An Introduction To Spacecraft And Worship

An Introduction to Spacecraft and Worship

What is Spacecraft?

Spacecraft is a form of Witchcraft. Much like there are Sea Witches, Kitchen Witches, Secular Witches, I feel like there can also be Space Witches. I have a fascination with the Universes out there, and wanted to incorporate them in my craft much like those who feel a kinship with the Mountains do in their crafts. I named this practice Spacecraft because it sounds all sci-fi-y, and neater than Space Witchcraft. But call it whatever, it’s basically Space and Witchcraft together. Spacecraft.

What is Space Worship?

Space Worship is the practice of worshiping and honoring Planets, Universes, Stars, and the like in a Pagan Path. You do not have to be Pagan to be a Witch and you do not have to be a Witch to be Pagan, which is why I have the craft and the worship as separate things. In my own personal path I combine the two, but do what feels good for you and your path.

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All the same, there were some things they needed to learn. Do not drink milk after a thunderstorm, for it will certainly be sour. Always leave out seed for the birds when the first snow falls. Wash your hair with rosemary. Drink lavender tea when you cannot sleep. Know that the only remedy for love is to love more.

Advice for First-Generation Witches

I have a friend who decided she wants to be a witch. She asks me for a spell every time she overhears that some date is important to witches.

No ritual has ever worked for her. Not a single one.

Magic sees her coming from miles away then shuts the door to her face. Occult beings want nothing to do with her. Incantations do not wish to be pronounced by her mouth. Witchcraft tasted her and spat her out.

Because to treat the craft randomly is to treat it disrespectfully. Magic pulls away from those who see it as a hobby.

This path is not merely an interest. It is a way of life. Only those who understand this can truly harvest its benefits.

Becoming that person takes a while. But if you start here, you’ll get there fine.

When I was a kid, we moved into a house that had a huge lilac tree out front. It was mostly rotten, and it needed to be taken down before it fell. It took a while, but eventually, it was gone.

Mostly. A couple years later, little lilac babies popped out of the ground in its place. My mom was determined to get rid of them, because she'd planted a beautiful flower garden there, and the lilac trees would overshadow and kill the whole garden. I insisted on saving at least a few saplings. She said fine, but I had to dig them out and put them in pots myself.

So, I did. I spent days digging little lilac bushes out of the ground and putting them into pots. Some couldn't be saved, but some could. When all was said and done, I had five brand-new lilac saplings. Seven or eight years old, and it was my absolute pride and joy.

Three died due to sun scorching, severe drought that no amount of watering could save, and perhaps just being moved from their place in the ground. But two survived, and I was awfully proud of them! I'd go out and talk to them every single day. I watered them by hand and made sure they were fertilized properly. I learned all about their favored environments, and I was determined to make sure they lived.

One of my mom's friends saw what I was doing with the lilacs. She asked if she could have one to put in her backyard, and I agreed on the condition that she take very, very good care of it.

It's now fucking enormous. I'm talking ten feet tall and bursting with beautiful purple flowers every spring. My mom still gets updates each year as they start to bloom, which she forwards to me. And all I can think is, "That's my friend! Thriving some twenty years on, there it is."

The other tree nearly died, too. It lived in a pot for far, far too long. I wanted to plant it somewhere in my parents' yard, but my mom was reluctant. Eventually, we agreed to put it in the far back garden. It grew okay for many years, despite the shade, but in all these years, it's never bloomed.

Last year, the massive tree casting massive shadows over the lilac and the garden cracked in half and fell. It tumbled into the garden, crushing part of the nearby shed and destroying a few plants beneath it.

It missed my lilac by inches.

The clean-up is long done. The rest of the tree has been cut down, and my lilac has full sunlight for the first time in fifteen years. It won't bloom this year, I know. But it's got new shoots up. It's taller than ever. I spent half an hour a few weeks ago praising it for surviving all this time, dreaming about its future and telling it how I believe it'll become the tall beauty it's always been meant to be.

