Why does that picture look like it’s an Emu head on ice? 
what is wrong with me? 
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I wish you all the strength and best in your journey to the middle ground. 
I understand the discomfort with money. It’s part of the reason why I’m still an employee. I couldn’t handle directly putting a dollar amount on my work when I was going freelance. It was so stressful, and it felt like everyone other than my partner didn’t understand – they just wanted me to zip it and just “be normal.”
From friends to therapists, no one was helpful. They kept telling me, “Just base it off what others charge!” And I’d be like, “But what they’re charging is wrong! They’re ripping people off!” And then I’d get a lecture about believing in myself and blah blah blah… Like my own personal morals were offending other people or something. I don’t know. It’s not a fun journey when other people get involved. 
I’m fortunate that my partner is very understanding and nothing like that. And then I was further emboldened by the collective support of this coven. So, I’ve been dipping my toes in the water with my Etsy store. Now that I’m working on my own separate store, we’ll see what the next step is after that. 
I’m just going to take it at my own pace.
Because it does look like that. I have to assume there’s snow on a fence or something. 
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I completely relate!!! I love making jewelry, love selling it to people, but pricing my work gives me anxiety. Typing this sentence and thinking about it just jacked up my heart rate 
I think I tie people purchasing something from me as personal approval, so it becomes - what if I price it what it’s worth and people don’t like me? 
That does make things better. Support from a loved one is important 
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Age doesn’t always come with wisdom
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When I got out of the service I thought I’d work under the premise of living on less instead of striving to make as much money as I could. Though it may have caused me to live my life with very little money, it kept me feeling good about how I treated people. I was still able to help others without feeling I was robbing them. It may have proven to be an improper premise, but it has kept me generally “sane” 
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Hopefully not too sane.
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Did anyone ever tell you that the customers aren’t really paying for the service, they’re paying to have you around, for your living expenses and for all the training and focus that goes into it, past present and future? And for all the things that make life interesting for you and keep you motivated and inspired. A piece of the whole process, not just a neatly packaged end product.
“Just base it off what others charge” sounds lazy and avoiding the topic 
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it’s not just you @Artemisia that was my first impression also
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Oh how cute!!! I would love to go n a road trip soon, but to be honest after taking 4 kids overseas for 2 months straight, it didn’t even seem like a holiday and still feel like i need another one lol… I guess next on my list i should tick off is seeing snow in my own country lol 
They are sooo cute, but what i really want to see up close is a hamster, squirrel, skunk, brown bear, etc… guess things we don’t have here
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I used to make leather bags. Wore them myself, dangling from my belt. People liked them and wanted me to make for them, but they didn’t want to pay for the materials, let alone the hours of work I put in. I’d get stuck with the goods and no place to keep it all. At the time, I thought stores like Dollar Tree got people to believe that everything could be obtained for a buck. Then I started forcing people to pay the start up costs up front. They stopped bothering me about trying to gyp them out of quality merchandise, at least.
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Not personally, but I’ve read that and heard it in things on the topic.
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Today being Thursday, I was just thinking about money, wealth, and prosperity magick again. And I came to thinking…
Many of us have had or have some aversions to such magick in the past or currently. However, many of us also make statements in other areas of magick, which imply that sometimes, the universe just decides that now isn’t the right time for whatever we’re asking for or that we don’t need it. But, for some reason (which is mostly likely organised religious beliefs seeping into everyday culture), we’re afraid even to ask when it comes to this kind of magick. As though the act of requesting anything more than we have in this area is bad in itself.
Ultimately, the universe, spirit, or whatever else we believe in will decide whether or not we can have what we ask for. I think if we believe this, then money, wealth, and prosperity magick should fall under the same system as everything else. When we ask for protection, good health, peace and calm, and so on, we are asking and hoping that we get what we want. So, what am I saying?
Just ask for it. If it was not meant to be, it won’t happen, anyway. If it was and that bothers you, perhaps focus on what positive things you can do with what you are given, same as with any other field of magick or life.
Just my two seconds on the soap box.
P.S. Personally, I’m all about asking and then taking action. Asking without taking action just doesn’t seem reasonable or logical, in my personal opinion. So, everything is basically a road-opening spell for me. But I still think the concept will generally apply to my life. I will ask, I will try my best, and whatever happens or doesn’t happen, that’s okay.
