Three Good Luck Spells 

Author Lyria Flowers

Hey, there, fellow luck seeker. I see you, and I’d love to help you get lucky. We all come up on times in life when we all need or would wish for a bit more luck to be on our side. Whether you have a big test coming up and need to pass, or you have just started dating and would love to have a better chance at finding the one. These are my three go to good luck spells that have helped me the most in my personal life. The following good luck charms and spells will be just the thing to help you get the luck you need.

Now, this being my first spell instruction blog, I have been asked by Seraphine to present you with the caveat that spells are “silly mortal devices that are completely unnecessary,” she would and has said again and again. “If someone wants more luck they will simply have more luck, they don’t NEED a good luck spell.” 

I, however, do not yet fully understand that level of magic so here I am using devices like luck charms to get the most out of life, and they really have been working wonders for me. So that aside, here are my top three good luck charms and my favorite uses for each of them:

Spell one: Vessel of Serendipity 

A spell for general good luck.

This one is a staple in my grimoire, The pages have been quite worn down sadly. It will not make you win the lottery. It will not make a bad day suddenly good. What it will do is make life feel like it is happening a bit easier. Things will land in your path. You will find the right item at the right time. A parking spot when you needed one. A text from the right person on the right day. Small, gentle, persistent luck.

This good luck spell lives on your altar. It is not a one-time cast. It is a relationship. You feed it and it feeds you, and as long as you keep the exchange going, it keeps working. Like a little Lucky pet rock, and yeah you can name it if you’d like. I have had mine running for years now. I definitely would notice immediately if it stopped.

The structure is similar to a money jar, but for good luck instead of currency. You take a charm when you need a little extra. You add a charm when one finds you. The flow is the point.

Supplies

1. A cauldron, pot, or bowl. Something with a presence. This is going to live on your altar or shelf by your door that’s where mine is, so pick one you like looking at.
2. Clover seeds or lotus seeds
3. Personal luck tokens. (A starting list below.)
4. A pen or quill
5. Parchment

A few luck tokens I recommend

You will build your own collection over time, but here is a starting place: a key, a small coin, a bay leaf, a feather, a piece of your tree (linked post on finding yours), a pinch of salt, a knotted cord, jade, tiger’s eye, pyrite. The list could go on for a long while. Anything that feels lucky to you, is. You will know it when you see it.

Steps

This is best done at your altar. If you do not have one yet, I have a post on setting up an altar for every denomination of practice. The good luck spell will work without one, but a dedicated space makes it noticeably stronger.

1. Collect all your luck tokens in front of you. Take a moment to look at them. Pick them up. Remember why each one feels lucky to you.
2. Cleanse any items you can with water or smoke. Some items prefer one, some prefer the other. Trust what feels right for each.
3. Charge the items as you cleanse them. (Notes on how to charge something here, if you need a refresher.) The charging is as important as the cleansing. A clean object with no intention behind it is just a clean object.
4. Hold your vessel in both hands. Picture the brightest light you can imagine pouring from your hands into the bowl. Build the image in your mind until it feels real. Then say out loud: “This vessel holds luck for me to take and for me to give.”
5. Place your items in one at a time. As each one goes in, say the name of the item and the words “brings me luck.” For example: “This key brings me luck. This coin brings me luck. This bay leaf brings me luck.” Take your time. Do not rush this part.
6. When the bowl is full, place it somewhere in your home with a lot of foot traffic. The entryway. The kitchen counter. The spot you pass a dozen times a day. The vessel needs to be seen by you regularly to stay charged with your attention.

How to use your Good luck Bowl

You must take luck and give luck for the spell to keep working. The exchange is the magic.

When you really need some luck for the day, take a token out and carry it with you. Slip it in your pocket. Hold it for a moment before you leave the house.

When you find tiny items that seem to call out to you, a coin on the sidewalk, a feather on the path, a small stone that catches your eye, bring them home and place them in the bowl. The vessel will accept almost anything offered with intention.

