Things that have helped me feel closer to my deities:
Praying before their altars (bonus points if you write your own)
Read books other than their myths (books you think they’d enjoy themselves)
Meditating with them
Learn about magickal subjects related to them
Dedicate a journal for notes and document experiences you have with that deity (including moments where they’ve assisted you and any divination conversations you’ve had with them)
Listen to their messages and follow through with them
Light incense that reminds you of them
Find artwork that feels like that deity and hang, print or save them
Divination Methods (Runes, Tarot, Pendulums, Bone Throwing, etc.)
Watch content on different subjects they’re related to (documentaries on death, relationships, crime, etc.)
Dedicate, care, and/or name pets, plants, plushies, etc to them
Learn not just their pantheon and myths but the culture that influenced them
Wear jewelry dedicated to them (bonus if you have that deity enchant them with protection)
Share meals with them
Thinking of them in passing (like “hey that thing reminds me of *insert deity*”)
Talk casually at their altars and give them an itinerary of your day
Define your relationship with that deity and refer to them accordingly (if its a more formal/in reverence, use a formal title. if it’s warm/personal, use an affectionate name.)
Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot by Rachel Pollack – deep and rich with information, no list is complete without this book. If I did have to pick a favorite, this may be it.
Learning the Tarot: A Tarot Book for Beginners by Joan Bunning – based on her online course, this book will get any tarot newbie reading the tarot proficiently in no time.
Mary K. Greer’s 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card by Mary Greer – novel ideas to expand your tarot skills.
The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals (Special Topics in Tarot Series) by Mary Greer – I’m a fan of reversals (they are not mandatory by the way) and this is THE book for those of us who choose to read upside down. (Honorable mention: Joan Bunning also has a good book on reversals, Learning Tarot Reversals )
The Complete Tarot Reader: Everything You Need to Know from Start to Finish by Teresa Michaelson – this book has a massive amount of information – it’s like a little encyclopedia
Tarot Masterclass by Paul Fenton-Smith – this book is rarely mentioned but I think it is pure genius. Not just a tarot primer but also a great section on being a professional tarot reader. (Honorable mention: Fenton-Smith also has a great beginner’s book, The Tarot Revealed: A Beginner’s Guide )
The Tarot Handbook: Practical Applications of Ancient Visual Symbols by Angeles Arrien – featuring the Thoth deck, this book will help you to understand tarot clearly – even if you do not read with the Thoth deck
The Way of Tarot: The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Marianne Costa – This profound book gets super deep with the Marseille deck. How I wish I would have had this book when I first started out!
Tarot Plain and Simple by Anthony Louis – loads of interpretations and a slant towards beginners, this is the book I recommend to all my students
Understanding the Tarot Court (Special Topics in Tarot Series) by Mary Greer – face it, the Court cards are one of the hardest suits for any tarotist to master. Greer spells it all out with clarity. LOVE this one.
Tarot: A New Handbook for the Apprentice, Classic Ed (Connolly Tarot) by Eileen Connolly – this is the first tarot book I ever got my hands on. It’s still a treasured favorite. Some might be put off by her Christian undertones but I find the interpretations to be pure gold. I love all of her works.
SuperTarot: New Techniques for Improving Your Tarot Reading by Sasha Fenton – although this is out of print, it is worth searching for a copy. The techniques contained within will help you expand your tarot skills.
The Secret Language of Tarot by Ruth Ann and Wald Amberstone – a fantastic book detailing the symbols in the tarot cards.
Tarot for Life: Reading the Cards for Everyday Guidance and Growth by Paul Quinn – A modern book with real life examples of tarot readings, this one will help you bring your readings to life.
Best Tarot Practices: Everything You Need to Know to Learn the Tarot by Marcia Masino – another great book that tends to be overlooked, this one has novel exercises and good advice on reading tarot professionally.
Tarot: Your Everyday Guide by Janina Renee – this book focuses on using tarot for dispensing advice.
Beyond the Celtic Cross: Secret Techniques for Taking Tarot to an Exciting New Level by Paul Hughes Barlow and Catherine Chapman – a very different approach to tarot – card counting and elemental dignities explained in a conversational format.
Rachel Pollack’s Tarot Wisdom: Spiritual Teachings and Deeper Meanings by Rachel Pollack – once again, Pollack delivers an impeccable and thought provoking book with new insights for the modern tarot reader.
