Cat's Rants - Confessions of an Occult Mastermind

Pruning the Garden of Bad Behaviors

Hey Occulties,

Sorry for the delay in announcing contest winners. I will be trying to do so this evening as I know it's been long awaited but Mr NinjaCat and I have had a pretty busy few weeks along with some very verbal clients being on the current roster simultaneously, and it's really affected my spare time to write in. I'm sorry if I've let anyone down by being delayed, but paying business and family take precedence over blog posts and contests...so it is coming shortly. This, however, is more pressing.

Whenever my life gets hectic, it seems I don't have time to post, and I'm probably a bit too brief in replies as well which in turn creates a flood of LUST FOR RESULTS. 

And one cause (perhaps the number one cause) is nearly always CHOOSING to constantly dwell on the problem being worked on, thus slowing your results, and if bad enough, killing them altogether.

The other issue I get is something I might term as "dedicated self-defeatism" which is along the line of "I know this isn't helpful to this situation or to myself to engage in this behavior, but I will anyhow." A mundane comparison might be someone who complains that they can't lose weight while overeating and only eating highly processed unhealthy foods when they do eat. A related problem is "fault-projecting self-defeatism," which is always blaming someone else for your actions. So if we use our mundane example, that's comparable to someone who blames a friend for always wanting to eat at a fast food restaurant for being the sole cause of their weight issue. While someone may negatively influence the situation, you control your own response thereto. Self-defeatism is about as useful as it sounds and I'd best describe it as a form of apathy. However, it can also be on the road to lust for results, so not only are you choosing (by lack of action and/or lack of responsibility,) to remain in a place in your life which you don't wish to be, you're often causing yourself to become angry and stirred up by being "stuck" there, and then this all leads you down the nasty lust for results path.

But wait, there's more!

Do you remember "Death Clocks?" I've discussed this more than once, but loosely this is when you put an exact time limit on something, then basically manifest failure in so doing. So if I say "If my ex hasn't come back" (please don't come back, any of you, lol,) "by a week from today, it means my spellwork failed," then what I am basically creating is a situation where my ex will not under any circumstances come back that day or before because I manifested failure by that sort of thinking. Very annoying, I know, but you basically send out an energy that draws failure by x date when you think this way. If you can tell me what you were doing and what you were wearing exactly 2 weeks ago at 2:30pm and then what you were doing  and wearing 42 days ago at 11am, than I can already tell that you are a death clocker. If you come into my inbox and bemoan that it's been 4 weeks exactly to the day? Lust for results, death clocking, and you are the reason it's delayed. It's literally something you can control in most cases. Your problem is you need to LET IT GO, and STOP TICKING THE DAYS OFF, and FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS SO YOUR SPELLWORK CAN MANIFEST, and refusing to do so by saying you "Can't help it" or some similar excuse is DEDICATED SELF-DEFEATISM which is also bad (see above.)

Of course, what sort of article on lust for results can be complete without a mention of DRAINING LEVELS OF NEGATIVITY AND INSECURITY. And while I am certain it's draining to you, it's also draining to everyone else, and repelling them as they do not want to be near someone who drains all of the energy out of them just by interacting with them. I don't expect anyone to be chock fulla sunshine if they have been emotionally traumatized, but you can try not sulking and focusing on your blessings rather than your problems and I'm certain it will boost your mood and make you more attractive to others. I always tell people if we all got together and threw our problems on the problem pile, you'd grab your own back fast enough when you saw how bad other people's problems are. If you knew the amount of times I've had ridiculous problems going on (and if you remember second Mr NinjaCat if you've known me as far back as 2019, he was a constant horrible problem creator,) only to have an hour or three taken up by someone legitimately ugly crying about an image or heart react on social media for my job, I can assure you that many, many many people exaggerate to themselves how bad their problems really are. Someone heart reacting to your rival's new selfie is not worth a tear, much less hours of them. If you suspect you might be guilty of this (and everyone is here and there,) you might remind yourself of that proverbial problem pile to reassure you that you are doing better than many people around you, and things are really not so desperate.

And speaking of desperate, what is the world's worst cologne? DESPERATION! So please keep this in mind when trying to find love or retrieve love. You know when desperate people do? They social media stalk-lurk. They call and text too much and often over explain and smother. They get upset over the littlest slight. They do a lot more, but you want to avoid

And lastly, try to keep in mind, just because a love spell can make a person feel all lovey towards you, that doesn't make them kind, thoughtful, not abusive, honest or any of that. It just means they feel affection and desire for you, which is not loyalty, fidelity, or a personality change just because they have those feelings. 

Hopefully this little review has been helpful!

~Cat

Quick Post about Holiday Hours/Prices and Manifestation during the Holidays

Hey occulties,

Please keep in mind that the holidays are a tricky time. Bemoaning "lack of results" might merely be that your target is reacting to the holidays by being stressed or withdrawing. It can speed results as well, but, as a woman who likes not having to repeat myself, the reverse can be true, too. So if you're complaining on the lack of results when you wanted this s*** to manifest last week, damnit, keep in mind that timeframes are going to be wonky until the first of the year or so.

