Colors of Candles: Understanding the Spiritual Essence (A Guide)

In your physical involvement in life activities, colors are essential. They affect many significant things like moods, emotions, productivity, etc. This goes a long way towards impacting your everyday life. Colors contain energy that has a strong, compelling effect on your activities in the long run.

Colored candles contain energies that connects the spiritual world to the physical and allows you tap into the spiritual realm from the physical world. The different colors in candles have different spiritual meanings when you burn them.

In spiritualism, it goes even deeper as it connects the physical and spiritual worlds. It is adept in religions, cultures, people, and even casting spells. Some are thought to enhance abilities, and thus it is important to know these colors and their effects.

Candles are important items in every spiritual activity or equipment. The burning of candles has been a paramount activity of nearly every religion; they have their meanings and uses.

The colors of the candles are not just randomly chosen; they have great spiritual effects, coupled with their explanations. This is so because many colors are perceived differently in diverse religions and beliefs.

Generally, they all obey the Color Magic Principles.

What is Color Magic?

A picture showing the candle colors for the days of week
Candle colors for the days of week

Color magic is burning different colors of candles to release energies that connect the physical world to the spiritual world or realm. It is necessary to know these colors, their spiritual meanings, their effects, and their attributes. 

This will enable you to make great use of their spiritual potential for peak spiritual achievements. It is also essential to give you the best out of the combination of colors used in a spell or enchantment.

This is made possible through a very important element – Fire. According to the physical world, fire is considered highly destructive and dangerous, but in this study, it bears a different significance. 

In spiritualism, this vital element depicts change or transformation, meaning that the changes or effects of the colors of the candles can be transformed into effectiveness through its (fire) burning.

Most candle burning is done for spell casting. For the colors of those candles to be implemented in the spell casting, the fire must be introduced in the equation. Even as the burning takes place, fire also helps to increase and release the energies contained in these colored candles; this is why the knowledge of the colors being burnt is paramount.

STEPS WHEN BURNING COLOURED CANDLES

The following steps are taken when burning candles;

Plan Your Wishes

First is to think about what you want to cast a spell for. Making sure your intentions are pure, and meditating to remove every bad energy from your being and environment. Align your thoughts and know which you believe is best to cast a spell to attain. Also, take note of the time and period with which you plan for your spells.

Make Your Spells

Here you can speak about what you have thought about and voice your wishes. Adding songs or chants to align with your plans will also be great. Do not be scared to make up the lyrics as long as they align with the spell. Also, take note of the astrological phenomena such as the constellations, moon, and sun. Those would better bring about perfect spells to cast.

Add More Colors

Recall each color has a spiritual effect; therefore, mixing these colors to produce super spells won’t harm as long as the right colors are combined.

Dress The Candle

After the color mixing, the next step is to dress the candles by adding drawings or markings. This is to compliment the energies of the colors being burnt.

Lighting

This is the most straightforward. Light the candles and perform the necessary rituals for the spell.


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Study The Candle Flames

It is no surprise that the flames of these candles have their meanings as they result from the spiritual presence of beings or the universe in action. There are types of candle flames to take note of and their definitions, namely;

  1. A Blue flame: A spirit being is close.
  2. A Tall Strong flame: The spell will work wonderfully.
  3. A flickering flame: It depicts the coming of spirits.
  4. A Popping flame: It depicts negation to your plans. Better to try later.

CANDLE COLORS OF THE WEEK

There are candle color mixes for each day of the week. This is great for planning your days and preparing the physical world spiritually. There are different energy makeups for each day of the week; therefore, with the help of color candle combinations, you can tune into the good parts of these days’ energies. The colors are;

  • Sunday – Gold and orange.
  • Monday – Silver, grey, and white.
  • Tuesday – Autumn, red and brown.
  • Wednesday – Grey and yellow.
  • Thursday – Deep blue and purple.
  • Friday – Green, pink, light blue, and copper hues.
  • Saturday – dark shades, maroon and black.

CANDLE COLORS AND THEIR MEANINGS

As stated above, colors have their energies, and these candles contain them. Here are the colors and their meanings:

CANDLE COLORSFUNCTIONSEFFECTS ON THE PHYSICAL
WhitePromotes serenity, peace, enhances personal strength and insight.Consciousness, new beginnings, purification, healing, protection, peace.
GrayIt depicts protection from negative energy.Meditation, neutralizing, blocking, confusion, balance, stability, psychic growth.
BlackFor psychic protection.Safety, protection, repelling, banishing, binding, shapeshifting.
PinkFor romance to release love.Romantic love, self love, friendship, faith, devotion, healing, nurturing.
PurpleFor boosting spiritual enlightenment and creativity.Knowledge, protection, wisdom, intuition, enlightenment, relaxation, imagination.
RedEncourages love, sex and passion.Love, lust, energy, joy, success, courage, strength.
BrownRelates to resourcesBalance, relaxation, rediscovery, stability, family, material goods, protection.
OrangeEncourages ambition and helps broaden horizons.Changes, success, business, opportunities, courage, joy, and stimulation.
YellowImproves social skills and helps grow new career opportunities.Memory, intelligence, learning, happiness, focus, energy, logic.
GoldRepresents wealth and good fortune for those that seek power, success, protection and wealth.Wealth, good fortune, success, protection, happiness, enlightenment, learning.
CopperDepicts fertility and growth.Fertility, career growth, wealth, enhancement, grounding, maturity, strength.
SilverIt depicts broader intuition.Intuition, telepathy, reflection, clarity, awareness, perception.
GreenThis color depicts richness and abundance, also prosperity and emotional healing.Abundance, prosperity, healing, growth,wealth, fertility, nature.
BlueHelps connect with chakras and helps emotional healing.Guidance, inspiration, communication, calm, honesty, healing
Colored Candles and Their Meanings

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