What Are Indigo & Crystal Children/Adults?

How do you know if you, or someone you know, is an Indigo or Crystal Child or Adult?
We will describe the main features and characteristics of these people. But we want to stress that the Indigo/Crystal phenomenon is the next step in our evolution as a human species. We are all, in some way, becoming more like the Indigo and Crystal people. They are here to show us the way, and so the information can be applied more generally to all of us as we make the transition to the next stage of our growth and evolution.

The Indigo Children have been incarnating on the Earth for the last 100 years. The early Indigo's were pioneers and way-showers. After World War II, a significant number were born, and these are the Indigo adults of today. However, in the 1970's a major wave of Indigo's was born, and so we have a whole generation of Indigo's who are now in their late twenties and early thirties who are about to take their place as leaders in the world. Indigo's continued to born up to about 2000, with increasing abilities and degrees of technological and creative sophistication.

The Crystal Children began to appear on the planet from about 2000, although some date them slightly earlier. These are extremely powerful children, whose main purpose is to take us to the next level in our evolution, and reveal to us our inner power and divinity. They function as a group consciousness rather than as individuals, and they live by the" Law of One" or Unity Consciousness. They are a powerful force for love and peace on the planet.

The Indigo and Crystal Adults are composed of two groups. Firstly, there are those who were born as Indigo's and are now making the transition to Crystal. This means they undergo a spiritual and physical transformation that awakens their "Christ" or "Crystal" consciousness and links them with the Crystal children as part of the evolutionary wave of change. The second group is those who were born without these qualities, but have acquired or are in the process of acquiring them through their own hard work and the diligent following of a spiritual path. Yes, this means that all of us have the potential to be part of the emerging group of "human angels".

The following extract describes the difference between Indigo and Crystal Children.
It is from Doreen Virtue's article Indigo and Crystal Children:

The first thing most people notice about Crystal Children is their eyes, large, penetrating, and wise beyond their years. Their eyes lock on and hypnotize you, while you realize your soul is being laid bare for the child to see. Perhaps you've noticed this special new "breed" of children rapidly populating our planet. They are happy, delightful and forgiving. This generation of new light workers, roughly ages 0 through 7, are like no previous generation. Ideal in many ways, they are the pointers for where humanity is headed ... and it’s a good direction!

The older children (approximately age 7 through 25), called "indigo Children", share some characteristics with the Crystal Children. Both generations are highly sensitive and psychic, and have important life purposes. The main difference is their temperament. Indigo's have a warrior spirit, because their collective purpose is to mash down old systems that no longer serve us. They are here to quash government, educational, and legal systems that lack integrity. To accomplish this end, they need tempers and fiery determination.

Those adults who resist change and who value conformity may misunderstand the Indigo's. They are often mislabeled with psychiatric diagnoses of Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Sadly, when they are medicated, the Indigo's often lose their beautiful sensitivity, spiritual gifts and warrior energy..........

In contrast, the Crystal Children are blissful and even-tempered. Sure, they may have tantrums occasionally, but these children are largely forgiving and easy-going. The Crystals are the generation who benefit from the Indigo's trailblazing. First, the Indigo Children lead with a machete, cutting down anything that lacks integrity. Then the Crystal Children follow the cleared path, into a safer and more secure world.

The terms "Indigo" and "Crystal" were given to these two generations because they most accurately describe their aura colors and energy patterns. Indigo children have a lot of indigo blue in their auras. This is the color of the "third eye chakra", which is the energy center inside the head located between the two eyebrows. This chakra regulates clairvoyance, or the ability to see energy, visions, and spirits. Many of the Indigo children are clairvoyant

The Crystal Children have opalescent auras, with beautiful multi-colors in pastel hues. This generation also shows a fascination for crystals and rocks......

Indigo Children can sense dishonesty, like a dog can sense fear. Indigo's know when they're being lied to, patronized, or manipulated. And since their collective purpose is to usher us into a new world of integrity, the Indigo's inner lie-detectors are integral. As mentioned before, this warrior spirit is threatening to some adults. And the Indigo's are unable to conform to dysfunctional situations at home, work, or school. They don't have the ability to dissociate from their feelings and pretend like everything's okay ...unless they are medicated or sedated.

Crystal Children's innate spiritual gifts are also misunderstood. Specifically, their telepathic abilities which lead them to talk later in life.

In the new world which the Indigo's are ushering in, we will all be much more aware of our intuitive thoughts and feelings. We won't rely so much upon the spoken or written word. Communication will be faster, more direct, and more honest, because it will be mind to mind. Already, increasing numbers of us are getting in touch with our psychic abilities. Our interest in the paranormal is at an all-time high, accompanied by books, television shows, and movies on the topic.

So, it's not surprising that the generations following the Indigo's are incredibly telepathic. Many of the Crystal Children have delayed speech patterns, and it’s not uncommon for them to wait until they're 3 or 4 years old to begin speaking. But parents tell me they have no trouble communicating with their silent children. Far from it! The parents engage in mind-to-mind communication with their Crystal Children. And the Crystals use a combination of telepathy, self-fashioned sign language, and sounds (including song) to get their point across.
The trouble comes about when the Crystals are judged by medical and educational personnel as having "abnormal" speaking patterns. It's no coincidence that as the number of Crystals are born, that the number of diagnoses for autism is at a record high.

It's true that the Crystal Children are different from other generations. But why do we need to pathologies these differences? If the children are successfully communicating at home, and the parent’s aren't reporting any problems... then why try to make a problem? The diagnostic criteria for autism are quite clear. It states that the autistic person lives in his or her own world, and is disconnected from other people. The autistic person doesn't talk because of an indifference to communicating with others.

Crystal Children are quite the opposite. They are among the most connected, communicative, caring and cuddly of any generation. They are also quite philosophical and spiritually gifted. And they display an unprecedented level of kindness and sensitivity to this world. Crystal Children spontaneously hug and care for people in need. An autistic person wouldn't do that!

In my book "The Care and Feeding of Indigo Children", I wrote that ADHD should stand for Attention Dialed into a Higher Dimension. This would more accurately describe that generation. In the same vein, Crystal Children don't warrant a label of autism. They aren't autistic! They're AWE-tistic!

