Vanilla Meaning and magickal uses
Also called Vanilla Bean, Vanilla Pod
A warm, sweet bean for love, comfort, attraction and clear thinking.
- Intentions
- Love, Confidence, Creativity
- Element
- Water
- Planet
- Venus
- Day
- Friday
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous
- Parts used
- Cured seed pods
How to use it
- Love sugar
Bury a split vanilla bean in a jar of sugar for a week. Use the sugar in tea or baking when you want to sweeten your words and invite warmth into a relationship.
- Creative spark
Keep a vanilla bean in your desk drawer or sketchbook. Before you start work, breathe in its scent and invite ease, focus and fresh ideas.
- Anoint a candle
Rub a pink or red candle with a little vanilla-infused carrier oil, stroking from middle to ends, while you focus on self-love and quiet confidence.
Works well with
History and folklore
Vanilla comes from an orchid native to Mexico, where the Totonac people first cultivated it and the Aztecs used it to flavor chocolate drinks. Spanish traders brought it to Europe in the 1500s. Each flower opens for only a day, and outside Mexico it must usually be pollinated by hand, which keeps the beans precious. In modern Western magick vanilla's warm, comforting scent links it to Venus, and it is traditionally used for love, attraction and calm, clear thinking.
A warm, sweet bean for love, comfort, attraction and clear thinking.
- Intentions: Love, Confidence, Creativity
- Element: Water
- Planet: Venus
- Zodiac: Taurus, Libra
- Day: Friday
- Moon phase: Waxing Gibbous
- Parts used: Cured seed pods
Safety: Culinary vanilla beans are safe in food. Vanilla extract contains alcohol and is toxic to dogs and cats if they get into it. Fresh vanilla plant sap can irritate skin. Vanilla absolute is a skin sensitizer: never swallow it, always dilute it, and keep it away from pets, cats especially.
How to use it
- Love sugar. Bury a split vanilla bean in a jar of sugar for a week. Use the sugar in tea or baking when you want to sweeten your words and invite warmth into a relationship.
- Creative spark. Keep a vanilla bean in your desk drawer or sketchbook. Before you start work, breathe in its scent and invite ease, focus and fresh ideas.
- Anoint a candle. Rub a pink or red candle with a little vanilla-infused carrier oil, stroking from middle to ends, while you focus on self-love and quiet confidence.
Works well with: Pink Candle, Rose Quartz, Carnelian, Friday, Vanilla Absolute
Folklore
Vanilla comes from an orchid native to Mexico, where the Totonac people first cultivated it and the Aztecs used it to flavor chocolate drinks. Spanish traders brought it to Europe in the 1500s. Each flower opens for only a day, and outside Mexico it must usually be pollinated by hand, which keeps the beans precious. In modern Western magick vanilla's warm, comforting scent links it to Venus, and it is traditionally used for love, attraction and calm, clear thinking.
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.