And that goes with money and job spells too. A lot of people do not hire someone until the New Year, a lot of funds coming to you may surface as presents, and bonuses, or may also happen IN THE NEW TAX YEAR. 

So, if you're experiencing a bit of a delay on manifestation (I'll admit that rare is it I hear kvetching about fast results, ha ha,) please keep in mind, the holidays are famous for creating a bit of a drag and pull on manifestations just like they are disruptive to our mundane lives too.

Next - while I've been generous with the discounts during the holidays, because I understand it's an expensive time, please keep in mind, it's also hectic and expensive for me, as well. So, the ten percent pay now discount will end immediately after Christmas. All those nice low priced readings go back to normal cost. If you drag me on anything (meaning you draw out a consultation intentionally to wait to pay,) do not expect a discount. I've been doing this for 20 years and it's quite obvious to me. As we don't plan on leaving to visit family this year (we really can't if we wanted to), I will be off on Christmas Day, but should be MOSTLY AVAILABLE on my regular business hours throughout any other day in December. I am currently not available on Fridays for readings until the first of the year. This means there is very little required of you to dance around my regular business hours. WHAT IS REQUIRED is to please understand I also have postage deadlines, hungry birds, and a household to support, so kindly remember there are no free services, be expedient with payments and minimize the using me as a free therapist on a frequent basis this month if at all possible. ;) 

AND REMEMBER ALL PRICES RETURN TO NORMAL AFTER CHRISTMAS...however, if you read this far, from Friday Dec 9-til the end of Sunday December 11, you can get a free half hour reading with any 7-day spellcasting purchase (and get ten percent off of the price with that pay now discount,) so please contact me ASAP if interested :)

~Cat

Reminder - The Outcome

Hey there my occulties,

So one of the more repetitive and annoying questions in my inbox is "how will this manifest?" And while I understand the desire to know that very answer as I've wondered it myself, the reality is that you will find that out when you get what you asked for, which is one of those annoying facts of doing magic. In fact you can blunt your results or even stop them from manifesting entirely by trying to insist on something manifesting in a particular fashion. 

So let's say I want someone to get fired from their job. Alright, so that's pretty straight forward. I have some enemy who I want to lose their job, and I've not specified how or why. But now, let's say I'm insistent that they lose their job for being incompetent at their job...except the thing is, they are not incompetent whatsoever, and are a very detail-oriented person with a perfectionism streak who is not known for making mistakes. Now I've made that spell much harder to manifest. If I didn't insist how or why the person lost their job, there are many many many reasons that they might. But if I insist in manifest in a particular fashion, this can create a need for a huge amount of energy for a particular action to happen. 

Or let's say I want my ex to come back, and then I list a few things that he must also feel or experience or do to come back to me.  This is also going to be a similar energy draining working and there's so many reasons it could fail instead of just "me and my ex get back together." 

So, when you ask me why is this happening or what does that happen, - and I've been in your shoes where I was like "what in the actual fuck is this? I didn't spellcast for this," only to have that very opposite seeming situation blossom into what I'd spellcasted for - I might give you some advice to just hang in there, or don't worry...because what is obsessive worrying? It's lust for results. And so I try to stop you from this as best as possible....more than one of you seem to get this, and like I said, I understand how upsetting it is when you have something seem to go backwards right before it manifests as you would like it to, which is why I try to remind you gently that there are any number of reasons that don't even have a thing to do with you or the spellwork which may have caused the situation, and that it can come through sometimes in odd ways....

But this is also why I might seem vague when you ask me how something might manifest, or if I seem a bit annoyed when you insist someone come back in a particular way. You can suggest how or why something happens, but when you do, you can mow down your success rates a great deal. Of course, you should request what you want, but remember, some particular aspects may be more difficult for you to manifest.

So let's go back to the example of me wanting someone to lose their job. I want this fictional victim to lose their job because of incompetence but stipulate nothing else. Well, alright, this is still doable, even if more difficult than just making them lose their job. Now I add in that I want everyone to know that it was because of their incompetence, (presumably everyone in the work place? Or is it like something comes out in the news?) Now I've made this even more hard to manifest. With every caveat added, I make it harder to manifest.

Back to wanting that ex back. Let's say I want him to think of me all of the time. OK, that's doable even though it might be unneeded depending on how the spell manifests and it might even be unhelpful (he may be very angry still and it may stall the manifestation,) and then I say I also want him to not even be able to think of other women...well, now he might need some sort of brain damage to 100% not think of any other woman on this planet (and I sure bet his mom isn't going to like that,) and then I say no matter what the cost I also want this man (who is fictional and I just made up, but is also a sworn bachelor for life,) to marry me. Well, now the only way this spell will manifest is brain damage. ;) See, the more we add, the harder it is to make it happen.

This is why I tell you when you're spellcasting for yourself, keep it simple. Be direct, be brief, cut off the excess you don't need. But when you're the petitioner and NOT the spellcaster, adding in ten thousand things or worrying about little trivial problems can be very similar. You're moving the energy all over the place with your worrying on the how and the why it's going to happen, trying to guess how it will, and the reality is we need to be direct, we need a clear goal in mind (so that the requested thing manifests in your life, not the path to that, just that the thing comes,) and then we need to let it happen to know how and why it did. I know it's hard to retain that focus when things feel like they are going in the opposite direction, but you may be surprised how quickly things start turning around and coming into what you want when you stop focusing so hard on the situation.

