Orchid Meaning and magickal uses
Also called Orchidaceae, Moth orchid
An elegant flower for love, beauty, self-worth and psychic awareness.
- Intentions
- Love, Confidence, Divination
- Element
- Water
- Planet
- Venus
- Day
- Friday
- Moon phase
- Full Moon
- Parts used
- Flowers, the living plant
How to use it
- Self-love mirror spell
Place an orchid beside your mirror. Each morning, look at yourself and the flower together and say one kind thing about yourself.
- Psychic altar
Keep a purple or white orchid on your divination altar to help you open to intuition and gentle messages during readings.
- Beauty bath
Float a few orchid petals in your bath with rose petals and let the water remind you of your own beauty, inside and out.
Works well with
History and folklore
Orchids are one of the largest flower families on Earth. The ancient Greeks linked them to fertility and virility, and in the Victorian era they were rare luxuries that symbolized refined beauty and love. In modern witchcraft they are used for love, self-worth and psychic work.
An elegant flower for love, beauty, self-worth and psychic awareness.
- Intentions: Love, Confidence, Divination
- Element: Water
- Planet: Venus
- Day: Friday
- Moon phase: Full Moon
- Parts used: Flowers, the living plant
Safety: Most common houseplant orchids are not poisonous, but do not eat them. Use petals from plants not sprayed with chemicals.
How to use it
- Self-love mirror spell. Place an orchid beside your mirror. Each morning, look at yourself and the flower together and say one kind thing about yourself.
- Psychic altar. Keep a purple or white orchid on your divination altar to help you open to intuition and gentle messages during readings.
- Beauty bath. Float a few orchid petals in your bath with rose petals and let the water remind you of your own beauty, inside and out.
Works well with: Pink Candle, Purple Candle, Rose Quartz, Amethyst, Friday
Folklore
Orchids are one of the largest flower families on Earth. The ancient Greeks linked them to fertility and virility, and in the Victorian era they were rare luxuries that symbolized refined beauty and love. In modern witchcraft they are used for love, self-worth and psychic work.
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