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Psychic Aspects in Astrology

Last month, I began researching 20 natal charts from online and personally known psychic readers to examine the particular aspects that are often found in their natal charts indicated extra sensory abilities.

Having a multitude of aspects listed below can indicate very strong psychic potential within an individual, and this may assist you in distinguishing your particularly strongest ‘clairs’ , then you may seek out training in that specific intuitive ability to hone in on your personal connection to spirit, or to simply identify you’re natural intuitive gifts.

Some may have several indicators of different ‘clair’s’, and may have the ability to tap into all forms of receiving spirits information. You are rarely ever limited to one particular method of psychic ability, rather that a form of connection may be easier for you than others.

See list below to see if you have any listed aspects within your chart to define your strongest Clair(s) + see links below image for FREE psychic guided meditations.

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Clairvoyance:

Also known as “clear seeing”. The  ability to see visions with either the inner sight or with the physical eyes. Pictures forming in the mind or people, places, symbols, situations and colours. This includes seeing spirits and auras. Tend to be visual learns, sensitive to the aesthetics of their environment and can ‘see’ things thats others do not.

Mercury/neptune (trine/sextile/conjunction/Quitnile/Bi-Qiontile/opposition)

Mercury in water

Mercury in water sign/in aspect to Neptune in the 1st

Neptune 1st/3rd/12th

Neptune aspecting sun/moon/mercury in the third

Mercury 8th/12th

Sagittarius rising

Pisces rising

Scorpio rising

Moon 3rd in aspect to outer planets

Jupiter in pisces/cancer/scorpio in aspect to planet in 3rd such as sun/mercury/moon

South node in 8th/12th house

Heavy 8th/12th house

Libra/Taurus Moon in aspect to Neptune

Libra Rising

1st house ruler in aspect to Neptune/Uranus/Pluto

Clairsentience

Receiving clear information about others through their own emotional responses and sensations indie the body or on the skin. Highly sensitive (either skin, emotions or both). Can detect the energies of an environment. Mat feel uncomfortable in dense public places or around a lot of electrical equipment.

Water rising

Neptune 1st

Moon 1st

Fire moon

Fire mars

Mars in aspect to uranus

Sun in 4th/8th/12th

Sun in water sign

Sun in aspect to Neptune

Sun in aspect to Pluto

Moon in aspect to Pluto

Cancer rising

Sun/moon

Taurus sun/moon/rising/mars

Libra moon (in aspect to Neptune/Pluto

in regards to picking up psychic information form others)

South node 4th house

South node in 12th house

Heavy 2nd/4th/8th house

1st House ruler in aspect to Neptune/Moon

Clairaudience/Automatic writing/Channeling

Hearing disembodied voices in ones mind or externally in the environment. Tingling/buzzing sensations in the ear. Hearing sentences, words and conversations in ones mind. Voice seems to come from slightly above inside the mind, where as you reading this, the sound of the words in your mind may feel as though they are coming through the centre of the brain. Hearing messages in songs, other peoples conversations or read in books that are significant to you and your current situation.

Mercury in pisces/Aquarius

Moon 3rd/8th/12th house

Uranus 3rd

Neptune 3rd

Mercury/uranus aspects

Mercury/neptune aspects

Mercury/pluto aspects

Mercury in Aquarius

Gemini rising with Mercury in water/aspect to outer planets

Gemini/Aquarius moon in aspect to Neptune/Pluto

South node 3rd/9th in water sign

Air moon/water house

Heavy 3rd/9th

Claircognisent

Intuitively ‘knowing’ things about people, places and things as if the information was already present within the mind. Sudden bursts of information, understanding and revelations.

Pluto 1st

Uranus 1st

Uranus in aspect to mercury

Uranus aspecting sun, moon, mercury from the 12th or 8th house

Mercury in aspact to pluto

Jupiter 3rd (well aspected)

Mercury in aspect to neptune

Sagittarius moon/sun/rising/mercury (enhanced by aspects to out planets)

Moon/Jupiter aspects (enhanced by aspects to outer planets)  

South node in 9th in air/fire/water

Heavy 9th/11th house

Note: There may also be more aspects as psychic indicators, though due to the limited number of sources, these were the most clear to identify.

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Planetary placements, houses and aspects that are important to psychic ability.

NEPTUNE/PISCES/12th HOUSE: These are often the most obvious in regards to connection to spirit and psychic ability. Reason being is that Neptune naturally ruling the 12th house, it blurs the boundaries between the physical ‘reality’ of the 6th house, into the realm of spirit.

Neptune’s watery energy is hypersensitive, allowing the recognition for subtle vibrations to be identified by the body and the 5 senses (12th house sextile the 2nd house/ Pisces sextile Taurus), though we often have a difficult time BELIEVING the psychic information we receive (12th house square the 9th/ Pisces square Sagittarius) because it doesn’t seem logical or rational (12 house square the 3rd house/Pisces square gemini) and therefore psychic information doesn’t seem tangible (12th opposite 6th/ Pisces opposite virgo).

Neptune is essentially our auric field, our astral body and etherial energy, and the health of this body is reflected by the health of our physical body (6th/Virgo/Ceres - or mercury if you use traditional rulers).

