Types of Traditional Hoodoo Waters

In Hoodoo, waters are spiritual tools used for cleansing, attracting, protecting, opening roads, breaking mess, and commanding situations. They’re often added to baths, floor washes, laundry, sprays, or used to anoint doorways, hands, or candles.

Traditional Hoodoo Waters

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Let's get into the some of the commonly used waters:

River water is used when something needs to move. Emotional stagnation, old ties, lingering situations, this water helps carry things away, but also open new opportunities and beginnings.

Traditional Uses:

• Baths for letting go and emotional release

• Road-opening and transition work

• Cleansing after endings or life changes

• Fertility/Womb Cleanings

War Water is made for spiritual conflict. This is not love-and-light energy. It’s used when boundaries have already been crossed.

Traditional Uses:

• Thrown away from the home to send back harm

• Used in reversal or uncrossing work

• Protective workings when under attack

Indigo water is tied to spiritual sight and protection and ancestral connection.

Traditional Uses:

• Anointing before spiritual work

• Protection baths

• Cleansing tools and altars

• Divination

• Ancestral veneration

Sun water is charged for empowerment, strength and forward motion. It brings warmth, courage, and personal power.

Traditional Uses:

• Baths for confidence and motivation

• Success and career work

• Anointing candles for attraction and leadership

Moon water supports inner work, emotional balance, and feminine cycles.

Traditional Uses:

• Baths for emotional release

• Strengthen dream and intuition work

• Anointing petitions tied to personal healing

• Cleanse spiritual tools

Rainwater washes away heaviness and refreshes energy after emotional or spiritual storms.

Traditional Uses:

• Spiritual baths

• Floor washes after conflict

• Renewal work

• Cleansings

• Watering plants

Storm water is used when things need to break open fast.

Traditional Uses:

• Breaking blockages

• Empowerment and domination work

• Forcing movement in stagnant situations

Tobacco water is used to honor spirits and strengthen spiritual authority and ancestral veneration.

Traditional Uses:

• Offerings to ancestors or spirits

• Protection work

• Used before prayer or petition

Florida Water is the most commonly used Hoodoo water, and for good reason. It clears stagnant energy, calms the spirit, and lifts heaviness fast.

Traditional Uses:

• Add to spiritual baths after a rough day

• Wipe hands before prayer or divination

• Clean altars and tools

• Spray rooms to reset energy