Hopefully that's some help. 

~Cat

On Signs

Hey Occulties,

People often want to know if some event is a “sign,” (the reality is if I cast the spells for the client, I generally get the signs, but they might have indicators of potential manifestation such as hearing via mutual friends that their ex is asking after them,) and when it comes to my work for others, or even them working on their own, they are more often dealing with confirmation bias, and projecting a “sign” where one does not exist. See, when I get any sort of indicators which may be viewed as signs, these come when I am observing and not searching or seeking after any sort of foreknowledge or outcome. I once almost had a client lose her mind on me when I said something like “inert-observation, free of any biased thought, is required to properly indicate when a sign has come, otherwise, generally hindsight and a great deal of experience help to create a better understanding and a gradual ability to better identify what is and isn’t just physics or coincidence, but the indicators of the magic folding into manifested form.” I wasn’t wrong, but she wanted something more like “Sure, client, I’ll give you a list of signs and stuff!” 

Kids, those list of signs if you ever see one are not anything other than a ploy to sell you more stuff. Like…to some degree understanding how jar candles burn, and burning many of the same color from the same palette and same manufacturer, which you have personally blessed and dressed each…that will make it so you can read candle sign. I’ve burned 2 done up exactly the same for two different people and situations, and one burned clean and the other was slow and mildly sooty, and in that case I can assure you, the clean burning candle was a situation that manifested quickly, and the slower burning one required more effort and was slow to materialize. That said, I’ve had a “black burn” (a the chimney on the candle turns fully opaque black,) that did not represent anything more than my tired self adding too many herbs and oils. As I’d done a run of lights for that person (a several candles - 3 or more to be exact,) and the others didn’t burn black, I wasn’t concerned. BUT, clearly, in my case, I won’t practically pass out from fear and grief if I get a random black burn or sooty burn, and then be inconsolable for weeks as many beginners trying to learn to work for themselves too often are. I won’t freak out because the candle flickered, or another burned really quickly. I’m very aware of the burn time of everything I use, how herbs and each specific oil interacts on a level where I’d notice of it was “off” or unusual, and while I take into account a possible indication of how the manifestation may go, I do not decide something which may merely be a matter of physics is a HUGE SIGN.

But then I go on social media, and not only do I see “hey group, help think this spell I just did to death with me,” posts, complete with a full discussion of what they are attempting and images of something they have done hours before, (DO NOT SHARE UNMANIFESTED WORKINGS WITH ANYONE, and if you must, keep it to 1-3 people at most!) And the “signs” are that the candle flickered, or that they want everyone to try a Rorschach ink blot test with the drippings (that isn’t how that works, either.)  Then then the newbies, the fluffies, the IRABO tribe (I Read A Book Once,) all chime in and basically think that person’s spell to death, but with like “all positive vibes, here.”

Ugh. I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but there’s a 19 out of 20, chance, if not closer to a 99 out of 100 chance that what you fear or hope is a sign is not any such thing. 

Stop seeking signs. You project them where they do not exist.

Alrighty, I may be getting another article up in the same day, but maybe not. Keep your fingers crossed because the next one isn’t a lecture, haha. 

~Cat

Have questions or want me to do a reading or cast a spell for you? Contact me!

 

What It Means When I Say You Can’t Overcome Someone’s Nature

Good Morning Occulties,

All too often, someone will come to me, and, obviously smitten by another’s looks and/or charm, will say something to the effect of “I am in love with (person,) except that I do not like his/her sense of humor, I want him/her to be more honest, to always be faithful because he/she is known for his/her  philandering, and also I want him/her to be more kind and patient because he/she is rather abrasive.” In other words, you are telling me you very much like physical aspects of this person, perhaps even find them charming company in the short term, but you think that they are kind of a bad person deep down because they cheat, are easy to make angry and hard to reconcile, dishonest, and tell really bad jokes…and frankly, it seems to me that all you really love is the way that person looks.

Remember the old saying “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover - it’s on the inside which counts,” - well, that’s a very smart saying and you should still mind it. It isn’t that I’ve never found someone perfectly acceptable fodder for stirrings of infatuation, because they are beautiful to behold, generally, but infatuation isn’t love, and it’s all too often confused for it. Once I realize they are, deep down, beneath the surface, incompatible with me, the infatuation quickly fizzles out, and I have moved on easily. Others find this harder to accept as they believe infatuation is love. We can’t really change who someone IS, and by that I mean if you can’t manage to accept a person’s faults, - say they have a quick temper and bear grudges, and they are lazy as well, - and if your own gifts and faults don’t either suitably match with theirs (perhaps you absolutely love looking after others, and are sweet and forgiving which might compliment their personality, or perhaps you are dramatic and prone to fits of crying and just as lazy as they are which would not make a good match,) then without compatible personalities, the love affair will end over and over again, and using magic repeatedly to draw the person back will not make the next time any better.

