Description

Origin & Traditional Use

An herbal votive is a small candle, about two inches tall, blended with herbs and oils chosen for its intention and made to burn for around ten to fifteen hours in a holder. The word votive comes from the Latin votum, a vow, because votives were lit before saints and gods to carry a prayer. Love candles are burned to draw love, strengthen a relationship, call a particular person to you or open the heart, one of the oldest purposes of candle magic.

Uses in the Work

For love: to draw a lover, deepen a bond, rekindle passion or call your destined match. It is burned under the star of Venus. Dress it with Venus or love oil on a Friday, in the hour of Venus. Ring it with rose petals and write your petition in Dove’s Blood ink. For a specific person, add their taglock beneath it. Pink belongs to Venus: love, tenderness, friendship and self-love. Burn it on a Friday in the hour of Venus.

Pairs Well With

Venus Planetary Oil – 1 oz; Red Rose Buds & Petals – 1 oz; Dove’s Blood Ink – 1 oz

Lore

Venus as Morning and Evening Star was worshipped as Inanna, Ishtar and Aphrodite. She is the same light Luciferians honor as the Light Bearer.