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Remember to pay attention

On my walk today:

A black cat met my eyes, it was young and wary but defiant and didn't run away until I was a foot away.

I noticed that some of my neighbour's blackberries were getting ripe, they'll probably be ready to eat by the end of July which is earlier than usual.

I saw a small slug perched on the shell of a larger snail as they travelled the path together.

A crow and a stonechat (I think) fought to be the loudest, but the crow won of course.

It was warm tonight, the sun was low and hidden by a soft layer of clouds, but the heat from the day still lingered. Not hot, but warm enough to not wear a jacket, and pink and orange painted the clouds.

It is on these quick, daily walks that I feel most at peace and I honestly think that every witch or spiritual practitioner or whatever term you prefer, should take just 5 minutes of their day to stop and notice the world around them.

Buried Pentacles - Introduction

Hello Lovelies!! I'm Buried Pentacles, but you can come up with any shorter nickname that you want! I use any pronouns (but mainly she/they) and am 20 years old. I'm very new to the online witch community, but I've been reading tarot for myself and others for almost 5 years now and have considered myself a witch for about the same time. I'm a devotee of Mother Nature, and I don't really label myself or my practice beyond that as it all changes with the seasons!

On this blog I want to share any wisdom I might have picked up while working with Mother Nature, as well as share and offer some readings and of course learn from and connect to others!! 🪲

I'll talk about my practice, a lot about Mother Nature and my relationship with her, tarot and other divination as well as anything and everything witchy or pagan related!!

I would love to connect to others and hear about your practices and beliefs, even if they don't align with mine. As long as you're not culturally approprating or a bigot, I would love to get to know you and your craft!! 💚🌱🪲

Free Personal Readings - One card, one question! TEMPORARILY CLOSED

Posted Collective Readings - PACs or collective readings posted as and when I feel up to it!

"I can't connect to nature because I live in a city" Incorrect.

"I can't connect to nature because I can't travel" Nuh-uh.

"I can't connect to nature because I-" Wrong.

Anyone can connect to nature. Please, remove the mindset that nature is something *out there*. Nature is all around you.

The dandelions peeking through pavement cracks, the birds you don't notice on your windowsill, the brambles in the alleys, the storms and sunshine.

All of this is nature. You are surrounded by it. Notice it, learn about it. Write down when you notice the days getting longer, when more butterflies appear and when ripen blackberries ripen. Connect to the nature that lives outside your window, just past the boundary of your front door.

Watch nature documentaries, build a small windowsill garden, let the spider in your room corner stay for a while.

Connection is not determined by proximity, but by effort.

Interact if you work with Nature-focused deities, animal spirits, nature spirits or similiar!!!

Need more nature-related witches and pagans to follow! Also, tell me a bit about your practice in the comments if you want <3

Got a long train ride home tomorrow so

Ask me questions about Mother Nature!!!

Our relationship, her personality and appearances, working with her, anything!

this might be a bit of a depressing question so i totally understand if you don't wanna answer but does the damage done to the environment and climate change come up in your practice and devotion to Earth? i have lots of environmental anxiety and i think it blocks me from connecting to Earth more because i get reminded about it all and worry about the future but i don't want that to hinder my connection either so i'm a bit stuck with figuring out how to manage this :(

As a Zoology student, I am well aware of the absolute tragedy the Earth is facing right now and I too struggle with environmental anxiety - it's been really difficult at times for me to continue with my studies and devotion because of the overwhelming feelings of doom.

Climate change and it's impacts are definitely a part of my relationship with Mother Nature. It is in her name that I continue my studies and make changes in my life to be more sustainable, it is in her name that I sign petitions, join in protests and do whatever I can to help push the powers of the world to actually *do something* about climate change.

I can understand your anxiety, and I can definitely understand why it might make it difficult to connect to the Earth but right now is exactly the time that you need to connect.

Notice and connect to the world around you, take care of it and show it kindness. Recognise that the world is changing, heating up, and what effects it's having on the planet and people. We need to connect to Mother Nature now more than ever, it is only by understanding and respecting nature and the world around us that we can learn to live within it more sustainably.

hi! since i've really leaned into witchcraft and spirituality, i became much more appreciative of the earth and i've been talking to her lots but i want to also become more sustainable in my daily life to help the environment even in small ways. do you have any ideas for simple things to do or habits to change to be more sustainable?

I do indeed!!

I think some the best things you can do for sustainable living is develop sustainable skills:

Learning to sew allows you to:

- fix holes in clothes

- adjust the height/seams/etc of clothes

- crop or add to items of clothing

Which means that clothes have a longer lifespan in general!

Learning to garden (even if its windowsill gardening!) helps you:

- spend less on certain herbs or plants (an easy way to start is regrowing spring onions in water)

- grow more native plants in your area

- encourage more insects into your garden

Learning to cook and bake can actually be super helpful because:

- you don't rely on takeaways or ready meals as often

- you can have more control over where your food is sourced and what you're eating

- you can meal plan and prep which saves time and money

- you can learn how to make your own jams, pickles, syrups etc! And you can get pretty creative with it!

