Flax Meaning and magickal uses
Also called Flaxseed, Linseed, Linum usitatissimum
A humble seed and fiber plant for money, protection and beauty.
- Intentions
- Prosperity, Protection, Healing
- Element
- Fire
- Planet
- Mercury
- Day
- Wednesday
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous
- Parts used
- Seeds, fiber (linen), blue flowers
How to use it
- Money bowl
Keep a small bowl of flaxseed with a few coins on your altar and stir it each week to keep money moving.
- Linen protection
Wrap a protective charm in a scrap of natural linen, which is made from flax, and carry it with you.
- Blue flower blessing
Grow a patch of flax and when the blue flowers open, make a wish for health and beauty in your life.
Works well with
History and folklore
Flax is one of the first plants people grew, used for food and fiber for many thousands of years. Linen made from its fibers wrapped Egyptian mummies. In Germanic folklore the goddess Holda watched over spinning flax, and children once danced in flax fields so the plants would grow as tall as they could jump. Witches use flax for money, protection and beauty.
A humble seed and fiber plant for money, protection and beauty.
- Intentions: Prosperity, Protection, Healing
- Element: Fire
- Planet: Mercury
- Day: Wednesday
- Moon phase: Waxing Gibbous
- Parts used: Seeds, fiber (linen), blue flowers
Safety: Flaxseed is a common food. Do not eat the raw, unripe seed pods, and store seeds dry so they do not spoil.
How to use it
- Money bowl. Keep a small bowl of flaxseed with a few coins on your altar and stir it each week to keep money moving.
- Linen protection. Wrap a protective charm in a scrap of natural linen, which is made from flax, and carry it with you.
- Blue flower blessing. Grow a patch of flax and when the blue flowers open, make a wish for health and beauty in your life.
Works well with: Green Candle, Gold Candle, Wednesday, Sesame, Green Aventurine
Folklore
Flax is one of the first plants people grew, used for food and fiber for many thousands of years. Linen made from its fibers wrapped Egyptian mummies. In Germanic folklore the goddess Holda watched over spinning flax, and children once danced in flax fields so the plants would grow as tall as they could jump. Witches use flax for money, protection and beauty.
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