Uses of Herbs: Magical Proeperties 1

ACACIA = Air/Sun
Wood
Protection, Psychic Enhancement
Burn while you announce your desire.
You can also add to burn with other
appropriate herbs for money and friendship

ALLSPICE = Fire/Mars
Dried Fruit
Money, Luck and Healing
Burn the crushed dried berries for
attracting money and luck. Add to
mixtures for healing. Can use in a
healing herbal bath.

ALMOND = Air/Mercury
Dried Fruit, Leaves and Wood
Abundance and Prosperity
Carry, wear or burn for attracting
abundance or use for making amulets.

ALOE = Water/Moon
Entire Plant
Protection, Attract Luck
Hang at the front door, in the kitchen,
in doorways and hallways to attract luck
and protection to the inhabitants.

ANGELICA = Air/Venus
Roots and Fruits
Protection, Healing, Attracts the gift
of temperance
Burn sun-dried herbs while you announce
your desire and retain it in your mind.
Candle Magick is also very useful with this herb.

ANISE = Air/Jupiter
Seeds
Protection, Psychic enhancement, Sleep,
Wear on your person in sachet. Used
often in Aromatherapy
Used too in dream pillows for a good
nights sleep. Burn while meditating.

BASIL = Fire/Jupiter
Flowery tops and leaves
Money and Riches, Protection, Love
Burn crushed powdered Basil
while you announce your desire.
You can also sprinkle a little
on your person. Can be mixed with
other herbs for protection and love

BAY LAUREL = Fire/Mercury
Leaves and Wood
Divination, Protection, Purification
Justice and sleep/dreams
Burn the fresh leaves for divination,
hang up at the highest point in the
home for protection or burn and let the
smoke hit the four corners of a room for
purifying and cleansing of negative energies.
Place in a dream pillow for safe sound sleep
or with other herbs for psychic dreams.

BIRCH = Air/Saturn
Wood
Protection, Purification
Sacred tree of the Celts. Use the wood
for making wands and other magick tools.
Also can be mixed with other herbs for a
peaceful sleep.

CACTUS = Fire/Mars
The whole plant
Protection
Bury with other banishing symbols for
protection, grow in the house and garden
for unwanted intrusions, use the spine to
mark the symbols in banishing candles.

CAMOMILE = Water/Sun
Flowers
Prepares body and mind for magick, Healing and
Prosperity wishes
Drink as a tea, place small amount in
the bath to prepare for magick, use as an
amulet for prosperity, Burn for restful
sleep, visualize your desire

CARAWAY = Air/Mercury
Seeds
Protection, Passion, Memory
Carry in a sachet for protection, add
with other appropriate herbs for love,
carry the seeds to strengthen the memory
and use in sleep pillows to help remember
your dreams.

CARNATION = Fire/Sun
Flowery tops
Creativity, enhance magickal powers,
achieving balance. Also used with other
appropriate herbs for healing, Energy.
Light a scented candle, use in bath,
place with other herbs for added energy,
Burn flower tops for creativity.

CATNIP = Water/Venus
Roots and Leaves
Happiness, Animal Magick, Psychic
Enhancement, Healing Pets.
Use as a tea for happiness and increasing
the pet healing. Can also be used as a
relaxant during meditation, burn dried leaves
for love wishes.

CELANDINE = Fire/Sun
The whole Herb
Protection, Escaping Entrapments, Happiness
Use when feeling trapped in a undue
negative situation, wear as an amulet
for protection and happiness.

CINNAMON = Fire/Sun
Bark
Protection, Healing, Love, Passion
and Money wishes.
Burn to promote clairvoyance and protection,
Add to other appropriate money herbs for an
excellent boost, wear an amulet for passion
in men, and mix with other appropriate healing
herbs to add energy and quickness to healing.

CLOVER = Earth/Mercury
The whole Herb
Protection, Mental Clarity, Money and Luck.
The three-leafed type is used for
protection, carry as a sachet or amulet,
the four-leafed type is used as an
amulet or sachet for luck, attracting
money and keeping your head about you.

CLOVE = Fire/Sun
Flowery Tops
Repelling Negative Influences.
Worn or carried to repel negative energies
around you, carried with other appropriate
herbs for mental clarity, added with other
herbs also for attracting love. Also, said
to protect babies in their cribs if hung over
them strung together.

COMFREY = Air/Saturn
The Whole Herb
Protection
A strong herb for protection of any
type of negativity around you, for
traveling, for protection in the astral
realms.

CORIANDER = Water/Venus
The whole Herb
Love, Fertility and Protection
Carry in a sachet or amulet for fertility,
grow in your garden or hang the plant in
your home for protection against negative
influences and unwanted guests, used with
other appropriate herbs to help ease the
pain of an ended love affair. Used also
in dream protection sachets and pillows.

CYPRESS = Earth/Saturn
Wood
Protection, Consecration, Divination
Hang a branch in the home or office
for protection of any negative influence,
Burn the crushed and dried wood for aid
in understanding grief and death, also
to aid in divination. Many tools of
magick are made of this wood.