These children are worthy of awe, not labels of dysfunction. If anyone is dysfunctional, it's the systems that aren't accommodating the continuing evolution of the human species. If we shame the children with labels, or medicate them into submission, we will have undermined a heaven-sent gift. We will crush a civilization before had its time to take roots. Fortunately, there are many positive solutions and alternatives. And the same heaven that sent us the Crystal Children can assist those of us who are advocates for the children.........
The following is an extract from Celia's forthcoming book," The Indigo-Crystal Adventure". This explains more about the metaphysical aspects of the Indigo-Crystal experience.

CHAPTER FIVE
GOLDEN AURAS, HUMAN ANGELS AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
The Indigo and Crystal children that come to the planet are known as "star children". Often this is because their souls are more at home in the stars, and they have not incarnated on Earth before. They come at this time as a "special assignment" team to assist Earth and her inhabitants with their transition and rebirth as a higher dimensional "New Earth".
But while these beings appear like ordinary human beings, they do in fact have access to a greater range of human potential. They are more open to who they are, closer to recognition of their divine origins and essence.

Indigo children are born onto the Indigo Soul Ray of Incarnation and Evolution. This means they have access to the gifts of clairvoyance and healing. They are also able to access what may be termed the Fourth and Fifth Dimensions of Consciousness, while most humans have access only to the Third and Fourth. This Higher Dimensional access, together with the Indigo Ray soul gifts, means that Indigo's are naturally more intelligent, more sensitive and more clairvoyant. They are also creative, and often able to access the left and right brains with ease, making them artistically gifted, but also technologically competent and adventurous.

The Crystal children, on the other hand, are mostly born into the Gold Ray of Incarnation and Evolution. They are born on the Sixth Dimension of Consciousness, with the potential to open up rapidly to the Ninth Dimensional level of Full Christ Consciousness, and then from there to the Thirteenth Dimension which represents Universal Consciousness.

With these gifts and abilities, Crystal beings are immensely powerful and creative. Many of them carry the Gold and Magenta Rays, which makes them masters of creation, especially with light and sound. This manifests as artistic and musical creativity on the Earth plane. Those who carry the Indigo-Silver Ray, are also gifted as the "mothers" and "goddesses" of the planet, and carry the feminine vibration of healing and nurturing. Those on the Red-Gold Ray, on the other hand, carry the masculine vibration of manifestation and are often the leaders in the more active sense.

The Future Crystal child will be known as a "Rainbow Crystal" being. This is the fully developed Thirteen Dimensional Universal Human Being, able to carry and transmit all the Rays of Incarnation and Evolution within their vibrational field. There are Rainbow Crystal beings already on planet Earth, but they are yet to open into their full potential.

The exciting thing about these evolutionary developments, for ordinary people, is that the Indigo and Crystal beings bring these vibrations to the planet in order to share them with others. By their very presence, they assist others to move into these new vibrations and open up to their full potential as well. The Indigo-crystal gift to the planet is the gift of Evolution and access to our full potential, for every human being on the planet today, if they so choose.

At this point, many people who are allowing this shift or transition within their own auric fields, have moved from their original Third Dimensional state of awareness into the Indigo and then the Crystal states, with the assistance of the children who hold the vibration. These adults are now able to hold the Gold Ray of Evolution in their Eighth chakra's, and are helping to create a matrix for the creation of the New Earth. This pulsating Gold light can be clearly seen in their auras by those with clairvoyance and the ability to perceive auric colors.

The Human Angel
One of the gifts of this transitional process is that Humans are becoming aware of who they truly are: that they are Spirits in Human bodies, and that they are, in other words, Angels in human form.

We have been aware of our connections to the higher realms for many thousands of years, but have always felt that out "human" and material state somehow "shut" us off from our angelic inheritance. We would speak about our "Higher Self", knowing that we had access to this aspect of ourselves, but somehow it was not quite a part of who we were, and could only be accessed in meditation.

Part of the reason for this was that our physical forms were locked into the Third Dimension, but our Higher or Angelic self was of a much finer and higher vibration and was more at home in the Higher Dimensions. So there was always a "gap" between the material manifestation of the human body and consciousness and the spiritual reality.

Now, however, with the vibration shift that the planet is experiencing, which is aptly called "Ascension", the Earth and her inhabitants have the opportunity to "ascend" from the Third Dimension of consciousness upwards into the Higher Dimensions. As the consciousness ascends higher, the spiritual world comes closer, until there is no longer a "gap" but a continuum that is termed "Multi-Dimensional Consciousness".

In this state, the human being is able to access both the material and spiritual realms with ease. There is no longer any need for intense meditation, since the access to the spirit realm is immediate and evident. People in the Multi-Dimensional state have accessed their Angelic presence or state, and recognize themselves as Spirit beings or Angels who also have a human body and are able to function in the material plane as material beings.

At this point, the Higher Self and the Lower self can be said to have blended, and the Human being is now a Human Angel.

The Human Angel is constantly aware of themselves as Angelic and as Powerful and Creative. They have no time or need for things such as fear and victim dramas. Their time is better spent in creating the kind of reality in which they would be happy and content.

Many Indigo and crystal children are already almost at this point of awareness, if not fully within it. As there are many of the Indigo-Crystal adults who have made the transition to this state. It is these new beings, able to claim both their human and angelic inheritances, who will create the New Earth.

It is important to state, at this point, that it is imperative that those who make the transition into awareness of their angelic selves, be also aware of how important it is to be human and to be well grounded in the material dimensions or planes. The whole point of the Transition is to bring "Heaven" to "Earth", and not to drift away into some ungrounded paradise state.

For Human Angels there is work to do. Creating a New Earth that will bring Heaven to Earth. And since "heaven" is not so much a place as a state of consciousness, these Human Angels must work to bring the higher dimensional states of consciousness to the Earth plane. Once this is achieved, then a planetary culture will be birthed that will respect all beings as manifestations of the Divine Essence. And this culture will reflect that respect in its peace, harmony and creativity.



