Candle for interpreting energies ✨🕯️

I still remember the winter of 2022-2023 when I was facing a pretty important exam that could change (and did change) the rest of my life.

A neighbor of mine, who was also quite into mystical and witchy practices, told me to light a large white candle 🕯️ and that the way the wax burned would reflect the energy surrounding my exam and selection process in general.

Today I thought it would be really interesting to share this with you all—how it's done and how I still do it to this day.

⚠️First of all, and as I always say, this ritual uses fire, so please be mindful. If you have kids or pets at home, they don't understand why a candle is lit or the danger it poses, so don't leave this candle unattended, and if you need to leave the house while the candle is still burning (the candle can take days to burn out), leave it in the bathtub, shower, or sink—don't leave it near a window since the wind can knock it over or alter the flame's movement and, therefore, the ritual. ⚠️

🧙🏼‍♀️ 🕯️ Let's get into the ritual 🕯️ 🧙🏼‍♀️

The ritual itself went as follows.

Alone, in the quiet of my room, I had to take the white candle (preferably medium-sized and thick) and anoint it with an essential oil I was familiar with, anointing it from bottom to top, and once it was anointed, I also had to write my wish or request from bottom to top. If you don't have essential oils, cooking olive oil or even your favorite perfume will do.

Then I would place the candle in the center of the plate and make a circle of coarse salt around it, and light it while focusing on my wish, my prayer or request until it burned out. Once it burned out, I had to interpret the wax that remained.

✨The best outcome is when there's no wax residue left, or only the outline circle of the candle—if this happens, your prayer has been heard and you can rest assured that the energy is with you

✨If there's soft wax left that's pleasant to touch and centered in the candle holder or plate, it's a good sign—it means your goal is on the right track but you need to keep working on it; the energies are in your favor

✨If the wax touches the salt or spills off the plate, it's a bad sign and it's believed someone may be interfering with your purpose

✨An abundance of wax means you should repeat the ritual since the energy is quite dense or disturbed and isn't seen as a good sign...

✨Rough, lumpy, or sharp wax—negative energies, bad sign

Something else that's very important is watching how the wax drips, without obsessing over it—you don't need to spend hours and hours observing the wax:

🕯️ Wax drip on the right: good sign

🕯️Drip on the left: bad sign, doubts, negative energies

🕯️Drips all over the candle: scattered and released energies and emotions. There's no control or obstacles—there could be difficulties or the complete opposite. In this case, it's better to wait until the candle burns out

🕯️No drips or very few: good sign, clear path. Same if they fall very quickly

🕯️Drips that fall occasionally and without monotony: specific problems that will be easily resolved

🕯️Abundant drips: released energies. According to ceromancy, this can be a good omen

Sometimes I don't have any requests but I light these candles anyway to check the energy of the environment, or to pray for something or someone.

I've also done it several times to cleanse the energy of my house, and it's been quite curious to see the shapes the wax has made—even the figure of a woman appeared clearly one day 😮

The topic of ceromancy is something I'd love to know much more about, so if you have information or know something I haven't written, leave it in the comments—I think it's a really beautiful way to share information and learn together ✨🤍