To have Neptune in preferably an easy aspect to other planets in the natal chart such as the moon (which is highly receptive and intuitive), the sun (identifying with the realms of the spiritual worlds) and especially mercury (our mind, how we communicate) is quite often seen in the charts of well balanced and strong intuitives. Neptune in easy aspect to Mars shows that one is able to take action based on intuitive guidance.

To have harder aspects to the personal planets from Neptune can also indicate strong spiritual connection to spirit, however this may at times be to the degree of being overwhelmed, becoming ungrounded easily or becoming confused due to having difficulty discriminating between whats imagined and what is true psychic information.

MERCURY/3rd HOUSE/GEMINI: “Mercury…psychic? You’re kidding right?…” Nope! Absolutely not, in fact, from what I’ve uncovered, mercury, the 3rd house and gemini are a crucial part to psychic ability, and even more so for readers.

Reason being…psychic ability is a form of COMMUNICATION

Essentially when you see a psychic reader or even connect with spirit yourself, you or the reader is communicating! Having receptive planets in the 3rd house, in aspect to the 3rd house ruler or mercury, or gemini on the 8th/12th can give an individual the ability to clearly communicate with spirit.

The most common aspect I have seen in the charts of clairvoyants is Mercury Trine (or sextile) Neptune, which is quite important if you need to clearly and affectively relay messages from spirits or what you ‘see’, ‘feel’, ‘hear’ or ‘know’ to someone you’re reading for, or when reading for yourself.

Often our strongest clair comes from the method in which we best LEARN and understand INFORMATION. It is quite possible for an individual to have a highly intuitive chart, though if mercury is poorly aspected, the individual may often disregard psychic information or it may go un-noticed all together.

Hence why when it comes to enhancing psychic ability, meditation is often encouraged to ‘still the mind and listen’ as mercury is the gateway in which we convert messages from spirit into information - hence why this is so difficult for most people as it is a highly un-natural thing to do. This is why Pisces forms a square aspect to Gemini - they really don’t understand each other! But in training the mind to calm down, we can become receptive to the messages and information we receive from ethereal sources (Hence why I have also written a post to make squares work, as it can be done to create profound changes - link here: https://ellie-mae-astrology.tumblr.com/post/163518731132/the-benefit-of-squares-astrology).

PLUTO/8th HOUSE/SCORPIO: Another recognised highly intuitive sign/house/planet. These astrological placements are all about kundalini, raw spiritual energy, mergence with another, and ‘sharing’. In regards to psychic ability, those with (preferably easy) aspects from Pluto to the Sun, moon, mercury and even mars, can truly dive deep into ones subconscious mind through shamanic spiritual connection.

When I think of Pluto, I see an image of a transformative Sharman, who has a very dark and etherial aura, who sits in silences as their glair right through your physical body into the dark corners of your mind. You feel exposed, but locked into place as you feel as if your body has solidified. Caught in the Sharman’s gaze, and they say - “I know you, all of you, the real you” - and with that, flashes of past traumas, self limiting beliefs and fears all seem to purge from you all at once. You’re in tears, shaking, and crying, though this great sense of purging brings you an immense sense of relief. You sit down, and feel as though you are now of pure light. All that was blocking you previously has seemingly been reaped from you from the powerful transformative energy of the Sharman.

This is the power of Pluto.

We obsess with Pluto because Pluto is obsessed with us. It wants us to let go of what no longer serves us, and so does spirit.

The 8th house is the gateway in your chart between you and your body (opposite the 2nd) and that of spirit and the deceased. The 8th house holds the energies in which is transmuted to our psychic tools. Tarot cards, pendulums and other divination systems are simply another more than a 2nd house/Taurian object - but when embedded with the energies of spirit, they become a powerful gateway between our world an theirs.  

Those with strong Pluto/scorpio energies are the souls to have a reading from in times of self limitation and stagnation that is blocking you from getting where they want to go. These people due to their raw energy aren’t always gentle - but they are very real, and very authentic. These people make great reiki and energy healers, as well as psychic readers that can deeply get to the deep rooted core of your issues.

MOON/4th HOUSE/CANCER: It is quite clear that the water signs, houses and planets play an important role when it comes to psychic ability, as these all have a particular ability to receive information from spirit from heightened sensitivity.

The Moon on the other hand, plays an important role to the receptivity of psychic information in the form of emotional responses. The moon will be quite literally our ‘gut feelings’. Our emotional responses are not always stimulated from the basis of the external environment, but is most commonly a response to ‘thoughts’ - hence why if you’ve ever heard about the moon ruling ‘the mind’ in other astrological posts, this is why. When we think a thought about something, usually of a PAST experience (moon ruled), it is stimulated by an emotional response. Hence why guided meditations are fantastic for people with strong moon placements, as they are quite receptive to the thought provocations given by the meditation guide.

To be able to receive thought from other people and spirit is the ability to connect with the emotional energies another person is projecting. Cancerians can pick up the underlying emotions of another, and a greatly stimulated by instinctual reactions to their environment.

