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50 Simple Charms
Basil at the door, windows, or scattered in the home will increase money.
Lay thorny branches on your doorstep to keep evil from your dwelling.
Eat a pinch of Thyme before bed, and you will have sweet dreams.
Place chips of Cedar wood in a box with some coins to draw money to you.
Carry an Anemone Flower with you to ward against illness.
Hang a bit of Seaweed in the kitchen to ward evil spirits.
Keep a jar of Alfalfa in your cupboards to ensure the prosperity of your house.
Burn Allspice as an incense to draw money or luck to you, as well as speed healing.
Cut an Apple in half, and give one half to your love to ensure a prosperous relationship.
Carry an Avocado pit with you to let your inner beauty shine outwardly. Avocado is also an aphrodisiac.
Strawberries are an aphrodisiac.
Place a piece of cotton in your sugar bowl to draw good luck to your house.
Celery is an aphrodisiac.
Place Almonds in your pocket when you need to find something.
Scatter Chili Peppers around your house to break a curse.
Carrying a packet of strawberry leaves will help ease the pains of pregnancy.
Scatter some sugar to purify a room.
Throw rice into the air to make rain.
Carry a potato in your pocket or purse all winter to ward against colds.
Eat five almonds before consuming alcohol, to lighten the effects of intoxication.
Place a pine branch above your bed to keep illness away.
Chew celery seeds to help you concentrate.
Carry of chunk of dry pineapple in a bag to draw luck to you.
Ask an orange a yes or no question before you eat it, then count the seeds: if the seeds are an even number, the answer is no. If an odd number, yes.
Eat olives to ensure fertility.
Toss Oats out your back door to ensure that your garden or crop will be bountiful.
Eat mustard seed to ensure fertility.
Place Lilacs around your house to rid yourself of unwanted spirits.
Eat Lettuce to drive lustful thoughts from your mind.
Rub a Lettuce leaf over your forehead to help you sleep.
Add Lemon juice to your bathwater for purification.
Eat grapes to increase psychic powers.
Carry a blade of grass to increase your psychic powers.
Smell Dill to get rid of hiccups.
If you place a Dill sachet over your door, those who wish you ill can not enter your home.
Place cotton on an aching tooth, and the pain will ease.
Burn cotton to cause rain.
Place pepper inside a piece of cotton and sew it shut to make a charm to bring back a lost love.
Carry a small onion to protect against venomous animals.
Eat grapes to increase fertility.
Place a sliced onion in the room of an ill person do draw out the sickness.
Place an onion underneath your pillow to have prophetic dreams.
Place morning glory seeds under your bed to cure nightmares.
Walk through the branches of a maple tree to ensure that you will have a long life.
Mix salt and pepper together and scatter it around your house to dispel evil.
Smell Lavender to help you sleep. (Lavender makes me fall asleep so fast).
Hang a pea pod containing nine peas above the door to draw your future mate to you.
Eat a peach to assist in making a tough decision.
Carry peach wood to lengthen your lifespan.
Carry a walnut to strengthen your heart muscle.
Using Planetary Squares to Create Sigils
Sigils are very, very popular on Tumblr and the Internet lately. They are perfect for witches and magicians living in today’s dynamic world. There is much consternation and perhaps even a bit of debate, though, over what constitutes a sigil and how to use them properly. I personally just define them as any (usually) two-dimensional symbol communicating magical intent, and I’ve talked about my process for making and charging them here. A lot of us have different methods for making sigils, and there’s really no wrong way to do it (provided it works for you), but there do exist some traditional sigilization methods, among which we find the idea of using planetary squares.
This method, popularized by Agrippa, uses a series of number grids associated with each planet. A statement of some sort of magical intent is translated into numbers, and then the numbers are plotted on the grid. A line is then drawn between the numbers in their order within the statement, beginning with a circle to denote a start point, and ending with a perpendicular line across the main one. You’ve probably seen sigils made in this fashion before - the circle at the beginning and perpendicular line at the end make them rather recognizable.
While not all sigils with those features are planetary, they do employ a similar technique to those using the planetary grids, usually a grid setup of some sort. Of note, many technowitches will use keypads and keyboards as grids in making sigils. Here, though, I’ll describe what’s (mostly) the traditional method for making a simple sigil using a planetary grid. It’s pretty far beyond the scope of this article to include all the grids, but resources for them can be found in various places online, including this site.
Lets just here, as an example, focus on the grid for Venus, which is shown below.
Suppose you’re a witch and would like to create a sigil using it to help a friend find love, or to bring love of some sort into your own life, strengthen an existing relationship, or just invoke the concept of love for some reason in general. Venus is an ideal celestial sphere to work with for this purpose, as most people know, given that Venus is not only named for a goddess of love, but also associated with love in astrology. Venus is associated with other matters, too, such as creativity, fertility, and art, though, so we want to be specific. We could, in theory, just use the glyph, hexagram, or other symbol of Venus for this, but suppose your friend (who has bad luck in love, and needs help with it) wants a custom sigil specifically. It’s quite easy to do.
Like with most sigils, you begin by summing up your intent. Were I doing this for a specific, actual situation and not as an example, I might spend a long time deciding on the correct choice of word or words to sum up the goal of the sigil, but for the purposes of this example, we’ll just use the word LOVE itself as our statement of intent. It’s not very specific, but it’s positive, and using it in this fashion will be a great demonstration of this technique. The word LOVE, after all, only has five letters, and works well to sigilize in this fashion. That’s one thing I do want to emphasize before you try this with something more complex - try to reduce your intent to as few letters as possible. This can be done by removing vowels or repeating letters if your statement is complex, but planetary sigils really do work best with as succinct an intent as possible. You’ll soon see why.
We take the word LOVE and transliterate it into numbers using the following table of values. The table has variations, and witches assign numbers to letters in a variety of ways - some might transliterate their intent into Hebrew or Greek letters and use those systems of gematria, for example. This is the most common way that I’ve seen of doing it in English, though. Of note - Dixie Deerman (whose book taught me to do this back in the day) actually includes a & symbol at the end, equal to 900, and uses that to connect words if necessary. I’ve never been much for that, but some might find it useful, so I mention it. It’s in the image below.