The flow keeps it alive. A bowl that only receives or only gives will quietly stop working. A bowl that does both will keep working as long as you keep up your end.

A note on maintenance

Recharge the good luck vessel on the solstices. Twice a year. Take everything out, cleanse the bowl, charge it again the way you did the first time, and put everything back. Anything that no longer feels lucky to you, set aside. Bury it in the earth or place it in running water, the same as a spent Twist of Fate charm. New luck has room to come in when old luck is honored and released.

The vessel will grow with you. The tokens you start with will not be the tokens you end with. That is how you know it is working.

Spell Two: Twist of Fate Blessing 

A charm to bless someone with an instant of good luck

(a lucky four leaf clover in the center of a blurred background of grass)

This good luck spell is my favorite to gift to friends. A small charm, made with care, given to someone right before a moment that matters. That moment can be a competition, an interview, a date they’ve been nervous about for weeks.

Keep in mind it’s a consumable spell, which means the charm uses itself up the moment the luck lands. Once your friend wins the thing, lands the thing, gets the thing, the charm is spent. You’ll have to make a new one for more luck. This specific good luck token does not have to have a goal in mind like the next spell. You absolutely can just have it on you as a kind of “protection” spell. Ready and waiting  for the next time something that could use some luck comes into your life. 

I like to make mine from a small pressed flower. It’s become a bit of a signature of mine, and my friends have started recognizing them on sight, which I find very satisfying. You should not copy me. The charm should be personal so don’t use a flower if it’s not special to you. The good luck charm can be made from anything small enough to slip into a pocket. You can use, a stone, a coin, a bead, a tiny knot of cord, or even a piece of jewelry. Pick something that feels personal to you and the person you’re making it for.

Supplies

1. A small vessel or charm,  whatever you’ve decided to use
2. A pink candle
3. A knife
4. Dried clover

Steps

This good luck spell can be cast any time, but it is noticeably stronger on the New Moon, so if you can plan ahead, do.

1. Place the luck charm in the center of your altar. Take a moment to look at it. Hold it. Think about who you’re making it for, even if the person is you.
2. Charge the candle with your intention. Hold the pink candle in both hands and speak the goal out loud. Be specific. “Good luck” is too vague. “She passes her driving test on Thursday” is exactly the right shape. For the “just incase” type of charm say something like “I am always finding little bits of luck”
3. Roll the candle in clover. With your knife, gently melt a thin ring of wax around the lower edge of the candle. Roll the warm wax in the dried clover three times, picturing the goal happening successfully each time. Don’t rush. The clover sticks when it’s ready.
4. Burn the candle behind the charm: Place the candle behind your charm and light it. Let it burn for 13 minutes, set a timer if you want, I always forget otherwise. Do not leave while its burning safety for one thing but you must sit with it and have your attention on the flame, or its not going to bring you any luck. 
5. When the timer ends, blow the candle out with a quiet word of gratitude. Something simple is fine: “Thank you. This will land where it’s meant to.”
6. Your charm is ready. Gift it or carry it yourself. Instruct the receiver of the good luck charm to keep it close until after the moment of luck arrives.

After the good luck spell lands

Once the goal is complete, the charm is spent. Do not hold on to it. A spent charm sitting around your house will start quietly pulling luck backwards, which is not what we want.

Bury it in the earth or place it in running water. Either works. The earth absorbs it slowly; running water carries it cleanly away. Both are forms of saying thank you.

Make another when the next moment comes. There will always be another moment.

Spell Three: Pact of the Frog 

A charm for when you can’t fail and need to succeed

Okay, this luck spell is my favorite, and not just because I like frogs. (Though I do. A lot. Seraphine has stopped commenting on it.)

A pact with a frog is one of the easiest and most reliable bits of magic in my repertoire. Frogs are agreeable silly little fellows, if a bit alcoholic. The important thing here is Frogs like a deal. Frogs especially like a deal that involves them being acknowledged, briefly honored, and then left alone. This is basically their entire vibe.

