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The color Silver is primarily associated with female deities. Silver or light grey candles are associated with clairvoyance, inspiration, astral energy, channelling, intuition, victory, stability, meditation, developing psychic ability, removal of negative power, repelling destruction, cancellation, neutrality, stalemate. Silver also represents the faculty of far memory and remembering past lives.

Royal blue candles are associated with happiness, inspiration, loyalty, group success, devotion, occult wisdom, protection and expansion, while dark blue candles assist with changeability, depression and impulsiveness.

Light blue candles symbolize truth, inspiration, wisdom, protection, good health, patience, tranquility, understanding, happiness, inner peace, fidelity, harmony and getting in contact with higher-self. Blue candles are aligned to the feminine principle in Nature.

Gold candles attract positive influences and are connected with justice and career matters.

Gold candles are also associated with fortune, intuition, understanding, divination, fast luck, financial gain, attracts higher influences, money, knowledge, healing, happiness and with male deity powers.

Purple candles should be used with caution. It’s a very powerful color and can be difficult to handle. The colour is associated with success in financial affairs, wisdom, material wealth, ambition, business progress and success, power, tension, success in court cases, honor, idealism, higher psychic ability, spiritual power and protection, spiritual healing, spirit contact, breaking bad luck or hexes, driving evil away, divination, greater magickal knowledge and influencing people who hold power over you.

Candles can be used on any day, however, acquired knowledge suggests that candle magic works better on certain days. The beauty of magick is that it is inherently personal and quite fluid, this means that the knowledge one acquires can be adapted to suit one’s own needs and personality. It’s always wise to research and set clear objectives as to what you want to achieve. The list below summarises the links between candle colours and days: Read the rest of this entry »

It’s great to use a yellow candle with other color candles as it applies the qualities of logic and discovery to enhance your actions.

A yellow candle is associated with intellectualism (logic and effectively using one’s mind), knowledge of all kinds, memory, mental clarity, concentration and studying (for tests and exams), knowledge, enhanced business skills, communication, discovery of the truth, honesty, protection, imagination, mind power, creativity, confidence, inspiration, gentle persuasion, attraction, charm, confidence, technology and science, commerce, travel (local or short trips), moving houses, certain money matters dealing with speculation, gambling, loans and credit, creativity, counselling, healing, surgery and conventional medicine.

I always have an orange candle on my desk and often light it during the beginning of a reading, simply to allow the particular energies associated with an orange candle to flow as this color deals with many general issues, but more specifically it creates an atmosphere of empowerment as it enhances a client’s self-esteem and personal identity.

An orange candle promotes confidence and self-esteem, independence, personal identity, ambition, success, career matters  workplace and self-employment, mental agility, helps to gain control, the law, matters of personal happiness, balance, abundance, prosperity, fertility, stamina, energy, media and communication, originality, creativity in all forms  writing, art, music, dance, enthusiasm, sudden changes, changes luck, adaptability, attraction, encouragement, stimulation, it dissuades laziness, female adolescents and young women up to age 30. Orange is a very powerful color, be prepared to face major changes if you use it.

You can combine different color candles when performing a spell or even during meditation. Be aware of how the meanings could reinforce the meaning of the other candle/s or how they could clash with one another.

Red candles symbolize health, energy, physical strength, courage, love, sexual potency, physical desire, passionate love, taking action, surviving, change and making changes, will power, conquers fear or laziness, health, vigor, protects against psychic attack, campaigns, sport, success, adolescents, young males up to age 30 and the masculine principle in Nature.

I wrote a blog several months ago about candle magic which included a short list of the color meanings associated with candles. I use candles every single day and so thought I would share some of the widely-accepted meanings associated with specific colors. I usually select a non-fragranced candle as I prefer to burn incense. I’ll include some information later on about incenses and fragrances associated with burning candles. No matter what you use candles for, the general meaning is usually the same. If you work regularly with candles, a color may develop a personal meaning that’s not normally associated with that color.

White candles signify new beginnings, originality, creativity, inventions, ambitions and success, communication with Guardian Angels, life- changing issues, health questions, healing, a personal quest, strong convictions and wishes, religious or greater purpose questions, purity, sincerity, truth, greater attainments in life, wholeness, higher power, contacting spirit helpers, balancing auras, confusing enemies, helping pregnancy or birth, raising vibrations, destroying destructive energy spirituality and peace. Whenever in doubt about which candle color, use white, it is a balanced spiritual hue. In some cultures it is the color of death and mourning.