A herbarium is in essence a type of grimoire. It is a record and a journal of your personal experience with herbs. Whether you cultivate your own, wild forage, or purchase fresh herbs, compiling and maintaining an herbarium is a way to keep your knowledge and experience. An herbarium is also a guide with the purpose not only to document but also to inform.
A list of herbs and plants and their magical/medicinal uses. To learn more about each herb, please follow the tabs.
- G/P/E is Gender, Planet, and Element
Aloe
G/P/E: Feminine/Moon/Water
Magical Attributes: Luck, Protection
Uses: Aloe guards against evil and prevents household accidents. It can be hung over houses and doors to protect the family within and bring good luck. Its is commonly used to treat burns.
Angelica
G/P/E: Masculine/Sun/Fire
Magical Attributes: Exorcism, Healing, Protection, Visions
Uses: Growing angelica around your home or sprinkled in the four corners of your home or around the perimeter to ward of evil and protect those within. Bathing in an infusion of angelica will remove curses and unwanted spells from the bather. In some Native America tribes, angelica root was carried to increase luck, especially in gambling. The smoke is said to cause visions and aid in healing magic.
Apple
G/P/E: Feminine/Venus/Water
Magical Attributes: Abundance, Healing, Imortality, Love
Uses: Apples can be used as offerings to the dead or cider can be poured on freshly tilled ground to breathe new life into the soil. Leaves are placed in love sachets and used in love spells. To increase fertility, roll around under an apple tree. Peel an apple making a continous peel and throw it over your shoulder to foretell the name of your future husband or wife.
Basil
G/P/E: Masculine/Mars/Fire
Magical Attributes: Astral Travel, Exorcism, Love, Protection, Wealth
Uses: Basil is often grown outside of shops or kept in a cash register to bring wealth. Basil can be given to a love interest to secure their love to the leaves can be burned to devine a future love. If the leaves remain flat and burn quickly then the relationship will remain stable. If the leaves crackle and sizzle then the relationship will be strife with conflict. If the leaves fly apart, the relationship will soon end. To keep a partner faithful, sprinkle basil over their heart while they sleep. Basil oil is said to enhance astral flight.
Bay
G/P/E: Masculine/Sun/Fire
Magical Attributes: Protection, Healing, Strength, Purification, Psychic Powers
Uses: Bay is often used in brews to hence clairvoyance and wisdom or placed beneath a pillow to induce prophetic dreams. Burning bay will cause visions. For protection and purification, it is worn as an amulet, placed in windows, burned, planted in the yard or hung around a house to ward of negativity and evil.
Belladonna
G/P/E: Feminine/Saturn/Water
Magical Attributes: Psychic Powers
Uses: Although not used often today, it was used in the past to invoke visions. Please note that Belladonna is toxic so please do not ingest. There are much safer alternatives available.
Chamomile
G/P/E: Masculine/Sun/Water
Magical Attributes: Sleep, Money, Love, Purification
Uses: Most often used in sleep and mediation incenses. It can be added to baths to attract love or rubbed on the hands to attract money. It is also used to remove curses and negative spells.
Clover
G/P/E: Masculine/Mercury/Air
Magical Attributes: Protection, Money, Love, Fidelity, Success
Uses: The number of leaves on a clover signify different magical uses. In general, clove will ward off snakes, keep evil away if worn in your left shoe, and bring success if worn over your right breast.
Cloves
G/P/E: Mascluine/Jupiter/fire
Magical Attributes: Exorcism, Healing, Love, Money, Protection
Uses: Cloves can be mixed with oranges to form a potent protection charm (pomander) for the user or used in healing and protection spells, especially those involving dental issues or travel. Clove trees were planted for every child born on the Molucca Islands, associating them with love life and health.
Crocus
G/P/E: Feminine/Venus/Water
Magical Attributes: Love, New Beginnings, Visions
Uses: In Victorian flower language, the Crocus means cheer and gladness, likely due to its bright yellow coloring. It is believed to bring love to anyone in possession of it. In ancient Egypt, the crocus was burned to induce visions of the theif that may have robbed you. Today it is used to recieve messages from the Otherworld.
Daffodil
G/P/E: Feminie/Venus/Water
Magical Attributes: Fertility, Love, Luck
Uses: If woren around the neck or close to the heart, it can attract love and luck. It can also be used during fertility rituals to increase the potency of the spell.
Dandelion
G/P/E: Masculine/Jupiter/Air
Magical Attributes: Divination, Wishes, Spirit Calling
Uses: An infusion made from dried, ground root of the Dandelion will promote psychic powers or, if left by the bed, will call spirits.
