Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs - Scott Cunningham 1985

Orange
The Herbs

(Citrus sinesis) G

Folk Name: Love Fruit

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Sun

Element: Fire

Powers: Love, Divination, Luck, Money

Magical Uses: The dried peel and seeds are added to love sachets, and the flowers to those sachets designed to lead to wedded bliss. The fresh or dried blossoms added to the bath make the bather more attractive.

When you eat an orange, think of a question you want answered; it must be a yes/no question. Count the seeds in the orange: if they are of an even number, the answer is no. If odd, yes.

Orange peel is added to prosperity powders, incenses and mixtures, and the Chinese have long considered oranges symbols of luck and good fortune.

Orange juice is drunk in rituals in place of wine. An infusion of orange peels, drunk, will guard against later drunkeness, while the water distilled from orange flowers is added to love and lust potions and baths.