lonesome-bones:

witchthatiam:

Okay so you may have heard of bone casting, or bone throwing. I recently learned that bones aren’t the only objects you can cast to divine, and that a jar full of random charms and objects are not as witchy-looking as they seem. I have begun collecting objects for Curio Casting, a form of divination based on your intuition as well as the connotations each object has for you. 

It’s kind of hard to explain in a short sentence, but you basically roll out the curios on a board like this one, (which I made over on my other blog, @tarnished-headstone) and read them for their meanings. For example, if it rolls into the thoughts portion of the board, near the center, I read it as something very important that you’ve been thinking about. The farther from the center, the less important. If it rolls out of the board, it could signify something that’s missing. 

Let’s say it was a pearl bead. Maybe that could mean you are looking for beauty or are working on something that takes a very long time. Follow your intuition with each reading, because some objects have multiple meanings. 

To compile Curios for casting, I recommend finding a bag, a jar, or a cloth you can tie up. Then, look around your home, outside, or even in a box of jewelry, for objects. Pick things that mean something to you, or feel like they’re important. Over time, you can add or subtract things as well. If it feels right, then use it. If not, then don’t. If after a while you feel the object does not fit, simply take it out. Curio casting is a very flexible form of divination. 

Here are some tips from my experience:

• Make a few meanings for each object, and write them down. That way, if you get stuck while reading the object, you can have a little push in the right direction. You can give them their own unique meaning, or pick something based on what you know about the object. It’s really cool to watch a set come together, so have fun with it. 
• Decide on a board that works for you. You can find some online, or make your own. The main goal is to be able to read the board easily so you can focus on what the objects mean . On that note, you can really do whatever you want with the board; make it any shape, have as many sections as you like, and even have colour correspondence. It’s super fun to come up with different ones to use for different situations as well. 
• As I said earlier, the closer to the center of the board, the closer the object is to the person. This is just how I read it, so feel free to do as you like. 
• Read what’s missing as much as you read what’s there. Is there a curio left in it’s container? Did one or more roll off the board?
• Read overlapping Curios. Sometimes they roll onto a line, or even the center of the board. Read them in all the categories they land in, and note how the readings are connected. 
• Ask permission if you use bones. It’s always nice to make sure the spirit is okay with it first. 
• Switch up the objects in your kit every once in a while. It helps give you a wider variety of curios if you can replace and change the ones you usually work with. You can even have separate sets for different things. Ex: rose charm, rose quartz, pearl, etc for love or beauty.
• Practice. It really does help to do readings everyday. But if you can’t, just do readings when you’re able. It gets easier with time to read the Curios. 

I’m just moving some resources over to my new blog. This was from my old blog, but I am making my main a death witch blog now.