Cat’s Rants: Confessions of an Occult Mastermind

Hey Occulties,

It’s been SOOOO long since I posted a QYAM, that I really needed to get one out. I’ve been working on a few spell posts, but this one is definitely overdue. Remember, these questions sometimes come from multiple people repeatedly (thus why they can seem repetitive as it means I need to review the things I say all the time on here OVER AND OVER….especially since it’s hard to access the archives at this writing,) and sometimes are the product of a specific person asking insightful questions. Whichever the case, it makes for good reading. 😉 So let’s begin!

Q: Recently I began dating a guy I have known for a long time, and who had, at least by what he told me, semi-recently broken up with a girl who I have heard rumors was a witch. We never stop arguing – which it has been that way since we made it official (we got on so well when we were casual), and people are telling me they see them together out and about – is there any way I can tell if I was duped into being the side piece or if this is her using magic?

A: I mean, as a spellcaster, there’s always an element of FAFO (fuck around and find out) that can quickly come into play if you step on anyone who spellcast’s toes…even if you DID NOT actually and/or intentionally do so. This means, if this guy ended the relationship with her and then bolted out and immediately started one with you….then it looks like what it looks like to her. It doesn’t matter that technically he was single there. If she thinks you’re an interloper, she will act accordingly. AND the reality is he probably was seeing you and her at the same time. People are pretty gross. I’ve worked for the public for over 20 years and been alive much longer than that, and frankly, the chances are he threw her under the bus after he started seeing you…

Which brings up the next part…there’s a much stronger chance he never threw her under that bus AT ALL, as in you are the side ho. That’s no bueno. Why do I say this? He would not be in contact with or seeing his ex with enough frequency for this to get back to you otherwise (excluding child custody stuff or sorting out belongings). There are all sorts of behaviors which can clue you in to if someone is leading you on. Is he suspiciously absent from convos for long stretches of time (especially when you know he isn’t working) when he’s always on his phone when he’s with you? Does he avoid conversation about her or become defensive? Does he hide who just called or texted? These are all red flags that you may be the side piece or he has a side piece. By default, you are side piece if she came first, even if they got back together right after he “made it official” with you.

BUT, let’s say for the sake of argument, he did end things with her before taking up with you. Let’s say he totally cut it off and had every intention of doing this above the board. It’s just he forgot one thing. He was with a spellcaster, and if she wasn’t done, the likelihood of letting him go and be with someone else when he broke up with her to be with that someone else is low.

I’m going to break in here and say there’s a fair amount of dudes I’ve dated who we broke up, and I still did care very much, was sorry they felt it was not working, but they were right that it wouldn’t work, and I’m sure a few of them flatter themselves into thinking I worked on them when I did not. So it’s not a guarantee that someone will work on you if you initiate a break up, not even if they cast spells all the time. I hear this a lot at my job that an ex knows magic, and that doesn’t mean they will use it to bring a person back. Like sometimes things don’t work out, and sometimes one of you carries a torch around for awhile after it did not work out. But if it was over before you came into the picture, that isn’t a guarantee he has some crazy ex he left months ago hanging over an altar. 😉

HOWEVER, when it comes to cheating on a spellcaster, that spellcaster so often messes up one or both in the cheating party for that action. I’ve heard and read so many people who teach spellcasting or are known occultists that said oh no they would not bother with working some cheating ex – either cursing them or bringing them back – and like…stop putting on airs, and you are lying, frfr.

That said, you need to do spellwork on this man to make him tell you the truth. It is valuable to know if he’s been leading you on and seeing you both, if he never really broke things off (or broke things off for a week and went back – that still makes you the side piece unfortunately,) and if she or someone else is in the picture. Once you have a clear picture of what is going on, move forward from there.

I’d be less concerned if she is a witchy type right now, and more concerned with that. Why? If this man is lying to you and leading you on and seeing you both, he already voted himself out. That she would act to protect her relationship is valid, that she might come after you is as well, but if you exit the picture, the chances are that any work she is doing on you will dissipate. You can start the uncrossing work immediately – even before you decide if you are planning on ending things with him or if you are not planning on breaking it off, – but trust and know as long as you exist in his life, the chances of her taking her proverbial boot off of your neck are next to zero if he cheated to be with you and/or is still with her. So, do the uncrossing work, but also make him tell the truth.