Classic Tarot Spreads by Sandor Konraad – I’ve had this book for years and learned many a good spread from it. (Honorable mentions: Learning Tarot Spreads by Joan Bunning and Tarot Spreads and Layouts A User’s Manual For Beginning and Intermediate Readers by Jeanne Fiorini)
The Spoken Cabala: Tarot Explorations of the One Self by Jason Lotterhand – based on the Thursday night talks from Lotterhand, this book will give you some insight into the Kabbalah and how it relates to tarot. (Honorable mentions: Tarot and the Tree of Life: Finding Everyday Wisdom in the Minor Arcana by Isabel Radow Kliegman for a glimpse on how Kabbalah weaves through the Minor Arcana plus The Tarot Workbook: Understanding and Using Tarot Symbolism by Emily Peach which is a great Kabbalah/tarot primer for beginners)
Tarot Decoded: Understanding and Using Dignities and Correspondences by Elizabeth Hazel – every single dignity and correspondence you can imagine is featured here.
Who Are You in the Tarot?: Discover Your Birth and Year Cards and Uncover Your Destiny by Mary Greer – this is a fantastic book that gives deep insights on your personality, life and journey based on your “birth card”.
Tarot for Beginners: A Practical Guide to Reading the Cards by Barbara Moore – the easiest beginner book out there, this one will appeal to absolute newbies and those who are really sure they can’t “get it”. Moore shows you that you CAN.
Tarot 101: Mastering the Art of Reading the Cards by Kim Huggens – excellent exercises, good reading list suggestions and a unique format make this book one you cannot miss. Good for all levels.
Tarosophy : Tarot to Engage Life, Not Escape it by Marcus Katz – Hip and modern, full of useful information and exercises – plus it has stuff for all levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced). It’s a very intellectual book – this is no “tarot for dummies”.
★彡 𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍𝖈𝖗𝖆𝖋𝖙 ミ★
As may is mental health awareness month, I just wanted to say:
Breaks are ok. Taking a step back is ok. Having a hard time giving offerings is ok. Not being able to pray every day is ok. You are ok as you are, and the gods will understand <3
UPRIGHT: joyful beginnings, new possibilities, renewal and rebirth--even if it is uncomfortable
REVERSED: a blind path, wasted efforts, fixation on the past, longing for the impossible
UPRIGHT: clarity, attention to detail, purification, danger avoided or overcome, two paths are open to you
REVERSED: vulnerability, uncertainty, deception, delusion, something (possibly your own emotions) is misleading you
UPRIGHT: protection and guidance, emotional security, good advice, prophecy, unexpected solution(s), music, poetry
REVERSED: willful blindness, refusal to listen to advice, arrogance or not enough information
UPRIGHT: go with the flow, intuition, dreaming, unconscious, letting go of preconceptions, feminine energy/connection to the moon
REVERSED: inability to adapt, feeling defeated or lost, lack of movement, difficulty that will inevitably pass
UPRIGHT: connection and transformation, being a part of something bigger, fate, divine action/inspiration
REVERSED: isolation and boredom, being blind to (either good or bad) possibilities, take control and be assertive
UPRIGHT: patience, protection/purification, reserve, feeling suffocated, problems that will eventually change, self-sacrifice
REVERSED: you are acting too hasty, take a second to think OR you're at a standstill, you need to take action
UPRIGHT: sacred spaces, forward movement, power and energy, the power to endure, leadership, endurance
REVERSED: help from those in power, success despite means, borrowed strength, a gift, cowardliness
UPRIGHT: challenges or tests, recommends decisive action, balance, integrity, talent/skill/expertise, growth
REVERSED: attack, hardship, aggression, lack of direction or balance
UPRIGHT: knowledge and learning, transformation and flexibility, creativity, daydreaming, rituals/divination
REVERSED: intellectual/creative blockages (art/writer's block), lack of insight, fear of failure, ignorance
UPRIGHT: happiness, healing, beauty, love affairs, awakenings and new experiences, opportunity (or the choice) to live more fully
REVERSED: despair, ailments, unavoidable choice(s), mixed gain/loss, procrastination
UPRIGHT: inspiration, prophecy or psychic senses, community and celebration, freedom, rest, examine life's lessons
REVERSED: burdens, difficulties, a need to relax/unwind, you're strung out or trying too hard OR overindulging
UPRIGHT: slow/indirect progress, wildness, purpose, determination, transformation, follow life's path
REVERSED: entanglement, think twice about what you're doing, and arduous path
UPRIGHT: vitality, awareness of environment, creating order from chaos, prioritizing personal health, you aren't finished yet
REVERSED: inability to act, need for healing and patience, you aren't ready to act yet OR you have done all you can
UPRIGHT: necessity/inevitability, fate or omens, death, rebirth, some things cannot be changed, wheel of fortune
REVERSED: pain, difficulty, retribution, necessary suffering, no choice is a good one
UPRIGHT: resolution, completion, looking ahead, omen of success, difficulties permanently overcome