The Nature of Multi-Dimensionality
Until fairly recently, all humans born on Earth were born as Third Dimensional beings. This means that they were fully in the material plane or realm, and their consciousness was "locked" into the Third Dimension. They functioned on the first three chakra's, the material, the emotional and the mental. Where there was spirituality, it was usually seen as something outside or other than normal every day functioning.

The Third Dimensional being is aware of him or herself as a separate and unique individual. There is no real sense of the unity or oneness of consciousness that is a factor of higher dimensional consciousness. Because of this sense of separation, humans have built a society that has very little awareness of the interconnections of beings and actions. And because of this lack of awareness, humans have created a planet of sorrow and suffering, where individuals see no need to be responsible for their thoughts, feelings and actions. Fear of not surviving on the individual level, because of lack of resources, has led to greed and imbalances that need to be addressed in order to create a stable planetary home for all humans.

The Indigo children arrived with the key to multi-dimensionality. They were born into Third Dimensional bodies, but their consciousness was effectively in the Fourth Dimension and capable of moving into the Fifth. When this "wave" of Indigo consciousness arrived on the planet in the early 1970s, the way was opened for all humans and the planet itself to shift into the Fourth Dimension.

At the Fourth Dimensional level of Consciousness, humans become aware of the Universal Law of One, otherwise known as "Unity Consciousness". This Law states that we are all One, we are all connected and that whatever affects one of us affects all of us. Indigo children carry this awareness in their consciousness, and it leads them to be warriors for many causes that will heal the Earth and stop humans from destroying and polluting their environment and harming other humans.

The Law of One also fosters the understanding in Indigo beings that we are all equal, and that no one is greater than any other. This group consciousness and group awareness is the path to the future for humans. We will learn to function co-operatively and for the good of all if we are to create the New Earth that we desire. Indigos respect the talents and abilities of each individual, but these talents do not make any one greater than anyone else. The play of ego and self-importance has no real place in the life of an Indigo.

When an Indigo awareness opens into the Fifth Dimension, it becomes aware of itself as a Creator. Fifth Dimensional awareness loves to create. All the religious belief systems and the economic systems on Earth today are Fifth Dimensional Though Form creations that we hold in place by our continued support of these thought forms. They form a Fifth Dimensional grid around the Earth. Most lower- dimensional beings are completely unaware that their thoughts and behavior patterns are being controlled from this level.

When the Indigo awareness opens to this level, there is often a rejection of all belief systems and a consciousness of the freedom to create new and alternative ways of thinking and being. The Indigo person takes on the planetary mission of creating and bringing in new ways of thinking and being for Planet Earth. But, at this level the consciousness is still concerned with dualities of "good" and "bad", that determine what kind of system is best for Earth. The next step in consciousness is to move beyond duality and into a realm where all is seen as part of the greater good and for the good of the greater whole.

This advanced state is known as Sixth Dimensional Consciousness, and is the realm of the Christened Child or Magical Child. All Crystal children are born into this level of awareness. They have immediate access to the magical and spiritual aspects of who they are, and are able to blend imagination and creation in fantastic and joyous ways. If they were left to their own devices, they would immediately create a magical planet. But, they still have to deal with a largely Third Dimensional consciousness, and they struggle with the patterns and behaviors that they find here.

When an adult Indigo consciousness makes the shift into the Crystal state or awareness, they enter into Sixth Dimensional awareness and the Christ Consciousness seed. They are re-birthed, in consciousness, as a Christened or Magical child. With this comes an awareness of the playfulness of life and the play of Spirit through human beings on this planet. Then all life is seen as magical and blessed, and all life is directed and advanced through the work of spirit. At this point, the being understands the principle of surrender to the flow of the greater evolutionary wave, while still exercising the right to be a creator on the individual level.

The Crystal consciousness, when it has matured enough at this level, can then move into the Seventh Dimensional level, where awareness opens onto the nature of the spiritual mission of the being. A Crystal or Christened adult at this level is ready to take on a planetary mission as a carrier of higher dimensional consciousness to others. The work may involve teaching and healing on a grand scale, or it may simply be to carry the energy in the auric field so that others may access the higher vibrations in their own upwards ascension path.

The Crystal child and adult now carry the potential to open fully to the Ninth level or Full Christ Consciousness. This incorporates the Eighth level, or Archetypal level, where the being has full control over the "story" of their life on earth, and the Ninth level, where the being assumes full responsibility for stewardship of the Planet.

The potential then exists for the being to continue on the journey to the Tenth level, where the being accesses his or her Solar System responsibilities; the Eleventh level, where the Galactic level of consciousness is accessed and finally the Twelfth level, where the Gold Ray of Universal Consciousness inaugurates the being as a Full Universal Being. The Thirteenth level represents the Master, who enters into the Divine Mystery as a fully conscious spark of the Divine Creative Essence.




An Evolutionary Leap
As can be seen from the above discussion, the Indigo-Crystal adventure represents a huge evolutionary leap for the human species. This is initially a huge leap in consciousness, reflected in the auric colors and the access to multi-dimensional layers of awareness in an individual.

But, what is manifest in the subtle or spiritual bodies must eventually make itself manifest in the physical or Earth plane body of each individual. And eventually, in the physical body of the Planet itself. Indigo and Crystal children and adults are an integral and dynamic part of the evolutionary leap into a new and Golden future.

Higher levels of consciousness, awareness of the interconnections of all things and a desire for an empowered and creative life will soon become the characteristics of all humans on Planet Earth.

The Altars

In each religion, they have an altar that they pray to or give thanks. What is the meaning of an altar? It is quite simple really; according to an online dictionary by Oxford Dictionaries Language Matters on Google, the meaning of an altar is, “A table or flat-topped block used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a deity, like bread and wine”.

When it comes to an altar, depending on your religion could depend on what is on it. On most altars, they have: Statues, candles, incense, wine, bread and a book. In other religions, they could have a lot more, like Wicca. A Wiccan altar can vary depending on the person. Other people who do not understand the Wiccan faith may even confuse this faith with Satanic. Wicca is a nature-based religion and Satanic is devil worshiping.

