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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

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • “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…

  • 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…

  • 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!?"…

  • 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…

  • It Happens to Everyone Sometimes…

    Hi Occulties, So, this whole freakin week, I've been waiting for a long overdue check which quite frankly is very much needed…because, to be fair, when I'd spent the money it wasn't money I could spare, but I did anyhow because I needed to help out a loved one. As is all to often the…

  • Helpful Pointers for Love/Relationships

    Hey Occulties, As many of you probably realize, many of my spell requests involve love or attraction. This means at any given time, there are a number of people texting me and emailing me about their love lives, while I'm also working some love mojo for them. So, I am basically a relationship counselor AND…