candle magick – Melusina The Green Witch

Gorgeous Gorse

Gorse bushes, or Furze, are often seen around Ostara and is another of Mother Nature’s bright and beautiful announcements that Spring is here.

It is a perennial evergreen shrub belonging to the pea family, which forms multi-branched, stunted shrubs, usually no taller than six feet high, but it is still considered to be a tree.

The flowers are deep yellow in colour and have a beautifully aromatic coconut scent and, although the main flowering period is from March to August, flowers can be found on the furze throughout the year.

It’s wickedly sharp thorns and its dense habit make it an excellent hedging plant, which can also be used as a barrier to protect young tree seedlings in coppices from grazing.

Due to it’s thorny nature, it is often viewed as having protective powers. In Wales, gorse bushes are even said to guard against Witches and can protect the home against The Fae, who cannot pass through the hedge.

The bark and flowers of the gorse can be used to produce a yellow dye. In Ireland, the flowers were also used to flavour and add colour to whiskey and they’ve been known to be used to make beer in Denmark. The flowers can also be used to make wine and tea.

Medicinal properties

There was a Bach Flower Remedy (Edward Bach was an English homeopath in the 1930s) called “Greenman Essence of Gorse”, which was said to help to ease frustration, restlessness and anxiety, and also helped to promote emotional security and feelings of joy.

Gorse flowers are high in proteins and can be eaten raw in salads or made into tea, cordial or syrup. They can also add extra flavour and colour to beer, wine or spirits and even ice cream!

The buds can also be pickled in vinegar and eaten like capers.

**CAUTION: Do not ingest to excess, as the plant contains slightly toxic alkaloids, which can have a cumulative impact.**

There are surprisingly few medicinal uses for gorse, although its flowers have historically been used in the treatment of jaundice, scarlet fever, diarrhoea and kidney stones.

Magickal properties

Gorse is known as the ‘herb of love’ and is associated with love, romance and weddings. It is also known to protect against evil, negativity and dark magick.

It can help to restore faith, hope and optimism and enable you to gather your strength. It also attracts gold, so it is very useful in money, wealth and abundance spells.

Gorse Spell

Carve the word “Gorse” into a gold or yellow candle, then face east and light the candle. Then meditate on the light, whilst asking for for protection, money, love or whatever it has to offer that you desire.

Full Moon in Virgo Career Spell

Back on February 27th 2021 the full moon was in Virgo. At that time this reminded us that we must learn to organise our lives, accept that not everyone is perfect and to compromise.

Suitable activities that could have been undertaken during that full moon included:

• Editing, completing or finalising a project;
• Organising your kitchen, workplace, home or bedroom;
• Cleaning up the loose ends of a relationship matter;
• Making a plan for long term success; or
• Delivering an important message.

With regards to long term career success, I have big plans for my job this year. I have submitted my application to become a Chartered Environmentalist and am awaiting an interview. If successful, my work will hopefully promote me to Associate Director. I also did the same ritual for my husband at the same time, to help with his long term career goals.

Therefore, I decided to do a ritual on the might of that full moon, to ask the Universe to assist me with obtaining my career goals.

Here are the items I used (I needed two of everything, apart from the pen, as the spell was for two people).

• Two pieces of green paper;

• A gold pen;

• Six fresh mint leaves;

• Two teaspoons of dried sage;

• Two gold candles;

• Jasmine incense – for success, luck in general and good fortune. Jasmine also opens up the natural force of attraction and consequently helps us attract prosperity and success, in addition to helping live a life of beauty, through which our life circumstances naturally follow suit;

• Citrine – This crystal is commonly referred to as the abundance stone and it has powerful properties that attract career benefits, financial success and prosperity. Citrine is also useful for encouraging new opportunities and possibilities for the improvement of your career. The stone also helps promote joy and inner peace, blocking out negative energy and keeps you confident and positive. Citrine can also provide an extra boost of confidence to take with you on promotional reviews or job interviews. It also keeps you emotionally balanced in order to overcome any work challenges, whilst bringing good luck to any task or project you’re working on;

• Sodalite – This crystal enables you to harness your self-esteem, in order for you to take your career to the next level and also helps you to follow your instincts and have self-confidence. It is also known for its capability to inspire the confidence to make your dreams come true. It is also associated with the throat chakra, so provides great benefits for giving important presentations or speaking in public; and

• Selenite – This is one of the best crystals for career success, as it can penetrate any stagnant, stale or negative energy and completely remove it. Selenite can also help with connecting with your intuitions, to listen to your inner voice and push you to follow its guidance towards career success. Also, the crystal works wonders if you are sensitive, providing you with balance for your professional life and workspace.

Here are the steps for the spell. I will be doing this process twice, once for each of us.

• Light the jasmine incense.

• Draw a large pentacle in the centre of the green piece of paper with the gold pen. In the centre of the pentacle write the word JOB, making sure the star is pointing upwards not downwards.

• Around the word JOB, write the specific job each of us is pursuing.

• Tear up the three mint leaves and put these, along with the dried sage, onto the pentacle (keeping the herbs within the outer circle).

• Draw (or carve, if you’re using a pillar candle) with a Sharpie the bindrune ‘Provide energy for success’ onto the side of the candle. I actually couldn’t find gold candles, so I used yellow jasmine scented ones and scattered some gold heart shaped glitter on the top of the wax.

• Place the candle on top of the herbs and light it.

• Place the citrine, sodalite and selenite on the paper around the candle.

• Chant the following words three times (for each spell). I will do mine and my husband will do his:

Universe wide, hear my plea,
Send me the job, that’s just for me,
Grant me the job, that I will love,
I send this message, to you above.

• Allow the candle to burn down completely, then carefully take the paper with the herbs on it to the nearest window, open the window and blow the contents from the paper into the air.

• Then we just patiently wait to hear that we’ve been successful.

New Moon in Pisces Goals and Dreams Spell

The New Moon occurs when the sun, earth and moon come into alignment (align at approximately the same degree astrologically). The moon is positioned between the earth and sun and, therefore, the entire illuminated portion of the moon is on the back side of the moon, the half that we can’t see.

The New Moon tomorrow (Sunday 14th March 2021) is in Pisces.

When this happens it’s time to vanquish all self-doubt and reflect upon and put into action your dreams, desires and long term goals.

This is a ‘Get it Done’ spell, to help finalise and push forwards with your dreams, desires and wishes.

For this spell, you will need the following:

• A red candle (any candle will do, votive, tealight, birthday candle….whatever you have to hand);
• A green pen to signify growth, prosperity and personal goals; and
• A piece of paper.

On the evening of the New Moon, light the red candle on your Altar or Sacred Space and write on the paper with the green pen the following spell:

‘With this pen I do inscribe,
Desires and wishes as described,
Bring me, Luna, all that I think,
And secure my future with this ink’.

Then write your desire/wish below the spell, again with the green pen.

Once you’ve written everything, place the candle on top of the paper and focus on your intended goals for a few minutes.

Let the candle burn down and leave everything in place until the next morning, to let the energy from the New Moon in Pisces charge your spell and bring the desired results. Then, take the piece of paper and bury it somewhere on your property.