DANDELION = Fire/Sun
The whole Herb
Sleep Protection, Healing
The roots are used for sachets in
dream pillows and sachets, the leaves
and flowers are used in a tea for healing.

DILL = Fire/Mercury
The Whole Herb
Protection, Love
Carry in sachets (the tops)for protection
or place over the crib for the baby,
place seeds in muslin and hang in shower
for attracting women, also used with
other herbs for ridding negative energies.

DRAGONSBLOOD = Fire/Mars
Resin (Gum)
Energy, Purification and Protection
A strong banishing resin for ridding strong
negative influences and bad habits, also a
pinch of the resin under the mattress is said
to alleviate impotency(?), add to other herbs
and incenses to add a power packed helper. Also
used for magickal ink.

EUCALYPTUS = Air/Moon
Leaves, Seeds(pods)
Healing, Sleep and Reconciliations
Used in sleep and dream sachets, place
with other healing herbs for bringing
healing especially chest area, hang in
the home to ward off sicknesses, carry
in an amulet or sachet to help in the
reconciliation of relationship. Careful,
the other person must be willing.

GARDENIA = Water/Moon
Flowery Tops
Healing, Friendship, Love
Carry or wear the pure fragrance or
the crushed flowers to attract a new
easy love or friendship, Burn with other
healing herbs for added peace and comfort
for the person who is ailing.

GARLIC = Fire/Mars
Clove, Flower
Protection, Strength, Promotes Communication
Hang in kitchen, patio, windowsill,
to help keep you strong in your will
and/or to bring togetherness in the
family, burn while you make your wish
add to banishing wishes for added punch,
carry as a sachet for trips over water,
also, said to ward off bad weather when
you are participating in outside events.

GERANIUM = Water/Mars
Flowery Tops
Love, Healing and Protection
Depending on variety, use white for
love, red for protection and healing
and pink for home protection. Use the
oil for communication, mending spats
between lovers and protecting against
further disharmony.

GINGER ROOT = Fire/Jupiter
Root
Success, Power and Money
Burn the crushed dried root for attracting
money and success in a business endeavor,
carry for power in a given situation (caution:
please be sure you have thought out the
situation and your stand on it before trying
this one, it could backfire on you!) Used in
love wishes too as an added boost of power.

HAZEL = Air/Sun
Wood, Fruit
Wisdom, Protection and Fertility
The Wood is used for all magickal tools,
Especially good in all luck wishes. A sachet
of the fruit of the tree is given to new
brides for luck in marriage and fertility.
Place the sprigs up high in the room for
a powerful magickal protection and luck.

HEATHER = Water/Venus
The whole Herb
Protection, Peace and Healing
Carry as an amulet for a powerful
protection. Also promotes peace in the
home when hung or used in decorations
for the home, hang in the bedroom for
peaceful sleep, place on the altar for
boosting other herbs and items to enhance
psychic awareness.

HOLLY = Fire/Mars
The whole Herb
Protection
Its wood is used for all magickal tools
as it will enhance any wish you have. A
powerful protection in the home. Also said
to heighten masculinity if the fruit and
leaves are carried by a man.(?)

HONEYSUCKLE = Earth/Jupiter
Flowers
Divine Inspiration, Peace, Balancing
also Prosperity
Fill a sachet and wear it or light a
scented candle for clairvoyance or crush
the flowers and rub into the forehead for
psychic powers. Place flowers in a herbal
bath for balancing yourself when feeling
out of sorts. Add to all prosperity oils
incense, sachets and wish items for a quick
abundance.

HOPS = Water/Mars
Fruit
Healing, Balancing
A tea drank before bedtime helps with
a restful sleep, also drank after magick
acts to help balance and refocus oneself
back to the everyday world. Use in healing
sachets and amulets and the dried herb is
also burned during healing prayers.

JASMINE = Earth/Jupiter
Flowers
Spiritual Love and Dream Sleep
Used in dream pillows and sachets for sweet
dreams during troubled times. The fresh flowers
and oils are used for attracting and maintaining
a spiritual love. Very powerful, only a little
will do!

JUNIPER = Fire/Sun
The whole Herb.
Money, Protection and Love wishes
Used as an oil to add to the other herbs
for increasing money status, light a juniper
scented candle for prosperity. Use in a string
of the fruit for attracting love, burn leaves
and fruit for magickal protection. Place a
sprig at the door to the home for protection
against theft and unwanted visitors. Place a
twig or leaves with valuables to safeguard.

LAVENDER = Air/Mercury
Flowers
Love, Protection and Purification
Burn to induce a restful sleep, place
on the pillow or temples for a restful
sleep, use as a bath to purify and cleanse,
or burn for the same reason. Long ago, it
was believed if you carried this, you
would see ghosts.

LEMON VERBENA = Air/Venus
The whole herb
Dream Protection, Love
Wear a sprig or a piece of it to protect
you from dreaming. Carry the leaves or an
amulet of the herb to attract the opposite
sex. Also added to other wishes to enhance
the power.