House Witchcraft: Witchy Goals For My New Home
House Witchcraft: Witchy Goals For My New Home covers moving house spells, housewarming spells and rituals, and home blessing spells with Plants By Laurali! This summer, I moved in with my boyfriend, which inspired me to create some witchy goals and rituals for my new home.
When I think of house witchcraft, I think of everyday mundane magic that comes with keeping a home. Housekeeping, creating recipes in the kitchen, and tending a garden are all part of the everyday chores we do.
For some people, they might have small children at home, or a pet that’s part of the family unit. I would consider parenting and pet care to be part of house magick. It’s the little daily chores, rituals, and routines that make magical housekeeping what it is!
Another facet of green hearth witchcraft is working with domestic goddesses, if you feel called to do so! I work with several house deities regularly to keep the energy of my house sparkling clean. Domestic goddesses can give you a hand in the kitchen, motivate you to do housework, and are happy to get you out in the garden for some fresh air and sunshine!
More importantly, the house goddesses I work with protect me, my home, and my loved ones! This includes pets and plant spirits, too. The only domestic animal I currently keep is my pet marimo moss ball, and technically, she’s an aquatic plant!
In this guide, I’ll be sharing the domestic goddesses I work with in my new home and how I plan on working with them in my new place of residence. Some of them, I’ve worked with for many years.
I’ve also been bonding with my house spirits long before I ever moved here! As soon as we made plans to move in together, I began working spells with them and calling on their energy to welcome me into the house. Not only do we have a special bond, but it feels like it’s growing each day!
I’m still getting to know my new home, as it hasn’t been very long, but it’s worth taking my time for. It’s been an adjustment, but I feel like my house spirits are helping to guide me through it! They are giving me a warm welcome that makes me feel good inside.
There are times I can feel my house spirits giving me a warm hug and a little tingle that reminds me they are there. I feel their encouragement as I hang pictures, add personal touches, and sink my energy into the home. It gives me a warm and cozy feeling!
My new home is huge, which is something I’m trying to get used to! For the past decade, I’ve lived in tiny homes and apartments. I’m used to tiny spaces and taking the minimalist approach.
My current home is a two-story house with two garages, a downstairs suite with a kitchenette and bathroom, and an upstairs with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Since we live in Florida, we are talking about having a swimming pool put in, possibly by next summer.
We also have plans for a vegetable garden and a new lemon and avocado tree, since Hurricane Helene killed the preexisting ones. Working in the garden is one of my all-time favorite things to do! After all, I’m a plant witch at heart.
There are so many things to do and see in my new home! It feels as if some of my dreams are coming true right before my very eyes.
House Witchcraft: Witchy Goals For My New Home
My new house reminds me of the New Orleans French Quarter Style homes that can be found in Louisiana! It has a balcony on the second story facing out from where the living room area is, with French doors. It’s surrounded by live oaks, Magnolias, and water oak trees dripping with Spanish Moss. It’s one of the coolest houses I’ve ever lived in.
When I first started dating my boyfriend, I knew someday I’d live here. We were next-door neighbors, and for a long time, it was convenient running back and forth between houses, but it quickly began to wear on me. I began to notice that I felt more at home in his house.
Now that I’m living here, it feels like a dream come true for me! I spent more than a year trying to manifest moving in with him. I did at least two moving house spells throughout the two and a half years that we were dating, and it finally happened!
Out of the two moving spells I did, one was candle magick that I burned until there was little to no wax with Goddess Vesta. The other was a potted plant spell performed with his giant bougainvillea plant with hot pink flowers! Timing is everything in spellwork, and it eventually worked when the timing was right for us.
Before I moved in, I began to notice a shift in how I would do my green witch spellwork. I had access to things that I never had at my old place, and it helped me define the spellwork I wanted to craft in my new place. All of a sudden, I had a fireplace, a bathtub, and a huge porch with potted plants and statuary!