I think next year, I'll see flowers.

Astrology and Elemental Imbalance

Elemental imbalances occur when an individual has a limited element present in their birth chart and most often an excess of another. An unattended imbalance can cause stress of extremes of an element being projected by ones personality (Think of the knights in the Tarot).

Having 10 planets in the natal chart, including the rising sign, we naturally have a high chance of having an elemental imbalance in our birth chart and personality.

An imbalance of elements often looks like a minimum of 2 planets in an element, often seen as only having 2-0 planets missing from being familiar with that elements associations.

Having aspects from planets  that naturally contain the missing elemental energies prominent in the natal chart (example, if you lack air but have many mercury aspects), this can aid the elemental lack, though it will not necessarily bring the elements in ones personality into balance for the planet will still be in an excess sign (example mercury in pisces), and it will still act accordingly to the element it’s placed in.

Fire Signs: Aries/Leo/Sagittarius 

Air Signs: Gemini/Libra/Aquarius 

Earth Signs: Taurus/Virgo/Capricorn 

Water Signs: Cancer/Scorpio/Pisces

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Signs, symptoms and manifestations of having a limited element in the chart

Limited Fire:

Lacking passion and enthusiasm to do things

Having difficulty standing up for yourself

Tending to drift along with the flow of things which ends up being time consuming and making things progress slower than others

Feeling easily offended by harsh words or criticisms

Feeling uncomfortable around those who are quite flamboyant and expressive

Can’t stand noise of fast movement of things and people

Being highly introverted

Often feeling a lack of creativity

Lethargy and low energy often

Inertia and lack of motivation to take action

Feeling cold often

Often being too passive

Hypersensitivity to everything/everyone

Limited Air:

Leaping before thinking which ends up resulting in problems later on

Cognitive issues

Disconnected from others (either from self isolation of difficulty relating to people)

Limited socialising

Difficulty understanding other perspectives and ideas

Prefer expressing the self through non-verbal ways of communicating

Not a fan of social media and/or technology

Quiet (or very loud) speaking voice

Difficultly conveying thoughts and ideas cohesively

Tending to care more about ones own endeavours or how one self feels over another

Putting oneself down in analytical and ‘logical/rationalising’ areas of life (aka “Im dumb because i don’t know or understand this”)

Getting too emotionally involved with people, places and situations

Having a difficult time when it comes to standing back and rationally observe whats going on.

Limited Earth:

Having difficulty creating a practical plan and routine

Not caring too much about the material world and possessions

Having a difficult relationship with ones own body (can develop eating problems, wanting body modifications, excess dieting and bodybuilding)

A difficulty getting in touch with the body and its functions (can’t tell if hungry or full, if its hot or cold ect)

Having a difficulty staying grounded and often day dreaming

Giving things away to freely

Having a poor sense of taste, touch, sight, smell and hearing in one form or another

Difficulty creating the reality one wants

Not feeling connected to nature or animals

Getting too lost in thoughts, ideas and feelings and forgetting the reality of whats going on around you

Not caring about money or material possessions making the day-to-day life difficult

Not bothering keeping track of money and bills

Avoidance of hard work if possible

Easily physically fatigued

Limited Water:

Difficulty bearing with ones own emotional nature and that of others

Repressing emotions then realising them in private when they overflow

Becoming angry/agitated

Difficultly empathising with others

Not truly understanding what one is feeling

Expressing feelings inappropriately (getting angry over the little things/being calm when a tragedy occurs ect)

Rejecting ones own pain/refusing to feel it

Getting frustrated with those who are in an overly emotional state

Trying to rationalise and make feelings a practical and manageable thing

Thinking oneself out of feeling (excess air)

Expressing rage then calming down immediately after (excess fire)

Over spending (excess earth)

