Time Travel

Time Travel is the ability to move through time and space into the past or the future. This ability can be achieved through an independent power or through other means such as spell casting and potions. Users of this power can travel through time in both directions, though there are many differences between traveling to the past and the future.
Time Travel is a powerful and potentially dangerous ability as it can be used to change the course of history and alter the Grand Design.
==The Past==
It was originally believed that when witches travel to the past, they lose access to their magic, effectively turning them into mortals. This was shown when little Piper was able to freeze adult Piper and Prue. This was either due to them not being born and thus not existing yet, or younger versions of themselves possessing their magic instead."That '70s Episode" and "All Hallow's Eve"
However, it was later revealed that when witches travel to the past, they lose their active powers, but are still in possession of their basic powers such as spell casting."Witchstock" Certain spells, such as the one used by Chris Halliwell and Bianca, allow time travelers to maintain all of their powers. This method of time travel creates a portal instead of sending users through time through orbs."Chris-Crossed"
Cupid Rings also allow beings to keep their magical powers, as shown when Piper was immune to Patty's freezing in the past."Forever Charmed" The warlock Bacarra also retained his powers when he traveled in time through a Time Ripple."A Witch In Time"
When Clyde send Paige and Leo into the past through his portal, Paige inhabited the body of her teenage self, while Leo became an invisible spirit only Paige could see."A Paige from the Past"
When Billie projected herself and the Charmed Ones back to the past to the Triad, Dumain, and Christy, they are shown to still have their powers, even though they are in the past.
==The Future==
When the Charmed Ones first visited the future through use of a spell, they possessed their future selves' bodies and gained access to their powers as well, which had grown in strength. They theorized that traveling to the future worked differently than traveling to the past."Morality Bites"
When Piper and Leo accidentally traveled to the future instead of the past, they remained in their own bodies and were able to interact with their future counterparts. This is presumably due to the magic of a Cupid Ring working differently than wiccan magic."Forever Charmed"
Phoebe Halliwell traveled to the future in an Astral Premonition and was able to interact with her future self for a few moments."Hulkus Pocus"
== Methods of Time Travel ==
===Powers===
Billie Jenkins learned to use her Projection power to travel through time. She first used this aspect of her power to locate her sister Christy, and again when she traveled back in time after the Ultimate Battle. Phoebe Halliwell has the power of Astral Premonition which allows her to astral project into the future time-frame she is seeing.
===Spells and Rituals===
Spells are a common way to travel through time. This ability is often used by the Charmed Ones, who used it to travel both to the past as the future. Once in the past, witches no longer possess their active powers, either because they do not exist yet, or because younger versions of them possess the powers instead. Chris used a different spell to travel to the past, which allowed him to keep his powers. This spell opened a portal through which he could reach his desired time.
===Potions===
Cole Turner once used a potion to travel through time. By smashing the potion on the ground, a portal opened in the ground which allowed him to travel to the past and back to the present. A Vision Quest can be used to see visions of the future, similar to Astral Premonitions. To go on a quest, one must drink a potion. Both Phoebe and Leo used this on separate occasions.
===Portals===
The Elders once displayed the power to send others back in time through Portal Creation, which they used to send the Charmed Ones back in time to meet their ancestors.  A spirit named Clyde also possessed the power to send people through time by using a portal that looked like a door. He used it to send Leo and Paige to the past, where Paige learned the truth about her adoptive parents' car accident.  When a destined event is prevented, it sends a ripple through time. A Time Ripple can be used as a portal to travel through time. Both the warlock Bacarra and Piper once used one of these ripples. As an Avatar, Leo also displayed the power to create time portals when he sent Paige and Kyle Brody to the past to find out the truth about his parents' death.
===Artifacts===
Cupids and other beings in possession of a Cupid Ring can travel through time. This method of time travel is complicated, as it relies on desires instead of thoughts. One must be very specific to get to the desired time. Time travel with a Cupid Ring appears to be bound to different rules than time travel through spells. In her hippie days, Penny Halliwell used to enchant her belongings to return to her if they were lost. When her granddaughter Paige put on a pair of her Go-Go Boots, she was transported back the sixties.
==Gallery==
Time_Travelling.jpg|Prue, Prue and Piper travel to the '70s
Time_Travelling_2.jpg|Prue, Piper and Phoebe travel to 2009
Time_Portal.jpg|A time portal generated by The Elders
Time_Portal_2.jpg|Clyde's door, a portal through time
Time_Portal_3.jpg|Bianca opens a time portal to the future
Witchintime.jpg|Time travel through a Time Ripple
CoopPhoebePastLoves.jpg|Tim travel with a Cupid Ring
6x11-BootsPaige.jpg|Grams' boots returning to the past
==Overview==
Image	Episode	Episode Name 	Who? 	Year and/or Date 	Method 	Reason
 	1x17 	That '70s Episode 	Prue, Piper and Phoebe 	March 24th, 1975 	Spell 	To unbind a bond with Nicholas.
 	2x02 	Morality Bites 	Prue, Piper and Phoebe 	February 26th, 2009 	Spell 	To find out why Phoebe will be executed in the future.
 	2x14 	
Pardon My Past 	Phoebe 	
February 17th, 1924 	Spell 	To prevent Phoebe's past life curse from killing her.
