What's in my Money Bowl? Spring/Summer Edition
I've decided to do a seasonal refresh on the plants in my money bowl. Daffodils and maple flowers feel like ancient history by now (late August). It's time to welcome in some fresh energies and fresh flowers.
Let's start with the spring version.
Many things can be used for a money bowl base. I used uncooked rice, but you can also use dried beans, salt, crystal chips, pyrite sand, small coins, etc. I also sprinkled some dried herbs from my garden, probably mint and basil. (I made the money bowl on January 1st so it's been a minute.) Add a few coins and bills to your base and you've got yourself a solid start to your money bowl. As it grows throughout the year, so does your abundance.
On the top row we have: bayberry leaves, samaras (maple tree seed pods), and cinquefoil leaves from my beloved cinquefoil bush. In the middle row we have maple tree flowers, and two mini daffodils that shrunk to doll size in the drying process. Adorable. At the bottom we have two Saint Paddy's Day coins the darling children next door gave me when they were hunting leprechauns (as one does in childhood, of course. Or adulthood, if you're Charlie Kelly).
The non-seasonal items that remain in the bowl are: the bills and coins, an acorn, a little chain with a dollar sign charm, a tiny bottle of pyrite sand, a too-small friendship bracelet enchanted to bring in sales, and a miniature knot magick charm meant to bring in prosperity, adorned with gold thread, a pyrite bead, and a green aventurine bead. I love using crystals in everything, so we also have an aventurine, a citrine, and a malachite tumble, as well as a moss agate tiny tower.
Now let's see what we're swapping in for the summery revamp.
On either side like parentheses we have a sprig of ivy and a tiny knot magick cord, both used in a recent success spell. (To learn how to make powerful cords of your own, I recommend the book Cord Magic by Brandy Williams.) On the top row (left) we have marigold petals, also meant to bring in success and positive energy. If you're looking to employ color magick to help draw in success, yellows and oranges are the way to go. That's why below the marigold we also have dried orange peel, which can be used in attraction work of any kind.
Continuing the top row (and blending into the mat), we have eight little cinquefoil seed pods. Cinquefoil is a multipurpose herb that can be used for love, money, health, power, and wisdom, each domain representing one of its five leaves. And in numerology, the number eight is the number that denotes wealth. Below the cinquefoil seeds we have some curly dock seeds, also from my garden. (Did you know burdock and dock are two completely different plants, not even related? I sure didn't until very recently.) Next we have two tiny crystal mushrooms, one in tiger's eye and one in green aventurine. Below the cute mushrooms we have a sigil I created to help bring in money.
Let's finish with the fresh wildflowers. Queen Anne's lace is not necessarily used to bring in money, but it does help with perserverance and new beginnings and it's currently blooming in my backyard, so it felt like an appropriate addition. (When foraging for Queen Anne's Lace, a form of wild carrot, look for the single blood-red petal in the middle of the flower and a hairy stem. Poison hemlock looks very similar but has blotchy red/purple spots/streaks on a thicker, hairless stem.) The beautiful, bright yellow flowers are from a native variety of goldenrod, and the pollinators just love these plants. It was hard to find an unoccupied stalk. In herbal magick, goldenrod is used for prosperity, positivity, wisdom, love, divination and psychic ability, and luck. After everything was done I also added a couple more bills.
What I might add later: bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, apple seeds, cloves, oak wood, grass weaving, gold trinkets, jade crystals, more bills and coins, and more handmade charms. Everyone's money bowls always end up looking very different. Mine is particularly heavy on the earth treasures, because that's what I work with most in my practice. Use this post as a jumping off point more than a recipe. :)
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