Difficultly in discriminating or recognising inutile hints and psychic messages

Avoiding closeness and touch of others

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Signs, symptoms and manifestations of having an excess element in the chart (3+ planets in element)

Excess Fire:

Feeling restless and having trouble sitting still/relaxing

Constantly thirsty/Drinking very little water

Feeling restless

Fluctuating Temper/Easily provoked

Loud and bold (at inappropriate times)

Over enthusiastic about ones own passion

Expression can overbear others at times

Can be desensitised to the feelings of others

Frustration when things are going ‘slow’

Leaping before looking

Excess air:

Talking too fast/Too loud/Too much

Not listening to others

Excess thinking to the point of blurring out reality

Dominant and sometimes intrusive thoughts

Fluctuating emotional stability

Difficulty relating to others on an emotional level

Detachment to people, places and things

Over intellectualising and over processing things

Consistent/loud mind chatter

Inability/Difficulty relaxing due to a need to move or fidget

Short attention span

Excess Earth:

Stubbornness

Low energy/Vitality

Slow process on tasks

Can lack drive and enthusiasm

Set in ones own ways

Emotionally distant by focusing only on what the 5 senses can provide

Focus on material gain and maintenance

Excluding family and relationships for work

Over/Under eating

Obsession with body (for good or bad)

Overworking ones self

Slacking and lazing around excessively

Excess Water:

Fearful and oversensitivity

Focusing too much on feeling to the point of creating a foggy reality

Not seeing reality for what it is

Living in a world of daydream

Feelings hurt easily

Fluctuating emotional state that can be difficult to control

Lacking drive to take action

Avoidance of everyday tasks if possible (chores/jobs/managing money)

Excess desire to connect with the higher realms and detach from the body

Physical weakness/lethargy  

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How to balance your elements

When we are unbalanced, we either draw others to use (or us to them) to act as an external reflection of the things we lack within ourselves, however, its possible to engage in other activities that can help bring our elemental lack into appropriate balance that can allow for self-healing and improved wellness.

At times due to elemental imbalances in out chart, we may be drawn to another who has excess of the element we lack (even signs) as to experiences a sense of ‘ying and yang’ by interacting with another. You may find you personally may greatly clash with another, yet you are reluctant to part because they seem to ‘fulfil’ you in a way you can’t explain.

For the element you lack the most in your chart, see the table below to find out ways you can help bring the lacking element in your personality.

Things to put in your book of shadows

Of course, only put in your book of shadows/grimoire what you want. If you don't want to put certain subjects in your book then that's fine. It's your book, utilize it how you want. This is just a masterlist of ideas that I've put together. Feel free to add anything else to the list that I may have missed, because there's absolutely no way I included everything.

And for the love of all the gods, if you come across a closed entity or practice, don't try to work with the entity or practice if you're not already part of that group or tradition. You can research it but don't practice it.

+ A blessing and/or protection

+ A table of contents

+ About you:

Your current path

Your personal beliefs

Your spiritual journey

Favorite crystals/herbs/animals

Natal chart

Craft name

How you got into the craft

Astrology signs

Birthday correspondences (birth tarot card, birth stone, etc)

Goals (if you have any)

Anything other relating to your personal practice

+ Safety

Fire safety

What NOT to burn

Plants and oils that can be toxic to your pets

What crystals shouldn't be in water, sunlight, etc

Things that shouldn't be put out in nature (salt, glass, etc)

Potion safety

How to incorporate blood safely

+ Core concepts:

Intention and how it works

Directing energy

Protection

Banishing

Cleansing

Charging

Shielding

Grounding and centering

Visualization

Consencration/Blessing

Warding

Enchanting

Manifestation

+ Correspondence

Personal correspondence

Crystals and rocks

Herbs and spices

Food and drink

Colors

Metals

Number

Tarot card

Elemental (fire, water, air, earth)

Trees and woods

Flowers

Days

Months

Moon phases

Zodiac

Planets

Incense

Teas

Essential oils

Directions (north, south, east, west)