 	3x04 	All Halliwell's Eve 	Prue, Piper and Phoebe 	Late 1670's 	Portal 	To rescue Charlotte Warren after she's been kidnapped.
 	3x14 	The Good, the Bad and the Cursed	Prue and Cole 	April 25th, 1873 	Time loop 	To save a town stuck in a time loop.
 	4x06 	A Knight to Remember 	Phoebe and Piper, then eventually Paige and Leo	12th Century 	Portal 	To stop the Evil Enchantress.
 	4x10 	A Paige from the Past 	Paige and Leo 	1994 	Portal 	To revisit Paige's past before her parents died.
 	5x06 	The Eyes Have It 	Phoebe 	A few minutes into the future 	Astral Premonition 	To see that they can't vanquish Orin with a potion.
 	5x08 	A Witch In Time 	Piper 	About 12-24 hours back 	Time Ripple 	To tell past Piper that Miles must die.
 	5x18 	Cat House 	Paige and Phoebe 	1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 	Spell 	Accidental, Paige and Phoebe become stuck in Piper's memories.
 	6х03 	Forget Me...Not 	Piper, Phoebe and Paige 	About 24 hours back 	Memory Spell: To Fill in the Blanks	To regain lost memories.
 	6x07 	Soul Survivor 	Leo and Chris 	Different Times 	Portal 	Accidental, Chris and Leo fall into a time portal while arguing.
 	6x10 	Chris-Crossed 	Chris and Bianca 	2026 	Spell 	To bring Chris back to the future.
 	6x11 	Witchstock 	Paige, then Piper and Phoebe 	1967 	Grams' Go-Go Boots 	To bring Paige back to the present.
 	6x14 	The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell 	Phoebe 	2008 	Vision Quest 	Vision Quest, to learn about the future.
 	7x07 	Someone to Witch Over Me 	Leo, with the help of Chris 	1942, 2001, 2003, 2004 	Vision Quest 	Vision Quest, to re-find himself.
 	7x11 	Ordinary Witches 	Paige, with Kyle 	1981 	Portal 	To find out the truth about Kyle's parents death.
 	7x15 	Show Ghouls 	Phoebe and Drake 	1899 	Time loop 	To save a club stuck in a time loop.
 	8x09 	Hulkus Pocus 	Phoebe 	Around 2013 	Astral Premonition 	To see that she did have the daughter she foresaw.
 	8x14 	12 Angry Zen 	Billie 	1990's 	Projection 	To find Christy Jenkins.
 	8x17 	Generation Hex 	Coop and Phoebe 	1920's, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006	Cupid Ring 	To show Phoebe her past loves.
 	8x22 	Forever Charmed 	Billie 	About 8 hours back 	Projection 	To save Christy from dying in the Ultimate Battle.
 	8x22 	Forever Charmed 	Piper and Leo, then eventually Grams and Patty 	About 8 hours back, 1975, 1982, 2050	Cupid Ring 	To save Paige and Phoebe from dying in the Ultimate Battle.
== Visiting Past Loves ==
Image:Coopphoebe100.jpg|Outside Phoebe's Loft
Image:Cooppho3.jpg|Talking about love
Image:Coppho4.jpg|Coop activates his Ring
Image:Cooppho5.jpg|Using his Ring's power
Image:Cooppho6.jpg|Phoebe is uncertain about going to the past
Image:Cooppho7.jpg|Traveling through time
Image:PhoebeCoopFirst.jpg|Arriving where Phoebe shows Dex magic
Image:PhoebeCoopDex.jpg|Phoebe talking to Dex
Image:PhoebeTransformingback.jpg|Phoebe Transforming
Image:PhoebeCoop-Behind_Tools.jpg|Behind Tools about to time travel
Image:Cooppho8.jpg|Back in the 1920s
Image:Cooptime2.jpg|Coop laughs as they watch Russell and Anton
Image:Cooptime1.jpg|Russell and Anton Kiss
Image:Cooppho10.jpg|Phoebe covers Coop's eyes
Image:Coopphoebee12.jpg|Watching Past Phoebe and Drake
Image:Coopphoebes13.jpg|Past Phoebe and Drake Kissing
Image:CoopphoebeCole.jpg|Watching past Phoebe vanquish her love, Cole
Image:Cooplove10.jpg|Consoling Phoebe during Cole's vanquish
Image:Cooplove11.jpg|Watching Cole being vanquished
Image:Cooplove.jpg|Phoebe and Jason
Image:Cooplove2.jpg|Phoebe held by Jason
Image:Cooplove3.jpg|Jason kisses Phoebe
Image:Cooplove4.jpg|Leslie
Image:Coopelise.jpg|Phoebe and Elise talking about Lesie
Image:Cooplove5.jpg|Phoebe and Drake dance
Image:Cooplove7.jpg|Phoebe and Drake kiss
Image:Cooplove8.jpg|The Journey is complete
== Notes ==
* Time Travel has been performed in all seasons.
* The mechanics of Time Travel changed several times over the course of the series and are highly inconsistent.
==See Also==
*Chronokinesis
*Portal Creation
*Teleportation
==References==
Category:Powers
Category:Spells
Category:Charmed terms