This Is An Aphrodite Appreciation Post.

Quote by Lea Natay

The five of swords always speaks to me, I’m not sure why, and I don’t know what it’s trying to say. Oh well, I’ll find out eventually.

A few days ago I came up with a fun tarot exercise, though I'm sure it's been done before.

Go through your deck and find your favourite cards. Write down why they are your favourite whether it's the name, meaning, imagery, or colours. Then think about how those cards relate to you as a person and write down your thoughts.

I found it to be very insightful.

Today she wants raspberries?

Witch Safety Tip:

Don't burn cinnamon or cassia. I know it smells delicious. I know it has the cleansing power we all dream of. But cinnamon is a SEVERE respiratory irritant. Even if your lungs are healthy, it can cause lung scarring. If your lungs are less than flawless? Disaster.

That includes cinnamon oil.

Cinnamon scented candles are fine, because they're stabilized.

Heating cinnamon or cinnamon oil up is fine.

Just don't burn it.

Bonus Tip: don't put cinnamon on your skin. ESPECIALLY NOT CINNAMON OIL. We use cinnamon oil to strip varnish from furniture. Back in ye olde days of the 2010s, people mixed cinnamon powder with water to give themselves a facial peel. They peeled their flesh right off! Cinnamon can give you third degree chemical burns.

YMMV, but it's been my experience that one thing that's really helpful in banishing is having a strong conviction in your personal right to have boundaries.

What's your best research tip?

Witchy, occult, and magical folks who do a lot of research: what is your favorite or best research tip?

Bonus: How did you come about learning this tip?

Throw that shit in a jar and call it witchcraft