Choosing a wand can be as simple as looking at one and meditating with it to get to know it, and attempting to learn how to work with it as you go, selecting from a selection of wands the wand that you are most drawn too, or as creative and focused as selecting the materials that the wand is made out of for their specific properties and using the wand for a specific purpose.

The process is really the same sort of process that you would use when selecting crystals, herbs, candles etc.

To help you select a wand based on its properties, I've included a list of the wood meanings for wands and also beneficial crystals that you can attach to your wand for extra potency!

• Oak – Protects and brings luck, and is great for wisdom, healing and money spells.
• Almond – Described as ‘sweet and natural’, and used for self-protection. Its aspects are fruitfulness and purity, and it’s also great for love magic.
• Birch – Cleansing, purifying, and the bringer of new beginnings, a great wood to use if you are healing, or creating change spells.
• Pine – If you want to use your wand to create magic that overcomes hardship and adversity, then Pine wood is the wood for you. It represents the energy of fire and also rebirth, and immortality.
• Ash – Use Ash wood if you want to make a healing wand, for it protects and purifies.
• Beech – If you want to increase your creative powers then Beech is your best option. It is also said to grant wishes!
• Elder – Be careful with Elder, it’s considered to be a sacred tree and the saying goes that wands should only be made from fallen wood. It can protect, heal and bring prosperity but its properties are generally considered to be magical in all ways. The perfect wood for an all round wand, if you are ever lucky enough to find some fallen wood.
• Rowan – Protective, and will guard you from evil spirits. It brings success and has healing and psychic enhancement qualities too – a true magick tree!
• Willow – If moon magic is your thing, Willow wood is your best friend. Its properties will be enhanced during moon work and it works well with love, healing and divination too.
• Rose Wood – Perfect for creating True Love Spells, it is gentle and healing, and is also connected to fertility too.
• Linden – For the healers out there, Linden wood is a good option for it has strong medicine and healing properties, plus it has a strong sense of justice.
• Lilac – With Lilac in your hand the only option you will have is to create love, beauty, harmony and balance. Also good for exorcising ghosts from homes!
• Larch – Protects people and animals from harm, and guards against fake charmers
• Ivy – Use Ivy wood for work with women, it represents mystery and magic but also brings genuine and honest relationships.

• Agate – This stone is related to new beginnings, so if you are using your wand to banish or to bring forth new opportunities, agate would be useful to help you bring about the changes you desire.
• Carnelian – It is a protector and wards off negativity, hexes and curses; you could also use its energy to protect the integrity and potency of your spells.
• Hematite – A psychic stone which can be used to clear and balance mental energy (air energy), and is useful for solving problems and protection.
• Jade – Brings healing and balance into your spell work.
• Jasper – Brings luck and good fortune, plus it is also a great healing stone
• Malachite – Brings wishes and desires and creates calm.
• Rose Quartz – Brings love, and loving energy to your spells.