There was a lot to work with in my new home, and I couldn’t be more excited to try my hand at new things! One of the biggest spells I knew I needed to work was keeping a harmonious relationship with my boyfriend. This is the first time we’ve both lived with a partner in a long time, and I wanted to make sure it was a positive experience for both of us.
Before I moved in, I also made it a goal to pare down on spell jars! I would make so many that I’d forget what they were even for. Now, I only keep the ones I know by heart, and have thrown out all the rest.
I’ve taken a minimalist approach to spellwork in general! I’m finding ways to practice simple living in my plant spirit witchcraft practice. I’ve thrown out spell ingredients I never put to good use, only keep spell jars that I keep as a working spell, and have found waste-free ways to keep my magical practice alive!
I’ve also learned to incorporate my spellwork into the everyday mundane magic of house witchery! This means meal prep, tea magick, and cleaning the house all become a spell. I’ve noticed this shift has only worked to make my magic stronger!
What I like about this minimalist approach to spellwork is that, on the surface, it looks like I’m cooking a meal or sweeping dirt out the door! Beneath the surface, I’m chanting incantations or praying in my mind to the domestic deity that matches the task at hand. It looks like nothing is happening, but magic is happening!
Living in my new home has made me feel more creative and alive! I find myself being resourceful at working with what I have on hand versus trying to force things that don’t belong. It’s kind of freeing!
That being said, let’s jump into my witchy goals for my new home! Here, I’ll share my housewarming spells and rituals, as well as my home blessing spells. Let’s begin!
Intention Simmer Pot Spells
Before I moved into my new casa, I started doing intention simmer pot spells to prepare myself for living in my new home! What are simmer pots? Essentially, their job is to make your house smell good! With an intention simmer pot, you transform the sweet-smelling simmer pot into a spell.
To do this, you’ll first need to come up with an intention. Your intention should be something you’d like to manifest. For example, during the spring equinox, I made a simmer pot for new blessings in the home for both myself and my boyfriend.
Even though I wasn’t living here yet, it was fast-approaching, and I wanted to get a jump on it! I also plan on doing another simmer pot for the upcoming autumn equinox to keep the blessings coming in. You can make your intention as general or as specific as you like, just make sure to give the spell wiggle room.
Next, you’ll want to choose ingredients that magically match your spell, but are pleasing to the senses! For example, an autumn spell can be done with apple slices, cinnamon sticks, vanilla extract, and pumpkin spice.
Be sure to use water witchcraft in your simmer pot! Add the water while chanting your incantation. Add each spell ingredient while putting your intention into it, in whatever way works best for you!
How does an intention simmer pot spell work? Easy! It heats all of the ingredients, speeding up the spell! Then, the aroma of the ingredients brings your intention simmer pot spell to life!
Therefore, I’ll be doing more intentional simmer pot spells in my new home! It has quickly become one of my favorite spells in the world.
Bathtub Spells
I have a fancy bathtub now that I can use for ritual baths! I’ve transformed the outside of the bathtub into an altar dedicated to Goddess Aphrodite, complete with fancy mirrors, butterfly imagery, flowers, seashells, and fancy bath salts and bubble bath. It’s the perfect place for a healing bath!
For the past decade, I didn’t have a bathtub. In my last place, I had the world’s tiniest shower, which I did my best to utilize with hanging eucalyptus plants and aromatic shower steamers. I did the best I could with what I had!
Even though I’m an Aries fire sign, I’ve always held a strong connection with water magick. My moon sign is in Cancer, and I’ve always felt a strong bond with lunar witchcraft. I’ve always felt water was connected to moon magick in some way.
In my new home, I can take full moon baths, mermaid detox baths, healing baths, and magical hygiene baths for cleansing my aura. Bathtub magick is something that I began long before I moved into my new place!
I would try to take a bath after a disagreement to wash away any bad feelings between my boyfriend and me. I would often use it for charm and beauty baths when new house guests would roll into town for a visit. It quickly became one of my favorite ways to do spellwork!
What I love about taking ritual baths is that it feels effortless. I like most of my spells to become a natural extension of myself. Bathtub witchcraft encapsulates that perfectly!