Learning simple diy skills is super beneficial as you can:

- make things unqiue and suited to yourself (I.e. perfect sized shelves or a cabinet that fits perfectly in that gap between your bed and wall)

- restore thrifted furniture (staining to a preferred colour, cutting off legs to shorten it, fix the wobbly door etc)

- recycle old furniture, cabinets or similiar unused items into something else (I've turned a old cabinet into a small outdoor storage unit) rather than throwing them away

Learning basic maintenance for things you own is a money saver and:

- means you can fix your bike chain or replace your car's oil and filter without needing to call anyone or spend extra money

- can keep you safe and at a lower risk of motor accident (knowing how to do basic maintenance checks can help you see warning signs for damage)

- means that simpler things like clogged drains, non-flushing toilets, leaky taps etc no longer require calling and paying for a plumber

Of course you don't need to be an expert in any of these, I'm certainly not! But I can cook myself a decent meal, sew some new buttons on an old shirt or fix a hole in my jeans and restore an old wardrobe into something usable.

I love Pete Seeger's quote:

"If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production."

Basically it's so important to be aware of your consumption - avoid overconsumption, buy quality over quantity, thrift and reuse things, trade with people. Throwing things away should be a last resort or a necessity, rather than a "I don't know what else to do with it".

And, while recycling isn't quite the saviour people think it is, it is so important to get into the habit of sorting your rubbish correctly!!

Other important sustainable habits include:

Changing your eating habits. If it's feasible for you, try:

- reduce meat and dairy consumption (including fish, as they're massively overharvested)

- prioritise locally and ethically sourced animal produce (local butchers can be a great place to start for this)

- eat more seasonally (its not really feasible to only eat seasonal foods, but try to learn about them and incorporate them more)

- reduce food waste with composting, food donations, meal planning/prepping and learn to love leftovers

- invest in a tap filter and reusable water bottle (drinking tap water is not always safe depending on where you live so research first!!!)

- use public transport (or walk) where possible!

- connect with other people near you who also care about sustainable living: trade services and items and knowledge!

- learn about your local area and ecology!! I sound like a broken record saying this, but the BEST way to start living with nature, is to understand it. You can't help your local wildlife if you don't know it, you can't take steps to protect your environment if you don't know the threats.

All of these are just a few tips and ideas, they may not be feasible for everyone for numerous reasons but it's important to remember that it's not about being perfect, it's about *trying* and doing what you can.

There's so much more I could get into here, from foraging to activism to how and what to thrift vs when to splurge on new items but I think this post is long enough! Let me know if there's anything you want expanding or going into more depth on!!!

how do you communicate with Mother Earth? do you use any tools like tarot? just anything you can share about your dynamic with her would be interesting to hear 😊

So I kind of answers this here - in that post I also talk about the numerous ways I view Mother Nature. Here's the part where I talk about communication:

"I speak with Mother through my tarot cards a lot - I am good at interpreting them, it is familiar and easier for me, she has her own devoted deck. I often use oracle cards in tandem as well. However, Mother Nature is pushing me to communicate with her in more ways. I use charm casting and bone throwing with her, grateful for my new set built from the sheep (?) teeth she gifted me. She also speaks to me in much less obvious ways - I find her messages in the world around me, written on cobwebs and in the needles of thistles, her whispers echo in the rustle of leaves and the crash of waves. I feel her more than I hear or see her, images and visions flashed in my waking and sleeping mind, feelings that aren't mine, conclusions I would not reach, understanding that was previously out of my grasp."

As for our dynamic, we have quite the teacher/mentor-student relationship, as well as a mother-daughter relationship.

She is the world around me, she is my teacher and provider, but she is also something far beyond me. Typically, a teacher hopes that one day their student will outshine them, that the student will grow beyond the teacher's knowledge. Mother Nature is not like this, she knows that I can never understand as much as I hope and that my life is finite. So instead, she teaches me everything that she can, everything that I need, and she helps me find myself in the world around me and gifts me her love.

I am her devotee. Her Worshipper, her Student, her Messenger, her Daughter. And she is my divinity.

Where I live it's almost time for rain and I've never been more excited 🌧

Beautiful Mabon Altar 🍁

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common outdoor items & their uses

a guide to common outdoor items and their magickal uses.

acorns- luck, protection, wisdom, power

walnuts- healing, protection, self care

pinecones- fertility, masculinity, growth, nature

pine needles- cleansing, healing, strength, banishment

pecans- employment, protection, success, abundance, prosperity

grass- growth, learning, healing, new beginning, grief, recovery

maple leaves- feminine, travel, change, decisions, healing

oak leaves- truth, justice, knowledge, steadfastness, protection, guidance

birch leaves- protection, cleansing, fertility, purification

dandelions- calling spirits, divination, healing

dandelion seeds- divination, wishes, manifestation, dreams, luck

dandelion leaves- defeating negativity, steadfastness, growth, purification

2 leaf clovers- love, luck, courage, cleansing

3 leaf clovers- protection, luck, fidelity, divination

4 leaf clovers- spirit work, luck, psychic ability, attraction

5+ leaf clovers- wealth, luck, attracting money, sanity

wild clover flowers- animal magick, blessings, breaking curses, luck, love

apple seeds- love, secrets, knowledge, gateways, divination, prosperity

tree bark- protection, binding, banishment, cleansing, purification

rocks- many rocks have crystals hidden inside, the most common is quartz types. if unsure, rockcs can represent strength, stability, protection and banishing. if you suspect its a crystal, look it up and discover the correspondences that matter to you!

will add more as i can, feel free to add your own!!