A Wiccan altar has a variety of stuff laid out on it, much more than a Satanic altar. But let’s break it down, shall we? Each person has different materials laid out on their altars, it depends on what they want on it and what they want it to resemble. Each material has a different meaning and symbol. Depending on the person on what deity they worship can depend on the material that will be placed on the altar.

Currently, I can only tell you what I know and what I've practiced. Now that you got done reading the previous article before this one, you have a better understanding of what I practice in my craft. Everybody will say something different on how they view their craft, depending on who you are and how you see your craft. Not everybody will say the same thing.

The Photo you see on the left is my altar. It is divided up between two parts. The left side is for the Goddess Aphrodite and Athena. The right side is for the God Apollo.

How I have my Wiccan altar set up, some people would say I have it wrong because the God side should be on the left and the Goddess should be on the right. Honestly, it depends on the individual and how they would want it placed. The candles in the center; represent the five elements: Earth (Green), Air (Purple), Fire (Red), Water (Blue), Spirit (White).

Some would say that there are only four elements and not five. The element of Spirit actually grounds the other four elements and without Spirit, havoc and chaos would be a disaster. Having Spirit is really important to the other four. You could think of it as four children and without that parent to guide them and protect them, they can get into a lot of trouble.

The photo you see on the right is how I would interpret what a Satanic altar would look like. Now, this might not be accurate but I don’t know too much about this religion. Like I said, this is just my interpretation on this kind of altar. Some may agree to disagree but everybody is entitled to their own opinions.

                                                                                             

pentacle |ˈpentəkəl| noun:
a talisman or magical object, typically disk-shaped and inscribed with a pentagram or other figure, and used as a symbol of the element of earth

pentagram |ˈpentəˌgram| noun:
a five-pointed star that is formed by drawing a continuous line in five straight segments, often used as a mystic and magical symbol.

Book of Shadows

Book of Shadows AKA: Grimoire is a diary in which a Witch records his or her personal spells, invocations, rituals, dreams, recipes for various potions, and so forth. Some traditions say it must be hand-written, others say it does not matter. A Book of Shadows may be kept by an individual witch or by an entire coven.

In the event of a Witch's death, the Book of shadows may be passed down to his or her children or grandchildren, kept by a High Priestess & High Priest of the Coven (if the witch was a member of one at the time of her death), or burned in order to protect the secrets of the Craft.

Whichever course of action is taken, of course, depends entirely upon the customs of the particular Wiccan tradition and/or the Witch's own personal wishes.

A Magickal journal kept by each Wiccan initiate, in which spells, invocations, ritual notes, herbal recipes, dreams, divination results and material from the coven book can be recorded. Some people write in Thesbian script or in other alphabets.

Sew into the cover of the Book leaves of the sacred herbs vervain, rue, bay, willow or others, if you wish. They should be well dried & secretly placed by the light of the moon. The covers of the Book of shadows should of course, be covered with cloth. 

Despite its romantic name, a Book of Shadows is simply a record of Wicca beliefs and practices. Covens may have their own books outlining how they worship, which they usually don't share with people outside the coven. A solitary witch, however, has the freedom to create her own. Even members of a coven may want to create some parts to fill in gaps or expand on their practices and beliefs.

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Every Witch makes his or her own Book of Shadows. A Book of Shadows is your personal magick diary, with notes on what rituals and magick you performed, when you performed it, what you did, what kind of results you got, any feelings you have about your magick, your life, or anything else that you feel is important to record about your experiences as a Witch. These notes help you to better understand both yourself and your magick. You can use any blank pages book (check stationary stores for books with both lined and unlined blank pages and many different kinds of covers) or you can learn how to make your own paper and how to bind it into a book or you can just use ordinary notebook paper and any binder of your choice.

The plural of Book of Shadows (when talking about more than one of them) is Books of Shadows (not Book of Shadowses). Book of Shadows is often abbreviated as B.O.S.

You will usually want to be able to easily add pages anywhere in your Book of Shadows or even move pages around. This means some kind of loose leaf binding, usually a two or three hole notebook. Some Witches prefer bound books, which means that once something is put in, that’s the order it is in, and it can't ever be changed. If you use a regular two hole or three hole notebook, you can also get plastic binder pages to insert special items that you don’t want to hole punch. Some Witches keep daily Books of Shadows in loose leaf notebooks, and once a year (or whenever makes sense) transfer the most important information into beautiful bound books (some even learn bookmaking and make their own books).

You may want to consider what will happen if your Book of Shadows falls into the wrong hands (angry parents, troublesome siblings, cranky teachers, etc.) and store or keep your Book of Shadows appropriately. You may want to include personal identification information (name, address, phone number, e-mail, etc.) in case your Book of Shadows gets lost.

Several people have written in and asked about sharing Books of Shadows. It is acceptable to share when you feel comfortable. Normally parts of your Book of Shadows will be very personal and won’t be shared and other parts will be things you might share with other Witches. Never let anyone else pressure you into sharing something you don’t want to share and never try to make someone else share something if they feel uncomfortable sharing.

Some Witches keep their Book of Shadows on a computer. It is much better if you keep a real Book of Shadows. The process of actually writing something down or drawing something out helps make it more concrete. You will be much happier in the long run with actual books. Plus, once you learn how to make magick inks, you can use magick inks for writing in your Book of Shadows.

Things to include in your Book of Shadows: You decide what you want to include. You can leave things from this list out if you don’t feel like including them. You can add other things that aren't on this list if you feel like including them. It is your personal Book of Shadows — make it your own!

Title Page
Include your name, contact information, and the dates you start and end that Book of Shadows. If you end up keeping different Books of Shadows for different subjects, then label the subject too.

Dedication Page 
Write down your spiritual commitment. Things like why you are practicing Witchcraft, what you hope to learn, how you hope to grow, that kind of thing. If you want to dedicate your book to a particular God, Goddess, or more than one, write that down and why. Include the date and whatever astrological information you know. Over time, you may find that you want to change your dedication. That’s cool. In that case, add a new dedication page and keep the old one — you will want a record of how you have changed and grown in your craft. Don’t be embarrassed by old dedications — that’s a record of how you grew in the craft. Some Witches add a new dedication once a year, four times a year, or even at each Sabbat.


