Red Clover Meaning and magickal uses
Also called Trefoil, Purple Clover, Trifolium pratense
A cheerful meadow flower for prosperity, love and protective blessings.
- Intentions
- Prosperity, Love, Protection, Luck
- Element
- Air
- Planet
- Mercury
- Zodiac
- Gemini
- Day
- Wednesday
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous
- Parts used
- Flowers, leaves
How to use it
- Prosperity bath
Float a handful of dried red clover blossoms in a warm bath or foot soak. As you soak, picture steady, honest abundance coming into your life, then pour the water outdoors afterward.
- Blessing sprinkle
Scatter dried blossoms across your threshold or around your property line while walking clockwise, asking for protection and good fortune for everyone who lives or visits there.
- Sweet love jar
Add red clover, rose petals and a little honey to a small jar with a written note about the love you are cultivating. Keep it on your altar and shake it gently on Fridays.
Works well with
Substitutes
History and folklore
Clover's three leaves have been honored for a very long time. In Celtic lands the trefoil was linked to the threefold nature of the world, and later Christian tradition tied it to the Trinity. Farmers welcomed red clover because it fed the soil and the bees, and a field of it signaled a healthy, prosperous farm. In folk magick the blossoms were added to baths for money and luck, and scattered around homes to keep negative spirits away.
A cheerful meadow flower for prosperity, love and protective blessings.
- Intentions: Prosperity, Love, Protection, Luck
- Element: Air
- Planet: Mercury
- Zodiac: Gemini
- Day: Wednesday
- Moon phase: Waxing Gibbous
- Parts used: Flowers, leaves
Safety: Do not swallow it as a remedy if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, have a hormone-sensitive condition or take blood thinners. Moldy or fungus-infected clover can make horses drool heavily and may harm grazing animals, so keep pets and livestock from eating large amounts. Gather only from unsprayed fields.
How to use it
- Prosperity bath. Float a handful of dried red clover blossoms in a warm bath or foot soak. As you soak, picture steady, honest abundance coming into your life, then pour the water outdoors afterward.
- Blessing sprinkle. Scatter dried blossoms across your threshold or around your property line while walking clockwise, asking for protection and good fortune for everyone who lives or visits there.
- Sweet love jar. Add red clover, rose petals and a little honey to a small jar with a written note about the love you are cultivating. Keep it on your altar and shake it gently on Fridays.
Works well with: Green Candle, Pink Candle, Green Aventurine, Beltane, Wednesday
Folklore
Clover's three leaves have been honored for a very long time. In Celtic lands the trefoil was linked to the threefold nature of the world, and later Christian tradition tied it to the Trinity. Farmers welcomed red clover because it fed the soil and the bees, and a field of it signaled a healthy, prosperous farm. In folk magick the blossoms were added to baths for money and luck, and scattered around homes to keep negative spirits away.
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.