Prosperity spells

22 traditional workings for prosperity, from many traditions — each with what you need, how to do it, when, and where it comes from.

22 spells

Taoism & Chinese ReligionActivating the Feng Shui Wealth Corner of a HomeChinese feng shui; the 'wealth corner' map is a modern form, popularised from the 1980sProsperityHome & hearthSimple

Ancient MagicÆcerbot: The Anglo-Saxon Blessing of the LandAnglo-Saxon England, field remedy recorded c. 1000BlessingsProsperityAdvanced Herbal MagickBasil Money Charm for Wallet, Shop and DoorwayMediterranean, Latin American and African American folk herbalism; recorded in hoodoo from the early 20th century and in Mexican and Caribbean shop customProsperityLuckSuccessSimple

Black & White MagicBlowing Cinnamon Through the Door on the First of the MonthContemporary popular magic spread through social media, 2020s, drawing on older money and luck customsProsperityLuckHome & hearthSimple

Black & White MagicBrazilian New Year Simpatias: White Clothes and Seven WavesBrazil, 20th century to the present, drawing on Umbanda, Catholic and immigrant customsLuckProsperityBlessingsSimple

Taoism & Chinese ReligionChinese New Year Rites for Luck and a Blessed HomeChinese popular religion, Han dynasty to the presentLuckHome & hearthProsperitySimple SuperstitionsFirst-Footing at Hogmanay: Bringing Luck into the New YearScottish and northern English New Year custom, recorded from the late 18th century; related customs in the Isle of Man, Wales and northern EuropeLuckHome & hearthProsperitySimple

ChristianityGaelic Milking Blessing and Croon for PlentyScottish Highlands and Hebrides, milking songs recorded in the Carmina Gadelica (1900)BlessingsProsperityHome & hearthSimple Solomonic Magic · historyGoetic Treasure-Finding Evocations: A HistoryEarly modern European treasure magic: English cunning-folk and clerical magicians of the 16th–17th centuries; spirit catalogues from Weyer's Pseudomonarchia (1577) to the Ars GoetiaProsperityLuckAdvanced

Witchcraft & WiccaGreen Candle Spell for Prosperity and Colour Magic20th-century American candle magic, adopted in modern witchcraftProsperitySuccessSimple

Vodou & HoodooHoodoo Mojo Bag for Luck: Making and Feeding a HandAfrican American hoodoo, southern United States, 19th–20th century, with Central African rootsLuckProsperitySuccessModerate JudaismJewish Customs for Blessing a Business and LivelihoodRabbinic Judaism; mezuzah and tithing law from the Talmud and codes; Parashat ha-Man from 18th–19th-century Hasidic custom; business-blessing plaques in modern Israel and the diasporaSuccessProsperityBlessingsSimple

HermeticismJupiter Talisman for Prosperity, after AgrippaRenaissance astral magic; Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, De occulta philosophia (1533)ProsperityLuckSuccessModerate HinduismLakshmi Puja on Diwali Night: Lamps for the Goddess of FortuneHindu domestic and merchant worship of Lakshmi at Dīpāvalī, North and West India, medieval period to the presentProsperityBlessingsHome & hearthModerate Vodou & HoodooLodestone Money-Drawing Jar in Hoodoo RootworkAfrican American hoodoo, southern United States, late 19th–20th century; drugstore and mail-order curio trade from the 1920sProsperityLuckSimple ShintoManeki-neko, Kumade and Daruma: Japanese Lucky CharmsJapanese popular religion of shrines and temples; engimono culture of the Edo period (1603–1868) to the presentLuckProsperitySuccessSimple IslamReciting Surat al-Waqi'ah at Night for Provision (Rizq)Sunni and Shi'i devotional practice; a report attributed to 'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud (d. c. 653), recorded in hadith collections of the 10th–11th centuriesProsperityPeaceSimple Solomonic MagicThe Fourth Pentacle of Jupiter for Riches and HonourClavicula Salomonis (Key of Solomon), Italian and French manuscripts of the 16th–18th centuries; S. L. MacGregor Mathers's edition (1889)ProsperitySuccessModerate Witchcraft & WiccaThe Money Bowl: A Modern Witchcraft Charm for AbundanceContemporary witchcraft and popular magic, late 20th–21st century, drawing on older 'treasure bowl' and money-jar customsProsperityLuckSimple Solomonic Magic · historyThe Pact of the Grand Grimoire: A Historical AccountLe Grand Grimoire (also Le Dragon rouge), French chapbook grimoire falsely dated 1421 or 1522; probably late 18th or early 19th centuryProsperityAdvanced SuperstitionsTurning Your Money at the New Moon: A British Luck CustomBritish and Irish popular custom, recorded from the 18th to the 20th century, with wider European parallelsLuckProsperitySimple Taoism & Chinese ReligionWelcoming Caishen, the Chinese God of WealthChinese popular religion; cult of the gods of wealth from the Song–Ming period, 'welcoming the God of Wealth' on the fifth day of the New Year in Qing and modern customProsperityLuckSuccessSimple