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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.

  • Pre-Reconciliation Lecture

    Hey Occulties,

    So, I know I promised you a week of love spell articles and I don't want to let you down. Of course, last week my bird decided to chew on an extension cord, almost kill himself, and, on top of a BANNER WEEK of readings, (I was on the phone so much that it was crazy,) surprise vet bills, AND the fact that it was bill week….I was a little too busy to bring you the promised week of love stuff. 😦 I also had to ask St Expedite for help because surprise bills on bill week can be HORRID, but St Expedite always helps very fast. :) 

    So, today I'm going to be a bit brief (because like most Mondays, it's been a long day, ha,) but I wanted to continue our week, just a week late. 😉 Today I'd like to discuss a point about reconciliation that I've made several times… Namely, remember, in MOST cases, a relationship breaks down because it wasn't working ON BOTH SIDES. That isn't always true – while no one is entirely without fault, some people can be relatively blameless in the demise of a relationship, BUT in most cases, the relationship was breaking down already before it finally came to it's last breaths. Why is this important? Because in about a third of all of my cases, the petitioner will reconcile with the target, and then say "Oh, wait, this relationship sucks. I just remembered how unhappy I was with this person." Then, despite the time, money, and emotional investment in all the work done to get the "desired ex" back, they soon break things off with the ex. That's fine by me – sometimes people need closure, and the value of closure is not struggling for months (or even years) to be with someone because you were not ready to lose them when you did. 

    BUT definitely, time and energy could be saved by realizing that the relationship was not fabulous to begin with, and accepting that before you reconcile that person using magic. 

    So, how do you prevent this from happening? Well, ask yourself, were you happy with this person when they broke things off? What issues have you had with them? What shortcomings need to be addressed? How often was this person critical of you? How often were they helpful to you? Did you feel secure in the relationship? Was this person faithful to you (assuming it was an exclusive relationship)? Don't get caught up in "BUT I LOVE (person) SO MUCH!!" Because certainly, that is valuable, but it won't make a relationship work if the only thing you had which seemed compatible was that you love that person (and they likely love you back.) You can love a person and still be very incompatible with them. Try to be as honest to yourself as possible about the relationship, and if it seemed defective or toxic from early on (before you had even broken up,) you might actually decide AGAINST reconciling the relationship. 

    And why do I bring this up? Because the next article is about reconciliation. 😉 I think questioning one's motives about reconciling a relationship before actually doing reconciliation work is a very healthy and smart thing to do. 🙂

    ~Cat

     

  • Jar for Love-Attraction

    Hey Occulties,

    Well, now that we've established that sales and discounts are counter productive for me (seriously, even if I pray to St Expedite, he delivers when the sale is over, ha ha, probably because I'll make more money at full price, – he's a smart guy,) let's get on with this week's topic… Love. 

    I'm sorry it took me so long to get an article like this up. Unfortunately I had a very busy week, and when my job becomes high-maintenance, my blog often has to take a backseat.

    I know we've been over sweet jars on my blog a few different times, and even recently. These can be very useful tools in a reconciliation (which is often their most common use), although, all too often, people want to utilize these when there has been a SEVERE breakdown in a relationship, and frankly, I don't feel that is when they are a suitable solution. So, if you have a restraining order against you, it is probably time to try something more coercive and more pushy rather than a honey jar. But did you know that a honey jar can be useful when you want to encourage a NEW relationship to start? 

    I have a fair number of readers say "Cat, I can't light candles where I am at," so today we're going to talk about a love-attraction honey jar THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE CANDLES. This is something that you can use to attract someone's amorous feelings, and it's really, really easy to do. In fact, if you have any resealable glass bottle or glass jar (I'm not a huge fan of plastic, but I would even say a plastic soda bottle can be used,) and some pretty easy to find ingredients (er, I know, you all tell me I say that way too much, ha ha, but seriously, a lot of natural food stores have this stuff, and frankly Mountain Rose Herbs and even Amazon have you covered if the super market does not,) you can do this. 

