On January 1, the Seven Deities of Luck were honored in Japan, as was the goddess of Fortuna in Rome.  The only way tp have good fortune, though, is to change your luck from bad or mediocre to good.  Changing your luck is sometimes the only way to obtain prosperity.  The same goes for maintaining your health.

 This spellworking is best done on the night of a Full Moon.  You will need several candles for this spell: an astral candle to represent yourself; an orange to represent sudden change; a silver or light gray to represent neutralization of the bad luck; a black to represent the bad luck itself; and a magenta to hurry the luck-changing process.

             Anoint the candles with a good purification or blessing oil, such as lotus, and set them in holders on a safe surface.  Anoint the black candle from the end to the wick; by this action you are moving bad luck away from you.  Anoint the others from the wick to the end; this brings in what you desire.  The candles will be allowed to burn completely out, so be sure that you can leave them safely.

            Light the astral candle representing yourself, and say:

                        This is me, everything that represents me.

             Light the black candle, and say:

                        This is my bad luck.  It now leaves me.  I shed no tears over the parting.

             Light the gray candle, and say:

 This will neutralize any remnants of bad luck.  They will dissolve into nothingness.

             Light the orange candle, and say:

 This represents the changes for good that are coming into my life.  I welcome them with open arms.

             Light the magenta candle, and say:

                        This is the astral energy that I need to speed up the change.

             Now sit for several minutes, repeating to yourself:

                         I welcome change.  I welcome the incoming good.

 Leave the candles to burn out completely.  Dispose of the wax afterward.

            You may find that certain friends will drop away after this ritual.  This merely indicates that the friendship was not in your good.  Be prepared to release whatever moves out of your life.