There’s a much more deeper understanding to the moon when it comes to psychic information. One things to understand is that our moon sign, house and aspects are our subconscious programming. You may like to research personal paradigms by Bob Proctor and Esther Hicks (and also the moon plays a core role in our natural instinct and responses). These individuals are teachers of the Law of Attraction, and have mastered the understand of how changing ones paradigm (emotional state through thoughts) can assist you in manifestation (let me know if you’d like a post about the Law of attraction and Astrology!).

Because the moon indicates our primitive nature on the basis of self care, nurture and instinctual reactions, the condition of our moon will indicate how well we receive intuitive information and utilise it. Raising ones vibration in oder to meet with spirit is an act of greatly enhancing, calming and relaxing the emotional state (moon) and the mind (mercury) in order to receive information.

Once well practiced in the art of calming the mind and raising ones vibration, an individual can then easily tune into spirit quite easily, and without much effort. Those with Moon in (preferably easy) aspect to Uranus, Neptune or Pluto will greatly indicate someone who can easily tap into the spirit realm or receive intuitive information.

Uranus to the moon will indicate more of a claircognisent form of obtaining information, as these intuitive hits will strike the individual like lightening out of no where, and sudden downloads of information may be quite prominent.

Neptune to the moon is very, very, VERY sensitive to others and spirit. They may get much guidance (and even care and nurture) from spiritual beings more so than those in their physical environment. Their ability to tap into the psychic stream is phenomenal, in that they have the instinctual nature to feel out where spirits are, and be highly receptive to others.

Pluto to the moon is again the image of the wise Sharman, who’s instinctual nature is to help heal and transform another. These individuals can look through you like glass, and their presence can be quite healing in of itself. These people may be on the verge of also being mediumistic, being able to sense those who have passed on to the other side. These people are great healers, and may sometimes enjoy working with energy and darker elements of the psyche.

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“Ab Uno Floriosum” by Elizabeth Banker

FREE links to guided meditations to enhance psychic abilities (Sourced from Lights of Venus on Youtube).

Clairvoyance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1s_K50eE5k

Clairsentience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Op_aKvSYZ4&t=1s

Clairaudience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxDcYvggi8Y

Claircognisence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhOcYH3E3Vg

For personal readings and enquiries, follow this link:

https://ellie-mae-astrology.tumblr.com/post/167110838857/astrological-consultations

I've been drawn to a few Greek deities for a while now, how to know the signs that they're trying to reach out? If that makes sense?

The old gods are not subtle. They are proud. They demand to be seen, heard, felt.

• They give you visions while you are awake.

• They whisper to you before you fall asleep.

• They send you unbelievably vivid dreams.

• Their portraits move, showing you if they are pleased or if they disapprove.

• They appear to you while you are divining, through tarot or scrying.

The Greco-Roman Gods in Tarot

This is how they show themselves to me… how they always have to the women in my family.

• The Fates – The Wheel of Fortune

• Venus – The Empress

• Pluto – Judgement

• Mars – The Tower

• Uranus – The Fool

• Neptune – The Hanged Man

• Saturn – The World

• Mercury – The Magician

• Charon – Death

• Jupiter – The Emperor

• Apollo – The Chariot

• Diana – Strength

• Athena – The Star

• Asclepius – Temperance

• The Graces – Three of Cups

• Hephaestus – Eight of Pentacles

• Dionysus – Nine of Cups

Unlike other gods, they do not love you by default. You have to initiate. Only then will they respond. They do not care for quiet devotion. They want bold admiration. And once you are their advocate, an insult to you is an insult to them. So expect decency from others. Or burn them to a cinder.

The Source and the Queen of Heaven

The supreme deity has always existed, long before anything else came into being. They are called the Source, who began as a formless consciousness of radiant light and consisted of both masculine and feminine energy. The Source is not Jehovah, for they are just and truly benevolent, unlike the tyrant war-god. The Source holds within themself infinite love, power, and wisdom; always using these in order to rule over all creation in the most balanced way. When the Source had decided to begin creation, they took their feminine energy and transformed it into a second version of themselves called the Queen of Heaven. While they are both One deity in essence, the supreme goddess is independent from the supreme god and do not act exactly the same. Despite this, they share consciousnesses and so are aware of each other’s perspectives at the same time as their own; which means that they have dual consciousness.  

The Mother and Father are usually formless, but may rarely choose to manifest as extremely tall golden humanoids of light and with a gemstone on their chests. Despite this, one must never associate them or portray them in altars as humanoid, as this is limiting of who they are and is seen as disrespectful. With the eventual creation of humans and other races, the Source and Queen of Heaven came to be known by several different names. The Source has been called names such as Brahman (Hindu), Atum (Egyptian), and Olodumare (Yoruba); the Queen of Heaven has been known as Adi Parashakti, Sophia, and Mary. They are in no way associated with the Abrahamic religions since these were perpetuated by the false god, Jehovah, who was greedy and sought to overshadow every other deity. Not only this, but the supreme Mother and Father are strongly against the majority of teachings in these religions and view them as manipulative and unhealthy. Not only this, but they would never command the genocides of millions of people just to expand religions; the Abrahamic religions however were built upon the bones and dismantled temples of the polytheists. 