THERE IS A POSITIVE HERE: I have had folks come to me with similar problems where it was really just their anxiety and no one was trying to destroy the relationship between them, nor was anyone lying to them and stepping out on them. Do that truth work, do that uncrossing work, and you may very well realize you are just being insecure, and you have some friends who like to gossip about stupid stuff. That happens a fair amount too. 😉 Uncrossing can only help, and the TRUTH sounds like what you need most here.

A reading may also help, but you specifically asked for magic. 🙂

Q: Is there a way to curse my home so anyone who lives there after me won’t stay?

A: I can’t recommend opening up a portal and leaving a demonic being in there enough. As it grows in power and strength, it will basically create such a nightmare for anyone who stays that you won’t find too many people willing to stay very long. Make sure to keep the demon anchored to the home and not capable of leaving it, so it doesn’t follow you.

Q: How do I know which way to anoint my candles? You generally say “UP” but then not always? And what if it’s not a taper or shaped so there is an “up?”

A: My rule is basically that with taper candles or even many figural candles (surely some of you recall my video some time ago on how to make a d*ck cursing candle, haha,) that you will anoint a candle UP (base to wick) to draw an outcome to you or bring a condition upon you (or the petitioner, or target, as the case may be), and DOWN (wick to base,) to remove a condition or draw it off of/away from you.

For jar (glass encased) candles, I make three holes and add the oils clockwise to grow or draw an influence to myself or my target, and counterclockwise to remove or draw away an influence.

For tea lights and similar-shaped candles, one would add the oil and stroke it clockwise to draw an influence to you (or the target) or to increase it’s power; and counterclockwise to do remove a thing, lessen it’s influence, or decrease it’s power.

Q: Do you feel anything when you cast a spell? Like can you pick up what the target/s feel or are thinking?

A: I can only speak for myself, of course, but I do have a sense of my target or targets, or my petitioner if it’s more like…say, roadopening. It’s not exactly like doing a reading or anything like that detailed. It’s a bit more like knowing how someone feels by observing how they are standing and holding themselves. It isn’t really visual in that sense, but it’s about that level of information. So, I’m not likely to hear distinct thoughts or have a super accurate reading of how these people are feeling, which I get this question a lot with love-related workings, probably because someone wants me to give them a mini read on the situation more than anything else.

Instead if they are very objectionable to the influences I’m sending, I may get some pushback, and I can feel that, but rarely is it anything where I have any distinct idea of WHY, which is what you probably want to know. For that, I need to do a reading. I might get a sense of fear, or of anger, but it isn’t distinct in the sense of me knowing exactly the reaction. Like I said, the level of information is akin to being able to tell how someone feels by seeing the expression on their face and their body language. It’s not like having a conversation with them.

It’s actually one of my least favorite questions, as all too often it’s a desperate attempt to get information best extracted during a psychic reading, and then getting mad at me for giving you an honest response (this is honestly how it goes – I do not have those very finite details when working on someone that I can get via a reading! And there’s a reason readings are so exhausting to me – because pulling out those details takes a different kind of focus and a fair amount of energy is expended which would be counterproductive if I expended that energy during spellwork just to find out if someone is still mad at you for calling them a name or forgetting their birthday, etc. rather than directing the energy to make the desired changes.)

So….while I definitely appreciate genuine curiosity, any information I give you regarding what I pick up isn’t detailed like a reading, and should not be expected to be (because people will grill me and press me on that,) but yes, I do have a sense of the people I’m working on and can make loose observations while casting, definitely.

Q: What’s your favorite picture you ever took of your spellwork?

A: Currently it’s this one:

The image is from 2024, and for a pretty intense break up working.

I still really find this one impressive, – the candle is shaped like a heart, and it has what looks like something crawling out of it. You might see the “hand” on one side, but then there’s also what looks like another hand crawling out onto the jar lid. I can’t really impart too much info on the work for business reasons, but I can say that this case where one target was someone who had to be one of the more malicious and possibly sociopathic people I’ve worked on. I often wonder what exactly was crawling out of that heart to get away. Even though it’s taken on my shoddy iPhone 8, it’s still a favorite of mine. I don’t photograph everything I do, – not even close, – but in this case, it was visually stunning enough that I shot several photos.

Alright that’s it for now, kids!

If you have any questions, contact me!

~Cat

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