For LOVE, it gets transliterated into five numbers, which are, in order, 30, 60, 400, and 5. This can then be plotted on the Venus square using the method described above, beginning with the first number (30) and ended with the 5. But wait! If you actually look at the Venus square, it doesn’t quite go as high as 400, does it? It doesn’t even go up to 60. So, how do we include those numbers (representing the letters O and V) in the sigil? Well, simply divide them by 10! Instead of plotting straight up 30, 60, 400, and 5 on the grid, we’re plotting 30, 6, 40, and 5. This is how it is commonly done, and, in my experience, it works quite well.
Below is the finished LOVE sigil plotted on the Venus grid. Notice how the first number is circled, to designate where the sigil begins, and the last one is marked with a perpendicular line. Feel free to use this yourself if you want (and feel like doing love magick!), but I do encourage everyone to experiment and make their own for whatever purposes they favor.
Sigils made in this fashion on planetary grids can be used without the grid, naturally. If I were wanting to use the one above as a bit of gesture magick by tracing it in the air, or perhaps just sketch it on a piece of paper for a quick boost, I’d do so without drawing the full grid - just the lines themselves. The grid is implied. When creating the grid on paper in preparation for creating a sigil, though, it’s traditional to draw the lines, and then jump around the grid, filling in the numbers in order. I personally make most of my planetary sigils digitally in Photoshop, but some witches will have all the grids in their grimoire and use tracing paper over them to create the sigils. There’s a lot of methods for making a planetary sigil physically or digitally, so practice, and see what works for you.
Color can play a role in any sigil you create, too. If anything peeves me in the magical community these days, it would be that so few witches realize you can use colorful sigils. I just feel that people miss out when they don’t explore that, and it can be a lot of fun! With planetary sigils, each planet is associated with several colors traditionally (as an example, Venus has an association with both pink and emerald green), and you yourself might have color associations on your own for the planets or the intent of your sigil that can be used. You’ll note above that I’ve tinted the lines of the sigil itself a nice Venusian green, and were I casting the sigil, I’d do it with green ink if possible, or just visualize it in green. In fact, were I to suggest someone use this sigil (or were I using it myself), it might end up looking something like this:
The usual “rules” (as in, whatever you usually get results doing) as far as charging and preparing mentally to use a sigil apply with planetary sigils, as well. If you’ve read my article on charging sigils, you know that I personally know some folks who don’t “charge” sigils formally, yet still get good results. A lot of them work with planetary sigils, and the general consensus between us (having discussed this) is that, for some people, the very process (which you now see is quite involved) for creating these sigils can be sufficient to charge them. Whatever works for you is fine, but definitely experiment a bit.
I hope this article on planetary squares and sigilization was useful or entertaining for you, and that you create wonderful magick, regardless of how you do it! Planetary squares used in sigilization are a great way to get started working with celestial forces in specific ways, and they’re ideal for witches who’re on a budget or trying to keep things low-key, as they, like most sigils, require essentially nothing but paper and pen to create. If you like my work, consider donating or purchasing a divination reading in my shop, and if you have an questions, feel free to contact me.
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Goetic Sigils.
Methods for Spells
TO BIND- wrap in black thread, drip wax over, or seal in a jar and hide it in the dark.
TO BANISH- burn an effect to ash and sweep off the back door step, cast it out a window, or bury in the ground and spit on it
TO ENCOURAGE- plant it by the front door/steps, bury by a window, or place it on a windowsill
TO HIDE- place in a jar painted black, cover with cloth and bury, or wrap with a ribbon
TO CLEANSE- bury it in a bowl of salt, burn herbs and pass through the smoke, or lay it in a moonwater bath
TO GLAMOUR- leave under the full moon, hold its reflection over a mirror with herbs, or
TO WISH- place before a candle and blow it out, drown a coin in water, or let seeds blow into the wind
TO COMMUNICATE- (with a spirit or deity) - anoint a candle, leave out offerings, or open the front doors and windows
TO WARD- leave part of the spell in four corners, draw lines around the protected area, or plant an object of projection in the north, east, south, and west edges
TO CURSE- spit on it, drag your nails down it, or stick sharp things in it
TO DISCOURAGE - plant or bury by the back door, or burn to ash
TO JINX- say it three times out loud, or say a word the same time as someone else
TO MANIPULATE - use wax, use poppets, or tie several strings to pieces of an effect
TO BENEFIT - light a candle, charge a crystal, or create a talisman
Types of Divination Masterpost
A
Abacomancy: by dust or sand
Acultomancy: by needles
Aeromancy: by atmospheric conditions
Agalmatomancy: by statues
Aichmomancy: by sharp objects
Alectormancy: by rooster sacrifice
Aleuromancy: by flour
Alomancy: by salt
Alphitomancy: by barley
Alveromancy: by sound
Ambulomancy: by walking
Anemoscopy: by wind
Anthomancy: by flowers
Anthracomancy: by burning coals
Anthropomancy: by human sacrifice
Anthroposcopy: by physical appearance
Apantomancy: by chance encounters with animals
Arachomancy: by spiders
Archnomancy: by sacred relics
