THE
MAGIC OF CANDLES
Preparing
Candles Color Symbolism Daily Candle Color Zodiac Chart
Candles
have come a long way from the simple plain beeswax to colored, scented,
adorned, endless shapes and sizes. Electric
lighting can never beat a simple candle when it comes to bringing a warm and
cozy atmosphere to a room. Candles are magical. Candles
can uplift us, energize us, calm us, relax us, put us in the mood for romance, help us focus during meditations, enhance massage and assist
in energy work. Candle
colors have a direct effect on our moods, our thoughts and our
health because of their vibration. Everything of color has subtle influences
and each one vibrates at a different frequency right down to the clothes that
we wear. Candles have been a source of light, pleasure and ritual for many
centuries. Examples are burning a candle for a beloved in a church, candles lit
on a church alter, blowing out the candles on a birthday cake while making a
wish, leaving a lit candle at a window for loved ones to find their way
home, and candles in a jack-o-lantern at Halloween.
Many
books have been written regarding candles and rituals. If choosing
candles to do rituals, setting intentions or meditating to receive answers from
within your self or the universe, we have listed a few simple guidelines.
For more in depth instructions, you may try books written by Anna Riva,
Charmaine Dey, and Cunningham.
ENERGY NEVER STOPS, WHETHER
THOUGHT, WORD OR DEED. Use your energy with candles to manifest
your desires.
Place an alter candle on your
sacred space to purify and protect. It should be larger or taller than
all other candles in use.
Choose a new candle for each
purpose. (see the grids below) (link to astral guide)
You should cleanse your space. (Sacred Space, Alter)
Do the work in private or in
a group but without added interruptions.
Relax and have a positive state of mind.
Always cleanse your candle
before use away from your alter or sacred space.
Claim the candle as
yours. Candles absorb personal power.
Put your own energy and intention into each candle.
Carve your intentions into the
candle or write the petition on paper and place beneath it.
Do not use matches to light
your candles. Use a separate candle as the pilot.
CLEANSING
Clean
your candles with mineral oil, baby oil, olive oil or holy water using a soft
cloth or towel. Let dry completely on a towel for a few minutes.
Bless
the intention candle with a short prayer to the deity of your choice. You
may also add: “I empower this candle to do my work as it vibrates with life and
it bends only to my will”.
Alter candles should also be blessed and may be dressed with Frankincense,
Myrrh or a blend of Holy oils. These candles may be used repeatedly
unlike the intention candles. No need to carve the alter candle.
PETITION
Use a
sharp object to carve your intention into the candle. Focus your energy
clearly. If the candle is too small or in a glass holder, write the
intention on a piece of paper to be placed underneath the burning candle.
DRESSING
Dressing
your candle is the most important step. Use the oil of choice. i.e.: Money
Draw, Success, Love Drawing, Prosperity, Health Drawing. Your energy is
absorbed into the candle as you focus deeply on your intention while you apply
the oil. If using more than one oil, wash and
dry hands thoroughly between each.
If the candle is in a glass container, drop oil onto the wax and rub in a counterclockwise motion to draw in and clockwise to send away.
Wax candles to send away: Focus thoughts and images deeply on the goal, and with the top or bottom pointed away from you, rub the oil from the center to the end in a counter-clockwise motion.
Wax candles to attract: Focus thoughts and images deeply on the goal, and with the top or the bottom facing you, rub the oil from the center to the end in a clockwise motion.
RITUAL
Light
your pilot candle from a lighter away from the sacred space. Using the
pilot, light your candles starting with the alter candle. For at least
twenty minutes, sit and focus on the completion of your intention as you gaze
into the flame of the candle. As you meditate, you may sit quietly,
vocalize, sing, hum, chant or pray with or without music, Remember,
the more forceful and intense the energy, the quicker the results. The
candles may be left to burn down completely or extinguished and relit each
consecutive day until burned down. (BE SAFE)
BLACK: banishing
negativity, absorbing negativity, transition; the ending of something that is
the beginning of something else. Black is the absence of color. Despite what
you may have heard, black candles are also burned for positive purposes,
shielding from evil, or to absorb illness and nasty habits.
BLUE:
healing, peace, patience, psychic realm, happiness, wisdom,
spirituality, understanding, inspiration, friendship, sincerity, harmony.
Blue is the color of the element of Water. Blue is also used in the realm of
sleep and of twilight. If you have trouble sleeping, charge a small blue candle
with the visualization of yourself sleeping through the night. Burn it a few
moments before you get into bed, and then extinguish its flame. Blue candles
can also be charged and burned to awaken the psychic mind.
Blue
(light): truth, inspiration, wisdom, protection, good health, patience,
tranquility, understanding, happiness, inner peace, fidelity, harmony, getting
in contact with higher self.
Blue (royal):
happiness, loyalty, group success, occult power, expansion
Blue
(dark): changeability, depression, impulsiveness.
BROWN:
attract money and success, influence earth elementals, grounding,
concentration, balance, ESP, intuition, study, communicate
with nature, hesitation, neutrality, uncertainty. Burned
for spells invoking animals, usually in combination with other colors.
I.e. a brown candle and a red candle for animal
protection; brown and blue for healing, and so on.
GOLD:
fortune, intuition, understanding, divination, fast luck, financial gain,
attracts higher influences, money, knowledge, healing, happiness. Gold or
light, clear yellow, is associated with male deity powers.
GREEN:
money; prosperity; financial matters, success, employment,
fertility, healing, growth, abundance, good fortune, generosity, success,
renewal, marriage, balance, communication with nature spirits, money,
fertility, finance, healing, luck. Green is the color of the element of earth. Burn
when looking for a job or seeking a needed raise.