The luck pact is made with the frog-spirit basically the essence of frogginess that lives in every frog. As a frog it is a direct connection to Rana, the goddess of frogs and one of the kinder gods to deal with as a beginner. You are not summoning a frog. You are politely asking a cute, dont tell them that to their face, frog-spirit to ride along with you for a moment that really matters. The frog-spirit thinks this is fun. They get a story, you get the strong blessing of good luck. Everyone wins. Oh and they will go home and tell their friends about you.

A small warning before we begin

This is pact magic. Pact magic only works when you are in good spirits. Do not do this when you are desperate, panicked, or low. In that state, you will not attach a frog. You will attach a toad, and toads are a completely different conversation that I am not going to have with you today because I love you and I want your week to be good.

If you are stressed, take a walk first. Eat something. Come back tomorrow. Frog-magic will be here. Frog-magic is patient. (Frogs are not patient, but frog-magic is.)

Do this good luck spell shortly before you need the luck the closer to the day of the better. Things get tricky if you have a spirit pact for to long in this world. You might see bugs a bit differently if you hold a pact with a frog for more then a day or two.

Supplies

1. A needle
2. A statue or illustration of a frog (I have a tiny ceramic one. You can also draw one. The frog-spirit is not judgmental about art.)
3. A green or white candle
4. Salt
5. A permanent marker
6. A small offering of sake, even a thimble’s worth. Rana likes it. I don’t make the rules.

Steps

1. Set your space. Pour a small ring of salt in a circle big enough for your candle, your frog, and your sake offering. The salt is a polite “please come in, please leave when we are done”,  it keeps the magic neat.
2. Place the frog in the center. Light the candle behind it. If you are using a drawing, prop it up against something. Dignity is important to the frog-spirit. (I have learned this the way you learn most things, by getting it wrong once.)
3. Pour the sake. A thimble in a small dish, placed in front of the frog. This is the offering. Do not drink it yourself, this is for Rana.
4. Write your goal on your palm with the permanent marker. Keep it short, one sentence, present tense. “I pass my interview.” “I land the gig.” “I make it through Tuesday.” Whatever you actually need.
5. Prick your finger with the needle. One drop of blood on the frog (or the drawing). This is your part of the pact a piece of you given honestly.  Dont worry to much about this IF the frog-spirit accepts, the prick will dry quickly.
6. Speak the pact aloud. Frog-spirits do not read minds until you are connected. Recite something like:
   
   “Friend of Rana, ride with me until [the thing] is done. I have given salt for the road, sake for the goddess, and a drop of myself for the deal. When it is over, I’ll thank you properly.”
   
   
7. Blow out the candle. The pact is sent, and you will be ready to go.
8. Carry the image or frog statue with you to the event. Pocket, bag, lined up on your desk wherever it can sit and observe. The frog-spirit is now along for the ride.
9. When the moment is done, thank Rana. This must be out loud. A real “thank you, I appreciate it.” Then pour the sake outside on the ground (or into a plant, or onto the soil of a windowsill herb  Rana is not fussy about location, only about being acknowledged).
10. Wash the marker off your hand. The pact is closed. The frog goes back to being a normal frog statue. You go back to being a normal person who just had a suspiciously good day.

A note on results

The frog-spirit does not bend reality to make you succeed. Like all luck spells. The frog-spirit makes you slightly luckier in the moments that matter the small coincidence, the right word at the right time, the door being unlocked when it shouldn’t have been. You will not notice it happening. You will notice that the day went better than it should have.

That is the deal. That is frog luck magic.

These are my three most useful luck spells enjoy them! Use it well, And honestly? Use it often. I won’t give the warning of with good intentions Luck Spells can not be used for bad intentions.

I would LOVE to hear your experience with any of the Luck Spells.

Best of Luck on your adventures Lyira Flowers