MAJIKICAL PROPERTIES OF HERBS

A

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.

ASAFETIDA = Fire/Mars (Root, Leaves) CAUTION: TERRIBLE SMELL!! Banishing, (believe me , you will!) Protection and Purification. Burn the crushed roots and leaves for incense. This is a powerful banishing herb. You will banish yourself out of the room with this stuff!

ASPHODEL = Fire/Venus (Flowers) Love Drawing Place the flower on the altar or next to the tool you are using for attracting a new love. Also worn in the hair.

B

BALM OF GILEAD = Water/Venus Also Earth/Saturn, (Flowery tops and leaves) Soothes love pains, de-stressing,grow the fresh herbs in a bath, as you soak visualize your wish coming true, place in red wine for attracting a new love.

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.

BENZOIN = Air/Sun+Also Air/Mars-(Root and Leaves) Purification and Intellect Burn for success in intellectual matters. Burn crushed and powdered leaves for purifying the home, self and other items of negative energies.

BERGAMOT = Earth/Jupiter (*Root, Tops and Leaves) Money, Prosperity Use the oil of this herb in attractin money. Carry a sachet with you to the Bingo parlor for luck in winning!

BETONY = Fire/Jupiter (Leaves and Tops) Protection, Purification and Love Carry a sachet for protection and scatter at the four corners of a room in the house. Burn and let the smoke cover you for purification. Carry with you in an amulet for love advances. But for banishing disharmony in a relationship.

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.

BISTORT = Earth/Saturn (The whole Herb) Clairvoyance, Fertility Carry as a sachet for fertility and conception. Added as a booster with other herbs for divination.

BURDOCK = Water/Venus (Roots, Tops and Leaves) Protection, Purification Carry as a protection sachet or burn for purification of the room, Rinse with a root decoction for ridding oneself of a gloomy feeling about yourself or others.

C

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.

CINQUEFOIL = Earth/Jupiter (The whole Herb) Protection, Love, Prosperity, Healing An "All-purpose" Magick Herb. Carry in sachet for prosperity and riches,burn crushed fresh herb for multipurpose wishes in love, money, health and protection. Hang at the front door and/or hallways for protection in the home. Smudge with this in the four corners to ward off negative influences. Use also for energy,power and strength.

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 Top) 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.

D

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.

E

ELDER = Air/Venus (Wood, Leaves, Fruit and Flowery Tops) Purification, Love, Magick Tools Used widely in the making of wands and other magickal items, the dried fruit and leaves are used for protection, also burned for cleansing and other personal magick.

ELECAMPANE = Water/Mercury (Stalk, Root and Leaves) Banishing, Love, Purification dispels violent, angry vibrations, Hide a sachet of the herb in a room, or sprinkle powdered herb along the doorways and hallways. Add to love sachets and incenses.

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.

EYEBRIGHT = Air/Sun (The Whole Herb) Clairvoyance, Meditation Used in a tea form and anoint the eyes for aid in clairvoyance. Helps too with other appropriate herbs to open the third Eye and aid in meditation.

F

FERN = Air/Saturn Also Earth/Saturn Mental Clarity, Protection Hang an Air Fern in the study room to help concentration, burn a sprig before an exam. In the Earth element,hang for powerful protection, use sprigs in sachets and amulets for a powerful auric protection. INTENTION is very important in the use of this herb.

G

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.

H

HAWTHORN = Fire/Mars (Wood, Fruit and Flowery Tops)Protection, Success in working matters, Purity, The wood is used in making magickal wands and other tools, the tree and/or other parts of the tree are used in attracting Faeries, The leaves are also used in protective sachets and caplets. A tea is made and drank during incantations of the wishes.

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.

HELIOTROPE = Fire/Sun (Flowery Tops and Leaves) Clairvoyance, Banishing Burn or carry for banishing or repelling negative influences around you, and for increasing courage and will power. Also use fresh under the pillow for psychic dreams. It is said if you sleep with this under your pillow you will dream of the person who has stolen from your home.

HIGH JOHN = Earth/Saturn ( Root) Prosperity, An excellent herb for increase in all areas of prosperity! Add to other money herbs and oils for a huge wallop of power.

HOLLY = Fire/Mars (The whole Herb) Protection Its wood is used for all magickal tools as it will enhance any wish you have. 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.

HOREHOUND = Earth/Mercury (The Whole Herb) Protection, Energy, Power. As a tea, used for increased energy and strength when needed in situations. Increases the power of strength and mental clarity wishes. Carried or burned for protection wishes.

HYACINTH = Water/Venus (Flowery Tops) Love and Protection. Carried in sachets and amulets to ease grief, childbirth pains. Used in dream pillows to ward off nightmares. Used as a protective charm in negative influences. The oil is best to use and you can also anoint a candle for protection with this herb and oil.

HYSSOP = Fire/Jupiter (The Whole Herb) Protection, Healing Used as a tea for protection of all types, physical and mental. Use as a healing bath.

