How to know what Witch you are | 20 Types of Witches

Hi my lovely witches and those want to be one my name is dex and i’m the witch of the witch’s cookery and today we’re talking about how to know what type of witch you are and yes there are thousands of videos on that topic already on youtube

But i thought i’ll give you a little bit of a different perspective and a very thorough breakdown on types of witches and why or why not to label your craft as you might have seen on social media or pinterest boards it’s now very much a trend to label your witchcraft as a green

a cottage witch a kitchen a crystal major herbal witch hatchbacher cosmic ridge twin demonic ridge draconic satanic village mickenvidge i did stumble across terms like mermaid witch or coffee witch and just no it’s insane how many labels exist you can basically take any kind of word

And put a witch behind it and there you go it exists if you’re only interested in hearing about a certain type of fidget feel free to look down in the description box for the timestamps do we need those navels do we need to know what which

We are now i am german and in the german scene we don’t talk about different kinds of witches that’s not a thing you’re either rich or you’re not but it is a trend in the english speaking witch community at the moment to pick those labels and personally on

My channel i use them too in order for people to find me these types of witches can actually come in handy if you’re looking for a specific group of like-minded people or you’re looking for a specific kind of practice or way to weave your magic it’s easier

To find groups on facebook or reddit or search for youtube videos if you kind of know what you’re looking for however as my dear friend wayward which always says if we label we limit so you kind of box yourself in if you choose one of those labels what we’re looking into today

Are the types of witches or the labels that describe your belief system how you practice the craft and then we’ll also talk a little bit more about different kinds of very popular or very widespread types of witches in my opinion in order to be one type of witch you also don’t

Need to do and like everything that little pinterest board tells you so you don’t have to be stereotypical in your interests or how you practice or what you like to do in order to subscribe to one type of witch for example in order to be a kitchenette you don’t have to be a

Five a star chef you can also just microwave your lean cucine with intention and that can also be kitchen victory or in order to be a green witch you don’t have to constantly have your hands stuck in dirt and you know wipe with the worms and have the greenest thumb it is

Also enough to be someone that likes to work with herbs and in reality a lot of those labels actually only describe a form of practice and a lot of witches do practice eclectic which comes from the ancient greek term eclectus meaning to pick or to choose and that’s

Basically what it means you pick and choose different types of practices or different kinds of streams or beliefs and you just tailor them to your own person and to how you feel your craft how you live your spirituality or how you want to practice witchcraft there are very few people

That strictly only follow one line only one belief or one specific way of working the magic but let’s start with an example how a label could look like so personally i would tile myself a secular agnostic green kitchen and cottage witch that practices various aspects of the bavarian folk

Witchcraft in short i’m an eclectic witch let’s start with the types of witches that describe your belief some witches to practice their witchcraft in a religious context examples of that would be of course vicar christian witchcraft satanic witchcraft santeria and many many other more tribal specific types of witchcraft

Opposed to the religious witchcraft you have the secular witchcraft that just means that you keep your witchcraft apart from any kind of religious ties or beliefs here you would have for example the atheist witches so the witches that don’t believe or work with any deities you have the agnostic witches that are

Like me a bit like there could be something they could not be something they are very indesive folks then you also would have for example pagan witches and here again you have witches that follow a specific pantheon a specific pagan path and work with those deities and then you also have atheists pagans

That only follow traditions of for example the north path or the germanic beliefs or the celtic beliefs and so forth so basically anyone who practices witchcraft could choose to pick one of those labels as a part of their big witchcraft type then let’s go a level deeper of how we practice

You have solitary witches and you have coven witches solitary practitioners practice by themselves they’re not part of a coven and coven witches obviously self-explanatory are a part of a coven and like to also do rituals in group or especially in the wicked tradition you have like covens where you have to be

Initiated into or should be initiated into of course there’s also a lot of solitary vican practitioners so a third description or type of witch would be hereditary versus self-taught witches hereditary which just means that your family members are witches too and you have been brought up with certain traditions

Witchcraft is a lifestyle and a spirituality choice so it’s nothing you’re born with so it doesn’t mean that if your parents have been witches that you necessarily have to be one too maybe have been raised with different practices and you choose to do them but it also

Doesn’t mean if no one in your family has been imaged that you can’t be one you can choose to be one self-taught witches are just people that haven’t been growing up with these certain traditions haven’t learned from elders in a family from their parents from aunts uncles whoever

And have started their own journey so these are all labels that anyone could actually pick from if they wanted to especially the ones that are more geared towards religious paths would already hold a lot of information value for you on how you can practice your craft over types of rituals

Spells and practices in general you could involve into your craft but now we’re getting more to that very descriptive and very popular types of witches and we’ll also look into how to know what type of which you are so my personal advice when looking what type of witchcraft

Would work well with you is of course looking into your interests and into your hobbies into things that you are drawn to if you know nothing about crystals and they just don’t speak to you and you are not interested in collecting rocks probably you don’t necessarily need to get into crystal witchcraft as

It’s sometimes titled or if you’re someone that really despises cooking you just burn everything you touch and it’s not something that brings you joy kitchen victory is probably also hard to get into personally i do love to weave magic into my everyday because then it doesn’t feel like an extra chore

It feels like something that comes naturally into my life and i can bring magic into everything i do so also look into what do i like to do every day i love to cook so i’m big into kitchen literally i love to have a cozy home i love to

Make it nice i like to decorate so i’m definitely also into cottage witchcraft we’ll talk just in a second what that all entails it brings me a lot of joy to be outside i need to go on two walks every day to really feel happy and healthy and i also

Do connect with plants a lot and i’m trying to keep my own plants alive so green witchcraft and working with herbs is also something that i enjoy and you can really also come up with your own labels you don’t have to follow the couple of choices

