A reader asks:

Hi Jacqueline I love your site and great spells. I was wondering what color of candle would be appropriate to light when I go on Jan 26 to do a test for dispatch operator for the police dept. and what kind of spell/oils you recommend and how soon should I start on the ritual and if the moon is in a good phase. I am also going to test this month for California life insurance agent should I use the same spell you recommend? Thank you so much. How much are your jumbo reversible candles? I am having a hard time finding black/green and black/white jumbo free standing candles in San Diego.
Thanks, Gabriela

First, let me say congratulations on the job opportunity and your decisiveness to have an exciting and fulfilling career. You go, girl!

I would use the Crown of Success products or Crown of Glory products to bathe in, anoint with, and burn before your examination – along with some good coffee and hours hitting the books. Since time is short, you may have to do a little “wiggling and squiggling” to get your oils and such, but here is a basic “shopping list” of items to use:

(NOTE: You may use these same three candles for both potential employment situations)

1 White Glass 7 -Day Novena Candle – your full name an birth date on piece of white paper placed under this candle.

1 Yellow Glass 7-day Novena Candle – name of agency and job title on piece of white paper under this candle.

1 Red Glass 7-day Novena Candle – petition of power for achievement of goal to gain selection in this position on white piece of paper under candle.

“Crown of Success” or “Crown of Glory” Anointing Oil, Bath Crystals and Sachet Powder – to use on in candles, on body and petition papers.

HOWEVER…

if you CANNOT find these products in town, then substitute with:

For Bath Crystals: Mix Epsom Salt and Kosher Salt with Grains of Paradise (aka Guinea Pepper), Master Root (or Masterwort) (will be hard to find) and a Buckeye to carry in your pocket. My might try a Health Foods Store for these herbs.

If these things cannot be found, take lots of Epsom Salts (WalMart or Walgreens) soaks followed by a soaping and showering off negative residue.

For Candles: In the event you cannot find “Crown of Success” or “Crowning Glory” products, take some Olive Oil in a small saucer and extend your hands over it and pray to blessing and infuse your intentions into the oil. Use this oil in your candles. Remember to clean your candles following the instructions on candle cleaning in my “Proper Candle Preparation” column on the right.

For Sachet Powder: Since time is short, you may have to forgo this product.

I hope this helps and please let us know how things went for you!

Jacqueline

P.S. Walgreen’s ALWAYS has red, yellow and white candles, as so some of your area supermarkets in the Latino or Hispanic Foods section. For the half green/half black and the half white/half black free standing candles – we are all hurting because the factory where these are coming out of is relocating and didn’t make enough back stock to keep us in candles. I was just talking with someone about this just yesterday! I am actually in negotiations with a candle maker who may be supplying me with a line very soon. I will keep all of you posted on the outcomes since we are in quality control right now – can’t sell faulty stuff!

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Creating beautiful and spiritual altars in which you can burn your candles at is easier to create than you can imagine. This blog entry gives you various ideas on how to create that special sacred place in which you can burn all your candles for magical work for love, money, revenge, reversing and success.  Here is an example of a simple St. Joseph Feast Day altar I set up. I had an antique cabinet that i painted a french vanilla creme and placed a gold lame’ cloth over it with a piece of glass to keep everything easy to clean.

I then placed my statue of St. Joseph on a pedestal and flanked him with two antique Catholic brass candlestick holders that I put cream colored pillar candles in. The left and right back areas I placed two potted Easter lilies The two large white plates held petition candles labeled with clients petitions and names, each with their own St. Joseph card in front of the candle. There is a large plate of dried fava beans, a symbol of Good Luck for this day, that were distributed to clients. My home was open to visitors during the day and many came to get a reading from me and to collect their three Good Luck Mojo Beans (fava beans) so that they could carry them with their three wishes to the river to toss them in.

Here is my All Saints Altar where 90 percent of my candles are burned for bringing in good things such as love, money, prosperity and success for my clients and myself. From left to right I have an antique photo of St.Anne, two St. Expedite with two different poses (you never know which one is correct!), St. Therese “Little Flower”, Infant of Prague, Our Lady of Grace, St. Martin de Porres, St. Joseph, Caridad de Cobre, Archangel Uriel, Marie Laveau and the Our Lady of Fatima. The offering is clear, cool water, tobacco, a sweet pastry and a white candle. The top of this cabinet holds a long piece of beveled glass from a tabletop and has a cream brocade runner with tassels on each end. But wait… it gets better…

This cabinet was a antique store find! I think it must have been a 1960′s pseudo bar type thing. I sanded it down, painted it a merlot color, andded these nifty Mexican tin images of Sacrd Hearts and lo and behold, it became a place to store all my hoodoo herbs and roots!

I hope this helps you become inspired to go out antique hunting and begin to tap into your creative side to paint and decorate an altar for your special requests for blessings from the Universe.

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In my humblest opinion, if you do not have a yellow-gold, green candle or a red candle constantly burning in a special place for your finances, you’re not being true to yourself in the most basic of candle magic work. The burning of candles to bring a steady income, sustain additional income or even stabilizing the bank account as it stants at any given moment is a core necessity for you as a successful candle spell worker to accomplish.

Setting up a quiet or private place to do candle spell magic for money drawing success is not as hard at it might seem. All you need is a nightstand, small table or the top of a dresser. I have used the top of the bookcase on my side of the bed, so that I can look at it right before I go to bed each night and again each morning when I arise. I have the good luck of having the ‘money side’ of the bedroom according to Feng Shui standards, which is the far left corner of the room, so I have double power in that regards.

Here is my money drawing altar.

The bookcase is filled with all my metaphysical and religious books, since I like to read late into the night or wake in the middle of the night to read in silence. On this altar I have a Waterford crystal bowl with a fed lodestone surrounded by gold paper “hell money” bullion bars that I got at the Asian market. To the left I have a coffee can with a big eye that held coffee at one time that is filled every night with the coins in my purse. This is “emergency money”, like the two-days-before-payday-and-I-got-to-buy-food-kinda-thing. On top of that is my bowl with my Money Salt and my three Mojo Bags inside.

To the right, I have a framed picture of the 20 companies that make up the Dow Stock Exchange with a photo of me reading tarot cards, a triangle green money candle that I have not burned, and more cello wrapped old Chinese coins. Behind the red candle on the far right is an Oil Lamp with a wishbone holding a hanging “Wealth” mirror that reflects the candle flame across the room, where ironically my computer sits that I am using to type this blog post! I have a pile of Mardi Gras coins and a Rose Quartz crystal in front of the candle and the table scarf is made of fabric that has various denominations of greenbacks on it.

I hope you enjoyed my example of a Money Drawing Altar and I encourage you to take photos of your and send them in with explanations of the symbols of the iems you place on your money altar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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