Travel, no matter how routine or adventurous, often stirs feelings of unease, even in the most seasoned of voyagers. Whether you’re heading off on a work trip, a long-awaited holiday, or a move to a new home, anxiety can arise when venturing away from the familiar. This spell is a gentle yet powerful way to call in protection, calm nerves, and ensure a smooth journey from departure to return. Designed to be cast on the Wednesday before your trip, it draws on the elemental energy of air, calling in movement, direction, and safe passage.
You may cast it for yourself or on behalf of someone else, creating a sacred charm that can travel with the recipient as a source of energetic support. With simple materials like a stone, a candle, and essential oils, this ritual transforms fear into confidence, doubt into peace. It ensures you step forward under the guidance of protective forces.
You will need:
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- A stone from your garden or a local park
- A yellow taper candle
- Lavender essential oil
- An essential oil burner
- Yellow acrylic paint
- Violet acrylic paint
- A paintbrush
Light the yellow candle and oil burner. Facing east, paint the stone yellow. As the paint dries, visualize yourself arriving safely at your destination. Now paint a violet triangle with three equal sides on the stone, with a line just above the baseline, joining the other two sides. This is the symbol alchemists use to represent the element of air. That done, face east and holding the stone in front of you at eye level, repeat the following eight times:
“Oh Guardian of the East,
Fill this stone with your blessing and protection.
I pray for a safe journey to . . . . . for . . . . .
Guard . . . . and guide . . .
On the path this journey takes,
And see . . . . home safely.”
(Fill in the dotted lines)
At the end of the eighth repetition, say, ‘And let it be done, that it harm no one’ before performing closing rituals in the usual way. Take the stone with you whenever you travel. Some magic makers put it in a consecrated pouch and wear it around their neck or at their waist until they are safely home. And once there, they don’t forget to thank their deities for their protection.