Tag: Persephone

Apple (Malus spp.)

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Bury in the garden on Samhain as food for the departing spirits, love (share an apple with the one you love), health, attracts unicorns, associated with Friday. [Green Witchcraft]

Fertility, lust, love, marriage, immortality, fidelity, harvest, initiation, wisdom. Ruled by the sun and Venus, the element of water, and the sign of Taurus. Sacred to Aphrodite, Apollo, Bel, Ceridwen, Demeter, Diana, Eve, Flora, Godiva, Herakles, Hesperides, Iduna, Inanna, Kore, Lugh, Meliae, Morgana, Nehallenia, Olwen, Perspephone, Pomona, sun gods, Titaea, Venus, and Zeus. [1]

Resources

[1] The Hearth Witch’s Compendium by Anna Franklin

Willow (Salix spp.)

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Burn bark with sandalwood for divination, love, protection, associated with Monday. [Green Witchcraft]

Water, the underworld, poetry, death, witches, the moon, birth, the feminine, intution, inspiration Sacred to Artemis, Anatha, Belili, Belin, Belinos, Brigantia, Brighid, Cailleach, Callisto, Calypso, Ceres, Circe, Europa, Hekate, Hera, Osisis, Persephone, Poseidon, Psyche, the Rusalki, and Zeus. [The Hearth Witch’s Compendium]

Poplar (Populus alba)

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Success. [Green Witchcraft]

Dispelling disease, protection, endurance, connection with the higher self. Ruled by the sun and Saturn, and the element of fire. Sacred to Apollo, Calypso, death goddesses, Dryope, Heliades, Helios, Hespera, Jupiter, Mut, Nun, Persephone, Phaeton, sun gods, and Valkyries. [The Hearth Witch’s Compendium]

Parsley (Petroselinum cirspum syn. P. satirum)

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Purification, protection. [Green Witchcraft]

The underworld, ancestral knowledge, the dead, autumn equinox, Samhain. Ruled by the planet Mercury and the element of air. Sacred to Aphrodite, Archemorus, death gods and goddesses, Persephone, and Venus. [The Hearth Witch’s Companion]