    Now, here's the hard part (you knew it was coming,) while you CAN use a picture of your target, hair of their head is the best witness sample. If the picture is all you can get, well, get that picture and print it out. Don't have a printer? Stop telling me you can't print out photos. You can use a service like Freeprints.com or you can even get this done at many stores like Walmart or Walgreens or CVS, etc. 

    So…you will need:

    A bottle or jar with a lid/cap (I prefer glass, but if you can only get a soda bottle, that'll do)
    Corn Syrup (Karo Syrup in the US) or honey*
    Sugar (table sugar or brown sugar is fine)
    Rose petals, pink or red**
    Lemongrass (check the spice aisle)
    Vanilla extract
    Cinnamon
    Hair from your target's head (or an image of them)
    A piece of paper with all the edges torn off
    A green- or black-inked pen 
    Optional: Tape (like duct tape or electrical tape)

    OK so this is very easy to put together, and the hardest part for some of you will be the name paper. I know I've said this before on Cat's Rants, but DO NOT CAST THIS SPELL ON YOURSELF. Presumably, if you're trying to attract a person, you already have squishy love feelings for them, so you do not need to intensify them, do you? Because if you did a silly thing like that, you would end up being  even more crazy for this person and that is going to make you act all dorky when they start responding to your work. You don't want that. 😉 So how do you cast the spell only on your target? You're going to make the name paper out as so: Write the target's full name out nine times as so (replace John Smith with that person's name):
    John Smith
    John Smith
    John Smith
    John Smith
    John Smith
    John Smith
    John Smith
    John Smith
    John Smith
    Now, turn the paper so that the names are running vertical rather than horizontal, and write your command across the names (horizontially, so it makes something like a tic tac toe board,) nine times like this (you can use my phrase and put your name or the petitioner's name where I put "your name"):
    Dripping with love and burning with desire for (your name)
    Dripping with love and burning with desire for (your name)
    Dripping with love and burning with desire for (your name)
    Dripping with love and burning with desire for (your name)
    Dripping with love and burning with desire for (your name)
    Dripping with love and burning with desire for (your name)
    Dripping with love and burning with desire for (your name)
    Dripping with love and burning with desire for (your name)
    Dripping with love and burning with desire for (your name)

    Place the hair from your target's head (or their image) into the middle of the paper and fold once TOWARDS you, now fold again TOWARDS you to quarter the paper. Place this into your jar/bottle. Fill the jar/bottle about half full with sugar, add the rose petals, a few drops of vanilla extract, a few pinches of lemongrass, and a few pinches of cinnamon. Now fill the container full to the top with your sweetener (corn syrup or honey, whatever you chose,) being sure that it soaks through the sugar. Seal the bottle/jar, and if you want to use some tape around the top to make sure it's super secure, please do. :) 

    I bet some of you were wondering why I said you might use a bottle? Well, this honey jar is powered by being shaken. Every time you shake this jar, it's going to shake up your target and intensify their sweet feelings towards you. So, once you've made your jar, hold it in your hands until you feel it getting warm. While you do so, think of your target looking at you with love and lust in their eyes, moving towards you (or towards your petitioner if the spell is for someone else,) and now that it's beginning to feel warm, keeping the image in your mind's eye, shake the jar/bottle vigorously,. while saying: "(Target's full name) dripping with love and desire for me, (target's name) thinks of me constantly," repeating this nine times. Then say "As is my will, SO BE IT." And that's it. You can repeat this as often as you like. If you want to say that phrase 9x, and say your so be it, and then repeat that process again right after, you go right ahead. All you do to power this jar is shake this jar. 

    This is going to make a gradual but noticeable change in your target. If you don't see any reaction in about three weeks, you might need something more intensive, but this seems to work very nicely for people. I've had a few people told me it only took about 7 days for the change to occur. :) 

    Happy Spellcasting!