And why? You can’t change a person’s “nature,” meaning you can’t change their personality - who they are deep down. You will have a very hard time changing your own as well. It takes years and hard work and policing yourself constantly, - and would you not just prefer to be who you are? There is nothing wrong with trying to- or wanting to- change parts of your nature you dislike. Perhaps you’d like to be less lazy and more active, or to be more social, or that you’d like to learn a skill you have always had a hard time with…but if all of that is opposite to your nature, you will be like a fish trying to learn to walk on land…clearly, one of them did finally which is why I have to pay bills and get sunburns (thanks, evolution, - sheesh!) but being as it was quite contrary to their nature to do so, clearly that one made an astronomical change. So, yes, you could try to change yourself to fit someone else better, but if it really runs quite contrary to who you are, in my experience, most people will become exhausted by trying and will move on to someone else.

The real problem I find is that someone believes love will positively change a person. So, they go and they throw love magic all over this desired person, forgetting one thing I have been saying to the public for almost 20 years now: 

JUST BECAUSE YOU MAKE A JERK LOVE YOU, THAT DOESN’T MAKE THEM LESS OF A JERK. NOW YOU JUST HAVE A JERK WHO IS IN LOVE WITH YOU.

If it is a very difficult and slow and arduous process to alter your own nature, I assure you, the use of magic to change another person’s nature is even more of a difficult process, and you are confused of you think love will make them change. They can love you and be a horrible person simultaneously. Sometimes loving you makes them even more horrible to you….because mental illness, personality disorders, abusive parents, or horrible cultural beliefs or any other sorts of reasons. A love spell will not change a person’s nature. 

In fact, it’s nearly impossible to change so one’s nature, and trying, as I’ve said, even on yourself is very often something people give up on, but trying it on another is even more exhausting, and all to often after a brief change they will revert right back to being who they are.

Now you can waste the limited time you have in your body in this lifetime just wasting it chasing a jerk you don’t love past their exterior, or you can accept that this is who they are, and that person isn’t compatible to you, and find someone who will no doubt be just as lovely on the outside while far more compatible with you where it matters (on the inside,) instead.

Hopefully that made some sense, and was helpful! ❤️

And yes, new spell article very very soon!

~Cat

 

Getting Back to Good - Reconciliation Spellwork Advice/Help

Hey Occulties

So, a lot of my requests revolve around getting that ex back, as you may have guessed. Let's assume you've done your spellwork, and now you're waiting for sexy-ex-y to return. You get a few tentative texts messages all of the sudden. Is the ex just trying to get back some possessions left in your care? I mean 3 months of silence and now they are oh-so-conveniently texting you now after you cast a spell on them? Hmmmm....

YAY! This is AMAZING GOOD NEWS! It looks like manifestation is on it's way! So as an educational exercise, we're going to play WHO WANTS TO GET BACK TOGETHER WITH THEIR EX!?

So, let's say this person is texting - what's your next move?

Person 1: "I'm going to respond pleasantly, not bring up the past, and not try to push any romantic agenda. I will wait for them to bring up our relationship if we are to discuss it. I'm hopeful but not investing everything in a few texts." 

Person 2: "I'm going to ask to see them in person!" 

Person 3: "I'm going to ask them if they are seeing anyone right now, and then, depending on their answer, I will ask to see them again, or I will collapse into a heap of tears when they say they went on a single date!"

Person 4: "I'm not going to respond. I'm kind of hurt this isn't about missing me." 

Person 5: "I already told them I still love them and want them, and I think I'm blocked now."

Who proceeds to the next round? Well this time it looks like everyone but Person 5 does, because, within reason, the first 4 people are still more or less working with their spellwork. Sorry Person 5, being too much and smothering the person was what you did, and so I'm afraid you can't play round 2. 

ROUND TWO:

So, after these texts about getting the possessions back, the ex (even with Person 4 not replying) the ex says something sweet like that they miss you and are thinking about you, and they hope you are good. Person 3 is lucky because the ex in our example did not report dating anyone and was clearly interested in a reunion so that didn't totally blow it. So, from here, you agree to meet up. When you see your ex, what's your next move?

Person 1: "I am cautious about their intentions, and I do not push for anything romantic or sexual. I let them know that I am tentatively interested in possibly getting back together. I try to keep the interaction fun and enjoyable. I do not bring up the past. It's a fun date, and I am starting to feel like all that bad stuff we went through is something we are healing from."

Person 2: "The moment they make a sexual comment, I just jump at it and we end up having crazy sex! Wow! This is so passionate! I'm so in love. Sure, they didn't say we were getting back together, but with that sort of lovemaking, they must want to!"

Person 3: "I am very sure to make sure they have not been with anyone else. I grill them on the matter. I then tell them when satisfied they have let no one touch them in my absence that it's good they did not or else I could not stay with them. When they bring up that I was pretty controlling and emotional during our relationship and it was difficult for them, I am offended and tell them that they are difficult and hard to get on with too. It was kind of a bad experience. They didn't seem flirty, just hurt."

Person 4: "I'm sullen and withdrawn. We see each other, but they aren't making any big displays of love so I'm assuming the spellwork didn't work."