The Process of Creation: In order to create, the Queen of Heaven became the consort of the Source and together, created the Gods of Gods within the Void. Among these immensely powerful deities are Ptah (the Architect), Nemesis (retribution), Ouranus (heavens/daylight), and Erebus (darkness). The Architect, Ptah, then assisted in creating the greater gods, who work under the Gods of Gods and assist in many things for creation. The greater gods include deities such as the Outer Gods, Nyx (night), Hypnos (dreams and sleep), Fortuna (providence), and the Aeonic deities. The Aeons are the deities who create the physical and metaphysical Universes; their kind consists of the Ogdoad (mentioned in Egyptian texts), as well as Amun and Jehovah. The greater deities are incredibly powerful, but not nearly as much as the Gods of Gods, whose powers are almost infinite. Additionally, the higher in the hierarchy of divinity a god is, the far more complex and incomprehensible they become.  

The Source and Queen of Heaven then assist in creating Universes alongside Ptah and the Aeons. When a Universe is formed, it is like a radiant sphere (hence them being called “golden eggs” or “cosmic eggs”). Once completed by having laws placed within them by Ptah and all other necessary components, the cosmic egg bursts open, allowing the Universe to unfold. For our Universe, this sudden blast of creation created our cosmos and the first Universal deity- Phanes (Lucifer), who brought light. The other deity who was born from this explosion was Eros, but he had a different destiny and so came into being within the Void instead of the Universe. It was only many eternities later that Eros created a smaller and less-powerful copy of himself to be born to Aphrodite so he could interact within the Universe as well.  

Another deity who came from this explosion shortly afterwards was Philotes, the daughter of Nyx (night) and Ouranus (the heavens/daylight). The goddess Philotes is the one who brought unity into the Universe and is the very force of the element of gravity which holds everything together (from the celestial bodies to the particles of matter). She is also the force which helps bring people into harmony and experience love of all kinds. Eris (her half-sister) was born as her opposite in order to keep balance within the Universe; she targets unity in order to bring about chaos, strife, and separation. While the Source/Queen of Heaven embody pure Love, they allow painful things to occur since they say that evolution cannot exist within perfection; we need obstacles to overcome in order to develop as beings and grow wise. Thus, the Universe acts as a place of learning through adversity.

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Moon in capricorn-

That hit home for me oh my gosh

The Wounded Moon

Moon in Aries: Feels ill equipped for the world. A temperamental, abandoned child. There is often a fight for survival, a fanatic charge by a screaming inner child who has been lacerated and left here. Suffers migraines. Coping mechanisms may not be developed, the individual may constantly lapse into the framework of the abandoned or bruised child during times of stress or heavy emotions. 

Moon in Taurus: Strongly fears being abandoned, and despite giving an aura of calm, the insides resemble quicksand. Can privately binge, over indulge, and self destruct. Feels easily rundown or catches colds easily. Struggles letting go of anything with their emotional investment. Can be haunted by memories.

Moon in Gemini: Emotions are too confusing and complex to be made sense of. The emotional nature can feel like a personality of its own. It’s hard because the individual just wants somebody to teach them how to feel and what to do. Inner needs change rapidly. The individual neglects their own emotional needs, often invalidating their authenticity 

Moon in Cancer: Fears of being left are consuming. The emotional reactivity, fears, and demands of the inner child express the individual’s deep feelings of inadequacy regarding their own sensitivity. The individual leaves claw marks on anybody who tries to leave 

Moon in Leo: The devouring needs of the inner child charter relationships. The individual is drawn to the comfort of unconditional love, safety, and validation that was denied as a child. Severely wounded by invalidation, they search for a mother figure everywhere they go. Reacts dramatically, but fails at explaining themselves leaving people unsure of how to help 

Moon in Virgo: The temperament is a battlefield and the nervous system is in overdrive. During times of distress, the reflex is to withdraw and martyr themselves. Their agitation can be unpredictable. Emotional distress manifests through physical and digestive changes and lack of wellbeing. 

Moon in Libra: Emotional needs are disregarded and ignored. Often the individual feels that their own traumas and experiences are less valid than others. The hollowness inside could swallow the universe. Requires a very close relationship with the mother and becomes severely wounded if this is not actualised. 

Moon in Scorpio: Emotional experiences are intense and lonely. The inner child is screaming, self destructing, and demanding answers for its isolated existence. Pelvic cramps with no organic causation. Early betrayals and traumas run into deep ledges of the psyche and can rule the individual’s whole emotional life and responsiveness as an adult. 

Moon in Sagittarius: The feeling of being lost can become consuming. This can generate a powerful need to control, or be in control. Feelings of escapism infuse with rage and cause severe reactivity. The individual can struggle managing substance misuse. The moon is sentimental and fixed, the moon wants safety and security and time away to be held and nurtured. Sagittarius desires the opposite. Two conflicting needs collide. There is no safe place. 

Moon in Capricorn: Afraid to ask, the individual secretly longs for comfort and guidance. There is a frightened child in the body of a full grown adult. The individual is wounded by their lost childhood. The world feels hostile and unwelcoming, cold and unforgiving. 