Invocation of the Goddess 
This is an invocation of your Goddess. You can have more than one Goddess (or not even have one yet). You can start by including the famous Charge of the Goddess from Leland’s Aradia or you can make up your own. Feel free to add additional invocations of the Goddess to various Goddesses as you discover them or make up your own.

Invocation of the God 
This is an invocation of your God (and this can be Jesus, if you are a Christian Witch). You can have more than one God (or not even have one yet). Feel free to add additional invocations of the God to various Gods as you discover them or make up your own.

Altar Diagrams 
You may include diagrams, drawings, even photographs, of altars that you plan or make. Include any notes that you feel are important. See also the article on altars. http://www.teenwitch.com/magick/altar.html

Circle 
Write down how you call or cast your circle. Include any chants or poems you recite or make up. Include any notes about anything special you do. Save old versions. You may start with the version at casting a circle. http://www.teenwitch.com/magick/castingcircle.html 


Rituals 
Keep notes on all the rituals you try. Write down what you did and how it turned out. You can also include rituals you are saving for later (so they are handy when it is time).

Lunar 
Keep notes on your Esbats (Full Moon and New Moon), as well as any other lunar rituals (dark moon, waxing moon, waning moon, quarter moons, etc.). You can also include notes for lunar things you might want to do in the future.

Drawing Down the Moon 
If you do a Drawing Down the Moon ritual on Full Moon, keep notes on what you did, any visions or inspirations, and how things turned out.

Sabbats 
Keep records of what you do for each of the eight Sabbats in the Wheel of the Year. You may also want to save ideas for upcoming Sabbats (rituals, recipes, crafts, decorations, incenses, potions, spells, etc.).


Holy Days 
If you celebrate any holy days other than the Esbats and Sabbats, you will probably want to keep records of those. And you may want to save information on holy days you learn about in case you ever want to celebrate them in the future.

Other Special Days 
Keep records of any other special days, including your own birthday, and the birthdays of friends and families, anniversaries, and any other days that are special to you.

Magickal Calendar 
If the sections on Esbats, Sabbats, Holy Days, lunar cycles and other special days becomes large enough, you may want to consider keeping a separate Magickal Calendar book.


Poems 
These can be your own poems, poems you find inspiring, or any combination.

Songs 
These can be your own songs, songs you find inspiring, or any combination.

Dances 
These can be your own dances, dances you find inspiring, or any combination.

Chants 
These can be your own chants, chants you find inspiring, or any combination.


Prayers 
These can be your own prayers, prayers you find inspiring, or any combination.



Invocations 
These can be your own invocations, invocations you find inspiring, or any combination.

Wisdom 
You may include wisdom you receive from visions, from power animals, from spirit guides, from dreams, from friends, from rituals, from books, even from school or your parents.


Astrology 
Keep the astrological charts of yourself, your lovers, your friends, your family, and anyone else important to you. You can use Western astrology, Chinese astrology, Hindu astrology, or any other kind of astrology, or any combination that you prefer. See the article on astrology. http://www.teenwitch.com/divination/astrology/astrology.html 

Tools 
Keep records on your magick tools, their purposes, connections to the elements, markings, etc.
http://www.teenwitch.com/magick/tools/athame.html
http://www.teenwitch.com/magick/tools/sword.html
http://www.teenwitch.com/magick/tools/wand.html

Magickal Information 
This section is all of your magickal information. This includes spells, of course, but can also include tables of correspondences, potions, oils, brews, incense, ointments, inks, tinctures, herb baths, bath salts, ritual soaps, sachets, powders, gems, crystals, candles, talismans, sigils, charms, magickal alphabets, runes, elements, knots, divination, etc.

Recipes 
Some Witches keep their recipes in their magickal information section. Others have a separate section for recipes. It’s really a matter of personal preference.

Magickal Diary 
Some Witches keep their magickal diary at the back of their Book of Shadows. Some Witches keep their Magickal Diary in a separate book. It is a matter of personal preference. Some Witches even keep a separate detailed Magickal Diary, but include duplicates or summaries of the most important notes in the appropriate pages of their Book of Shadows. Your Magickal Diary records all the divination you do (astrology, Tarot, I Ching, Drawing Down the Moon, etc.), all the spells you perform (with the results), all of the rituals you perform, and anything else you do in your magickal life. You will also want to record dreams and visions. And you will want to keep notes on how you feel, how your life is going, what your plans and hopes and dreams are, and anything else that you feel is important about your life or your magick.

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Magical Uses
Mandrake (Mayapple): Exorcism, fertility, love, fidelity. Place in the home for a powerful protective charm. The roots are used in image magic, as the American version (Mayapple) and the European version, resemble the limbs of humans. Grind and sprinkle in cupboards & Book of shadows to keep away prying eyes. Protection, Love, Money, Fertility, Health

Candle Colors

Learning THE BASICS OF CANDLE MAGICK.... can be intimidating, with all the candle colors, types of candles, herbal and astrological associations and purposes of spell components. Here is a brake down by candle color - for you to reference.

Black:
Burning black with any other color dissolves negative energies! Protection, hex-breaking, reversing, banishing, destroying evil or negativity, binding, and repelling. Also used for healing very powerful illnesses.

Blue:
Communication, truth, peace, calm, loosing weight, wisdom, understanding, protection, harmony, inspiration, truth, patience, health and happiness, luck, communication, loyalty, peaceful, cooling, contentment, healing, idealism, harmony, devotion, meditation.

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. Protecting pets, Said to help find lost items.

Gold:
Enlightenment, protection, success, wealth, money, masculinity, playfulness, luck, divination, victory. Enhances communication and attracts the power of cosmic influences; Useful in rituals which are designed to gain fortune or money.

Green:
Abundance, growth, money, success, wealth, physical healing, health, marriage, fertility, employment, balance, Stimulates growth, healing, financial success, good luck, new job, good harvest, nature appreciation, love.

Ivory:
(beige): neutrality, balance and harmlessness

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

Orange:
Cleanses negative attitudes, situations and places, Happiness, business deals, attracting good things, success, career, goals, stimulation, attraction, power, luck, sudden changes, Warmth, energy building, enthusiasm, attracts success and prosperity, emotional healing, attracts friends, courage and ambition.

