Nine Coins in Green Glass is a prosperity jar spell — a sealed working that gathers money so it accumulates rather than passes through your hands. A sealed jar is a held breath, a wish kept warm in glass until the moon grows round enough to answer it. Begun on the dark of the new moon and fed at each turning moon thereafter, it builds a slow, quiet hoard: nine coins to draw wealth, salt to ward against loss, and a green crystal set on top to keep what you have named.
Correspondences for This Spell
- Colours: green (money) and gold (wealth) — echoed here in the green glass itself.
- Herbs: basil, cinnamon, and mint (this jar also welcomes clove and chamomile for holding).
- Crystal: citrine, or green aventurine or pyrite — any makes a fitting green or golden keeper.
- Day: Thursday.
- Planet: Jupiter, lord of expansion and increase.
- Element: Earth, the ground of all lasting wealth.
- Moon: the waxing moon, to grow abundance from the new moon onward.
For the full table of magical associations, see the correspondences guide.
What You Will Need
- A green glass jar with a tight lid — the vessel that holds the spell.
- Nine coins, any currency; the number matters more than the value.
- A bowl for mixing.
- Clean salt, to guard the hoard against loss.
- Dried herbs of holding — clove, cinnamon, and a pinch of chamomile (or basil, cinnamon, and mint).
- A small green crystal — green aventurine, citrine, or pyrite — as the keeper.
- A slip of paper and a pen.
The Best Time to Cast
Begin on the new moon, when the sky is an empty bowl waiting to be filled — the truest hour to start a hoard from nothing. A new moon that falls on a Thursday is best of all, for that is Jupiter’s day, ruler of abundance and increase. From there the waxing moon does the growing: as it swells toward full, so does the weight held in the glass. Add a single coin at each new moon that follows, and the working grows with the year.
The Working
- On the dark of the moon, gather nine coins, a green glass jar, and a bowl of clean salt.
- In the bowl, mix the salt with dried herbs of holding — clove, cinnamon, and a pinch of chamomile — and stir them sunwise nine times.
- On a slip of paper write the sum you wish to keep, fold it toward yourself three times, and lay it at the bottom of the jar.
- Drop the coins in one by one, naming a debt paid or a comfort gained with each.
- Pour the salted herbs over the coins until they are buried, then press a small green crystal on top as a keeper.
- Seal the lid and speak the incantation over the cold glass.
- Set the jar in a dark cupboard, and add a single coin at each new moon thereafter.
The Incantation
Dark moon, empty and deep,
here is a thing I would keep.
Salt to hold and coin to draw,
seal it under the old law.
Nine to gather, none to spill,
grow with the moon at my will.
Variations & Substitutions
- No green glass? Use any clear jar wrapped in green cloth or ribbon, or a plain jar with a green crystal resting against it — the colour is what carries the intent.
- Different herbs: if clove and chamomile are not in your cupboard, basil and mint are classic money herbs and pair beautifully with the cinnamon.
- Any keeper stone: green aventurine draws opportunity, citrine draws quick money, and pyrite guards what you keep — choose the one whose purpose fits your need, or a polished green pebble if you have none.
A Word on Intent
Work this spell within the Wiccan Rede: an it harm none, do what ye will. A prosperity working should draw abundance toward you, not pull it from another’s hands. Ask for opportunity, steady increase, and money that stays — never for another’s loss or misfortune. Kept honest and consensual, the jar simply opens a channel for what is already yours to reach you.
Related Prosperity Spells
Find more sealed workings and seasonal rites in the Grimoire, and keep your own record of what you cast in your Book of Shadows.