Ariolation: by altars
Arithmancy: by assigning numerical value to a word or phrase
Armomancy: by one’s own shoulders
Aruspicina: by studying entrails
Aspidomancy: by sitting in a drawn circle
Astrapomancy: by lightning
Astrology: by celestial bodies
Auramancy: by auras
Axiomancy: bu axes
B
Batraquomancy: by frogs
Belomancy: by arrows
Beltonism: by water current
Botanomancy: by burning sage or figs
Brontomancy: by thunder
Bumpology: by bumps on the skin
C
Canomancy: by dogs
Capnomancy: by smoke
Carromancy: by melting wax
Cephaleonomancy: by boiling a donkey’s head
Ceraunoscopy: by thunder and lightning
Ceromancy: by dripping wax in water
Chalcomancy: by striking gongs
Chaomancy: by aerial visions
Chartomancy: by things on paper
- Cartomancy: by cards
- Taromancy: by tarot
- Bibliomancy: by the Bible
- Stichomancy: by books
- Aleuromancy: by fortune cookies
- Stoicheomancy: by the Iliad and the Odyssey
Choriomancy: by pig bladders
Chresmomancy: by the ravings of lunatics
Clamancy: by cries heard in crowds or at night
Cledonism: by chance events or overheard words
Cleidomancy: by keys
Cleromancy: by casting
- Astragalomancy: by dice
- Domino Divination: by dominos
- Favomancy: by beans
- Runecasting: by runes
Cometomancy: by comet tails
Colormancy: by colors
Conchomancy: by shells
Cottabomancy: by wine in a brass bowl
Cromnyomancy: by onion sprouts
Cryptomancy: by omens
Cryomancy: by ice
Cyathomancy: by cups
Cycolicomancy: by swirling water in a cup
Cyclomancy: by wheels
D
Dactyliomancy: by finger rings
Dactylomancy: by finger movements
Daphnomancy: by burning laurel wreaths
Demonomancy: by demons
Dendromancy: by trees
Dictiomancy: by randomly opening a dictionary
Dowsing: by diving rod
Dracomancy: by dragons
Dririmancy: by dripping blood
Drimimancy: by body fluids
E
Electromancy: by electricity
Eleomancy: by oil
Entomomancy: by insects
Eromancy: by water vessels exposed to air
Extispicy: by the remains of sacrificed animals
F
Fructomancy: by fruits
G
Gastromancy: by guttural sounds
Geomancy: by earth
Geloscopy: by laughter
Gematria: by the Hebrew alphabet
Genethlialogy: by birth date
Graphology: by studying handwriting
Gyromancy: by dizziness
H
Hagiomancy: by saints
Hematomancy: by blood
Hepatoscopy: by liver
Hydratomancy: by rainwater
Hyomancy: by wild hogs
Hypnomancy: by sleep
I
Ichthyomancy: by footprints
Idolomancy: by idols
Iridology: by eye colors
K
Knissomancy: by incense
L
Labiomancy: by lips
Lampadomancy: by flame
Letnomancy: by secrets
Lithomancy: by gems or stones
Logarithmancy: by logarithms
Lychnomancy: by candles
M
Macharomancy: by swords or knives
Macromancy: by large objects
Maculomancy: by spots on the skin
Margaritomancy: by bouncing pearls
Mathemancy: by mathematics
Mazomancy: by breast feeding
Megapolisomancy: by large cities
Metagnomy: by magic
Meteormancy: by meteors
Metoposcopy: by forehead lines
Micromancy: by small objects
Molybdomancy: by molten metals
Moromancy: by foolishness
N
Necromancy: by speaking to the dead
Necyomancy: by summoning damned souls
Nephomancy: by clouds
Notarikon: by initials
Numerology: by numbers
Numismatomancy: by coins
O
Oculomancy: by eyes
Odontomancy: by teeth
Oenomancy: by wine
Ololygmancy: by the howling of dogs
Omphalomancy: by navels
Oneiromancy: by dreams
Onomancy: by letters in a name
Onychomancy: by fingernails or toenails
Oomancy: by eggs
Oromancy: by mountains
Oryctomancy: by minerals
Osteomancy: by bones
Ouija: by Ouija boards
P
Pallomancy: by pendulums
Palmistry: by the palms of hands
Papyromancy: by folding paper
Pegomancy: by fountains
Pessomancy: by pebbles
Phobomancy: by feelings of fear
Photomancy: by fields of light
Phrenology: by the configuration of one’s brain
Phyllomancy: by leaves
- Sycomancy: by fig leaves
- Tasseography: by tea leaves
Phyllorhodomancy: by rose petals
Physiognomy: by faces
Phytognomy: by the appearance of plants
Pneumancy: by blowing
Poe Divination: by throwing stones on the floor
Portenta: by natural phenomena
Pseudomancy: by false means
Ptarmoscopy: by sneezes
Pyromancy: by fire
R
Retromancy: by looking over one’s shoulder
Rhabdomancy: by rods or sticks
Rhapsodomancy: by poetry
Roadomancy: by constellations
S
Scarpomancy: by old shoes
Scatomancy: by excrement
Sciomancy: by shadows or spirits
Scrying: by gazing
- Crystal gazing: by reflective objects
- Gastromancy: by crystal ball
- Hydromancy: by water
- Catroptromancy: by mirrors
Selenomancy: by the moon
Shufflemancy: by electronic playlist
Sideromancy: by burning straw with an iron
Skatharomancy: by beetle tracks
Solaromancy: by the sun
Somatomancy: by the human form
- Cephalomancy: by skulls
- Podomancy: by the sole’s of one’s feet
- Rumpology: by buttocks
Spasmatomancy: by convulsions
Spodomancy: by soot
- Libanomancy: by incense ash
- Tephramancy: by tree bark ash
Stareomancy: by the four elements
Stercomancy: by seeds in bird excrement
Stolisomancy: by fashion
Styramancy: by patterns in chewing gum
Symbolomancy: by things found on the road
T
Technomancy: by technology
Theriomancy: by animal behaviors
Thumomancy: by one’s own soul
Topomancy: by geography or geological formations
Transataomancy: by things accidentally seen of heard
Trochomancy: by wheel ruts
Turifumy: by shapes in smoke
Tyromancy: by cheese
U
Umbilicomancy: by umbilical cords
Umbromancy: by shade
Uranomancy: by the sky
Uromancy: by urine
Urticariaomancy: by itches
V
Videomancy: by films
X
Xenomancy: by strangers
Xylomancy: by the shape or texture of wood
Z
Zygomancy: by weights
For When Shit is All Fucked Up:
1. - 2. WHAT THE: (Center Cross) The face of my current challenge. The crux of what hounds me. 3. ACTUAL: What is real about this situation? 4. FUCK: What is wrong about this situation? 5. ?: Where do I need more information? Where do I need to ask, research, and listen? 6. !: What can I do? What first steps can I take in action?
Hang in there loves!