Moon in Aquarius: Feelings are intense and unforgiving, the individual feels compelled to distance themselves from emotions to restrict them from becoming ultimately consuming. The condition of human existence is devastating. During severe emotional torment, the Lunar Aquarius can experience complete numbness and the sense of exit from their own bodies. 

Moon in Pisces: Loneliness is exaggerated here. An emotional compass without any direction, feelings take on a life of their own. All life, love, and suffering is born and dies here. Spiritually insatiable, can devote themselves to any guide, creed, or guru that seems to offer salvation. 

-C.

Can't believe it's only been 1 year since you decided to grace us all with your presence! I feel like it's been forever that I've been benefiting from your tips, tutorials and motivations! I know you hinted before that come the initiation of your nieces you won't have time for us anymore but I really hope you never forget about us entirely ❤ Can I take this occasion to ask for an index of everything you've ever posted? 😍 It's high time I review the old ones! Happiest anniversary, Lady D! 🎂🎂🎂

ALL ABOUT WITCHCRAFT

Thank you for the lovely greetings. Here is everything I posted in the past year. 🌹

All About Divination

All About Astrology

All About Spells

All About Paganism

All About Soulmates

All About Dreams

All About Demons

All About Entities

All About Past Lives

All About Psychic Gifts

All the Tips, Rants & Raves

All the Answered Asks

All the Pick a Card Readings

All the Laughs

All About Me

Breaking Astrology Down

Your Sun is about yourself. Your Moon is your heart. Your Rising is how you look. Your Mercury is the way you think. Your Venus is how you love. Your Mars is how you deal with life. Your Jupiter is your luck. Your Saturn is how you discipline yourself and your responsibilities. Your Uranus is how unique you are. Your Neptune is your imagination. Your Pluto is your transformation. Your Chiron is how you heal. Your Ceres is how you take care of yourself. Your Pallas is your relationships. Your Juno is beauty and Influences. Your Vesta is your potential and your organization. Your North Node is how you develop in your current life. Your South Node is how you developed in your past life. Your Midheaven is your career, how others view you. Your Lilith is your hidden emotions.

List of Grimoire Ideas

Introduction to the basics of magick

Animism

How to astral travel

Psychic abilities and exercises

Sensing energy/spirits

Setting up wards

Banishing and Cleansing 

Energetic healing on self and others

Sensing auras + colour meanings

Creating thought-forms

Meditation techniques

Trance work

Divination (tarot, tasseomancy, bone throwing, scrying, etc)

Plant magick (how to use plants, correspondences, secret names)

Rocks and Crystals (planetary alignments/correspondences and how to use them as talismans/amulets)

Animal curios + correspondences

List of local plants in your area + the energies you sense from them

List of local spirits

Types of Dirt and correspondences (graveyard dirt, crossroad dirt, bank dirt, garden dirt, etc)

Colour symbolism/psychological meanings

Planets and their souls + correspondences 

Stars and their souls + correspondences

Planetary Hours

Planetary Squares

Moon phases and their affects on plants, spells, etc.

Making sigils from planetary squares

Poppets

Witch Bottles

Places for “sending” spells (burying or pouring your mixtures into various places depending on intent)

Familiars vs magickal pets

Alphabet of Desire

Rune Magick

Folk Magick

Weather-Summoning

Personal deities + offerings

Goetic Demons + offerings

Ancestor work

Working with the Dead

A section to analyze your spells- what methods work and which don’t

Write your own spells based on a successful procedure and what plants you have available 

Types of Witches (UPDATED)

…A complete masterpost!

Read about the Updates/Notes:

Hello everyone! Here is the updated version of the WITCH TYPES list, including types that were missed and recommended. Please be respectful if there is some form of misinformation or typo on here; I tried my very best and took a lot of my own time and energy to do as thorough research as I could with what I have available, which is a very difficult and long task for somebody with low motivation. I am very in favor of constructive and polite criticism, but I will not tolerate people leaving rude comments without even trying to help me fix and provide the best information possible! Thank you so much to everyone who so kindly informed me of what needed to be polished up and fixed, you are all very lovely people for handling it with patience ~ And keep in mind, beginner witches:

You do not NEED to identify yourself as a type

You can choose to identify yourself as NO type at all

You can choose to identify with as many as you like!

Anyway, enjoy! ➺ Rainy

Each type includes a simplified description (for those who haven’t heard of the type, just to get a generalized idea. The shortened description is in no way meant to be discriminative or disrespectful), a few examples, and almost every bolded term includes a link to a (hand-picked) useful post/website for that type of practice.

Types of Witches

(Some may also fit into the second category)

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Solitary - Practicing by ones’ self; not included in a group

Secular - Non-religious / Not connecting with deity(s)

Eclectic - An individual’s practice that has bits and pieces pulled from different magickal and/or spiritual practices, respectfully

(Theistic) Satanic - Witchcraft that is often centered around honoring and/or working with satan in spellwork and prayer

Athiest/Laveyan Satanic - Witchcraft worked with the idea that satan is a concept, rather than a real person or entity (loosely put; it’s a very detailed concept). Also known as Satanic witches who fit the secular description. 