Who proceeds to the next round? Surprisingly all four could, but you're right to think 3 and 4 are kind of screwing themselves, and 2 is not doing themselves any favor by not being sure that they aren't just having casual sex with an ex. So let's just say all four made it to round three, shall we?

ROUND THREE:

Now in round three, the ex is communicating with the petitioner, and clearly trying to be pleasant and kind, and even flirty. The petitioners are all feeling pretty good that this is going in the right direction and agree to another date. During this date, the ex brings up that they maybe DID go out on a few dates but nothing serious happened and it was months ago. How do our petitioner's respond?

Person 1: "I realize I do not own my ex. I'm not overjoyed by this revelation, but I don't let it affect my behavior towards them, or upset me. We were apart for three months. Realistically, they would have seen other people. It had nothing to do with me, and was just them being human and looking for companionship."

Person 2: "I die inside a bit. I ask them if those people mattered at all to them. My ex assures me that no not at all. I can taste my pain at the thought that my magical penis/vagina/other could not hold their attention in my three month absence well enough for them to not forget that other genitals exist! But I try not to let them know, even though I am sure the pain is present on my face." 

Person 3: "I freak out. I totally freak out. How dare they! I scream about them being a disgusting cheating lying piece of shit! I don't want ANYONE who could EVER touch ANYONE BUT ME after having me."

Person 4: I find myself hurt but I can understand it's been three months, so that they would have likely dated others. What I don't understand is how is my spellwork working if they can even admit this like it won't hurt?"

Person 3 does not make it to round four. Too crazy, too possessive, and their ex walks off deciding that they do not want to deal with that dumpster fire of possessive behavior. They do not get their ex back. :(

ROUND FOUR:

Things are definitely positive but your ex still hasn't asked if you want to get back together. You're sick of being in limbo - is this a reconciliation or not? Sure, you're communicating daily, there's flirting, but you feel stuck and that it's not moving PAST THAT POINT. You want to know you're back together. What do you do?

Person 1: "I wait for a time when we are having a great conversation, - laughing, being friends, and I say 'I really miss being your girlfriend/boyfriend/partner/etc.' and wait for their response to that." 

Person 2: "I tell them that I love them, and I really want to be sure we are back together after I have sex with them! If they look shocked when I say that, I start weeping and asking if they used me! When they try to reassure me but don't agree we are an item (or clarify that to me either way), I cry more!"

Person 4: "I say nothing. Clearly the spell isn't working." 

Well, sorry person 2...you've finally gotten cut. While optimistic and upbeat, you're being overwhelming and pushy in your own way. You offered the sex without commitment, and now your ex doesn't know if they want just the sex, and not commitment. Your tears and emotional outburst have ended your tenure. :(

On to the final round...

ROUND FIVE:

Your ex says "Well, I'd like to get back together with you, but I still have (doubts of a specific nature,) and I'm upset by (criticisms which reflect on the petitioner,) just so you know." How do you respond.

Person 1: "I listen with an open mind and try to see their perspective. I try not to take offense even if I feel the criticisms are unfair. I also use this opportunity to speak in a non-accusatory manner about my fears and doubts regarding getting back together."

Person 4: "I thought for a minute this spellwork worked! How DARE they have any doubt or criticize me! I finally tell them I clearly got my hopes up for nothing! Spells don't work AND my ex was just playing me. How convenient!" 

Guess who's the last one standing? Yeah, Person 1. Person 1 gets their ex back, they also have a healthier relationship. They have shown respectfulness and understanding, and can expect to enjoy a happier and more functional pairing than ever before. Person 4 blew it by decided the only way the spell is working is if they are blameless and the person is all over them like white on rice. That pessimistic sullenness eventually just makes them destroy the outcome. 

Now....what have we learned from this? That even with spellwork, you have work to do. You can't be rude, you can't be scary, and you can't be a basketcase. You need to understand that reconciliation will still require you to act appropriately, and be careful when trying to get back together with this person. So, don't give yourself to them without knowing they are yours. Don't boss and criticize them. Have an open mind, and keep the conversations constructive. 

This is why I tell you reconciliation can be hard work, as can love drawing work...because you need to have self-control and faith in the work too. That's a tall order for some people! I mean, in the above example, if person 4 was just slightly less pessimistic, they would have had all that they wanted, too...and hell, under better circumstances, Person 2 would be back together with their ex, too, but was, in this post intentionally put into a reconciliation scenario which required more caution for them to succeed (so you could learn.) This is a very STANDARD reconciliation scenario. It's neither the most difficult, nor the most easy manifestation, but an "average" process thereof which I have put together for you through years of doing reconciliation work. 

I want you to get back to good with your ex - but some of it will rely on you also taking the best steps to get there. If you need any advice on it, please let me know, because that's why I am here. Sometimes it's hard to know your next steps because you're so excited it's happening, or even a little sad it's not happening how you expected or is slower than expected. It's OK to have some doubt, but using caution and having some understanding should help you navigate the process just a bit easier! 

