How to Protect Your Relationship With Magic

Sometimes the relationship is fine, but the world around it is not. A mother-in-law who criticises everything, a friend who stirs trouble, an ex who keeps messaging. Protection work for a relationship shields what the two of you have from what presses in.

What does relationship protection work on?

Habits that keep the shield strong

• Agree together on what you share with others about your relationship.
• Back each other up in public; disagree in private.
• Agree on how to handle an ex who keeps getting in touch: mute, block or one clear message.
• Make time that is only for the two of you.

A simple relationship protection charm

1. Write both your names on a slip of paper, one under the other.
2. Add a sprig of rosemary for protection, a pinch of salt and a few dried rose petals.
3. Fold it toward you three times and tie it with red thread.
4. Keep it somewhere safe in your shared home, such as a bedside drawer.

Can protection keep a third party away?

It works on interference reaching your relationship, which includes someone trying to come between you. Keep the wording about your bond: "Our relationship is closed to anyone who would come between us." That works on the shield without making the other person the centre of the working.

What if the threat is inside the relationship?

Protection shields a relationship from outside. If the problem is between the two of you, such as distance, trust or commitment, love and commitment work suits it better. See commitment spells: what to expect.

How I cast relationship protection

The candle is black for protection, with a white one beside it for cleansing. Rosemary smoke rises from the cauldron, darker stones sit at the candle's base, and I close with a single ring of the bell. The relationship protection spell shields your bond; the commitment and protection bundle adds commitment work for the two of you.