Magical intent
Divination
Magical intent1 tradition
Divination is reading signs to see what is hidden or coming: tarot, runes, scrying, dreams. Mercury, messenger between worlds, is its traditional ruler.
Uses
- Tarot and oracle reading
- Scrying
- Seeking guidance on a decision
- Developing intuition
- Day
- Wednesday
- Moon phase
- Full moon
- Colors
- Purple, silver, yellow
- Herbs and scents
- Mugwort, lavender, bay laurel
- Stones
- Amethyst, moonstone, obsidian
Working with it
Before a reading, light a purple or silver candle, take three slow breaths, and state your question in one sentence. Write the answer down before interpreting it. Reread it a month later to see what you missed.
What to work with for Divination
Herbs
Stones
Oils and resins
⚠ marks plants that are poisonous to eat. Use them only in ways that don't involve eating or drinking, and work with the deadly ones (belladonna, mandrake, wolfsbane, yew, henbane) symbolically only.
6 herbs2 stones1 oil or resin0 candle colors
- Moon phase
- 🌕︎Full Moon
Where the traditions place it
- Mercury — Common practice