Full post on the blog: http://www.interrobangtarot.com/blog
And if you like this spread, you might like some of my others: http://www.interrobangtarot.com/contents
Want.
Andrea Dworkin - Wicked Witch, “Woman Hating: A Radical Look at Sexuality”, 1974.
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’s Demon Seals, originally drafted in the early 16th century (modern English translation and interpretation by Lupus Nensén).
Traditional Georgian dancing.
This is a current theory saying that the coats of arms of Polish nobility developed from magical characters of the Sarmatians which were called “tamgas”. According to tradition Polish nobility were the descendants of the ancient Sarmatians, and in fact Poland was often called Sarmatia or Sauromatia. In the 19th century this traditional belief was regarded as a myth, but now it is held to be based on truth. The tamgas were magical signs the exact purpose of which is not known. They were found on various objects of everyday use, on weapons, jewellery, etc. and were brought to Europe by the Sarmatians in the early centuries A.D, from their homeland on the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea where they bordered with the Persian Empire the land of the Magi. It is easy to see the similarity of the tamgas and the coats of arms of Polish nobility.
Tarot Cheat Sheet
Major Arcana
{0 - The Fool} Unexpected opportunity, major choice.
{I - The Magician} You have the ability you need to succeed, mastery.
{II - The High Priestess} Intuition, secrets to be revealed, unexplored potential.
{III - The Empress} Nurturing to full potential, marriage, motherhood.
{IV - The Emperor} Ambition, authority, financial stability, achievement.
{V - The Hierophant} Traditional values, a wise person provides guidance.
{VI - The Lovers} Love relationship, perhaps love choices.
{VII - The Chariot} Triumph over difficulties, strength of will needed.
{VIII - Strength} Gentleness with inner strength and courage.
{IX - The Hermit} Withdrawal for contemplation, inner wisdom.
{X - The Wheel of Fortune} Change of fortune, a new cycle commencing, progress.
{XI - Justice} Fairness, the need for a balanced mind, legal matters.
{XII - The Hanged Man} Understanding, different perspective, self sacrifice.
{XIII - Death} Major change, transformation, death.
{XIV - Temperance} Patience, moderation, compromise, balance, healing.
{XV - The Devil} Manipulation, overindulgence, self enslavement.
{XVI - The Tower} Destruction of something built upon false beliefs.
{XVII - The Star} Hope, healing, optimism, better times ahead.
{XVIII - The Moon} Uncertainty, illusion, fluctuating, emotions, unseen depth.
{XIX - The Sun} Success, happiness, good health, happy marriage.
{XX - Judgment} Renewal, revival, reward for efforts, karma.
{XXI - The World} Triumph and achievement, success, happiness.
Minor Arcana | WANDS - Fire
{Ace} New venture or way of life, pregnancy or birth.
{Two} Initial accomplishment, possible partnership.
{Three} Completion of first stage of project, progress.
{Four} Stability, holidays, marriage plans.
{Five} Conflict, quarreling, competition.
{Six} Success, achievement, promotions.
{Seven} Defending position, overcoming obstacles.
{Eight} Fast progress after delays, travel.
{Nine} Perseverance: pull reserves together for final push.
{Ten} Feeling overburdened or weary, determination required.
{Page} Good news work related, active cheerful child.
{Knight} Change of home, long journey, energetic young man.
{Queen} Warm cheerful woman always very busy.
{King} Entrepreneurial dynamic man who can be rash.
Minor Arcana | CUPS - Water
{Ace} New relationship, new start that brings happiness for all at home.
{Two} Important union, balance in a relationship, reconciliation.
{Three} Happiness and achievement, wedding/family celebrations.
{Four} Boredom and discontent.
{Five} Feelings of disappointment, let down, betrayal, regrets.
{Six} Happiness from the past, old friends, an old love revived.
{Seven} Feeling overwhelmed with choices: one must be made, imagination.
{Eight} Abandoning a path, disillusionment, emotionally unfulfilled.
{Nine} The “wish” card, emotional, material fulfillment.
{Ten} Committed and contented love, marriage, happy home life.
{Page} Happy news: emotional nature, sensitive creative child.
{Knight} Love proposals, romantic idealistic young man.
{Queen} Kind thoughtful sensitive woman with caring nature.
{King} Warm thoughtful man in the caring or creative professions.
Minor Arcana | SWORDS - Air
{Ace} Triumph over adversity, inner strength, mental clarity.
{Two} Stalemate.
{Three} Quarreling, misery through separation.
{Four} Rest and recovery following strain.
{Five} Deceit, hidden agenda, unfair dealings.
{Six} Harmony after strain, long journey over water.
{Seven} Diplomacy: not aggression, situation not going as anticipated.
{Eight} Feeling restricted by fear, being withdrawn.
{Nine} Sense of anxiety and despair, feelings of oppression.
{Ten} Disappointment, end of cycle, failed plans.
{Page} Delayed/disappointing news, minor problems with a child.
{Knight} Swift movement, chaotic, quick minded serious young man.
{Queen} Perceptive efficient no nonsense type lady.
{King} Man in uniform connected to law, government, etc.
Minor Arcana | PENTACLES - Earth
{Ace} Start of successful venture, important document, gift.
{Two} Maintaining balance with more than one area of life.
{Three} Success through effort, gains and recognition.
{Four} Overly cautious, fear of loss, material focus.
{Five} Temporary hardship, guard against loss.
{Six} Successful gains, sharing, gift.
{Seven} Work and patience rewarded, good new financially.
{Eight} New job, moneymaking venture from existing talent.
{Nine} Financial success and material security.
{Ten} Financial and family stability, property, inheritance.
{Page} Good news: financially, academic methodical child.
{Knight} Eventual positive outcome, reliable young man.
{Queen} Woman of worth who is capable and practical.
{King} Successful man who works with finance/figures.
Ancient Symbols and their Meanings.
