Herbs and Plants cheat sheet
| Herb | Meaning | Intentions | Element | Planet | Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basil | A warm kitchen herb for drawing in money, love and harmony at home. | Prosperity, Love, Protection | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Bay Laurel | The wishing leaf, for clear sight, protection and success. | Protection, Divination, Luck, Prosperity | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Chamomile | A gentle golden flower for calm, rest and quietly attracting good fortune. | Peace, Sleep and Dreams, Prosperity, Love | Water | The Sun | Sunday |
| Cinnamon | A warming spice that speeds things along, for money, success and affection. | Prosperity, Love, Protection, Luck | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Clove | A sharp, fragrant spice for protection, banishing gossip and drawing money. | Protection, Banishing, Prosperity, Love | Fire | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Dandelion | The everyday wishing flower, for hope, divination and resilience. | Divination, Luck, New Beginnings | Air | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Dill | A feathery kitchen herb for protecting the home and sweetening love. | Protection, Love, Prosperity | Fire | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Eucalyptus | A fresh, bracing leaf for cleansing a space and supporting healing. | Healing, Cleansing, Protection | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Garlic | The classic kitchen protector, for warding off harm and unwanted energy. | Protection, Banishing, Healing | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Ginger | A hot, lively root that adds speed and courage to any working. | Confidence, Prosperity, Love, Healing | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Hibiscus | A vivid flower for passion, romance and opening up to intuition. | Love, Divination | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Jasmine | A night-blooming flower for love, dreams and gentle moonlit insight. | Love, Sleep and Dreams, Divination, Prosperity | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Lavender | A soothing purple herb for calm, sleep, cleansing and gentle love. | Peace, Sleep and Dreams, Cleansing, Love | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Lemon Balm | A bright, lemony herb for easing worry, healing the heart and drawing friendship. | Peace, Healing, Love | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Calendula | A sunny flower for protection, prophetic dreams and gentle healing. | Protection, Sleep and Dreams, Healing, Confidence | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Peppermint | A cool, bright herb for clearing the air, fresh starts and drawing money. | Cleansing, Healing, Prosperity, New Beginnings | Fire | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Mugwort | The traditional dreamer's herb, for vivid dreams, intuition and protection while traveling. | Divination, Sleep and Dreams, Protection | Earth | The Moon | Monday |
| Stinging Nettle | A prickly guardian herb for protection, sending harm back and building resilience. | Protection, Banishing, Healing | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Oregano | A cheerful kitchen herb for happiness, peace at home and letting go of sorrow. | Peace, Love, Protection | Air | Venus | Friday |
| Parsley | A fresh garden herb for purification, protection and honoring the dead. | Cleansing, Protection, Love | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Patchouli | A deep, earthy leaf for grounding, abundance and sensual love. | Prosperity, Grounding, Love | Earth | Saturn | Saturday |
| Rose | The flower of love in every form, from romance to self-kindness. | Love, Healing, Peace, Divination | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Rosemary | A versatile herb for protection, cleansing and sharp memory. | Protection, Cleansing, Wisdom, Love | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Rue | A bitter, old-world herb for strong protection and breaking unwanted influence. | Protection, Banishing | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Garden Sage | A cleansing, steady herb for wisdom, purification and long life. | Wisdom, Cleansing, Protection, Healing | Air | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Thyme | A small, hardy herb for courage, cleansing and a calm, restful sleep. | Confidence, Cleansing, Healing, Sleep and Dreams | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Vervain | A sacred altar herb for purification, protection and blessing spells. | Cleansing, Protection, Love, Prosperity | Earth | Venus | Friday |
