Astrology And Elemental Imbalance

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.

Urban witch kit: What you need on the go

This is what I carry on a regular basis for my witchcraft. Whenever I have a purse, I have all these with me.

Paper, pen, pencil and eraser, for on-the-go sigils

A pocketknife, preferably one with a scissors attachment

At least one cigarette lighter, whether you smoke or not (I don’t) to burn things

Chalk if you’re into drawing sigils on concrete and things

A phone. This is basic urban survival more than urban witchery, but you need some kind of cell phone.

Hand sanitizer for on-the-go purification in case of touching undesirable things

Gloves to keep energies off you when you’re handling them

Sunglasses for glamours and protections

A compact or other hand mirror for various things including divination

Your preferred divination method, if portable, is also good to include

A pack of cards

A key–house, locker, car, skeleton key that doesn’t open anything, doesn’t matter–for personal wards

All cheap, easily accessible things. All things that will come in handy for any spontaneous spellcasting.

The Ultimate Grimoire Guide

So! I have been seeing a ton of grimoire ideas and thought I’d stuff them all together. A lot of ideas are from @manifestationsofasort, @banebite, and @pigeonflavouredcake. Check them out! They have a ton of cool stuff there.

What Do I Use For My Grimoire?

You can use anything for a grimoire! For a physical one, journals, binders, and notebooks are good. For digital ones, Notion, Tumblr, Docs, and even just your file folder are great.

Introduction

A Book Blessing

Table of Contents

About Me

Your Current Path

Your Personal Beliefs

Your Spiritual Journey

Superstitions

Past lives

Favorite Herbs/Crystals/Animals/Etc.

Natal Chart

Craft Name

How You Entered The Craft

Astrology Signs

Birthday Correspondences (birth tarot card, birth stone, etc.)

Goals

Safety

Fire Safety

What Not to Burn

Toxic Plants & Oils (to humans, plants, animals)

Crystals That Shouldn’t Be Put… (in sun, in water, etc.)

Things That Shouldn’t Be In Nature (glass, salt, etc.)

Potion Safety

How to Incorporate Blood in Spells

Smoke Safety

Wound Care

Biohazards

Core Concepts

Intention & How It Works

Directing Energy

Protection

Banishing

Cleansing

Binding

Charging

Shielding

Grounding

Centering

Visualization

Consecration/Blessing

Warding

Enchanting

Manifestation

Meditation

What Makes A Spell Work

Basic Spell Structure

What Not To Do In Spells

Disposing Spell Ingredients

Revitalizing Long Term Spells

How To Cast Spells

What To Put In Spells

Spell Mediums (jars, spoken, candle, sigils)

Spell Timing

Potion Bases

Differentiating Between Magick and Mundane

Common Terms

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Intuition

Elements

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Ways To Break Spells

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Queerness in Witchcraft Circles

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List of Spells

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What is a Liminal Space?

Witch Tip! (Important!)

Sometimes the “right spell casting conditions” just can’t happen:

Want to cast outside but its just too windy? Want to play a certain song to set the mood but the wi-fi isn’t working? Need to look at the moon but its overcast?

Paper ripping, jars breaking, candle not lighting etc - Don’t take this as a sign that you shouldn’t continue or that things will not work! (not everything is a sign, sometimes shit just happens!!)

Take a deep breath. Adapt and adjust! You got this!

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.

What is energy?

Energy is the medium that carries the intent for spell work. It is utilized in every spell any practitioner has ever done or will do. I postulate that “Energy” is the equivalent of the multidimensional field of virtual particles (See quantum field). This is to say that energy is the smallest permeable fabric in which the most minute manipulations can take place. However, energy, when worked with consciously and knowingly, can create waves of effects over great distance. A butterfly effect starting with the observation and projection of a singular intent. 

What is energy work?

