Hoodoo shopkeepers sprinkled their doorways and dressed the till with money oils every morning, so the first customer would bring others behind them.
Origin & Traditional Use
Money Drawing oil is one of the foundational condition oils of hoodoo and folk magick, made to attract money, customers and opportunities. It is used for steady business, income, job luck and general prosperity.
Uses by Tradition
Witchcraft & Folk Magick
- Dress a green candle on a Thursday and burn it on a dish of coins.
- Anoint a pot of basil or jade plant kept by the front door.
Hoodoo & Rootwork
- Anoint the corners of a bill and keep it in the cash register or wallet.
- Dress a money mojo bag of cinquefoil, alfalfa and a silver dime.
- Add to a floor wash for a shop and scrub from the door inward.
Ceremonial & Occult Magick
- Consecrate a talisman of Jupiter for prosperity.
- Anoint the seal of a money working drawn on parchment.
A Simple Working
- On a Thursday, take a green chime candle, a square of parchment and a silver coin.
- Write the source of income you want to strengthen, such as a job, business or sales.
- Anoint the paper and the coin with Money Drawing oil.
- Dress the candle from base to wick.
- Set the coin on the paper and the candle on top of the coin, in a safe holder.
- Light it and speak your need clearly.
- When it burns out, keep the coin in your wallet or cash register.
Pairs Well With
- Cinquefoil, the five-finger grass of money work.
- Alfalfa, kept in the kitchen so the household never goes without.
- Pyrite, for business prosperity.
- Basil, for drawing customers.
- Green candles, for money.
Lore & History
Money Drawing has been one of the best-selling hoodoo formulas since spiritual-supply houses in Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans began bottling condition oils in the early 20th century. Its use draws on older practices of dressing coins, lodestones and lucky pieces.
What You Receive
Money Drawing oil, available in 2 dram and 1 oz bottles.
Did You Know?
Hoodoo practice of wearing a silver dime in the shoe or on a string at the ankle was meant both to draw money and to warn: the dime was said to turn dark if someone had laid a trick for you.



