🕛 Witchy CHALLENGE ~ Catch-Up!

[jayne]

Challenge entry 2

Symbols & Sigils – Wielder of Symbols

I enjoy making sigils, using the worksheets provided by Amy at Magical Crafting.

There are a few different ways that they can be done, but I find the easiest for me to use the witch’s grid.

First of all, you write out your intention. Then you remove all the vowels and any letters that are repeated. These are the letters you work with for your sigil.

Depending on which way you are creating it, you might note all the different lines and shapes of the letters, and combine them in a way which appeals to you to come up with a personalized sigil. I’m not very good at doing it that way.

The way I usually do it is to take my final letters and refer to a grid which designates each letter as a number. Then, using the witch’s grid, I place a dot in the area associated with the first letter/number, followed by the second etc. Then I draw a line between the dots - it can be straight, curved, whatever you want. I keep doing that until I have added all the letters, but usually draw it a few times before I am happy with the end result.

Not sure that I described it very well, but hopefully you get the idea.

[georgia]

Challenge Entry

1. Polyglot.

I’m listening to an old CD of Triskelle d’Or, today- a favorite dance band when I visited France in high school. I thought I’d follow the flow and request health in French, even if it is a bit clumsy.

L’Esprit qui a cree,
Le feu,
L’air,
La terre,
L’eau,
Donnez moi la bonne sante,
S’il vous plait.

I do not have accents on this tablet, so my French teacher would say several words are misspelled. Pardonnez moi, Mademoiselle Purvis.

[little.elf.queen]

Challenge Entry #3 - Lunar Witch

@BryWisteria

Strength of the Full Moon - Lunar Witch

I am so excited about this one! This is my first recognized full moon as a baby witch! I missed last month’s due to sickness and I am looking forward to this full moon!

I’ve decided to make moon water, but what’s more awesome is that this is a blood moon! (I even did a Lunar eclipse tarot spread! But I used that spread for a different challenge I’ll post soon lol)

I plan to use the moon water to:
-Enhance my spell and ritual work
-Drink to help enhance my intuition and emotional healing
-And to create a connection

I will also be using the full moon to charge my selenite!

Blessed be!

[little.elf.queen]

Challenge Entry #4 - Nordic Practitioner

@BryWisteria

Nordic Magick – Nordic Practitioner

I am still very brand new to Norse Paganism, but it definitely called to me. I think it has always called to me.

When I was younger, I learned the Runes and their names, could write with them until my mother found out and forbid me to continue to do so (I had no idea that is was seen as bad to my Christianity at the time, I was maybe 12/13.) I made myself forget them, but I’ve been able to pick them up again. Not completely, but it’s like riding a bike lol.

I’ve always loved Norse mythology, but never tried to learn more, again, from the fear instilled in me.

And lastly, I’ve always seen pairs of Ravens, chocking it up to “I live(at the time) in Maryland, that’s why.” I know that the All-Father watches me, I asked my runes and for signs. I’m not sure if it’s from curiosity or for protection, but I feel very honored. (he has said he’s not ready to work with me just yet I have some growing to do with Freyja)

Speaking of: As some of you know, I did a deity spread with my tarot deck and learned that the beautiful, mighty and magnificent Freyja reached out to me.

I have an altar dedicated to the mighty Freyja in which I have the following offerings: cat blood, hair and shed claws (all naturally collected, the blood is from the pictured stinky head scratching himself open ), black amber, citrine, red and white rose petals, a golden pig, rose quartz rabbit, crow’s feather, shells, a pretty rock, a fancy/pretty hair piece, and dried jasmine flower. It is all in a cat shaped offering bowl that I was blessed to find (I’m very sure she led me to it lmao).

Freyja is very sassy, but very honest and to straight the point. She has been helping me practice my divination and intuition skills, she’s also working with me as I re-learn how to love myself. Very much a tough love situation. Plus she helped rekindle some sparks with the hubs.

The biggest thing is that she’s been urging me to protect my home, almost as if preparing for battle. If you don’t know, Freyja is the goddess of both love and war. I’m not sure what’s coming, but I’ve taken steps in warding and protecting my family and home. (And to bring some health, wealth, and abundance in!) It started with a sleep sachet for my son (it’s another challenge entry above) to drawing bind runes on my doorways.

I also do daily rune readings and cards pulls specifically to communicate with Freyja almost everyday.

And I use them in spreads I find to, because the more I do, the more I learn. Here is my lunar eclipse tarot spread that I

Anyways, I definitely consider myself a baby Nordic Practitioner.

[Nikki-Phoenix]

@BryWisteria

Egyptian Magick – Egyptian Practitioner

CHALLENGE ENTRY

I have been fascinated with Egypt since I was 9, when I first saw hieroglyphs on tv - I remember thinking how beautiful and fascinating they were. When I was 11, I watched Stargate and I was hooked. The more I looked, the more fascinated I became - especially the myths and legends, and the magick. And don’t get me started on the Pyramids…

I was lucky enough to go to Egypt in 2007, and it was everything I’d dreamed of and more. My partner at the time was also a keen traveller, so we did the touristy stuff but we also spent a lot of time hanging out with locals, learning their customs, what they do and why they do it.

