What It Can Point To
- Dry herbs can catch and spread flame.
- Floating herbs can move into the wick as wax melts.
- Smoke can irritate lungs and harm pets or children.
- Symbolism is not worth an unsafe candle.
Details That Change the Meaning
Fine powderCan flare or smoke. Avoid near wick.
Loose leavesCan catch as wax shifts.
Unknown herbDo not burn it.
Herbs in jarCan overheat glass and dirty the burn.
Before You Decide
Read the ordinary cause first. Then read the pattern. If you skip the ordinary cause, you will scare yourself and call it intuition. I do not work that way.
Do not burn unknown herbs, toxic plants, or loose herbs around pets, children, pregnancy, asthma, or shared air.
Better Questions
- Do I know this plant?
- Can it catch fire?
- Can someone or an animal breathe this safely?