A pearl is a piece of debris, usually sand, wrapped in layers of calcium carbonite, aragonite, or calcite while trapped inside the fleshy layer of a mollusk. This is done to prevent irritation and help the creature. While pearls naturally occur in teardrop, pear, or oblong in shape, spherical is the most sought after and most valued. While they are often depicted as white or cream in color they can also be golden, pink, black, iridescent, or golden. Every form of shelled mollusk can create a pearl,and most pearls today come from pearl farms. The most expensive are ‘naturally occurring’, meaning that they are found in the wild. Contrary to popular belief removing a pearl from an oyster or other mollusk does not kill the animal, though most pearl farms are also where you get the oysters or scallops that you find in grocery stores. It is estimated that one third of a crop is killed during the removal process. This is not me saying that you shouldn’t use pearls, only me informing you of how that pearl may have been created.
Pearls can be dissolved in vinegar. So do not use this in your cleansing process. While pearls occur naturally all over the world, the largest pearl farms are in Tahiti, Akoya, and the South Sea. Their hardness scale number is between a three and four, depending on the mollusk it came from.
Associations: Healing, commitment, strength through adversity, change (from adverse conditions to auspicious ones), emotional change.
Healing: All, but especially irritations and muscle ailments.
Season of the Year: Summer
Time of day: Morning to Noon.
Adding this to any healing spell will give it an extra boost. If you are receiving long term care for something (chemotherapy/radiation or similar) carrying the same pearl with you will get you through this process. Bury the pearl, preferably in a sandy place, when treatment is over to help keep your illness at bay.
I know that diamond rings are supposed to be the traditional ring to give a partner for marriage, but pearls are just as appropriate...and not as problematic. Blessing and exchanging a pearl ring with a partner will keep the relationship together.
If you are stuck in a situation you don’t want to be, or are trying to make the best of a bad situation, the pearl can be your friend. Take a piece of water soluble paper (I’ve found it in magic kits of all places) and write down your problem (a particular coworker, a class that’s getting the better of you, a difficult family member). Add a pearl to a cup or bowl of water, then add the piece of paper. Leave for a few days (I usually do three) and then pour out the paper. Save the pearl, carry it with you when you will be in the difficult situation.
Rolling a pearl over hurting muscles can help alleviate pain.
If you are trying to break yourself of a toxic emotion/habit take a pearl and a small box (ring box is what I prefer) of sand. write the emotion/habit in the sand and then push the pearl through the word as a way of ‘erasing’ the issue. Leave the pearl there.
Pearls are an excellent offering to any water based deity. You can place them on an altar devoted to one of them, or place them in water blessed in their name.
To rid yourself of an emotional commitment to someone use the pearl to write their name, or a symbol representing them, in sand (do you notice a theme here with sand and pearls? I totally do) then throw the pearl away. Literally, just toss the thing. You don’t need that person in your life anymore. Use your foot to wipe away their name.
For BIG emotional change take a non reactive cup or bowl ( DO NOT use metal) you can use wood (though it will change the color of the wood) or plastic and add white wine vinegar, about two inches or so. Take a scrap of paper and write down what about yourself you would like to change. Add it to the vinegar, and then a pearl on top of it. The vinegar will dissolve the pearl. How long depends on the size and strength of the pearl. Do not mess with this until the pearl is gone. Do not leave in a place where children...or very curious pets...can get at it. When it is over,discard everything in the cup, and perhaps the cup itself if it feels right.
Note: While there are subtle differences in the way that the color of a pearl works in a spell, it has been my experience that this does not effect the overall outcome.