Fireplace Magick Spells
I have a fireplace in my new place! Long before I ever moved here, every time my boyfriend would light a fire near the winter solstice, I’d dedicate that fire to the Greek God Ares. There’s something about him that breathes fire witchcraft to me!
While I meditated on the burning logs, I’d pray to Ares and thank him for all the wonderful things he’s done for me in my life. He’s been so good to me. Lord Ares is typically known as a war god with a penchant for violence, but for me, he is a fierce protector and lends me the courage to face the battles of life.
Each time it’s cold enough in Florida to build a fire, I also create a wishlist of things that I want to manifest for the holiday season, and throw it into the fire, knowing that it will be done. Traditionally, the Yule Holiday is the perfect time to light yule logs in the fireplace. The yule logs represent warmth, light, and good fortune for the upcoming year ahead.
If it’s cold enough during the Imbolc Holiday, I’ll dedicate a fire to Saint Bridget! She is one of the domestic deities I work with in the home. She helps me write incredible spell poetry, inspires me to do arts and crafts (like right now, I’m into pressed botanical frame art), and lends me a hand in the kitchen to create delicious herbivore meals!
In my new residence, I plan to incorporate more fire magick spells using the fireplace and the fire pit we have out back! As a fellow Aries fire sign, I love burning bundles of herbs, incense, and love notes in the fireplace.
Additionally, I love fire divination! I usually ask a question and watch the logs, herb bundle, or letter to the universe transform into a shape to give me the answer I am looking for. Fireplace magick spells are a lot of fun, and I’m looking forward to doing more this coming winter!
Garden Magick Spells
Garden magick spells are something I am looking forward to doing in my new home! Like I said before, we are planning on putting in some raised garden beds on the side of the house. It is here where we’ll grow our vegetables!
At my old place, I practiced garden witchcraft regularly. Not only did we have secret gardens around the house, but when I’d step out my door, there was a patio that led to a garden my mom and I created together. Buried there was a baby bunny who used to take refuge in the backyard until a predator killed it.
I buried the baby bunny in the garden, as well as a crow that I found dead near the garden. I thought it only right that they have a proper resting place, and their decomposing bodies provide rich nutrients for the soil. I often work with animal witchcraft in my practice!
The garden my mom and I tended was a flower and plant garden. I’ve never grown vegetables before, so I’m excited to try my hand at a new type of garden, one in which I’ll be able to see the first harvest every Lammas Holiday!
What kind of garden spells will I be performing? Well, I already do potted plant spells with houseplants in and around the home. I started doing that long before moving here, and pretty much every opportunity I’d get.
With garden magick, I plan on doing seed spells, growing my manifestation into life! This spell requires digging a hole, adding crystals and a few herbs, then adding a seed to grow a new vegetable. Each time you water and add rich soil, you talk to the plant and ask it to bring your spell to life!
I also plan on using my fresh produce in cooking spells and kitchen witchcraft, which I’ll be touching on in the next segment. When I grow a pumpkin, for example, I might use it as a Jack O’ Lantern spell for the Samhain Holiday!
I’m also going to burn my spells in the garden and watch them spring to life! I use an old tea bag, cutting just the top, and fill it with herbs, crystals, and a petition. I dig a hole somewhere in the garden and write it down on a map so I can find it later, if I like. Then, I bury my spell in the rich, organic soil and let the magic of the garden make my wishes come true!
As a plant witch, I love gardening and farm-to-table recipes for the kitchen! There’s something magical about watching your garden grow, the same way you would any manifestation. Therefore, garden magick spells are something I’m excited about!
Green Kitchen Witch Recipes
My boyfriend has been teaching me how to cook since January! One of my unwritten New Year’s Resolutions was to learn how to cook more plant-based meals.
Luckily, I had most of the basics down, but I didn’t know how to cook a meal from scratch. So far, I’ve learned how to make several kinds of soup and a vegetarian chili that’s to die for! I’ve also made magick vegetarian lasagna, which is wonderful for bringing magic and the supernatural to the forefront of your life.
