Notebooks and Divination Tools

I posted a photograph of my Book of Shadows on a previous post but I never mentioned my love of notebooks, note writing and list making. I make lists for almost everything - from to do lists to wish lists to shopping lists to lists planning events and every kind of list in between. I also make random notes, whether it be something that I've thought of, remembered or read in a book, I'll get it written down somewhere.

Here's a selection of my notebooks, all but the pink and blue ones are notebooks I have "on the go" at the moment.

The top left one is a Health and Beauty book from Paperchase that I keep all sorts of recipes, techniques and tips in on topics ranging from relaxation to first aid. The bottom left one is my Divination notebook where I keep records of any Tarot readings or Rune castings that I do. The bottom middle book is my Pagan notebook, it has draft versions of Book of Shadows pages, spell planning notes, notes on books I own plus a few lists like what essential oils I need to get, what books I would like and what not. The last one is my prayer book, its only small, perfect for carrying in my handbag.

I've been going through my "Witchy" (as I call them) things and thought I would share some photographs of my divination tools. All hold very special places in my heart, especially the clear quartz ball as it was given to me by a witch in Yorkshire (a story I will tell another time!). The amethyst Runes are mostly used for magic rather than divination but I thought I would include a photograph of them anyway. The Tarot deck is the "Tarot of a Moon Garden". The pendulum is made from amethyst, although its quite hard to tell as the photo came out a bit dark.

I hope that you like the almost finished design of the blog, I do have a few more things to do but its almost done.

Have a wonderful weekend, as a finishing note here is a video of my hamster stuffing her face which I took this morning -

Q: Can you do a Tarot reading for yourself?

A: Yup, you damn well can! At least in my opinion.

I fail to see the logic behind the notion that doing a Tarot reading (or any type of divination) for yourself will be biased or anything along those lines. Whether you do a reading for yourself, or someone does it for you, you will still have to further interpret the reading for you to understand how it applies to your own life. Thus, connecting, for example, the Lovers card to a person you have romantic feelings for. Doing the reading yourself just cuts out the middle man.

To explain further, again using the romantic feelings example, the person doing the reading pulls the Lovers card, explains the meaning behind it, how it related to the other cards in the spread etc then you explain to the reader that you have romantic feelings for Mr.X, you will then both discuss the possible implications of the Lovers card to the situation as well as other possible situations it may apply to. Or, if you are given a reading and are unable, for whatever reason (say its done online), to discuss it with the reader, you are still going to apply it to the most likely situation. Some, hopefully most, will explore other situations it will apply to as well but if your first instinct is that its regarding the person you have feelings for, then who is to say that your instinct is wrong?

If you want a totally objective, unbiased reading then it will have to be done by someone you don't know. That person certainly isn't going to turn around and say, "Oh! The Lovers card, it definitely applies to Fred, not Sam, the person you have a romantic feelings for so just ignore the first person who came to mind (Sam), because I know its about Fred". You still have to relate what they read, no matter how much detail they are able to go into (which wont contain names, or specific places etc etc) to your own life, because they don't know you or how it can relate to your life or situation. You have to do that part yourself which is the part can be said to be biased. In other words, no matter what the reading says, you are still ultimately going to have to interpret it yourself and apply it to yourself.

Well, that's enough ramblings from me. What's you're view on the matter?

Note that this is a modified reply that I gave to someone on The Pagan Meridians social network forum, I was going to be posting about the absurdities of the rule "To Be Silent" but that will now have to wait until the next time I can come online!


See you all next time,


Blessed Be x