âď¸Witchy guide to weather magic âď¸
đ Utilizing the different energies around us is a center part of all kinds of witchcraft. Weather witchcraft is what I call a task for an advanced witch. After learning to control energies around you in a small scale, like your own energy field, your home, etc, you can tap into energies that have effect on larger scale, such as the Sun and the seasons, the Moon, itâs phases and the tides, and what weâll focus on this post: the atmosphere as a whole, and how itâs changes define the weather, the change of energies around us.Â
Here iâll share what Iâve learnt through the years and give you my personal approach based on what Iâve learnt from my family and my own experienceđ
âď¸To understand weather witchcraft, you must first understand the science behind it. As with any path of craft, the first step is research. Weather is defined by the atmosphere, specifically one of itâs layers, the one thatâs closest to the ground, called troposphere. This layer contains most of Earthâs water vapor, and itâs where clouds form. Itâs also where meteorological change occurs. Before trying to change the weather by ourselves, we must know what makes it change naturally, and after years of practice, there are three things basic things Iâve found have to be taken into consideration when spellcrafting, and these three basics are: the Sun, Air and Waterâď¸
âď¸The Sun: The Sun, or heat, affects the weather through itâs radiation. Warmer temperatures mean more water evaporation, more likely to form clouds and rain. This also ties to water pressence. But more Sun doesnât always mean more rain, the amount of water that the Sun can evaporate will define how much precipitation there is in the end, as in polar areas rain is rare too, even if water abounds, as the Sun doesnât really heat it enough to evaporate enough for rain to be common.
đ The Water: Water pressence or lack of it affects the weather greatly. One of the first things my mother taught me was that places with large bodies of water nearby, like lakes or the Ocean, have less broad temperature ranges. This means, temperature changes less drastically: if itâs 20°C at mid-day, itâs not gonna be -5°C at night, itâs probably going to be ~10°C. Water, due to itâs chemical properties, absorves a lot of heat, thus absorves the Sunâs radiation easily and prevents the temperature from rising. In desert areas or places with really low humidity, temperature ranges are much broader, for example, 40°C during the day to -10°C at night, since thereâs no water to soften the Sunâs effects.
đŞď¸ The Air: Differences in pressure and temperature cause masses of air to move, as wind. From places with high pressure and temperature, called anticyclones, to places with low temperature and low pressure, cyclones. Research what winds affect your area, where they form and what characteristics (humidity, temperature, etc) they have. Create correspondences for them based on their unique characteristics!
âď¸ General advice âď¸
âď¸ Research, seriously read as much as you can about geography, the characteristics of the place youâre living in and how the factors mentioned above affect itâs climate.
âď¸ Make correspondences that work for you and make sense to you, corresponding to your areaâs geography, the winds affecting it, your usual weather, keep track of it, also make correspondences for the Sun and Moon and Water or Ocean, deities you work with in your craft, their offerings and altar settings, you can include maps and drawings in your grimoire!
âď¸ For temperatures, you can call into Sun deities in your work, or use fire and Sun symbolism, like candles or burning sigils/offerings.
âď¸Â If water is lacking in your area, consider calling onto water or ocean deities in your craft, spirits of any nearby rivers or spirits/deities associated to the nearest water source to you.
âď¸ Different winds with different characteristics will also form different fronts when interacting with eachother, research what these are and how they form, call into winds you need to form these fronts and you can even make sigils for that specific wind combination and the front it causes!
âď¸ Ways of weather working âď¸
âď¸ Cloud/wind reading: also one of the first things my mother taught me, as different winds have different temperatures and humidity, they form specific types of clouds. Just by looking at the sky, their shapes and how many there are or not, or by feeling the wind, where it comes from, how cold or dry it is, you can tell which winds are affecting you at the moment, if thereâs just one or more, and how many possibilities you have of rain or a storm forming. For example, I live in the argentinean northern patagonia, which means Iâm affected by 4 different types of main winds. If I see clouds like nimbostratus, I know weâre having a wind called sudestada, and we may have storms and even a spring tide due to itâs effects.
âď¸ Make charms: you can make all sorts of easy charms for weather magic. The classic work is the 9 knot spell, but thereâs much easier stuff like windchimes to alert of energy changes.
âď¸ Herbs, roots, spices, grains, sand: all of these have different uses in weather magic! Hereâs some of my correspondences for water witchcraft, stay tuned to my blog for a future post on what herbs and spices to use specifically for weather workings!
âď¸ Sound: whistling, by yourself or using whistles, are one way to call on wind. If you have any tie to merfolk or know you have weather singing abilities, you can sing too (be aware, not all merfolk like humans singing, can cause with fae troubles too and you may want to avoid this), another good idea is chants or prayers. Making sounds similar to rain falling with instruments like whatâs here called a palo de lluvia or small bells also work very well.
âď¸ Warning: use this knowledge responsibly, donât further help the weather go wild, donât put other people in risk, thank you âď¸
âď¸Â With Love, Nao âď¸
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