Yule Good Luck Charm

Would you like to help your friends and loved ones by increasing their good luck throughout the coming year? This Yuletide custom lets you make a unique magickal gift for everyone on your list.

INGREDIENTS/ TOOLS:

A Yule log

Matches or a lighter

A cloth drawstring pouch for each person on your gift list

Dried pink rose petals (for love)

Dried lavender buds (for peace of mind)

Dried basil (for protection)

Dried mint leaves (for prosperity)

Dried echinacea (for health)

A sheet of paper

Scissors

A pen

BEST TIME TO PERFORM THE SPELL:

Yule (usually December 21)

On the night of the winter solstice, build a Yule fire in a safe place and burn an oak log in it. The next morning when the ashes have cooled, scoop some into each pouch. Add the dried botanicals. Cut the sheet of paper into slips, one for each person on your list. Write a personalized wish on each slip of paper. Fold the papers three times and add them to the pouches. Tie the pouches closed and give them to your loved ones.

 

–Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

A Charm for Protection and Control

Special Tools:
• One red candle, One white candle, A small piece of white paper, Protection oil (pre-made or homemade), Ink pen, Red ribbon
Cast the circle. Set a white candle alight on the left to represent the Goddess and a red candle alight on the right to represent the God. Place materials for the charm between the candles. Using the protection oil, with the index finger of the right hand, draw a pentagram in the middle of the paper while saying:

“With the seal of this pentagram I request this charm be used for protection and authority over those I am with today.”

Using a pen, in the center of the oil-drawn pentagram, draw the rune Algiz, (the rune of protection). Say:

“With this rune, Algiz, I request this charm be used for protection and control over all I do”.

Now seal it but If you’re doing the ritual for someone else, hand him/her the piece of paper and tell him/her to concentrate on the rune and what it means and ask aloud for what you want. Then to seal those energies into the charm, tell him or her:

“When you are ready, roll the paper up tightly, lengthwise and give it back to me.”

When the charm is handed back it is wrapped three times with a red ribbon sealed with wax dripped onto it (use a ring or seal if you have one or draw a symbol like the 3 pointed star in the hot wax pool to seal and then tie the ribbon into a bow. Consecrate the charm with an element of the God, fire, and an element of the Goddess, air (the smoke from the candles). Hold the charm over the red candle of the God and say, “I consecrate you in fire for (name) so that he/she can defend and protect him/herself/ myself with the powers he/she/ I has (have). Hold the charm in the smoke of the white candle of the Goddess and say:

“I consecrate you in air for (name) so that he/she I can defend and protect him/herself or self with the powers he/she (I) has (have).”

Tightly clasp the charm in both hands, the right hand around the charm and the left over your right. Concentrate on the charms task. Seal the left end of the charm with white wax and right end with red wax. The charm is complete and given to the intended person or kept by you if you make it for yourself. Close the circle.

TURQUOISE PROTECTION AMULET

The ancients regarded turquoise as a powerful magical aid to ward off misfortune, illness, and the evil eye. You can use turquoise to make your own amulet for protection.

To begin, during the waxing Moon take a piece of blue turquoise or an item of blue turquoise jewelry and hold it in your hand for a moment. In your mind’s eye, picture a blue light surrounding you. Hold the stone to your heart, and breathe on it to charge it with your power, saying:

“Stone of blue, surround me with protective energy.

I am protected by your soothing blue light.”

Carry your turquoise with you or wear it as often as you can. Handle it frequently to keep the spell active.

Dragon Charm

This spell charms an item using dragon magick.

You will need:

An item you want to charm

A candle (preferably white)

Matches or lighter

Belief

 

-Get your materials.

-Place the candle in front of you.

-Place the item in between you and the candle.

-Light the candle.

-Say this only once, “Dragon of light, I call upon you. Turn this (item) into a charm of good luck. Never shall my spells fail.”

-Wave the item in the flame and say, “This ordinary charm is now a good luck charm. So mote it be.”

-Blow out the candle. If the charm has some black stuff on it, it’s ok to wash it.

-Put on the charm and feel the new energy enter your body.

And now you have your own charm.

