Common Herbs and Their Magickal Uses
A reference for my most used herbs.
Compiled from https://spiralrain.ca/pages/a-list-of-herbs-and-their-magickal-uses
Allspice: Money, luck, healing, obtaining treasure. Provides added determination and energy to any spells and charms. Burn crushed allspice to attract luck and money. Use in herbal baths for healing.
Almond: Wisdom, money, fruitfulness, and prosperity. Associated with Candlemas and Beltane. Carry, wear, or use as incense to attract abundance.
Aloe: Protection and luck. Place on the grave of a loved one to promote peaceful energy. Thought to relieve loneliness and assist with success. Hang in the home to attract luck and protection for those who live there. Burn on the night of a full moon to bring a new lover by the new moon.
Anise: Used to help ward off the evil eye, find happiness, and stimulate psychic ability. Fill a sleep pillow with anise seed to prevent disturbing dreams. Use in purification baths with bay leaves. A sprig of Anise hung on the bedpost will restore lost youth. Use in protection and meditation incenses.
Basil: Love, wealth, sympathy, and protection. Dispels confusion, fears & weakness. Drives off hostile spirits. Associated with Candlemas. Wear or carry to aid in attracting money and prosperity.
Bay Leaf: Protection, good fortune, success, purification, strength, healing and psychic powers. Write wishes on the leaves and then burn the leaves to make the wishes come true. Place under the pillow (or use in dream pillow) to induce prophetic dreams. Place in the corner of each room in the house to protect all that dwell there.
Black Pepper: Banishing negativity and protection from evil.
Bluebell: Luck, truth and friendship. Incorporate into rituals of death & dying to comfort those left behind and ease their sorrow.
Calendula: Protection and psychic/spiritual powers. Pick at noon for comfort and strength. Place garlands of calendula at doors to prevent evil from entering. Scatter under the bed for protection and to make dreams come true.
Cayenne: Cleansing, purification, and repelling negativity. Speeds up the effect of any mixture to which it is added.
Chamomile: Love, healing, and reducing stress. Add to a sachet or spell to increase the chances of its success. Sprinkle an infusion of chamomile around the house to remove hexes, curses and spells. Burn or add to prosperity bags to increase money. Burn as incense for de-stressing, meditation, and restful sleep.
Chili Pepper: Fidelity, love, and hex breaking. Scatter powder around the house to break hexes and spells against you. Use in love charms & spells.
Cinnamon: Spirituality, success, healing, protection, power, love, luck, strength, and prosperity. Burn as an incense or use in a sachet to raise spiritual and protective vibrations, draw money, and stimulate psychic powers. A popular herb for use in charms to draw money & prosperity. Wear in an amulet to bring passion.
Dandelion Leaf: Summoning spirits, healing, purification and defeating negativity. Bury in northwest corner of yard to bring favorable winds. Use in sachets and charms to make wishes come true.
Dill: Money, protection, luck and lust. Used in love & protection charms. Effective at keeping away dark forces, useful for house blessing. Keeps the mind cognizant of the line between superstition and the realities of magick. Use dill seeds in money spells. The scent of dill is said to stimulate lust. Add grains of dill seed to a bath before going on a date to make yourself irresistible.
Foxglove: Protection of home & garden, vision, and immortality. Used to commune with those of the Underworld.
Garlic: Protection and purification of spaces and objects. Used to invoke Hecate. Guards against negative magic, spirits, and the envy of others. Hang in the home to bring togetherness to the family or keep your willpower strong. Said to ward off bad weather when worn or carried during outside activities.
Hibiscus: Attracting love and lust, divination, and dreams. Carry in a sachet or burn as incense to attract love.
Jasmine: Abundance, creativity, divination, and charging quartz crystals. Use in sachets and spells to draw spiritual love and attract a soul mate. Carry or burn the flowers to draw wealth and money. Use in dream pillows to induce sleep or burn in the bedroom to bring prophetic dreams. Helps to promote new, innovative ideas.
Lavender: Love, protection, healing, sleep, purification, and peace. Great in sleep pillows and bath spells. Burn the flowers to induce sleep and rest, then scatter the ashes around the home to bring peace and harmony.
Licorice: Love, lust, and fidelity. Carry to attract a lover.
Mace: Promotes concentration, focus, and self discipline; great for study and meditation. Used in reuniting rituals.
Mint: Promotes energy, communication and vitality. Draws customers to a business. Place in wallet or purse or rub on money to bring wealth and prosperity.
Paprika: Use to add energy to any spell or mixture. Throw in someone's yard to cause them problems.
Saffron: Aphrodisiac, love, healing, happiness, wind raising, lust and strength. Burn, wear, or carry for healing and strengthening psychic awareness. Commonly used in love magick, healing spells, and to control the weather. Wash hands with water and saffron or keep saffron sachets in your home to bring happiness.
Tarragon: Compassion magick for others. Use for consecrating chalices.
Thyme: Attracts loyalty, affection, and the good opinion of others. Wear a sprig to ward off unbearable grief or provide strength and courage when needed. Burn or hang in the home for banishing, purification, and to attract good health for all occupants. Use in cleansing baths prior to working candle magick. Use in dream pillows to ward off nightmares and ensure restful sleep.
Valerian: Dream magick, reconciliation, love, and harmony. Placed in sachets for love & protection and used in sleep pillows. It is said that having Valerian Root nearby will settle an argument between a couple. Used to purify sacred space. Used as a substitution for graveyard dirt/dust in spells. Use in protection baths.
