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"A" Herbs

Aaron's Rod

Properties: protection

Acacia

Gender: male
Planet: Sun
Element: Air
Also Known As: Cape Gum, Egyptian Thron, Gum Arabic Tree
Plant Part: wood, flowers
Properties: Protection, psychic powers, meditation, purification, prosperity, divination, money. Burn while you announce your desire. The flowers are good for psychic development. You can also burn with other herbs suited for money and friendship.

Acanthus

Properties: lunar majick

Acorn

Properties: concentrated potential, youth, good health, and growth.

Adam & Eve

Gender: female
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Also Known As: Putty Root
Plant Part: roots
Properties: love, happiness

Adder's Tongue

Gender: female
Planet: Moon (in Cancer)
Element: Water
Also Known As: American Adder's Tongue, Serpent's Tongue, Adder's Mouth
Properties: healing, divination, dream majick, lunar majick

African Daisy

Properties: lunar majick

African Ginger

Properties: protection, psychic development

African Violet

Gender: female
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Properties: spirituality, protection

Agaric

Gender: male
Planet: Mercury (in Leo)
Element: Air
Also Known As: Death's Angel, Death Cap, Magic Mushroom, Redcap Mushroom, Sacred Mushroom
Properties: fertility

Agrimony

Gender: male
Planet: Jupiter (in Cancer)
Element: Air
Also Known As: Church Steeples, Cocklebur, Garclive, Philanthropos, Sticklewort, Stickwort
Properties: protection, sleep, dream majick

Ague Root

Also Known As: Ague Grass, Bitter Grass, Black-root, Crow Corn, Stargrass, Starwort, True Unicorn Root, Unicorn Root
Properties: protection

Alfalfa

Gender: female
Planet: Venus
Element: Earth
Also Known As: Buffalo Herb, Lucerne, Purple Medic
Properties: prosperity, anti-hunger, money, protection

Alkanet

Gender: female
Element: Water
Also Known As: Orchanet, Spanish Bugloss, Enchusa
Properties: purification, prosperity

Allspice

Gender: male
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Plant Part: dried fruit, berries
Properties: Represents money, luck, vitality, healing. Can use in ointments or a healing herbal bath for its anesthetic effect. Burn the crushed dried berries for attracting money and luck.

Almond

Gender: male
Planet: Mercury
Element: Air
Plant Part: dried fruit, leaves and wood
Properties: Represents money, prosperity, wisdom, fruition, love, abundance. Carry, wear or burn for attracting abundance or use for making amulets. To foster a fruitful union, distribute almonds at weddings.

Aloe

Gender: female
Planet: Moon
Element: Water
Also Known As: Burn Plant, Medicine Plant
Plant Part: entire plant
Properties: Represents beauty, protection, success, peace, love and luck. Treats wounds and burns effectively as it is a common skin conditioner. Hang at the front door, in the kitchen, in doorways and hallways to attract luck and protection to the inhabitants.

Aloe, Wood

Gender: female
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Also Known As: Lignum Aloes
Properties: love, spirituality

Althea

Gender: female
Element: Water
Also Known As: Marshmallow, Mortification Root, Sweet Weed, Wymote
Properties: protection, psychic powers

Alyssum

Also Known As: Alison, Madwort
Properties: protection, moderating anger

Amaranth

Gender: female
Planet: Saturn
Element: Fire
Also Known As: Cockscomb, Flower of Immortality, Love-Lies Bleeding, Red Cockscomb, Velvet Flower
Properties: healing, protection, invisibility, repairs a broken heart. In healing, can serve as an astringent, and also can ease profuse menstruation.

