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Small glass bottles filled with a yellow liquid and herbs, branded 'Aunty M's Conjure'.

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Van Van Oil is a traditional New Orleans Hoodoo formula used to clear away bad luck, crossed conditions, and spiritual residue, then turn the situation toward luck, protection, success, and open roads. Reach for it when circumstances feel stuck, plans keep going wrong, or you need to clear the old condition before beginning something new.

All Van Van products are made by Michelle here at Smudge. A portion of your purchase goes to support our local Hiatus House.

Van Van is especially useful for changing the tone around a home, business, journey, job search, money matter, or personal working. It can be used to dress candles, anoint petitions and talismans, feed mojo bags, or strengthen floor washes and spiritual-cleansing preparations.

Clear bad luck and crossed conditions
Open roads and remove obstacles
Turn a difficult situation in a better direction
Draw luck, success, opportunity, and favourable outcomes
Protect the home, business, personal belongings, and ritual space
Dress candles, petitions, mojo bags, charms, and talismans

How to Use

For candle work: Apply a small amount to your fingertips and lightly dress a white candle for cleansing and protection or a green candle for luck, money, and opportunity. Keep oil away from the wick and flame.

For petitions: Anoint the four corners of a petition paper. If drawing luck or opportunity, move toward the centre. Fold the paper toward yourself and place it beneath a candle, carry it with you, or add it to a mojo bag.

For mojo bags and talismans: Add a small amount to feed a luck, protection, success, or road-opening hand. A little oil is enough; do not saturate fabric or paper.

For a floor wash: Add a few drops to prepared wash water. Clean from the back of the space toward the front door while praying for bad luck and obstacles to leave. Finish at the threshold and ask for clear roads, protection, and better opportunities to enter.

Size: 10 ml glass dropper bottle.

More Van Van Products

Van Van Soap for spiritual baths, personal cleansing, and washing away bad luck before beginning a working.
Van Van Oil Roller for a portable way to carry luck, protection, success, and road-opening work with you.
Van Van Spray, 8 oz for clearing rooms, doorways, vehicles, workspaces, and personal surroundings.
Van Van All Purpose Ritual Bundle for a complete working with Van Van spray, oils, soap, a citrine candle, and a large citrine point.

Safety: Sold as a spiritual curio. For external use only. Do not ingest. Patch test before applying to skin and discontinue if irritation occurs. Avoid eyes, broken skin, and sensitive areas. Keep away from children and pets. Oils may stain fabric, paper, wood, or other porous surfaces; test in an inconspicuous area first.

An orange-colored spray bottle labeled 'Van Van' by Smudge & Co, styled with flowers and a green glass vase in a decorative setting.

A hand with pink nails holds a bottle of Van Van Spiritual Balm by Smudge Spiritually Spiritual Botanicals in front of a background of red flowers and green leaves.

Van Van Spray 8oz

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Van Van Soap

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Van Van Soap brings the cleansing and luck-turning work of Van Van into the bath. Rooted in New Orleans Hoodoo tradition, Van Van is used to wash away bad luck, crossed conditions, and spiritual residue, then help open the road toward protection, success, and better opportunities.

Use this handmade soap before candle work, petition work, an important meeting, travel, a job search, or any new beginning. Its rich, creamy lather makes it practical for regular bathing while giving you a focused way to clear the old condition and set yourself toward something better.

Wash away bad luck and crossed conditions
Clear spiritual heaviness and unwanted influences
Attract love & money.
Prepare yourself before spellwork or ritual
Open roads toward luck, success, prosperity, and opportunity
Support protection and regular spiritual maintenance
100% vegetable soap base
Neutral pH of 7.5–8.5
Cruelty-free, biodegradable, and handmade

How to Use

In the bath or shower, work the soap into a lather. Wash downward from your shoulders toward your feet while praying for bad luck, obstacles, and crossed conditions to leave you. When focusing on love and money, wash upwards focusing on your intentions. Name what you are clearing or attracting, and ask for your road to open toward protection, success, and favourable opportunities.

Rinse thoroughly. After bathing, take a practical step connected to your intention: submit the application, make the call, begin the trip, clean the doorway, light the candle, or start the work you have been putting off.