This is the sound Jupiter emits via electromagnetic waves. Its so incredibly cool (10:00)
Numerology 101
In my time running this blog, I haven’t seen a single post about numerology, maybe just because nobody knows it, or maybe because witches have a pathological fear of math. Either way, it’s a shame! The basics of numerology are painfully easy to grasp, and I would mark it down as one of the easiest divinitory systems I’ve tried to date. So let’s hit the basics!
We’ll jump right into it.
The Math
Actually, we need to work out the numbers we’re using first. While a person’s birthday is already very handily in a numeric form for you, their name is written up in pesky letters. But every letter has a corresponding numerological number, and by noting the number for each letter in a name, you’re able to calculate what you need.
Here’s a chart of the numbers, nice and easy and not necessary to memorize at all.
The numerological ‘alphabet’ if you will, only goes from the numbers 1-9. The letter ‘A’ marks 1, then J does again, then S. The more you work with numbers, the more you’ll come to just know what letters are associated with what, but even if you don’t, this chart is easy to replicate and even easier to find online.
The next part comes in writing out the numbers for a person’s name. You’ll want to keep this organized rather than messy, as you’ll be using different parts of the numbers to calculate different things. I like to write out the names, then write the numbers for all the vowels above the name, then all the numbers for the consonants below the name. When you’ve done so, it should look something like this:
Some things to note:
Y is treated as a vowel when there are no other vowels in a syllable (Ex: Lynn, Carolyn)
W is treated as a vowel when preceded by a vowel and when it produces a single sound (Ex: Bradshaw, Matthew)
The birthday, again, is already in numeric format, so now all of your numbers just need to be added properly. Which brings us back to the scary part.
The Actual Math
Really, it’s nothing more than basic sums. If you can add, you can figure out your numbers. Hell, if you can’t add, you can have a calculator figure it out for you.
It is a little more involved than adding all the numbers you’ve so dutifully marked down and calling it a day, but let’s work through it first.
First, add all the numbers from the vowel section together. Then, add all the numbers from the consonant section together. If we go off the name I provided above, it should look something like this:
Congrats, the hardest bit of math is over!
“But Shay,” you say. “You said the numerological alphabet only consists of the numbers 1-9!”
And so I did. But I also said only the worst of the math was over. Next, we need to break down the numbers we got until they fall into that range. What you do for this is you take each numeral in the number and you add them together.
Let’s break it down. Looking at the vowel section, we’ve been left with the number 22. To get the numerological number, you take each numeral and add them together - here, that looks like 2 + 2 and leaves us with the number 4, perfectly within our range.
Our consonant number at the moment is 54, or 5 + 4, which adds up to 9. Again, in range. Should you get a number that’s still too big, keep breaking it down until it’s only one digit. For example, the number 98 becomes 17 (9 + 8), but then 17 becomes 8 (1 + 7) and is now within the acceptable range.
You’ve just calculated the Inner Dreams number and the Soul Urge number. And by adding those two together (and reducing as necessary) you will have the Destiny Path number. In this case, it’s 4 (The Soul Urge and Inner Dreams numbers 9 and 4 add up to 13, and 13 as 1 + 3 equals 4).
That’s three numbers down, one to go.
We’ve largely neglected the Life Path number, but all it really requires is the reduction method we just covered.
Take my birthday. April 27th, 1993, or in number terms, 04/27/1993. All you have to do is add all these numbers together, then once they’re nice and neat in one giant number, you simplify it as you learned. 04 + 27 + 1993 = 2024, which gives us a number to reduce. Even though it’s more than two digits, you handle it the same way. 2 + 0 + 2 + 4 adds up to 8, making a quick work of the reduction and giving us our Life Path number.
For you visual learners out there, it looks something like this:
Breaking it Down
So now, we have all four of our numbers! And with minimal tears shed. For the sake of having everything in one place, all of my numbers put together look something like this:
A number showing up more than once implies a strength of presence in that number - two or three times indicates that the traits associated with that number are strong, as do numbers that ‘resonate’, such as how 4 fits evenly into 8 or 3 fits evenly into 9. If there are too many repetitions of a number, expect to see more and more of the negative associations of those traits brought to light. Keep your eye out for these, as they will amplify one another.
Okay, but what does it all mean?
The Divination
There are four major numbers you go for when putting someone’s numbers together. The Life Path number, the Destiny Path number, the Soul Urge number, and the Inner Dreams number.
Life Path:
The life path number is the sum of the numbers in one’s birthday (date, month, and year). It relates to the path in life one will take and the traits one has at birth.
Destiny Path:
The destiny path number is the sum of all letters in one’s full name. It relates to the tasks one was meant to achieve in their lifetime.
Soul Urge:
The soul urge number is the sum of all vowels in a person’s name. It represents a person’s inner cravings, their likes and dislikes, and what they value most.
Inner Dreams:
The inner dreams number is the sum of all consonants in a person’s name. It represents secret dreams, inner desires, and fantasies.
And lastly, the meaning of the numbers themselves. This post is already long enough to the point where I’m not going to write up a paragraph about each and every number (they are all available and more if you look them up online), but I’ll give you a run-down for each.
1:
Positive Traits: Initiator, pioneering spirit, inventive ideas, strong leadership skills, independent Negative Traits: Overly assertive, aggressive, domineering, impulsive, egotistic, boastful
2:
Positive Traits: Cooperative, adaptable, considerate of others, sensitive, diplomatic, modest Negative Traits: Shy, timid, fearful, drowns in the details, easily depressed
3:
Positive Traits:
Self-expressive, inspired, happy, fun-loving, keen imagination
Negative Traits:
Scattered energies, self-centeredness, unfinished projects, lack of direction
4:
Positive Traits: Strong sense of order, highly practical, steady growth, fine management skills Negative Traits: Lack of imagination, stubborn, fixed opinions, argumentative, slow to act
5:
Positive Traits: Expansiveness, new visionary ideas, quick thinking, versatile, resourceful Negative Traits: Restless, discontent, edgy temperament, dissatisfaction, overhasty, impatient
6:
Positive Traits: Responsible, artistic, nurturing, community-oriented, balanced, sympathetic Negative Traits: Self-righteous, obstinate, stubborn, meddlesome, egotistical, dominating
7:
Positive Traits: Methodical, analytical, intelligent, scientific, studious, solitary, perfectionist Negative Traits: Hidden motives, suspicious, overly reserved, isolated, inflexible
8:
Positive Traits: Good leader, strong sense of direction, sound judgement, decisive, commanding Negative Traits: Overly ambitious, oppressive, impatient, stressed, materialistic
9:
Positive Traits: Hearty friendliness, humanitarian instincts, giving, selfless, creative Negative Traits: Self-adulation, scattered interests, possessiveness, moodiness, carelessness
So there you have it! Put the numbers you calculated to their associated meanings and work it out in your head, just like with tarot or other divinatory practices.
