Common herbs and flowers to use in Wishing jars

ALFALFA Money, prosperity, anti-hunger. Put a small jar in the cupboard or pantry to ward off poverty and hunger

ALOE Protection and luck. Place on the grave of a loved one to promote peaceful energy. Thought to relieve loneliness and assist with success.

APRICOT- Love, attracting love, peace, purification, protection, and healing. It's also associated with love, prosperity, and sleep.

BAMBOO Hex breaking, wishes, luck/ protection. Carve a wish into bamboo and bury it in a secluded area to make your wish come true. Carry a piece for good luck.

BAY LEAVES have been known for centuries to enhance psychic abilities. Ancient Roman priests chewed on bay leaves to acquire messages from the gods. You might even have this herb in your kitchen pantry! Bay may be burned, simmered, added to culinary dishes like sauce and soup, and much more. You can even write your intentions on a bay leaf before burning/adding to spells.

BERGAMONT Money, prosperity, protection from evil and illness, improving memory, stopping interference, and promoting restful sleep.

BIRCH - feelings of love, compassion, and emotional well-being. Also used to strengthen friendships and bring joy, offer strength, resilience, and the ability to endure through challenging times. Protection, exorcism and purification. A birch planted close to the home is said to protect against lightning, infertility, and the evil eye

BLESSED THISTLE - carry for protection against negativity and evil, hex breaking. Carry for strength

BORAGE- Courage, Joy, protection, dispels negativity and inspires bravery.

CACTUS banishing and protection. Bury with other banishing symbols for protection. Place in all directions of the home (north, south, east, and west) for full protection

CALAMINT- Eases sorrows and helps in recovery from emotional pain. Increase joy and restore a bright outlook on life.

CAMOMILLE Love, healing, and reducing stress. feelings of love, compassion, and emotional well-being. peace, purification, protection, and healing. It's also associated with love, prosperity, and sleep. Chamomile's gentle energy is believed to help calm the mind, soothe emotions, and promote restful sleep, making it a valuable tool in various spells and rituals.

CARNATION- Love, protection, strength, courage, and healing, friendship and joy, strengthen bonds with friends. good luck

CATNIP- promotes relaxation, attracts positive energy, aides in love and friendship rituals. tranquility, psychic abilities, influence dreams

CEDAR amazing for honoring your ancestors. It’s an herb with a history of use for hexes, curses and spells. Burn or add to prosperity bags/money sachets to increase money. Burn as incense for de-stressing, meditation, and restful sleep.

CHERRY BARK- Love, Romance, New beginnings/renewal, self-love, ephemeral nature- the beauty of them reminds us to cherish the preshiness of each moment in life. love, romance, and passion, enhancing attraction and fostering deeper connections. good luck in matters of the heart, strengthen friendship and bring joy

CINNAMON Spirituality, success, healing, protection, power, love, passion 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. Speeds up spells

CLOVES An all-purpose magickal herb. The five points of the leaf represent love, money, health, power, and wisdom. memory, eloquence, and self confidence. Cleanses the aura

COMFREY money, safety during travel, stability, endurance, and matters relating to real estate or property. Keep in luggage to prevent loss or theft.

DANDELION Native to Eurasia, dandelions can be a good herb to work with to connect with ancestors, as they are a plant that many people can connect with their ancestors through. Summoning spirits, healing, purification and defeating negativity.

ECHINACEA- Adds powerful strength to charms, sachets, and herb mixes. Useful for money drawing magic. Dried flowers can be burned as incense. Use on the altar as an offering to the spirits.

EUCALYPTUS Attracts healing vibrations, great for protection and healing sachets. Use to purify any space. Use dried leaves to stuff healing poppets, pillows, or sachets. Arrange a ring of dried leaves around a blue candle and burn the candle for healing vibrations. Carry in a sachet or amulet to help reconcile difficulties in a relationship, for protection, and/or to maintain health.

EYEBRIGHT- Carry this herb to increase psychic ability, improve memory, encourage rationality and increase positive outlook. Carry to bring a humorous and bright outlook when life seems dark and negative

FENNEL- Imparts strength, vitality, sexual virility; prevents curses, possession & negative problems. Use in spells for protection, healing, and purification. Provides help and strength when facing danger or dire times.

FENUGREEK- Used for money magic. Carry in wallet or use in money spell jars or sachets. Place in a jar and add a few seeds every day to increase money flow to the household.

FEVERFEW- Protection against accidents and cold/flu. Use in charms or sachets for love magick or spiritual healing. Keep flowers in a suitcase or car when traveling.