More Van Van Products

Van Van Oil for dressing candles, anointing petitions, feeding mojo bags, and strengthening floor washes.
Van Van Oil Roller for carrying luck, protection, success, and road-opening work with you.
Van Van Spray, 8 oz for clearing rooms, doorways, vehicles, workspaces, and personal surroundings.
Van Van All Purpose Ritual Bundle for a complete working with Van Van soap, spray, oils, a citrine candle, and a large citrine point.

Safety: For external use only. Contains essential oils that may irritate sensitive skin. Patch test before full use, avoid eyes and broken skin, and discontinue use if irritation occurs. Keep out of reach of children and pets.

A collection of handmade natural products from Smudge Spiritual Shop arranged on a wooden board, including a yellow Citrine Glycerin candle, a brown amber spray bottle of Van Van Aromatic Spray, a small Van Van Aromatic Oil bottle, a Van Van Sacred Rose oil bottle, and a bar of Van Van Handmade Palm Soap.

Van Van All Purpose Ritual Bundle

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When your luck has turned sour, the road ahead is blocked, or a situation keeps working against you, it is time to clear the condition and turn things back in your favour. The Van Van All Purpose Bundle gives you the tools to wash away crossed conditions, sweep out bad luck, open stubborn roads, attract love and money, and set your work toward success. The Van Van products handle the cleansing, uncrossing, protection, and road opening, while citrine helps draw prosperity, confidence, opportunity, and the momentum to move forward.

Van Van is a longstanding formula in Hoodoo and New Orleans conjure, worked to clear away bad luck and unwanted conditions, open doors, protect the home, and draw love and success. Citrine strengthens the bundle's focus on prosperity, opportunity, confidence, and decisive action. Together, these pieces give you a complete working for fresh starts, money matters, business goals, job searches, new ventures, travel, or any situation that needs a cleaner road ahead.

This is also a useful bundle during Mercury retrograde or other periods when plans, communication, and progress seem tangled, while remaining versatile enough for year-round spiritual maintenance.

Van Van has a very lemon, citronella smell. Fresh and clean.

What's Included

Van Van Spray, 8 oz: Clears and refreshes the atmosphere while setting the space for luck, protection, peace, and better opportunities. You can also use it as a body mist. Mist it around rooms, doorways, windows, your car, or your workspace before beginning a working, or to cleanse the energy when needed.
Van Van Oil, 10 ml dropper bottle: A versatile ritual oil for clearing unwanted conditions, drop on mojo bags, dress your candle, add to a bath or floor wash.
Van Van Oil Roller, 10 ml: Apply lightly to pulse points before meetings, interviews, travel, money work, going on a date, or whenever you need help clearing obstacles and drawing success.
Van Van Soap: Used to wash away stagnant energy and prepare yourself before spellwork. Work it into a ritual bath or shower with the intention of removing bad luck and making room for better conditions.
Large Citrine Point: Brings focus to prosperity, confidence, opportunity, motivation, and forward movement. Place it on your altar or beside your petition to direct the working toward your goal.
Madame Phoenix Citrine Crystal Candle, 8 oz: A soy container candle created for abundance, success, manifestation, confidence, creativity, and joyful momentum. Burn it over a petition or as the central light in your working.

Van Van Road-Opening & Prosperity Ritual

Cleanse yourself. Bathe or shower with the Van Van Soap. Wash with the intention of removing crossed conditions, delays, and the residue of past disappointments. Rinse away from your body and picture the road ahead becoming clear.
Clear the room. Shake the Van Van Spray, then lightly mist the room, doorway, and windows. Speak plainly about what you are removing and what you are inviting in: clear roads, sound decisions, good luck, love, protection, and opportunity.
Write your petition. On a small piece of paper, write your name and the result you are calling in. Keep it direct and specific, such as a new job, stronger sales, successful travel, a fresh start, or the removal of a particular obstacle. Place the petition paper under your candle.
Dress your Candle. Poke 2 or 3 small holes down into the wax in your candle and drip 2 drops of Van Van Oil in each hole.
Build the altar. Place the petition beneath the Citrine Crystal Candle and set the large citrine point beside it.
Focus Your Intention. Focus your energy and intentions on the candle, you can also place your hands on or around the candle. Light the candle. Pray or speak from the heart for obstacles to be cleared, doors to open, and the right opportunities to recognize and meet you. Light the candle. Sit with the flame for a few minutes while picturing steady, practical movement toward your goal.
Carry the work forward. Apply the Van Van Oil Roller lightly to your pulse points before taking real-world action connected to the petition. Send the application, make the call, open the shop, attend the meeting, or take the next clear step. When the spell candle is burned out, you can carry the citrine with you or place it in your meditation space to carry the energy with you.

