The Herbal Alchemist’s Handbook: A Complete Guide to Magickal Herbs and How to Use Them - Karen Harrison 2020

Planetary Energy and Herb Affinity
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You may find in this listing that some of the herbs have a dual Planetary affinity. This is because a particular herb's vibration may have different levels or multiple ways of expressing its energy. For example, white sandalwood is found under the rulerships of both the Moon and Mercury. White sandalwood has an energy that encourages communication between the subconscious mind (Moon) and the conscious mind (Mercury). Myrrh is another herb/resin with dual rulerships: Saturn and Pluto. The scent and vibration of myrrh grounds and binds (Saturn) while bringing into focus spiritual/karmic intention (Pluto).

Sun

Sun herbs promote self-confidence and personal success. They impart a sense of purpose and a strong will. Sun herbs give vitality, health, creativity, dignity, and authority.

Moon

Moon herbs are very good in aiding development of the intuition and psychic abilities. As Moon herbs affect the subconscious, they are excellent for breaking old habits and in recalling past lives.

Mars

Mars herbs supply vast amounts of energy to projects and health. They give independence and assertiveness and stimulate the passions. Mars herbs protect and deflect negative energies. When mixed with other Planetary herbs, they lend their immense vitality to the other Planets' energies, making the whole stronger.

Mercury

Mercury herbs facilitate clear thinking and communication. They aid in business success and in recovery from illness. Mercurial herbs enable the conscious mind to communicate more easily with the subconscious, thus aiding psychicwork with the Tarot or any other divination system that visually incorporates symbols.

Jupiter

Jupiter herbs are expansive herbs. They bring growth, both spiritual and material, and are very good in balancing health matters. The herbs of Jupiter expand the mind, allowing for a mental understanding of the Universe.

Venus

Venus herbs bring joy, beauty, artistry, sensitivity, compassion, and appreciation of the Earth and all Her creatures. Venus herbs promote an inner glow and attractiveness that bewitches and delights.

Saturn

Saturn herbs give structure, foundation, stability, and an understanding of the physical plane and how it works. They are great teachers of life's “secrets”—self-knowledge and karmic debt. They teach that success comes through perseverance and patience. Saturn herbs are binding and protective herbs.

Neptune

Neptune herbs are the herbs of the mystic and are useful in dreamworking, trance, and hypnosis, intensifying the imagination in order to lead to good ideas and concepts far beyond the physical plane. They are useful for those who are developing telepathy and the ability to astral project.

Uranus

Uranus herbs excite, energize, and stimulate. They lend themselves to intellectual inspiration, practical idealism, genius, and the development of telekinesis.

Pluto

Pluto herbs bring about dramatic, sometimes traumatic, change. They promote dramatic growth and insight normally through cataclysmic circumstances. Pluto herbs aid the sexually impotent and help to balance the physical with the spiritual.

* Irritating to the skin and or mucous membranes. Also indicates an herb to which many people have an allergy.

† Poisonous: Do not ingest. Use in Herbal Amulets and Magickal Potpourri only, if at all.

‡ Pregnant women should not ingest.

§ People with heart conditions or upper respiratory difficulties should not ingest.