Tarot, Candle, and Crystal Magic

Let’s write a simple spell together for something you want. You will be in charge of choosing your magical tools. We will use Tarot, candles, and crystals. First, let’s talk a little about spells and about how and why they work.

Spells help us focus our minds and direct our energy. One of the most important tools that we humans use to get our needs met in this world is our mind. The first step of making or attracting any meaningful thing we desire into our lives starts with the intentional direction of our thoughts. Let's say, for example, that you wanted to attract more abundance into your life. Even without doing magic, that desire would spark thoughts in your brain about how to do so. You would begin to brainstorm different ways to make more money. Then you would take action on those ideas. Sooner or later results would either begin to appear (or not appear).

Adding magic to the equation gives our mind, emotion, and spirit extra tools to stay focused. One very important key to a spell is that you must believe that the spell will work.  What feels more likely to work energetically – an idea and a corresponding game plan followed by action or an idea, time spent meditating on it with a candle, a crystal, and a tarot card, and then creating a corresponding game plan followed by action?

Now, let’s get to work. Choose an area of life that you want to change for the better. Most of us are focused on love, health, or money.  Let’s use the ever-popular desire to attract abundance as an example.

·      Write your intention out as though it were already true in the form of a positive affirmation, like ‘I earn more than enough money to meet my needs and many of my desires’. Many people like to write this with a catchy rhyming scheme that will make the words easier to imbed into your psyche, so we could write something like ‘I plant a blessed and trusting seed that everything I want and need comes to me with cosmic speed’. 

·      Choose a tarot card that matches your intention. I could choose the Nine of Pentacles here.

·      Choose a small spell candle of a color that supports your spell. You can find the information about candle colors online or anywhere spell candles are sold. We could choose green for abundance, or gold for success. (Note – there are many things you can do to prepare a candle for a spell which are beyond the scope of this blog post. Look for books on Candle Magic.)

·      Choose a crystal that calls to you for this purpose. Tiger’s Eye and Aventurine are strong crystals for attracting abundance.

·      In a quiet place where you will not be disturbed, arrange your tarot card, candle, and crystal in a way that resonates for you. Light the candle and repeat your affirmation a number of times. With a soft focus, meditate on the candle while seeing the comfort and security of abundance and how that would look for you in your mind’s eye. Continue your meditation as the candle burns away; a small spell candle usually lasts around a half hour. Once the candle extinguishes itself, dispose of the wax by burying outside near the place where the candle work was done.

See how easy that is?  There is so much more to magic work but I think it’s important that people don’t think they have to learn ancient esoteric chants or join a coven to make magic happen. Tarot cards are easy tools because we can simply choose the picture of what we want. Candle colors and crystals are somewhat intuitive and I would always advise to go with what calls to you, but if you’re new to all of this you can find lots of information on how to do these things. Remember that you yourself are the most sacred tool in this work.  Have a magical day!