~Cat

EDITED TO ADD: A few people have asked "Does Person 1 even really exist!?" And as an actual person, all five were made up, so no, there is no particular identity of any. BUT, yes, plenty of people are very Person 1-ish...That said, you might be Person 1 in the first round, and turn into person 4 for a round, become person 2 in another, etc. It's perfectly normal and not necessarily even detrimental to be a, say, Person 4 in the first two rounds or something. It's OK. It happens. :)

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right."

Hey Occulties,

The above is a quote from Henry Ford, (albeit, I am working for memory, so hopefully that's verbatim,) but it really lends itself to what I get so frequently asked - how is it that I can stop lust for results? Well that anxious obsession is the child of doubt. Now, I'm not going to tell you that you should place your desired manifestations so far outside of the Sphere of Availability as to be ridiculous (example - just magically knowing calculus without ever having studied it,) but if you truly are so far into doubt that it seems impossible to you that someone might call you tonight because you did a spell to reconcile them, or that you might get that job you wanted and you have a spell to ensure that, and these doubts cause you great anxiety, leading to you obsessively overthinking, then realize, this is you believing that you can't, not believing you can. 

So if you want my advice on how to stop lust for results/thinking your work to death, that's it - realize that if you believe you can, you're right. 

~Cat

Beware the Messiah Complex....

Hi Occulties,

So today I'd like to discuss a problem I see on chat groups, and sites that offer a place for people to make an audience where someone can make broad predictions about the global future (sort of like here in Portland we used to have Monument Square Jesus, who would stand in Monument Square preaching gloom and doom and Jesus,) and get an audience who isn't sure that this person should be followed. So, while I realize many of you are hateful towards the Bible or Judeo Christian things, or are just completely ignorant thereof, without trying to tell you this is a historically accurate book, I can say the story of Moses, where Moses is picked by God to be his voice on Earth, Moses says "why me? I have a stutter and I'm not exactly someone people listen to," and God is like "Because I said so." Well, yes but Moses was also the ADOPTED BROTHER OF PHAROAH, so not exactly a nobody...

That person saying the angels sent them a message from God to tell you that (insert predictions here,) is most likely, however, a nobody. In fact, I'm a nobody compared to who Moses was alleged to be. I am in NO PLACE to assume that I am here to direct you because heavenly (or earthly) beings commanded me to tell you some prediction. I do not have a Messiah complex. I do not want to be the Messiah. Blind followers scare me. People who want you to believe that they are some leader with great predictions of global events? They want followers and acolytes. 

Because WHY WOULD ANY SPIRIT CHOOSE THEM TO BE THEIR SOOTHSAYER? I have spoken with some Pretty Big Deal Spirits in my day (because I'm an occultist and so I'm of course a fangirl if this spirit is a Pretty Big Deal and will lower itself to speaking with me on my petty little human problems,) and yet I am not here telling you I'm their Prophet sent to tell you what they want you to know. In fact, let's say the Archangel Michael himself told me something and I didn't immediately go insane from being in the presence of an angel manifested into flesh (there would be a reason they start with "be not afraid," in the Bible, - because they are supposedly quite terrifying to behold,) - you can assume because I'm more or less nobody, that this is going to be something which isn't "Tell the world that (insert Doom & Gloom,) and go forth and let everyone know," merely because even if I did, who the fuck am I? I am not Pharoah's daughter, I am not a princess, I am not even probably read by 1% of the world's population. So if someone on social media is saying their spirit guides sent them to tell you grandiose world predictions, I'd honestly take that as they just want attention or that they might have some mental illness issues. 

And if we go back to the story of Moses, this brings about a very good point... Moses DID NOT WANT TO BE A PROPHET. No one should WANT that job. It's shitty job. He'd much rather have run off from Pharoah, not saved the Hebrews, and stayed being a shepherd because that was a nice, warm, simple life. Just like, I like writing you a blog, and I love helping you learn the occult, and love all of that, but I don't want to give up my life enjoying the beauty of Portland, or having to be followed by a HUGE PERCENTAGE of the world's population as a teacher and guide. I like it on the smaller level, sure, but I would not want to be a prophet. People who WANT that job are people who will not ever be PICKED for the job. 

And at this point, with as many humans on Earth as there are, let us reasonably assume that you would be a somebody if you were picked for that job. Maybe not, but I'm pretty sure you posting predictions on Facebook or on Reddit or on Twitter is not likely to be some no name person with 200 followers sent here to be God's Prophet on Earth, m'kay. 

~Cat

Getting a Successful Spell Manifestation

Hey Occulties,

So judging from my email (which you can find me at cat and then at and then original ninja cat - but that's one word, - dot com,) I have some frustrated readers. Why is it that it can be so hard to get a spell to manifest!? Is it some "karmic fuckery!?" No, I mean, long and short of it here is 1. Experience (as in you have some,) 2.) Knowledge (as in you did more than read a book once, and you have a strong knowledge of your target/s if you're working on people,) and 3.) Strength of will. Also you need to keep in mind that nifty Sphere of Availability, which means basically if you want to a brain surgeon but you never passed high school and are barely literate, one little spell won't get you there. When we think of the Sphere of Availability we need to think of it a bit like a tank of gas for our car. We can move towards the desired destination, but we may need to fill up that tank a few times, so each "filling of the tank," means we make our path so we reach goals in the Sphere of Availability, which then allows us to reach our next goal when we do our next spell, and so on, until we finally get the desired end.

