How to Get Lit With Candle Magic.

How to Get Lit With Candle Magic (Aka Manifest Whatever TF You Want) : If you’re just starting to explore magick, you’ve gotta ~let it burn~.

Candles are a staple item in any magickal tool kit. They are used to amplify and release energy and can either be left (unlit) around your pad to promote positive vibes or used (lit) in rituals and spells.

(Don’t burn down your apartment, kthx.)

Candle magick is driven by the element of fire, which represents transformation. Fire changes everything it interacts with, whether it’s turning a love letter into ashes or making water boil for mac and cheese.

This transformational energy is what you’re channeling in candle magick, encouraging and accelerating changes in your life.

In your tool kit, you need seven different colored candles (unscented):

• White: promotes serenity and peace and enhances personal strength and insight.
• Black: for psychic protection, bb.
• Green: helps bring your ideas to life and amplifies prosperity. Yes, please.
• Blue: connects with your chakras and any emotional wounds that need healing.
• Yellow: enhances your networking and social skills, bringing in new career opportunities. (Try keeping one on your desk—unlit.)
• Red: encourages love, sex, and passion. Obvs.
• Pink: This one’s for ~romance~. Placing a pink candle by your home’s doorway will welcome in love.

Sooo, are you ready to (ahem) get lit? Here’s what to do:

Step 1: What are you trying to manifest?

Think of what you want to bring into your life. Be specific, realistic, positive, and kind. (Don’t wish bad things for others, no matter how aggro they’re being.

Let karma take care of it.) Clarify your intention in a single sentence, like, “I need to find a job that pays more and makes me feel excited.”

Step 2: Create your spell.

The most basic candle magick spell is to simply visualize your goal, say a sentence, and light the candle to release the energy. Job done.

Choose the candle’s color carefully. Pick one that corresponds with the nature of your goal, like yellow for your job search.

You may also want to place relevant crystals, herbs, or flowers around your candle to amplify the right ~vibes~.

To level up, you can check on astrology placements to align your ritual with the right energy from the cosmos. If it’s about love, maybe wait till Venus is in Libra.

If you’re hoping to bring fresh opportunities into your world, you might choose a New Moon. Avoid Mercury Retrograde, naturally, unless you’re feeling like playing Russian roulette with the outcome of your spell. (Yikes.)

You can also create a little chant, poem, or song about your goal. I know this sounds a little silly, but trust me: It helps increase your commitment to and resonance with your goal.

Step 3: Dress the candle.

This is important. You’re aiming to forge a ~psychic link~ among the candle, you, and your goal. This is called “dressing the candle.”

First, rub the candle with oil (any oil you have works, like almond, coconut, or jojoba.

If you’re an essential oils fan, you can mix them in too). Rub the candle from top to bottom to draw things to you or from bottom to top to send things away.

As you rub the candle with oil (cover the whole surface but skip the wick), focus on your goal and mentally *pour* that vision into the candle.

Chanting helps—srsly. You may feel your hands start to tingle or get really warm. This is a good sign that the vibes are flowing and the magick is working.

Continue dressing the candle for a couple of minutes, until you feel like it’s ~charged~. You can also scratch names, numbers, or symbols in the wax if there’s something that’s relevant to your spell.

Step 4: Get lit.

Okay, you’re ready for magick. Take a few deep breaths, release tension, and visualize your worries or thoughts drifting away from you. Clear your mind.

Then start to visualize your goal as if it has already happened. Imagine how you’d feel and what life would look like. When you have a clear mental picture, repeat your chant/song/poem or say your intention out loud.

When you feel almost ~full~ of your goal’s energy and positive vibes, light the candle.

Focus on the candle’s aura (the light right outside the flame) and visualize it getting bigger and bigger until it fills the room.

Then imagine it expanding beyond the room into the universe, beaming out and sending a signal to bring your intention to you.

Hold this vision in your mind as long as you can. When you feel your energy waning or you start getting distracted, blow out the candle and you’re done.

Happy spell-casting, witches!