Peach:
restoration and rejuvenation

Pink:
Devotion, love, tenderness and faith, friendship, romance, honor, spiritual healing, caring, affection, forming partnerships, peace, emotional healing, Universal love, purest form of love, love that is unconditional, spiritual love without sex connotation, raises vibrations, sensitivity, healing.
Designed to attract attention and achieve a purpose in rituals. The color of femininity, Honor, Pleasantness – enhances joyful and lively conversation.

Purple:
Use with white candle to neutralize effects of karma and ego. Ancient wisdom, the third eye, psychic powers, meditation, spirituality, success, confidence, hidden knowledge, protection, divination, All forms of expansion, expands what you already have, spiritual protection, power, wisdom, healing, recognition, enhances psychic ability, Recognition in work, contact with spirit world.

Red:
Energy, vitality, and strength, health, passion, sex, love, protection, fire, fertility, fast action, strength, potency, lust, blood, Physical love and passion, courage, warmth, energy, attraction, magnetism, desire, action, physical strength, power, willpower.
Strengthens magnetism in a ritual, creates Ram and Scorpio energies.

Rose:
Compassion for self and others, higher mystical powers, humor, Love, romance, opening the heart, forgiveness, compassion, healing, joy, creativity, endurance, strength, stability and security.

Silver: (Light Grey)
Victory, Stability, Meditation, Developing
Psychic Ability, Removal of Negative Power, Repelling Destruction,
Cancellation, Neutrality, Stalemate.
Silver is primarily associated with female deities.

Violet:
Strength, Success, Idealism, psychic revelation; Ideal for rituals which are designed to secure Ambition, Independence and financial success or to establish contact with the other, spiritual world; Enhances Neptune energy.

White:
The Balance of all colors: Spiritual enlightenment, cleansing, clairvoyance, healing, truth-seeking, purity, innocence, clarity and unity, Dawn, purification, peace, truth, protection, spirituality, General work, cleansing, repels negativity; use to bring peace, spiritual strength, truth, purity; heals emotions, and provides protection.

Note: White can be used in place of any other candle color and is suitable for any ritual.

Yellow:
Intellect, wisdom and honor, action, inspiration and creativity, studying and intelligence, concentration, memory, logic, learning, attraction, confidence, Mental powers, intellect, inspiration, concentration, retention of memory, energy, cheerfulness, sunny disposition, changes, endurance, stability and security.
Yellow strengthens the imagination and concentration in a ritual. Is used in rituals in which the trust of a person is gained or in which one wants to convince someone.

COLORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ZODIAC:

Aries: Red, white, pink

Aquarius: Light blue, dark blue, green

Capricorn: Red, black, dark brown

Cancer: White, green, brown

Gemini: Yellow, silver, green, red, blue

Leo: Gold, orange, red, green

Libra: Royal blue, light brown, black

Pisces: Aquamarine, royal blue, white, green

Sagittarius: Dark blue, purple, gold, red

Scorpio: Black, red, brown

Taurus: Green, pink, red, yellow

Virgo: Grey, yellow, gold, black

Cartomancy (Reading with Playing Cards)

How To Read A Regular Deck Of Playing Cards As Tarot Cards

Before we get started with today's blog post, at the end of this blog are helpful links where I got some of this information from and even a video. So, let's get started...

If you can't afford tarot cards or you have parents that are religious, then this blog post is perfect for you. 

Cartomancy is known as Gypsy playing cards (fortune-telling). Gypsy's would use a regular deck of playing cards as tarot cards and they would use this as a form of divination.

Forms of cartomancy appeared soon after playing cards were first introduced into Europe in the 14th century. Practitioners of cartomancy are generally known as cartomancers, card readers, or simply readers.

Cartomancy is one of the oldest of the more common forms of fortune-telling. In English-speaking countries the most common form of cartomancy is generally tarot card reading. Tarot cards are almost exclusively used for this purpose in these places.

Cartomancy using standard playing cards was the most popular form of providing fortune-telling card readings in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

In English-speaking countries, Tarot cards are more commonly used, however, a standard deck of Anglo-American bridge/poker playing cards (i.e., 52-card, four-suit set) can also be used; the deck is often augmented with jokers, and even with the blank card found in many packaged decks.

In France, the 32-card piquet playing-card deck is most typically used in cartomancy readings, although, the 52 card deck can also be used. (A piquet deck can be a 52-card deck with all of the 2's through the 6's removed. This leaves all of the 7's through the 10's, the face cards, and the aces.)

NOTE: 
There are no major Arcana cards in this deck. They were invented in the 15th century. However, they only began to emerge in the 18th century. In the major Arcana cards, Strength is traditionally the 11th card and Justice is the 8th card. However, the influential Ryder-Waite-Smith deck switched the position of these cards in order to make them a better fit with the astrological correspondences worked out by the Hermetic-Order of The Golden Dawn, under which the 8th card is associated with Leo and the 11th card is associated with Libra. Today, many decks use this numbering particularly in the English-Speaking world. Both placements are considered valid.

Methods:
The most popular method of cartomancy using a standard playing deck is referred to as the Wheel of Fortune. Here, the reader removes cards at random and assigns significance to them based on the order they were chose. Though the interpretation of various cards varies by region, the common significators for the future are as follows:

