Yellow Candle Meaning and magickal uses
A clear, cheerful color for focus, study, communication and new ideas.
- Intentions
- Wisdom, Creativity, Confidence
- Element
- Air
- Planet
- The Sun
- Day
- Sunday
- Best for
- Study, focus, communication, optimism
How to use it
- Study companion
Light a yellow candle on your desk before studying or writing. Take three breaths, ask for a clear mind, and work while it burns nearby. Snuff it when you take a break.
- Speak clearly
Before an important conversation, hold an unlit yellow candle and picture the talk going calmly and honestly. Light it for a few minutes, then snuff it and carry that clear feeling with you.
Works well with
Substitutes
History and folklore
Yellow is the color of sunlight and spring flowers, and folklore across Europe has tied it to warmth, health and good cheer. In modern Wiccan correspondences it usually belongs to the element of Air, the realm of thought, speech and new ideas, and it is often linked with the Sun as well. Witches use yellow candles when they want a clear head, a lighter mood or help finding the right words. It is a good everyday choice for students, writers and anyone who needs to think before they act.
A clear, cheerful color for focus, study, communication and new ideas.
- Intentions: Wisdom, Creativity, Confidence
- Element: Air
- Planet: The Sun
- Day: Sunday
- Best for: Study, focus, communication, optimism
How to use it
- Study companion. Light a yellow candle on your desk before studying or writing. Take three breaths, ask for a clear mind, and work while it burns nearby. Snuff it when you take a break.
- Speak clearly. Before an important conversation, hold an unlit yellow candle and picture the talk going calmly and honestly. Light it for a few minutes, then snuff it and carry that clear feeling with you.
Works well with: Air, Mercury, Wednesday, Lemongrass, Citrine
Folklore
Yellow is the color of sunlight and spring flowers, and folklore across Europe has tied it to warmth, health and good cheer. In modern Wiccan correspondences it usually belongs to the element of Air, the realm of thought, speech and new ideas, and it is often linked with the Sun as well. Witches use yellow candles when they want a clear head, a lighter mood or help finding the right words. It is a good everyday choice for students, writers and anyone who needs to think before they act.
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