    ~Cat

    PS- If you have a tough love problem, I'm always here to help. Please just contact me! :) 

    *I was recently asked this again, and I want to be clear… If you are a person of color you DO NOT need to use brown sugar and dark Karo syrup, and if you are a white person you do not need to use light Karo and white sugar. This is a racist superstition. All sugars and all colors of syrup work for people of all colors. Let's toss that old racist trope OUT. If you're white and you only have brown sugar because you are trying to not have white table sugar in any food and you have that brown sugar for baking, USE IT. If you're a person of color and you only have light Karo on hand, USE IT. All sugar is sweet, just like you, no matter your color, honey. 🙂

    **A cheap and easy source for rose petals is literally the gas station over here in the states. While some larger supermarkets have flowers on sale, you can get a single rose for next to nothing at a gas station. 

    I GIVE REWARDS TO PEOPLE WHO CATCH PLAGIARISTS OF MY WORK. IF YOU SEE SOMEONE RIPPING ME OFF ONLINE, PLEASE CONTACT ME. WHILE I PROSECUTE THOSE PEOPLE TO THE STRONGEST MEASURE I CAN (and I've caught a fair number,) I DO REWARD HONEST CONCERNED READERS WHO FIND MY WORK BEING RIPPED OFF. Copyright reserved OriginalNinjaCat.com, material may not be used or transmitted without my written permission. 

  • Friday Specials Cancelled. :(

    Hey kiddos,

    Apparently offering deep discounts once a week is less attractive than keeping everything full price. Since I had ZERO interest in the last special (which ended an hour ago,) and low interest in the previous 2 weekly specials, now there are no weekly discounts. Further, I think I will stop offering discounts entirely after the Mercury retrograde reading sale is over. It is weirdly less popular than paying me full price, and that's fine by me. It means I make more money. ;) 

    So, I'm sorry that wasn't interesting to anyone. I'll try to get a non-business article up shortly. 🙂

    ~C

  • Friday Night Special (I’ll extend it into Midday Saturday for the Late Posting) 7-Day Love Spell Casting

    Hey Everyone,

    Sorry for the late post. My readings sale has been INSANE (or, I should say, I've been non-stop doing readings all week, which I love doing! 🙂 While the readings' special extends to the end of Mercury Retrograde, this Friday, my special is….SEVEN DAY SPELLCASTING FOR LOVE AND/OR RECONCILIATION. Normally an average of $325, currently a FIFTY DOLLAR DISCOUNT at $275. Apply here – please just realize I CANNOT ACCEPT ALL REQUESTS. So, if you can't bear to hear no, but you want Chris Hemsworth to be your love slave (don't we all!) then it's likely I can't help. 😛 If you want your ex to contact you again and be seeking reconciliation, or if you want that cutey who works at the coffee shop around the corner to take notice of you and ask you out, then I probably can help. 

    And, exciting news, I will be doing a week on discussing love spells in honor of my parent's 50th wedding anniversary (yep, still married,) this August 2.

    ~Cat

  • Stay tuned…

    Hey Occulties,

    You know what’s coming up? My parent’s 50th wedding anniversary. I may have to do a whole bit on love spells for that. It’s pretty awesome. Tell me what you think!

    ~Cat

  • The Constant Problem…

    Hey Occulties,

    I could literally write an entire book about "lust for results," aka "thinking the spell/situation to death," including the problems that obsessive anxiety (a major symptom) cause just being a good part. I could explain it, and explain it, and then explain it to you all again, and my inbox ON MY DAYS OFF (it's even worse when it's not my days off,) would still start with "So and so hasn't contacted me in like 24 hours," and "I really think the quality of so and so's last text/call/email seems 'off,'" etc, etc. which, while I get that some people view this as healthy, normal observations are rarely so. 