Most Common Interpretations in Cartomancy

Card	Significance
King of Hearts	A man over 35, with sandy, dark blond, or light brown hair, with brown, blue or hazel eyes. Usually a family member or other loved one. Paternal and family-oriented.  [Fair-haired young man. Auburn or Grey Hair with Hazel or Green Eyes.]
King of Diamonds	A man over 35, with red or light blond hair with blue, green or gray eyes, Usually a wealthy man in an authority position.  [Fair or grey-haired man over 40. Fair to Red or Gold Hair and Blue or Grey Eyes.]
King of Clubs	A man over 35, with medium or dark brown hair, with brown, blue or hazel eyes. Usually a married business man (although business could have a sexual, rather than commercial, interpretation.)  [Dark-haired young man. Brown Hair and Light Brown Eyes.]
King of Spades	A man over 35, with dark brown to black hair, and dark brown eyes. Usually a widower or divorced man, or a man from a foreign country. Ambitious and powerful, can be arrogant and deceptive.  [Dark-haired man over 40. Dark Hair and Eyes, Dark Complexion.]
Queen of Hearts	A woman over 18, with sandy, dark blond, or light brown hair, with brown, blue or hazel eyes. Usually a family member or other loved one. Maternal and family-oriented.  [Fair-haired young woman. Auburn or Grey Hair with Hazel or Green Eyes.]
Queen of Diamonds	A woman over 18, with red or light blond hair with blue, green or gray eyes, Usually a wealthy woman in an authority position.  [Fair or grey haired woman over 40. Fair to Red or Gold Hair and Blue or Grey Eyes.]
Queen of Clubs	A woman over 18, with medium or dark brown hair, with brown, blue or hazel eyes. Usually a business woman or social butterfly.  [Dark-haired young woman. Brown Hair and Light Brown Eyes.]
Queen of Spades	A woman over 18, with dark brown to black hair, and dark brown eyes. Usually a widow or divorced woman, or a woman from a foreign country. Ambitious and intelligent, can be cold, calculating, or spiteful.  [Dark-haired woman over 40. Dark Hair and Eyes, Dark Complexion.]

Again, reading playing cards is known as cartomancy.

Did you realize that each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history? Spades = King David; Clubs = Alexander the Great; Hearts = Charlemagne; and Diamonds = Julius Caesar.

Reading with playing cards is easy because the tarot layouts and divinatory meanings are easy to adapt to reading regular playing cards. Clubs = Wands, Hearts = Cups, Diamonds = Coins, and Spades = Swords. To do a reading, simply shuffle and cut in your usual method, and deal the spread of your choice.

Here is one method:

Begin by separating the Kings or the Queens from the deck. Lay them side by side in this order: Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, and Spades. Assign a name of someone you are involved with or interested in to each card. You can choose Unknown for the leftover cards. Put the cards back in the deck, shuffle, and ask a question.

Deal out the remaining cards face up, laying them out one at a time. Proceed across four stacks and return to the beginning if required. Your question is answered when you deal a matching suit on one of the Kings or Queens.

Ask another question and start laying down cards from the beginning of the row again, stopping again when a suit matches a King or Queen. After all of the cards have been dealt, pick up each stack and count the number of cards of each suit. Hearts denote love, clubs indicate vitality and liveliness, diamonds indicate money, and spades show contemplation and thought. The more you have of one suit indicates the predominant influence or the potential of that relationship. Look up the meanings of the cards on the reference chart for a deeper understanding.

Wheel Of Fortune pt.1:
Gender:
Male - King
Female - Queen
Youth of either gender - Jack


RANKS:
Aces: Week at the beginning of the season.
Kings: The matter was completed last year at this time.
Queens: The matter was completed last season.
e.g. - Ace of diamonds would be the first week of the Spring Equinox


STAGES METHOD:
Aces: The beginning of a situation.
Twos: Direction the matter will take. May be a 1st meeting point.
Threes: The point at which details grow and the matter solidifies.
Fours: Foundation has begun. Roots are put down in order to build.
Fives: The first challenge or glitch in the situation.
Sixes: Issue changes & grows. If it stagnates, it will not continue.
Sevens: Variety added, Scope of the idea/project may be expanded.
Eights: Evaluation period. People & ideas may be put to the test.
Nines: Moving forward. The issue is nearly completed.
Tens: Completion of the cycle, project, or issue.
Pages: Signify risks and messages.
Knights: Indicate movement and direction.


Wheel of Fortune pt.2:
Minor Arcana: Ace through ten
Court Cards: King, Queen and Joker. The Joker could represent as a Paige or Knight.

Clubs (Wands):
Clubs - Alexander the Great.

Element- Fire (Aries- Ram, Leo- Lion, Sagittarius- Archer).
Color- Red.
Season- Summer or Autumn.
Time Frame- Weeks.
Personality Factor for Club- Instinctive or Intuitive, cheerful and friendly.
Predominant Clubs - Concern is for achievement and recognition.
Physical Appearance- Fair skin with blond hair & blue eyes.
Tools- Candle or Twig.

Idea's, work, mental activity, the other (outer) world, career, creative forces. Enterprise, money, accomplishment in the next year.

Ace: The beginning of achievements, professional success, the power to make things happen. Wealth, health, love and happiness. A letter concerning money.

King: A dark haired man, honest, open, generous, faithful and affectionate. 

Queen: A dark haired woman, strong, helpful, attractive self-confident, nice woman, inclined to be temperamental. 

Jack: A dark-haired youth. A reliable friend, sincere but impatient.

10: unexpected good fortune with bad loss, imprisonment. Money from an unexpected source, good luck or gift. Travel abroad.

9: A new romance or admirer. Disputes with friends, endurance and strength. Achievements. Don't be stubborn.

8: Fast or sudden occurrence of the matter at hand. Opposition, danger or recklessness. Trouble in relationships, business and personal. Jealousy and greed.

7: Honor, uphill battle, prosperity in opposition, chance of romantic interference. Prosperity and success. Be careful of trouble coming from a person of the opposite sex.

6: Business success, profitable business in partnership. Business success. Getting financial help.

5: Opposition from friends or associates, quarreling, strife, failure of project due to friends. Help from a friend or spouse. New friends and a successful marriage.

4: Fulfillment, solidification, crystallization, completion. Changes for the worse. Lies and betrayal.

3: Good marriage or partnership, long engagement, and then a fast wedding. Marriage to a wealthy partner. Money coming from the partner.

2: Ownership and territory, the desire to possess. Disappointment and opposition. Gossip.

Joker: (Optional) New developments, fresh starts, taking a risk.

Hearts (Cups)
Hearts - Charlemagne.

Element- Water (Pisces- Fish, Cancer- Crab, Scorpio- Scorpion).
Color- Orange and/or Gold.
Season- Summer or Autumn.
Time Frame- Days.
Personality Factors for Hearts- Shy & helpful. An emotional, creative person.
Predominant Hearts - Concern is emotional.
Physical Appearance- Light (Fair) to medium skin with light-brown hair & blue eyes.
Tools- Chalice or Glass of Water.