Now, I listed EXPERIENCE as a very key component in getting your work to manifest. I can hear all of my beginners shrieking angrily, but this is what it is...because technically ANYONE can build themselves a perfectly functioning house just by using books and figuring it out, but who's the most likely to end up with a structure that won't be immediately condemned...someone who builds houses for a living or me who can barely nail two boards together? Yeah, someone who builds houses. Now the thing there is you can gain experience (every magician was a neophyte once) but it takes a lot of work and a lot of practice before you're experienced. Now, back when dinosaurs ruled the world and I was just learning magic, when I did a spell I did not do something cringey I found on TikTok because even at the age I was when I started casting spells, I'd have known that isn't likely a trustworthy source for learning real spells (and thankfully shit like that didn't exist then if I was so inclined,) and then I didn't go onto Facebook (which also didn't exist,) and tell everyone about the very suspect spell I found on TikTok that I just welcomed them to think to death (remember, you should not discuss active spells with a large group - either keep it yourself until it manifests OR share with 1-2 other people.) Instead we had these weird paper rectangle things called BOOKS, and I in no way was able to ask the author questions, and so I had to kind of blindly start experimenting when I began to outgrow the huge amount of beginner books rather quickly. This taught me a lot more than reading a book. This taught me so much about the properties of herbs and items and I began to excel quickly, but before that, I was like many of you probably are, and I was like "Is this a good spell?"

Because I was so inexperienced at one point I couldn't tell bullshit and dumbshit from real shit. Again, there were no cringey TikToks to be found anywhere, yes, but I was young during what was known as the BULLSHIT ERA of Llewellyn, where they straight up sold books with such completely bold lies in them including a guy taking a made up phrase from a popular movie and calling it real spellwork, so there was still plenty of cringey stuff to be had. 

What I came to learn is there is definitely 100% bullshit spells (they abound!) but a lot of people are using very real spells, they just don't really have the experience to do it, and so they are using very real spells...that then fall flat. I mean, anyone can dance ballet, but without training, you're not apt to become a prima ballerina, and so why is it so many people are surprised that...well, experience is the best thing. The more experience you have casting spells, the better your spells will manifest. This is not unfair....just because you want to be as good as someone who's been casting spells for 30 years, chances are, your first few spells will not be nearly so impressive. And that's OK. You had to crawl before you walked, and walk before you ran, and with spells you also should be starting out learning very basic work, and then moving forward. 

Because KNOWLEDGE is a very key component of manifestation, while knowledge comes with the aforementioned experience (because you should always be learning more and more and more because of you practicing spellcraft regularly,) it also means knowing your target and knowing how the spell works - what triggers it uses. So as I'd actually said earlier today on reddit of all places, one reconciliation spell might use guilt as a trigger to make the target return, another may use coercion, and yet another may just sweeten someone up and make them more forgiving. This is imperative to know your target in these cases, and to have a good understanding of the petitioner and target. I also strongly recommend having an understanding of psychology if you want to work using love spells. I can't count the number of times someone complained an attraction spell wasn't working and they were scaring off the people affected by the spell by staring them down in a bar or something similar, which would be intimidating, and actually put people off. So, by using our knowledge of spells, and using our knowledge of the situation worked on, we can choose the correct spellwork, and this will give us a much more likely to manifest spell. 

For example, some years ago I'd written in an article something I see from time to time where the person casting spells has received forgiveness from a reconciliation target, but the person will not return to a romantic relationship with them. In these cases the person was almost always doing "straight up reconciliation," meaning they used only Reconciliation oil and usually on a pink candle or pink candles with reconciliation oil on a sweet jar. This is because they are lacking a drawing element (to draw the person back,) and to be fair I would also recommend love drawing as the spells ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE MEANT TO DO, and now you have that person forgiving you, so now you need to work on reigniting the love and passion. 

Now STRENGTH OF WILL is another huge component - this may not mean what you think it means. I know people who obsessively desire a thing, to the point of distraction, and yet they lack strength of will because they do not have the will to stop doubting their own work and obsessing. :P And here's the nifty thing about that....obsession is a form of addiction. After being married to an alcoholic, if you told him if he quit drinking, we could stay married, he'd likely have said he would and then within an hour he'd be drinking again. This is the same as obsessing. If I tell a client if they stop obsessing about the situation, they can have what they want, inevitably they say they will and then they are back scanning social media accounts for information in the next hour. They lack STRENGTH OF WILL. So if you have the strength of faith, if you do not obsess, and you choose to work with your spellwork instead of against it (easier said than done at times,) then you will have more successful manifestations.

