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Prosperity & Luck

The Wealth Jar

Also called prosperity jar, money jar spell, abundance jar

A sealed jar layered with rice, sugar, coins and money herbs around a written wish, kept and shaken or added to so wealth grows. It is a modern spell built from Hoodoo and household customs.

TraditionModern folk magic drawing on Hoodoo
RegionUnited States, now worldwide
Era20th century to present
Moon☽ Waxing moon
DayThursday · Jupiter
ElementEarth
Difficulty●○○ Simple
Time30 minutes, then shaken weekly

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The working

  1. Write your wish on the paper in one sentence, kept realistic, and fold it toward you three times.
  2. Put the paper in the jar first, then layer rice, sugar, coins and herbs, naming each as you add it.
  3. Close the lid tightly.
  4. If you like, set a small green candle on the lid, light it and let it burn while you stay nearby. Dripped wax seals the jar.
  5. Keep the jar somewhere private, in a kitchen cupboard or near where you keep money.
  6. Shake it gently once a week and say your wish again, and add a coin when you get paid.
  7. When the wish is met, empty the jar, spend the coins usefully and compost the rest.

Take care: Do not leave a candle burning on a jar unattended; glass can crack with heat. Keep the jar sealed so the sugar does not draw ants.

Versions across time and place

i

The honey jar's cousin

Hoodoo · 20th century

Hoodoo jar work uses a sweetener and a name paper with a candle on the lid. For money, workers add money herbs and a magnet or lodestone and burn green candles on the lid over days.

Uses: honey or syrup, lodestone, green candle

Recorded in: Lucky Mojo Curio Co., 'Honey Jar Spells' and 'Money Spells'
ii

The full rice jar

Chinese household custom · Traditional

A household rice jar kept full over New Year, sometimes with coins or red paper inside, so that the year will never be empty. It uses no writing or candles, only fullness.

Uses: rice, coins

Recorded in: Asian Inspirations, 'Asian New Year superstitions and taboos'
iii

The coin bank habit

European and American thrift custom · 19th century onward

Never leaving a money box, purse or wallet completely empty, always keeping one coin inside so money has company. It is the simplest form of the same idea.

Uses: one coin

Recorded in: Household thrift custom

History

Jar spells in the United States grew from Hoodoo, where honey and sugar jars with name papers and candles became standard in the 20th century. Money versions swapped in rice, coins and money herbs such as cinnamon, basil and bay, with green candles. The layered prosperity jar, often photographed for social media, is a recent form of this practice, and it is fair to call it modern.

Behind it sit older and broader customs. Chinese households keep the rice jar full over the New Year. Many European families kept a coin in an empty purse so money would not leave for good. Hindu worship uses a kalash, a pot of grain and coins, to welcome Lakshmi. The wealth jar ties these together in a form anyone can make at a kitchen table.

Sources

  1. Money Spells · catherine yronwode, Lucky Mojo Curio Co.
  2. Candle Magic · catherine yronwode, Lucky Mojo Curio Co.
  3. 10 Bizarre Asian New Year Superstitions and Taboos · Asian Inspirations

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