| Acorns, Elk, Earth Squares, and More | | | | to protect and nourish your Spirit, you would want to |
| When it comes to magical protection symbols the | | | | choose a symbol like the Sun from the Tarot. In the |
| variety is endless, depending on the magical or | | | | Tarot the Sun card nourishes and protects the Spirit. |
| shamanic tradition with which you work. For instance, | | | | 3. Put your protection symbols where they can do |
| according to the Druids, the symbol of an acorn is said | | | | their job. For personal protection, many people wear |
| to bring protection into a Druidic symbol. Certain Native | | | | their protection symbols as amulets, rings, or earrings. |
| American tribes use the symbol of the Elk as | | | | For protecting your property, your can put the symbol |
| protection against psychic spirits. Earth religionists often | | | | up around your property or just at the entry points, |
| reply upon the Earth Square (a cross within a square) | | | | such as over the doors. For protecting people far |
| to draw on protection energies from the four directions | | | | away, you can put the person's picture on a keyed |
| of the earth. Needless to say, when it comes to picking | | | | plate and put the protection symbol on the plate with |
| protection symbols the variety can seem | | | | the picture. |
| overwhelming. | | | | Finding Out If You Have the Right Protection Symbol |
| Guidelines for Choosing the Right Protection Symbol | | | | Choosing protection symbols to use for various |
| It's not possible to review every magical symbol out | | | | magical purposes can take some real thought and |
| there but here are a few guidelines you can follow | | | | research. If you are not sure whether a protection |
| when choosing protection symbols to use in your | | | | symbol is right for your needs you can always use |
| magical practice. | | | | your pendulum to test it. If you are trying to choose |
| 1. The protection symbols should come from a | | | | between different protection symbols, you can lay |
| fully-working and complete system that has a history | | | | them all out in front of you on a keyed plate and let |
| of success, such as the Tarot deck (we use the | | | | your pendulum show you which ones will be the best |
| Waite-Rider deck), the Futhark Runes, or a specific | | | | for your needs. Last, but not least, if you start using |
| tribal tradition. | | | | some protection symbols and they don't seem to be |
| 2. Your chosen protection symbols should relate to the | | | | working, go back and do some research and choose |
| areas you want to protect. For instance, if you want to | | | | some different ones to try. Remember, magic is |
| protect something large and physical, such as your | | | | always an experiment in progress. While you may not |
| property, you would want to choose a protection | | | | get everything right the first time around, remember |
| symbol like the Disc (a star surrounded by a circle) or | | | | that you can always go back and fix something that is |
| the symbol of three mountains. Both of these symbols | | | | not working. |
| relate to anything on the physical plane. If you wanted | | | | |