Safety: External use only. Patch test soap and oils before full use, avoid eyes and sensitive areas, and discontinue use if irritation occurs. Use sprays with care around people, pets, and delicate surfaces. Always place the candle on a stable, heat-safe surface and never leave it burning unattended.

Two small glass roll-on bottles of Sunny Corner Oil perfume/oil with black caps, placed on a wooden surface with dried flowers and crystals around them. The left bottle contains pale yellow oil with visible botanical pieces, and the right bottle has a white label reading 'Van Van' and 'Luck + Love + Protection + Repel.

Van Van Oil Roller

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Van Van Oil Roller is a portable version of a longstanding New Orleans Hoodoo formula used to clear bad luck and obstacles, open doors, and turn conditions toward success, opportunity, and better luck.

10 ml glass rollerball

Hand-blended with vetiver, citronella, lemongrass, and palmarosa, and some extra proprietary ingredients, this formula includes lemongrass and vetiver herbs in the roller bottle. Carry it when you need cleansing, road opening, a quick money draw, or extra support before an interview, business meeting, trip, important conversation, or new beginning.

Clear bad luck and crossed conditions
Open roads and remove obstacles
Draw good luck, success, money, and opportunity
Support cleansing and protection
Anoint pulse points, petition papers, talismans, and mojo bags
Convenient 10 ml glass roller bottle

How to Use

Roll a small amount onto your wrists or other pulse points while stating what you are clearing and what you are calling in. Use it before taking practical action toward the goal: submitting an application, attending a meeting, making a sale, beginning a journey, or handling a money matter.

For a petition, lightly mark the four corners and move toward the centre to draw luck or opportunity to you. To feed a mojo bag or talisman, apply a small amount to the outside or touch the roller lightly to the appropriate curio. Do not saturate fabric or paper.

All Witch of Walkerville and Aunty M products are handcrafted by Michelle, owner and spiritual practitioner of Smudge Metaphysical. The oils are hand-blended with essential oils, herbs, flowers, and resins, then prepared for their intended spiritual purpose.

A portion of every purchase supports Hiatus House, helping fund local programs for women and families working to overcome the cycle of domestic violence.

More Van Van Products

Van Van Oil in a dropper bottle for dressing candles, feeding mojo bags, anointing petitions, and adding to floor washes or spiritual baths.
Van Van Soap for bathing away bad luck and crossed conditions before ritual work or a new beginning.
Van Van Spray, 8 oz for clearing rooms, doorways, vehicles, workspaces, and personal surroundings.
Van Van All Purpose Ritual Bundle for a complete working with Van Van soap, spray, oils, a citrine candle, and a large citrine point.

Safety: Sold as a spiritual curio. For external use only. Do not ingest. Contains essential oils; patch test before full use and discontinue if irritation occurs. Avoid eyes, broken skin, and sensitive areas. Keep away from children and pets. Oils may stain fabric, paper, or porous surfaces.

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Blue Moon Fig & Vanilla Candle

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Money Magic - Getting paid What You're Worth

