Cat’s Rants: Confessions of an Occult Mastermind

The Constant Problem…

July 21, 2019

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

July 19, 2019

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)

July 14, 2019

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!

July 12, 2019

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?

July 12, 2019

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
Cheer Up, Mercury Retrograde Won’t Last Forever 🤣

July 11, 2019

All stolen from facebook – I am not the author, but all of them made me laugh, and they now come from the vast collection of memes on my iPhone, ha ha. Enjoy, and feel free to grab any of the images in this post for your own use!

I'm also full of funny non-occult based pictures. I'm that annoying shitposting friend on your social media (if we were social media friends, that is.) 🙂

~Cat
Out of the Friends-With-Benefits Zone!

July 10, 2019

Hey there Occulties,

I hope everyone who celebrates had a fantastic holiday "week," – or at least here, up in the Northeastern USA, it was definitely a full week. A lot of people celebrate Canada Day here, too. 😉 Mr NinjaCat is off of work until I think around the 21st, so just as a reminder – while it is always my policy to have me call you, please DO NOT CALL MY LANDLINE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES because you are apt to disrupt Mr NinjaCat. When he's not working, he's a lazy bum who likes to take naps on the couch. This means that everyone in Portland Maine has already annoyed the feck out of him, since all of those obnoxious confirmation calls for things like the vet and the salon have already awoken my napping spouse. 😉 As I answer some or none of those (sorry businesses,) I have been trying to curb them for a few weeks, but with little success. Here he was thinking I spent all day in pleasant silence. Ah, no, there is a constantly singing bird and a frequently ringing phone…but let's try to let him nap, ha. 😉 He is lucky to have this much time off, – his boss is off for a wedding or something before their next job. :P

But my husband getting a nice long (but unpaid) vacation has not stopped business for me, so even though business has been pretty strong throughout the holiday (I assume that alcohol and Mercury retrograde have a hand in it), I figured I'd take some time out to get a nice article out for you – singing bird and ringing phone in the background the whole time, ha ha.

So a big focus lately at work has been dealing with a "difficult" or "stubborn" target. Now, I know I've said this before, but, in my experience, the most troublesome target is not the "stubborn" one, but the "wishy washy" kind, or the one who is "afraid to rock the boat." Stubborn people are at least decisive people. Indecisive people, people who don't like to take a lot of action? They are influenced by your work, but then they don't want to make waves by reacting. Ick! Of course, as I've said before, also, a lot of the solution can lie in making your target uncomfortable. See, a comfortable person does not need to make any change, but if they feel uncomfortable in their situation while simultaneously being influenced to change their position on something (generally this is a love problem where people are asking why someone isn't reaching out, or asking to come back,) then they take the steps you want and make the change you want. For example, someone will come to me and have a "friends with benefits" situation that they want changed into a real relationship. The target is not reacting to the love work they are doing on them because the target DOES NOT HAVE TO. They are getting all the parts of the relationship they want, without making it a real relationship. Sure, the love influence is hitting, but they haven't made the changes the petitioner wants, because the petitioner is having sex with them and treating them like a boyfriend/girlfriend already. See…that's a comfortable target…that target has no reason to make a change.

In these situations, the petitioner is understandably uncomfortable with cutting their partner off sexually, because that could mean losing the person entirely. It's a risk that they don't want to take. 😦 Is there anything magical that we can do to make this person "uncomfortable" so that they make the move towards an actual relationship instead of staying in the "FWB Zone?"

Well, it's not always going to work (because sometimes you do have to take a risk,) but I do have a solution for many of you. So, in this case, we're going to make this person anxious that you might move on with another person of your desired gender if they don't make the relationship legitimate, but without you having to stop seeing them sexually. It does involve a small behavioral change from the petitioner, but nothing so grandiose as cutting them off sexually 100%.

