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The Meaning of Colours in Spellwork

Colours have different means to plenty of different people, in different cultures, countries and so on! In witchcraft even the meanings of colours tend to shift here, but there are some common associations the colours tend to have.

So i thought i'd list for you some of the typically seen meanings of colours used in spellwork! Usually these meanings are applied to tools like candles or paper to help set the intention of the spell.

Hopefully this can help you with your craft!

Feel free to add on what your personal interpretations are as well!

Going in rainbow order!

Red

Red is typically associated with passion, romance, lust, physical energy, courage.

Red candles are often burned for health and protection.

Red is also associated with the root chakra

Orange

Orange is typically associated with creativity, confidence, motivation, clearity, concentration and productive energy!

Eating an orange when you find yourself stuck on a project can help boost you creative juices!

The colour orange is best for helping with blocks in your life be it blocked thoughts, writers block and so on!

Yellow

Yellow seems to be commonly associated with themes of joy, happiness, protection, inspiration and communication, a bit similar to orange as theyre close on the colour spectrum.

yellow is associated with the solar plexus chakra, so many see it as a colour for self-empowerment.

yellow can also be a colour for knowledge, confidence, and studying so yellow might be great for education related spellwork.

Green

green is well known to be used in wealth and abundance spells, as well as growth and plant or earth magic.

a bit less commonly known but still common, green is associated with health, luck, and fertility.

a tip ive seen a lot is to wear something green or keep a leaf in your wallet to attract more money. you could paint your nails green, write something down on your leaf and keep it in your pocket or use a green candle for spellwork!

Blue

blue is best known for being tide to emotional magic, commonly used for magic to ease anxieties, worries and stresses.

I have also seen blue be used in dream or sleep spellwork, peace, wisdom, patience and protection work.

but must commonly, blue is used amongst witches who use water in their practice witch holds a lot of the same associations as well.

Purple

probably the most common colour in spiritual work, even seen being used for ghost and psychic types in pokemon, purple is common amongst divination work.

purple is also commonly used in cleansing, intuition, creativity magic.

purple is connected to the crown chakra, royalty and can seen being used when working with dieties. some people say to wear purple to work even (possibly because it has a similar calming effect to blue so having something purple can help you keep your cool and confidence.)

Pink

pink is seen in relation to pure, innocent love, friendship, healing, and self love magic.

pink is a very sweet colour used in very wholesome sweet magic, a pink candle would be great for magic used on yourself in regards to love and healing.

pink flowers seem to brighten a room much similar to how yellow flowers would, so it can be considered a ward against negative energy and feelings at times!

Brown

brown is seen in all sorts of earth related crafts, perhaps a bit more than green is.

brown is very grounding. brown crystals and stones can be very helpful with grounding during panic attacks and so on as well as helping with your connection to earth.

brown is also associated with strength, solidity, endurance, home and animal companions.

Black

you might see a lot of people saying not to use black. well heres a pro-tip! black is GREAT for protection and warding and you should absolutely use it if you feel its right.

black can be used to protect you against almost anything negative, black crystals can help ward against negative spiritual energy.

black veils are often used to cover mirrors and crystal balls for spiritual reasons.

black is heavily used in banishment, protection, stability and spirituality.

White

white, commonly known as a sort of "catch all" as white candles are great stand ins for other colours and clear or white quartz is great as a stand in for other crystals or protection.

white is also good for regeneration, cleansing, rejuvenation, purity, truth, peace and blessings.

white can be seen in all forms of witchcraft, being more popular as a "positive" 'colour' than others.

Silver

silver is heavily associated with lunar work, intuition and truth. sometimes silver is used in divination work, dream work, and astral work.

silver can also be associated with femininity and psychic abilities.

you may find silver in work related to wisdom, intelligence and memory.

