I haven't been here long but from what I can tell it's pretty welcoming.
As for the bad luck issue, without more information on what sort of things you've been doing it's hard to offer help, so I'll give some general advice. First of all, if there's no direct correlation between the "bad luck" and your craft aside from the timing, it could just be a coincidence. Everyone has patches of bad luck sometimes, it's normal.
However, if you have reason to believe the bad luck is directly related, then it's possibly because you're not being careful with what you're doing. Without more specifics, again, it's hard to offer anything specific but two good rules to remember are the rule of three and the principal value of "and it harm none." Whatever you're sending out, it will come back to you three-fold - that's the rule of three - and that's why you want what you're sending out to be as positive as possible.
It's also important to be respectful to the craft itself, so if you're not being careful with intentions you could be having a situation where you manifested the bad luck accidentally because you asked for something in a vague or uncertain manner. Do research on whatever you plan to do before you do it!
To help with bad luck of any kind, though, you might want to look into protection stuff and/or clearing spells, which help reset energies. Good luck!
I haven't been here long but from what I can tell it's pretty welcoming.
As for the bad luck issue, without more information on what sort of things you've been doing it's hard to offer help, so I'll give some general advice. First of all, if there's no direct correlation between the "bad luck" and your craft aside from the timing, it could just be a coincidence. Everyone has patches of bad luck sometimes, it's normal.
However, if you have reason to believe the bad luck is directly related, then it's possibly because you're not being careful with what you're doing. Without more specifics, again, it's hard to offer anything specific but two good rules to remember are the rule of three and the principal value of "and it harm none." Whatever you're sending out, it will come back to you three-fold - that's the rule of three - and that's why you want what you're sending out to be as positive as possible.
It's also important to be respectful to the craft itself, so if you're not being careful with intentions you could be having a situation where you manifested the bad luck accidentally because you asked for something in a vague or uncertain manner. Do research on whatever you plan to do before you do it!
To help with bad luck of any kind, though, you might want to look into protection stuff and/or clearing spells, which help reset energies. Good luck!
I would recommend self and space cleansing, but that's all I can think of. And welcome to the coven!
The only advice I can give you is Be authentic and you will master your universe...Blessings and welcome to the coven!