REVERSED: endings and departures, face the facts, shame, illness/disability
UPRIGHT: insight, grounded in the present, clear vision, start new project(s), new perspective, foresight
REVERSED: ignorance of the broader picture, unrealistic ideas, step back and reassess, fear and anxiety
UPRIGHT: energy, life, vigor, sexuality, attraction, gathering together, consider changing your life's direction
REVERSED: difficulties and delays, overconfidence, taking too many risks, unrealistic desires
UPRIGHT: spiritual/magical power, forces of nature, deep connections, fulfillment, death and memories of loved ones
REVERSED: deception, deceit, loss of contact with nature/spirits, need for recuperation/reconnection in a relationship
UPRIGHT: courage and tenacity, a struggle for victory, quest for inner strength, enlightenment
REVERSED: addiction, terror, declining health, compromise and negotiation, choosing a different path
UPRIGHT: ancestry, aging or dying, things unchanging, old age, memory
REVERSED: stagnation and immobility, death or mourning, the past is a burden, things lingering past their prime
UPRIGHT: spiritual wisdom, complexity, place of balance/harmony, presence of many factors, spiritual wisdom
REVERSED: confusion, bewilderment, too many factors at work to allow for a successful prediction/decision
UPRIGHT: radical transformation, abundance, sudden illumination or destruction that is set about by outside forces
REVERSED: patience, preparation, the path before you is a slow one, wait for outside forces to act
UPRIGHT: knowledge and lore, learning and study, wisdom of the past as a guide, private thoughts or secrets
REVERSED: ignorance, failure to learn from the past, future instead of past
UPRIGHT: secrets and revelations, subtle influences, releasing emotions of guilt/shame
REVERSED: the situation is not as it seems, the information that you need is not available to you
UPRIGHT: unexpected change, arrival of new influence, illness
REVERSED: sudden endings or disruptions
There seemed to be enough interest in the DnD Dice Divination system that I decided to go ahead and write it up. I couldn’t fit it all on here though so I might be making more posts in the future about it. I’ve included the most important stuff here to get started.
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being obsessed with your god’s domain before you started worshipping is so reassuring…
like what do you mean you’ve been here the whole time? that you’ve always been a part of me lying in wait? that you, the divine, has innervated & enriched my life long before i acknowledged you were divine? SICK!!!
The Power Of The Ouroboros
The Ouroboros, the ancient symbol of a serpent or dragon devouring its own tail, is one of the most enduring mystical symbols across cultures. It represents eternity, cyclicality, duality, self-reflection, and the unity of opposites. This emblem has been deeply woven into alchemical, esoteric, and magickal traditions, holding powerful spiritual and philosophical meanings.
• Eternal Cycle & Rebirth: The Ouroboros embodies the concept of eternal return—the infinite cycle of life, death, and rebirth. It reflects the changing of seasons, reincarnation, and the perpetual transformation of the soul. In this sense, the symbol mirrors the Phoenix, which dies in flames only to rise again.
• Unity of Opposites (The Alchemical Marriage): The serpent biting its own tail represents the union of creation and destruction, light and dark, life and death. This mirrors the balance of forces seen in Yin-Yang philosophy, the alchemical Great Work, and Hermetic principles. The Ouroboros teaches that opposites are part of the same whole—to destroy is to create anew.
• Self-Containment & Infinity: The circular shape of the Ouroboros has no beginning or end, symbolizing wholeness and self-sufficiency. It represents the idea that the universe is self-renewing, and knowledge, wisdom, and energy are constantly recycled in the cosmos.
• Alchemical & Esoteric Meanings: Alchemists saw the Ouroboros as a symbol of the Philosopher’s Stone, the ultimate goal of transformation and enlightenment. The phrase often associated with it, "One is All, and All is One", conveys the Hermetic belief that all things are interconnected.
• Self-Reflection & Inner Alchemy: As the serpent consumes itself, it represents the process of inner transformation—the ability to destroy old versions of oneself and give birth to new wisdom. This makes the Ouroboros a powerful tool for shadow work, spiritual ascension, and deep introspection.
Protection & Binding Magick:
• The Ouroboros, forming an unbreakable circle, serves as a protective sigil in spellwork.
• It can be inscribed on talismans, amulets, or ritual tools to guard against external influences and unwanted energy.
• Used in circle casting, the image of the Ouroboros strengthens spiritual barriers.
Alchemical & Transformational Work:
• The Ouroboros is ideal for spells involving personal transformation, breaking bad habits, and reinventing oneself.
• Meditating on the symbol aids in spiritual evolution and helps with understanding life cycles and karmic lessons.
Rebirth & Regeneration Magick:
• When performing rituals for new beginnings, the Ouroboros reminds us that endings are merely transitions.