Hereditary/Blood - Including oneself in the practice of witchcraft on the grounds of having been born into a family who also practices. Knowledge and practice may also be passed down through generations, and honor old ways of magick

Traditional - One who practices witchcraft by honoring and using old and ‘traditional’ ways of magick; this type of witch might be one to practice modern methods of magick, but they might also stick to traditional concepts or techniques

Christian - Witchcraft that is performed to honor / or is performed in conjunction with the Christian God as the primary and only deity

Hellenic - A form of non-witchcraft practice in which the practicer follows Greek ideals/culture and honors the Greek pantheon 

Celtic - Magickal practice that is based from the Celtic culture, including its’ mythology, deities, old ways, and (occasionally) language / symbols. May also describe those who only worship Celtic gods 

Science - A form of magick in which both metaphysical ideas and scientific facts/theories are mixed in together by the individual practicer

Types of Witchcraft

Keep in mind that each term’s explaination is the basic description of that type of witchcraft/magick; each individual witch might be a certain type but define it differently, as their practice may be different from the next witch

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Green - Utilizing greenery/plants/herbs/flowers in herbal and natural magick, such as creating blends of different plants or using primarily herbs in spellwork

Hedge - Also known as an astral title, a type of magick that is oriented around more spiritual work; astral travel/projection, lucid dreaming, spirit-work, healing, and out-of-body experiences are all practices included in this magick

Dream - (A possible variation of Hedge) Mindful and internal magickal practice mainly based from interpreting dreams and/or engaging in lucid dreaming. Those who intensify as this may “de-code” symbols and messages in the dream world similar to how one would use a divination technique.

Sea - A type of magick derived from materials and abstract ideas involving the ocean and oceanic world. Sea/Ocean magick can be worked using seashells and bones, sea weed, beach sand, driftwood, ocean water, etc. and a sea witch might draw their energy from that of the sea!

Storm/Weather - Magick that is worked by combining one’s energy with the energy of the weather, and most commonly rain. Weather witches will do things like collect rain/snow water, absorb the energy of a lightning storm, “whistle up” or manipulate wind, predict the weather, etc.

Cottage / Hearth - (A slight variation from kitchen) Magick that is weaved, worked, or embued into mundane tasks around the house or for loved ones. Cottage/Hearth magick may be worked into daily tasks such as cleaning, cooking, or any hobbies

Kitchen - Magick that is worked specifically through “kitchen craft” such as herbal mixtures, brewing, baking, and cooking, and honors many aspects of the natural world: including herbs, crystals, fey, and the elements

Tea - Those who drink tea, make tea, use tea-leaf divination, or enjoy blending herbal remedies! A variant of Kitchen/Cottage witch

Tech - Magick that is skillfully worked through technology! A tech witch will most likely have at least a few magickal apps on their phone, digital sigils, or an online/digital BoS and/or Grimoire

Garden - While having a garden and/or working in any type of garden; magick that is mostly (if not all) herbal and botanical-related! Garden witches take pride and find it calming or invigorating to work the earth, harvest that which they have planted, and are closely related to Green type

Elemental - Magick that is worked by honoring/acknowledging the 4 or all 5 elements: Water, Earth, Air, Fire, and Spirit. Commonly an Elementalist will dedicate different areas of their altars to each element, call upon them during spells and rituals, and use symbols to represent each

Water - Specifically centered on the element of Water; water scrying, collecting sea/storm/snow/river/spring water, swimming/bath spells and other water-related actives, creating and using symbols associated with water

Earth - Specifically centered on the element of Earth; grounding exercises, rock/soil collecting, strong appreciation of the natural world, creating and using symbols associated with earth

Air - Specifically centered on the element of Air; working with wind, using air-related tools (such as the wand), creating and using symbols associated with air

Fire - Specifically centered on the element of Fire; Using anything fire-related (bonfires, candles, burning objects) in most spellwork, creating and using symbols associated with fire

Flora - Much like a Green or Garden witch, those who work majorily with floral materials and flowers in their practice and in their spellwork! Their grimoire may be heavily associated with flowers rather than herbs, and likewise, one might use flower properties in spell or craft work.

Urban Primative/City - For those who live or prefer the urban/city lifestyle; magick that can be worked without the seemingly “traditional” ways of witchcraft

Faery/Fey - Magick for those who communicate and work with the fey during spells and rituals. Usually, those who work with the fey may also leave offerings regularly, as thanks for the assistance of a faery in their spellwork.

Spirit Working - A practice in which the person will perform spellwork in conjunction with or with the help of any manner of spirit. This includes Ouija, (sometimes) demon spirits, spiritual contact, etc.

Draconian - Refers to type of magick for those who call upon or work with dragons and dragon imagery in their practice; whether it be through astral matters or in spells and rituals

Seasonal - Witches who utilize and draw energy from the specific times of year for their magick, sort of how a person might have a strong love or connection to a certain time of year! This can also be spread out into Winter, Autumn, Spring and Summer witches

Embroidery / Sewing / Knit - One who embues magick into household “stitching” or “string” hobbies such as embroidery, sewing, knitting, stringing, and knotting ~ Basically, one who identifies with using knot or chord magick in many different skills

Paper - Magick that is worked with, essentially, paper! Burning paper written with sigils, chants, symbols or spells, creating magickal offerings, items, or sachels from paper, etc.