FIG Divination, fertility, and love. Place a branch in front of the door before traveling to ensure a safe return

FIVE FINGER GRASS aka CINQUEFOIL enhance love and attraction, promote healing, and facilitate spiritual growth. Hyacinths also symbolize sincerity, joy, and playfulness

GARDENIA Promoting peace/repelling strife, protection from outside influences. Carry or wear to attract love or friendship. Scatter in an area for peaceful setting

GERBERA- symbolize new beginnings, love, or friendship, cheerfulness

GINKO BILOBA- Aphrodisiac, associated with fertility. Carry or use in amulets and charms as a healing herb. Useful in ritual healing.

GOJI BERRY (aka Chinese Wolfberry)- vitality, longevity, and spiritual well-being. symbols of prosperity and good fortune, often called the "fruit of immortality" and are believed to extend lifespan

GOTU KOLA Peace, removing depression, and calming

HAWTHORN BERRY Hawthorn is strongly linked to Beltane, the ancient spring festival, and symbolizes love and protection in Celtic mythology. It was traditionally used to ward off evil spirits and attract love, often incorporated into May Day celebrations

HIBISCUS Attracting everlasting love and lust, divination, and dreams. Carry in a sachet or burn incense to attract love.

HONEYSUCKLE- Draws money, success, and quick abundance;

HOLLY- Marriage, dream magick, luck, and love.

HOPS Relaxing and sleep producing; a fantastic herb for dream pillows. Believed to increase the restfulness & serenity of sleep. Also used for healing rituals, sachets, and incense.

HYDRANGEA Hex-breaking, love drawing, bringing back a lover, fidelity, and binding.

HYSSOP (Most commonly used purification herb) lightens vibrations and promotes spiritual opening; used for cleansing and purification. Said to protect property against burglars and trespassers. Used to consecrate magickal tools or items made of tin. hang in the home to purge it of evil & negativity.

HYACINTH promotes peace of mind and peaceful sleep. Attracts love, luck, and good fortune.Named for Hiakinthos, Greek God of homosexual love, this is the patron herb for gay men Enhances love & attraction, promotes healing, facilitates spiritual growth, symbolizes sincerity, joy and happines

JUNIPER Banishes all things injurious to good health; attracts good, healthy energies and love. Juniper berries can be carried by males to increase potency. Burn for magickal protection. Place juniper near the door or valuables to prevent theft Use juniper oil to increase money and prosperity.

LADIES MANTLE - Aphrodisiac, transmutation. Use in love potions or to increase the power of any magickal workings.

LAVENDER- love, protection, healing, sleep, purification, and peace. Promotes healing from depression. Helps calm the mind and create relaxation, great in sleep sachets and bath spells.

LEMON Cleansing, spiritual opening, purification, and removal of blockages. Add lemon peel to love sachets and mixtures. Helps conjure lust

LEMONBALM- Love, success, healing, and psychic/spiritual development. Use in love charms & spells to attract a partner. Use in healing spells & rituals for those suffering from mental or nervous disorders.

LEMONGRASS cleansing, protection, and enhancing psychic abilities. It is believed to purify spaces, dissolve negative energy, and promote openness and clear communication

LILAC- Wisdom, memory, good luck and spiritual aid.

LILY Fertility, renewal, rebirth, marriage, happiness, and prosperity.

LIME- Purification and protection, promoting calmness and tranquility, and strengthening love.

LOTUS, BLUE- Love, induce feelings of relaxation, euphoria, and heightened spiritual awareness, making it a popular ingredient in rituals and spells aimed at enhancing intuition, increases vividness in dreamwork while enhancing dream recall

LOTUS, RED- love, compassion, passion, and spiritual awakening, particularly in a heart-centered way. It is also linked to overcoming adversity, rebirth, and bold expression. In some traditions, it is used to enhance feelings of well-being, dreaming, and even has aphrodisiac properties

MAGNOLIA FLOWER_ Magickal uses include health, beauty, love, loyalty, peace, calming anxieties, marital harmony, and overcoming addictions & obsessive behavior.

MAGNOLIA BARK- Fidelity and Love

MARIGOLD (AKA CALENDULA)- Attracts respect and admiration, provides good luck in court and other legal matters. Great for bath spells -- add an infusion of marigold to the bath for 5 days to find "Mr. Right". Add to sachets, amulets, and incense to attract new love or add life to your current relationship. Place above the bed or in dream pillows for prophetic dreams. Scatter under the bed for protection while sleeping.

MARJORAM Cleansing, purification, and dispelling negativity. Place under pillow to bring revealing dreams. Place in the corners of the home for protection. Use in love spells or place in food to strengthen love. Carry for protection or place in money mixtures and sachets to draw wealth

MARSHMALLOW ROOT- Protection and psychic powers. Burn as an incense for protection and psychic stimulation. Place on the altar during ritual to draw in good spirits. attract a nurturing and emotional connection. Its soothing energy is ideal for fostering loving and harmonious relationships.