Different types of water and their magickal uses:

Sea water: good for curse/hex breaking, cleansing, healing, banishing and protection spells.

Dew water: beauty, love and fertility spells, as well as delicate magick. Also Good for Fae work.

Storm water: is great for spells and rituals that has to do with emotional strength, confidence, charge, motivation and force. It’s known for strengthening spells. Also good for curses.

Snow water: Spells and rituals that focus on purity, endings and change, as well as slow working spells.

River water: Good for creating changes, moving on and letting go of negativity, warding and focusing energy.

Rain water: Very multi-purpose, but specifically great for growth and rebirth spells. Great for spells that you want to keep gaining power over time.

Spring water: Growth, holy water, cleansing, protection, prosperity

Moon water: Depending on the moon phase it was created in, it can have different properties.

Sun Water: protection, healing, clairvoyance, courage, strength, prosperity, luck, self-love, cleansing and creativity.

Swamp Water: Used for banishing and binding.

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Unsolicited Witch Tip #12

Soak in a bath of sea salt and hibiscus petals before doing any divination or clairvoyant practices. The salt helps to cleanse your energies, and hibiscus helps you to embrace your sensitivity, helping you to be more receptive to the energies around you.

Litha/Yule Masterpost

Northern Hemisphere

Litha History

Litha Facts

Litha Correspondences

Litha Crystals

Litha Incense & Oils

Litha Colors

Litha Plants

Litha Animals

Litha Foods

Litha Deities

Litha Altar Ideas

Litha Ritual & Magick

Litha Activities

Last Minute Litha Ideas

Southern Hemisphere

The History of Yule

Yule Facts

Yule Correspondences

Yule Crystals

Yule Colors

Yule Plants

Yule Incense & Oils

Yule Animals

Yule Foods

Yule Ritual & Magick

Yule Deities

Yule Altar

Yule Activities

Last Minute Yule Ideas

🐝🌿 honey correspondences

• happiness

• warmth

• healing

• love

• encouragement

• prosperity

• abundance

🍯 honey makes great offerings to most deities/spirits due to its alluring and sweet nature, top on the list being fae, aphrodite, apollo, and demeter.

🍯 placing honey over your lips can be a great natural lip moisturizer

🍯 add honey to your tea to attract kindness

🍯 honey is an amazing preservative and has strong antibacterial properties, making it an ideal addition to any salves etc

🍯 use honey as a natural cough aid

🍯 try to source local honey, this also helps with allergies!

Honey and Sesame Carrot Salad (side dishes for prosperity)

This is a fairly simple little salad that is light and fun, and with ingredients like carrots, radishes, and mint helps to promote prosperity.

For the salad

5 large carrots, peeled and ribboned into thin slices

5 radishes, thinly sliced

Handful of mint, fresh and thinly chopped

1 tbsp sesame seeds

For the dressing

3 tbsp rice vinegar

1/4 cup water

1/4 tsp sea salt

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp toasted sesame oil

1 tbsp honey

Ground black pepper to taste

Soak carrot ribbons in a bowl of ice water for 15 minutes. Drain and air dry.

In a small bow, whisk together dressing ingredients. Taste and adjust seasoning.

Add carrots to a large bowl with radishes and mint. Drizzle with dressing and toss to combine.

Top with sesame seeds and garnish with extra mint leaves. Serve immediately.

To add the magic: It's all about intention. You can simply focus on manifesting prosperity as you prepare the ingredients. You can even say a little prayer or a spell, light green candles while you prepare this dish, etc.

Recipe notes: this is just the bare bones of the recipe, and you can adjust as desired. I, personally, like adding feta cheese to it.

Self Love Milk Bath

As I've said before, bath rituals are one of my favorite things. There's something extra magical in the art of connecting with the water element.

This is a handy little bath mix that is perfect for those self care days, as well as for working with love deities.

Ingredients

1/2 cup milk powder

1/2 cup sea salt

1/2 cup ground oatmeal

Equal parts rose petals and lavender

Sprinkle of cinnamon

5-6 drops sweet orange essential oil

Mix all ingredients together until thoroughly combined. Add about 4 tbsp (or more or less, depending on your preference) to your bath while it runs. I also like to add orange and lemon slices to the bath.

Fix yourself a nice cup of lavender tea, or any other soothing beverage. Light some candles. Enjoy.

Rainy Day Witch Things

On rainy days like this, I like stepping outside and letting the rain wash over me and cleanse me of the energies I need to release. Sometimes witchcraft really is as simple as playing in the rain.

Unsolicited Witch Tip 25

Grow angelica in your garden or in a pot for protection around your home.

When doing substitutions for spell elements remember that intent and intuition are most important. Use a substitute that feels right in the moment. If your intuition seems wary, trust yourself. ✨💖