FOR A NEW JOB, PROMOTION, OR SUCCESS ON AN EXAM

This is best carried out on a waxing Moon, as you
are drawing success toward you. Wednesday, day of
Mercury, the planet of communications, is ideal.

This spell is both versatile and adaptable. Getting
a new job, winning promotion, or seeking success on an
exam all have at least three things in common: they are
all different means of communicating your abilities,
they are all related to gaining recognition for your
endeavors, and they are all related to your career
potential. The same spell, therefore, can be used for
any of these purposes.

As with all magic, asking for miracles inevitably ends
in disappointment, so your wishes should be based on the
firm foundation of possibility. Sitting an exam without
studying, or applying for a job or promotion for which you
are not qualified is unlikely to yield the desired result.

YOU WILL NEED...
3-4 tablespoons of water

1 oil burner

A few drops of esssential oil (pine, cinnamon, or vanilla)
or 1 pinch of powdered cinnamon

1 tea light

1 yellow candle

1 nail, sewing needle, or pin


YELLOW CANDLE SPELL

Ensure that you can work in a private, undisturbed
space, and that there is a safe place to let your
candles burn down completely--this may take several
hours so you will need to put it where it will be
attended at all times. You could cut a long candle
down to size to minimize the burning-down time, but
ensure that you will have enough room to scratch the
required words and symbols into the wax.

Visualize a circle of yellow light all around you,
your gathered ingredients, and the space in which you
will be working.

Pour water into the dish of the oil burner and add
either the specified essential oil or a pinch of
powdered cinnamon. Light a tea light inside the burner.

Hold up your yellow candle with both hands and visualize
yourself opening an envelope containing good exam results,
a job offer, or news of a promotion. When you have
finished seeing yourself achieve your goal, hold the
candle close to your mouth and say firmly three times:

"I charge this candle to contain my wish, which is to
........ (whatever your wish is)."

Take the nail, needle, or pin and carve into the side
of the candle, running from bottom to top (wick end)
your first name, one word that represents your wish,
and the symbol of the planet Mercury. (The astrological
symbol for mercury is simple and should not be hard to
look up).

LIght the candle, saying:

"As this candle burns away, may my wish be released
to become reality: So mote it be."

Aftercare: Allow the candle to burn completely away,
do not allow it to go out until it reaches the very end
of the candle. It does not need to remain in the space
where you lit it, but should be kept in sight for
safety's sake.