Tarot, part ii

Tarot is divined up into 2 areas, the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana.

The Minor is about the everyday accepts of life, chop wood/carry water. The Major leans more into the meatier items of life.

First up is The Fool.

We are here in the beginning, such a beginning that we are at 0. The Fool is about to start on an adventure, going out into the world to learn all they can.

We all start here. We have no clue how we got here. We are innocence. We are not stupid nor smart just lacking knowledge.

The Fool could represent us in the earliest part of our life: those short nine months we live inside a uterus. Card 0, before time starts, the time we do know everything till we fall off the cliff (born).

Tarot, part i

Tarot has become the main focus of my witchcraft. I throw the cards daily, looking for guidance and insight on so many things.

I don’t remember where I learned about tarot. I get the idea of some black and white movies, with a old woman in a caravan, first looking in her crystal ball, then throwing the cards.

The mystique of the cards drew me in. I wanted to know what these pieces of paper meant. How the pictures could tell your future.

It wasn’t until I went to college and had free time and money to go out shopping without parents, that I found you could just buy a deck at the bookstore.

Tarot open up a new world for me. I feel I am able to dig deeper into myself, pull knowledge out that I didn’t know was there, and the funnness of talking to the spirits in my back yard.

I have been reading for over 25 years now. Every time I obtain a new deck, I learn something from it. I learn new things from decks I have been using for years.

It is never ending.

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Where do my non-witchy talents lie, how do I (or can I) incorporate them in my witchcraft?

 

Ok, I’m going to stop you right there.

I have always wanted to be a witch, all the way from when I was 4. It took me 20 years but I have been practicing for over 20 now and I’m not stopping any time soon.

If you want me to start separating my witchy skills from my non witchy skills, that ain’t happening.

It’s all witchcraft to me.

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What are my hobbies, how do I (or can I) incorporate them in my witchcraft?

 

I don’t do much hobbying.

I crochet, and crochet bags for my tarot and oracle cards.

I read, and its books of witchcraft.

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What, if anything, in my mundane life influences my witchcraft?

 

I don’t see it as the mundane influences my witchcraft but my witchcraft influences my mundane life.

I pick color based on witchcraft. I pick scents based on witchcraft. I blast certain songs out as spells in a heartbeat.

I’m a witch, 100% of the time, 24/7/365 366 on leap years. It’s all witchcraft, nothing is mundane.

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I got thoughts.

I got thoughts.

Went to a wake for a neighbor. Line was all around the inside of Morton's.  Made me think about Dad’s funeral.

And that thought started me off on another train.

I thought moving out of the trailer and into the basement would cure me of my problems. I would have space to put all my stuff and get rid of my depression and become who I wanted to be.

And then Dad died.

So, I thought after “mourning” for a year, I was ready to start living. I was going to wait for the new year to start. It was a new decade after all.

I was so hopeful on January 1st, 2020.

You know how that year turned out.

Last night I sat and wrote and all the shit that was in me for the past few weeks was gone. I have hope and plans for the new year. Get my books out, with a notebook, and start studying.

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What is my learning style; books, websites, videos, more hands-on?

 

I love my books. I love picking up info from websites. I like seeing the short videos with helpful tips.

And I love taking all that and trying it with my own little hands.

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Which cultures do I draw from in my witchcraft?

 

I draw from my own cultures:  German Roman Catholic, hick, redneck, and nerd.

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What do I believe is needed for a successful spell/ritual?

 

I believe when I perform them, they are successful.

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How do I create a sacred/witchy space?

 

I realized that I have hit some major goals in the last few months. And it took me some time to understand that it is time for some new goals.

The big one is getting my basement I live in in order. 

A week ago, I wrote:

I am doing hardcore cleaning today. I get depressed that my lair is trashed and I know by cleaning it, it will cure me but I'm too depressed to clean it, so there is this cycle that goes one before I Hulk out and start mad cleaning.

And that is how I am making sacred/witchy space. I am getting my house in order. I got my witch’s cabinet in order last week and it is a beauty to see.

And it makes me want to do witchy stuff.

Cleaning and organizing is how I am making sacred/witchy space.

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Who do I honor (ex: deities, ancestors, myself, etc.), and how do I, or would I like to, honor them?

 

I am hoping to start working on an ancestors altar soon. It has been on my ToDoList for forever.

I also want to get back/dig deeper into my devotion to Karpo, Greek goddess of fall.

Plus, I want to work on my outdoor space. I feel that’s for another group of “people” and I want a nicer spot to talk to them.

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Would I want to be dedicated/initiated?

 

That would be mean going out and being with people and, gods, people? Really? You want me out there doing group work?

As of right now, I do not feel a need to seek out a group in real life. Online, maybe, but having to drive somewhere and get along with people and their rules, that ain’t me.

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What would my perfect witchy day be like?

 

We are almost there.

I want fall. I want a gray day that’s slightly wet. I want a nip in the air where you it makes to think you need to find your hoodie soon.

I would also be off from work. The weather needs to be so that I can open my basement door and bring in the fresh air of the outside.

The day makes me want to work. I wan to work get up and put in the effort to do what needs to be done, be it cleaning or witchcraft.

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What is my favorite type of magic; candle, sympathetic, sigils, etc.?

 

Right now, I am very much about the cards, tarot and oracle.

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What subject do I love to study?

 

I have goals for next year to do some looking into tarot and aligning it with other concepts.

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Formal or informal rituals/spells? Why?

Both.

There is a need to sit down and write out a full-blown spell/ritual, to make sure it is perfect before doing the magic.

And there is a need to just do magic on the fly.

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What do I gain from witchcraft and magic?

 

Everything.

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What rules, if any, do I live by when it comes to witchcraft and magic?

 

No culture appropriation. I am a white and I am trying very hard to keep my practice non-commandeering of others’ cultures.

Other then that, ward your shit, protect your own, and take no crap from lesser beings.

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Do I like to be told how to do things, or would I rather figure it out on my own?

 

I rather find out. Point me to the book and let me sort it out.

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Bless me Mother-

“Bless me Mother-”

“Where the fuck have you been? I thought you been killed or even worse!”

“Are you quoting Jeff Foxworthy to me?”

“If you want my blessing, you better start talking.”

“Bless me Mother for I am not doing good.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. I have a job that I like and treat me fair. Last Sunday was a shit show but it was still better then that other fucking place. I have a new car now. It’s from this millennium so it’s all new and shiny to me. And I have a partner that sees me as a whole person.”

“You got your dreams Baby Opossum. You need to reach for the next level.”

“This is almost like when I moved into the basement. I thought with space I would be free from my depression. No, moved that with me.

“So now that I have the better things, car, job, partner, why do I feel so down?”

“You’re not use to being happy. You were starting to feel that last year but you had that sword over year head. That sword is gone. All the things that were holding you back are gone now. You are free.”

“Am I just not moving forward out of fear?”

“Could be.”

“Plus, if that other thing happens…”

“You’ll be living your life like a bitch about to get accused of witchcraft in Salem?"

“I won?”

“Baby, you are winning. Get out there and cut a motherfucker down.”

“Thank you Mother.”