I finally completed this Monkshood drawing, exactly a year to the day I started it. Better late than never, right? ☠️ Monkshood’s power has been feared and revered since antiquity and it is known as the “Queen of Poisons,” as it is one of the deadliest plants on earth. It is a classic herb of the witch and sacred to Hecate, who grew it in her poison garden located in the pre-Hellenistic kingdom of Colchis. Monkshood’s deep blue-violet color and hood-like shape have garnered it associations with the Virgin Mary as well as Venus. Both in Austria and France, Monkshood has nicknames that translate to “Chariot of Venus.” Lastly, like all poisonous plants, it thrives in the underworld domain of Saturn. 🔹♄ ♀ ♄🔹 #poisonappleprintshop #sketchbook #monkshood #wolfsbane #aconite #aconitum #aconitumnapellus #poisonpath #chariotofvenus #hecate #saturn #poisonousplants #herbwitch #witchesweeds #poisonwitch #veneficium #venefica #veneficia #hecatesgarden #poisongarden #queenofpoisons (at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEsJOjeHwOT/?igshid=4agewxkg7dn7