INDIGO: meditation,
neutralizing another's magik, balancing karma, stop gossip, lies, or
undesirable competition.
MAGENTA:
Usually used in association with other colors, making things happen fast, quick
change. When used alone, Spiritual Healing, Exorcism.
ORANGE:
prosperity, creativity, enthusiasm, success, encouragement, abundance, justice,
luck, legal matters, stamina and energy, attraction, energy,
increasing personal physical energy, mental agility, sudden changes,
adaptability, attraction, encouragement, stimulation, dissuades laziness, helps
one to gain control, changes luck. A very powerful color, be prepared to face
major changes if you use it. Burn to attract
specific influences or objects.
PINK:
love, friendship, compassion, relaxation, associated with the purest form of
true love, happiness, affection, romance, spiritual awakening and
healing, banishing hatred, honor, morality. Pink candles can be burned
during rituals designed to improve self-love. They're ideal for all forms of
emotional union.
PURPLE:
power, healing severe diseases, spirituality, meditation, religion. personal
growth, success, idealism, higher psychic ability, wisdom, spiritual protection
and healing, honor, spirit contact, breaking bad luck or hexes, driving evil
away, divination, greater magikal knowledge, ambition, business progress,
power, tension, success in court cases, business success, influencing people
who hold power over you. Purple candles can be burned to enhance all spiritual
activities, to increase your magical power, and as a part of intense healing
rituals, in combination with blue candles. Use purple with caution: it's a
very powerful hue and can be difficult to handle.
RED: life, maintaining health,
bodily strength, physical energy, sex, passion, courage, protection, vitality
and defensive magic, energy, strength, sexual potency, physical desire,
passionate love, will power, conquer fear or laziness, courage, health,
sexual love, strength, vigor, protects against psychic attack. This color is
the element of Fire. Throughout the world, red is associated with life and
death.
SILVER
(LIGHT GREY): victory, stability, meditation, removal of negative power,
repelling destruction, cancellation, neutrality, developing psychic ability,
stalemate. Silver is primarily associated with female deities.
VIOLET:
healing, peace, spirituality.
WHITE:
protection, purification, all purposes, purity, sincerity, truth, spirituality,
greater attainments in life, wholeness, higher power, contacting spirit
helpers, balancing auras ,helping pregnancy or birth, raising vibrations,
destroying destructive energy, confusing enemies. It's linked with
the moon. White contains all colors. Whenever in doubt about a candle color,
white is a safe choice. It is a highly balanced spiritual hue. White candles
are specifically burned during purification and protection rituals. If you're
to keep but one candle on hand for magikal purposes, choose a white one. Before
use, charge it with personal power and it will work for all positive purposes.
YELLOW: unity,
intellect, inspiration, imagination, mind power, creativity, confidence, gentle
persuasion, attraction, charm, confidence, concentration, learning, mental
abilities, happiness,
mental clarity, knowledge, commerce, medicine, counseling,
healing, protection, confidence, divination, communication, eloquence, travel,
movement. Yellow is the color of the element of Air. Burn yellow candles during
rituals designed to heighten your visualization abilities. Before studying
for any purpose, program a yellow candle to stimulate your conscious mind.
Light the candle and let it burn while you study. If you are in the performing
arts, yellow is a great color to burn before each event.
Monday is ruled by the Moon:
Candle Color:
white, light grays, silvers
Energies:
invoking power, creative, divine/inspirational ideas, women mysteries,
protections, emotions, dreams, psychic endeavors, clairvoyance, home, family,
medicine, female fertility, voyages, messages, healers, small animals,
children, sisters, wives, instincts, the feminine side of the male,
mothers.
Tuesday is
ruled by Mars:
Candle Color:
orange or red
Energies:
courage, sexual encounters (kundalini binding) protection, increasing strength
physically and mentally, revenge, power over enemies, higher education,
endurance, violence, fast action, surgery, breaking away negative spells,
war, prison, fighting, hunting, politics, physical competitions, leadership,
lust, blood healing.
Wednesday is
ruled by Mercury:
Candle Color:
purple or yellow
Energies:
mental clarity, communication, career and job issues, intellectual pursuits,
travel and planning, writing, strategy, divination, young people, knowledge,
business negotiations, teaching, addictions, debt, fear, loss, self
improvement, perceptions, groups, travel.
Thursday is
ruled by Jupiter:
Candle Color:
blue
Energies: financial
success, money, legal matters, spiritual development, healing on a physical
level, luck, growth, expansion, male fertility, generosity, older men,
masculine side of the female, legal matters, health, honor, wealth,
clothing, desires, men's professions, spiritual attainment.
Friday is
ruled by Venus:
Candle Color:
green
Energies:
beautifying your surroundings, love, pleasure, peace, romance, marriage,
attraction, friendship, art, music, sexual matters, ease, gentleness,
partnerships, affaires of the heart, physical beauty, scents, social
activities, women problems, protection, affairs
Saturday is
ruled by Saturn:
Candle Color:
black or purple
Energies:
business goals, personal projects, weight loss, releasing bad habits, ending
business or personal relationships, obstacles, overcome a block, spirit
communication, meditation, life, freedom, self discipline, protection,
locating lost items, locating people, elderly, endings, deaths, destroying
diseases and pests, constricting, psychic defense.
Sunday is
ruled by the Sun:
Candle Color:
white, orange, yellow or gold
Energies:
healing our body, mind and soul, management and decision making, divine
intervention and miracles, special friendships, health, leadership, healing,
prosperity, self knowledge, happiness, ego, hope, joy, strength,
individuality, authority figures, fathers, husbands, protection, power,
spirituality, fortune.
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