Energy work is the manipulation of energy through use of the subtle body and the psychic mind. By “Psychic mind” I refer mostly to one’s energetic awareness: A practitioner’s ability to know where energy is in space and time, what its properties are, its trajectory & velocity, and its form. With this awareness, a practitioner can use their subtle body to manipulate energies that exist around them and within them. Energy work has significantly more to it than practices like Reiki, and other appropriative New Age practices, will lead you to think. 

Why is energy work important?

Energy work is absolutely crucial to all spell work and any sentiment against that grain will hinder your craft. Every magical action you do has an energetic interaction. Without consciously practicing energy work, the energetic process behind it will be reactive instead of proactive. This allows your subconscious to have influence over the spell, which rapidly hinders the accuracy and precision of your casting. When energy work is employed purposely the conscious mind has significantly more influence, which improves the likelihood of the success of your spell. 

How should energy work be practiced?

Energy work should be used intentionally in every single working you do as to have further control over the spell process. However, it should be practiced on a regular basis in order to keep up your energetic awareness. At first, energy work will be something that'll take a lot of concentration; however, after a while you’ll be able to practice it while doing tasks as well. 

Important & beneficial concepts in energy work

Visualization is a helpful guide when first starting, but that’s all it should be as visualization is not doing actual energy work. If you lean too hard on visualization, you’ll stagnate as well as lose your sense of energetic awareness over time. Energetic awareness is very similar to the sense of touch. While these senses are very different from each other, touch is the closest physical analog to energetic awareness. You have to feel the energy more-so than see it. Visualization should be used to create a 3D mold of the construct you’re trying to make, and nothing more. 

Getting started

When setting out to try energy work for the first time I recommend setting aside some time where you can sit in a quiet place for at least 30 minutes. For neurodivergent practitioners, it may be more beneficial to start off while out on a walk with some stimulating non-vocal music. For spoonie witches, It would probably be best to do this while laying down- just remain mindful as to avoid falling asleep.

Improving Energetic Awareness

Begin by closing your eyes and trying to reach your awareness out of your body. Energetic awareness is the same sense that you use to detect that someone is looking at you from behind. It should be less visual and more feeling. Try to trace the energies that exist in your environment.

Releasing Energy

The first step of learning energy work is to be able to release energy. Everyone releases energy from their subtle and physical bodies all the time when they are experiencing emotions. The stronger the emotions, the more energy is released. Whatever emotion is being experienced also modifies the types of energies that are released. Sit and focus on a time when you’ve felt a strong emotion and the energetic sensations that you can recall experiencing during that emotion. Then, if you’re able, try to start using that same path or application in order to start gradually releasing energy. Once you’ve got the hang of it, try to release energy from a single body part only. The goal here is to gain enough control of the release of your energy to a point where you can release energy from a tiny region of your body and be able to control the rate in which that energy is released. 

Absorbing Energy

The process of absorbing energy is equal and opposite to releasing energy. The practice for this is also the same but opposite. The main difference is that it is important not to let the energies that are absorbed, are not taken into the subtle body. This is because some environments have energies that aren’t that harmonious with our bodily energies. Be sure to use your practice in releasing energy to redirect what you absorb and let it back out into the environment as you proceed. 

Giving Energy Form

This is the point where visualization can be a helpful guide; however, if you lean too hard on it you will likely not be practicing energy work to the extent that would be required to master this step. Visualization can be used as a mental mould for the energy work. Visualizing the energy itself will not yield any progress. Hold the mould in your mind as you use the digits on your right hand to project controlled streams of energy into it. If any energy starts to escape the mould, pull it into your left hand or use the pulling motion to get it back into the shape. This will slowly help you develop the ability to control energies outside of your subtle body but within your fields. Once you can create a basic shape, try to solidify it in space before moving it around. Do so without adding or subtracting the amount of energy that makes it up. You know that you’ve mastered this when you can create a simple construct of any platonic shape, as well as a sphere, and move it around through space with axial rotation without the shape changing size or the amount of energy changing within it- all while maintaining the construct’s integrity.

If you’d like to check out my guide to intermediate energy work, click here!

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