Eucalyptus
G/P/E: Feminine/Moon/Water
Magical Attributes: Healing, Protection
Uses: Can be carried in a healing sachet or placed under a pillow to maintain good health and ward off evil. To treat an illness, encircle a green candle with leaves and allow the candle to burn out while visualizing the person in good health. String together the immature leaves and wear around your neck to a treat sore throat.
Feverfew
G/P/E: Masculine/Venus/Water
Magical Attributes: Protection
Uses: Carrying feverfew in your pocket will protect you against fevers and colds. It can also be brewed as a tea or taken in capsule form to treat headaches.
Fig
G/P/E: Masculine/Jupiter/Fire
Magical Attributes: Divination, Fertility, Love, Protection
Uses: Carrying fig branches carved with phallic images boosts fertility. Eating fresh figs will yield the same result.Figs grown in the home also offer protection and good luck to the inhabitants. Place a fig branch by your door before leaving for a tip to ensure you will return home safely and happily.
Frankincense
G/P/E: Masculine/Sun/Fire
Magical Attributes: Protection, Spirituality
Uses: Burning frankincense will release powerful vibrations that uplift those nearby and dispel negativity and evil. Some use it to induce visions or during meditation and add it to sachets for luck, protection, and spiritual growth. Rosemary may be substituted.
Goldenrod
G/P/E: Feminine/Venus/Air
Magical Attributes: Divination, Love, Money
Uses: Goldenrod growing in your yard or around your house is believed to be good luck and a sign money will soon follow. The stems has historically been used a dowsing rods. Wear goldenrod to cross paths with your future lover and offer them a cup of goldenrod tea to seal the deal. Due to its high rubber content, goldenrod is also prefect for reflection spells, whether it be to bounce back what someone else has sent or to bounce back from grief.
Holly
G/P/E: Masculine/Mars/Fire
Magical Attributes: Dream Magic, Luck, Protection
Uses: Holly is hung in the home for protection against lightning, poison, and evil spirits as well as to bring luck at Yule. If planted around the home it is supposed to guard against mischievous sorcerers with it’s sharp leaves and red berries. It is carried to increase luck, especially in men. If you wish to make your dream comes true, pick nine leaves of holly after midnight on a Friday and wrap them in a white cloth using nine knots to seal it. Tuck it under your pillow and your dreams should come to fruition.
Honeysuckle
G/P/E: Masculine/Jupiter/Earth
Magical Attributes: Love, Money, Protection, Psychic Powers
Uses: Wearing honeysuckle oil attracts love and erotic dreams while smelling it is thought to uplift the spirit, making you more generous and faithful. Furthermore, burning honeysuckle incense, placing it around green candles, or having the flowers in your home attract money. Planted in your yard it wards off thieves.
Ivy
G/P/E: Feminine/Saturn/Water
Magical Attributes: Healing and Protection
Uses: Women and brides wear ivy to bring good luck. Ivy growing on your house can protect from witches, negativity, and disaster. Wearing a crown of ivy is said to prevent drunkenness. Ivy is also a symbol of fertility, commonly used at Yule as decoration and representation of the struggle between the Oak and Holly Kings.
Jasmine
G/P/E: Feminine/Moon/Water
Magical Attributes: Happiness, Love, Money, Prophetic Dreams
Uses: Jasmine flowers can be place under the pillow or oil used anoint candles to induce prophetic dreaming. Traditionally, jasmine is also made into a tea for this same purpose. To attract love, jasmine can be worn as a perfume or placed into love sachets.
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Lavender
G/P/E: Masculine/Mercury/Air
Magical Attributes: Chastity, Happiness, Longevity, Love, Peace, Protection, Purification, Sleep
Uses: The scent of lavender is said to attract love and men. Wearing lavender on your clothing will attract love and protect you from harm from a significant other. The flowers can be burned or taken as an infusion to induce sleep.
Mistletoe
G/P/E: Masculine/Sun/Air
Magical Attributes: Exorcism, Fertility, Health, Hunting, Love, Protection
Uses: Hang mistletoe above your door or suspended from the ceiling to invite love, good will, and peace into your home. Wear to increase fertility and heal disease. It can also be worn or hung in the home for protection from lightning, disease, fires, or misfortune. Burn to banish evil.
Mugwort
G/P/E:Feminine/Venus/Earth
Magical Attributes: Astral Projection, Prophetic Dreams, Protection, Psychic Powers, Strength
Uses: Place in mugwort in your shoes to protect from foot fatigue if going for a long walk or run. Wearing mugwort or placing it above your door will protect you from evil. Placing mugwort next to your bed or drinking an infusion aids in astral projection, prophetic dreaming, and psychic ability. Do not ingest if you are pregnant or wishing to become pregnant.