| Yarrow | A hardy wildflower for courage, love and opening psychic sight. | Love, Confidence, Divination, Protection | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Valerian | A sleepy, earthy root for rest, calm and quieting an anxious mind. | Sleep and Dreams, Peace, Protection, Love | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Wormwood | A bitter, silvery herb for divination, spirit work and strong protection. | Divination, Protection, Banishing | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Star Anise | A star-shaped spice for luck, psychic focus and quiet protection. | Divination, Luck, Protection | Air | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Nutmeg | A warm kitchen spice traditionally carried for luck, money and faithful love. | Luck, Prosperity, Divination | Fire | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Black Pepper | A sharp, fiery spice for protection, banishing and clearing away envy. | Protection, Banishing, Confidence | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Cayenne | A hot red pepper for fiery protection, speedy action and breaking stuck energy. | Protection, Banishing, Confidence | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Allspice | A warm berry that blends many spice notes, traditionally used for money and luck. | Prosperity, Luck, Healing | Fire | Mars | Thursday |
| Angelica | A tall guardian herb traditionally used for protection, blessing and clearing harm. | Protection, Healing, Banishing | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Anise | A sweet seed traditionally used to guard sleep and keep away nightmares. | Protection, Sleep and Dreams, Cleansing | Air | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Catnip | A gentle mint loved by cats, traditionally used for love, happiness and calm. | Love, Peace, Luck | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Comfrey | An earthy herb traditionally used for safe travel, steady money and protection. | Protection, Prosperity, Healing | Water | Saturn | Saturday |
| Fennel | A feathery, sweet herb traditionally hung for protection and purification. | Protection, Cleansing, Confidence | Fire | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Hyssop | An old purifying herb used to wash away heavy energy and bless sacred space. | Cleansing, Protection, Healing | Water | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Lemongrass | A bright citrus grass for clearing energy, opening roads and sharpening intuition. | Cleansing, Divination, New Beginnings | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Lotus | A sacred water flower for spiritual growth, peace and opening to wisdom. | Wisdom, Peace, Divination, Protection | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Mullein | A soft, tall herb once used as a torch, for courage, protection and banishing. | Protection, Confidence, Banishing, Divination | Fire | Saturn | Saturday |
| Orris Root | A violet-scented iris root traditionally used to draw love and hold scents. | Love, Protection, Divination | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Passionflower | An intricate flower for calm, peaceful sleep and soothing tense relationships. | Peace, Sleep and Dreams, Love | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Poppy | A flower of sleep, dreams and remembrance, with seeds for abundance. | Sleep and Dreams, Prosperity, Luck, Love | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Saffron | A golden spice of sunlit joy, love, healing and psychic sight. | Love, Healing, Divination, Prosperity | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Sunflower | A bright flower of the sun for confidence, wishes, luck and honest wisdom. | Confidence, Luck, Wisdom, Healing | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Violet | A shy, sweet flower for gentle love, peace, comfort and healing. | Love, Peace, Healing, Luck | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Vanilla | A warm, sweet bean for love, comfort, attraction and clear thinking. | Love, Confidence, Creativity | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Borage | A starry blue flower for courage, cheer and clear psychic sight. | Confidence, Divination, Protection | Air | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Lilac | A fragrant spring flower for gentle protection, banishing and memory. | Protection, Banishing, Love, Peace | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Honeysuckle | A sweet climbing vine for attracting prosperity, affection and psychic awareness. | Prosperity, Love, Divination, Protection | Earth | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Meadowsweet | A frothy, sweet-scented flower for love, peace, happiness and handfastings. | Love, Peace, Divination | Air | Jupiter | Friday |
| St. John's Wort | A golden Midsummer flower for protection, courage and driving away gloom. | Protection, Banishing, Confidence | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Feverfew | A daisy-like herb traditionally carried for protection, especially while traveling. | Protection, Healing | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Cilantro | A fresh, lively kitchen herb for love, health and peaceful homes. | Love, Healing, Peace | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Chives | A mild onion herb for protection, banishing and keeping away unwanted energy. | Protection, Banishing | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Marjoram | A sweet, cheerful herb for love, happiness, protection and comfort in grief. | Love, Protection, Peace, Prosperity | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Agrimony | A golden protector that sends unwanted energy back where it came from. | Protection, Banishing, Sleep and Dreams | Air | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Alfalfa | A humble field herb for a full pantry, steady income and a well-fed home. | Prosperity, Grounding, Luck | Earth | Venus | Friday |
