queerwitched:

Divination Tips from a Spoonie Witch

• dont have enough energy to do a full cleansing ritual for your cards? Blow on them or just imagine a ball of cleansing light energy surrounding them
• Not enough energy for a reading yourself? dont stress it. its a tool to be used but its not necessary for your craft. Theres also really easy apps to get like Galaxy Tarot that can do the whole reading for you, you just pick a card.
• Ground and Cleanse yourself before a reading. it helps focus yourself on the task at hand and relaxes you. dont worry about getting a reading right. just focus on your intuition and what comes to you will.
• Tarot and other divination can be emotionally and spiritually taxing. Make sure you give yourself breaks and allow yourself to recover after tuning into that much energy.
• Self care is important in divination and witchcraft. If youre not feeling your best, youre not going to get a good reading. Meditate and relax, or do a reading when the time is right for you. Your readings are for you, no one else
• if you sell readings, sell them during a specific time of day when you know youll have enough spoons for it. Set 30 minutes aside to do readings. you dont have to use the full 30 minutes, just take it a minute at a time.
• Dont have any energy to do a reading whatsoever? maybe you just flat out dont want to. then dont force yourself to. The cards will know youre not tuning into them and your readings will come out jumbled and frustrating. give yourself time to center yourself and get in the mood to do divination or spiritual work of any kind. You want the best results, so you have to feel at your best.
• Chronic illness is a bitch, and gets in the way of a lot of things. Take things one step at a time. Clean your alter bit by bit and set up a spiritual safe place for you to recouperate in. You dont have to practice everyday, every week, or even every month to be valid. making sure you have a clean and specific space helps you feel more drawn to your spirit work
• Do a simple motivation spell. light some incense and focus on your intent as it burns. Light a yellow candle and focus on motivation and creativity. Dont stress yourself out, the spell will work when it needs to
• Most of all take care of your physical needs first. Mental and Chronic illness takes away a lot of self care tactics. Drink some water, watch a movie, brush your teeth, take a shower, cleanse yourself, light your favorite incense and meditate to some background music or a guided meditation. Allow your spiritual self to recharge. Dont burn yourself out or you may lose interest for some time

I love you all and want you to take care of yourselves and make sure you progress in your craft and divination. Self care is huge when it comes to mental, physical, and spiritual health. I know its hard, but one day you’ll have the coping skills to progress and grow stronger through this ❤❤❤

buttonpoetry:

“They will say that I’m invisible, but the fact that they can see me not being there is enough to cry wolf.”

—

FROM THE VAULT! Sarah Ogutu, “Dark Girls”

Performing at the book release party for Nate Marshall’s chapbook, Blood Percussion. Want Button Poetry to come to your city? You can help make it possible!

juansendizon:

“I. I had my eyebrows threaded and I felt pretty and it made me feel less sad. II. I spontaneously bought sunflowers for my girlfriend after we went to church because I wanted to make her happy because seeing her smile makes me happy. III. I eat caramel sundaes on Sunday nights to reward myself for surviving the week and also to escape the tomorrow is a Monday feeling. IV. I reduced my caffeine intake but I will always need coffee on Monday mornings but still, I reduced my caffeine intake from eight cups to four cups a day. V. I am still starting to accept the parts of me that I do not love so I will know the parts of me that I need to forgive. VI. I pray to the stars above for the parts of me that want to die and grant me the strength to teach them how to live.”

— Juansen Dizon, Six Little Ways I Loved Myself
This October

poetrybyfinner:

Stockholm; A Final Goodbye

I.

so here is how it will be:

i will flavor my tea with honey and arsenic

and i will lie down to sleep on a bed of nightshade

and you will chase paper girls

and be dragged down by your rotting soul

we will breathe different colors

and fight different wars

and that is how it will be

II.

her body is far more attractive then mine

that is true

but do the elements now in submission when she speaks?

do her fingertips trace patterns of stardust on your skin?

maybe you love her because her washed out colors can’t overshadow your quickly fading ones

i am a creature of blood and gold and i spoke in a language that you refused to comprehend

III.

i think that the dead of night is when i loved you the most

you were asleep and i danced with your rose-colored silhouette

and it was easier to believe the lies that the dopamine told me about who you were

IV.

i want to set everything you love on fire and live in the moment that your dying eyes reflected your soul’s permanent destruction

everyone pays, it’s only a matter of time

V.

and i will learn that the choirs of heaven sound just as beautiful as the choirs of hell

and i will fall over and over for cities and sound waves and intricate souls

and you will search in vain for the home that you set flame to

and that is how it will be

- finner

semper-femina:

“I am constantly trying to communicate something incommunicable, to explain something inexplicable, to tell about something I only feel in my bones and which can only be experienced in those bones.”

— Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena (via anamorphosis-and-isolate)

(via rivur)