The Broom

Your broom can be used for decoration, magick and ritual. It is used to sweep an area clean of negative energy. The broom is basically the symbol for a female witch and it represents her vehicle for traveling into dreamtime. Jumping the broom can be added to Beltane celebrations, children’s circles and to hand fasting ceremonies.

A broom can be used as a vessel to temporarily house a particular spirit or entity and witches often name their brooms. A broom is a marvelous instrument of protection to be hung on front and back entrances into your home.

You can decorate a broom with a spell tied to the handle with a silver cord and give it as a gift to a wedding couple or craft sister or brother. They will be talking about it for years to come.

Brooms are also laid at the gateway to a coven circle, it is used to send messages to make friends via astral travel, and set outside with specific instructions to make friends with our local fairy folk. If there is a mist surrounding your broom, you will know that your message has been received.

Prior to childbirth, woman used a broom to sweep the threshold of a house both for protection and to prepare the way for the new spirit to enter. Jumping over q broom stick to ensure the couples fertility, this ritual neatly marked the line between single and married life.

The broom is present in the folklore of various countries and cultures. In some parts of the Western world, a broom propped up outside a house identified it as a house of prostitution. In Madagascar, women danced with brooms while their men were at war in order to sweep away the enemy. In China, the room represents wisdom and insight because it brushes away worries. In Japan, brooms are used during spring rituals to purify the ceremonial space. In Victorian-age America, a new room would never be bought in May, “lest you sweep the family away”.

Remember the choice of your broom is very important, choose wisely and well.

Blessed Be

Fairy Star

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