University/college Witch Tips

university/college witch tips

☕️ brew a cup of tea in between, after, and/or before classes. use herbs according to certain correspondences(I personally use lavender & chamomile after class, rosemary & mugwort before or in between if I have enough time). stir in sugar with intention. pour in a thermos if you’re on the go.

☀️ wake up 20 minutes early and meditate. set intentions or goals for the day, say your prayers, give thanks to the universe or to your deity, focus on your chakras. whatever feels right and simple, make it a part of your morning. [alternative: if you have 20 minutes in between classes this can really help you unwind before your next class]

🎧 instead of listening to your regular music, find something spiritually enriching to listen to when you have a moment. there’s plenty of wonderful spirits on youtube, instagram, etc. that speak to me on a daily. listen to an astrology forecast, a tarot reading, info on certain gods or deities, other witches and their practice, anything that resonates with you. [alternative: find witchy playlists on spotify, tumblr, or 8tracks* ]

📔 combine your practice with your planner. jot down the astrological influences of each week/day. track your tea intake. record pre-planned workings/spellwork/rituals/etc. dedicate a spread to your intentions each Moon cycle, at the end of the cycle cross off everything that manifested, migrate the remaining intentions to the next spread. this is a great pastime when you’re bored in class

♥️ shuffle your tarot/Oracle/etc. cards in class. take them with you throughout the day, let them experience what you do. at the end of the day ask them for their thoughts, or any other thing you feel. make sure to cleanse your deck however you prefer after a long day, your cards will absorb all the energy around you and it may lead to them acting wonky

🖊 draw sigils to help you study and prepare for tests. if you’re struggling with lateness, come up with a sigil to help you be more time efficient. if you suck at homework, write a symbol for wisdom or focus on yourself before you start doing it. sigils are an urban witches best friend

💸 to save money, diy items for your altar. if you live on a college campus, there’s plenty of places where people give away unwanted items either or free or really cheap. get them, if they resonate. paint them, sculpt around them, whatever. then put it on your altar

matterzcollective.com/store

To Wake Up Early Sigil 

It is said that it takes your body 20 days to get used to something like waking up early… but if you don´t want to wait that long or need some help use this sigil 🌞

Requested by @optimisticstarfishcreator

Grimoire Herb Garden

Make a page with a pocket. I’m a big fan of journals with page pockets xD. Decorate the pocket to look like a chest or a bottle. Or a little flower pot. Make it shaped like a bottle if you want. Remember to leave one side open so you can use the pocket!

On a separate sheet of paper, draw pictures of your favorite herbs and flowers. Or cut pictures of flowers from magazines. Or print pictures of herbs from the internet. Color them in if you drew them. Paint them. Make them sparkle with old nail polish.

Cut them out.

On the back of each one, you could write their correspondences, your favorite thing to use each one for, or a recipe.

On the back of your lavender, you could put that it helps with sleep and draw the moon and some stars.

On the back of your rose, you could put that it represents love and draw lots of hearts in different shades of red, pink, and purple.

On the back of your picture of your bergamot, you could put a picture of a smiling sun, and write that it brings joy and positivity

Once all your herbs are done, put them in your pocket. Now you have your very own herb garden hiding in your Grimoire!

Bonus ideas: repeat the same with fruit. Make an orchard. Build a cave and hide crystals behind stalagmites and stalactites. Or an ocean with different shells and sea glass hiding in the sand and sea weed. Your Grimoire is your world. Create it.

Endure Spell (Pokemon Inspired)

A spell to help give you emotional strength when times get trying and difficult.

You Will Need:

A Red Sachet

Cinnamon (preferably chipped, powdered will leak through the sachet)

Clove

Rosemary

Amethyst

Bloodstone

A candle to burn (preferably red)

Steps:

Light your candle and let it burn during the duration of your spell

Add your herbs into the sachet a top them add the crystals

Tie the sachet shut and grasp it between both of your hands and bow your forehead and raise your fists that hold the sachet up

“These herbs, these stones, this candle and fire; shall bring me strength in these times. Grant me my desire, to be stronger.”

Focus on your intent to be strong emotionally and visualize a fire starting to burn inside you, to help power you and give you strength.

Once satisfied with this, blow out your candle and hold your sachet over the smoke.

“I will be strong.” and repeat this 3 times.