Music - Magick that is worked with music, musical chimes, or rhythm! Humming/singing, clapping, singing chants during spells, playing instruments (even simple ones, like the triangle or bells), or even just simply playing music during spellwork, magick, or during energy exercises are a few common things a music witch might fancy

Chaos/Chaotic - A type of magick utilizing new, non-traditional, and unorthodox methods. It is a new and highly individualistic practice, while still drawing from other common forms of magick.

Animal - (A variant of Green) Magick that is strongly tied to the animal kingdom, which includes a deep appreciation for all animals, and most often: usage of animal materials in spellwork. An animal witch will most likely be one who loves animals, a person who animals are immediently “drawn” to, and those who appreciate the natural world. Some animal witches might also use bones, wings, feathers, fur, skin, scales, (etc). from deceased animals in their magick, if they choose to do so. 

Sanguine - Meaning “blood” or “blood red color” in Latin, a type of magick that deals with blood or other life giving fluid; life blood can also be represented through things such as water, or nutrients. A term for those who work with blood and life-oriented magick!

Sigil - A witchcraft working majorly with sigils, and the intent that can be put into them to active their power

Art/Craft - Witchcraft that can be worked through arts and crafts, simply put! One may embue macgick in creative activities such as painting, drawing, building, cutting, creating, etc.

Grey - A neutral witch, who practices magick that neither benefits or harms others. Grey magick may also both harm and benefit at the same time, balancing and neutralizing.

Bone - Witches who commonly collect, clean, and use animal bones in their magickal practice, and for things like altar decoration or magick-infused charms/jewelry. Materials used by those who identify as Bone witches are usually collected peacefully or after the being has passed on naturally!

Lunar - One who works magick with / honors the moon and it’s energy and phases. This type of witch is also one to favor casting magick during the night hours rather than during the day

Astronomy/Space - (A wider variant of lunar) Those who practice magick and correlate their beliefs in conjunction with the planets and stars! These witches may focus their magick with the properties of each planet, regularly read a horoscope or study astrology, and have a love of the stars and the night.

Energy - Those who prefer to do magick through energy exercises and manipulation rather than with many physical tools or materials; using the enhanced power of the mind and the body’s natural energies to bring about a magickal result or feeling. (Also may include aura work)

Crystal - Magick that is worked commonly with stones and crystals, such as during spellwork or for crystal healing techniques. This may also include chakra balance, crystal meditation… anything that uses crystals, really! A crystal witch may also have an extensive knowledge of stones, including how to identify them and using their properties.

Literary - Those who practice magick through books and literature; a literary witch may do thing such as using book divination, often study witchcraft/magick even after the “beginner” phase of learning, etc. Also a term used to describe witches in stories, books, or movies.

The following information was kindly given by lovely bedaelia! Her descriptions were so well-written, I decided to simply use her own)

Heathenry - a practice in which the individual follows, works with, and/or worships the Norse deities

Lokean - Someone who works with/worships Loki and/or any of his relations (Hel, Jormugandr, Sigyn, Angrboda, etc) ; does not exclude other deities.

Odinism - A faith that works mostly with Odin, Thor, Freyjr, Freyja, Frigga, and Heimdall.

Asatru - Literally “Faith in the [Old] Gods” it is a more specific branch of Heathenry that worships the major Nordic pantheon, minus Loki, Fenrir, or other “adversary” gods.

More on Heathen Denominations

Gaulish - A practice that involves worshipping Gaulish gods

Kemetic - Worshipping and working with Egyptian deities

Death/Necromancy - A practice that may combine Bone, Animal, Spirit work, occasionally also Blood. Using spirits to empower one self, hoarding bones, using graveyards, graves, the spirits of them, as well as the dirt (or even plants) that are found in them. May also honor the dead and/or gods who work with the dead. Also try this link.

Pop Culture - Uses pop culture as a main focus or inspiration for the craft. Using lyrics or movie lines in spells, worshipping and honoring pop culture icons or idols, use of fandom, and more. It is a very wide practice. Examples may include drawing from Harry Potter spells or using invented sigils from shows like Supernatural. 

“Poison Path” - Working with plants, herbs, other items that may be poisonous, deadly, cause hallucinogenic effects, or affect the mind or body in some way (sometimes aphrodisiacs are included [?])

Desert - Using and utilizing the desert environment. Lots of work with hardier plants such as Cacti or Tumbleweeds. Use of the moon, desert earth, fire, rare water (especially rainwater), wind, local plants and herbs, as well as animals/creatures of the desert such as snakes, spiders, scorpions, and so on.

Swamp/Bog - Heavy use of water and moisture, rich we soil/mud, sometimes incorporates the use of bones, animals, and insects, especially the local plants of the Swamp

Types of Spellwork / Magick

Each term below includes a link to a resource of that specific type ~

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Candle

Herb

Crystal

Knot / Chord

Color

Energy Manipulation

Bottle / Jar

Vocal (Chanting)

(Physical) Binding

Poppet

Glamour

If you have any questions or comments regarding this post, please let me know! I tried to include as many types as I possibly could, as well as the information that others gave me from my first post, so I do apologize if your type is not here.

