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“I’m Cat, and for a long time, Cat’s Rants, the longest running occult based blog was over at TypePad – since 2004. Sadly, TypePad shuttered permanently as of September 30th 2025. Please be patient while I export 21 years of blog posts over to my new WordPress location. With a much easier url to remember and all your favorite posts all the way back to 04, Cat’s Rants should hopefully improve over its former location.” Cat has practiced and studied the occult, tarot, and spellcasting for over 35 years, and has shared her expert teachings on how to cast your own spells, including original spells and recipes on the Cat’s Rants blog since 2004. A professional tarot reader since the 1990s, she’s also an internationally-known psychic reader and tarot expert. As a published and respected occultist for over two decades, and an expert in the fields of rootwork, hoodoo, and Catholic folk magic, she continues to serve the public by teaching authentic spell casting and offering readings and services.

Category: Advice

  • Long-Term Work vs Quick Workings in Love Matters

    Long-Term Work vs Quick Workings in Love Matters

    Hi Occulties, Today I’d like to discuss a topic which I feel is under-served when it comes to educating people in how to get love spells (and, really, any type of relationship-type magic, so even friendship and family/home spellwork,) to come together right. Because we all want a quick and easy answer, but that’s not…

  • Questions You’ve Asked Me: Happy To Be Back edition

    Questions You’ve Asked Me: Happy To Be Back edition

    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…

  • Q&A: Why Isn’t my Love Spell Working?

    Q&A: Why Isn’t my Love Spell Working?

    Hey Occulties, If you’re a long time reader, you know I’ve written all about this before, and I’ve answered it in QYAM as well…but it’s a common enough question I get, and the fact that I have people willing to read an article and actually really learn something VS people who expect me to dress…

  • A Brief Note on Herbs

    Hey Occulties, While I'm all for people making their own spells, keep in mind many people do not understand the herbs they put into a spell.  Creating a spell is a bit like creating a recipe. If you do not understand very distinctly the function of every ingredient and how it works with the other…

  • Understanding the “Limits” of Spellwork – a pre-spell primer

    Hey Occulties, As I'm about to put up a new spell for you all to use, I'd like to take a moment to discuss realistic expectations and the sphere of availability, because, while I've discussed this before, we all know a lot of people won't take the time to peek at those articles, and I…

  • Of Snake-Oil Salesmen and Real Students of their Craft

    Hello Occulties, I'm sure my own derision of certain practices using newer forms of media to reach a new generation of occultists hasn't been missed, but when it comes down to it, that's less to do with the media being used and more to do with the vast majority of purveyors of "information" who use…

  • On Fast Results

    Hey Occulties, I’m sure you can understand that when we want a thing, we often are impatient to have a thing, especially in matters of the heart. So, of course, every day for the last 20 or so years now, I have someone asking me why isn’t this spell working (often 2-3 days after I…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…