Have You Been Hexed???

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Curses are nasty little things.

Kind of like a cold that someone wishes on you, they can ruin your day- not just through the intended actions of the hex, but the very thought that someone wanted to do you harm.

A lot of the time, however, our bad luck is simply just that; but there are a few definitive ways to tell if your shitty mojo is due to someone else’s will.

“There’s evil in the air…”

I’d like to remind everyone that I, personally, do not practice cursing, but I’m not going to pretend that they don’t exist. Protecting yourself from harm is not always going to be sunshine and rainbows, and may sometimes appear a bit like Rocky after he beat Apollo Creed. It’s going to be bloody, but totally worth it in the end.

But, let’s figure out if it’s actually a hex, or if perhaps you need to work on your mindset a bit.

SMOKE READING

The first way is the simplest, but least effective- in my opinion. I’ll tell you why in a minute. Light a bundle of Sage, or whatever smoke cleanser you prefer (it’s always an incense or Palo Santo for me), and watch the smoke for a bit. If it travels towards you, it’s likely you have negative energies following you- and this could very well be from the intent of others. However, again, I feel this is the least effective method for a few reasons:

  1. Smoke will move where the wind moves. Even if you don’t have a fan on in your house, if the AC is running, or there is airflow- your smoke will be affected by this.
  2. Negativity doesn’t automatically translate to a curse. Sometimes just the fact that we think we are hexed can be enough to warrant a cleansing.
  3. In the same token, just because it doesn’t move toward you (see number 1) doesn’t mean you aren’t cursed.

PLAYING CARDS

The second is one of my most favorite ways to tell if there’s been ill-will perpetuated toward me. It’s called The Reveal.

Unlike a Revealing Spell, which I’ll talk about in a minute, The Reveal uses playing cards to assess the energies surrounding you. In this case, it is meant to determine whether outside influences are triggering your bad luck.

Playing Cards

A Reveal Spell tells who has sent this negativity your way. Often times, unless you have a lot of dealings with people who wish to do you harm, you’ll likely already have an idea- so I rarely use this spell. However, I do plan to post one later on- and when I do, I’ll link it here for you.

You’ll need a deck of playing cards, without the Jokers. Shuffle and cut them as you would if you were playing poker. From this point, you’ll start flipping the cards over one at a time, in a single pile, until you get an Ace or until you’ve flipped ten cards in a row. Once finished with those ten (or found the Ace) you’ll move to another pile and do the same. You’ll do this three times, in three separate piles- flipping the cards until you either find an Ace or you get to ten consecutive draws.

10 cards in the first pile, then an ace, then another ace…

You’ve flipped them, now what? If you didn’t draw any Aces, congratulations- you’ve not been hexed, you’re just having a bad run of things.

  1. If you pulled one Ace: Someone has thought ill of you.
  2. If you pulled two Aces: Someone has thought ill of you and has plans to act on it.
  3. If you pulled three Aces: Someone has thought ill of you and enacted plans to harm you (hexing).

You can usually determine how many people by how many cards were pulled before the last Ace appeared, or even the card right before the Ace was drawn. If you pulled 5 or less cards before the Ace was drawn, you use the even/odd scale to determine your hexers. Even means two or more people are in cohoots to cause you harm, odd means 1 or more. 1 or more usually means that you have an instigator who is being followed by someone else; two or more means you’ve pissed off a group of people equally. If you pulled more than 6 cards before the last (or third) Ace was drawn, check the card before the Ace. The number on the card determines how many people are wishing you ill will.

Here’s a staged example of each below:

I’ve staged three aces, with the last Ace having three cards behind it

I’ve drawn three cards before the Ace on this pull; that means I’ve got 1 or more people wishing me harm.

I’ve staged three aces, with 8 cards below

I’ve drawn 8 cards before the Ace on this pull; the card before it was a six; at least 6 people have conspired to do me ill.

