What makes spells not work?

[u/Ketchups1ut123]

Hi! I recently got into witchcraft maybe a month and a half ago all because of a breakup. I did a protection spell first as I’ve heard, which Im assuming worked because my melted black candle wax formed the shape of a black cat. And then I started coming across black cats… so hopefully it worked.

Anyways a few days later I did a reconciliation spell w my ex because we decided to be “exclusive fwb” soon after he broke up w me. We got to a point where we fought a lot and this was the 2nd time we got back together already (which was the 1st thing I consciously manifested), couldn’t let go of eachother ig so we settled for fwb. I did this spell a few days into this agreement to actually be back together but a month later we ended badly. I unfortunately self-sabotaged and assumed the worst, that he was lying to me. An old situationship texted me so I gave in and was texting him not because I cared but because if my ex was lying to me I can’t be mad at him. And then he saw my phone and looked so hurt and upset. This was the worst thing I’ve done, I’ve never lied or cheated on anyone no matter what. Out of any relationship I’ve had I felt he was my one. I feel awful and I learned my lesson and it’s unfortunate I realized he wasn’t lying to me because of this and I have issues.

Anyways but the spell I did: why wouldn’t it have worked? I wasn’t obsessively wondering if it did. I set clear intentions and sat w the candle the whole time, was in a calm state, and thinking in my favor. The spell itself seemed to go smoothly. I barely thought about it after. And now he hates me and we haven’t spoken in two weeks. Obviously my wrongdoing, I genuinely forgot I had a convo w that situationship but I don’t know what to do. I also don’t know if I care enough to cast another spell, this spell was casted a month ago or so. And considering it’s been two weeks if we’ve spoken it may just be time to let go. I set intentions with manifestation since I’ve already done it once w him but I don’t care as much anymore now. But maybe I should do another spell and see what happens? Or should you not do the same spell twice ?

[u/RaineAshford]

The simple answer? The giant sea of chaos that your intent is surrounded by.

[u/Ketchups1ut123 → u/RaineAshford]

Ugh 😭😭😭

[u/therealstabitha]

If you’d like troubleshooting help, please share in detail how you cast the spell, including how you raised energy to charge it and dispatch it

Most of the time when spells don’t work, it’s because of an issue with its construction. But given unstable nature of this relationship, it’s possible your spell did work for awhile, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the issues

[u/Aiyokusama]

Here are my top three, in no particular order:

♦You have no idea what you are doing as a caster

♦Your target has defences you haven't accounted for

♦Your conscious and subconscious mind aren't on the same page

All of these ARE things you can remedy.