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Alainn Tarot’s library has outgrown this site. We are in the process of re-launching as Alainn Library.

Our online Store has been closed for the rollover. In the meantime, enjoy our historical articles and interactive Tarot. See you on the new site, darlings! 

Foraging Season

Spring is coming! I am getting so excited, daydreaming about local food and herbal foraging for my family’s nutrition and my apothecary supplies. Purslane is on that’s freely available in my yard <3. 

I plan to gather the following local “weeds” this year using paper bags to store and dry them and then storing them long term in powder form: Purslane, Plantain & Lambs quarter.  

I will save these dried whole for teas and herbal recipes: Red Clover, Catsfoot, Marigold, Echinacea, Forsythia. 

I don’t pick and store pine needles; I just gather those fresh whenever I want to make Pine tea.   

I plan on learning more about gathering burdock and nettles, but those will be completely new to me on my “to learn” list. 

As with ALL things; Take only what resonates with your heart and higher self, and leave the rest behind.

Repository of Divination tools, News, Elements, Spells, Rituals, Clearings, Entities, Ascension; Kitty is a magpie at heart, gathering information trinkets from everywhere and sharing them here in hopes that some might shine a light on your journey in this Incarnation. Please only take what resonates with your heart and leave the rest behind. Tionscadal Mo Chroi (Project of my heart) Lovingly curated by Kitty, bean draío leabharlannaí (Librarian Witch)

  • For any question, you can cast a handful or bag of Runes and read the meaning of the runes that land face up only.
  • You may cast them into a circle (drawn with chalk or as a pattern on a cloth). Read the runes that land inside the circle AND face up.
  • If The Eye (Witches Rune) or Tiwaz (Elder Futhark) appears amongst the runes when cast, pay extra attention to where the eye is looking or Tiwaz is pointing.
  • Pro Tip: You can also use runes just as you would the Tarot, with ANY tarot spread. Simply pull one at a time from your bag to fill the layout.

*while Witches’ and Elder Futhark are different sets of runes, (just as English and Gaelic are different languages) I use mine together;  my rune casts are “bilingual”. I have made the same choice in my online rune layouts. Alainn Tarot interactive includes both sets at the same time. 

These are plants that grow in my own yard or elements that I keep in stock personally, gathered in a single category for my own quick navigation.
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