Just a few parting comments before I end this post.
In Summation
This is the setup for a slightly above basic numerological reading. The most basic that I ever use involves taking just the Life Path and Destiny path numbers. To take an even more complex spread, you could break down the person’s full name by each individual name, analyzing the vowels, consonants, and overall number for the first, middle, and last name individually, so that you can study what builds a person up into their full name and their path numbers. This gets very extensive very fast, and even with just the four above, you may end up doing three numbers per name plus the Life Path number. For your standard 3-name schema, this would involve ten numbers. Still manageable, but quite a lot.
On the topic of nicknames: generally, the rule in numerology is that you should use the name a person has held the longest. For example, Shay isn’t my birth name, but I’ve been called Shay for just over half of my lifetime. This is a good guideline, but please consider it only as a guideline. If someone has a name they do not wish to be called, respect them, and analyze the name they give you instead. An interesting thing to do - if the subject is comfortable - is to compare the birth name with the chosen name numerologically, and they can comment on advances that you have made through your life.
This is all I can think of at the moment! Go forth and numerolocize!
Lastly, I put together a blank template so you can practice on your own :D
A very brief guide to different interesting-looking angels.
(in descending order of rank in the angelic hierarchy)
Seraphim (singular ‘seraph’) are described as having six wings; two used to cover their face, two used to cover their feet, and two to fly. They also have a strong association with fire and may therefore be depicted as being on fire.
Cherubim (singular ‘cherub’) have four faces: one of a man, one of an ox, one of a lion, and one of an eagle. They have four conjoined wings, each of which are covered in hundreds of eyes. They have the body of a lion and the feet of an ox, and human hands.
Ophanim (singular ‘ophan’), also known as Thrones, are two adjacent blue-green wheel-within-a-wheels with hundreds of eyes covering their rims. They are also on fire. Ophanim often house the souls of Cherubim, and are therefore usually seen accompanying them.
Dominions, also known as Hashmallim (singular ‘hashmal’) or Lordships, are the only angels described as appearing as beautiful humans with a single pair of wings.
Virtues, then Authorities, come after Dominions, but neither are described in any detail.
Principalities, also known as Rulers, are described as wearing a crown and carrying a scepter of light. Not much description of their physical form is given, however.
Archangels have been frequently depicted as winged humans, but Biblical reactions to their appearances suggest that their real appearance is much more terrifying.
Angels, the lowest and largest class of angel, are described as having immensely varied forms, and so may come in all shapes and sizes,
It’s also worth remembering that most angels, in their true forms, are immensely large, and in some cases it would take several year’s journey on foot to travel from the top to the bottom of one. Also, most angels are quite luminous, and some are outright Lovecraftian in that gazing upon them may lead to blindness or insanity.
Edible Magickal Flowers and Folk Lore
The culinary use of flowers dates back thousands of years to the Chinese, Greeks and Romans. Many cultures use flowers in their traditional cooking, medicine, and magick.
Adding flowers to your food can be a nice way to add color, flavor and a little magickal whimsy. Some are spicy, and some herbaceous, while others are floral and fragrant. The range is surprising. Flower petals can be used in salads and as garnish for desserts, but they also inspire magickal creative uses as well. Use them to make floral spirit water for rituals, as a medicinal tea, or add to a healing spell or love potion…. the possibilities are endless.
TIPS FOR SAFE AND TASTY DINING:
Not all flowers are edible (those listed below are safe for consumption) - As lovely as eating flowers can be, some can also be a little … deadly, so only eat flowers you know to be consumable — if you are uncertain, consult a reference book on edible flowers and plants. (Always refer to the botanical name when verifying whether a flower is safe to eat.)
Just because a flower is edible doesn’t mean it will taste good. Some will be more to your liking than others – it’s all a matter of taste. Keep in mind that the stamen, pistil and sepal of some blossoms are bitter and can contain pollen that may detract from the true flavor of the flower. Consuming only the petals will further heighten the appeal factor.
Eat flowers you have grown yourself, or know to be safe for consumption. Flowers from the florist or nursery have probably been treated with pesticides or other chemicals.
Do not eat roadside flowers or those picked in public parks. Both may have been treated with pesticide or herbicide, and roadside flowers may be polluted by car exhaust.
Eat only the petals, and remove pistils and stamens before eating.
If you suffer from allergies, introduce edible flowers gradually, as they may exacerbate allergies.
To keep flowers fresh, place them on moist paper towels and refrigerate in an airtight container. Some will last up to 10 days this way. Ice water can revitalize limp flowers.
1, Allium All blossoms from the allium family (leeks, chives, garlic, garlic chives) are edible and flavorful. Flavors run the gamut from delicate leek to robust garlic. Every part of these plants is edible. Garlic is masculine in nature and associated with the planet Mars, the element fire and the sign Aries. It is sacred to Hecate and is a suitable offering to her left at a crossroads. Garlic has antibiotic properties, but should not be used directly on wounds or in poultices or salves because it can be irritating to the skin and may inhibit blood clotting.
2. Angelica Depending on the variety, flowers range from pale lavender-blue to deep rose and have a licorice-like flavor. Believed to have originated in Syria, angelica is now found just about everywhere. In ancient times it was used to ward off the plague and evil and as a cure for poison and… well, just about everything else. Angelica is associated with the angels Michael and Gabriel. It is aligned with the sun and the element of fire and sacred to Venus. Angelica tea is useful for colic, gas, indigestion, hepatitis, heartburn, nausea, ulcers and various other digestive ailments.
