Litha For Lazy Witches

🔥☀️ Litha for Lazy Witches ☀️🔥

Litha, also known as the Summer Solstice and Midsummer, marks the official start of summer. It’s also the longest day of the year, meaning the most amount of daylight. The sun is central in summer solstice celebrations.

Crystals: 

Fire opal.

Carnelian. 

Citrine. 

Pyrite. 

Sunstone. 

All green stones (esp. jade and emerald). 

Diamond. 

Quartz.

Fluorite.

Tiger’s eye. 

Pearl.

Activities: 

Light a candle, incense, or start a bonfire. 

Take a bath with gold/yellow bath bombs or corresponding herbs and flowers. 

Sunbathe.

Watch the sunrise or sunset. 

Meditate. 

Leave offerings for the Fae. 

Try divination using fire scrying. 

Create a flower crown.

Herbs/Flowers/Scents: 

Daisies. 

Marigolds. 

Carnations. 

Roses. 

Sunflowers. 

Chamomile. 

Parsley. 

Frankincense. 

Lemon. 

Lily. 

Hydrangea. 

Orchids. 

Sandalwood. 

Thyme. 

Sage. 

Peonies.

Mint.

Myrrh.

Colors: 

Gold.

Yellow.

Orange.

Red.

Green.

Blue.

Trees: 

Oak.

Decorations: 

Candles.

Sea shells.

Herbs.

Flowers.

Crystals.

Feathers.

Oak leaves.

Symbols of the sun.

Periods suck. Witchcraft helps.

These are to be used as a supplement in addition to professional medical care, treatment and medication, not as a sole alternative! If you are dealing with extreme, unexplained symptoms please see a doctor.

Spells:

Spell

Bath spell

Banishing cramps

The best ‘lil spell

Spell bottle

Relief spell jar

Anti-migraine spell

Peace out period spell

Visualization for cramps

To make your period lighter

Sigils:

Keep pain away

Relief from cramps

Ease period pains

I do not have my period

Fuck off, period dysphoria

My period is not painful

Teas: 

(Please research herbs before using them).

For cramps

Also for cramps

A collection

Some helpful herbs

Some more helpful herbs

Some helpful PSAs on herbs

Resources for researching herb safety

Other posts you may find helpful:

Taking advantage of your period

Menstrual magic

More menstrual magic

Crystals to help

Witchy period hacks

An earlier version of this post (with mundane tips)

Chronic migraine relief

Bedridden witch series

Sick witchery

Chronically ill witchcraft: For your symptoms

Magic to replenish energy

Gender magic (with a section on dysphoria) 

I’d like to request that you keep gender out of any comments that you make on this. People of various gender identities get periods (or don’t), lets be inclusive here!

Links updated as of April, 2020. Please inform me of broken links via askbox!

What Being a Kitchen/Cottage Witch Means to Me

>>> Fair warning, I’m pretty excited about this post<<

So, when you hear kitchen witch or cottage witch, what comes to mind? Maybe an old rustic looking room, pots hangin from the wooden ceiling, herbs hanging to dry everywhere. Maybe a gnarled woman hunched over a huge cast iron pot, while fog rolls through, and a clock somewhere strikes midnight…

Okay…Maybe not.

For me, being a kitchen witch means that I take great pride in my food. It means I also put a lot of stock (hahaha get it???) in my family, and my ability to care and nurture them. I put a really heavy focus on friends, family, my home, and myself. 

It means I’m constantly looking up recipes. I collect herbs like grandmas collect fancy plates. I’m always trying to learn about new baking methods. I study herbalism and look for natural remedies that are safe and actually work. 

Being a cottage witch means I take everything I focus on in the kitchen, and I turn it outward through my whole house, my whole property even. It means I never throw away even the smallest thread, and that broken glass is something I collect in jars just in case. It means that there are sigils written over every window, door and crack, and that even the simplest thing, like my windchimes, or the screen door or the cute little clock above the doorway, all protect my family and my household and ward off even the littlest shit that tries to worm its way through. 

It means I have happiness charms hiding behind furniture in every room, it means I focus on helping and healing and comfort, but I also know when to get down and dirty. It means taking no shit from anyone or anything. It means protecting your own.

 I take pride in being a kitchen/cottage witch, because it means I’m learning to better take care of myself and my family and home. It gives me peace and comfort and a sense of purpose, to have a literal endless amount of possibilities and no limit on creativity. I can go in any direction I want with my practice, whatever I think will serve my family better. And I love it.

Delicate Flower String Lights

Thailand-based shop Leelavadeelights creates handmade and meticulously crafted string lights inspired by nature, flowers, animal and other whimsical figures. Made with nylon and cable each piece is handmade by skilled craftsmen.  Since the production quality includes raw materials, every piece is environmentally friendly. The cords have standards which are supported internationally including CE, GS, UL, PSE and SAA standards, to make every customer happy when they receive and use our products which are safe to use.

Several colors and different flower type designs are available in their Etsy shop.

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Crystals for Beginners 💎

This is a list of crystals that are commonly known, generally easy to get a hold of, and have multiple uses.

Agate - protection, good luck, balance, strength, inspiration

Amethyst - calming, emotional stability, balance, inner strength, protection from psychic attacks

Aventurine - happiness, peace, healing, prosperity 

Calcite - amplifies energy, cleansing, reduce stress, calming, emotional healing, memory

Carnelian - creativity, manifestation, luck, protection

Citrine - does not retain negative energy, thus never needs to be cleansed; creativity, motivation

Clear Quartz - a power stone used to provide extra energy and can be used to charge other items; healing, protection, power, banishing, charging

Fluorite - stability, peace and calm, impartial reasoning, responsibility, concentration, meditation, protection from psychic attacks, self love  

Hematite - grounding, deflecting negative energy

Jasper - protection, relaxation, tranquility

Jet - eases grief, protection, banishing

Kyanite - does not retain negative energy, thus never needs to be cleansed; cleansing other stones, tranquility, removing energy blockages, channeling energy

Labradorite - attract success, dreams, reduce stress and anxiety, spiritual connection, transformation, clarity, peace

Milky Quartz - luck, calming, soothing, meditation, purification

Obsidian - grounding, negating and transmuting negative energy

Onyx - grounding

Rose Quartz - self-love, calming, romantic love, and friendship

Selenite - mental clarity, removing energy blockages, cleansing and charging other crystals

Smoky Quartz - grounding, banishing, cleansing, removing emotional blockages

Tiger’s Eye - self-discipline, practicality, protection, grounding, peace, clarity, intelligence, intuition, financial stability, calmness 

Cleansing and Charging Crystals - a good rule of thumb is that if you’re not sure if you can place your crystals in water, salt, or direct sunlight because it might damage the stone, use moonlight or starlight instead. You can also place your crystals in a dry bath of herbs and flowers, or pass them through incense smoke.

Crystal Resources:

Mineral and Crystal Safety and Care Masterpost (this will tell you which crystals can be cleansed with either water, sunlight, or salt) 

A to Z Crystal Meanings

Kiss that bitch goodbye

For when someone has wronged you and you’re ready to cut them from your life.

💋Gather toilet paper, a pen, lemon juice, and water.

💋Write down their name and how they wronged you on slips of paper.

💋Write down (and speak if you like) what you hope will happen to them.

💋Tear up paper, place at bottom of cup.

💋Add lemon juice “I remove all the sourness you brought to my life and any sourness you would’ve brought in any future”.

💋Add water and stir. “I wash away your ill-affects and ill wishes”.

💋Flush down the toilet.

💋Optional: Blow a kiss and say “bye bitch” (or other colorful language)