Cosmic Witchcraft 101: Asteroid Belt Magick

cosmic witchcraft 101: asteroid belt magick 💫

The asteroid belt is a region of space between Mars and Jupiter where millions of asteroids orbit the Sun. In the 18th century, astronomers began to look for patterns in the layout of our solar system’s planets; one such pattern spurned the creation of a hypothesis, although later discredited, called the Titius-Bode law. The Titius-Bode law suggested that there should be a planet somewhere between Mars and Jupiter, so a group of astronomers called the United Astronomical Society, sometimes known as the Celestial Police, set out to find this missing planet.

Although they discovered Ceres, a dwarf planet, and many asteroids, an actual planet was nowhere to be found. When the solar system was forming, there was more than enough material for a planet to form in this region; however, Jupiter’s massive gravitational influence prevented the gas and dust from forming into anything substantial enough to be considered a planet.

Facts:

The asteroid belt is primarily made of empty space; its combined mass is only about 4% of the Moon’s.

Most asteroids are made of rock and stone, though some are known to have metals such as iron and nickel.

There are three main categories of asteroids: c-types, carbonaceous, rocky asteroids; m-types, metallic or metal-rich asteroids; and s-types, asteroids with lots of silicates, which are made of oxygen, silicon, and other elements.

Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea are the most massive asteroids in the asteroid belt.

Ceres makes up about 1/3 of the belt’s mass.

About 1/3 of asteroids are a part of an asteroid family. Families are categorized based on similarities in their orbital elements such as their semi-major axis, spectral features, eccentricity, etc. Asteroids that come from the same family may have originated from larger objects that collided and exploded.

Magickal Correspondences*

Colors: black, gray, brown, silver, white

Herbs: rosemary, fennel, lily, cornflower, valerian, basil, dogwood, pansy

Crystals: moss agate, garnet, chrysocolla, magnetite, kyanite, topaz, hematite, angelite

Intents: abundance, organization, nurturing, building, deconstruction, death and rebirth, strength, boundaries, and any kind of spellwork dealing with the “in-between” (dreamwork, astral travel, etc.)

Individual Asteroid Correspondences by @cosmic-witch

*all of these correspondences are based on my personal associations, since there aren’t a lot of witchcraft resources dedicated solely to the asteroid belt

Cleansing Techniques

Since I’m in the process of trying to… how you say, get my shit together, I’ve decided a good way to wipe the slate clean would be some cleansing!

We are all smart people, so I’m sure you know what cleansing is for: To clean shit up. Mostly, negative energies and whatnot. Even bad spirits. For my purpose, I’m doing it to get rid of all the nasty emotional waste thats hanging out in my room, and later the whole house, so as to give me and my girlfriend a chance to recoup and restart this healing process.

With that in mind, I find it useful to do this when the area is actually clean. Whether you do it WHILE cleaning, or afterwards, it’s a lot easier to feel peaceful and relaxed when you’re not surrounded by dirty laundry and dishes that need done.

My Favorite Cleansing Methods

Recently I saw a post floating around with an idea that I loved. It was to take a candle, preferably white, but in my case I’m using Lavender, and purify/bless/charge it. Then, sprinkle some sea salt around it, (I’m going to use my blend of Peace Salts), and tie it off with a piece of quartz(or in my case, rose quartz and amethyst). Then, place it in the area and let it burn for a while! I want to emphasize how much better spells work if you make them your own. In my experience, any spell or charm I make works a million times better when I a, make it myself entirely, or b, use an already made spell and change a thing or two that resonates with me personally.

Leaving behind the fanciness of the last point, it can be as simple as lighting any candle and saying, “Clean this mess up.”

Mixing together water, sea salt, and Lavender Essential oil, and spraying it around a room. I even bought a blue bottle (for $1 at the Dollar Tree) to promote calm and relaxation. If you don’t have a spray bottle, you could alternatively just flick water from your hands around the room. Make sure you get in the nooks and crannies and every corner. I even got under the bed and any furniture that I could spray under.

Visualizing a ball of fire starting from you, that slowly expands to contain within it the entire room/house/area you want to cleanse. As the fire pushes through the area, it burns away or scares off anything icky that might be hanging around. You can leave this up with weekly maintenance(if that’s how you program it) as a continued purifier and a protective barrier!

Making small crystal satchets containing things like Quartz, rose quartz, amethyst, citrine, or any other stone you program for this purpose. You could then hide these in the corners of the room, or keep them all together in a central area so the energy they create can flow throughout the space in a more concentrated way.

Ring some bells! The high pleasant sounding chime makes bad guys run for cover ;)

More Mundane Methods of Cleansing

Literally clean. Nothing puts me in a worse mood than having to put away laundry, wash dishes, scrub the floors, throw out trash and make the bed. Cleaning is proven to put you in a better mood, and you will be glad you did it.

Bring in some flowers. They brighten up a space, and they smell nice!

Do something fun! Have a little dance party, watch your favorite comedy, play a board game with your family or SO.

Do something small, like making the bed, cleaning off the floor, organize your desk. This is a small victory but one that doesn’t require much energy and makes it seem less daunting when you decide to tackle the rest of the day.

Just smile. Even if you don’t mean it, smiling is proven  to put you in a better mood, and makes the people around you happier too! And nothing says “F You” to bad vibes more than a big cheery smirk.

Open a window! The smell of the outdoors, the fresh air, the sound of the birds and crickets all will lift your spirits, and clear away the funk fogging you up!

Ways to Bond With Your Tarot Deck!

I recently did a BUNCH of tarot readings with a deck I hadn’t used in a while, and by the time I was finished, I could literally just feel my cards getting irritated and worn out. It was quite a strange sensation, but I finally felt like I could relate to the “big shot” diviners I look up to on Tumblr!