Every few months, I post an updated list. Please send me any information (by ask) that you would like to see added!

➺ Rainy

hello! i've been trying to research magic, but unfortunately most books i find are specific wicca, which i'm not interested in. do you have any book reccomendations that arent wicca centric? thank you! i love your blog :^)

Oh heckin yes I do My amazon wishlist is literally like six pages long… ALL BOOKS

WARNING: This Is Going To Be Extremely Long!

First though I want to note that while I 100% understand your feelings about the Wicca stuff (being a very NOT Wiccan Witch), not all books that are Wicca leaning are bad! I’ve gotten loads of useful information from books that tended to be a little new agey. That’s where being objective comes in! With ANY book, you should take it with a grain of salt, and some with a whole shaker. But it’s up to you to pay attention to misinformation and conflation, and to know how to do research to prove or disprove that something in a book you read is true or not. Does that make sense?? 

Anywho, a couple of books that are still kind of “Wicca-y” but great:

Grimoire of the Green Witch

The Goodly Spellbook (This one is an INCREDIBLY AWESOME REFERENCE)

The Modern Guide To Witchcraft (Written By Skye Alexander who seems to mass produce books, so need some good fact checking here)

The Modern Witchcraft SpellBook (Written By Skye Alexander who seems to mass produce books, so need some good fact checking here)

The Witches Broom (LOTS OF SALT but good basic history)

The Witches Athame (LOTS OF SALT but good basic history)

The Witches Mirror (LOTS OF SALT but good basic history)

Cottage Witchery (This author is pretty good about keeping away but there’s still some slips)

Practical Protection Magick (This author is pretty good about keeping away but there’s still some slips)

The Big Book of Practical Spells (Written by Judika Illes, who did the Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells; it’s a good book, but there’s too much Cultural appropriation for my taste. Tread Lightly, and bring that shaker I was talking about)

Those are all books from my personal collection that I would recommend! Now as for the Non-Wicca Books, Let’s dive in! Not all of these have I read or owned, and they are in no particular order. You’ll notice most of them relate to “Traditional Witchcraft” or West Country, because that is where my practice is focused. 

The Tradition of Household Spirits: Ancestral Lore and Practices 

The High Magic of Talismans and Amulets: Tradition and Craft

Cornish Charms and Cures

To Fly by Night: An anthology of Hedgewitchery

Treading the Mill: Practical Craft Working in Modern Traditional Witchcraft

Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History

The Black Arts: A Concise History of Witchcraft, Demonology, Astrology, and Other Mystical Practices Throughout the Ages

Grimorium Verum

The Devil’s Dozen: Thirteen Craft Rites of the Old One

The Witching Herbs: 13 Essential Plants and Herbs for Your Magical Garden

Defences Against the Witches’ Craft - Anti-cursing Charms from English Folk Magick, Traditional Witchcraft and the Grimoire Traditions

Nummits and Crummits: Devonshire Customs, Characteristics, and Folk-lore

Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions

The Art of Black Mirror Scrying

Enchantment: The Witches’ Art of Manipulation by Gesture, Gaze and Glamour

CHILDREN OF CAIN: A Study of Modern Traditional Witchcraft.

The Pillars of Tubal Cain

Witch’s Workbook

The Left Hand: The Cabal Grimoire of Walking in Darkness

Profane Seals: A Compendium of Vile Sigil Magick - Volume I

Eye of the Oracle: The Cabal Grimoire of Psychic Magick

The Book of Smokeless Fire

Azoetia: A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft

Between the Living & the Dead: A Perspective on Witches & Seers in the Early Modern Age

The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

The Horn of Evenwood: A Grimoire of Sorcerous Operations, Charms, and Devices of Witchery

The Cunning Man’s Handbook: The Practice of English Folk Magic, 1550-1900

Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches’ Sabbath

The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook of Elizabethan Magic

The Grimoire of Arthur Gauntlet (PB)

Witchcraft: A Handbook of Magic Spells and Potions

Cecil Williamsons Book of Witchcraft: A Grimoire of the Museum of Witchcraft

Under the Witching Tree: A Folk Grimoire of Tree Lore and Practicum

Veneficium: Magic, Witchcraft and the Poison Path

Witchcraft For Tomorrow

Pharmako Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path

The Witches’ Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic

The Visions of Isobel Gowdie

The Taper That Lights The Way: Robert Cochrane’s Letters Revealed) 

The Call of The Horned Piper

A Deed Without a Name

Heritage Witchcraft (This one is kind of useless unless you’re taking his Classes)

Letters from the Devil’s Forest: An Anthology of Writings on Traditional Witchcraft, Spiritual Ecology and Provenance Traditionalism

The Devil’s Plantation: East Anglian Lore, Witchcraft & Folk-Magic

Liber Nox: A Traditional Witch’s Gramarye

Thirteen Pathways of Occult Herbalism

Traditional Witches’ Formulary and Potion-making Guide: Recipes for Magical Oils, Powders and Other Potions

The Black Toad

Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways

PHEW!

That was a lot! Okay anon I hope this gives you a good starting place! 

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