3. Anise Hyssop Both flowers and leaves have a subtle anise or licorice flavor. Anise is one of the oldest known plants that were grown for both culinary and medicinal use. Anise is associated with the element of air, the God Apollo, the planets Mercury and Jupiter, and the astrological sign Gemini. Anise is also considered masculine. 4. Basil Blossoms come in a variety of colors, from white to pink to lavender; flavor is similar to the leaves, but milder. The word Basil comes from the Greeks, meaning “King”. Basil is sacred to Vishnu, Tulasi and Erzulie, masculine in nature, and associated with the element of fire and the planet Mars. Basil helps steady the mind, brings happiness, love, peace, and money and protects against insanity.
5. Calendula / Marigold A great flower for eating, calendula blossoms are peppery, tangy, and spicy — and their vibrant golden color adds a dash of magick to any dish. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans all loved calendula and used it for culinary and healing purposes. During the medieval period it was considered a cure for just about everything. Marigold is associated with the Sun. Calendula symbolizes love and constancy. It is great for wedding bouquets and decorations. It is the traditional “he loves me, he loves me not” flower and is useful for love potions. Dried petals can be strewn to consecrate an area or burned in consecration incense. They are also a good addition to dream pillows.
6. Carnations Petals are sweet, once trimmed away from the base. The blossoms taste like their sweet, perfumed aroma. In ancient Rome, carnations were known as “Jove’s Flower” as a tribute to their beloved king of the gods, Jupiter. Carnations are masculine, associated with the Sun and Jupiter, and with the element fire. Those things that fall under the rule of Jupiter are ideal for use in magickal applications related to luck, money, good fortune, status, legal matters, fertility, friendship, ambition, career, success and protection. The flowers can be used to lend strength in healing applications. The practitioner can also use carnation essential oils to increase health and vigor.
7. Chamomile Small and daisy like, the flowers have a sweet flavor and are often used in tea. Ragweed sufferers may be allergic to chamomile. The Romans used Chamomile for incense. Chamomile was used in ancient Egypt for fevers and was dedicated to their Sun God Ra. Chamomile is associated with the sun, Leo and the element of water. It helps cleanse and invigorate the throat chakra (5th). It is associated with various Sun Gods, including Cernunnos, Lugh and others. It is used in spells for money, peace, love, tranquility and purification.
8. Chrysanthemum / Mum A little bitter, mums come in a rainbow of colors and a range of flavors range from peppery to pungent. Use only the petals. In Celtic folklore, chrysanthemums in the garden were considered a meeting place for the faeries. Chrysanthemum is masculine in nature and resonates with the energy of the Sun and the element of fire. Chrysanthemum has been used for burial rituals and is a suitable decoration for Samhain and for ancestral altars. The dried flower heads of chrysanthemum can be burned during house blessings ceremonies.
9. Dandelion The bright yellow flowers should be gathered as soon as they open. Remove the green bits from the base of the flower before using. These can be added to wines, vinegar or jellies. The name dandelion comes from the French, “dent de lion” which means “tooth of the lion”. The dandelion is masculine in action and associated with the planet Jupiter, the element of air and both Pisces and Sagittarius. It is also associated with any solar deity, Hecate, Brigid and Belenos. A tea of the flowers and leaves may be consumed to increase psychic ability, while pouring boiling water over a bowlful of roots will aid in calling spirits. You can also make a wish and blow the seeds off a dandelion head.
10. Lavender Sweet, spicy, and perfumed, the flowers are a great addition to both savory and sweet dishes. Some of the earliest recorded uses of lavender are by the Roman soldiers who used the wild-growing plant to perfume their bathwater and wash their clothes. Lavender is masculine in action and associated with Mercury. It is also associated with the element of air and the astrological sign Virgo. It may be used as an asperging herb (to sprinkle water for purification purposes) and dried lavender sticks or wands can be burnt like incense. It is also useful in spells to sharpen the mind, to encourage or strengthen pure love and to encourage fertility. The scent of lavender is relaxing and uplifting all at once making it a great aromatherapy for stressed out or depressed individuals. Try adding some lavender oil to your bath or add it to mild oil for a relaxing massage at the end of a hard day. Stuffing a pillow with lavender buds may help insomniacs relax and fall asleep and soothes headaches.
11. Oregano The flowers are a pretty, subtle version of the leaf. Oregano is ruled by Venus and the element of air and associated with Aphrodite. It is used in spells for happiness, tranquility, luck, health, protection and letting go of a loved one. It can also be used in spells to deepen existing love. When worn on the head during sleep, it is said to promote psychic dreams. Oregano symbolizes joy. Use it for rituals celebrating joyful occasions, or in spells to bring joy into one’s life.
12. Rose Remove the white, bitter base and the remaining petals have a strongly perfumed flavor perfect for floating in drinks or scattering across desserts, and for a variety of jams. All roses are edible, with flavor more pronounced in darker varieties. From the time of Solomon, the rose has been the flower most closely linked with love. The rose was sacred to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, and was connected to her messenger, Cupid. Roses have been cultivated for over 5,000 years. Roses are associated with Aphrodite, Adonis and Eros. Rosewater is a protective agent worn on clothes. Rose petals can be added to charms against the evil eye.
13. Rosemary Flowers taste like a milder version of the herb; nice used as a garnish on dishes that incorporate rosemary. The word Rosmarinus is from the Latin meaning “dew of the sea”. Rosemary is also associated with Aphrodite and appears in many ancient images of Her. Rosemary was used to ward off evil spirits and nightmares. The wood was used to make musical instruments. Rosemary is male in nature and ruled by Leo, the element fire and the sun (or Moon, depending who you ask). It’s sacred to Hebe, Aphrodite and the Virgin Mary. Rosemary can be used in spells for fidelity and remembrance as well as to dispel jealousy. Rosemary is useful for ritual baths, and for making sacred herbal water for ritual cleansing, blessing and purification. Bathing in rosemary will enhance your memory.
