!

24th April 2018 - Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune card represents new beginnings and good fortune in change. It is our reminder that life is full of peaks and troughs and constantly changing, which means that misfortune cannot last forever. Things are looking up!

#TarotTuesday #WheelofFortune #Start fresh

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I love the keto diet! Honestly, I had more energy, more focus, I was better at handling my pain, my home and my mood. I did a week days on/ weekend off schedule but found that even on the weekends, I would pretty much maintain it anyway, it just meant that if I went out with family/friends, I could enjoy the same stuff they did.

I found my body dropped the weight I wanted gone and then it kind of just settled at a comfortable place.

Hi followers!

Have any of you tried a Keto diet? Or are you following a Keto food list right now?

If so, can you tell me what you thought of it, if you found it a good weight loss plan, etc?

I would love to hear your experiences with it!

#Keto

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Finally, someone breaks it down nice and easy!

Astrology, the Basics

“Wait, so i’m not just an Aries?!”

No, you’re not. In fact none of us are just one anything. So let’s dial it back to day we were born. The stars and planets in the sky aligned to convey a story completely unique to you, and thus your natal chart was born!

   Our Sun sign

“Playboi, what���s a Sun Sign?”

Well, the Sun Sign is the sign everyone typically knows about themselves. It’s the sign you were born under that immediately correlates with your birthday. Meaning, “I was born in April so I’m a Taurus!” Your sun sign is the sign the Sun was in on the day of your birth. So what does the sun represent in astrology? Our vitality and ego, “who we are.” The thing about the Sun is we’re constantly growing into ourselves and our egos, constantly learning ourselves and strengths, so we’re constantly growing into our Suns. Many people write off astrology due to their inability to relate to their Sun signs when so much more goes into a person. Your Sun sign is less “who i am” and more so “who i’m becoming.” And sometimes we never fully become the poster child of our Sun signs because we grow at different rates and resonate with different things, not to mention the housing of the Sun plays a heavy role in how our “egos” will play out. Also aspects made to our Sun by other planets are most important as they shape our Sun’s characteristics, but that’s another post!

Our Moon Sign

“…okay, so I understand Sun Signs now, but what’s a moon sign?”

The moon sign in astrology is of immense importance. This is where we feel most comfortable and secure and our primal emotional reactions. As I mentioned previously, the sun is “who we’re becoming’’ while the moon can be defined as “who we always are.” Unlike the Sun who illuminates everything, the moon is a softer, dimmer light. It lights up the dark sky at night and it does the same for our personal dark sky emotionally. Simply put, the moon is our emotions. Emotions can be simply irrational and erratic, so we suppress them because throwing a hissy fit in public is not that endearing. My point being that our moons can sometimes be overlooked by others as well as our selves because the attributes of our moons are highly subconscious at times.The moon is how we were nourished, and in turn how we nourish others. It’s an extremely sentimental and personal part of our being.It’s what makes us feel safe as well as habitual patterns we carry. A balanced moon is very important as an unbalanced one can take a toll on us physically. When the needs our moon requires aren’t met, we can start to display it’s negative attributes and fall into a bit of a depression, eat less, and never leave your bed. Or perhaps become more aggressive and angry depending on your moon sign. It’s also equally important to understand that others around us have different moon placements then us natally. Everyone requires different things to feel emotionally secure, sometimes we’re harder on others because their love languages differ from our own.

   Our Mercury Sign

“What does Mercury have to do with anything?”

Well, everything. Mercury rules over the mind, how we think, how fast we think, how we learn, our speech, and even our style of writing. He’s the fastest moving planet in the solar system so it’s fitting that he rules the nervous system. The poor guy gets glossed over a lot until he turns retrograde and everyone starts running around like chickens missing their heads because that’s when we notice most how strong Mercury’s influence is on our lives. Mercury is not an emotional planet but more so an intellectual one. It’s how we asses things and use logic before we act, if we use logic before we act.