More money is a common need this day and age. In the midst of a recession, all of us feel the need and desire to attract financial wellness into our lives. What To Expect Throughout This Blog Post? Common ways we energetically block the flow of money: With our words With our Habits With our outdated beliefs Spells we can use to help us attract money: Increase Tips With The Jezebel Root Body Altar Spell Money Magnet Mandrake Root Poppet Van Van Bad Money Luck Candle Reversal Spell and finishing up with some tips to help us move through the challenges we may face from this spell work. Stop Blocking your magic Our Words Are Spells One common way we tend to block our magic is with our speech. Around others who are struggling or in a recession, there tends to be a lot of talk about being poor or not being able to afford much. Every time you say or think “I can’t afford that” or “that’s too expensive” we unintentionally block prosperity from entering our lives. Joking around at our own expense or joking about how poor we are also blocks the flow of prosperity. As does complaining or venting about our financial struggles. I’m not saying don’t complain, because it’s necessary to get rid of that tension and anxiety, but back it up with something positive after. The trick is training our brains to think in an abundance mindset instead of a scarcity mindset. When you catch yourself saying “I’m too poor for that” switch it up asap with “In the future I’ll be able to afford that” or "That's not for me at this time". When you’re complaining about money or joking around end it with something along the lines of "but it will get better, this is only my current reality". Everything changes, and you doing this work will guarantee that. Bad Money Habits Another common way we block the flow of prosperity is with our habits. There is a big difference between being frugal and being stingy. This comes from a place of privilege, but spending small amounts of money on things that make us happy or small acts of charity help the flow of prosperity. I look at prosperity like a current of water, if there are ebbs and flows then there’s movement but if there is none then your water becomes stagnant. Next time you have to spend money look at it as an opportunity to help grow your prosperity mindset. When you spend that money you can include an affirmation like “I pay this bill knowing that money will flow back into my life and my wallet.” Back it up when you do receive money with a phrase like "This is proof that the flow of prosperity in my life is balanced". I like to buy myself something inexpensive once a week/month, usually a bar of dark chocolate. I feel luxurious when I am eating the chocolate and it allows me to be grateful that I can spend well deserved money on myself. I also will give the loose change in my pockets or in my car to buskers or those who are less fortunate than myself. I give this money knowing that it will help prosperity flow easier into my life. On the other hand Impulse spending is equally blocking you from prosperity. It can demonstrate a lack of respect towards money, that it’s meaningless and therefor not worth holding onto. If you’re constantly spending money on things that hold no significant value to you, why would additional prosperity enter into your life? Question your Beliefs I grew up hearing “Money doesn’t grow on trees”, “I’m not made of money”, and “we can’t afford that”. Therefor when it was my time to build a relationship with money I believed it was difficult to come by and I had to work really hard to gain it. I was afraid to spend my money out of fear that none would come to take its place. In contrast an important person in my life grew up never seeing their parent because they were always working. They inadvertently blamed money for the lack of a parental figure in their childhood. They hated money, never wanted it because they believed it would always corrupt and keep you from what you loved. These are the hard truths we have to look at when doing prosperity work. These beliefs have to be questioned and healed, otherwise, no matter how much money you attain it will only ever be temporary. When working on our relationship to money we have to look into our ancestral trauma, the relationship our parents had with money, how they spent it, their beliefs, etc. We have to look at our mindset and our self-worth. Do we believe that we are worthy of money? That there is enough to go around? That we are not as deserving as those who are struggling? These are the hard questions we have to ask ourselves if we want to heal our relationship with money. This is the work we have to do if we want to create lasting prosperity in our lives. I’m not saying you have to do all of the above, and I am aware it can come off as privileged. My intent is to offer you insight into my own journey when I began working with my relationship with money. All I ask is that you take whatever resonates with you and forget the rest. This is only one perspective. My perspective. Money Spells For Increased Wages Increase Tips With The Jezebel Root Body Altar Spell A powerful spell for service workers or freelancers, Jezebel root is known to attract wealthy customers. This root has been used in Hoodoo for harnessing your inner bad bitch. A symbol of female power, this root bolsters confidence and attractiveness so they can dominate. Requiring only 2 ingredients: Cleo Mae Soap Cleo Mae conjure oil This spell can be performed anywhere with a mirror and a sink. We encourage you to carry the ingredients with you when you are working so you can recharge the magic several times throughout your shift. To begin this spell rinse your