Money Charm

 

This is more properly a charm rather than a spell because you have formed a different object (the bag) and given it power through incantation. As always, a money charm like this relies on the energy set up between you and the money. If you recognize that money is a resource, you can adjust the spell to ask for resources rather than money itself.

 

You will need

• • A SQUARE OF GREEN CLOTH

• • ALLSPICE, BORAGE, LAVENDER AND SAFFRON

• • CRYSTALS (such as garnet, ruby and emerald or rock salt)

• • THREE SILVER COINS

• • GOLD AND SILVER-COLORED THREAD

 

Method

Hold the three silver coins in your hands. Breathe on them four times and say:

 

To the spirits of Air I say bring some money my way.

Put the herbs, crystals and coins on the cloth.

 

Tie the cloth into a bag using eight knots in the thread. (It is probably easiest to fold the thread into two and tie knots round the neck of the bag.)

 

Hide the bag in a safe, cool, dark place, away from prying eyes for eight days.

 

After eight days money should be coming in.

 

Be as realistic as possible, imagining what you will do with the money and how best it will be used. Once you have made the bag, meditate daily on what you want. By using the three silver coins and four breaths you create the vibration of the number seven which is considered to be both a lucky, and spiritual, number.

Simple Charge and Carry Talismans

 

One of the easiest and most portable ways to work crystal magic is to charge a small stone with a particular intention and then keep it with you in a pocket or locket as you go about your day.

The energy of the crystal itself combines with the magical energy of your intention to reinforce the manifestation of your desire. In addition, your awareness of the charmed stone on your person helps remind you that the Universe is realigning itself to conform to your request.

This type of spell is particularly useful for work concerning emotional, psychological, and/ or spiritual challenges, such as boosting your courage when facing a daunting task or situation. However, you can also charge a stone for longer-term goals, such as attracting prosperity or warding off sources of chronic negativity.

One note of caution: if you carry stones in your pocket, be sure not to carry keys or any other sharp objects in the same pocket, as many of the stones used in magic can scratch easily.

It’s also best to avoid carrying polished and raw stones together— particularly raw crystal points, which can definitely scratch the softer polished variety!

Of course, you can wrap polished stones in a soft cloth to avoid these risks, though some argue that this creates an unnecessary extra barrier between the stone’s energy and your body. This may or may not be the case for you, however, so do what feels right for your circumstances. Finally, try to avoid carrying cell phones and other wireless devices with magically charged crystals, as it’s possible that the emissions from these gadgets can interfere, however slightly, with the stone’s energy field.

You will need:

1 white, black, or purple candle— these are good colors for charging stones, but use a different color if you prefer.

1 or more amethyst and/ or clear quartz crystal pieces— these crystals are excellent charge “boosters,” but are not strictly necessary, so if you don’t have either crystal, you can still charge your talisman stone with your own energy.

1 stone to charge and carry— see individual talisman instructions, below.

Place the amethyst and/ or quartz, if using, in front of the candle and light the wick.

Hold your talisman stone in both hands.

Close your eyes and take several deep breaths.

Visualize yourself achieving the effect that you want the talisman to recreate later (see individual instructions below for examples).

Using words of affirmation will help solidify the visualization, which is the expression of your intention for the talisman.

When you sense that the stone has been programmed with the energy you’re seeking to draw on later, place the stone near the amethyst/clear quartz and leave it with the candle burning for at least one hour.

Then it’s ready to take with you wherever you go, whenever you need it!

 

Wicca Crystal Magic: A Beginner’s Guide to Practicing Wiccan Crystal Magic, with Simple Crystal Spells (Wicca Books Book 4)

Lisa Chamberlain

Goddess Charm

 

If you don’t feel comfortable wearing a pentacle necklace—because you’re still in the broom closet or maybe you just don’t like jewelry—you can always make this goddess charm and wear or carry it instead.

Take a small white pouch (it can be leather, silk, or cotton), and place into it a piece of moonstone, a bit of vervain if you have some, and a bead or symbol that is shaped like a crescent moon. You can just draw a moon on a slip of paper if you’d rater. Then consecrate the charm to stand as your symbol of the goddess and slip it into a purse or pocket, or around your neck. May the goddess always be with you.

 

 

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