Our Venus Sign

“I KNOW THIS ONE…LOVE RIGHT?”

You’ve guessed it, Venus rules over romance but a lot more as well. She’s our social graces, if we have any social graces at all. How we charm others as well as what we personally find pleasurable. Venus rules over our attitude towards money and material things. How much we spend and how often we treat ourselves. What we like to eat, what tastes good, what feels good. Venus is also our attractiveness, and what we’re attracted to. She gives us a clue to our love language on a more superficial level, what it takes to woo us. How we like to be seduced and pursued. Venus is diplomatic, she shows us how we make peace with others. Venus also rules over artistry and how appreciate the arts and even the possibility of having artistic gifts as well. Venus also highlights our sexual nature in terms of what we find pleasurable, what feels right, and what we find acceptable.

Our Mars Sign

“Mars is our…anger?”

He can be, yes. After all he is the God of War. Mars in astrology represents energy. Our physical energy and vitality, and especially our sexual energy. He’s all about action, what it physically takes us to do…well, anything. He’s our day to day strength and drive. He exemplifies how aggressive and assertive we are. Our ambitions, durability, temperament, action, and drive. Do we exercise? How sexual are we? Our sexual style? Our competitiveness? All can be answered by our mars sign. Mars showcases how quick we are to anger, what makes us tick/explode. He’s also the last of the personal planets.

Our Jupiter Sign

“……”

Jupiter is the first non personal planet as it stays in the same for an entire year. Everyone born within that year will have the same Jupiter sign. That doesn’t negate Jupiter’s importance in anyway, so don’t skim over him. It just means we have take a closer look at him in our natal chart by examining his house placement and aspects made towards him by other planets. Jupiter rules over good fortune, philosophy, travel, and higher level learning (different from mercury.) He is expansive and optimistic. He’s a grand catalyst to spiritual growth. He’s where we overindulge, our generosity, and wisdom.

Our Saturn Sign

“So what does Saturn do?”

Saturn is like our astrological father. He sets the rules and regulations, the routine. And like when we disobey our paternal father there’s consequences the same applies for Saturn. Saturn is not out to punish anyone, he just returns anything we put out into the universe. “What goes around comes around.” Sound familiar? Saturn rules over Karma. Saturn in our chart shows us where he grounds us, where we must be held responsible, where we must work hard. Our careers, the practicality of how we achieve success.

Our Uranus Sign

“and Uranus?”

Uranus is a much slower moving planet. His energy is very erratic, spontaneous, and rebellious. He’s extremely progressive and an advocate for originality. Uranus has to be looked at by house placement to determine its effects on us individually, as people from the same generation will share the same Uranus sign. Uranus in our charts will show us where we are unpredictable and rebellious. How and where we go against the grain. Our humanitarian side. How interested in activism we are, where we are liberated ourselves.

Our Neptune Sign

“that Sea God?”

Indeed. Neptune is the God of the Sea. In astrology Neptune rules over spirituality, all things hazy, confusion, love and romance on a deeper, ethereal level. He is illusions and our dreams. Intuition and psychic abilities. Neptune has dominion over deeper creativity and artistic abilities. He also shows us where we might try to escape reality and what we may try to use to escape reality with. He is addiction, substance abuse, and deception. Our fantasies. 

Our Pluto Sign

“isn’t Pluto like not even a planet anymore?”

Yes, technically Pluto is a planetoid, but we still refer to Pluto as a planet in astrology so he will be respected as such! Despite his small size and the grand amount of distance he is from us his effects are undeniable.Pluto in our charts shows us where we are transformed and regenerated. Where we must die to be born again. His energy is very subconscious, we don’t always see it, but we feel it.  He is obsession, and our hunger for power, where we struggle for power. He is how we react to sex on a deeper, subconscious level. Where and what we become drawn and attached to. His energy is very primal. He also highlights where we’re manipulative or jealous if we’re displaying the negative attributes of Pluto. 

