Butterfly Pea Meaning and magickal uses
Also called Butterfly Pea Flower, Blue Pea, Aparajita, Asian Pigeonwings, Clitoria ternatea
A vivid blue flower that changes color, used for intuition, transformation and calm.
- Intentions
- Divination, Peace, Creativity
- Element
- Water
- Planet
- The Moon
- Day
- Monday
- Moon phase
- Full Moon
- Chakra
- Third Eye
- Parts used
- Dried flowers
How to use it
- Color-change spell
Brew food-grade dried flowers in hot water to make a blue tea, set an intention for change, then add a squeeze of lemon and watch it turn purple as a sign of transformation.
- Divination tea
Sip a cup of the blue tea before reading tarot or journaling to mark a calm, intuitive time.
- Blue altar offering
Place a few dried blooms in a small dish on your altar during a full moon working for intuition.
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History and folklore
Butterfly pea is a climbing vine from tropical Asia. In India it is called aparajita, meaning the undefeated, and its blue flowers are offered to the goddess Durga and to Shiva. In Southeast Asia the flowers color rice and drinks a deep blue. Because the blue tea turns purple when lemon is added, witches use it for transformation, intuition and calm.
A vivid blue flower that changes color, used for intuition, transformation and calm.
- Intentions: Divination, Peace, Creativity
- Element: Water
- Planet: The Moon
- Day: Monday
- Moon phase: Full Moon
- Chakra: Third Eye
- Parts used: Dried flowers
Safety: Use only food-grade dried flowers for tea. The seeds and roots are not for eating. Keep dried flowers away from pets.
How to use it
- Color-change spell. Brew food-grade dried flowers in hot water to make a blue tea, set an intention for change, then add a squeeze of lemon and watch it turn purple as a sign of transformation.
- Divination tea. Sip a cup of the blue tea before reading tarot or journaling to mark a calm, intuitive time.
- Blue altar offering. Place a few dried blooms in a small dish on your altar during a full moon working for intuition.
Works well with: Full Moon, Blue Candle, Lapis Lazuli, Monday, Lemon
Folklore
Butterfly pea is a climbing vine from tropical Asia. In India it is called aparajita, meaning the undefeated, and its blue flowers are offered to the goddess Durga and to Shiva. In Southeast Asia the flowers color rice and drinks a deep blue. Because the blue tea turns purple when lemon is added, witches use it for transformation, intuition and calm.
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