| Candles in the Craft are used to help to increase a spells power, or to influence a particular power. Here is a list of colors, which I use and is offered to help your journey into the Craft. Resources for this information were compiled from books (Buckland's "Advanced Candle Magick" and Dunwich's "Wicca Candle Magick") and various web sites over the years. | White | A balance of all colors; Spiritual enlightenment, cleansing, clairvoyance, healing, truth seeking; Rituals involving lunar energy. May be substituted for any color candle. Also... purity,sincerity, truth. | | Yellow | Activity, Creativity, unity; brings power of concentration and imagination to a ritual; use in rituals where you wish to gain anothers confidence or persuade someone, or in rituals that require solar energy. Also... attraction, charm, confidence, persuasion. protection. | | 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. Also... attraction, charm, confidence, persuasion. protection. | | 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. Also homor, love and morality. | | Red | Health, passion, love, fertility, strength, courage, will power; increases magnetism in ritual; draws Aries and Scorpio energy. Also courage, health, sexual love, strength, vigor. | | Orange | Adaptability, attraction, encouragement, stimulation | | Silver | Removes negativity and encourages stability; helps develop psychic abilities; attracts the influence of the Mother Goddess. Also...cancellation, neutality, stalemate. | | Purple | Power, success, idealism, psychic manifestations; ideal for rituals to secure ambitions, independence, financial reward, or to make contact with the spiritual other world; increases Neptune energy. Also...ambition, business progress, power, tension. | | 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. | | Violet | Healing, peace and spirituality | | 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. Also...hesitation, neutrality, uncertainty. | | Indigo | Color of inertia; stops situations or people; use in rituals that require a deep meditational state; or 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 in spiritual meditations; brings peace and tranquility to the home; radiates Aquarius energy; employ where a situation must be synthesized. Also...Health, patience, tranquility, understanding. | | Blue | Primary spiritual color; for rituals to obtain wisdom, harmony, inner light or peace confers truth and guidance. | | Emerald Green | Important component in Venusian 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. Also...fertility, finance, healing, luck. | | Gray | Neutral color useful when pondering complex issues during meditation, in magic, this color often sparks confusion; it also negates or neutralizes a negative influence. Also...cancellation, neutality, stalemate. | | Black | Opens up the deeper levels of the unconscious; use in rituals to induce a deep meditational state, or to banish evil or negativity as in uncrossings rituals; attracts Saturn energy. Also...confusion, discord, evil, loss. |
Candle Color and Days of the Week | Monday | White | | Tuesday | Red | | Wednesday | Purple | | Thursday | Blue | | Friday | Green | | Saturday | Black | | Sunday | Yellow |
Sabbat Candle Colors | Candlemas | Red, Pink, Brown | | Ostara | Green, Yellow, Gold | | Beltane | Dark Green | | Litha | Green, Blue | | Lammas | Yellow, Orange | | Mabon | Orange, Brown, Yellow | | Samhain | Black, Orange | | Yule | Red, Green, White |
Astral Colors | Zodiac Sign | Primary Candle Color | Secondary Candle Color | | Aquarius | Blue | Green | | Pisces | White | Green | | Aries | White | Pink | | Taurus | Red | Yellow | | Gemini | Red | Blue | | Cancer | Green | Brown | | Leo | Red | Green | | Virgo | Gold | Black | | Libra | Black | Blue | | Scorpio | Brown | Black | | Sagittarius | Gold | Red | | Capricorn | Red | Brown | |
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