The Herbarium is a growing library of herbs, botanicals and natural ingredients traditionally used in witchcraft, spellwork and spiritual practice.
Here, you can explore and learn more about their magical correspondences, symbolism and the ways they may be incorporated into a craft that is uniquely your own.
The meanings are shared as guides rather than rigid rules you must follow. Correspondences may differ between cultures, traditions and practitioners, and your own personal connection and experience with an ingredient may add more layers to its magical language for you.
As The Moon Apothecary grows, so too will The Herbarium!
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More Apothecary Staples
Basil
Warm & expansive energy. Commonly worked with for steady abundance and prosperity, good luck, confidence and forward movement.
Correspondences: Prosperity, abundance, success, protection, love, luck and confidence.
Deity associations: Apollo and Hekate.
Often used for: Money and opportunity spellwork, home protection, confidence workings, charm bags and welcoming growth.
Bay Leaves
Bay leaves have long been associated with victory, achievement and the focused pursuit of an intention. Bay laurel also holds association with the goddess Hekate in some ancient sources and modern devotional practices.
Correspondences: Success, protection, prosperity, wish fulfillment, wisdom, manifestation, victory and Hekate.
Often used for: Written-intention spellwork, manifestation, protection, success workings, divination, supporting long-term goals and devotional work with Hekate.
Chamomile
Chamomile carries gentle, comforting energy and is often connected with peace, rest and emotional softness.
Correspondences: Peace, rest, purification, protection, luck, prosperity and emotional comfort.
Often used for: Restful spellwork, calming charm bags, dream work, cleansing, attracting good fortune, adding to spells to cultivate ease and calm around the specific intention, and creating peaceful energy within the home.
Cinnamon Sticks
Cinnamon carries fiery, fast-moving energy and is often used to bring warmth, momentum and power to spellwork.
Correspondences: Prosperity, success, passion, protection, amplification, confidence, energy and attraction.
Often used for: Abundance spellwork, increasing momentum, confidence workings, protection, success magic and energising an intention.
Cloves
Cloves carry strong, protective energy and are often worked with when strengthening boundaries or reinforcing personal power.
Correspondences: Protection, courage, strength, prosperity, banishing and energetic boundaries.
Often used for: Protection spellwork, warding, breaking unwanted energetic patterns, confidence workings and reinforcing the boundaries of a home or sacred space.
Lavender
Lavender carries peaceful, cleansing energy and is often associated with rest, love, spiritual connection and gentle protection.
Correspondences: Peace, rest, cleansing, protection, love, intuition and emotional softness.
Often used for: Sleep and dream work, cleansing, self-love spellwork, peaceful charm bags, protection and creating a calm atmosphere.
Orange Peel
Orange peel carries bright, solar energy and is often used to welcome joy, creativity and abundant possibility.
Correspondences: Joy, abundance, creativity, confidence, vitality, success and attraction.
Often used for: Prosperity & money spellwork, motivation, confidence, creative workings, welcoming opportunity and bringing uplifting energy into a space.
Peppermint
Peppermint carries refreshing, active energy and is often worked with when seeking renewed clarity and movement. As a member of the mint family, peppermint may also carry a mythological connection with Minthe, Hades and Persephone in modern devotional practice.
Correspondences: Clarity, energy, focus, motivation, protection, prosperity and renewal.
Mythological associations: Minthe, Hades and Persephone.
Often used for: Clearing stagnant energy, focus and study spellwork, motivation, prosperity workings, protection and creating fresh momentum.
Rosemary
Rosemary is a very versatile herb connected with protection, cleansing and the preservation of memory and intention. Many practitioners use rosemary as a substitute in their workings when they may not have another herb available.
Correspondences: Protection, cleansing, remembrance, clarity, love, strength and renewal.
Often used for: Cleansing spaces and tools, protection work, strengthening memory and focus, ancestral remembrance and reinforcing intentions.
Rose Petals
Rose petals carry tender, heart-centred energy and are often worked with in matters of love, compassion and emotional connection.
Correspondences: Love, self-love, compassion, emotional healing, beauty, forgiveness and tenderness.
Deity associations: Aphrodite and Venus.
Often used for: Love and self-love spellwork, emotional reflection, devotional work with Aphrodite or Venus, forgiveness and opening the heart.
Thyme
Thyme carries steady, strengthening energy and is traditionally connected with courage, purification and protection.
Correspondences: Courage, protection, purification, strength, vitality and peaceful rest.
Often used for: Courage and confidence workings, cleansing, protection, releasing fear, strengthening resolve and supporting peaceful energy.
White Sage
White sage carries powerful cleansing and protective associations and holds deep cultural significance for Indigenous peoples of Southern California and northern Baja California.
Correspondences: Cleansing, purification, protection, wisdom, clarity and spiritual renewal.
Often used for: Smoke cleansing, clearing spaces and tools, protection work, preparing a space for spellwork and marking a fresh beginning.
General smoke cleansing with white sage should not be described as “smudging,” which refers to specific Indigenous ceremonial traditions.
More Apothecary Staples
Magic can be found within everyday materials. These accessible apothecary staples offer another way to work intentionally with what is already likely present in our homes.
Eggshell
Eggshell represents the meeting point between fragility and protection, a delicate material created to hold and shelter new life.
Correspondences: Protection, boundaries, fertility, new beginnings, growth, renewal and transformation.
Often used for: Protective powders, egg cleanses, boundary work, home protection, fertility and growth spellwork, new-beginning intentions and strengthening wards.
Before using eggshell in spellwork, clean it thoroughly, remove the inner membrane and allow it to dry completely.
Salt
Salt has been widely connected with cleansing, preservation and protection across many cultures.
Correspondences: Cleansing, protection, purification, grounding, preservation and energetic boundaries.
Often used for: Protective dishes, cleansing objects and spaces, warding, grounding spellwork, protection within workings, reinforcing boundaries and absorbing unwanted energy.
Working Safely With Apothecary Ingredients
The information within The Herbarium relates to spiritual, symbolic and educational use. Products sold by The Moon Apothecary are not intended for consumption or as a substitute for medical or professional advice.
Research every ingredient before working with it. Consider allergies, respiratory sensitivities, safety, pets, children and the materials or surfaces involved. Never leave burning herbs, incense or candles unattended, and ensure smoke-based practices are performed safely with appropriate ventilation.