Interested in casting a weight loss spell to support your healthy weight loss goals this year?
This easy, witchy craft incorporates elements that correspond to weight loss, self-control and self-love.
All the components in this craft can be found in your cabinet or at the dollar store!
Check out the simple, straightforward instructions below to get started.

Contents
Weight Loss Spell: Using Magic to Reach Your Goals
Many people who have lost 10, 20, 30 pounds, or more will quickly tell you that weight loss isn’t a physical challenge, but a mental challenge.
I’d take this one step further and say that weight loss is, in fact, a spiritual challenge.
The practice of abstaining from pleasure, and especially fasting, for spiritual insight is a nearly universal component of every major religion in the world.
Rather than viewing weight loss as a matter of physical appearance, think of weight loss as a means to shed stored negative energy and undergo a spiritual transformation that is actually visible in the physical realm.
Meaning of the Ingredients
Each of the ingredients included in this spell emanates an energy that supports weight-loss intentions.
Ginger
Ginger suppresses appetite and helps to “heat up” your resolve. This spice also inspires confidence to achieve your goals and strengthens spell intentions.
Peppercorns
This spice promotes willpower and protects you from self-doubt—-a definite hindrance to successful weight loss!
Coffee
Coffee renews energy, suppresses appetite, and inspires creativity. The creative energy coffee provides in this spell not only lifts you out of the hunger state, but fuels constructive distractions that help to minimize the discomfort associated with weight loss.
Things You Will Need
-unscented (black or white) tea candles
-1 unscented stick candle
-ground ginger
-peppercorns
-(affiliate link —->) coffee essential oil

Step 1
Sprinkle a pinch of ground ginger on top of the tea candles.
Place 3-5 peppercorns on top of the tea candles.
Step 2
Light the unscented stick candle. “Seal in” the peppercorns and ground ginger by allowing several drops of melted wax to drip from the stick candle onto the tea candles.
Step 3
While the hot wax from the stick candle is still in liquid form, add a few drops of coffee essential oil to the spell candles. Allow candles to cool completely.
Step 4
For the first five nights of the waning moon, burn the candles and meditate on the thought of your body growing smaller and taking joy in the heightened mental clarity that comes during the weight loss process.
Repeat monthly as necessary until you’ve achieved your ideal weight range.

Sources & References
Claims Based on Documented Sources
- Weight loss as mental/spiritual challenge: Documented in contemporary practice
- Fasting for spiritual insight universal religious practice: Documented in comparative religious studies
- Abstinence from pleasure for spiritual transformation: Documented in religious tradition
- Ginger suppresses appetite: Documented in herbal/culinary use
- Ginger heats up resolve/strengthens intentions: Documented in herbal magic correspondence
- Ginger inspires confidence/achieves goals: Documented in herbal correspondence
- Peppercorns promote willpower: Documented in spice correspondence
- Peppercorns protect from self-doubt: Documented in herbal magic
- Coffee renews energy: Documented in culinary/herbal use
- Coffee suppresses appetite: Documented in culinary/herbal properties
- Coffee inspires creativity: Documented in herbal correspondence
- Candle spell components: Documented in candle magic practice
- Waning moon for reduction spells: Documented in lunar magic correspondence
- Five nights waning moon cycle: Documented in lunar phase practice
- Meditation for spell intention: Documented in contemporary spell practice
- Monthly candle spell repetition: Documented in spell practice
- Unscented candles for spell work: Documented in candle magic practice
- Essential oils for spell enhancement: Documented in contemporary spell craft
- Body transformation visible in physical realm: Documented in magical philosophy
- Weight loss as shedding negative energy: Documented in modern witchcraft practice
Claims Based on Personal Practice & Experience
- 20+ years modern pagan community experience (Lumina Indigo)
- Professional tarot reader expertise (Lumina Indigo)
- Kitchen witch knowledge (Lumina Indigo)
- Reviewed by Tina Caro (10+ years, 1000+ clients)
Recommended Reading
- “The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess” by Starhawk
- “Candle Magick for Beginners” by Richard and Tammy Cicatriz
- “Moon Spells: Optimize Your Life in Sync with Lunar Cycles” by Diane Stein
About the Author
Written by Lumina Indigo (Moody Moons founder, est. 2012), specializing in modern spirituality research. With 20+ years pagan community experience, Lumina is a professional tarot reader and kitchen witch. Reviewed by Tina Caro (10+ years witchcraft, 1000+ clients).
Note
DIY spell candle for weight loss intentions during waning moon. Ingredients: unscented black/white tea candles, unscented stick candle, ground ginger (appetite suppression/confidence/resolve), peppercorns (willpower/self-doubt protection), coffee essential oil (energy renewal/appetite suppression/creativity). Steps: (1) sprinkle ginger + 3-5 peppercorns on tea candles; (2) seal with melted wax from stick candle; (3) add coffee essential oil while wax liquid; (4) burn candles for first five waning moon nights, meditate on body shrinking/mental clarity. Repeat monthly until ideal weight achieved. Reuse same candles to build energy. All ingredients available at dollar store; ground ginger or dried pieces acceptable (ensure complete dryness).





in the ingredients and step one you mention cinnamon but i think it is supposed to be ground ginger since that is what you mention elsewhere
Sorry, guys! It was meant to be ginger. Thanks for pointing out this typo.
Hello,
I’m interested to try the spell candle, and I see that you have ginger listed as an ingredient above, but cinnamon below.
Is one preferred over the other? Should it be ground ginger or pieces?
Thanks!
Sorry, guys! It was meant to be ginger. Thanks for pointing out this typo.
You can use ginger pieces as opposed to ground, just make sure you allow it to dry completely, or the candle won’t burn well.
Thank you!
For the burning of the candles, do you repeat the process for five nights with new candles each time? Or, do you use the same candles and only burn them when you meditate?
Looking forward to doing this. Hopefully my oil will arrive in time!
You can definitely use the same candles. In fact, I think this helps to build energy.
How come on the waning moon? and what were the intentions behind choosing each of the ingredients? (Baby witch trying to learn all I can) ~ Emma
Waning moon cycle is typically used for spells intended to aid in reduction. See this article on choosing the right moon phase for spell work:
https://moodymoons.com/2023/05/15/tuned-to-the-moon-choosing-the-right-lunar-phase-for-your-spells/
You can see an explanation for why the ingredients were chosen for this spell in this article under the heading “meaning of the ingredients.”
Good luck!
What if you don’t have peppercorn and have everything else?