Charm casting might be your new favorite divination practice!

While many people are familiar with tarot or oracle cards, runes, scrying, or pendulums, charm casting offers a different way of connecting with your intuition. Charm casting is deeply personal and built around the power of meaningful objects. The concept is simple: you build a collection of small charms or trinkets, assign meaning to each one, and cast them onto a reading surface to interpret the messages they create together. The randomness allows the symbols to come together in unique ways with every cast.

Long before I knew there was a name for charm casting, I was the person who couldn't leave a beach without collecting shells. I would walk through an antique store imagining the stories behind old keys and trinkets. When I discovered charm casting, it felt like finding a practice that already spoke my language and I immediately wanted to learn everything I could about it.

Over the past few years, I've had the joy of introducing people to charm casting through readings, workshops, and educational videos. My charm casting content has reached millions of viewers, with my popular charm scoop videos alone receiving more than 50 million views across social media. Those conversations inspired me to write Charm Divination, a guide to helping readers discover the magic and symbolism hidden in everyday objects.

If you've ever wondered whether charm casting might be the divination practice you've been searching for, here are seven signs it could be a very natural fit for you.

1. You Naturally Notice Symbols Everywhere
When you're going about your everyday life, do you find yourself noticing recurring signs or symbols? Maybe you glance at the clock and repeatedly catch the same number patterns. Perhaps the same animal keeps crossing your path in unique ways, such as on the T-shirt of someone ahead of you in line or one a tv show you're watching. There may be a particular song that seems to follow you from place to place. Or your dreams might leave you wondering if there's a deeper message hidden within them.

Some people are naturally attuned to patterns and intuitively notice connections and meaningful coincidences that others might overlook. While this isn't a requirement for becoming a great charm caster, it can be a wonderful foundation. Charm casting invites you to lean into that curiosity. It allows you to explore what symbols might mean to you and strengthens your ability to trust your own intuitive interpretations.

2. You're Drawn to Tiny, Meaningful Objects
If someone came into your home, office, or sacred space, would they find a number of special objects? Are you the type of person who can pick up almost any object in your home and tell the story behind it? Maybe the necklace was a family heirloom, or the shells on your desk were from a special family vacation. Do you collect crystals, coins, keys, or souvenirs?

If you've always believed that small objects can hold big stories, charm casting is right up your alley.

3. You Like to Romanticize Everyday Life
Do you enjoy turning ordinary moments into something a little more magical? Maybe when having your afternoon tea you like to sit outside for added splendor. Or when hosting friends you love to add fresh flowers to your home. If you enjoy adding a little whimsy and fun into small moments of life, you'll likely enjoy Charm Divination. Your charm collection will encourage you to see the wonder in the everyday, even beyond casting.

4. You're a Creative Thinker
Creative people often enjoy seeing how separate pieces come together to tell a story. Whether you love journaling, decorating your home, writing, crafting, or finding connections between seemingly unrelated ideas, charm casting gives your imagination room to play. Every casting is like a new puzzle waiting to be explored.

Every charm casting is a little different. The placement of the charms and the combinations they create become part of the reading. If you enjoy puzzles or making unexpected connections, you'll likely find the process inspiring and rewarding.

5. You Want to Strengthen Your Intuition
When casting a charm reading, you're invited to allow your intuition to flow. The difference between charm casting and many other forms of divination is that charm casting is wonderfully flexible. You can create the meaning you see in your casting. At first, this might feel uncomfortable and even slightly overwhelming, but with some practice you'll soon find yourself picking up on intuitive messages in new and unique ways.

Many people assume intuition is something you're either born with or you're not. In reality, intuition is a skill that becomes stronger the more you practice listening to it, like working out a muscle in the gym. Charm casting gives you regular opportunities to notice your first impressions, trust them, and gradually build confidence in your own interpretations.

6. You Want a Spiritual Practice that Feels Deeply Personal
A charm collection isn't just "stuff." It becomes a reflection of your experiences, beliefs, and memories that become part of your readings. Charm reading is an evolving system that can shift with your personal journey. Since you're curating your own charm collection, no two charm sets are identical. Each reading you conduct is uniquely yours.

Your collection can also evolve alongside your life. You might add a charm to celebrate a milestone, remember a loved one, represent a new hobby, or mark an important chapter in your journey. Over time, your charm collection becomes more than a divination tool—t becomes a reflection of your personal story.

7. You Believe Magic Can Be Found in Ordinary Life
Charm casting reminds us that meaning isn't hidden in rare or expensive tools. It can be discovered in the objects and symbols we carry and encounter every day. By learning charm divination, you'll find yourself noticing additional signs, symbols, and magic in your daily life.

One of my favorite things about charm casting is that it changes the way you look at the world. You might find yourself smiling when you discover an interesting feather on a walk or noticing an unusual trinket in a friend's home. You'll find yourself pausing to appreciate a tiny object that may have once gone unnoticed. Everyday life becomes filled with opportunities to wonder, observe, and assign meaning. Even when you're not actively doing a reading, you're practicing the art of paying attention to messages from Spirit.

Every divination practice has its own personality. Some people instantly connect with tarot, while others feel most at home with runes, pendulums, or astrology. Charm casting simply has a way of finding the people who were already looking for magic in ordinary objects.

Final Thoughts
If you found yourself nodding along to several of these signs, you may have already been thinking like a charm caster…you just didn't have a name for it yet!

In Charm Divination, I guide readers through building a personalized charm collection and developing an intuitive practice that grows alongside them. The book also includes a detailed charm symbolism guide to help you interpret your own castings. Whether you're completely new to divination or looking to expand your spiritual toolkit, my hope is that you'll discover the magic that's been hiding in ordinary objects all along.