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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: Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom

  • Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom #28

    One of the larger mistakes I see (other than anxiety, fear, and just plain old beginner’s clumsiness – which everyone has in the beginning, heh, -) is this really ridiculous notion that fast results are equivellant to the best results. Now, don’t get me wrong…if you’re anxious to have what you want (anxiety is still…

  • Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom #27

    There is a reconciliation article going up, so this is the time to say this stuff. 😉 There is no love spell that will counteract you acting like an asshole to your intended. If you truly think that you can treat someone terribly then get them back and continue with that mistreatment that sent them…

  • Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom #26

    A lot of people seem confused with this, so let me try to straighten it out… If someone is ignoring you, it’s not often because they missed what you said the first time. Being ignored means “I need space, go away, back off.” My personal rule is if I contact someone three times (that could…

  • Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom #25

    Often people use communication spellwork to get a lost loved one to make contact that they (usually quite mistakenly) believe that communication being made will be what they want to hear. Sometimes opening up communication just opens up the flood gates of what you didn’t want to hear…or maybe your ex is just going to…

  • Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom #24

    I know I’ve been telling a lot of my clients this but Venus Retrograde is starting on October 8, 2010 (and goes til November 18, 2010.) This is a fantastic time to work reconciliation spells. Use it to your advantage! 🙂 Even if you aren’t looking to reunite with an old flame, you might want…

  • Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom #23

    A picture of Michael the Archangel placed over the door of your home will help keep troublesome spirits and those who would harm you away. When you place the image, you should say the St Michael Prayer: “St Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against wickedness and snares of the devil.…

  • Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom #22

    Rationalizing why you did something to harm the spell or how you are somehow unaccountable for some action due to ignorance, mental fragility, or any other reason is not helpful. If you engage in this sort of thing, all you are doing is wasting your time. A spell is energy, and guess what? It doesn’t…

  • Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom #21

    Always beware of the newbie-counsellor. I see this problem WAY TOO MUCH. Basically speaking, a person who has been studying spellcraft for less than a year (often less than six months, and even less than 2 months,) decides he or she is now capable of instructing others, having cast like…oh, 4 spells or something. 😉…

  • Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom #20

    If someone is trying to use spellcraft to get you to return to them, and you’re aware of it and you wish to use spellcraft to keep their reconcilation spellwork from affecting you, I personally recommend that you DO NOT use reversing spellcraft to do so. Why? Because all you’re doing by doing this is…

  • Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom #19

    To help protect yourself against harmful spells against you, keep a sprig of rue herb wrapped in a white piece of cloth in your left pants pocket. While this is not a guarantee against being harmed, it does really help…think of it sort of like a seatbelt in a car. It doesn’t guarantee you’re not…