Using Tarot Candles for an Immersive Reading (and our Favorite Tarot Candles of 2023!)

There are many different types of Tarot card readings, as well as many different ways to practice giving a Tarot card reading. Regardless if you perform a reading for yourself or someone else, each Tarot reading has its own personality and theme.

An experienced Tarot card reader will know how to enhance the theme of each Tarot card reading using various tools such as herbs, essential oils, or candles. Doing Tarot readings with candles is an extremely popular practice and an easy way to enhance your experience.

By adding a beautifully scented candle to your sacred space, you will create a mystifying environment for your reading. Depending on the color and essence of Tarot candle, it can help you discover insights on specific areas of life.

So, what kinds of Tarot candles are there, and which Tarot candle would be best for you? Read on to find out!

How a Tarot Candle Enhance a Tarot Reading

So many people are looking for guidance in their daily lives, and Tarot provides the answer. It's a tool for guidance that can help you or a friend along on their spiritual journey. But, in order for a reading to be insightful and impactful, it needs to be done in the right environment.

You should have a sacred space to create the most illuminating Tarot experience possible. Lingering energies and your own personal stresses of daily life can influence a reading. Fortunately, a beautifully scented candle can dispel them and be a great compliment to your sacred space.

Creating a sacred space

If you are creating a sacred space, then it is your completely your space. You should feel completely comfortable and aligned within that space.

In your sacred space you should have a table or an area dedicated for practicing Tarot readings. Some Tarot readers sit on the floor on a particular cloth to give eadings. This is a personal preference and is entirely your choice. You may even consider an altar to place and keep your cards and magic supplies.

Some basic items will help you make the energy flow and the vibe feel right. You shouldn’t have to spend a whole lot of money to make this happen.

Learning how to read Tarot cards with candles can enhance your readings even more. Burning candles during a Tarot card reading creates ambiance, enhances psychic ability, and it’s just downright magical!

When Tarot candles surround a reading, both you and the querent will feel a shift in energy. The Tarot candle unites the sense of deep, intimate reflection innate to a Tarot reading with the setting your reading takes place.

I also find that one inexpensive and important addition to my sacred space is herbs. They literally do not have to cost any money at all.

Fresh and dry herbs are best. You need to make sure they are herbs that you love and that coordinate with the Tarot card reading and candles that you are using. You can even grow and pick them yourself. Essential oils are great for cleansing, focus and comfort. The aroma they emit can also be useful in a Tarot card reading with candles depending on the theme of the specific reading.

Using candles in a Tarot reading

Fire is a very meaningful natural element and widely used in spells and rituals.

Even a small flame is a grand source of energy. Using candles in your Tarot card reading will help you focus, cleanse energy and create magic in your sacred space. The energy from a candle's fire can help you give a powerful tarot reading.

Before using candles in a Tarot card reading, focus on the reading’s intention and purpose. You can do this while lighting your candle. You can bless the Tarot card reading and the space while doing so.

If it is not too dark, you can even read by candlelight only. You can find which hour of the day best supports a Tarot card reading by candlelight.

What are the Best Tarot Candles?

Having tried a variety of Tarot candles over the years, the best ones we've used are the lovely Tarot candles from Celsius 54.

They have an incredible fragrance and come in a reusable black tin, and there's a unique Tarot illustration for each color of Tarot candle. Even outside of Tarot reading, you can keep them as an accent piece for your bedroom, coffee table, or kitchen.

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We've also enjoyed giving these as a holiday or birthday gift. The hardest part is deciding which color to get since the color impacts the aura and effect of the candle.

Which Color of Tarot Candle is Best for You?

Various candle colors can attract specific emotions and have different effects on the ritual or reading that you are practicing. For example, certain colors are better for attracting love. Other colors are great for attracting peace and harmony. Keep in mind the kinds of Tarot questions you will be reading for when you select a new candle.

Read on below about the different candle colors and their uses. This will help you find how doing Tarot card readings with candles could help you!

Tarot candles

Red Candle

A red Tarot candle is burned to stimulate passion, lust or love in someone’s life. If you are performing a love Tarot card reading, then burn a red candle for the duration of your Tarot reading! A red candle is also ideal for inspiring strength in difficult situations.

Gold Candle

A gold Tarot candle brings good luck and wealth! You can burn a gold candle while performing a Tarot card reading for abundance and prosperity insights!

Blue Candle

One of the most calming and spiritual colors is blue. You can burn a blue Tarot candle to bring peace and tranquillity when doing a Tarot card reading for a client who has experienced anxiety around a particular situation.

Green Candle

Green is known to be a color of luck and success. You can burn a green Tarot candle while performing a Tarot reading for a client who is seeking wealth. A green candle can promote fertility as well, so you can also burn a green candle while giving a Tarot card reading in which the client is seeking insight into the right time to start a family.

Pink Candle

Pink is an emotional color that is used when dealing with matters of the heart. Burn a pink Tarot candle while performing any type of Tarot card reading that involves love or relationships.

White Candle

Burning a white Tarot candle can be a great practice for most any reading because white protects and purifies the room.

Silver Candle

Burning a silver Tarot candle traditionally helps with psychic skill. Use this candle when practicing any Tarot card reading.

Yellow Candle

Burning a yellow Tarot candle is great for improving focus and stimulating the mind. You can burn a yellow candle during any Tarot card reading when you feel mentally blocked, or need help concentrating.

Advice for Using Tarot Candles

Always burn new candles to avoid inviting any negative energy into your Tarot card reading. Also, light the candle with a match and snuff the candle out when you are finished giving your Tarot card reading. 

Whichever candle you choose is absolutely perfect! When using candles in a Tarot card reading you cannot go wrong. Any candle that you burn while reading the Tarot cards will accentuate your intuition and psychic ability. Connecting with your intuition is the goal of the Tarot card reading. Tarot cards are simply a tool to help us find the connection with our higher self, or intuition.

With these tips and list of candle color associations, you cannot go wrong! Whether it is morning, afternoon, or night. Using candles in a Tarot card reading will be your new favorite practice! Not only will using candles enhance the quality of your Tarot card readings, but over time, it can help improve your skills through a heightened sense of focus and concentration. You will wonder why you have waited so long to add candles to your Tarot card reading practice.

Find a local magic store that sticks candles in each of your favorite colors, grab some herbs, essential oils, and a Tarot deck and start practicing Tarot card readings with candles today! Your clients will love it so much that they will book repeating sessions just for the peace, clarity, and ambience that the additional candle magic brings,

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