Smartweed Lady's Thumb

Ladies thumb is interchangeable with Knot weed, it can be used for love, binding, bonding and restricting, although when used for the latter of restricting consider carefully please, Karmic law, "do to others as you want done to you, for that is what is done" and the other ancient saying, "if you lead into captivity, there also you enter in yourself"

Wild Harvest List

 

Daffodil 

Purple Dead Nettle Lamium purpureum 

Smartweed Lady's Thumb

 Wild Geranium

 Wood Sorrel

Wild Geranium

Other Names: Crane's bill, Spotted Geranium, Spotted Cranesbill, Wood Geranium, Spotted Cranesbill, Wild Cranesbill, Crowfoot, Dove's-foot, Old Maid's Nightcap, Shameface, hardy geranium 

A tea of Wild Geranium flowers is an effective counter to many love spells. A bit of the root can be carried as an amulet to attract happiness and prosperity. It can also be used in spells to encourage conception, successful pregnancy and safe childbirth, especially in sympathetic spells.

Genuine Buffalo Tooth

 

 Buffalo medicine signals a moment to reconnect with the meaning of life and the value of peace, to praise the gifts you already have, and to recognize and honor the sacredness in all paths, though they may be different than yours. It is also knowing that abundance is present when all relations are honored as sacred, and when gratitude is expressed to every living part of Creation. It symbolizes an honor, reverence or special love for all the things that Mother Earth offers her children. Buffalo teeth are talisman charms carried or worn for strength, stamina and to remind us of what the Buffalo teaches.

Folkore

~ From Harry M. Hyatt’s Folklore of Adams County, Illinois ~

 -9614. To sweep under the feet of someone sitting on a table signifies that person will marry before the year ends.

-9615. Do not let anyone sweep entirely around the chair on which you are sitting; you will remain single seven years longer.

-9616. The person under whose chair you sweep will marry once say some, twice say others — soon after his or her mate dies.

-9617. If you sweep your own feet, you will never get married.

-9618. Whoever breaks a broom handle will soon break someone’s heart.

- 9619. For luck in love, a woman may wet the bushy part of her broom and sprinkle the water about the house.

-9935. The significance of an engaged girl dropping a broom is as follows: if the handle points to the north, she or her fiancee will break the engagement; if to the south, she will marry him and live a happy life.

-10129. It is very unlucky for a bride to see a broom on her wedding day before she goes to church.

Scrying Mirror

Scrying Mirror

Scrying is one of the oldest known forms of divination. The black scrying mirror, or magick mirror, is a powerful psychic tool. It can bring the user hidden knowledge, clairvoyant ability and can act as a portal to other planes of existence. It can be used to access your inner self, spirit guides and oracles. Scrying comes from the English word "descry" which means "to make out dimly" or "to reveal." 

 Your Magick Scrying Mirror should only be used for divination. Keep it covered and stored away from everyday energies. Keep it clean and dust free. Traditionally, Mugwort was used to clean a scrying mirror and you can even store a bit of Mugwort with your mirror for protection and energy.

 Some people "lock" the powers of their mirrors to their use alone by charging it with a secret, magick word. You can do this while cleansing and consecrating your magick mirror by placing your finger on the mirror's center and saying your magick word three times. Between speaking each word, remove your finger from the mirror and breathe through the spot.

The methods of scrying differ but after a period of concentration on the speculum visions, mental images, or impressions appear. Frequently the visions are symbolic and the scryer must meditate on their visions to interpret their meanings. 

To use your magick mirror, place a candle behind the mirror or light two candles on either side of the mirror. (Personal preference). Hold your hands over the black surface and whisper your magick word three times. Gaze into the mirror's blackness -- not on it. Another method is to sit under the full moon with your mirror. Catch the moon's reflection in the black mirror and begin scrying into this reflection.

Candle Magick and Colors

Candle Magic:  Hecate's Cauldron

white candles: protection, purification and healing

black candles: protection, deep meditation and remove negativity

pink candles: love, friendship

red candles: passion, protection, strength, health, courage, fertility and will power

orange candles: stimulation, mental agility, energy, success and stamina

yellow candles: attraction, study, charm, confidence and persuasion

green candles: money, fertility, growth and employment (*note these are forest, pine green so add in the protection of fortunes and prosperity)

light blue candles: healing, patience, happiness, peace, tranquility and calmness

dark blue candles: change, understanding, wisdom and self-awareness

purple candles: healing, meditation, psychic powers, wisdom

Gray/Grey candles: neutrality, stalemate, negativity, victory, stability, meditation, developing psychic ability, removal of negative powers and energies, repelling destruction

Brown: Earth, a balanced color. Rituals for material gain, eliminates indecisiveness, furthers powers of concentration, learning, telepathy. Expands financial success, finds lost items. Material prosperity, Home, friendships, balance, animal magic, earth magic, concentration and studying, wealth, success, intuition, psychic powers and ESP.

Lavender: Mother consciousness, manifestation and selflessness, Spirituality, compassion, understanding, inspiration, make contact with Higher-Self, attract spiritual assistance, very calming.