Candle Colors and what they mean.

     Candles in the craft are used to help to increase a spells 
     power, or to influence a particular power.  I have provided 
     a list of colors, which I use.  This is what my coven uses, 
     and is offered to help you in your journey into the craft.

     
     White:

     A balance of all colors; Spiritual enlightenment, cleansing, 
     clairvouance, healing, truth seeking; Rituals involving 
     lunar energy' May be substituted for any color candle.

     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.

     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.

     Pink:

     Promotes romance, friendship; standard color for rituals to 
     draw effections; a color of femininity, honor, service, 
     brings friendly, lively conversation to the dinner table.

     Red:

     Health, passion, love, fertility, strength, courage, will 
     power; increases magnetism in rituals; draws Aries and 
     Scorpio energy.

     Silver:

     Removes negativity and encourages stability; helps develop 
     psychic abilities; attracts the influence of the Mother 
     Goddess.

     Purple:

     Power, success, idealism, psychic manifestations; ideals for 
     rituals to secure ambitions, independence, financial 
     rewards, or to make contact with the spiritual other world; 
     increases Neptune energy.

     Magenta:

     Combination of red and violet that occillates on a high 
     frequency; energizes rituals where immediate action and high 
     levels of power or spirtual healing are required.

     Brown:

     Earthly, balanced color; for rituals of meterial increase; 
     eleminates indecisiveness; improves powers of concentration, 
     study, telepathy; increases financial success; locates 
     objects that have been lost.

     Indigo:

     Color of inertia; stops situations or people; use in rituals 
     that require a deep meditational state; or in 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:

     Spirtual color; helpful in devotional or inspirational 
     meditations; brings peace and tranquility to the home; 
     raditates Aquarius energy; employ where a situation must be 
     synthesized.

     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.

     Grey:

     Neutral color useful when pondering complex issues during 
     meditation; in magic, this color often sparks confusion; it 
     also negates or neutralizes a negative influence.

     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 uncrossing rituals; attracts Saturn 
     energy.





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