    Allow me to trot out a situation with an ex of mine where I WAS NOT working on this person. This was a relationship which was difficult as the person was a commitmentphobic to the nth degree. By the time I was just seriously through with trying to deal with this person's major emotional issues (because it was never a lack of love, it was his fearing to be loved, and yet very much loving me,) I found someone else, and what do you think happened? Was I sitting there, noticing he hadn't texted me (because we'd go on a "break," and we'd often still text and talk relatively frequently when that was going on,) as much as normal this or that week? Not at all. The communication kind of tapered off. I noticed when he became aware of my seeing someone else, he found someone else. Not being very jealous by nature (if you get me to be jealous, which isn't easy, I am the most jealous monster ever, but it's a rare thing to happen,) and being pretty content in my arrangement with someone else, I didn't mind it. When it became obvious that this person was dating someone else to annoy me (not because he liked her,) I didn't care. When I noticed him stalking my social media, I didn't give a damn. I was aware that his attempts to get my attention and make me react in some way to show I still wanted him were snowballing and becoming more and more, but at the time I was caught up in my own life and was not really making it a priority to analyze it. It took some time before I looked back and noticed HOW MUCH MORE he worked for my attention. 

    And here's the funny thing with that…if I had been mopey and telling myself I NEEDED his attention, – say if I had not found someone new, – his attempts to get my attention in more than one way would have felt…well, terrible. I would have not seen some of them for what they were right away, or even if I did, I would have been upset by them, which was, because people are just churlish like this, the whole reason for several of his actions…to make me anxious and want him to please show me affection. If it had seemed "intolerable" for us not to speak for a few days, or even a few weeks, I would have been miserable. Why? Because he isn't inept at emotional manipulation, and while I am kind enough to believe much of what he did was not consciously done with the intent of pure overt manipulation, some clearly was (while some was more like him being childish and trying to get my attention away from someone else.)

    I guess what I'm trying to say is…when you fixate on someone's absence or over analyze their behavior through a certain lens, not only do you SLOW YOUR SPELLWORK DOWN OR KILL IT (assuming you're working on them,) you also react in unhelpful ways to their behavior. I wasn't working reconciliation on the person above. Presumably, if I was, clearly it would not have been a hard sell to get this guy back, but if I was obsessive about it, several moves he did make could have been very painful. 

    Now imagine this same problem with an ex who is resistant to you getting back together. Or someone who is having serious doubts about your relationship working. Like most humans, their behavior may become unpleasant to you…they might be slow to respond to contact, they may delay contact, they might pick fights, they might be cold, and if you react with a bleeding heart or sit there waiting like a crazy person, timing the delay between each contact, not only is this going to aggravate you more and more (think of it like watching a pot and waiting for the water to boil, vs doing something else for about 5-10 minutes and coming back to a full boil – which feels like an eternity?) it's not only bad for your mental health, it's also going to sour your reaction and possibly delay your spellwork manifestation. It might even kill it. 

    So, as harsh as it may sound, the best thing possible when casting a spell on someone for love purposes, is to go along with your life as if you don't care what the person says or does next. I try to tell people, imagine you cast that spell on me (or someone you're not infatuated with – a tertiary friend, perhaps.) Are you desperately timing the wait on my replies? Are you wondering what I'm thinking right now? Are you wondering who I'm with, what I'm doing? I mean, I'm on friendly terms with the vast majority of my exes, and I can assure you, if I need to contact them for any reason, while I rarely wait longer than an hour or so for a reply, if any single one of them took longer – even days longer, – rare is it that I'd notice. It's the same when I contact family, friends – anyone, really. I mean, most of our daily interactions are not "desperate need," type of interactions, and that's exactly how you want to think of your "beloved." Once you cast that spell (or have it cast for you), give yourself some space, and treat their existence like that of a tertiary friend until they start coming back, as this will speed up the manifestation AND prevent aggravating obsessive anxiety.