• It can be used in rituals for renewal, fertility, and rejuvenation.
Infinity & Timelessness in Spellcraft:
• The Ouroboros represents the endless nature of time, making it useful in spells for immortality, longevity, and wisdom.
• It is also a symbol of past life work, helping practitioners tap into ancestral or Akashic knowledge.
Manifestation & Energy Recycling:
• Because it represents self-sustaining energy, the Ouroboros is excellent for manifestation magick.
• It helps ensure that energy used in spells does not dissipate but rather returns to the practitioner, growing in strength.
• Egyptian Ouroboros: One of the earliest depictions of the Ouroboros appears in Ancient Egyptian texts, particularly in the Tomb of Tutankhamun and the Book of the Dead. The serpent represents Apep, the chaos serpent, as well as Mehen, the protector of the underworld sun god, Ra.
• Norse Ouroboros: Jörmungandr: In Norse mythology, the Ouroboros appears as Jörmungandr, the great World Serpent who encircles Midgard. It represents the cycles of destruction and rebirth, especially during Ragnarok (the Norse apocalypse).
• Gnostic & Alchemical Ouroboros: The Gnostics used the Ouroboros as a symbol of the divine oneness of the universe. In alchemy, it was often depicted as half-black and half-white, symbolizing the balance of opposing forces (the union of spirit and matter, mercury and sulfur, life and death).
• Eastern Ouroboros: Kundalini & Yin-Yang: The coiled serpent in Hindu and Buddhist mysticism is associated with Kundalini energy, which, when awakened, leads to spiritual enlightenment. Additionally, the circular nature of the Ouroboros parallels the Yin-Yang, which expresses the harmony of duality.
Tarot & Divination:
• The World card (XXI) and The Wheel of Fortune (X) both embody the Ouroboros’ theme of eternal cycles and completion.
• Meditating with the Ouroboros during readings enhances one’s understanding of karmic lessons and life patterns.
Sigil Work & Chaos Magick:
• The Ouroboros can be used in sigil magick to create self-sustaining symbols that regenerate their own energy.
• Chaos magicians see the Ouroboros as an emblem of self-evolution, infinite potential, and reality manipulation.
Astral Projection & Time Magick:
• The symbol is used in rituals for past-life regression, astral travel, and accessing hidden knowledge.
• Practitioners working with time magick or reality shifting often meditate on the Ouroboros to understand the fluidity of time.
Meditation & Visualization:
• Visualize the Ouroboros coiling around your energy field for protection.
• Meditate on the symbol when working on letting go of old cycles or embracing transformation.
Sacred Jewelry & Talismans:
• Wearing an Ouroboros pendant enhances spiritual insight and protection.
• Drawing or engraving it on ritual tools amplifies magickal potency and transformation work.
Purpose: To break old cycles and manifest personal growth.
• Draw the Ouroboros on a piece of paper.
• Write the cycle you wish to break inside the circle (e.g., "self-doubt, procrastination").
• Light a black candle for banishment and a gold candle for renewal.
• Burn the paper, visualizing the cycle dissolving and reforming into strength.
• Close with "As the cycle ends, I am renewed. So it is done."
The Ouroboros is one of the most profound and powerful esoteric symbols, embodying infinity, wisdom, and self-transformation. It teaches us that life is a constant cycle of growth, destruction, and rebirth, making it a potent ally in magickal, alchemical, and spiritual practices.
Lucifer historical associations
white, which represents the angelic origins
red which represents the power of Lucifer
black which represents the darkness after the fall
mulberry, the changing colours of the fruit from white to red to black represent the fall of Lucifer
violin and fiddle music, was generally considered the devil's instrument
Sources:
Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages by Jeffrey Burton Russell
Shout out to pagans who have a romantic relationship with their deities and others don't believe them.
Shout out to pagans who have sexual relationships with their deities and are judged or attacked for it.
Shout out to pagans who have a parental relationship with their deities and don't feel taken seriously or belittled by others.
Shout out to pagans that are aro-/ ace- spec and feel uncomfortable with the idea of bringing romance or intimacy into relationships with their deities.
Shout out to pagans who see/hear/feel their deities and are called crazy or mentally ill for it.
Shout out to pagans who cannot sense or feel their deities at all and feel left out or disconnected from the community.
Shout out to pagans who are mentally ill and have a hard time knowing if something is real or not and aren't sure how exactly their relationship with their deities is.
Shout out to pagans who are chronically ill or disabled and feel like they can't do as much for their deities as they'd like to/as other pagans.
Shout out to young and new pagans who have no idea where they're at with their deities.
Your relationship with your deity is uniquely your's. It's beautiful and it's valid. You're a pagan, and the pagan community is your community, no matter what part of the spectrum you fall onto.