hands, cleansing them of unwanted energy. For an added bonus you can use a salt scrub to boost the cleansing effect. Wash your hands with Cleo Mae Soap. While washing your hands repeat “I am wealth, my hands bring in the money that will support my life". For extra power, use an original intention of your own creation. While washing your hands feel your hands grow warm and magnetic. Feel the flow of energy entering your finger tips. Visualize yourself handling big tips, serving wealthy customers. Visualize yourself offering perfect service. Visualize the end of your shift, counting your tips with a specific number in your minds eye that you will walk away with. Next anoint your body with the Cleo Mae conjure oil. While making eye contact with yourself in the mirror anoint your third eye and repeat out loud “My visualizations of wealth will become my reality”. Anoint your throat and repeat out loud “My words are honey, I speak my wealth into existence”. Anoint your heart centre and repeat out loud “The wealth that I attract into my life is aligned with my needs”. Take 3 full, deep breaths and feel yourself attracting money. Feel the energy flowing in and around your body be flavoured with prosperity and abundance. Walk into your place of work with the confidence knowing your customers are generous and will tip you well. Money Magnet Mandrake Root Poppet If you like to keep your spell close, a pocket sized poppet may be for you. You can bring this poppet to job interviews, meetings, to the bank, and to any opportunity where money is involved. This spell requires 3 ingredients: A Whole Mandrake Root Mandrake Root Conjure Oil A $5 bill The human shape of the root makes it well suited for use as a poppet. Choose the mandrake root that most resembles a doll. Cleanse the root by running it under cold water for 30 seconds. Take your mandrake root oil and while anointing the root whisper your intentions into it. Be specific and intentional. If you are looking for a specific sum of money make sure to include that. Take your $5 bill and anoint that with mandrake root oil as well. To activate a dried mandrake, place it on the altar undisturbed for 3 days. Place it on top if the $5 bill like it’s laying on a bed of cash. After 3 days place it in warm water overnight. The root will the be activated and ready for your magickal purpose. Hoodoo traditions recommend wrapping a whole mandrake root in the $5 bill and carrying it in your pocket for financial fortune. Van Van Bad Money Luck Candle Reversal Spell A reliable spell you can count on when you are experiencing a bout of bad money luck. What does Van Van Oil do: Change bad luck into good. Draw success into your life. Protect from negativity, unwanted spirits, and undesirable people. Remove obstacles and blocks. It’s important to note that if your bad money luck stems from beliefs and negative thoughts/speech this spell will challenge you to move through those blocks. This often looks like opportunities to change your thought patterns. After this spell is complete it’s important to pay attention to the flow of money in your life. When a challenge is encountered it is an opportunity to shift your mindset in order to heal your trauma around money. Examples include noticing your speech around money and if it needs altering, New opportunities that challenge your beliefs around self-worth, being forced to update or invest in the areas of your life you’ve been neglecting in order to penny pinch, etc. This spell Requires: A yellow candle or Van Van Candle Van Van Conjure oil Lemon Balm Herb A Knife To begin cleanse your candle by running it under cold water for 30 seconds. Take your knife and chop off the pointed end with the wick so that it can sit flat. Turn the candle upside down and carve a point on that end. The symbolic act of physically turning our candle upside down and using that end for our reversal spell is a powerful one. When your reverse candle is carved begin to dress it with the Van Van Conjure oil. Next roll it away from you through the lemon balm. Check out our guide to dress your candles for tips and tricks. While you're dressing your candle keep your intention in mind. Be mindful not to stuff it with energy. When we’re removing things out of our lives we want the candle to be empty so that it can suck and store up that unwanted energy and burn it away. Burn your candle until it’s out. It’s okay to relight it everyday until it’s complete. While your candle is burning journal about your money blocks, your relationship with money, how you felt about money that day. Be sure to dispose of your candle in the proper way. Money magic is powerful and often required. When performing money magic it’s important to evaluate how the magic reacts in your life post spell. Does it stick around and last or do you find yourself having to perform money spell after money spell and it never seems to stick. If it doesn’t seem to stick more often than not your money issues could be rooted in childhood beliefs that require healing. This work is referred to as shadow work and should be treated with gentleness and love. It can be healed, but it takes work and determination. The way through is by identifying the capital T truths about your beliefs around money. For instance I grew up learning from my parents that you had to work REALLY hard to get a scrap of money. If money was flowing easily into my life I would often sabotage myself because I wasn’t worthy of it. Without me knowing of course. Once I identified that belief over time I was able to shift my mindset. It took a lot of work, determination and faith, but the pay off has been worth it. May you be blessed with all the money you need.

