Mabon Herbs
Rue
Oak Leaves
Frankincense
Rosemary
Rosemary –
protection
Passionflower –
Venus
Bittersweet –
aka night shade
-ruled by
Capricorn
-planet –
Saturn
-some sources
say Mercury
-Hermes, Hecate
-heal a broken
heart by placing this herb under your pillow
Wheat –
fertility, money.
Apple – fruit
of love
-ruled by Venus
-element of
water
-Love, trust,
health, & garden magick.
August 13, 2009
Attracting men – Jasmine, Juniper
(dried berries worn as a charm), Lavender, Lemon Verbana, Lovage,
Orris root, patchouli.
Good fortune – Ash (leaves), Heather,
Nutmeg, Rose, Vetivert.
Love – Apple, Balm of Gilead, Basil,
Caraway, Catnip, Coriander, Cowslip, Dill, Gardenia, Ginger, Ginseng,
Honeysuckle, Jasmine, Lavenver, Linden, Marigold, Marjoram,
Meadowsweet, Mistletoe, Myrtle, Rose, Rosemary, Valerian, Vervain,
Violet (mixed mixed lavender), Yarrow.
Money – Chamomile, Cinnamon, Clove,
Comfrey, Fennel, Ginger, Mint, Poppy, Vervain.
Prosperity – Acorn, Almond, Ash,
Basil, Benzoin, Honeysuckle.
Success – Cinnamon, Ginger, Lemon
Balm, Rowan.
October 10, 2009
Samhain Herb
Rosemary – Purification, love,
intellectual, protection, love, lust, mental powers.
Specific uses: purification bath
sachets, love incenses, exorcism mixtures, and protection incenses.
Aids memory. Wards off thieves. Safe passage on water.
Rue – Protection, intellectual,
exorcism, purification
Specific uses: Consecrations,
blessings, and healings. Health sachets. Clear mind of jealousy,
unrequited love, and egotism. Still a painful love. Used in spells of
inertia to get something moving.
Calendula – Love, clairvoyance
Specific uses: flower beneath head at
night to induce clairvoyant dreams. Vase of flowers to bring renewed
surge of life. Love sachets. Gathered at noon.
Sunflower- (Petals & Seeds) –
Protection, fertility
Specific uses: Blessings of the Sun.
Seeds eaten by women who wish to conceive.
Mullein – Protection
Specific uses – keep wild animals
away. Instill courage. Powdered leaves known as 'graveyard dust'.
Apple – Love, healing
Specifc uses: Apple blossoms for love
and healing incense. Use apple cider in place of blood or wine. Eat
apples on Samhain.
Sage – Healing, prosperity
Specific uses: Add to healing and
prosperity sachets, incenses, and amulets.
Wormwood – Clairvoyance, protection
Specific uses: Once burned in incenses
to raise spirits. Clairvoyance and divinatory incenses (esp. with
mugwort). Exorcism. Protection blends. Throw onto fires on Samhain.
Burn while using a pendulum.
Bay – Protection, clairvoyance,
exorcism, purification, purification, healing.
Specific uses: Burn leaves to induce
visions. Amulet to ward off negativity and evil. Exorcism &
purification rituals. Leaves under pillow to induce inspiration and
prophetic dreams. Purification incenses and baths.
Hazel – Fertility, protection, mental
powers.
Specific uses: Wood in wands. String
nuts and hang in home for luck. Nuts eaten to gain wisdom. Gather on
Samhain.
Pine – Fertility, purification
Specific uses: Purify home – mix with
Juniper and Cedar needles for winter magickal cleansing bath.
Nettle - Protection, exorcism
Specific uses – Remove a curse and
send it back to sender. Exorcism ceremonies.
Garlic – Protection, exorcism
Specific uses – Protective sachets or
hang a rope of it.
Mandrake – Protection, fertility
Specific uses: Powerful protection
charm. Image magic. Protection sachets.
October 23, 2009
Lust – Cinnamon, Lemongrass, Nettle,
Rosemary, Violet
November 13, 2009
Yule Herbs
Holly – Spells for sleep & rest.
Easing of the passage of death. Connection with the Lord. Home.
Protection. Attracting women.
Mistletoe – Protection. Love.
Pine – Released guilt. Fertility.
Oak – Protection, strength, success,
stability, optimism, clarity of thought.
Fir – Clear vision, divination,
psychic powers.
Birch – Fertility, healing spells,
cleansing, purification. Patience. Renewal. Exorcism.
Hazel Bark – Knowledge, wisdom,
poetic inspiration
Sandalwood – Spirituality,
purification, protection, healing
Ivy – Luck for newlyweds
Comfrey – Healing
Elder – Purifying, connection with
mother Earth, insight, psychic work, faery magick.
Cinnamon – Courage, psychic
awareness, safety, love, cleansing, healing.
Cloves – Material gain, success,
cleansing
Nutmeg – Prosperity, business
success, good fortune
Chamomile – Healing
Sunflower – Truth, fame, recognition,
granting of wishes, fertility
Frankincense – Exorcism
Myrrh – Spirtuality
Wintergreen
December 2, 2009
Yule Herbs
Comfrey
Gender: Cold
Planet: Saturn
Element: Air
Part used: The herb
Basic powers: Protection
Elder
Gender: Cold
Planet: Venus
Element: Air
Associated Deities: Holda, Venus
Parts used: Leaves, berries, flowers
Basic powers: Purification, love
Chamomile
Gender: Hot
Planet: Sun
Element: Water
Parts used: flowers
Basic powers: Prosperity, meditation
Sunflower
Gender: Hot
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Part used: Seeds
Basic powers: Protection, fertility
Myrrh
Gender: Hot
Planet: Sun
Element: Water
Associated deities: Isis, Adonis, Ra,
Marian
Parts used: Resin
Basic powers: Protection, purification
Cinnamon
Folk names: Sweet wood, cassia
Gender: Hot
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Part used: Bark
Basic powers: Protection, healing,
passion