MINT Promotes energy, communication and vitality. Draws customers to a business. Use dried leaves to stuff a green poppet for healing. Place it in wallet or purse or rub on money to bring wealth and prosperity. Use on the altar to draw good spirits to assist in your magic. Place in the home for protection.

MOTHERWORT Magickal uses include bolstering ego, building confidence, success and counter magick

MUGWORT An amazing herb that has protective qualities but also enhances psychic visions, dreams, and astral travel. Ancestors can visit us in dreams and through psychic visions, so mugwort is an essential herb in connecting with our ancestors. If you have Germanic ancestors, mugwort is directly connected to their ancient magical practices. Overcoming fear & inner blockages; dispelling negative emotions.

NETTLE Dispelling darkness and fear, strengthening the will, and aiding in the ability to handle emergencies. Sprinkle in the home to drive off evil & negativity

NUTMEG Attracting money, prosperity, luck, protection, and breaking hexes. I Carry as a good luck charm and/or to increase the intellect. Sprinkle nutmeg powder on green candles for prosperity.

ORANGE- Attracts abundance and happiness through love and marriage, representing warmth, vitality, and energy.

ORCHID positive energy, promote harmony, and enhance the beauty and elegance of a space, Concentration, strengthening memory, focus, and will power

OREGANO- Oregano is strongly associated with love spells and enhancing existing relationships, likely due to its connection with Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, Joy, Strength, Vitality

PARSLEY Concentration, strengthening memory, focus, and will power

PASSION FLOWER Magickal uses include attracting friendship and prosperity and heightening libido. Carried to bring great popularity & attract new friends. Placed in house to calm trouble & arguments and bring peace. diminish disagreements & stress

PANSY Love, divination related to love & relationships, rain magick

PATCHOULI Used in spells, sachets, baths and mixtures for money & love. Put in the wallet or purse to draw money. Place in a charm or use in incense for fertility. Helps to ground you and bring your consciousness back to the physical level. Burn to bring business growth.

PEONY- attract love, strengthen relationships, and foster affection, protection, healing, and good fortune. They are believed to ward off nightmares, evil spirits, and storms, while also promoting healing, prosperity, and love

PEPPER, BLACK Courage, banishing negative vibrations. Burn to rid home or office of bad vibrations. Carry to ward off petty jealousy against you or aid in providing courage to face difficult situations.

PERIWINKLE- associated with (everlasting) love & passion, faithfulness and happiness, protection, gazing at periwinkle is said to restore lost memories. Friendship and serenity

QUASSIA- Use in love to attract and maintain love, also, protection and money drawing

RASPBERRY LEAF Used for healing, protection, love

ROSEMARY: Associated with remembrance and protection, ward off negativity and evil spirit

ROSE (Petal and Bud) divine love, close friendships, domestic peace/happiness, and lasting relationships

>PINK ROSE used for Divine, emotional, and thinking love; start with these to build a long lasting relationship.

RUE. Rue is often used for ridding oneself of negative habits and behaviours due to its spiritual healing properties also sometimes used in love magic to enhance an existing relationship or promote self love. Because rue enhances emotional sensitivity, it is a great herb to use for spirit communication

SAFFRON Aphrodisiac, love, healing, happiness, wind raising, lust and strength

SENNA Magickal uses include all matters of lust and love. Enhances tact & diplomacy. Bathe with your mate in an infusion of senna to ensure faithfulness

St. JOHNS WORT- can induce prophetic, romantic dreams. Protects against all forms of black witchcraft. protect from lightning, fire and evil spirits. Used for banishing, protection & blessing. Carry to strengthen courage and convictions or when confronting nasty situations.

SUNFLOWER Energy, protection, power, wisdom, and wishes, Sunflowers hold significant magical properties, primarily linked to the sun and its life-giving energy. Symbols of happiness, positivity, loyalty, and good luck. Potent tools for rituals and spells related to joy, warmth, and overcoming negativity

THYME- Attracts loyalty, affection, and the good opinion of others. Helps 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 Use in dream pillows to protect against nightmares and for restful sleep

VIOLET strongly associated with love, attracts new love or strengthens existing relationships. Calms the nerves, draws prophetic dreams and visions, stimulates creativity, and promotes peace & tranquility. Violet provides protection from evil. Violet crowns are said to bring sleep.

WHITE WILLOW BARK Brings blessings of the moon into one's life and guards against negativity & evil forces. Used in healing spells.

YARROW was often called "devil's nettle" in English folklore because people believed that it was so bitter it could drive away evil spirits. It was also popular in folk magic and divination. The relationship between yarrow and the spirit realm is a long one, and in modern-day Iraq, there is a grave for a Neanderthal man that was full of pollen from different flowers, one of which was yarrow.

ZE LAN-In some contexts, the chameleon plant is associated with good luck, particularly when relocating or embarking on new endeavors. To help find and keep love in your life, bring happiness and joy, and to find beauty during chaos, Good Fortune/ Protection

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