    Because even outside of the "lust for results," the reality is that you do not, in 99.999999% of any situation, desperately need to hear from your ex/beloved whatsoever. The reality is that it is not a "life or death" thing, you just keep telling yourself that it is. By letting go of the situation, you won't act and react like an emotional mess. The fact that someone hasn't texted you for 36 hours won't feel like someone hasn't responded to you in 20 years and they are your only hope to feeling like you can breathe again. And the best part? It won't hurt your damn spell because you won't be exhaustively clocking in the time between responses and the quality thereof. 

    Due to my job, I can be a terrible responder to texts and messages. It isn't anything to do with not loving family or friends. I've repeatedly asked people to not message me on facebook because I do not even have FB messenger on my phone. Texting me can be a crapshoot, because I often have my phone on do not disturb. So people wait long times for replies unless they have access to my landline or email (and, let's be fair, many of us don't email our friends in lieu of instant messaging or texts,) and those are the people that I love. My own better half gets annoyed because I will literally forget my phone when I go somewhere like the store, – I don't even remember to bring the damn thing. So imagine if he was casting love spells on me…if he didn't have my landline number, I could easily take 2 days to reply. I might never reply if it came on facebook messenger. People try hitting me up through there all of the time, and if you were unlucky enough to do so when my computer was closed, I might never even see it. 😛 Would that mean his spellwork wasn't working? Nope, it just means that I am bad with responding to personal messages. It's who I am. I am dealing with so many other people's problems at any given time, that sending me a message means waiting for me to look at my phone, or hoping that I have facebook open so I can see you send me a DM. 😛 It basically would equate to almost forcing him to let me initiate contact, because of my temperament. 

    And this is something I see a lot with clients…. They take someone becoming distant or busy as a personal affront to them or meaning the spellwork isn't working. The clock the timing between "send" and "reply" or even the last time they spoke to someone with by-the-second precision, like "Do you know that it has been 12 hours, 22 minutes, and 15 seconds since so-and-so's last reply? S/he never takes longer than 5 hours and 18 minutes to reply, like ever." And of course there is the constant "quality" assessment. Look, on some level, I get it. Humans are very very attuned to sensing "weird" behavior in other humans as part of a survival instinct. If you're acting off, you might be a danger to me in some way, so I will pick it up…nature gave us that gift. But…in thinking of the last 2 interactions I'd had with an ex recently (no one I want back, happily married,) one was relatively curt and to the point without being rude, the other was very pleasant and warm (albeit brief.) Since I wasn't really thinking about this until now when I was writing the article, I would just guess in the first situation he was busy and had a lot to do, and then the second, he had some time on his hands and was relaxing (he's generally a pleasant and warm person by nature.) Now, if I was all worked up and needed to know why he was acting this way, I might have even stressed myself out over that first instance…even though, clearly, it had nothing to do with me. I'm on good terms with this person. Someone being curt towards us can feel like this means this person doesn't like us or is angry with us. The reality is, they could be acting this way for a million different reasons than something to do with you.

    People get so anxious, so worked up, and then they come to me wondering why it is that someone hasn't texted or called or why the quality of the last communication was not what they had hoped. This is lust for results, and it's unhelpful. Re-direct your attention elsewhere. Relax. I assure you, well done spellwork means the person will make that move, and the sooner you stop worrying over it, the sooner it will happen. They might be busy with work, with life, or even feeling weird about reconnecting with you, even though they are driven to do so (but when they do reconnect, you sense them acting weird because they feel a little weird,) and that can make the communication lag or feel difficult. Rather than picking it apart repeatedly and timing it, let it right itself. If you start getting freaked out and anxious, it will be something they will pick up, and it will take longer for things to normalize. How do I know? Because I do have pleasant and warm interactions with most of my exes, and I'm not working reconciliation on any of them. Even many of those I had a bad falling out with when we broke up, I have a good relationship with. So, if it happened naturally that I get along well with these people, it will definitely happen if you're working a spell on them. 

