Coffee Meaning and magickal uses
Also called Coffee Bean, Coffea arabica, Coffee Grounds
A dark, warming bean for energy, focus and speeding a working along.
- Intentions
- Confidence, Banishing, Grounding
- Element
- Fire
- Planet
- Mars
- Day
- Tuesday
- Moon phase
- First Quarter
- Parts used
- Roasted beans, grounds
How to use it
- Morning intention cup
Stir your first cup clockwise while you name one clear goal for the day. Drink it slowly and let the warmth mark the start of focused work.
- Speed up a spell
Add a pinch of ground coffee to a candle dish or charm bag when you want a working to move along faster and with more drive.
- Return the grounds
Sprinkle used, cooled grounds onto garden soil with a word of thanks. It is a simple way to give back and to close a working by grounding its energy.
Works well with
Substitutes
History and folklore
Coffee comes from the seeds of a small tree native to the highlands of Ethiopia. A well-known legend tells of a goat herder who noticed his goats dancing after eating the red berries. By the 1400s Sufi communities in Yemen drank it to stay awake for night prayers, and coffee houses soon spread across the Middle East and Europe as places of talk and ideas. In modern witchcraft coffee is a fiery helper for energy, focus and quick results.
A dark, warming bean for energy, focus and speeding a working along.
- Intentions: Confidence, Banishing, Grounding
- Element: Fire
- Planet: Mars
- Day: Tuesday
- Moon phase: First Quarter
- Parts used: Roasted beans, grounds
Safety: Coffee is a food. Caffeine is harmful to cats and dogs, so keep beans and grounds away from pets, and do not leave used grounds where animals can eat them.
How to use it
- Morning intention cup. Stir your first cup clockwise while you name one clear goal for the day. Drink it slowly and let the warmth mark the start of focused work.
- Speed up a spell. Add a pinch of ground coffee to a candle dish or charm bag when you want a working to move along faster and with more drive.
- Return the grounds. Sprinkle used, cooled grounds onto garden soil with a word of thanks. It is a simple way to give back and to close a working by grounding its energy.
Works well with: Red Candle, Brown Candle, Tuesday, Cinnamon, Carnelian
Folklore
Coffee comes from the seeds of a small tree native to the highlands of Ethiopia. A well-known legend tells of a goat herder who noticed his goats dancing after eating the red berries. By the 1400s Sufi communities in Yemen drank it to stay awake for night prayers, and coffee houses soon spread across the Middle East and Europe as places of talk and ideas. In modern witchcraft coffee is a fiery helper for energy, focus and quick results.
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