on Feb 19 2023

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Yule & Winter Solstice Rituals

In the northern hemisphere the winter solstice, or Yule, occurs annually on December 21 or 22. This celebration is one of the eight sabbats celebrated in the year of the wheel. This day celebrates the shortest day of the year. Yule celebrates the Winter Solstice. Imbolc or Candlemas celebrates the first signs of spring. Ostara celebrates the Spring Equinox. Beltane celebrates May Day. Litha celebrates the Summer Solstice. Lughnasadh or Lammas celebrates the start of the harvest season Mabon celebrates the Autumn Equinox Samhain celebrates Halloween This time of year offers us a quiet time before the awakening of the earth. The perfect opportunity for spiritual cleansing, deep reflection and self-assessment. The new year celebrates a new chance. To try it all over again. New beginnings. New opportunities. Therefore, if you have big plans for the following year it’s important to do some pruning and release work to make space for your intentions to flourish. Before we can release we have to identify what is no longer working for us. Use the following 5 card tarot spread to reflect on yourself and how you can better show up in 2023. Card 1: What was my overall emotional state this past year? Card 2: What emotional baggage am I ready to let go of? Card 3: How can I clear emotional space to make room for new opportunities? Card 4: What do I want to bring in to the new year? Card 5: How am I going to go about doing that? I highly recommend journaling along side this tarot spread. It’ll offer you the opportunity to dissect your readings, offering deeper insight. If you’re lucky it could lead you to the root of your habits/beliefs you want to transform. Cleansing & Transforming your baggage Take note of if you want to clear the space for new growth or if you want to transform something that already exists into something new. It is important to make this distinction. If you want to rid yourself of some baggage a fire burning ceremony or a cord cutting ritual may be what you need. This offers you the opportunity to burn everything to the ground and create new growth out of the fertile ashes of what once was. Check out our Cord Cutting Ritual To Embrace Your True Self to learn how to perform a cord cutting ritual and alter it for your magical needs. Working with fire is particularly special on the winter solstice/Yule. It is common practice to use fire as a way to welcome back the light into the northern hemisphere. Bonfires, lighting candles, and Yule logs are excellent ways to celebrate this occasion. If fire is what you’re leaning towards you can take this opportunity to write down that which you want to release out of your life onto paper and throw it into the fire. As you watch the paper ignite and burn feel what you want to release burning out of your life. If you feel that transformation is more appropriate I recommend performing a ritual bath or a tea ceremony for cleansing and transformation. For a ritual bath use oils that promote cleansing and transformation. I recommend Van Van oil and/or Van Van soap. You can light a magically dressed snake candle for transformation. In your bath visualize all that you wish to transform leaking out of your pores and into the water. Feel it become cleansed and remade. Feel it being reabsorbed into your body. When you are finish step out of your tub and allow yourself to air dry. As the water evaporates into air feel all that inside of you transforming into something new and clean. For your tea ceremony I recommend our Midwinter Magical Tea or our Blue Butterfly Pea Flower Tea which are perfect for deep reflection and transformation. Check out our Tea Ceremony For Conscious Communication to learn how to perform a tea ceremony and alter it for your magical needs. What To Expect from “Shadow Work” Often times when you release something from your life the universe will send you tests to see if it’s really what you want. Don’t be surprised if that part of you becomes irritated or overly sensitive. Look at it like opportunities to say no to that which you are trying to change or rid yourself of. This type of work can be considered “Shadow Work” and should be handled with care. My favourite analogy from a friend of mine has referred to it as “becoming the goo”. A caterpillar, when it cocoons itself liquifies its body so it can rebuild itself and emerge into a beautiful butterfly or moth. Just like the caterpillar the only way to move through the tough times and transform into a better version of ourselves is to become the goo. We have to feel our feelings, we have to come to terms with them and integrate them into the new versions of ourselves. This part is HARD. Seek help if it’s too big for you. Lean on your friends and family. Ask for help. I assure you, you are not a burden to your loved ones. They will welcome the opportunity to strengthen your relationship through this vulnerability. If you’re dealing with trauma please seek a qualified therapists. Please don’t do this alone. You deserve to experience a higher quality of life. Work with the seasons to propel you through the natural cycle of life. Our inner states often mirror the natural world. If we work with the world around us your magic will be amplified. You will receive your desired effects with less resistance. Harness the energy of spring by starting new projects, reinventing yourself, creating new opportunities. During summer step into your best self. Work hard and play hard. Manifest, manifest, manifest. Reap your rewards in the fall. Collect your harvest. Use winters energy to re-assess, reflect and plan for the following cycle. Wishing you a successful winter solstice and yuletide blessings.

on Dec 01 2024

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