    And before I get several inquiries if this post is "about [you]", no, it isn't. I had over 25 "complaints" this weekend that someone isn't responding fast enough or the quality is off, and it's incredibly awful can I do something, and of that number, the vast majority were complaining of not hearing from someone in 48 hours or less. 😛 I do not write articles about one or two people, – I write when there is a widespread problem. 

    ~C

  • Now it’s the Friday special – 30 minute readings

    Leaving in 30 mins…

    Hey everyone,

    Sorry about not posting a new spell article this week. I managed to hurt my back about five days ago, and sitting in this chair for longer than 30 minutes was unbearable. Theoretically since I have a laptop, I can go anywhere, but with a husband and a bird, this is merely a theory. 😉 My laptop stays on the kitchen table (we eat in front of the TV like a normal 21st century couple, ha ha,) because then it has less seeds in it, isn't taking up valuable coffee table space (Mr NinjaCat could not spare me much space, ha ha,) and well, it is what it is. I felt fine sitting anywhere but a hard backed chair, but unfortunately that meant not posting as much, and in a few cases, briefer replies than is normal. I am feeling better now (much better!) and being as it is so hot and the table is right next to the window, it's actually kind of nice sitting here. 

    BUT, that is not why I'm posting right now. At the suggestion of Mr NinjaCat, the day of a weekly special should be, in his mind, on Friday. So, sure, let's try it and see if it is successful. :) 

    30 minute readings are a ridiculous $50 DOLLARS but only for TODAY, July 19, 2019. That's TWENTY DOLLARS OFF of the regular price. That's insane!

    So, if you want $20 off of your 30 minute reading, purchase today (we can schedule the reading at your convenience,) and you got it. 🙂 Contact me for an invoice and scheduling. 

    And I promise, now that my middle-aged back (which sadly is not what it once was,) is healed, I will get you a fun article. Maybe a Questions You've Asked Me article, which tend to be a favorite of many. 🙂

    ~Cat

  • Super Savings Sunday – 2 Hr Reading (to be split up as you like)

    Hey everyone,

    Trying something new. If it works well, I'll keep it going. I'm going to try featuring ONE ITEM each Sunday at a discount – the sale extends only to that item and only for the day of Sunday (so no, you can't express interest and then pay me Wednesday and get the sale price, ha ha). 

    This Sunday, you can get $45 off of the 2 hour reading pack (spend 2 straight hours on the phone with me if you want, 4 half hours, 2 sixty minute readings, or even 2 half hours and one hour…all up to you.) Instead of the normal price of $195, for today only it is $150. Get it while you can. The offer ends at 11:59 EST tonight! 🙂

    Contact me if interested!

    ~Cat

  • It’s Friday! Get Down with your Badass Self!

    Hey Occulties,

    Have you had a tough week? Are you doing this right now? 

    I do take the weekends off to some degree (I don't spend my usual 8 hours and sometimes more typing,) but I am here all weekend. I say this because a lot of you are having a really rotten case of the Mercury Retrogrades. Mercury is retrograding all of your face and it's not pleasant. You know where to find me if you need me. 

    But remember, it's Friday, and you know what Friday is great for? LOVE. So, if you messed up this week, and your beloved is angry with you, you might try working a sweet jar. Sweet jars are great when you've got someone feeling sour towards you. 🙂 If you're looking for love, (and this is a shameless plug for myself, haha,) remember, this entire category is just for you. 

    OK, lovies, I'll be back (on the blog – I'm always at my email or at work) on Monday. You have a safe and fabulous weekend. 

    ~Cat

  • How Will You Find Out All About Your Curse Target?

    Alright, Occulties,

    So now that my previous post hopefully cheered a few of you up, let's talk. So, today I want to talk about "what happens if you curse a person and then you don't have ANY connection to them?"