Gold

gold, like green, is associated with wealth and monetary gain.

gold is also seen in deity work as offerings.

you can use gold in success spellwork!

gold is also used in regards to inner-strength, ambition, self-realization and understanding.

grey/gray

a very neutral and not commonly used 'colour' but i still felt like adding it in.

grey is often used for contemplation, stability, and decision making.

if youre having a hard time making up your mind on things and want to use magic to figure it out, grey seems like a good choice to add in to your spell work.

if you feel something is missing or you'd like me to go more in depth into a colour or have any questions at all, my inbox is always open!

id love to hear what colours mean where youre from or in your craft!

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Grimoire prompts

I may use this myself to come up with ideas for what to post.

You can use this list of prompts to help you come up with what to put in your own grimoire or book of shadows. you dont have to follow the list or prompts exactly and can change it up to your liking so long as your sure to do some studying on the topics to avoid misinformation, its better to know what your doing than to just copy down someone else's notes. /lh /nf

Write an intro to the witch(yourself) who owns the book!

write a bit about your beliefs

write a down spells you want to try out or spells you found and like so you can go back to use them again

write a star/birth chart! just for fun, it might be fascinating to look at what your signs are and such ^^

write down (if you have any) your favourite tarot cards and a bit about them, like why they're your favourite and what they mean to you.

write about your favourite herbs, what you like about them, what their uses are etc

write some terms you often see or don't see enough of and what they mean.

maybe write a page or few about some history of wicca/witchcraft/paganism that fascinates you

write about what you think your familiar would be! write why that would be.

write down your favourite sigils and what their uses are, draw them down!

write down some resources you've visited and know are reliable so you can look back at them again if you ever need to! whether it's blogs, books or youtube videos/channels!

write down what tools you have/often use in your crafts, which ones are your favourites, what their uses are and what some alternatives might be.

write about an experience you had with magic or just something that stands out to you

write about your favourite topic related to witchcraft, wicca and/or paganism.

if there are other prompts you'd like to add or if you'd like more prompts feel free to let me know and i'll make another prompt page sometime!

Hope you like these ones! happy writing!

Houseplants for Protection

The poll is over! results are in and the option with the most votes was the best houseplants for protection! I love plants and working with them in my craft so im super happy to get into this topic.

Plants have plenty of properties, whether its medicinal, edible or even poisonous. Protection is in my opinion one of the best uses for plants next to healing reasons, especially if you just like having plants in your house.

There are all kinds of plants but some arent easy to care for or can be harmful to pets if they try chewing on them (and knowing cats, they will).

For this page im going to share with you a list of plants i found that are best for protection, not too hard to care for (plus a bit about how to care for them), and whether or not theyre harmful to pets/if consumed.

if you have any questions at all please let me know! im happy to answer ^^

Protective plants

Cacti A cactus can absorb anxiety and negative energies, great for keep your home a calm positive space. These prickly guys love heat and sunlight so they're fine if you leave them in a sunny spot! Do be careful not to prick yourself! Do a little research on the type of cactus you get so you have the right soil, some prefer to be dry with a little water every now and then but some prefer being watered a little more often. Cacti are fine if you forget to water them every now and then and they usually come from dry hot places, so they're pretty easy to care for and don't require too much effort! As far as i can tell most cacti and succulents are safe around pets especially cats but to be safe look up the specific plant you have just to make sure your pet will be okay. Most decorative cacti/succulents like holiday cacti are perfectly safe!

Chinese Money Plants These little guys flourish in positive energy and are great for holding onto any negativity in their leaves to keep things positive. They're super easy to care for needing indirect sunlight and not too much water! They're non-toxic to both cats and dogs so they're plenty safe!

Basil These herbs generate positive energy and are known for spiritual protection! They're not as easy to grow, needing about 1 inch of water every week but aren't too much of a handful and are even worth it because you can cook with the leaves! Basil is healthy for cats and even dogs in small quantities, a non-toxic plant to help protect your home!

