Author: A Solitary Pagan
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Cloves
Planet: Sun/Jupiter Element: Fire Main magickal uses: clairvoyance, divination, exorcism, keeps away negative forces, love, memory, money, passion, peace of mind, protection, psychic protection, purification, stopping gossip Other magickal uses: cleansing, friendship, psychic development, release, spell-breaking Lore: Cloves were originally grown in China, and made their way to Europe in the fourt...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Coriander
(also called Cilantro) Planet: Mars Element: Fire Main magickal uses: love Other magickal uses: clairvoyance, divination, fertility, gain, health, keeping secrets, passion, peace, protection, retention, weddings
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Dill
Planet: Mercury Element: Earth/Fire Main magickal uses: love, protection, psychic protection Other magickal uses: Blessings, confidence, determination, dreams, fertility, gain, harmony, keeping secrets, money, passion, peace, prevents theft, retention, rest, sleep, tranquility Lore: Some hold that Dill is such a Mercurial herb that it should not be used when Mercury is in retrograde. It has a long...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Fennel
Planet: Mercury. Element: Air/Fire. Main magickal uses: confidence, courage, fertility, longevity, love, Midsummer, protection, psychic protection, purification, strength. Other magickal uses: Commanding, consecration, divination, energy, gain, meditation, Summer rituals, virility. Lore: Fennel was used by the Saxons and by Jewish mystics as an asperger and purifying herb. It also had a history o...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Garlic
Planet: Mars . Element: Fire. Main magickal uses: exorcism, magic, passion, protection, spell-breaking, strength. Other magickal uses: clairvoyance, commanding, confidence, consecration, courage, divination, healing, longevity, money, overcoming opposition, prevents nightmares, purification, stopping gossip, success, weather (fair). Lore: Garlic is one of the few “herbs” whose powers have survived...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Ginger
Planet: Mars. Element: Fire Main magickal uses: love, passion, psychic protection. Other magickal uses: cursing, health, psychic development, sensuality, success
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Lavender
Planet: Mercury. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: clairvoyance, cleansing, consecration, happiness, healing, love, Midsummer, money, passion, peace, peace of mind, protection, psychic protection, purification, tranquility. Other magickal uses: blessings, chastity, divination, dreams, energy, gentleness, good luck, grieving, harmony, keeping secrets, magic (esp. to increase the duration of a spell...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Lovage
Planet: Venus,Sun. Element: Earth/Water. Main magickal uses: love. Other magickal uses: beauty, cleansing, consecration, money, passion, protection, psychic protection, purification. Lore: The main uses concern love and beauty, hence, one assumes, the name “Lovage.”
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Mace
Planet: Mercury. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: Clairvoyance. Other magickal uses: fertility, gain, good luck, love, protection.
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Marjoram
Planet: Venus, Mercury. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: grieving, happiness, love, money, protection, psychic development, psychic protection,tranquility, weddings. Other magickal uses: Animals, cleansing, courage, dreams (of love), harmony, peace, rituals for the dead, success. Lore: Attributed to Venus by the Romans, but also sometimes to Aphrodite, Thor and Jupiter. In case you’re confused ab...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Mustard Seed
Planet: Mars. Element: Fire. Main magickal uses: fertility, health, love, passion, protection. Other magickal uses: commanding, cursing, exorcism, gain, good luck, sensuality, spell-breaking, strength, success, virility *Nutmeg* Planet: Jupiter.
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Onion
Planet: Mars. Element: Fire. Main magickal uses: exorcism, protection. Other magickal uses: Clairvoyance, cleansing, contacting other planes, divination, healing, lunar rites, magic, purification, spell-breaking Lore: The link to the moon seems to be mostly due to color and shape. In protective magick, just as in cooking, onion is often combined with garlic.