When I was little my Grandmother use to keep jars full of old buttons. I have so many vivid memories of sitting on the floor and playing with the buttons. Perhaps it was because I had a vivid imagination as a child or perhaps there was a bit of my intuition kicking in but I use to hold each button in my hand visualizing the item of clothing that it came from and the people that the clothing belonged to. It was something that I found incredibly entertaining and I would sit there for hours.
Unfortunately the button jars that my Grandmother kept are no longer in my family. I must confess that I keep an eye out for them in old thrift shops and such in my area as I swear I would know them if I ever found them. They are something that I would have loved to keep safe. What I know some would see as just buttons, I found had so much history.
If you have a button jar that’s been passed down in your family see if you can spend some time with it. Maybe you can connect the buttons to the people that they belonged to. If you know who they belong to it can actually help you establish an energetic connection to them. Physical objects that belonged to someone on the other side can be incredibly helpful for improving your connection. You can also work with visualizations like I use to as a child and see if you can visualize what item of clothing they came from and who they belonged to. It’s a great exercise to stretch your intuition.
If you don’t have a button jar don’t worry! Maybe consider making one for the future. I find them pretty often at tag sales and thrift stores. It’s funny even looking at the picture above I recognize a lot of them! You can find some incredibly old ones as well. At one point I was researching some of the buttons and I remember some of them went back to the late 1800’s that were in my Grandmother’s jars.
Have a magickal day today!
Much Love and Many Blessings,
Jasmeine Moonsong
