So i do not yet have a wand, and want to learn how to make one. dose anyone have any recommendations? if it helps I am a Gemini(May 26th) my favorite color is purple, but i love all bright vibrant colors and then there's black i like that color too. Even though i am a full on Gemini i have some traits of the Cancer Zodiac. its like the best of both worlds. Also i whould like to know how to make the wand a wand... help?
I don't know much about this, but a good way I've heard is to find an actual stick or small branch, maybe in the floor or directly from a tree. Make sure that if you get it directly from a tree that you thank it somehow, a lot of people do this by watering the tree a few times, I've heard. But don't just pick any old stick or tree. Pick one that has significance to you or that you're drawn to or even that you seem to instinctively go for. Then I suggest you cleanse, purify, and bless the stick. Then you can carve runes and symbols into it to help you put energy into it or to put your name on it. You can decorate it however you want or however feels significant to you. If you want to make separate wands for separate things, then I suggest you decorate it according to the purpose you have set for it. You can put ribbons and crystals on it. Or you can just leave it mostly plain. I think a lot of people just have one, multipurpose wand that they either made or bought. Homemade wands are the best, particularly the ones you make for yourself to use, because they have more of your energy in them. It's like all the time and thought and effort you put into making it imprints itself into the wand and that's part of what gives them power. Though, remember, of course, that a wand is just a tool. It may have it's own power, but it needs someone to utilize that power, otherwise, it's useless.
I am making a larger version. It is like a walking stick and will come up to my chest. I am going to carve a wolf head on top and then decorate the rest in symbols and things. I also want to add a crystal on top between the wolf's ears:P
A staff [walking stick] or wand are made in similar ways, the difference is how big the wood is. Around Mabon [first day of autumn] many witches make their wands because of all the fallen wood. I was taught not to use fallen limbs, but I have made a wand from one and haven't notice a difference so whatever. If you are making a wand, find a stick/branch the length of your wrist to your elbow, if a staff I think its shoulder height but don't quote me.
If you choose to use a living trees branch [because different wood has different magickal properties and/or you feel the branch can't be 'dead'] it is common to befriend the tree, give it offerings, energy, meditate under it, and of course, ask before you take [wait for an answer]
Now that you have your branch, strip the bark, widdle it into your desired design, and sand it. Some choose to stain or paint it, your choice. You can decorate it with symbols, runes, beads, stones, feathers, ribbons, and whatever else. Try to have it flow, if you make a wand for love magick, find wood with these qualities, and use runes and crystals for love. Throwing a bunch of stuff together when it is meant to be used for one specific thing will effect the energy.
Once you are satisfied with your wand, bless it. Luckily, if you made it yourself, you don't have to cleanse and charge it since you charged it with your energy while making it. If you bought your wand, be sure you cleanse and charge before blessing.
I would like to say one thing, what do you want it to look like? And how come you can't they to do it yourself?
It is simple to make a wand? Here is a great example.
Get a stick from the ground preferably one that is up to your elbow or a little shorter, and wash it. After if your want, carve the front to a diamond piont, and voila you got a wand.
Or you can buy one. However many say if you make one, you have more energy in it,
