Goddesses and Magickal Plant Associations

Every wonder which plants or herbs work best when invoking individual Goddesses? Here’s a brief list of suggestions based on some comment Goddesses:

• Aphrodite – apples, linden tree, myrtle tree, pomegranate, poppies, prickly lettuce, roses, star of bethlehem
• Artemis – artemisia (mugwort, southernwood, tarragon, wormwood), bay laurel, cedar, chase tree, fir, myrtle, oak, walnut, wild fig, willow
• Astarte – alder, arabic gum, cypress, juniper, myrtle, pine
• Athena – cinnamon, citrus, cedar, cypress, dragon’s blood, geranium, hellebore, oak, olive, patchouli
• Arianrhod – ivy
• Baba Yaga – black sunflowers, medicinal herbs, poppies, rye, tobacco
• Bast (Bastet) – catnip, myrrh, frankincense
• Berchta – birch, evergreens, flax, wild berries, straw
• Blodeuwedd – broom, meadowsweet, and oak
• Brighid – blackberries, oak, rushes, clover
• Cerridwen – corn
• Circe – Alder, juniper, mandrake, nightshade
• Demeter – barley, chaste tree, fig, oak, mint, poppies, pomegranate, pennyroyal, wheat
• Diana – apple, grain, oak
• Freya – apples, barley, flowers
• Hathor – blue lotus
• Hecate – asphodel, black poplar, date palm, garlic, henna, lavender, mandrake, medicinal herbs (various), pomegranate
• Hel – beech, elder, elm, ivy, juniper, mullein, willow, yew
• Hera – chaste tree
• Hestia – Angel’s trumpet (Datura), California poppy, chaste tree, goldenrod, hollyhock, purple coneflower, and yarrow
• Holda – flax
• Iris – iris
• Isis – flowers, myrrh, sycamore fig, vervain
• Kali – red hibiscus, red rhododendron, poinsettia
• Kuan Yin – lotus, oolong tea leaves, orange, pomegranate, willow
• Ma’at – papyrus
• Medea – aconite, hemlock, nightshade
• Morgan Le Fay – apple, blackthorn, herbs, lily of the valley, oak, willow
• Morrigan – blackthorn, Belladonna, Juniper berries, Nightshade, Dragon’s blood, Mugwart, Yew
• Nerthus – beech, blackthorn, elder, elm, ivy, juniper, mullein, thistle, willow, yew
• Oya – anise, aspen, cinnamon, carnation, calamus, clove, dragon’s blood, dittany of crete, hibiscus, lemon, myrrh, nutmeg, oak moss, star anise, sandalwood, tangerine
• Persephone – asphodel, crocus, iris, larkspur, lily, pomegranate
• Rhiannon – bayberry, cedar, daffodils, forsythia, leeks, pansies, pine, rosemary and sage
• White Buffalo Woman – tobacco