From ancient times, candles have been used for far more than light.

Candles, when properly anointed, carved, blessed and consecrated, can carry our wishes and desires to the Old Gods, and aid in bringing our dreams into reality

At the Spider Web, we have a wide range of candles in colors appropriate for any Magickal working, so be sure to stop in whenever you need a little extra help.

Candles are available "as-is", or can be dressed and prepared for you. 

See below for a list of candle colors, their meanings, uses and properties.

Debi, dressing a candle. Green for prosperity and success.

Here is a close-up of the

Candle Dressing process.

Candle Colors and What They Mean

Candles in the craft are used to help to increase a spell’s power, or to influence a particular power. Candles are also used on the altar, often in colors chosen for the appropriate Sabbat.

 White or Natural:  A balance of all colors; and represents spiritual enlightenment, cleansing, clairvoyance, healing and truth seeking. It can be used in rituals involving lunar energy.  These may be substituted for any color candle. They are never inappropriate.

 Yellow:  Activity, Creativity, unity; brings power of concentration and imagination to a ritual; use in rituals where you wish to gain another’s confidence or inspire someone, or in rituals that require solar energy. Yellow candles are useful in working spells to help one study or prepare for a test. Resonates with Virgo and Gemini 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. Brings in Leo energy.

 Pink:  Promotes romance, friendship; standard color for rituals to draw affections; while often thought of as a color of femininity, pink also represents honor and service. It brings friendly, lively conversation to the dinner table. It attracts Libra energy.

 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, and also with Cancer energy.

 Purple:  Power, success, idealism, psychic manifestations; ideal for rituals to secure ambitions, independence, financial rewards, or to make contact with the spiritual other world; increases Neptune energy and attracts Sagittarius energy.

 Magenta:  Combination of red and violet that oscillates on a high frequency; energizes rituals where immediate action and high levels of power or spiritual healing are required.

 Mauve:  Combines energies of brown, grey and purple. Calming and tranquil. Attracts Pisces energy.

 Brown: Earthly, balanced color; for rituals of materiel increase; eliminates indecisiveness; improves powers of concentration, study, telepathy; increases financial success; locates objects that have been lost. Also useful in aiding study and concentration.

 Indigo:  Color of inertia; stops situations or people; use in rituals that require a deep meditative state; or in rituals that demand Saturn energy.

 Royal Blue:  Promotes laughter and joviality; color of loyalty; use to attract Jupiter energy, or whenever an influence needs to be increased.

 Light Blue:  Spiritual color; helpful in devotional or inspirational meditations; brings peace and tranquility to the home; radiates 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. Works with Taurus energy.

 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 meditative state, or to banish evil or negativity as in uncrossing rituals; attracts Saturn energy.