Animals

Local plants, animals, etc

Dream symbology

+ Different practices

Practices that are closed to you (some examples below)

Voodoo and Hoodoo **Closed**

Santeria and Brujeria **Closed**

Shamanism and native american practices **Closed**

Wicca and wiccan paths

Satanism, both theistic and non-theistic paths

+ Different types/practices of magick

Pop culture magick

Technology magick

Chaos magick

Green witchcraft

Lunar magick

Sea witchcraft

Kitchen magick

Ceremonial magick

Hedge witchcraft

Death witchcraft

Grey witchcraft

Eclectic witchcraft

Norse witchcraft

Hellenic witchcraft

Animism

+ Deities

The deity/deities you worship

Different pantheons (the main five are Celtic, Roman, Greek, Egyptian and Norse, all open)

Deities and pantheons that are closed to you

Common offerings

Their epithets

Their mythology

Their family

Deity worship vs deity work

Prayers and how to make your own

Deity communication guide

Devotional acts

Ways to get closer to them

+ Other spiritual entities

Angels

Ancestor work

Spirit guides

The fae

Demons

Familiars

House spirits, animal spirits and plant spirits

Other various folklore entities

Spirit etiquette

Cemetery etiquette

Setting boundaries with the spirits

Communication guide and etiquette

Grounding, banishing, protection and cleansing, aka: "Spirit work safety guide"

How they appear to you

Common offerings

Circle casting

+ Divination

Tarot cards

Oracle cards

Tarot and oracle spreads

Pendulum

Numerology

Scrying

Palmistry/palm reading

Tasseography (Tea leaf reading)

Rune stones

Shufflemancy (Shuffling of a playlist)

Dice divination

Bibliomancy (Randomly picking a phrase from a book)

Carromancy (Melted wax)

Pyromancy (Reading flames)

Psychic abilities

Astrology

Aura reading

Divination via playing cards

Lenormand 

Sacred geometry

Angel numbers

+ Other types of magick

Candle magick

Crystal magick

Herbalism/herbal magick

Glamour magick

Hexing

Jinxing

Cursing

Weather magick

Astral work

Shadow work

Energy work

Sigils

Art magick

Knot magick

Crystal grids

Color grids

Music magick

Charms, talismans and amulets

+ Spellwork

What makes a spell work

Basic spell structure

What NOT to do

Disposing of spell ingredients

Revitalizing long term spells

How to cast spells

What to put in spells (See correspondence)

Spell mediums- Jar spells, spoken spells, candle spells, sigils, etc

Spell timing

Setting up a ritual

Taglocks: What they are and how to use them

+ Holidays and Esbats

Yule

Imbolc

Ostara

Beltane

Litha

Lughnasadh/Lammas

Mabon

Samhain

The 12 full moons (Esbats)

How to celebrate

Deity specific holidays

+ Altars and tools

What they are

The different types and their uses (travel altar, working altar, deity altar, ancestor altar, etc)

What you can put on your altar

What you use your altars for

Common tools in witchcraft

How to use the tools

Food and drink

Common herbs in recipes

Sabbat recipes

Moon water: What it is and how to use it

Potion bases

Tea magick

How to get your herbs

Foraging

+ Mental health and self care

Bath magick

Affirmations

Burnout prevention

Aromatherapy

Stress management

Mental health coping mechanisms

+ History of witchcraft

+ Dream records

+ How to differentiate between the magickal and the mundane

+ Calendar of celestial events (Esbats, retrogrades, etc)

+ How to dry herbs and flowers

+ What chakras actually are and how they work within Hinduism

+ History and traditional uses of reiki

+ The witches' alphabet

+ The runic alphabet

+ Common witchcraft terms

+ Common symbols in witchcraft

+ Your own witch tips

+ Good witchcraft books and authors to avoid

+ Any online resources you utilize often