I’m going to say that if your cards decide they’re getting too tired after a certain number of readings, just say thank you, and put them away. I usually wrap mine up in a black shawl I have, and set a quartz crystal(for cleansing) and an amethyst(for psychic gifts and mental acuity) on top of them for a few hours.

Some ways you can bond with a tired deck(or if you just don’t want to do readings atm):

Shuffling absentmindedly

Sleeping with the deck under your pillow

Studying the cards themselves, I.e. the photos on each one

Practice shuffling and drawing cards

Coming up with your own meaning or even stories for each card based on your gut or the pictures

There’s lots of things you can do that don’t necessarily require actual readings that might wear out both you and your cards. But the more time you spend with them, the more in-tune you become with each other, and the more reliable and clear your readings can become! I would also suggest doing things not related to the deck itself, like studying tarot card meanings online, learning how to make your own spreads and finding spreads online. Learning how to handle your deck can make for a much more enjoyable experience with it!

Hello! I was wondering if you have any books/ resources for spirit companionship? I try to find some, but most don't have any advice or information available to beginners and I'm finding it hard to learn. General spirit work resources are fine too. Thank you for any help you can give, and I hope you have a. I've day!

Hello there! I wish that I had more resources to give, but as I’m just getting into spirit work myself, I don’t have much of a collection so Far!  

Here is a masterpost by @magic-for-the-masses

Here are some spirit work tips 

Some more tips

Bonding 101

I can, however, recommend a few bloggers who know a bit more than I do, and can surely be helpful!!!

@urbanspellcraft @thiscrookedcrown @qedavathegrey @thedragonslibrary @sopherielspeaks 

Thank you for asking me for help!! It means so much to me, and I hope that you are having a great day!!

entities to investigate instead of lilith

so u think lilith (or an entity that to u resembles lilith) is reaching out to u? or, ure like me, and have an affinity for angry and vengeful female entities and u are not jewish? here are some darker goddesses/spirits that may share qualities with that often attributed to lilith by new age practioners that have appropriated her.

hekate , famous patron to witches, goddess of restless spirits

medea , ancient greek witch. priestess of hekate

the erinyes , aka the furies. trio of punishment spirits called alecto (wrathful), megaera (fierce), tisiphone (avenger). attendants to hekate

aphrodite , goddess of love and sex. vengeance isnt her focus by any means but she never shys away from war or revenge

persephone , goddess of the underworld

the morrigan , fierce triad goddess of death and war

nemesis , goddess of retribution

themis , oracle titan of justice. mother to dike, another goddess of justice

sekhmet , solar goddess of war and healing

ishtar/inanna , goddess of sex, war and justice

lamashtu , malevolent spirit that eats babies and men

nephthys , night goddess of death, magic and protection

nyx , primordial titan of the night

hel , goddess of death

morana , goddess of winter, death and rebirth

baba yaga , witch-spirit that can be maternal or malevolent

there are undoubtedly more, but these are who i can think of off the top of my head. deeper research and study of these entities and their attributes/associations can help u determine who u feel may b reaching out to u or give u an idea of which entities u might want to involve in ur practice instead of lilith.

and theres always eve, who also defied god and even got her husband to go along with it.

hercules cluster jar spell

a spell jar for strength and achievement

The Hercules Cluster is a cluster of about 200 galaxies about 500 million lightyears away. It’s a part of the larger Hercules Supercluster, which is one of many superclusters lining the CfA2 Great Wall, an immense galaxy filament. Based on standard models of the universe’s evolution, such galaxy filaments form along web-like strings of dark matter.

The galaxies in the Hercules Cluster are drawn together by gravity, producing an incredibly strong gravitational pull. By uniting different energies within ourselves, we can acquire the strength needed to carry out our goals. We can draw success closer to us by ocking discipline, patience, and positivity into place and uniting them like galaxies in a cluster. This spell jar uses the Sun’s gravitational energy, Mercury’s ability to bring things together, and Saturn’s protective strength to replicate the immense strength in unity arising from the Hercules Cluster.

What You’ll Need:

Rosemary for gravity and the Sun

Cinnamon for strength and the Sun

Parsley for protection and Mercury

Almond for unity and Mercury

Thyme for courage and Saturn

Ribbon/string for protection and Saturn’s rings

A small jar

3 tokens to represent discipline, patience, and positivity (These can be pieces of paper with sigils, crystals, or anything else you’d like to use to represent these qualities)

Instructions:

Start by lighting a candle, burning some incense, or doing anything you need to do to make some magick happen. Then get your ingredients ready.

Recite the following incantation, pausing to add each ingredient as you proclaim its intent. Achievement requires positivity, Discipline, patience, all in harmony. I call on the Sun and swift Mercury To lend me their favorsome properties. For the Sun, cinnamon and rosemary For its strength and all powerful gravity. For Mercury, uniter of duality Some roughly chopped almonds and sweet parsley. Finally, for Saturnian energy Thyme for extra strength and mental clarity. The wisdom in clusters of galaxies Tells us great strength arises from unity So I call on the power of gravity To unite these pieces inside of me. I seal this jar with my intent and one more thing A ribbon wrapped around like one of Saturn’s rings. Let my spell’s celestial gravity Shatter any sign of negativity Bringing more strength to that trio in me So that someday soon my achievement will come to be.

After you’ve finished the incantation and tied the ribbon/string around your jar, leave it to charge in the starlight. The next morning, leave it somewhere it can be seen whenever you’re working towards your goal. When you look at it, feel the immense gravitational strength of your united discipline, patience, and positivity pulling your goal closer to you.