Quick Specs
- Brand: Sonavi
- Type: Hand-rolled beeswax candles
- Wax: Natural beeswax
- Color: Blue
- Height: 8 inches
- Base: About 1 inch across
- Set: 5 candles
Saturated Blue Honeycomb Candles That Stand Like Tapers
The blue is deep and saturated, close to royal blue, and the honeycomb cells run down the full length of the wax in a fine lattice with a lighter edge on each hexagon. A white wick sits at the top. Each candle stands 8 inches tall on a base about an inch across. The candle is slim and tall, so it stands on a desk or a low altar the way a taper does, with its flame well above the surface and easy to keep in view. That position matters for slow work. You can keep the flame in the corner of your vision, which suits writing, reading or a quiet sit, and the length of wax gives a candle time to stay with a project that takes more than one evening. Rolling by hand leaves small differences in the seam, the ends and the depth of the pattern, so five candles from one box are close relatives. Set two or three side by side and the blue reads as a single band of color, a reason to give a blue working its own corner of the table.
Blue is a color where the guides spread widely. One author gives it peace and calm, another communication and truth, a third intuition and wisdom, and others list protection, psychic ability or harmony in the home. Most pair it with several purposes, so the practical way to choose it is by the question the working asks: whether you need to speak, to settle or to see. Blue’s link to sky and deep water gives it a ready image for calm and distance, and a flame in this color keeps that image in the room. The associations are traditional, they vary from source to source, and no source guarantees an outcome, so your own sense of blue outranks any list. That spread of meanings is also what makes the color easy to personalize. A box of five lets you give each of them an evening and a candle of its own. When two seem to apply at once, light the candle for the one you can state in a single sentence and let the other wait for another night.
Practical Ritual Applications
For a hard conversation, write the two or three things you need to say, light a candle while you rehearse them aloud, and snuff the flame before the conversation starts. For a household that feels unsettled, set one candle where people gather in the evening and let it burn while you do something quiet nearby, such as reading or folding laundry; stay in the room until you snuff it. For a divination sitting, place a candle beyond the edge of your cloth, a foot or more from the cards, and light it before the first shuffle. A set of five gives you a week of short sittings with candles to spare. Measure the base before you choose a holder, and browse my taper holders for an opening close to an inch wide.
How to Burn a Blue Beeswax Candle for a Working
Three steps carry a blue candle from the box to a working with a clear purpose.
- Choose the Meaning Before You Light
Decide which reading of blue the working needs: peace, a clear word, a question for your cards. Say it as one sentence, and write it down if you like. Then cut the wick back to a quarter inch and stand the candle upright in a holder or on a dish, on a stable surface. Choosing the purpose first keeps the candle from standing in for every wish at once.
- Light It and Keep the Air Still
Light the wick and keep the candle out of drafts, since moving air makes any candle flicker and run. Read your sentence aloud once, then give the flame a few quiet minutes. Keep paper, fabric and cards well clear of it, and don't leave the candle alone while it burns.
- Snuff It and Let It Rest
Snuff the flame when you've finished, and never leave the room with it lit. Let the wax harden before you move the candle. Store the other four somewhere cool and shaded, and when you want to continue the working, trim the wick and light the same candle again.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I stock blue as a tall candle because its uses are conversational and slow: writing a letter, settling a room, sitting with a question. Those suit a flame you can light more than once. Each candle arrives rolled and wicked, so a blue working needs only a dish and a flame. The saturated color also holds its own in a room, which lets a single candle serve as the focus of a shelf or a table. For beeswax candles in other formats, see my ritual beeswax candles, which include shorter candles made for specific purposes.
Frequently Asked Questions
That haze is wax bloom, a whitish powder that forms when lower-melting parts of the wax migrate to the surface and crystallize in storage. Bloom is harmless to people and bees, and it smells like beeswax. It's easiest to see on a deep color like blue. Wipe it away with a soft cloth, or warm the candle briefly in sunlight or with a hair dryer on a gentle setting, and the color returns.
Craft guides describe rolled beeswax candles as dripping little compared with paraffin, but any candle runs if the wick is long or a draft pushes the flame to one side. Trim the wick to about a quarter inch before each lighting, keep the candle out of moving air and stand it straight. A dish under the candle catches anything that does run, and a heat-safe surface protects the table.
Place candles completely out of reach, on a stable surface where a swipe or a tail can't tip them, and keep every flame away from loose fabric. Fire-safety services advise keeping candles away from children and pets and never leaving a lit candle unattended. A tall candle is easier to knock over than a short one, so choose a firm holder and a spot at the back of the table, and snuff the flame whenever you step out of the room.
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