14. Sage Blossoms have a subtle flavor similar to the leaves. Sage is a hardy perennial of the mint family. The Romans regarded sage quite highly and much sacrifice and ceremony was associated with its harvest. They believed it stimulated the brain and memory and used it to clean their teeth. Sage is masculine in nature and associated the element of air and the planet Jupiter. Sage is sacred to the Greek Zeus and Roman Jupiter. It is also a symbol of the Virgin Mary. Sage is used in magical workings for immortality, longevity, wisdom, protection and the granting of wishes. Sage is also believed to help alleviate sorrow of the death of a loved one.
15. Sunflower Petals can be eaten, and the bud can be steamed like an artichoke. Sunflower is associated with the sun and all solar deities. Its essence helps balance the first chakra and also helps with confidence in leadership roles. Sunflower oil can be used as carrier oil for healing oils used in massages and ointments.
16. Violets Another famous edible flower, violets are floral, sweet and beautiful as garnishes. Use the flowers in salads and to garnish desserts and drinks. In Roman mythology, violets were said to be lesser goddesses who once dared to rival the beauty of Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty. Violets are affiliated with the planet Venus or Pluto and are associated with the nymphs of ancient Greek myths. Violets are also associated with death and rebirth through the story of Attis. Violets are useful in love spells and may be carried as an amulet to increase one’s luck in love. Try combining them with lavender for an enhanced effect.
Sources: HerbalRiot, Cheralyndarcey, Witches of the Craft, Inspirationforthespirit, Witchipedia
I love this collection of sigils, but it is annoying difficult to read and impossible to search, so I typed it up as best I could. This was mostly for personal reference and I’m not terribly familiar with demons so there’s probably a few mistakes, but if anyone wants it, knock yourself out. As far as I know, the source on this is totally forgotten, but if someone knows it, please feel free to add it on!
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HERE FOLLOWS A LIST OF SEVERAL DEMONS AND THEIR SIGILS OF SUMMONING:
ABYSS: Lord of Chaos ACIEL: The God Burner ADATIEL: Walks the Earth ADNACHIEL: The Hunter Demon AGIEL: Lord of Calamity AMBRIEL: The Changer AMNIXIEL: Demon of the Lines ANAEL: Demon of Lust APADIEL: Of Hell’s Electorate Musician ARATRON: Demon of Sorrow ARIEL: Of Hell’s Electorate Historian AVACHIEL: The Inquisitor AZERVIEL: Demon of Defeat BABALEL: Second Demon of War BARBIEL: Lord of Ancients BARCHIEL: Of Hell’s Electorate Mechanic BEFAFES: First Demon of War BLISDON: The Quick One BORNOGO: Lord of Power BRORGES: Arch-demon of Woe BUTMONO: Demon of Greed CAMAEL: The Destroyer CASSIEL: Lord of All Conspirators CASSRIEL: Of Hell’s Electorate Poet CHENOR: The Wish Granter DAGON: The Great Fish DECARAB: The Beautiful DIGIN: The Disordered ELIM: Lord of Attrition EKSUSHA: The God Eyed
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EOLIGOS: Visible and Invisible FERUG: The Rusting One FOCALOR: The Demon That Drowns Men FORCAS: Teaches Logic and the Secrets of Plants and Gems FURTUR (FURFUR?): Demon of Storms GAMIGIN: The Horse Lord GARN: The King Tempter GRACHIEL: Arch-demon of the Dying Times HAGITH: Demon of Jealousy HAGONEL: Lord Under Grachiel HAMALIEL: Lord of Obsessions HANAEL: The Adversarial HASMODEL & HASMODAI: The Twin Bulls HISMAEL: The Acquirer IPOS: Knows Things To Come and Past JOCHMUS: The First Savior of Hell LAHAD: The Devil’s Voice LESIFUGES: Brings Riches and Shortens Life LUCIFER: The Morning Star MALCHIDAEL: Demon of Impatience MALPHAS: The Tower Builder MARBUEL: Of Hell’s Electorate Architect MARCHOSIAS: Gives and In Battles A Demon Bound (?) MEEOD: The Life Restorer MEPHISTOPH: Lord of the Host MICZARIEL: The Warrioress MURIEL: Great Demon of UCS (?) NABERIUS: Lord of Cunning NESTORATS: The Fire Master NYSROG: Lord of The House of Princes OCH: The Sun Speaker OPHIEL: Lord Messenger and God Teacher ORIAS: Of Hell’s Electorate Astronomer OZGIN: Demon of Madness PAIMON: Master of Infernal Ceremonies PARNIEL: First Lord Under Veguaniel
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PHALEG: Demon of Discontent PSOHDON: The Inconsistent RONOVE: The Knowledge Staff RAUYM: Demon of Filth SABNAC: Demon of Poisons SAKATH: Second Lord Under Veguaniel SALEOS: Of Hell’s Electorate Panderer SCHETALIM: The Polygod STYGAL: Brings Death SULUTH: The Great Robber SURGAT: Who Opens All Locks SYTRI: Lord of Luxury TARTHANAC: Lord of Goldiron TEPHROS: The Ashwaker and Fever Curer UPHIR: Of Hell’s Electorate Physician VABAM: Who Tells True of Hidden Treasure VALAC: Lord of Snakes VEGUANIEL: Archdemon of Fortune VEPAR: The Water Master VETIS: The Life Promiser ZABLAH: Of Hell’s Electorate Lawyer ZAGAM: Lord of Forgery ZURIEL: The Stone Master ZEPAR: Deforms the Unborn
The Mushroom Hunters (pt 1.) by Neil Gaiman.
I am happy to present my own Wamily’s version of finding your signifier card using a Tarot deck. (Wamily, just in case you don’t know, is a witch family.)
Please keep in mind that this is a practice passed down and developed by a handful of witches related to me, and isn’t the process that every cartomancer uses. I hope this helps you on your witchcraft journey!
My own signifier card was found when I was a wee little witch. I chose the Chariot (which, if you know me personally, is Salt through and through.) My strengths and limitations are very much found in this card and I am drawn to its imagery indefinitely.
Comment with your signifier card once you find it! I am excited to see what you receive.