Carry sachet around with you, cleanse in smoke of incense or candles and charge by placing it near a burning candle (not too close to get wax on it or risk it catching flame)

SPREADS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS

1. NEW RELATIONSHIP

1.  What I bring to the relationship. 2.  What the other person brings to the relationship. 3.  Nature of the relationship for me 4.  Challenges to the relationship for me. 5. How the relationship will progress.

2. FINDING THE RIGHT MATE

What I need to know about myself in partnership

What am I looking for in a partner?

Positive qualities I bring to a relationship.

Obstacles within myself to finding the right partner

What will help me find a new partner?

3. RELATIONSHIP SPREAD (for a specific loved one)

General situation between you and your object of desire.

How he/she feels about you.

How you feel about him/her.

Obstacles to a relationship with this person.

Outcome/Advice (answer to “Is this person for me?

4. GROWING TO RELATIONSHIP

Lay out six cards in an upward diagonal from left to right. Card 1: Where I am right now in my love journey. Cards 2-5: Lessons I need to learn or steps I need to take to attain love. Card 6: Outcome.

5. FUTURE LOVE

My future true love

Will the attraction be instant or a gradual awakening?

What will this person be like?

Challenges I’ll face.

What will help us along?

When/where/how will I meet this person?

6. LOVED ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE

How is my loved one doing?

Anything my loved one wants to say to me.

What’s it like on the other side?

How can I best support you?

7. YOUR CHILD

1. What my child came into life to learn. 2. How my child is doing now 3. What graces my child. 4. What my child needs from me. 5. Where the child is headed at this time?

8. YOUR PET

1.  What my pet is feeling. 2.  What my pet is trying to tell me. 3.  What my pet most wants from me. 4.  What I can do to help my pet. 5.  My pet’s general health.

9.  PERSON YOU DON’T LIKE SPREAD

What is it I don’t like about this person?

What is it that this person triggers within me that I have been avoiding?

How might this person be a teacher for me?

What obstacles are there to my learning?

 What do I need in order to grow from this relationship?

SPREADS ABOUT YOUR PURPOSE, LESSONS, SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

10. BLIND SIDE SPREAD

This is your outside appearance; what you know and others can see.

This is the unknown; what you’re not aware of, no one can see, but what is ruling.

This is the hidden; what you know but won’t show others.

This is the blind spot; what you can’t see but what others see in you.

11. DHARMA SPREAD (SPIRITUAL LIFE LESSONS)

What is my lesson right now?

How can I grow spiritually at this time?

How else can I grow spiritually at this time?

What’s my biggest challenge at this time?

Where am I headed?

12. MANDALA SPREAD

Overview of myself

Ambitions, goals

Achievements

Dependencies, faulty beliefs

Strengths

13. THE WORLD BEYOND

What is it like on the other side?

What does the other side have to teach me?

Why do we come here?

Anything else to know about the other side.

14. INNER PEACE SPREAD

1:  Quality within me that leads me to inner peace. 2:  Obstacle within me to attaining inner peace. 3:  If there is any one thing I should be doing to achieve inner peace? 4:  Something in my environment that helps or blocks me. 5:  Outcome

15. SELF DISCOVERY SPREAD

1. Who have I been? 2. Who am I? 3. Who am I becoming?

16. SIX STEPS TO FULFILLMENT

Lay out six cards in an upward diagonal from left to right. Card 1: Where I am right now in my journey to fulfillment. Card 2-5: Lessons I need to learn to reach fulfillment. Card 6: Outcome.

17. PATH TO HAPPINESS

1. What are the strengths I bring to every situation? 3. What quality in myself should I develop more? 4. Where am I headed in the short-term? 5. Where am I headed in the long-term? 18. MY PURPOSE – by Vicky

What is the purpose that I was brought here to fulfill?

What obstacles do I need to get over?

3 Lessons (lay out 3 cards) I need to learn along the way.

Who or what can help me attain my goal?

What can I give to the world?

19. TREASURE WITHIN ME by Linda

1. How do other people perceive me? 2. What is my shining self? 3. What is my inner most passion? 4. What is hidden within me that is waiting to be discovered?

20. MY PURPOSE THIS LIFETIME by Irene

What did you come into this world for this lifetime?

What did you come into your specific family for?

What is the specific emotion that’s been most difficult for you to learn to use to your advantage this time?

