Cold and Dark

It is cold but beautiful for this, the first New Moon of the year. As we head into the month of Capricorn, we took the time here to clean out the old and de-clutter our spaces. Next, we used chocolate as our driving force for healing and love. 

Chocolate is one of my favorite healing spells. We all know that it will help you after a Dementor attack, but did you know it has many other crafting properties? 

Magickal Properties of Chocolate

Latin Name: Theobroma cacao

Gender: Feminine

Elements:

• White Chocolate: Water
• Milk Chocolate: Water, Earth
• Dark Chocolate: Earth, Fire
• Cacao Nibs: Fire

Planets:

• White Chocolate: Venus
• Milk Chocolate: Venus, Earth
• Dark Chocolate: Earth, Moon
• Cacao Nibs: Earth, Sun, Uranus

Signs:

• White Chocolate: Pisces, Aquarius
• Milk Chocolate: Cancer, Libra
• Dark Chocolate: Scorpio, Virgo, Aries
• Cacao Nibs: Scorpio, Virgo

Chakras:

• White Chocolate: Heart
• Milk Chocolate: Heart
• Dark Chocolate: Heart, Sacral
• Cacao Nibs: Sacral, Root

Magickal Properties:

• White Chocolate: Friendship, Self-love, Fun
• Milk Chocolate: Friendship, Self-love, Nurturing, Love, Balance, Fun, Raises emotional energy
• Dark Chocolate: Love, Romance, Grounding, Prosperity
• Cacao Nibs: Grounding, Prosperity, Ancestors

Medicinal Properties:

For medicinal purposes, the higher the cacao, the more beneficial it will be to your health. Unsweetened cocoa and cacao nibs are the best for increasing health.

• Antioxidant
• Hormonal + neurological happiness
• Increases memory
• Longevity
• Lowers cholesterol levels
• Reduces risk of stroke
• Strengthens immune system

The Ancient Mayans and Aztecs used Chocolate for Spiritual and Ceremonial purposes.  They invented hot cocoa to increase warriors’ power and virility. It was a sacred food to various other ancient peoples as well.

Chocolate is an aphrodisiac associated with love. Dark chocolate is associated with romance and intimacy. Milk chocolate is associated with nurturing and friendship. A staple for kitchen witches.

Chocolate is a gentle, powerful feminine force. It is the force for the new world. By surrendering to the essence and energy of chocolate, you can step into the higher dimensions.

I made chocolate fudge. You can find the recipe here.

We had Hot Cocoa and brownies. I feel healed. Happy New Moon!

So mote it be.