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I agree with your two seconds on the soap box
I think for me it comes down to the connotation of money rather than the money itself. When I was growing up I was often told to be grateful for what I had, that things could be so much worse. This was something I heard about almost everything, not just money - I mean, we even got the whole “Eat all your food because there are starving kids in Africa who would kill for your scraps!” Nevermind the racist undertones of growing up in an ignorant white family, it drove home the idea that if I wasn’t grateful for all I had access to then I was spitting in the face of those who didn’t have what I did.
It’s really horrible looking back at it, honestly. We were never taught that we could be grateful for what we had and still want (or need!) more of it. I was raised to believe that wanting a lot of money meant you were greedy, that being wealthy and having financial abundance was something to aspire to as long as we did it by “pulling up our bootstraps” and working very hard. Asking for more? No, we had to break our backs to work for it. Knowing our worth? Nope, we had to prove our worth and seek external validation - only others were allowed to tell us what our time and effort were worth.
It reminds me a lot of my dad, a man who would work himself to death just to have extra money. A man who will always take overtime because it makes his bank account bigger despite the fact it makes his time with family smaller. His attitude while I was growing up showed me exactly what I didn’t want in life. There is no point in working more and more just to hoard money (because let’s face it, he never had time to spend it because he was always working) and do nothing with it.
It has taken me a long time to come to terms with the fact that money is meant to be spent. Money is neither bad nor evil. Money is, unfortunately, a necessary part of our lives. There is also the unfortunate matter that 80% of the world’s wealth is held by 1% of the population (I’m not entirely sure of the exact percentages, but it’s the general idea that matters here). I can’t make the billionaires of the world give up their greed and live a more philanthropic life. What I can do, though, is realize the unfairness of the situation and do my best to make my life a bit better, even if it involves spells to gain more money.
And as you said, it’s about asking and then acting. I believe witchcraft works best when you work with it. If you do a spell for money but don’t open yourself up to opportunities for more money, the spell will have a much more difficult time working, if it works at all. Giving, taking, asking, and acting - they all go hand in hand.
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wonderful!
I fell all over here
Today I did such a spell
I grew up with the belief from my parents that money is hard to come by or even worse that being rich is a sin!
No, my love, it’s not like that.
my dear sisters we are talking about money which is energy like you
Yesterday I cast a spell on the God Hermes and today on the god Saturn [Capricorn] I am and he is my protector and the Goddess Hekati
I opened the doors with the flower of Jericho
we have every right to ask for something that is missing from our lives!
we don’t deprive it from anyone except the Universe which is huge…
I asked for all doors and opportunities to be opened…and they are already opening… 
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I was wondering where I could post some of my Thursday work and just remembered there’s this thread! Consider this a reminder to myself to get it done. 
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Posting this because it’s relevant to how I use my oils and candles for this kind of magick.
Sorry for my terrible writing. Here it is written up:
Basic Usage of Potions & Candles
- Find a tranquil environment
- Engrave the first and last name on the candle, from the wick end to the base
- Drop 6 drops of potion onto the candle
- Set a timer for 6 minutes
- Light the candle
- Concentrate deeply, visualising the result or goal
- After at least 6 minutes, carefully extinguish the candle
Notes
- One candle per target, per intent. Reuse only if they don’t change
- Every 2 weeks is a good timing for repeating this. But any repetition is good. The more, the better
- Some potion may also be applied behind the ears or on pulse points, daily
Caution: For hex potions, change the candle rule. Don’t reuse regardless of target and intent.
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Just had to step in to say your handwriting is lovely - gosh, I wish I could write like this! 
Hope your Thursday prosperity work goes/went wonderfully today! 
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very beautiful writing my sister! 
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Aww, thank you, @BryWisteria and @AIRAM. Maybe it’s just me, then. I often struggle to read my own writing, so I just wish I could write in a way that I could read it later.
For example, there’s a spell I wrote out where I’ve changed how I read the same word twice. I originally wrote “force” and then later thought I’d written “love,” only to realise it was “force” a few weeks later.
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