If you wish to make your magical broom, you might try the old magical formula of an ash staff, birch twigs and a willow binding. The ash is protective, the birch purifing, and the willow is sacred to the Goddess.

To safeguard your house against lightning strikes, cross a spade and a broom outside the main entrance to the house.

Two brooms crossed and hung on a wall or nailed to a door guard the house, as does a broom placed on the ground before a door. The brooms are believed to disperse negative energies before they can bother you.

Take two needles, make a equal-armed cross with them and place the cross in a broom. Stand the broom behind a door and it will guard your home.

When nightmares are a problem, hang a broom on the bedroom door and place garlic beneath your pillow. You should sleep peacefully.

HEX SYMBOLS

The most colorful remnants of home magic in the United States today are the Pennsylvania Dutch hex symbols. These colorful round signs- still to be seen painted on farn houses and barns in southeastern Pennsylvania and other places- have nothing to do with either hexes or Holland. The word "Dutch" is a corruption of Deutsch, or German. Many of the persecuted refugees who settled in Pennslvania came from Germany. The symbols, or signs were once known as sechs, which is German for six. Perhaps they were called this because they often contain six-pointed stars. At some point, the word changed from sechs to hex (derived from the German word for witch).
Painted on barns and houses, they guard the home and farm as well as being a graphic celebration of nature and the divine.
Raindrops, stars, oak leaves and acorns, four-leaf clovers, hearts, tulips, doves, lilies and geometrical patterns are common design elements. Vivid colors are also used for their mystical properties.
Green brings abundance, happiness, luck and prosperity to the home.
Blue signifies spiritual love, protection, beauty and truth.
Brown invokes earthiness and sensual pleasure.
White represents purity, joy and protection.
Red brings love and liberty.
Combinations of red, blue and yellow guard against sickness and spells.

Sun, Rain and Fertility

Abundance and goodwill