Candle Meanings
Candles in the craft are
used to help to increase
a spells power, or to
influence a particular
power. I have provided a
list of colors, which we
use, and is offered to
help you in your journey
into the craft.
White:
A balance of all colors;
Spiritual enlightenment,
cleansing, clairvoyance,
healing, truth seeking;
Rituals involving lunar
energy’ May be
substituted for any
color candle.
Yellow:
Activity, Creativity,
unity; brings power of
concentration and
imagination to a ritual;
use in rituals where you
wish to gain another's
confidence or persuade
someone, or in rituals
that require solar
energy.
Gold:
Fosters understanding
and attracts the powers
of cosmic influences;
beneficial in rituals
intended to bring about
fast luck or money, or
in rituals needing solar
energy.
Pink:
Promotes romance,
friendship; standard
color for rituals to
draw affections; a color
of femininity, honor,
service, brings
friendly, lively
conversation to the
dinner table.
Red:
Health, passion, love,
fertility, strength,
courage, will power;
increases magnetism in
rituals; draws Aries and
Scorpio energy.
Silver:
Removes negativity and
encourages stability;
helps develop psychic
abilities; attracts the
influence of the Mother
Goddess.
Purple:
Power, success,
idealism, psychic
manifestations; ideals
for rituals to secure
ambitions, independence,
financial rewards, or to
make contact with the
spiritual other world;
increases Neptune
energy.
Magenta:
Combination of red and
violet that oscillates
on a high frequency;
energizes rituals where
immediate action and
high levels of power or
spiritual healing are
required.
Brown:
Earthly, balanced color;
for rituals of material
increase; eliminates
indecisiveness; improves
powers of concentration,
study, telepathy;
increases financial
success; locates objects
that have been lost.
Indigo:
Color of inertia; stops
situations or people;
use in rituals that
require a deep
meditation state; or in
rituals that demand
Saturn energy.
Royal Blue:
Promotes laughter and
joviality; color or
loyalty; use to attract
Jupiter energy, or
whenever an influence
needs to be increased.
Light Blue:
Spiritual color; helpful
in devotional or
inspirational
meditations; brings
peace and tranquility to
the home; radiates
Aquarius energy; employ
where a situation must
be synthesized.
Blue:
Primary spiritual color;
for rituals to obtain
wisdom, harmony, inner
light, or peace; confers
truth and guidance.
Emerald Green:
Important component in
Venusians rituals;
attracts love, social
delights, and fertility.
Dark Green:
Color of ambition,
greed, and jealousy;
counteracts these
influences in a ritual.
Green:
Promotes prosperity,
fertility, success;
stimulates rituals for
good luck, money,
harmony, and
rejuvenation.
Grey:
Neutral color useful
when pondering complex
issues during
meditation; in magic,
this color often sparks
confusion; it also
negates or neutralizes a
negative influence.
Black:
Opens up the deeper
levels of the
unconscious; use in
rituals to induce a deep
meditation state, or to
banish evil or
negativity as in
uncrossing rituals;
attracts Saturn energy.
Candles:
Violet - Healing, power,
independence, psychic
powers, success,
protection
Black - Protection,
counteraction, banishing
evil
White - All colors,
purity, peace, truth,
strength in spirit,
divination, meditation.
Anointing the Candle/s:
You may wish to anoint
the candle/s with any of
the plants/herbs/oils
listed below, or
sprinkle them around the
candle/s while saying an
incantation, if you feel
the need:
Turnip* - Protection,
ending relationships