| Aloe | A cooling houseplant guardian for protection, soothing and good fortune at home. | Protection, Luck, Healing | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Blackberry | A thorny hedge fruit for protection, abundance and late-summer harvest gratitude. | Protection, Prosperity, Healing | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Blessed Thistle | A prickly purifier for breaking stuck patterns and guarding your energy. | Cleansing, Protection, Banishing | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Burdock | A deep-rooted herb for warding off negativity and drawing on steady, earthy strength. | Protection, Cleansing, Grounding | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Caraway | A sharp kitchen seed for protection, memory and keeping what you love close. | Protection, Wisdom, Love | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Cardamom | A sweet, warm spice for love, attraction and welcoming conversation. | Love, Confidence, Creativity | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Chickweed | A tender garden weed for faithful love, gentle healing and small blessings. | Love, Healing, Peace | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Cinquefoil | The five-fingered herb for luck, success, protection and prophetic dreams. | Luck, Prosperity, Protection, Sleep and Dreams | Fire | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Damiana | A warm, sensual herb for passion, playful love and vivid visions. | Love, Divination, Creativity | Fire | Mars | Friday |
| Echinacea | A bold prairie flower for strength, resilience and giving spells extra support. | Healing, Protection, Prosperity | Earth | Mars | Tuesday |
| Elecampane | An elf-touched root for protection, love and opening the inner eye. | Protection, Divination, Love | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Eyebright | A small meadow flower for clear sight, truth and psychic vision. | Divination, Wisdom, Cleansing | Air | The Sun | Sunday |
| Galangal | A fiery kitchen root for protection, courage, success and good fortune. | Protection, Luck, Confidence, Prosperity | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Goldenrod | A golden harvest flower for prosperity, divination and autumn gratitude. | Prosperity, Divination, Luck | Air | Venus | Friday |
| Heather | A hardy moorland flower for protection, luck and calling in gentle rain. | Luck, Protection, Peace | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Hops | A drowsy climbing vine for restful sleep, calm and gentle healing. | Sleep and Dreams, Healing, Peace | Air | Mars | Tuesday |
| Horehound | A woolly gray herb for protection, clear thinking and cleansing heavy energy. | Protection, Wisdom, Cleansing | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Lady's Mantle | A dew-catching leaf for love, gentle care and quiet transformation. | Love, Healing, New Beginnings | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Lemon Verbena | A bright, lemon-scented leaf for cleansing, fresh starts and gentle attraction. | Cleansing, Love, New Beginnings | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Licorice Root | A sweet, steady root for love, devotion and staying true to your word. | Love, Confidence, Wisdom | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Marshmallow Root | A soft, soothing root for gentle protection, psychic openness and honoring spirits. | Protection, Divination, Healing | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Motherwort | A heart-guarding herb for courage, calm and protecting the people you love. | Protection, Peace, Confidence, Healing | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Plantain | The humble path-side weed, for healing, strength and steady protection on journeys. | Healing, Protection, Grounding | Earth | Venus | Friday |
| Raspberry Leaf | A gentle leaf for love, protection of the home and honoring women's journeys. | Love, Protection, Healing | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Red Clover | A cheerful meadow flower for prosperity, love and protective blessings. | Prosperity, Love, Protection, Luck | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Rosehips | The rose's autumn fruit, for lasting love, healing and gathering good luck. | Love, Healing, Luck | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Skullcap | A quiet, settling herb for peace, faithful love and restful sleep. | Peace, Love, Sleep and Dreams | Water | Saturn | Saturday |
| Slippery Elm | An inner bark for halting gossip, soothing tension and keeping words kind. | Protection, Banishing, Peace | Air | Saturn | Saturday |
| Solomon's Seal | A guarding root for protection, banishing and binding promises with wisdom. | Protection, Banishing, Wisdom, Cleansing | Water | Saturn | Saturday |
| Spearmint | A cool, friendly mint for healing, love and clearing the mind. | Healing, Love, Cleansing, Peace | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Sweetgrass | A sacred Indigenous medicine, honored here with respect rather than borrowed for ritual. | Peace, Healing | |||
