Magical intent
Victory
Magical intent1 tradition
Victory is winning the contest, whether in court, competition, or battle with yourself. Mars rules the win.
Uses
- Competitions
- Overcoming obstacles
- Winning a dispute
- Personal bests
- Day
- Tuesday
- Moon phase
- Waxing moon
- Colors
- Red, gold
- Herbs and scents
- Bay laurel, basil, tiger lily
- Stones
- Ruby, bloodstone, garnet
Working with it
On a Tuesday, write your goal and draw a laurel wreath around it. Light a red candle on top and burn it until you feel ready. Keep the paper with you on the day of the contest.
What to work with for Victory
Herbs
❦ Bay❦ Black Pepper❦ Cinnamon❦ Cinquefoil❦ Fennel❦ Garlic❦ Heliotrope⚠❦ Holly⚠❦ Juniper❦ Licorice❦ Marigold❦ Oak❦ Olive❦ Rowan⚠❦ St John's Wort❦ Sunflower❦ Thyme
Stones
Oils and resins
Candle colors
⚠ marks plants that are poisonous to eat. Use them only in ways that don't involve eating or drinking, and work with the deadly ones (belladonna, mandrake, wolfsbane, yew, henbane) symbolically only.
17 herbs9 stones4 oils and resins2 candle colors
Where the traditions place it
- Mars — Common practice