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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: On Spells and Spellwork

  • “Faking It until you Make It” vs Being a Moron

    Hi Occulties, As some of you might know, in many cases, I’m all for “faking it until you make it,” to some degree. All of us our beginners at some point, and many of us will be book-taught or classroom-taught on some subject with our first moment of real-life application of said knowledge happening after…

  • Fixing a Seven-Day Vigil-light

    Hey everyone, So this has been a question in my inbox, therefore I decided to show some images and I hope this is helpful. 🙂 Start by punching 5 holes in the top of a candle with a sharp object. For dark work, I use an old screwdriver. For positive work I use a knitting…

  • Spell to Compel Another to Contact you – EASY 1-Candle Spell

    Hi Occulties, I was trying to get back to work on Reconciling a Friendship, part 2, but with my interaction with that crazy CA chick, I honestly wasn’t in the “let’s talk about making up with each other” mood. I do hope you can forgive me…I think that was the first time I was ever…

  • Good Reading! :D

    Hi All, I recommended this article a few years back, and, since I’m aware if it isn’t screaming “LOVE!” or “REVENGE” or “IT BRINGS BACK YOUR EX!” most of you will ignore it, heh. 😉 However the information it contains could actually assist you in any of those three things (if you’re having someone else…

  • Varying Easy-to-Do Money Spells and Tricks

    Hi Occulties, Over the years, I’ve been told, repeatedly, that I should keep it simple in here. 😉 Which is amusing, because I’ve spent about a decade telling my readers and my clients to do the same thing when they start over-thinking their problems or not letting things go and etc. 😉 It came to…

  • Questions You’ve Asked Me: March 27, 2013 edition

    Hi Occulties… Guess who gets lots of questions!? If you guessed me then you get a pretty gold star for effort. 😉 So let’s get this up for everyone else who’s been ever curious about the same subjects. Q: I did a reconciliation spell on my ex, and now s/he is with another guy/girl!? Did…

  • One of Karma’s more recent posts

    To all of you who think I can fart out a million dollars because I wiggle my nose to make it happen, or think I’m enough of a low life to kill a child in the womb, or who think I sit here all day in my mansion drinking margaritas instead of sometimes waiting for…

  • Questions You’ve Asked Me: February 21, 2013 Edition

    Dear Occulties, I beg my long-term-reader’s forgiveness here. Apparently several new readers are really quite incapable of going through the archives, so I am no doubt going to repeat myself on old topics. 😛 The following represents what I keep getting in my inbox and comments section (on multiple articles) for questions lately. Q: I…

  • Realistic Goals and Things To Consider

    Hi Occulties, ***RANT WARNING*** As many of you may have guessed, I often get some weird requests for help in my email…for example, a popular one goes a bit like this: “I want to reconcile my ex I broke up with 5 months ago, and make them marry me!” (note: often the relationship being spoken…

  • Wonderful Post on Sigil Magic

    I recently stumbled across this great guide to sigil magic on Rune Soup. Recommended to all.