Correspondences for your Witchcraft Practice
Take from these lists what resonates with you by creating a page in your Grimoire or Book of Shadows for future reference. As you get more experienced in your practice, you'll find that you gravitate to certain correspondences, and that those correspondences work in most of your spellwork.
Remember: the power is in the witch, not the stuff, and the best time to do spellwork is when you have the energy for sustained focus on your intentions.Â
Colors
Colors are powerful symbols that carry specific energies and can enhance your spellwork. Color magic is a great place to get started if you're new to witchcraft.
- White: Purity, protection, new beginnings, clarity
- Black: Banishing, protection, grounding, transformation
- Red: Passion, courage, strength, love
- Pink: Friendship, self-love, romance, emotional healing
- Orange: Creativity, enthusiasm, success, joy
- Yellow: Confidence, intellect, communication, happiness
- Green: Growth, prosperity, healing, abundance
- Blue: Peace, intuition, healing, protection
- Purple: Spirituality, wisdom, psychic abilities, power
- Brown: Stability, grounding, animal magic, home
- Gold: Success, wealth, solar energy, victory
- Silver: Lunar energy, intuition, dreams, protection
Days of the Week
Each day has its own unique energy, making it ideal for specific types of spellwork. You'll often find spells that instruct you to perform them on a particular day. While there are no hard and fast rules in witchcraft, aligning your spells or rituals with the day that correspondence to the energy of your spell can be beneficial.Â
For example: Jupiter is the planet of expansion and luck, so, energetically speaking, Thursday could be a auspicious day for money spells or buying lottery tickets!Â
- Monday: Moon energy; intuition, emotions, healing
- Tuesday: Mars energy; courage, strength, conflict resolution
- Wednesday: Mercury energy; communication, travel, learning
- Thursday: Jupiter energy; prosperity, growth, success
- Friday: Venus energy; love, beauty, friendship
- Saturday: Saturn energy; banishing, protection, boundaries
- Sunday: Sun energy; success, vitality, clarity
Elements
The elements represent the natural forces of the universe and are often used in spellwork.Â
- Earth: Stability, grounding, abundance (Correspondences: green, stones, soil)
- Air: Communication, intellect, inspiration (Correspondences: feathers, incense, yellow)
- Fire: Passion, transformation, energy (Correspondences: candles, red, ash)
- Water: Emotions, healing, intuition (Correspondences: seashells, blue, moon water)
- Spirit: Connection, balance, transcendence (Correspondences: white, quartz)
Herbs
Herbs are versatile tools that can be burned, carried, or brewed. Many herbs can be grown in your window, on a patio or in your garden. Don't go out an buy a bunch of herbs. Wait until you need them for a spell, then raid your kitchen spice drawer. Tea bags are an excellent source spell ingridents without spending a bunch of $$$.
- Lavender: Peace, relaxation, purification
- Rosemary: Protection, memory, healing
- Cinnamon: Prosperity, passion, success
- Sage: Cleansing, wisdom, purification
- Basil: Prosperity, protection, love
- Chamomile: Peace, luck, sleep
- Peppermint: Energy, clarity, healing
- Bay Leaf: Manifestation, protection, wishes
 Crystals
Crystals amplify energy and carry unique vibrations in spellwork, home decor, jewelry, and more. If you're new to buying crystals, purchase what speaks to your soul when you hold the crystal in your hand. After your purchase, research the properties of the crystals. You'll be amazed at what the Universe draws to you!Â
- Clear Quartz: Amplification, clarity, healing
- Amethyst: Intuition, spiritual growth, protection
- Rose Quartz: Love, self-compassion, harmony
- Citrine: Abundance, success, confidence
- Black Tourmaline: Protection, grounding, banishing negativity
- Moonstone: Intuition, femininity, new beginnings
- Tiger’s Eye: Courage, focus, strength
 Lunar Phases
The moon's phases influence the timing of your spellwork.
- New Moon: Beginnings, setting intentions, manifestation
- Waxing Moon: Growth, attraction, building energy
- Full Moon: Power, clarity, culmination
- Waning Moon: Release, banishing, letting go
- Dark Moon: Rest, reflection, shadow work
 Intentions and Tools
Different tools can symbolize or amplify your intentions.
- Candles: Focus energy, represent the element of fire
- Incense: Purification, invoking air element, enhancing focus
- Cauldron: Transformation, alchemy, manifestation
- Athame/Dagger: Direction of energy, cutting energetic ties
- Chalice: Holding water, feminine energy, intuition
- Wand: Directing energy, connection to spirit
 Zodiac Signs
Zodiac energies can guide the timing of your spellwork.
- Aries: Action, courage, new ventures
- Taurus: Stability, abundance, sensuality
- Gemini: Communication, adaptability, learning
- Cancer: Nurturing, intuition, protection
- Leo: Confidence, creativity, leadership
- Virgo: Organization, health, clarity
- Libra: Balance, relationships, harmony
- Scorpio: Transformation, passion, secrets
- Sagittarius: Freedom, exploration, optimism
- Capricorn: Discipline, ambition, structure
- Aquarius: Innovation, community, insight
- Pisces: Dreams, spirituality, emotional healing