I’ve always been a kitchen witch, long before I ever made green kitchen witch recipes of my own! Many believe you have to know how to cook before becoming a kitchen witch, but that’s simply untrue. You can start right from where you are in your skillset today!
Kitchen witchery is more than just cooking meals! It’s meal prep, making herbal remedies, kitchen cleaning, and the full dining experience. One of my goals for my new home is to host a dinner party!
I’ve always wanted to host a dinner party, but didn’t have the space or the right group of people to do it. I feel like all of that is changing with this move!
My goal for my new home is to try my hand at more spell recipes! Not only will I make and photograph them, but I’ll be sharing them on this blog. I want to get good at being the best herbivore chef that I can possibly be!
Additionally, I plan on taking the vegetables that we grow in the garden and making farm-to-table meals! I’ve always wanted the requisite taste of fresh, organic vegetables grown by my hand. It speaks to simple living and a cottagecore lifestyle.
When we get our new avocado and lemon tree planted, we’re going back to making fresh-squeezed lemonade from our lemon tree and homemade guacamole from the avocado tree. We may even decide to add more citrus fruit trees in the future!
As you can see, the green kitchen witch spells open new doors for my green hearthcraft practice! I also love that my boyfriend is supportive of my craft and teaching me how to cook with patience and good skills.
Home Decor and Artwork Spells
I’ve been using decorating as a way to bring spells to life for years! Not only do I love supporting local and indie artists, but I’m loving creating some artwork of my own.
I can’t draw or paint, but have recently found myself learning how to make DIY botanical frame artwork! I love keeping pressed flowers and plants that I find at the park. I often dry them out and place them spatially in a frame, and transform them into a spell!
Around my new home, I have mirrors with spells in them! I also place spells in the back of some of my favorite pictures, especially the ones I connect with magically.
Additionally, I’ve started collecting art on Etsy, like this one, and use it to spiritually connect to my favorite deities, ghosts, fairies, plant life, and animal familiars. I often meditate on the artwork or pray to the spirit I am trying to connect with.
As I decorate the home, collect artwork, or create pressed flower art, I will put my intention into the placement of the picture, as well as the picture itself! I also use snapshots I’ve taken myself and have turned them into spellwork, so I plan on doing more home decor and artwork spells soon!
Enhancing My Relationship With My House Spirits
One of my goals for my new place is enhancing my relationship with my house spirits, which includes my household deities! I’ve always had a strong connection with them, no matter where I’ve lived, but this feels more permanent since, in the past, I’ve had to move a lot.
It feels like I’m finally settling down, and I have a permanent place to call my home. I plan on living here with my boyfriend forever. He’s mentioned many times that he plans to live out the rest of his days here, and I would like to do the same.
In case you are wondering, yes, I would like to marry him someday, but I’m taking my time with this long-term manifestation. He’s someone I can see myself growing old with far into the future! I hope our love will only grow stronger now that we are living together!
But, he’s not the only long-term relationship I’d like to nourish and develop. Since I’m going to be here the rest of my life, I’d like to enhance the relationship I have with my house spirits and household deities. I find myself calling on them a lot since I’ve moved here.
As far as household deities go, I work with the Goddess Vesta for hearthcraft. She reminds me of a bourbon vanilla bean, with a warm and cozy vibration that runs deep throughout our home. She has been a huge proponent of my getting into kitchen witchcraft and learning how to cook! I feel her presence the most in the kitchen, especially near the oven, which is both the hearth and the heart of the home.
I work with the Goddess Nemetona to create sacred spaces throughout the home! I have her picture on the bedroom wall, right above the bed where I sleep. I feel her with me all the time. Nemetona is also the goddess of sacred groves, and I often feel her sacred energy in the backyard near copses of trees, especially citrus fruit trees.
