Coin, Clover, and Ash is a luck jar spell — a small sealed working that gathers good fortune, layer by layer, and shuts it away where it cannot wander off. Dusk is the hour of thresholds, when the day pours its last gold into the west and the world holds still between two darknesses, and what you seal at dusk keeps a little of that gold forever. Each layer you lay down is a day’s worth of fortune stored against lean times, salt standing guard so nothing sours, until the jar becomes a small, glowing hoard you keep for yourself.
Correspondences for This Spell
- Colours: green and gold
- Herbs: basil, clover, nutmeg
- Crystal: green aventurine, citrine, jade
- Day: Thursday
- Planet: Jupiter
- Element: Air
- Moon: waxing moon (to increase fortune)
For a fuller table of magical associations, see the correspondences guide.
What You Will Need
- A clean glass jar with a lid you can seal
- A bowl to hold and mix your ingredients
- Salt (sea salt or table salt) to floor the jar
- Dried herbs of luck — clover, bay, and a pinch of cinnamon; basil and nutmeg make good additions
- A small crystal in green or gold — green aventurine, citrine, or jade
- A little water gathered at dusk
- A green or gold candle to seal the lid with wax
The Best Time to Cast
Cast this at dusk on a Thursday, under a waxing moon. Dusk is the spell’s whole reason — you are trapping the day’s last light, and the seam between day and night is where that gold is easiest to catch. Thursday belongs to Jupiter, the planet of expansion, abundance, and good fortune, so the day itself lends weight to the working. A waxing moon, growing fuller each night, carries the intention you want most: increase. Fortune gathered as the moon swells tends to keep swelling.
The Working
- At dusk, gather a clean jar and set your ingredients in a bowl by the failing light.
- Lay down a first layer of salt to floor the jar and hold ill fortune out.
- Add clover, bay, and a pinch of cinnamon for luck that draws and luck that quickens.
- Nestle a green or gold crystal into the herbs as the jar’s steady heart.
- Pour in a little water gathered at the same dusk, enough to wed the layers together.
- Speak the charm as you cap the jar, sealing the day’s last light inside with wax dripped from a candle.
- Keep the jar where you pass it often, giving it a shake whenever you wish your luck awake.
The Incantation
Last of the daylight, gold and low,
into this jar I bid you go.
Salt to keep and clover to call,
stone at the centre to hold it all.
Sealed at dusk and shaken bright,
keep my fortune burning light.
Variations & Substitutions
- No fresh dusk water? Rainwater or a spoonful of morning dew works just as well; the point is water touched by an in-between moment. In a pinch, filtered water charged briefly under the setting sun carries the same intent.
- Swap the herbs to what you have. Basil and nutmeg from the kitchen shelf stand in cleanly for clover or bay — all four are luck-drawers. Keep at least one green herb for growth and one warming spice for speed.
- Choose your crystal by aim. Green aventurine is the classic stone of opportunity, but citrine suits luck tied to money and jade suits luck kept over the long haul. A clean river pebble painted gold serves if you have no crystal at all.
A Word on Intent
Luck magic sits easily inside the Wiccan Rede — “an it harm none, do what ye will.” This jar draws opportunity toward you; it does not pull it away from anyone else. Fortune is not a fixed pie to be stolen a slice at a time, so ask for doors to open, for good timing, for the lucky turn — never for another person’s loss. Keep the working consensual and self-directed, and the luck you gather stays clean.
Related Luck Spells
Find more sealed workings and seasonal charms in the Grimoire, and keep a record of your own results in your Book of Shadows — a jar remembered is a jar that keeps working.