    See, if I curse a person, chances are I want nothing to do with that person anymore. I cut off all ties with them, and so technically I do not have a way to check up on them in a social media sense, nor am I asking about them through friends. I do come from a background where the likelihood is that in almost any of those situations, what happened to them will come out at some point. It's the nature of where I grew up and spent most of my life. I laugh about it, but for example, my college (University to those outside of the USA) friends are still so interconnected, despite living all over the country and having been out of school for over 15 years, that if something happens to one of them (no, not because I did it,) we all know within a month or three. It's rare that I get news for the first time years after the initial event with that group, but it happens, too. Where I grew up, it is so small, that when someone I know (even a parent of someone I went to school with,) dies, my parents, of course, are like "So and so died, by the way." I mean, it's news. When the laundry mat burned down in the town I grew up in, it was big news. So…to be fair, where I lived most of my life, news travels by word of mouth, and eventually whatever curse (er, bad event) befell my target would reach my ears. 

    BUT, I do live in a city now. Even then, it's a small city, and if it's big enough news…well, I find out. ;) 

    Maybe I just have one of those personalities where people tell me things. I do seem to get a lot of people gossiping or telling me private stuff, even outside of work. 

    So, how does it work for you – person in the possibly-large city, or person who's spell target has relocated to the other coast? Will you ever find out what curse befell your would-be target?  Considering you are not supposed to be verbally antagonistic towards or checking up on this target…HOW WILL YOU KNOW!!?? 

    OK, let's start with something which is the most-likely – your friends know you don't like this person, and in many cases, they have some connection to the person as well. This isn't ALWAYS the case, but it is very often the case. You share co-workers, acquaintances, social media pals, etc. If this is the case, I promise you that eventually one of these people will not be able to help themselves, and they will totally tell you that the person ran into a fuckton of bad luck. Even if this person is "tertiary" to anyone else in your life (people hardly know them or pretty much only know of them,) surprisingly, this is the most-common way people find out what the outcome was. 

    It also happens that the target themselves tells you. Yes, seriously. It is not nearly as common, but I've known curse targets to come crying to the very person who cursed them, complaining of a spoiled life. This most-often seems to happen when the curse-target is a former friend or lover.

    Sometimes it gets in the news! I can think of a handful of times where someone worked mean mojo only to discover the outcome lead to criminal charges (for the target,) or serious bodily damage, or serious property damage for the target – and they saw this on the news. 

    See, here's the thing, what many people get very hung up on (that is "SHOW ME ALL THE RESULTS NOW!") is unfortunately, a form of lust for results. What I'd said above, where I said once I cursed a person, I just put everything behind me…well, that's generally true, and when I didn't, I often had to wait until I had done so for the curse to really hit hard. If I did put it all out of my mind (including the target,) more often than not, I would have results in under 2 weeks. 😛 Being attached to all of that negativity is also a lot more tiring than it is to just throw something really nasty and walk off and let it do it's work. 

    I know I've said this before – lust for results is a SPELL KILLER (or a massive delay in manifestation,) – but people seem to think that's only when the issue is about love. Certainly not. When we cast a spell for ourselves (or when we cast a spell for another) the petitioner (and spell caster, if not the same person,) need to LET GO and not think about the situation being spellcasted upon. This is imperative for success. This idea that it "Didn't happen" if you don't get to find out about the results THE SECOND IT HAPPENS could very well derail your curse. And frankly, you are likely to find out what happened to your target, even if you can't think of how that could be. 

    Because I've gotten that news awhile later, and generally, while I was pleased to find out my curse worked, by that point, I'd moved on with my life and it wasn't something pressing on my mind. Sure, definitely, I've had the news back when my curse was recent, but I've had some instances where enough time had passed that I hadn't even really thought much of my intended victim in a long while. 

    You are connected to your target – that much is fact, – when doing a curse, so don't despair that time and distance have made it seem unlikely that you will find out about your work hitting them. The Universe finds a way to tell you. If you really want to curse that person, curse them, and then you let that s*** go. 

    Happy Hexing!

    ~Cat