Black Candle Meaning and magickal uses
A protective color for banishing, absorbing negativity and closing chapters.
- Intentions
- Protection, Banishing, Cleansing
- Element
- Earth
- Planet
- Saturn
- Day
- Saturday
- Best for
- Protection, banishing, release, endings
How to use it
- Release what weighs on you
Write a worry or old hurt on paper during the waning moon. Light a black candle, read it once, then tear the paper and discard it. Let the flame burn a while as you breathe out.
- Protective boundary
Place a black candle by your front door and light it while you picture a calm, firm boundary around your home. Snuff it afterward and repeat whenever you feel unsettled.
Works well with
Substitutes
History and folklore
Black has a bad reputation in movies, but in Wiccan practice it is simply the color of absorption, rest and endings, like the dark of the new moon or rich soil in winter. Because black absorbs light, witches traditionally use it to draw in and neutralize unwanted energy. It is linked with Saturn, with protection and with honest endings. Many practitioners burn black during the waning moon to release habits, cut ties and clear space, so that something healthier has room to begin.
A protective color for banishing, absorbing negativity and closing chapters.
- Intentions: Protection, Banishing, Cleansing
- Element: Earth
- Planet: Saturn
- Day: Saturday
- Best for: Protection, banishing, release, endings
How to use it
- Release what weighs on you. Write a worry or old hurt on paper during the waning moon. Light a black candle, read it once, then tear the paper and discard it. Let the flame burn a while as you breathe out.
- Protective boundary. Place a black candle by your front door and light it while you picture a calm, firm boundary around your home. Snuff it afterward and repeat whenever you feel unsettled.
Works well with: Saturn, Saturday, Last Quarter, Black Tourmaline, Obsidian
Folklore
Black has a bad reputation in movies, but in Wiccan practice it is simply the color of absorption, rest and endings, like the dark of the new moon or rich soil in winter. Because black absorbs light, witches traditionally use it to draw in and neutralize unwanted energy. It is linked with Saturn, with protection and with honest endings. Many practitioners burn black during the waning moon to release habits, cut ties and clear space, so that something healthier has room to begin.
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