That "familiarize yourself with the tarot" exercise I've been doing the last few days is working. Roommate picked some cards and I didn't have to look at the book to know swords were bad and pentacles are basically coins, which have to do with financial stuff. And when she drew king of swords I was like "Hoo boy! Not a great card." :D ( Read more... )

One card draw: Eight of cups ( Read more... )

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WikiHow said to familiarize yourself with the tarot deck, and gave some ideas for that. I did a couple tonight, and here's what I have so far:
(First bits are my own thoughts and feelings based solely on looking at the cards. Then I look at the definitions in the book.)

Tarot journal. Anne Stokes Gothic Tarot.

Card a day

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So... I got this book ("Natural Satanic Witchcraft" by Kindra Ravenmoon) because it has malevolent uses for gemstones, which is information I can't find anywhere else, even though it was $22. I needed this information for my Ravenstone fiction story, it might be useful for that, when it comes time to decide wands for villains and/or dark witches in ( Read more... )

It used to be, back in Iowa, that whenever I did a ritual or other magick, it would rain. Which was no coincidence because Iowa air hoards water like a miser hoards money. So it was like the magick shook loose the water into rain ( Read more... )

In magical lore, "casting a glamour" means using magic to make someone more beautiful than they are; IMPOSSIBLY beautiful, in fact. NOBODY looks that good without the "magic" of the modern glamour. The fact that models and actresses are called "glamorous" is not a coincidence. The fashion industry, Hollywood, and television all use "movie magic" to ( Read more... )