| Turmeric | A golden root for purification, protection and warming, steady energy. | Cleansing, Protection, Healing, Prosperity | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Uva Ursi | A low evergreen leaf for deepening intuition and steady, quiet protection. | Divination, Protection, Wisdom | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Witch Hazel | A winter-blooming shrub for protection, divination and mending a broken heart. | Protection, Divination, Healing, Peace | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Wood Betony | An old guardian herb for protection, purification and peaceful, nightmare-free sleep. | Protection, Cleansing, Sleep and Dreams, Love | Fire | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Yerba Santa | A resinous California leaf for protection, healing and strengthening your inner sight. | Protection, Healing, Divination, Cleansing | Water | Monday | |
| Hawthorn Berry | The hawthorn's red fruit, for heartfelt love, protection and happiness at home. | Love, Protection, Healing, Peace | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| White Clover | The lucky lawn clover, for protection, good fortune and breaking unwanted spells. | Luck, Protection, Banishing, Love | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Mandrake | A legendary, toxic root of protection and power, best honored symbolically or substituted. | Protection, Love, Prosperity | Fire | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Wolfsbane | A deadly, hooded blue flower of Hecate and protection, worked with symbolically. | Protection, Banishing | Water | Saturn | Saturday |
| Lily of the Valley | A sweet, nodding spring bell for peace, happiness and a clear mind; toxic, handle gently. | Peace, Wisdom, Love | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Peony | A lush, many-petaled flower for protection, good fortune and a blessed home. | Protection, Prosperity, Love, Banishing | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Goji | A bright red berry of vitality, long life and luck in Chinese folk tradition. | Healing, Luck, Love | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Stevia | A naturally sweet leaf for sweetening spells, kind words and gentle love. | Love, Peace | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Senna | A yellow-flowered herb for clearing out what is stuck, worked with in charms only. | Cleansing, Banishing, Love | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Mulberry | A wise, generous tree of silk and sweet fruit, for protection and patient growth. | Protection, Wisdom, Creativity | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Pumpkin | The harvest fruit of Samhain, for protection, abundance and a warm, lit hearth. | Protection, Prosperity, Divination | Earth | The Moon | Monday |
| Persimmon | A glowing autumn fruit for luck, healing energy and gentle weather divination. | Luck, Healing, Divination | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Lycopodium | An ancient creeping moss for protection and personal power; its spores are flammable. | Protection, Confidence | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Wine | The classic cup of offering and celebration, for libations, cakes and ale, and joy. | Love, Prosperity, Peace | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Mead | Golden honey wine for offerings to the old gods, inspiration and sweet celebration. | Creativity, Love, Prosperity | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Coconut | A white-hearted fruit of purity, protection and fresh starts. | Protection, Cleansing, New Beginnings | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Arnica | A sunny mountain daisy of courage and protection, honored in charms rather than ingested. | Protection, Confidence | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Belladonna | A deadly, dark-berried plant of Hecate and old witch lore, honored from a distance. | Protection, Banishing, Divination | Water | Saturn | Saturday |
| Datura | A toxic, night-blooming trumpet flower of the moon, honored by sight and story only. | Divination, Protection, Sleep and Dreams | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Henbane | A toxic, old-world herb of the witch's garden, honored in story and never handled. | Divination, Protection, Banishing | Water | Saturn | Saturday |
| Ivy | An evergreen climber of loyalty, binding and protection that stays green through winter. | Protection, Healing, Luck | Water | Saturn | Saturday |
| Horseradish | A fiery, sharp root of purification and protection from harm. | Protection, Cleansing, Banishing | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Cornflower | A bright blue wildflower of clear sight, hope and gentle love. | Divination, Love, Peace | Air | Venus | Friday |
| Celosia | A flame-colored flower of lasting love and endurance. | Love, Confidence, Luck | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Buckwheat | A humble seed of steady prosperity and nourishing home blessings. | Prosperity, Grounding, Luck | Earth | Venus | Friday |