Happy forecast for the year. Shy and helpful. Emotions, love, romance, the unconscious, mirrors of the emotions.

Ace: The beginning of love, friendship, the home and distinct happiness. Happiness, the home, love, friendship, joy the start of a romance. A love letter.

King:  Good-natured, affectionate, generous, but impetuous, honest man, hasty in decisions, not to be relied upon for advice. Good advice.

Queen: Trustworthy, faithful loving woman, gentle & pleasing.

Jack: A young person, good friend, a close (or long lost) friend or a good-natured.

10: Instability of extreme brooding passion, an overfilled heart spilling over. Good fortune, happiness.

9: The ‘wish card’, dreams and desires will come true, good fortune, happiness, Good news. 

8: Invitations, but also partings, parties or celebrations. Visits and visitors. Invitations out or attending a party, but also partings.

7: Someone is unreliable, lust, debauch, whoredom. An unfaithful or unreliable person. Broken promises.

6: Unexpected good fortune, generosity, imposed upon by untrustworthy people, pleasure. Someone helping you out.

5: Jealousy, inability to make a decision, disappointment. Jealous people around you. Take your time to make any decisions. 

4: Overabundance and excess. A change, a journey or a move of house/business. A late marriage or postponements.

3: Fertility, abundance, pregnancy. You need to be cautious. Don't say something you'll regret.

2: Love, fulfilled heart, perfect harmony. Success, and prosperity, friendship. An engagement or partnership.

Spades (Swords)
Spades - King David.

Element- Air (Aquarius- Water Bearer, Gemini- Twins, Libra- The Scales).
Color- Blue.
Season- Winter.
Time Frame- Months.
Personality Factors- Cool and Logical, inner self is important. An intellectual, logical person.
Predominant Spades - Concern is antagonistic or for power without responsibility.
Physical Appearance- Olive skin with dark hair & light eyes.
Tools- Small Knife, Feather or Incense.

Action, strategy, self, obstacles one is facing, spiritual issues, logic and reason. Quarrels, discord ahead. Cool and Logical, inner self is important.

Ace: The beginning of a new way of thinking, a new enlightenment. A difficult love affair. Emotional conflict, obsession, death. Things coming to a head.

King: Ambitious, usually successful, and an authoritative man. His ambition overrides everything else.

Queen: Seductive or unscrupulous, treachery, betrayal, malice, widow. 

Jack: A young man, well meaning but immature, lazy person, hindrance in all work, an unreliable youth.

10: Insanity, destruction, despair, rock bottom, restless misery. Worry, misfortune. Imprisonment. Unwelcome news.

9: Orneriness, unhappiness, cruelty, sadism. Bad luck in all things. Depression and low energy. Destruction, deaths. Extreme anxiety. Can mean delays or quarrels.

8: Lies, rumors, scandal, gossip, deceit, opposition, interference, division, jealousy. Trouble and disappointment. Plans go awry. Friends let you down. Cancellations.

7: A warning against a hopeless battle, possible loss of friendship, quarrels with friends. An unexpected burden. A warning against losses and sorrow.

6: Use perseverance to make your plans work, your method is sound. A small improvement in the person's life.

5: Anxiety, setbacks, interference, success in business, harmony in partners. Happy home but interference from other people. Reversals and opposition but eventual success

4: Compromise, making a deal, bartering, reconciliation, warning against a second marriage. Business troubles, worries. Jealousy, illness, broken promises.

3: Partings due to faithlessness, bad things in love or marriage, love gone wrong. Be wary in partnerships.

2: Peacefulness, harmony, friendship, good vibes. Scandal, gossip, danger of deceit, separation. Difficult changes.

Diamonds (Coins/Pentacles)
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

Element- Earth (Capricorn- Goat, Taurus- Bull, Virgo- Virgin).
Color- Green.
Season- Spring.
Time Frame- Years.
Personality Factors- Ambitious and businesslike, impatient, outgoing. A down-to-earth, practical person.
Predominant Diamonds - Concern is material.
Physical Appearance- Dark skin with dark hair & dark eyes.
Tools- Stone or Bit of Soil.

Manifestations, money, security, the physical world, reveal fiances, resources. Successful practical year ahead. Ambitious and business like, impatient, outgoing.

Ace: News about money, a ring or present of jewelry. Important message, or a valuable symbolic gift. A letter.

King: A man who's stubborn, influential, powerful, vengeful, dangerous when crossed.

Queen: A flirt (flirtatious) woman, sophisticated, witty, loves to party and to gossip, interferes in others’ affairs.

Jack: A youth. A relative, unreliable, selfish or jealous, bad news. Watch out for dishonesty or unreliability.

10: Opportunities and surprises, usually financial, taste for adventure. Journey, fortunate changes, usually bringing wealth.

9: Changes usually bringing wealth, money as objective, maybe not result. Surprise with money. New business opportunities. Restlessness.

8: Late marriage or new relationship, late blooming, waiting for the right time. A marriage and travel late in life. Financial ups and downs. New relationship; unexpected money.

7: An unlucky gambler, criticism, a disappointing failure, fighting and losing. Surprise news or a gift. Problems and losses at work.

6: Success, victory, fruitfulness, good fortune, abundance. A reconciliation; a warning against a possible second marriage or problems in a second marriage.

5: Worry, anxiety, wastefulness, loss of vital energy on trivial concerns. Successful meetings, particularly in business. Happy family.

4: An inheritance, A change for the better, unhappiness from bad friends, betrayal. Improvements in finances.

3: Creation, fruitfulness, building, stockpiling, working towards a goal. Legal problems, domestic arguments. A legal letter.

2: Changes, a great love affair attracting disapproval from others. Strengthening a business partnership. May be opposed by friends.

Links: 

Tarot Card Games

Tarot

How To Read Tarot

Three Tips For Reading For Yourself

Cartomancy

CARTOMANCY - FORTUNE TELLING USING PLAYING CARDS

Tarot Cards Using Playing Cards?