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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

  • Making Things Work with More Useful Solutions

    Hey Occulties,  Remember the time (well some of you,) when you asked me for a "dream spell" or a "wish spell" and you saw me visibly cringe? Apparently it's some planetary transit wherein that sort of thing is common again (I'll have to check out what is doing what, because this sort of thing does…

  • Why isn’t this working? answered

    Hey everyone,  I wrote you a lovely questions you've asked me article which apparently has disappeared. I have no idea where it went, so that's 2 or so hours of my life that just went missing. Grrr… So, since it is missing, I'll expand on my first question and answer on that now missing article…

  • To Get Someone to Call/Reach Out

    Hey Occulties, I know this is probably one of the few times anyone envies me for having a massive surplus of naturally shed parrot feathers but these are available in many crafting stores and online. The easiest call me charm I know goes like this: You will needA large parrot feather (wing or tail, usually,…

  • Simple Spell to Calm and Sweeten a Person Towards You

    Hey there Occulties,  Just. what you needed during this Mars retrograde – an easy simple spell to calm someone down and make them more sweet! Remember, of course, spells are not insurance against bad or unhelpful behaviors. If you are behaving negatively or unkindly or inciting arguments and/or upsets, your target will still react and…

  • 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…

  • The Sphere of Availability

    Good Evening, Occulties, I'm sure I've gone over this in here before, but having written this blog for almost 20 years, it no doubt deserves a review.  Think about where you are sitting or standing this very moment. Imagine that, if you are sitting, that your butt is glued to this spot and you cant…

  • Spell to Cool Anger in a Person

    Good afternoon, Occulties, So, as we all know, there is absolutely no reasoning with a person who’s all fired up and angry, right? Telling someone to calm down is about as effective as getting your cat to settle down by throwing a bucket of ice water on it.  While giving someone some space, not insisting…

  • Nifty Little Controlling Jar Spell

    Hey kids,  So with a first quarter crescent moon, and it being Friday, (then sun is even in Pisces, which is a water sign,) it’s a perfect day for love magic, and I’m certain I’ll be getting lots and lots of love and reconciliation requests for spell work trickling in as the day progresses for…

  • Concise and Simple

    Hey Occulties, Today on Cat’s Rants I’d like to discuss a mistake I see people making frequently… Keep It Simple, but Keep It Concise. So often when it comes to revenge or love, I get a novel-length email regarding what EXACTLY should happen, and I mean sometimes it is so exact that the amount of…

  • Little Problems That Delay/Impede Manifestations

    Hey Occulties, Just a brief little article for you on this beautiful September Sunday. So I frequently get questions regarding why this or that isn’t manifesting, and as you guessed, nine times out of ten (if not closer to 49 times out of 50,) it’s lust for results. We’ve been over lust for results so…