Now this is a two-pronged approach: The petitioner will be working an attraction spell on themselves to amplify the attention from those around him or her, while also making the target obsessive. I have found that working a situation at multiple angles is often key to success, but for those of you who are beginners, this might be a little more advanced than what you're ready for. I mean, if I were to just talk to my somewhat practiced readers, something like a simple candle attraction spell for yourself, and then the Purple Skull Candle for romantic obsession for the target should do the trick.* The "behavior" from the petitioner is to just be a little less available. If the person calls or texts, wait a half hour or so before you initially respond. Don't be available for a every visit, have "plans." You're still going to be seeing this person, still having a FWB thing going, but just that being slightly-less available is going to make the target uncomfortable and worried that you're slipping away. The target should react by trying to make this a "real" relationship, to "tie you down" and ensure you don't run off. ;)

The spell linked above for obsession can be a difficult spell for an unpracticed person, but let me be frank here – I honestly think obsession spellwork is at least for someone a bit more intermediate. All too often, I have someone come to me with "Cat, why am I more obsessed after doing this work?" and then they tell me what they did for themselves, and it is because they partially cast the spell on themselves. 😦 If you need help, you can always contact me, but honestly, I can't make time for hours of free instruction, so please be courteous and don't expect hours of free consultation (I already work 16 hours a day many days.) If you're really overwhelmed or it is a difficult situation, I'd be more than happy to take you on as a client, or, if you want to do the work yourself, we can also book an appointment where I take all the time you need to walk you through the steps and coach you how to do the work yourself. I'm always happy to help, just…please be kind and realize it is my job, and so if you need more than say, 20 minutes of my time, you should probably employ me for my time, ha. 😉 I LOVE working on difficult problems, so don't hesitate to share yours with me. 😀

But, how about that attraction spell? Again, this does NOT need to be anything really excessive or complicated. If you have a preferred kind of spell you want to use and you feel you have some practice under your belt, feel free, – but for those of you who want me to suggest something for you, you might try the following:

You will need:

A red figural candle the same gender as the petitioner**
Attraction oil**
Magnetic Charm oil**
Look at Me oil**
Regular granulated table sugar
A small piece of paper with all of the edges torn off
A pen with black ink
A fire proof container like a cake tin or pie plate
Optional- a few hairs from the head of the petitioner (person who the spell is cast on behalf of.)

Write out the name paper by writing the petitioner's name seven times, like so (if the petitioner was named 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 vertically rather than horizontally, and write the command across the names as so:

All eyes on me
All eyes on me
All eyes on me
All eyes on me
All eyes on me
All eyes on me
All eyes on me

The name paper should look a bit like a tic tac toe board. Spit in the center and place the hair in the center, now fold this in half towards you, and fold it in half towards you again, quartering the paper. Place this in your pie plate or other heatproof container. Place a few drops of each oil in your writing hand, and take the candle in your opposite hand. Using the hand covered in oil, anoint the candle with seven strokes UP (base to wick) while keeping an image of yourself (or the petitioner) being surrounded by desiring people of the desired sex making flirtatious glances in your mind's eye. If you feel that you can send energy, try to send RED energy into the candle while you anoint it. Sprinkle the sugar over it.

Place the candle on top of the name paper and light it. Now, if you are not the petitioner, replace "Me" with the petitioner's name. Say: "All eyes on me, all minds on me. Wherever I go, all are magnetically pulled towards me, desiring me and wanting me. Everyone near me is charmed by me, wanting me and wanting to be with me, as is my will, so it be!" Allow the candle to burn out. When it has, either hide the name paper near your front door (if you are in an apartment this may be right inside the door,) or bury it beneath your front doorstep.

That's all you have to do! Very easy, right?! 🙂 This should get heads turning your way ASAP!

So, if you combine that spell with the Purple Skull candle for Obsession (above) and just pull away from your friend-with-benefits a tiny bit (as described above,) you should be getting that person to move on making you really their boyfriend/girlfriend. If you need help, don't hesitate to contact me!