I work with Goddess Aphrodite in the bathrooms, especially the bathtub area! I speak to her while I shower and take magically uplifting baths. I feel a pull towards her when I’m near any small or large body of water. Goddess Aphrodite makes me feel like a mermaid in the tub as I practice bathtub magick!
I work with Saint Bridget when I want to connect with the fire element, especially during the Imbolc Holiday Season! She has been helping me to make DIY pressed flower artwork, and recently, she connected me with metal witchcraft. Saint Bridget is like a warm, cozy, and soft place to lay your head when you need it. She’s quite comfy to lean on for support!
My relationship with my house spirits has become a priority for me since moving here! They’ve made the transition as smooth as possible, and comforted me during times when I needed to adjust. I love my house spirits, and deep down, I know they love me, too!
Dresser Drawer Herbal Apothecary
I’m nothing if not resourceful! When I first moved here, I thought about purchasing an herbal apothecary online, but I ultimately needed a place to keep my witchy herbs immediately. That’s when I found a drawer that I transformed into my herbal apothecary!
I keep all of my herbs, curiosities, and oddities inside my apothecary drawer! This includes jars of herbs, dead insects, lizards, butterfly wings, and red brick for protection spellwork.
My goal is to go through all of my herbs and only keep what I use! I’ll give the rest to my boyfriend or family members and friends who might need them for their kitchen cabinets.
I also plan on placing the herbs I keep in glass jars. Right now, I’m using plastic bottles mostly, and my goal is to veer away from single-use plastics. Glass bottles also make it easier to see spell ingredients, as well as to create fancy labels for them with magical and medicinal properties.
I’m not going to lie, I’m excited about this upcoming project! I’ve always wanted to make a stellar herbal apothecary that was organized and easy to use. This is going to be fun!
Sacred Altars
When you open the shutters on some of the windows in the house, there’s room to create sacred altars for my saints, deities, ghosts, fairies, and more! I’ve already set up a windowsill altar for Mother Mary and a windowsill protection barrier with my gold Southern Belle bell and golden butterflies that are my first line of protection in the bedroom.
I’ve also used the area around the bathtub to create an altar for Goddess Aphrodite, as she loves the water element! Here, you’ll find fancy mirrors, golden butterflies, seashells, aquamarine crystals, and dried sea stars.
I’ve used an old jewelry box to create an altar for Goddess Hekate! I keep dried mushrooms that I’ve foraged from the forest here, as well as a key, tea bags, and some dark crystals and trinkets she likes.
I’ve used one of the kitchen cabinets for my Goddess Vesta kitchen witch altar! I keep the nine of pentacles from one of my favorite tarot decks there, as well as a pentacle, oils she likes, and a bourbon vanilla bean still in the glass.
As far as my patron goddess, I plan on spending more time working on my Goddess Fortuna Luck Altar online! Here, I can write about her, make playlists, write poetry dedicated to her, and worship her digitally. I also plan on redecorating her luck altar and trying new things with it.
My goal is to slowly make my way through the house and find secret hiding places to keep altars. Drawers, decorative boxes, and even potted plants make for great altars. It’s going to take time, but I’ve got all the time in the world!
House Magick Conclusion
Moving into my new home has proven to be a wonderful experience, thanks to the house spirits! There’s still so much to see and do here, and it’s going to take some time.
Some of my house witchcraft goals are about paring things down and living a more sustainable life. I’ve always enjoyed a slow living lifestyle, and cottagecore witchcraft allows me to do that.
I feel like self-care magick, magical wellness, and simple living are going to be at the heart of everything I do. I no longer push myself when my energy is low. Instead, I’ve opted to listen to my body and lean on my intuition when I need it the most.
Here, in green hearthcraft, I’ll be sharing about my home experiences and home blessings with all of you! You’ll find witchy wellness tips, magical recipes, and pressed flower art on my blog.
I’m going to add my signature energy into every nook and cranny of my new home! You’ll find me in secret gardens, under beds, in closets, and in kitchen cabinets. House witchcraft will bring me closer to home, and home is where the heart is! xo
