Candle Colors For Candle Magick
Colors can play a role in
visualizing our intent for each candle spell. This list of candle colors and
their magical purposes is from the book 'Earth, Air, Fire & Water' by Scott
Cunningham. Scott Cunningham’s books are wonderful resources.
Use these color recommendations as a
guide, but always go with your intuition for the most effective color
choice when creating your unique ritual or spell.
The Colors
RED - Maintaining health; bodily strength; physical energy;
sex; passion; courage; protection, and defensive magic. This color is the
element of Fire. Throughout the world, red is associated with life and death.
PINK - Love; friendship; happiness, beauty,compassion,
relaxation. Pink candles can be burned during rituals designed to improve self love.
They're ideal for weddings and for all forms of emotional union.
ORANGE - Attraction, energy, increasing personal physical energy.
Burn to attract specific influences or objects.
YELLOW - Intellect; 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
GREEN - Money; prosperity; employment; fertility; healing;
growth; abundance. Green is the color of the element of Earth. Burn when
looking for a job or seeking a needed raise.
BLUE - Healing; peace; patience; psychic realm, happiness. 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, then extinguish its flame. Blue candles can also be
charged and burned to awaken the psychic mind.
PURPLE - Power; healing severe diseases; spirituality; meditation;
religion. 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.
WHITE - Protection; purification; all purposes. White contains
all colors. It's linked with the Moon. White candles are specifically burned
during purification and protection rituals. If you're to keep but one candle on
hand for magical purposes, choose a white one. Before use, charge it with
personal per and it will work for all positive purposes.
BLACK - Banishing negativity, absorbing negativity, transition;
the ending of something that is the beginning of something else. Black is the
absence of color. In magic, it's also representative of outer space. Despite
what you may have heard, black candles are burned for positive purposes, such
as casting out baneful energies or to absorb illness and nasty habits.
BROWN - Burned for spells invoking animals, usually in
combination with other colors. A brown candle and a red candle for animal
protection; brown and blue for healing, and so on.