~Cat

*Some of the distributors in the article linked above have gone out of business or changed. While I still recommend Mountain Rose Herbs for your herbal needs, you should try Etsy for the candles, and Hoodooroots.com for the oils. If you have preferred sellers already that are not my preferred sellers, feel free to use that business! :)

**No doubt that someone (or multiple someones) will complain that these are items they do not have access to, or that the condition oils come from a specific seller, etc. Let me say that while I definitely do not think you should buy cheap crappy oils that are nothing but scented oil and not the real thing, I do understand that some people either prefer a different seller, or that others are like "I can get a red candle but it's not shaped like anything, and a shaped candle costs more," and I agree with those people that this should not make them unable to do a spell. Technically, unless the candle is the wrong gender but still a figural candle, or the figure it does depict is like…a reaper or something clearly off, yes, you can just use a regular old red candle. You can also reduce the number of oils to one, and just make sure it is an oil which has to do with attracting someone in a romantic way.
Just Because Mercury Retrograde and Big Holidays in North America Sometimes Don’t Mix

July 2, 2019

Hey there Occulties,

So, it's come to the time where people are making problems with their beloved (yay, Mercury retrograde,) and then making some pretty non-magical mistakes in reconciling that person or in navigating their situation well. While I'm so much more about the magical fixes (yay, magic!), I am also very aware that if you can't handle it in the mundane world when it comes to relationships, you could easily flub your spellwork up and stop it from manifesting. 😦

While I'm a HUGE FAN of this article, allow me to also say…

People (just people in general) tend to exaggerate and lie, and even moreso in emotionally-charged situations. Stop believing everything your ex/beloved said as being 100% truth. I will have people tell me so-and-so always "tells tall tales" (exaggerates when relaying a story to the point of fabrication,) only to then complain about details of this person's story that are scary and upset them. If the person is a known exaggerator or liar, why take anything they say as truth? You need to depend on your OWN OBSERVATIONS to get the real truth, not what that person told you.

Are you upset? Angry/Sad/Hurt? PUT DOWN YOUR SMARTPHONE! DO NOT TEXT OR MESSAGE THAT EMOTIONAL MESS AT SOMEONE. Wait until you're calm, collected, and NOT EMOTIONAL before you contact that person.

Silence is a bit like a "not guilty" plea, – because you can always change your plea if a good deal comes your way (USA court system, sorry, lawyer's kid, and yes, always initially plead not guilty and also say nothing except to identify yourself, lol,) AND you can always say what you need to say but you CANNOT TAKE BACK WHAT YOU HAVE SAID. So, when in doubt? Silence is the answer!

Apologies are for the person APOLOGIZING, not so much for the recipient, – apologize once, don't have a "BUT" in that apology (buts stink!) and then do not apologize again. All it does is remind the person you hurt how you hurt them. It's like reopening the wound! So apologize ONCE if you must, but don't over explain yourself or repeatedly grovel for forgiveness.

Get off of social media. It creates so much mental illness that I could start a clinic just to cure people of social-media histrionics. Seriously. If you're "not in a good place right now," you need to take a break from social media.

Drugs and alcohol may complicate the situation. Try to avoid imbibing intoxicating substances if you're already low on self-control.

Don't act weird. If you think you are acting weird, you are acting super-weird. How do I know? As human beings, it has, historically, been in our best interest to notice little deviations from someone's normal behavior as a matter of survival. If someone started acting strange, it could mean they were going to harm us, or it could mean they were afraid of something…which could be a danger to us. Therefore, everyone has a "radar" and notices weird behavior. So, if you think you can't act "normal,' you might want to excuse yourself from a situation for a little bit until you calmed down.

Don't throw yourself at your target! I've been over this before, kids. Target flirts, you reciprocate at about an equal level of flirting. Target says something that is positive that ends with a "shut down" phrase, grasp the positive, and just so slightly expand to make it more positive. So, if your target says "I love those shoes, are those new?" you do not respond with "I love you and want you back in my life," but rather, something like "Oh, these? I got them a few weeks ago. I noticed your shoes, too! You always did have great taste in fashion!" If target says "Sometimes I still miss what I had, but I don't know if I could ever deal with the mess we went through again." You don't reply "OMIGOD, WHY WILL YOU NOT FORGIVE ME WHEN I LOVE YOU!!!" Instead you might try something like "Yes, I agree with you. Things got really tough at the end, but I have really great memories of you, too. I'm so happy we've had some time apart to work on our issues. It helps me to remember you very fondly and to put that hurt behind me."

See, these are all easy things we can do to improve love/reconciliation situations. They aren't even magical.