| Carnation | A ruffled, spicy flower of affection, strength and protection. | Love, Protection, Healing | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Amaranth | A feathery flower of undying devotion and lasting protection. | Love, Protection, Healing | Fire | Saturn | Saturday |
| Chervil | A delicate spring herb of renewal and gentle new beginnings. | New Beginnings, Healing, Peace | Air | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Coffee | A dark, warming bean for energy, focus and speeding a working along. | Confidence, Banishing, Grounding | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Mustard | A tiny, fiery seed of faith, courage and protection. | Protection, Confidence, Luck | Fire | Mars | Tuesday |
| Eggshell | Crushed white shell for protection, purification and new beginnings. | Protection, Cleansing, New Beginnings | Earth | The Moon | Monday |
| Chrysanthemum | A golden autumn flower of protection, long life and honoring the dead. | Protection, Peace, Wisdom | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Osmanthus | A small, apricot-scented flower of love, sweetness and moonlit wishes. | Love, Luck, Peace | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Sesame | A tiny seed of opening doors, wealth and new opportunities. | Prosperity, Luck, New Beginnings | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Lime | A sharp, zesty citrus for cleansing, protection and fresh love. | Cleansing, Protection, Love | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Camellia | An elegant winter flower of riches, admiration and lasting love. | Prosperity, Love, Peace | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Butterfly Pea | A vivid blue flower that changes color, used for intuition, transformation and calm. | Divination, Peace, Creativity | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Daffodil | A bright spring flower of rebirth, love and good luck. | New Beginnings, Love, Luck | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Frangipani | A sweet tropical blossom of love, devotion and peace. | Love, Peace, Protection | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Flax | A humble seed and fiber plant for money, protection and beauty. | Prosperity, Protection, Healing | Fire | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Apricot | A sweet, golden fruit of love, kindness and gentle attraction. | Love, Peace, Creativity | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Hydrangea | A big, cloud-like flower for breaking hexes, gentle protection and heartfelt feelings. | Protection, Banishing, Love | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Bamboo | A fast-growing, flexible grass for luck, wishes, protection and bending without breaking. | Luck, Protection, Prosperity | Air | Jupiter | Thursday |
| Cowslip | A cheerful spring flower for youth, healing, finding what's hidden and fairy blessings. | Healing, Luck, New Beginnings | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Tomato | The "love apple" for love, prosperity and protecting the home. | Love, Prosperity, Protection | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Lobelia | A small blue-flowered herb for love, calming storms and quieting a busy mind. | Love, Peace, Banishing | Water | Saturn | Saturday |
| Wisteria | A cascading spring vine for spiritual insight, patience, love and creative flow. | Divination, Love, Creativity | Air | Venus | Friday |
| Cacao | The "food of the gods" for opening the heart, love, joy and abundance. | Love, Prosperity, Peace | Fire | Mars | Friday |
| Cucumber | A cool, watery moon vegetable for healing, calm, fertility and refreshing your energy. | Healing, Peace, Cleansing | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Snowdrop | The first flower of the year, for hope, purity, new beginnings and Imbolc. | New Beginnings, Healing, Cleansing | Water | The Moon | Monday |
| Orchid | An elegant flower for love, beauty, self-worth and psychic awareness. | Love, Confidence, Divination | Water | Venus | Friday |
| Oats | A humble grain for prosperity, abundance, nourishment and harvest blessings. | Prosperity, Grounding, Healing | Earth | Venus | Friday |
| Celandine | A bright yellow herb for escaping traps, joy, protection and winning in court. | Protection, Banishing, Confidence | Fire | The Sun | Sunday |
| Bistort | A twisted root for fertility, psychic sight and driving away unwanted spirits. | Divination, Protection, New Beginnings | Earth | Saturn | Saturday |
| Gotu Kola | A small, round-leaved herb for meditation, clear thinking and spiritual wisdom. | Wisdom, Peace, Divination | Water | Mercury | Wednesday |
| Tamarind | A sweet-sour pod for love, attraction and sweetening a relationship. | Love, Healing, Luck | Water | Saturn | Friday |
| Coltsfoot | An early spring flower for love, peace, tranquility and visions. | Love, Peace, Divination | Water | Venus | Friday |
From The Witch's Cabinet at wiccaacademy.com/witchs-cabinet/herbs/
The Witch's Cabinet is a free reference for your practice. Correspondences are traditional associations, not medical advice. Always follow the safety notes, especially with herbs and essential oils around children, pets and during pregnancy.