I

IVY = Water/Saturn ( The whole Herb) Tree, Protection, Fertility and Love. Use this plant by hanging in front of the door to the home to repel negative influences and unwanted guests. Place inside the home at open windows and arches Mixed with Holly it is a great wedding sachet to protect the bride and groom. Magickal love wands are made from this wood.

J

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.

K

NONE AVAILABLE CURRENTLY

L

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.

LOVAGE = Water/Sun ( Leaves) Psychic Sleep, Energy and Purification Used as a tea for psychic dreams before bedtime or as an energy booster before exams or when clear thinking is needed. Use in a bath for cleansing. Added to other love herbs, enhances the attraction.

M

MALLOW = Air/Venus ( Flowery Tops and Leaves) Peace and Happiness, Femininit Use as a tea to soften the character for a woman, or appreciate the small things and beauty in life. Use also in a bath to be able to do these things.

MARIGOLD = Fire/Sun (AKA CALENDULA) ( Flowers) Love, Clairvoyance Added to other herbs in sachets, amulets and even incense for attracting a new love or adding new life to a present relationship Place above the bed for psychic dreams, or use in dream pillows.

MARJORAM = Air/Mercury (The whole herb, Flowery tops) Helps to accept deep changes in life, Prediction, Balancing, Protection Burn over burner when someone or something dies, either figuratively or physically or place herb under pillow and ask for a revealing dream. Place a pinch of the herb in the corners of the home for protection, Added as a booster for all love wishes.

MEADOWSWEET = Water/Jupiter (The whole Herb) Love, Happy Energy A subtle but beautifully aromatic herb this is used for the symbol of love when mixing up your potions. Add a fresh pinch to boost. Burn the dried herb to relieve disharmony in the home or to relieve tensions when the in-laws are coming. continue to burn in a scented candle, no one will know.

MELILOT = Air/Saturn (Leaves) Memory enhancing, Healing Use as a decoction, it is rinsed over the head to increase the power of memory when needed, good for the student to do before studying or an exam! As a bath, heals and soothes.

MINT = Fire/Venus (Flowery Tops and Leaves)Clear thinking. Use as tea for clearing the head before meditation or performing magick. Can also be used to calm when situations in arelationship are explosive.

MISTLETOE = Air/Sun (The whole Herb) Protection,Healing and Love Harvested on a Waning Moon, used to repel negative influences and protect against unwanted advances. Used in sachets and amulets,or hung in the home, it is a general all-purpose protector. Use in a bath for healingwishes or the herb added to a prayer bowl enhances the healing. Worn, it is said to help conceive and to hold on to your current love. Wear when astral traveling for protection.

MUGWORT = Air/Venus(The whole Herb)Travelers Protection, Divination Harvested at the Full Moon, this iscarried for protection when traveling long journeys. Used as a tea to enhance psychic powers or rub the leaves on the forehead and on the divination tool to increase clairvoyance.

MULLEIN = Fire/Saturn (The whole Herb)Powerful Protection Used usually in a an amulet to protect against any unwanted influences. Also,carry with you to guard against any wild animals when in the wilderness. Burn the leaves when banishing heavy bad influences and an immediate halt to bad habits.

MYRRH = Water/Sun( Resin)Used extensively in magickal scents High Psychic Vibrations, Spirituality,Purification and ProtectionBurn the herb and walk through the areayou wish to cleanse, useful in meditation. Burn to purify and protect whatever yourwish. Pass objects through the smoke to cleanse of negative energy. Burn during healing wishes. Mixed with other magickalherbs, a standard in magick enhancement.

MYRTLE = Water/Venus (AKA BAYBERRY TREE) (The whole Herb, Wood) Love The wood is used to make magickal charms and other tools, especially those involving love. Wear a caplet of the leaves while preparing other love potions, burn with any love wish. Add also to friendship wishesfor true friends.

N

NETTLE LEAVES = Fire/Mars(The top part of the whole Herb) Protection, Petty Problem Resolutions Infuse the flowers as a tea, sprinkle onself and other people, (with their permission of course!) or in a room to remove petty jealousies, gossip, envy and uncomfortablesituations. Use with a poppet to send bad vibes back to the person sending to you then bury it. Burn during banishing wishes.

NUTMEG = Air/Jupiter (Seeds) Clairvoyance Used to strengthen your psychic powers.Carry the seed or anoint candles with this herb,used also with other appropriate herbs to enhance psychic dreams and wishes.

O

OAK = Fire/Sun (Wood, Fruit and Leaves) Protection, Strength, LongevityWisdom and Fertility The most sacred of all trees, its wood is often used for many magickal tools.Many things are buried under an Oak Tree for the manifestation of wishes. Burn the leaves to purify the area. The fruit isused for most fertility wishes and is used in sachets and amulets or just alone. Asprig hung in the home wards off negativity and strengthens the family unit. Carried also for wisdom and strength in any given situation. Also carried to preserve youthfulness.Men carry to increase their attractiveness.Never cut an Oak for magickal purposes unless it is during the Waning Moon. (Special Note:Waning Moon occurs from three-and-a-half to ten-and-a-half days after the full moon.The waning moon is used for banishing magick, for ridding oneself of addictions, illness or negativity.)