Magic is a wonderful thing. It can put the odds ever so much in your favor, but you do need to work with the spellwork. Sometimes this can seem far more difficult than people realize it could be. Inching towards your goal (and many spellwork cases do have a period where someone is inching towards what they need/want,) can feel very frustrating. Don't worry – IT GETS BETTER. Just because there is a week or two where there is just very small progress…well slow progress IS STILL PROGRESS, and guess what? Most of my clients (and some of my readers) actually begin to freak out when manifestation starts hitting strongly. It can be even more overwhelming to have someone do a complete 180 degree flip and suddenly go from thinking you're OK and all to seriously wanting you (or wanting you back.)

Now, I will see if I have time today to write you up a nice spell article, but as a reminder, do not let booze and frustrated love feelings ruin your spellwork this Canada Day/Fourth of July week. I've seen too much carnage in my inbox this week already (OMIGOD PUT THE SMARTPHONES DOWN!!!) and I know it isn't over yet. 😉 I want to hear you're reunited with your loved one or that you're with that person you've been crushing on….not that you drank too much and totally texted a picture of your butt to your intended's best friend because your fat drunk fingers hit the wrong contact. That's no good. Let's not do that. 😉 Hopefully this article has reminded you to be your best you during this Mercury retrograde/Holiday week.

~Cat

PS- I am not really going anywhere for the holiday, so if you need me, chances are, I'll be here. 😉
You Asked – a Little St Expedite Review

June 23, 2019

Hello my occulties,

You know what's fun? When you forget to save something and your computer reboots of it's own accord and kills whatever you were writing. Isn't that fun? No, it actually isn't.

Anyhow, tragedies of modern day computing aside, today I'd like to thank St Expedite, who, as he almost always does, has come through with results for my request quickly. I know a lot of you are curious about this saint, and I did write a blog post on him many moons ago, but for those of you who have asked recently – what do I recommend his help on:

Needing housing quickly
Needing money quickly
Getting a raise/promotion
Needing a slow moving situation to speed up (example, an interview process or a loan*)
Clearing an obstacle (for example, having a bank error that might take UP TO 30 days to resolve, so it cuts down that time)
Ending procrastination
Having someone make contact – this is not a full list of things you can ask his assistance on, but, generally speaking, these are the things I ask him for assistance on.

However a lot of people do like to try using St Expedite for matters of the heart, and in my experience, "rushing" someone to return to you often ends with a quick sexual encounter or a quick outburst of love, which can – and often does – fade just as rapidly, and leaves you in a worse position than you were. This may not be your experience, so you are free to try, but I am not here to comfort you if it ends poorly. ;)

I also do not recommend asking him for a speedy revenge on someone. As he is a saint, those requests do not often go down well.

Also, always remember to "pay the saint." Leave a piece of poundcake and light a candle to him when he rewards you with what you prayed for. :)

Does this really work? It works SURPRISINGLY WELL. I can't thank St Expedite enough for all of the times he saved my butt (because I am sometimes bad with money, and need help in a hurry.) I know he can help you, too. No, you don't have to be Catholic – in my experience, he helps everyone. Please visit my old post for instructions!

Glory to you, St Expedite!

~Cat

*It's imperative that you remember that asking a decision to come through quickly does not mean the decision will be in your favor. So if you pray that someone make a decision, be sure you ask that it is IN YOUR FAVOR. Similarly, if you want someone to make contact fast, remember, they might not be saying what you want them to say. Always clearly express what you want, but remember, as I've said in previous posts, you do not want to be TOO PICKY. Being too exacting means the petition may go unanswered as it has too many things required for it to be manifested for you, being too vague can bring blah or unwanted results.
Good News for Some

June 21, 2019

Hey everyone,

Due to some family stuff that Mr NinjaCat has going on, I will not be taking a break in July from new cases. He has to go to his home state which obviously means he will be gone from his job for a little less than 2 weeks, and that means that yours truly needs to keep the home fires burning and the bills paid because you don't get paid if you don't work (at least we don't,) and if he's off in another state taking care of some family stuffs, he's not working. 😉 I DO want to get that book out to you as soon as humanly possible, but it looks like my "writing vacation" will have to take place later in the summer or in the early fall.

So, bring me your tough cases. I love when you do! 🙂 And I am welcoming all cases – from return clients or new clients!

~Cat