Amber

Plant Part: essential oil
Properties: Moon majick, attraction, love, friendship, comfort, happiness, healing, protection, purification

Ambergris

Plant Part: essential oil
Properties: Moon majick, base Chakra, divination, psychic dreams, psychic energy

Anemone

Gender: male
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Also Known As: Meadow Anemone, Pasque Flower, Passe Flower, Wind Flower
Properties: health, healing, protection

Angelica

Gender: male
Planet: Sun and Venus
Element: Fire and Air
Also Known As: Archangel, Masterwort
Plant Part: roots and fruit
Properties: POISON. Protection, exorcism, healing, visions, hex-breaking. Boosts energy and circulation. Attracts the gift of temperance. If added to spells or baths, it can break hexes. The root is a good amulet and can be used for protection. Grow in the garden as protection. Burn the dried leaves in exorcism rituals. Sun-dry the herbs and burn them while you announce your desire and keep it in your mind. Can also be used for all diseases of the lungs, such as colds, coughs, breathing problems. This herb is great for stomach problems such as indigestion and heartburn.

Anise

Gender: male
Planet: Jupiter or Moon
Element: Air
Also Known As: Aniseed, Anneys
Plant Part: seeds
Properties: Dream majick, moon majick, youth, protection, purification, awareness, joy, sleep, psychic enhancement. Used in dream pillows or kept by a bed as a ward against nightmares. A natural appetite suppressant. Burn while meditating. The star anise represents luck. Wear on your person in a sachet. Useful for treating coughs, bronchitis and stuffy noses. Loosens bronchial congestion, and a good treatment for colic. Is also a good sedative. Can relieve an upset stomach and flatulence when taken as a tea. Helps relieve discomfort of menopause, and promotes milk production in nursing mothers. Plant chemicals are cousins to estrogen. Recommended dosage: 1 tsp of seeds for every cup of boiling water. Steep 10-20 minutes and strain. Drink 3 cups a day for maximum effect. A handful of anise seeds and a few bay leaves is a good general cleansing bath.

Apple

Gender: female
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Also Known As: Fruit of the Gods, Fruit of the Underworld, Silver Branch, The Silver Bough, Tree of Love
Plant Part: fruit, seeds, wood
Properties: Love spells, love, good luck, healing, garden majick, immortality, good fortune. The wood represents fertility. Share an apple as gypsy lovers do; cut it in half horizontally to reveal the core's pentacle.

Apple Blossom

Properties: love

Apricot

Gender: female
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Properties: love

Arabic Gum

Gender: male
Planet: Sun
Element: Air
Also Known As: Indian Gum, Egyptian Gum
Properties: spirituality, purification, purifies negativity and evil

Arbutus

Gender: male
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Properties: exorcism, protection

Asafoetida

Gender: male
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Also Known As: Assyfetida, Devil's Dung, Food of the Gods
Plant Part: root, leaves
Properties: exorcism, protection, purification, banishing, health. Very powerful, but smells terrible. Burn the crushed roots and leaves for a banishing incense.

Ash

Gender: male
Planet: Sun
Element: Water
Also Known As: Nion
Plant Part: leaves, wood
Properties: protection, prosperity, sea rituals, purification, healing and maintaining health. The leaves represent healing, love, protection, luck, good fortune, and psychic dreams. A tree with protective qualities. Wood is used to make brooms for purification and wands for healing. The leaves bring luck and good fortune when carried in a pocket or bag worn around the neck. The leave under a pillow induce psychic dreams.

Aspen

Gender: male
Planet: Mercury
Element: Air
Also Known As: European Aspen
Properties: eloquence, anti-theft

Asphodel

Planet: Venus
Element: Fire
Plant Part: flowers
Properties: Love and attraction. Place the flower on the altar or next to the tool you are using, or wear in the hair to attract a new love.

Aster

Gender: female
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Also Known As: China Aster, Michaelmas, Daisy, Starwort
Properties: love

Avens

Gender: male
Planet: Jupiter
Element: Fire
Also Known As: Assaranaccara, Bennet, Blessed Herb, Clove Root, Colewort, Golden Star, Goldy Star, Harefoot, Herb Bennet, Minarta, Pesleporis, Star of the Earth, Way Bennet, Yellow Avens
Properties: exorcism, purification, love

Avocado

Gender: female
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Also Known As: Alligator Pear, Persea
Properties: love, lust, beauty