ONION = Fire/Mars (The whole Herb) Protection, Banishing, Purifying,and some Healing. An onion cut in half and placed in the corners of the room will absorb illnesses, and bury or burn in the morning. Rubbing a magickal tool on the half of the bulb,will cleanse it. Also sacred to the < a href="">Moon so it should be used in any wish involving energies of the Moon itself. Place onion bulbs and flowers around the house forprotection. Burn the flowers for banishingany bad habits and negative influences.

ORANGE = Water/Sun (Fruit, Leaves and Wood) Mental Agility, Business, Love,Balancing Thought and Emotion Use the flowers for a herbal bath to not only refresh and stimulate but also to make one attractive for a specialevent, add the rinds to a love sachet to help someone make up their mind, wear the oil when dealing in business negotiations that need an extra "strength"! Carry as a sachet or amulet or hang a sprig up in the home to aid in the "heart says one thing, the head the other" situation.

ORRIS ROOT = Water/Venus ( Root) Love, Attraction Carry an amulet or sachet for drawinga new love. Add to other love herbs to create a loving environment and stimulatethe thoughts of love with someone. Placesmall pinch's in the corners of the room to open a new love or burn during a newlove wish. Bathe for attraction of theopposite sex.

P

PARSLEY = Earth/Mars, (Seeds and Leaves) Healing and Vitality Call the power of the Element of Earth and drink as an infusion. Restores a sense of well-being. Used for increasing strength and vitality after surgery or sickness, adds new life to "in-a-rut"situations. Can be added to other healing herbs to quicken the wish

PATCHOULI = Earth/Sun (The whole Herb) Passionate Love, Fertility, Business Growth Used primarily in attracting a powerful passionate love. Burned for new business growth and also placed in the garden to help it grow healthy. Worn in a sachet or an oil for fertility. Also used with other Earth element herbs for divination and increasing psychic awareness.

PENNYROYAL = Earth/Venus (The whole Herb) Protection, Banishment Burn for protection in meditation and astral travel. Used also for ridding oneself or the home of negative thoughts against you. Carry in a sachet or amulet when dealing with negative vibrations of all kinds. Place a little on a candle before or during uncomfortable meetings.

PEONY = Fire/Sun (The whole Herb) Protection, Luck A great all-purpose protection herb.Use the dried root for all types of protective charms, including dream pillows. Hang in the home or car, burn forridding of negative influences of any type.Used with other herbs to attract luck and used also to attract Faeries.

PEPPER-BLACK = Fire/Mars Banishing, Protection Another wonderful and cupboard ready herb for banishing negativity. Burn to rid the home or office of bad vibrations or before you move into a new place (make sure you then use Sage preferable White Sage.) Carry with you to ward off petty jealousy against you. Aids in summoning up your courage to face things or do things you just don't want to do but have to.

PEPPERMINT = Air/Venus, (The whole Herb)Purification, Healing, Sleep,Some Love and Prosperity Also associated with the element of Fire. Wishes Burn the herb in a new home to clear out all negative sickness energies. Carry with other herbs for boosting love and abundance. Place on person or their picture for haste in healing.Also used when changes are needed inones life, gives the added push needed.Also used in a tea to help ease tensions.

PLANTAIN = Fire/Mars (Leaves and Root Healing) Use the dried leaves and roots in a healing bath. Place a few pinch's in the flame of the candle or throw to the East wind in all healing wishes.

Q

NONE LISTED

R

ROSE = Fire/Venus (Also attributed to the element of Water, and also the influence of Mars). ( Flowers) Ultimate Love, Protection The ultimate in love wishes, this will aid in bringing a true lasting love and help also to mend any spats between you in an already committed relationship. The petals can be bathed with while thinking a new love to you,the dried flowers are burned in love wishes. Dancing with the petals and asking the Little Folk to aid in love wishes! Sleeping with the flowers will protect your dreams. Carry a sachet or amulet for protection against bodily injury or when working healing wishes.

ROSEMARY = Fire/Mars(Also Fire/Mercury) (Leaves and small branches) Contentment, Love, Protection, Clear Thinking and Money. This is a good all around herb to haveand I like it even better that you canfind it in your cupboard. Used primarily for contentment and happiness to the homeand to the person, a branch is hung, food is cooked with it or it can be worn to bea tension relieving and contented feeling.This also added to other appropriate herbs is a great boost for prosperity works. Carried in a sachet, talisman or amulet, this is a great guard against negative energies. Sometimes used as a sub-stitute for Thyme. Tea is drank to improvemental clarity and aid in the memory.

RUE = Fire/Saturn ( Top part of plant) Repentance, Seeing mistakes.Banishment. Hang this dried herb indoors from theceiling to the floor to help others and yourself see and understand their mistakes, preferably in an inconspicuous place.Burn for banishing any type of negativity or bad habits you may want to get rid of.

Herbs S thru Z please click here Herbal Majik cont'd