Aloe Vera While being known as the best plant to help soothe burns, Aloe vera is also another good plant for spiritual protection in your home. They love sunny spots and water but don't need to be in direct sunlight or watered too often! Unfortunately this plant IS mildly toxic to cats and dog, causing vomiting, tremors and a number of other things so it's best to keep it away from your pets if you do choose to get it, maybe scheduling a vet appointment if your cat happens to get a bit mischievous and nibbles on t.

Sage This one is very well known for helping ward off negative energies among other things but it's important to do your research on the cultural connections to plants as well such as the act of burning white sage. My suggestion is just simply growing other types of sage like green sage in your home. Sage is fairly easy to care for as you don't have to water it too often so long as it's in natural lighting and the soil is wet when watered. They're very drought-resistant so if you forget to water them a few times it's perfectly fine! Sage is thankfully non-toxic to dogs but it would still be good to be on the safe side and limit just how much they end up consuming if you can help it, same goes for cats!

There you go! im sorry the list was shortened to just five plants but others i found required more care than the rest and a lot of us dont exactly have that time on our hands or will remember all that care needed for the specific plants.

Id be very happy to create a part 2 to this list if you'd like more plants and dont mind hearing about ones that require more attention and care but for now, i hope you like these findings ^^

Of course if i left something out, something needs correcting or you feel like adding on another plant feel free to go ahead and do so! you could even share what plants you have in your home! (mine are mostly succulents!)

Thank you for joining my post series so far i have a lot of fun with this already ^^

Blessed be and merry meet!

A spell for luck and fortune

This spell is one i use most often. As the title says its a spell for Luck and Fortune and its one i came up with myself! it took me a few tries and i still dont think its perfect but it does help, at least i find its like a little boost.

Its okay if you find this spell doesnt work for you, you can adjust it as you see fit so long as you do a bit of research on what you use.

I gathered info, seeing what others usually use in spells like these and found common themes of green, gold/silver, peppermint/mint and a basil leaf but these things arent exactly mandatory they just help with the intentions behind the spell.

the items i use in this spell are as follows: (But not mandatory)

a candle (preferably green or yellow but white can work just as well.)

(small) dead/dried leaf/leaves, typically basil or from a regular houseplant.

a sharpie to write with

a lighter for the candle

peppermint essential oil (not required but helps)

Instructions for the spell:

before lighting the candle i add a drop or two of peppermint oil into the wax near the wick, write down my intentions for the spell (such as how much money id like to get or just the simple phrase "i wish for good luck/fortune this week/month etc") down on the leaf. You can write this down on as many leaves as you want or even a slip of white or green paper and burn it on the flame once you've lit the candle.

I've also heard (and tried for myself) that you can put that leaf with your intention in your wallet or pocket and carry it around you to attract luck and fortune your way which i've found can help as well!

If i ever come up with a new version of this spell i'll be sure to come back and share it but in the mean time feel free to add on what you'd use/change or if you try this let me know how it turns out! /nf

I have other spells i cant wait to share with you so please if youre interested stay tuned for more!

The Introduction

Toadstool's Grimoire is a post series made by me! (koi)

In this series of posts there will be things like:

Spells i have found and tried out

Spells i made myself and liked

Potions i like

Grimoire tips and prompts

Some pages from my physical Grimoire

and more!

What you wont find:

Hexes, curses, jinxes and the like

Stuff relating to c/lts (u)

Stuff about d/mons (e)

Anything about the chr/stian (i) satan/devil and worshiping them.

anything about r/ligion (e) that isnt paganism/wiccan

Anything about love magick that isnt self love.

I dont mind making pages dedicated to answering people questions or even taking requests to look for specific potions or spells so long as they are harmless.

If you ever feel like adding on to one of my posts youre always welcome to do so! i love hearing people share their findings, ideas and experiences!

However! What i wont accept from people is the spread of misinfo, telling me or others off for being witches/practicing our craft, saying we're going to hell, antagonizing of witches, witchcraft, paganism or wicca, and appropriation. If you do any of that or dare force your own beliefs on me or anyone else for that matter, you will be blocked.

Please be respectful while interacting! And look out for future posts of Toadstool's Grimoire soon!