What is your biggest challenge this time around?

What will be your greatest gift this time?

What is your greatest lesson this time?

 CAREER, MONEY, HEALTH

21. CAREER SPREAD (FINDING MY LIFE’S WORK)

What I am good at doing.

What I enjoy doing.

My calling.

Biggest challenge within myself

Issues in my environment I should know about.

Anything else I should understand about finding my right work

The next best step to bring me to my true work.

Someone who will help me along the way.

 Outcome

22. MONEY

1.  My current financial situation. 2.  What is the lesson here for me regarding money? 3.  Who or what project will bring in more money? 4. Outcome

23. HEALTH SPREAD

1: What is the overall state of my health? 2: What is the overall state of my mind? 3: What is the overall state of my body? 4: What is the overall state of my spirit? 5: How do I integrate these parts of myself?

24. CHAKRA SPREAD Tells condition of your body’s energy centers

1: Root chakra – physical, including sexual, health 2: Hara – center of your being, digestion, overall life force 3: Solar Plexus – strength of will 4: Heart chakra – your love 5: Throat Chakra – communication center 6: Intellect Chakra – intellectual center 7: Crown Chakra – spiritual center

25. MY FOCUS AT THIS TIME IN MY LIFE

1: The issue that’s upper most in my mind. 2: Something more to know about it. 3: Obstacle to my focus. 4: What to do about it? 5: Outcome

26. EMPOWERMENT SPREAD

1: This is my power. 2: How it is best used. 3: What inhibits this power within me? 4: How can I bring it out more?

27. ESSENCE OF YOU AT THIS TIME

Soul card

Personality or external card

Crossing card or challenge

SPREADS ABOUT A SPECIFIC SITUATION & WHAT TO DO

28. EVENT SPREAD1.What does this event have in store for me? 2. What do I need to watch out for? 3. What can I do about it? 4. Result 29. ADVICE SPREAD

Problem

Background

Advice

30. DO THIS-DON’T DO THAT-SPREAD

Do This

Don’t Do This

Overview

31. UNDERSTANDING SELF IN ANY SITUATION

My inner self regarding a situation

My outer self regarding a situation

What I need to confront.

What’s helping me.

Outcome.

32. PROBLEM SOLVING SPREAD

Nature of the problem

What led up to the current problem

Current attitude/actions that preserve the status quo

Secondary gains from staying in the situation

Necessary changes in attitude/actions

Outcome

33. STALEMATE SPREAD

The overall conlict/situation

How they really feel about you

How you really feel about them

Common Grounds (what the 2 of you have in common and can use to help the situation)

Outcome

34. ADVERSITY SPREAD

Describe the situation I find myself in.

What do I fear?

What’s the lesson in it for me?

How might I end out benefiting from this situation?

Obstacles within me to my growth

Outcome at this time.

SPREADS ABOUT THE FUTURE

35. FUTURE DIRECTION by Pam

1. What do I need to progress? 2. Is there a positive help to be asked for? 3. Is there a venue to pursue?

36. PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE by Janet

Past

Relationships

Financial

Professional

Present

Relationships

Financial

Professional

Future

Relationships

Financial

Professional

37. THE NEXT DECADE OF MY LIFE by Melissa

What am I finishing now and leaving?

Who are my guides for this next journey?

What traits can I work on to achieve a more successful outcome?

What will be my new learn strengths?

Outcome?

38. WHAT’S AHEAD OF ME?

1. What you need to leave behind, to release. 2. What you must confront. 3. What you need to know. 4. What you attain.

39. PAST LIFE SPREAD by Sotiria

1. Show me a past life. 2. What was my purpose in that life? 3. What what my profession or avocation in that life? 4. What other family members were in that life? 5. Were there other people from this life in that life? 6. What lessons did I learn? 7. Did I fulfill my purpose?

SPREADS FOR  SEASONS, MOON PHASES, PLANETARY SHIFTS

40. Full Moon Spread

What is my most important insight for my life at this time?

What message does spirit want to give me at this time?

What do I hope for in my life?

How can I live inside that hope?

Outcome.

41. Springtime Spread – Nurturing Growth Within Me

What’s ready to emerge from within me?

What must I overcome to push through?

How can I nourish it to grow and bear fruit? (2 cards)

Outcome