This is also your focus when sending energy via spellwork. So let's say I am working to get someone a new job. I have a very strong clear picture of this and I am very aware of my energy as I work the spell. I am trying to move it into their auric sphere to attract this job to them right then and there. If that sounds "weird," then welcome to spellcraft. ;) When you speak to experienced magicians, we all have a very similar sort of way of how we move energy, - even if it is to request a spirit to move this for us, - and then there is a small subset of people who swear it literally has nothing to do with that, and if you merely have the right ingredients the spell will work. Well, if I give someone all of the ingredients to make cookies, and then don't supply them with a working oven, they can't cook them. Energy, and the will you put behind that energy, is the oven in that example. In fact, it's quite interesting, this strength is a bit like a muscle, and the more you cast spells, the more successful you will be, because it is like you are strengthening your inner "spellcasting muscles" which in turn makes your spells stronger when you cast them. You can work out this "muscle" just by doing meditation, but I recommend, again, frequent spellcasting as this helps you gain EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE while also working out this nifty STRENGTH OF WILL. :)

I see many of you just kind of giving me a little glare because you wanted an easy answer.... I guess add crown of success oil to your spell then. Maybe that will help if you want an easy answer. ;)

~Cat

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Real Problems v Mild Annoyances

Hey Kids,

So have you ever noticed that when things go really bad, there are people who want to help, and then there's this person "Oh, that stinks. Hey, so my dog did the funniest thing yesterday." You could be on fire, and they'd be like "Damn, that kind of blows, but you know what I thought about? Don't you think the word frog is a weird word?" In my time on this planet, I have come across several of these infuriating creatures. Each and every time I am absolutely blown away by their own inability to sympathize whatsoever with whatever horrible tragedy I have just told them about. Mind you, were they to scuff their shoe that day, you'd have a five hour cry-a-thon over this scuffed shoe. Meanwhile, you could have lost your entire family in a horrible gold smelting accident just moments ago, and they'd act as if you'd merely misplaced the remote.

Now, you might think "maybe they are just suffering from mental illness," and that's a fair assessment, but they all seem to have one thing in common... They are all sheltered and never had real problems. This isn't to say that there aren't plenty of lovely people who lived such lifestyles and never showed this lack of ability to empathize or care, it's just it seems a common factor among those with this particular problem. My theory, - albeit it's an armchair theory at best, - is their lack of empathy comes from the fact that they don't really know suffering having never really suffered. So, when you say "Holy shit, the doctor tells me I have 2 weeks to live!" they think to themselves "Well, hmm...I left my jeans in the dryer too long and burned myself on the zipper, so that's like, totally bad too," and they spit that out, as if to say "I understand." 

So, sheltered people, allow me to help you....If someone comes to you and they are like "Holy fuck my life is in shambles," and proceeds to tell you something that belongs in a country western song, the equivalent response is not that you bought shoes in the wrong size or that you bought the wrong version of a song you like, and now you have to spend another dollar and change to get the right version. In fact, it's better to just say "Wow, that's terrible!" Instead of saying "Does this mean you won't be paying me the $20 you owed me by the end of the week?" Then you say something like "I'm sorry, I don't know how I can help you. I've never been in a situation nearly this bad before." When you say that DO NOT change the subject to something glib and without substance in an effort to change the subject. This is not just impolite, it's rude and insensitive. So if you tell  me "Cat, I think I just swallowed rat poison! I'm foaming at the mouth and choking," I would not reply with "Oh, that's bullshit. My bird just learned to say Bird loves Momma!" Instead, I would either try to HELP the person either by offering help (like calling poison control, or emergency services if you ingested poison,) and I would at the very least listen to you and if I could not assist and it was an emergency I'd even say something like "I'm very worried about this - is there someone you or I could call?" Notice, I am not redirecting the conversation to myself, but trying to HELP.

And admittedly, sheltered people, most people are not actively dying or in danger, but when someone says to me "Cat, I just lost my parent last night to some illness," I do not reply with "That's shitty...guess what I caught on Hulu last night!?" because doing that would be rude. Instead, hopefully I have not found myself entirely emotionally drained by my day, and I'm going to say "Oh wow, I'm so sorry for your loss! If you need anyone to talk to I would be glad to listen. I know this must be so hard on you." Notice again, I am offering to LISTEN (since in this scenario, I am not going to resurrect the dead, right?) and I am not redirecting the conversation to myself. 

Now what if it's something in between? What if it's something I could possibly take actions to help with BUT the person also needs someone to listen and make them feel supported. Well, I consider if I CAN help (that is, if I can afford to help, or if those actions required are not a huge amount of effort and would completely undo me,) and still I would listen. I will not change the conversation to myself. 

Now, I get a few of you shaking your heads as you've had the friend who is always a hot mess (or maybe you've been that friend,) and after awhile you've done all you can do. If it comes to a point where the person constantly needs help, and you can't help more, and it's dragging you down, the proper response is "Gee (person), I really am sorry for what's going on. Unfortunately I really can't help. I do hope things get better for you!" You don't say anything else. If they say anything, you're just like "Yeah, sorry that happened to you," and nothing else. If you can't help, you don't redirect the problem to something else. 

Because there is nothing worse (and I know from experience, having had a few bad things happen to me in my day,) than a person who replies to your real problems with "Oh. I totally can't find my toothbrush right now and had to use a new one," as if this has any bearing on your tragedies or is a problem of comparable value. :P

Hopefully this will help prevent some future curses or reconciliation cases, and I hope it's been educational. :)

~Cat