Quad-biking across the desert

A local said I looked like a princess, and he dressed me like one

The Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx

I mentioned in another post how intense it was going into the pyramid, I still remember the feeling, numerous energies in a tiny embalming room at the bottom of the smallest pyramid…I don’t think I’ll ever forget it!

My main interest lately has been Isis; I now know she’s been with me all of my life, and apparently there’s a high probability that a past life was in Egypt, which is awesome if it’s true.

I won’t share the whole thing, as I feel it’s kind of between me and my Lady, but here’s the prayer I made for her:

Great Goddess Isis, Queen of the Heavens
I pray for your guidance, protection and blessings.
As I walk this path, I pray for your favour,
Empowered with Your strength, I will not waiver.
Allow me to bask in Your grace and love,
Let me be filled with Your light from above.
When the road gets dark, show me the way,
Lest the trials of life lead me astray.
Help me to trust in my magic and power,
Nurture my growth with each passing hour.
Goddess of magick, I pray to Thee,
Release the Magician that lies within me.

x Blessed Be x

[dan3]

Gah! I first read the heading on this post as a chance to comment on previous challenges… not do challenges. Welcome to my mind! I do have a couple I wanted to try and will get right to them. Thank you!

[dan3]

Loved your ‘princess’ gear and your prayer.

[little.elf.queen]

Challenge #5 - Mountain Witch

@BryWisteria

Mountain Magick: Land Beneath Our Feet – Mountain Witch

I am hoping this counts.

I’ve lived in the Appalachian Mountains my whole life, cradled by their misty peaks and winding hollows. Here, folklore isn’t just stories—it’s woven into everyday life. Don’t whistle at night, close your blinds after sundown, never look outside if you hear something call your name. Even in my sheltered Christian upbringing, these warnings lingered alongside the home remedies and superstitions passed down like family heirlooms. The mountains hum with old wisdom, and this challenge felt like the perfect way to deepen my connection with the land I’ve always known.

For my entry, I spent about twenty minutes grounding myself, feeling the cool, steady pulse of the earth beneath me while inhaling the crisp mountain air. There’s something powerful about rooting yourself in a place that has seen countless lives come and go, where the trees whisper secrets older than memory. To further immerse myself, I picked up three books on Appalachian Mountain magick and have already started digging in. There’s a unique energy here—wild, unyielding, and deeply tied to the earth. I can’t wait to explore it more.

here’s some pics. I can’t find any older photos

[georgia]

Beautiful princess! You had an awesome experience!

[Jeannie1]

@Phoenix_Fire

far im like loving deckable app

Never tried deckable app! I’ll have to try it! Marvelous, thank you!
For me I’m trying to figure out what badges I have so far

I didn’t realize I had so many and now I have to figure out which one I can out of five!!
@BryWisteria

@Nikki-Phoenix

remember thinking how beautiful and fascinating they were. When I was 11, I

Wow That’s a great memory! Thank you for sharing!
@little.elf.queen

@little.elf.queen

spent about twenty minutes grounding myself, feeling the cool, steady pulse of the earth beneath me while inhaling the crisp mountain air.

Very relaxing and magikal in the mountains with the crisp air! Something shamanic feels! I would love to go there!

Jeannie

[dan3]

Witch Challenge 1 - Multilingual Magic

I am not multilingual although I can order a quarter pounder and fries in four languages Most who study different languages realize that some things just work better in a particular language. Spanish is prevalent in the US and I suspect some of you speak it so I chose that one for an example.

I’m researching a 9 tailed fox called a Kitsune who is a spirit under the Inari deity in Japanese culture. A Kitsune is a trickster and can be reliable and helpful or a bit of a jerk.

[image is AI generated]

I’ve picked up Spanish through formal and informal study and in several trips to Mexico and South America. There are tons of different cultures but almost everyone I met was really beautiful.

Uru native on a Lake Titicaca floating island. I was on the island for about six hours and she never lost that smile. To learn more about the Uru, see Uru

OK… here is the chant, first in English and then Spanish.

Nimble fox, come play,
in the shadows, I want to talk.
Trick and magic, come to me,
cunning Kitsune, I called you here.

In Spanish:

Zorro ágil, ven a jugar,
en la sombra, quiero hablar.
Truco y magia, ven a mí,
Kitsune astuto, te llamé aquí.

The easiest distinction between the two is that the Spanish one (the original language) rhymes and, if you understand Spanish, it sounds better even without the rhymes. Of course, the simple English version could be modified to rhyme but I prefer the Spanish version - it sounds pretty cool.

I hope Kitsune digs Spanish.

[Jeannie1]

@dan3

There are tons of different cultures but almost everyone I met was really beautiful.

I am interested in culture myself, and a foxy smile
They seem really nice to be around, thank you for sharing your magnetic field!!!

For this season of catch up I decided to
play with some “Creative Magick”#1

I decided to make an intent for the full moon, the blood moon eclipse!!!
I Took a shower today and use my salt scrub to get all the negative energies off of me which is awesome to use when you’re doing magic so that way you don’t put that negative energy in your magic!

Restorative Sleep Moon Pouch

I used rosemary

I also used juniper which, in fact, I found on Pinterest a list of uses and correspondences for Juniper
I

Heres my sigil and my intent is manifesting!
Jeannie