This upcoming weekend will be the feast day for Our Lady of Guadalupe, an avatar of the Virgen Mary that appeared to Juan Diego, a poor countryman of Tepayac, who told him of her wish to have a Shrine built when she visited him. Juan Diego petitioned the Bishop, who wanted proof and the Virgen instructed him to gather roses in his tilma, a blanket-type covering, to take to the Bishop. When he presented the roses to the Bishop, her image was imprinted on the tilma, thus convincing the construction to begin and making the tilma a Holy Relic.  The tilma was framed and is hanging in the Cathedral in Mexico City. You can read more about the legend by clicking here.

On this day, many begin to decorate their Christmas trees in the United States and attend Mass with the Mariachi band playing music to the Virgen and later the family gathers at home for warm foods such as tamales, pozole and atole. Some bring the scarlet poinsettia plants to construct a household altar, as the poinsettia plant is native to Mexico. Many will light vigil candles such as this one, to offer petitions to Her.

The Virgen of Guadalupe is revered everywhere and Her image can be found on shirts, jewelry and many have her image as a tatoo to show devotion and asking for her protection. Here is one that I found on the Internet:

Some people believe that if you paint her image on the building where you have your business, that you will not be bothered with break-ins and graffiti. Ironically, it actually is true, as I have read an article that observations has shown that Her image reduces crime in the area. Here is a shop owner who wants a peaceful neighborhood.

Whatever your intensity of devotion to the Virgen of Guadalupe, you can agree that she is an influencal image throughout the Southwest and West. Many of these statues at this market will be relocating in the living rooms of many Latino families very soon.

Here is a simple but effective candle spell that can be used while entertaining guests as a centerpiece or even an altar and they won’t even know the blessings you are surrounding them with!

INGREDIENTS:

1 Cranberry Red Candle
1 Pumpkin Orange Candle
1 Golden Spice Candle
1 bottle “Crown of Success” Oil
1 bottle of “Fast Luck” Oil
1 bottle of Protection” Oil

This candle spell is easy and the earthy scents of the Condition/Anointing Oils will be mixed with the delicious aromas from your kitchen and your guests will not know that you are actually bestowing them with protection and best wishes for their luck and success.

Clean candles as prescribed in right hand column labeled in Categories as “Proper Candle Preparation”. Let dry.

Carve three little holes/wells in candle top and add the “Fast Luck” to the cranberry red candle, the “Crown of Success” to the pumpkin orange candle and “Wall of Protection” to the golden spice candle.

Arrange on something pretty like the gold charger I am using here. Decorate with leaves, mini pumpkins or even glass ornaments. I used faux mini squashes and gourds.

Keep an eye on your candles while you are entertaining because if you use free standing ones as I have here, they will eventually distort and hot wax will run down one side. Extinguish with a candle sniffer before taking a post dinner nap.

Enjoy this festive celebration and Give Thanks for all that the Universe has given to you.

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Saint Expedite, or San Expedito, is a well loved Saint around New Orleans. It has been reputed that he is the Saint to petition when you need “Fast Luck” or when you need ‘things in a hurry’. He is also the Saint to petition when someone is procrastinating about an issue.

Above, we show a simple alter set up for St. Expedite. An image, framed photograph or chromograph or statue (we show both), a glass of water and a candle anointed with either “St. Expedite” or “Fast Luck” Condition Oils (both available through www.lucky13clover.com ). The only other addition may be a petition written on a piece of white paper and placed under the candle.

Once the petition or wish has been granted, legend tells that you must offer him a glass of red wine and some pound cake. Some variations on the offerings can be the whole pound cake or slices arranged on a plate with a coin (usually a dime) placed on top. Once a few days have passed, take the cake outside for the birds and pour the wine and water down the drain. Give the coins to the poor.

Some say that despite their efforts to ‘work’ with Saint Expedite, he does not respond to them. I have heard that either you have much success or no success with St. Expedite.

Thanks Jacqueline! Your Free Candle Blog is the best..and you won’t find another one like it..

Thanks! Lisa

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Funny that you sent this as I am putting the finishing touches on a weeks worth of Prosperity and Money Drawing Candle Spells and ideas to ponder. Using money, whether real or play money, has been a great visual for people to use when decorating their money altar or just to scatter around the green money drawing candle they have lit to give it ‘ambiance’.

For my personal money altar, I have a Lennox crystal clam shell dish with Money Drawing Salt in it that is covering a petition paper that is being weighted down by coins from all over the world (I collect foriegn money) I then have a large Lodestone on top of that with Magnetic Sand and lotto tickets and some real greenbacks poking out and around the bowl.  I have a green dollars designed fabric scarf, a Money Oil Lamp, A Green Candle plus my cash box from my various other endeavors and the bank zippered deposit envelope that is supporting the gold sprayed plastic piggy bank from the bank. I also have a framed photo of the New York Stock Exchange top twenty and a few other personal money drawing items.

You would be surprised to know how much ‘funny’ money is used – and real money as well!

So, placing a layer of Monopoly money or play money with Money Drawing Sigils drawn in red ink in the corners and anointed with Money Drawing Condition Oil would be a grat way to layer under a piece of glass as a base for focusing your money drawing work.

Good Question! Thanks for asking!

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Now onto the Money Tree idea….

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We had a lovely time today at the Saint Joseph’s Day Altar 2009 with visitors, readings and a very generous donation for our efforts to continue to feed those less fortunate. Also, a special thanks to the “Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookie Fairy” You know who you are!

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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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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