That the internet throws at you so all these types that i’m going to explain now basically just describe certain types of workings or certain types of practices so you can really just mix and match them and tailor them into something that fits you perfectly green witchcraft describes

Someone who likes to work with herbs and with plants in their magic you don’t have to grow them yourself you can just buy some herbs spices in your supermarket that’s fine too and there are many many ways to work with plant life you can put them in bottles you can put them into

Food you can dress spell candles with them you can work in nature where a tree grows for example with tree magic that label only describes that you do enjoy to work with greenery if you’re really interested in herbalism for example or if you’re interested in learning specific folkloric magical correspondences of plants

Or how plants grow and what they can do for your body on a medicinal or mental level then green witchcraft might be something you’re interested in kitchen witchcraft basically means that you put your magic into your food and there are many different ways to do so

If you want to know how exactly click the video up here and it can really range from just preparing food or drinks with intention stirring your wishes in soup and coffee cooking with certain herbs or ingredients that carry some magical significance working with citruls in pie crusts and stuff like that

Or just cooking with love cottage witchcraft is basically domestic witchcraft so anything household related for example making cleansing floor washes or decorating your house with protective spell items making sleeping sashays for sweet dreams to put underneath the pillow there are many ways to bring magic to your home and your loved ones it’s

Very scented around your house and your family members or household members cottage witchcraft is also often referred to as half witchcraft and i do have another lovely video linked up here for you to watch for some inspiration on cottage witchery it’s a perfect path for anyone that’s a natural homemaker or

If you spend a lot of time in your house and do value having a nice atmosphere there next you have the hatch witch and the term hatch which actually stems from jumping the hedge meaning you’re crossing the border between this mundane world and the spirit world so it’s someone that likes to connect

With spirits with ancestors a lot of hatch witches do like to work very traditional with herbs as well but i also have this aspect of shamanic or druidic kind of influences there it’s a bit less mundane than the three previous ones next we have the cosmic witch also sometimes referred to as the

Astrology witch this is for people that are really into the cosmos the stars the moon the sun the planets it’s astronomy it’s astrology it can be like knowing what kind of a retrograde can influence our lives here how it can influence the mood of people it’s about star science or star constellations

Birth charts and such and how they might affect your personality or form your personality it’s also working with planets stars other cosmic phenomenons and the significance or magical correspondence they carry a lot of witches would also classify themselves as a lunar witch so as someone that works for the moon

And with the moon faces and what that entails is just practicing different spells and rituals at a specific time in the month according to the moon and the correspondences that that can hold is the moon now full is it a good time for an abundance ritual

Is it a new moon is it good for new beginnings and such obviously this can also tie into green witchcraft where you for example plant with a lunar calendar next we have the elemental ridge that will work with the elements of water fire earth and what a fire what a fire earth and Air earth air earth air earth air fire and water this does stem a lot from the wiccan context where you do work with a specific elements and you cast your circle in a specific order where the elements have also different correspondences to the directions to certain planets and as such

It also ties very much into nature magic in reality a lot of witches do work in some way or another with the elements by doing candle magic by doing freezer spells and stuff like that that’s all taking the elements in order to carry a specific energy or to direct

So it is part of many people’s practice but there are some witches that do not necessarily work too much with too many props and things and just focus on those basic foundations just the elements then you have also the urban witch this is kind of witchcraft that ties you somewhat

To your location while a lot of witchcraft practices are very nature focused and nature based there’s also great ways to practice witchcraft in the city and use what is there the modern things that are there the cars the traffic lights the noise the amount of people i just spoke before about how elements

Can carry energy and can activate energy of course also a big accumulation of people can carry a similar energy and you can work with that too i have not made a video on that yet but i’m definitely planning to if you are interested in learning more about how you

Can witch in the city please let me know in the comments down below another very creative and fun way to practice witchcraft is art witchcraft through painting through doing arts and crafts through music anything that’s creative that you create with your own hand with your own mind

Has of course the potential to hold a lot of magic as well this can be done with painting specific sigils or just creating art with intentions little figurines you can also weave spells into music or into song and there are no real rules here you can be

A free and try out different things you can literally weave or crochet not magic and make for example clothes that are charged with protective magic or you can make beautiful magically infused decoration for your own home that also has a use in witchcraft in order to bring a

Certain energy in your home or of course cleanse your home from negative energy so it’s definitely something to look into if you have a creative mind if you like to be artsy in some way and now with all the technology that we’ve got we can of course also make witchcraft a

Bit more modern and bring in the things that our modern times actually allow us to experiment with so you also have tech witches that practice technological witchcraft especially now with the situation of all this in a lot of witches do go to online meetups to do ritual together through

Zoom through skype for example you have an entire techno pagan movement with urban shamanism that connects the beliefs of a spirited animistic world into our modern day society and technological options as well it’s a type of which it doesn’t only see a spirit and energy in natural items but also sees this kind

Of energy and man-made stuff now you also have a lot of apps like moon calendars you have to row abs and stuff like that where you don’t actually need physical items but you can do a lot of victory from your phone and of course i have to include the

Crystal witch someone that’s really into healing crystals the magical significant they hold the healing powers they might have and many many different ways of how to work magic with them some just have them in their home others carry their specific crystals with them all day some put them in a little witch bottles

Some infuse their water with them there’s also some crystals that you can have sexy time with some witches like to wear crystal jewelry or if you grow your own plants some even believe having a specific crystal next to a plant will make it grow better so if you are a collective pretty things

Or are just fascinated by the theories behind all of this knowledge then it’s definitely an interesting path to dip your toes into so this was my personal take on how to know what type of witch you are let me know if you label yourself or if you are a happily unlabeled witch

And what kind of practices you specifically like to enjoy to involve in your craft and in your life i wish you a wonderful magical day and i’ll see you very soon