Our Ascendant Sign

“our…what sign?”

Our Ascendant sign is crowned the ruler of our chart, and is of equal importance as our Sun and Moon signs. It’s specific to our birth time and location. The Ascendant is like the mask we put on to face the world. It’s our initial reaction to external forces. The lens we see life through on a day to day basis. Our ascendant is our physical bodies, how we look and how we act in public. It’s how people initially receive you, our first impressions, our mannerisms. Our outer personality. If people were to describe you they’d likely describe this sign.

So, as you can see a lot goes into a persons personality even more than what’s been mentioned above, humans are complex beings who can’t be described as just one sign, or one anything. We are more than our sun signs, we are more than signs period.

- playboi

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The Moon in Week 17

23rd/24th - First Quarter in Leo

26th/27th/28th - Waxing Gibbous

29th - Full Moon in Scorpio

First Quarter in Leo means playfulness and childishness or it means judgement, aggression and sarcasm. Use creative endeavours to channel the energy and avoid getting worked up and angry. Be wary of the consequences and impacts your behaviour has on yourself and the people around you. Leo is a sign of indulgence so watch your spending and food intake!

Full Moon in Scorpio is an exploration of the uncharted depths. The Scorpio moon encourages introspection and renewal and is responsible for dredging up feelings of possessiveness and jealousy. Be careful of letting this affect your relationships with loved ones. Use this time to acknowledge your growth and your flaws and to start fresh on new plans, projects or habits.

#Witchblr #MoonMonday #still new to this may get things wrong

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I want to be that witch that always has fresh tulips on the table, warm tea in her hand and singers always crooning to her in languages she doesn’t understand.

I want to be that witch with the gentle knowing smile and an aura of calm collection at all times.

I will get there.

#self #witch goals

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SpAce

New Alignment chart

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Witchpic Wednesday ft Linestrider Tarot - for the drive, determination and energy to follow through on a new habit

#WitchpicWednesday #witchblr #Tarot

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A quick little Mini Magazine of My Method an knowledge of Spell writing. It was originally going to be a Class I taught on my server, but I just didn’t have the time.  Contents: - Cover - Intro - Types of Spells - Across the Narrow Sea Abbreviated (Find the original spell post Here ) - Components of a spell and Breakdown of my spell

The Graphic Design is all done by me.  Special thanks to Emilia Clarke for being such a beautiful addition to this post.  - Aesa <3

This is My work, Do not repost on any platform without my explicit permission. Reblogging is okay, Reposting is not.  Do Not Advertise on This Post. 

#witchblr #red-moon-witch

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This was too good not to share...

The trailer for our short , One Small Step. So proud of the crew and so excited to share with you guys!

“One Small Step” Official Trailer (2018) - TAIKO Studios

#Shortfilm trailer #One Small Step #Taiko studios #i need more

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Life is messy

Life is hard work. It’s calloused hands, bruised knuckles and broken nails. It’s long days and equally long nights. It’s cold and cruel and oft times lonely. Despite this, we’re all in it together. Smile. Laugh at that horrible, snarky comment your inner voice just made. Herd some poor, lost critter away from the road. Offer your help to the person looking lost and confused.

Maybe, just maybe, we can make life a little less messy for each other.

#rambling

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I just have to share this. Best new release recommendation Google has given me yet! It’s an overall delightfully witchy album.

#witchblr #new music

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Have an itty bitty Bonnie being fed

Hello, work was stupid today. Show me a picture of your cats! Or dogs! Or fish or whatever pets you have! If you have no pets, show me your favorite stuffed animal!

#Animals make everyone feel better

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Blessing your home, family, pets and plants

A comprehensive guide.

Step One: Approach each room/item/living thing you want to bless.

Step Two: Scream “I love you!” at them. Bonus points if done whilst occupants are sleeping.

#shitty witch tips #blessings #please be gentle with your plants #def scream at your cat #your cat's an asshole