ORACLE STONES AND TAROT

The last methods of figuring out if you’re hexed is with your Tarot, or Oracle Stones. I use the Oracle stones most often when I’m unsure if I simply need a reality check, and a Chakra balancing, or if I really have made an enemy out there.

For the Oracle Stones, a simple ask of “Has someone placed an ill-intended curse onto me?” will yield a result of yes or no. Black means no, White means yes.

Nope, no curses here!

For the Tarot, think on the question: “Am I hexed?” Shuffle and cut your deck until you’re satisfied, then, find the Death card. Pay attention to the cards on either side of it. If it is surrounded by one sword, someone has wished you ill-will. Two swords, someone has acted on sending or causing you ill-will. No Swords means you’re in the clear, and your bad mojo is simply an imbalance in your mindset.

Again, no curses!

After you’ve found out whether you’ve been cursed you can take steps to either protecting yourself, returning it to sender, revealing who’s cursed you, harnessing the energy for positive, and/or many other magickal measures. It’s up to you how you use the knowledge and energy sent your way!

Until next time, my friends…

10 Replies to “Have You Been Hexed???”

  1. So I checked if I was cursed with the playing cards and 3 popped up before I pulled each ace…what does that mean?

    1. Just to clarify: the number 3 popped up behind each ace? Did each of the three piles pull an ace? If so, I’d say that it’s likely three people are seriously thinking about causing you harm, or are already purposely sending negative energy your way. Let me know if that’s what you meant!

    1. Unfortunately, I’ve had to take a long hiatus from the blog due to personal reasons so no. However, in my experience, the ones who have it out for us are close to us. Strangers aren’t likely to be concerned with our lives enough to interfere and want us to take harm. Since you’ve pulled the Jack in your other comment, along with an ace, I truly believe you’ve got someone in your near circle (think co-worker, neighbor, etc) that you’ve pissed off somehow. If you’d like, send me an email at cultivatemagick@gmail.com and I’ll do a quick tarot read for you. The blog will be back up and running smoothly by next year, but I hate to leave you hanging until then!

  2. I checked to see using the playing cards and pulled one Ace in 3rd pile. It was 3rd card in pile and a jack was the card before the ace. What does this mean?

    1. One Ace means someone has ill thoughts toward you but has not acted on them yet; a Jack before it indicates it is a rival of yours, someone of equal age or status. Usually a man. Hope this helps!

  3. I did the playing card check and right out the gate was an Ace, first card. Second stack, the Ace was 5 cards into the stack. The third stack, the Ace was the last card drawn, with a King before the Ace.

  4. Pulled three aces after shuffling hardcore. I decided to do it again to see if it was hopefully just my bad luck and it happened again. I don’t know how to properly do a reveal spell and don’t have materials, how should I go about doing this? Your blog has been the only one to help so thank you even if I don’t get an answer to this 🙂

    1. Hi, Mickey. I tell everyone who pulls three aces, even if they can’t do a reveal spell, that it’s likely they know the culprit. We don’t live in the mind of strangers in the same way we do those we know– therefore, the likelihood someone you don’t associate with has sent such bad energy your way is nil. You know who sent the energy your way, even if it’s hard to admit or you have to think on it a while. After that, I’d suggest the two easiest options: freezing and binding those you suspect are behind it; or ground out the energy coming your way without giving a damn who sent it to you(make it work for you).

      Here’s my post on Freezing and Binding. It’s super simple, and it works wonders. To ground the energy, use whatever is being sent to you as a catalyst for something better for yourself. It’s the same principle as using the energy of your haters to spurn you into doing the very thing they think you can’t do. This takes a bit of discipline, but if you take that energy in, feel it, hold it, and repurpose it, in my experience, it becomes this amplifier for anything you’re already doing. It’s great for protection spells, money spells, or goal setting. Seriously, turning that shit back around and using their energy (how stupid of them to willfully send it out like that, right?!) to work for you. It’s like buying everything you want on their credit card– if they sent it to you, it’s not your fault you used it!

      Let me know if that helps. You can always email me at Cultivatemagick@gmail.com if you need more! Good luck!

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