Folklore & Magical Properties

In ancient times, people lived in harmony with the earth. They knew that all life harbored energies and that different botanicals, herbs, trees, and crystals could be used in a variety of ways to help them medicinally, and even to bring them love, luck, joy, confidence, blessings, spiritual enlightenment, and more. The collection below includes the various energies of the items used in Shadeflower’s Mother Earth bottles and other botanical gifts.

Note: Shadeflower Studios LLC makes no health claims or guarantees about any of the below-mentioned plants, trees, and crystals. The information is meant to help enhance your life, but should not be taken as absolute, nor act as a replacement to therapy, medical attention, financial advice, etc. 

Herbs & Botanicals

Albizia (Mimosa)

Chakra:

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: calming (especially of the spirit), happiness, protection, prophetic dreams, purification, secret love, tempers and aids disagreeable moods and difficulties (anger, anxiety, forgetfulness, insomnia, irritability)

Special Notes: from the Collective Happiness Tree

Apple

Chakra:

Element: water, spirit

Gender: feminine

Energies: abundance, afterlife, Autumn Equinox, beauty, blessings, death, divination, fertility, fidelity, freedom, generosity, gratitude, harvest, healing, immortality, Mabon, marriage, motherhood, Samhain, self-care, self-knowledge, the soul, vanity, wisdom, women’s empowerment

Special Notes: most magical and symbolic of all fruits

Baby’s Breath

Chakra: heart

Element: air, water

Gender: masculine

Energies: attracting faeries, attracting love, calm, clarity, clears away trouble, clear thinking, childhood magic, cleanses energies, courage, divination, everlasting love, fortitude, Imbolc, innocence, insight, love charms, modesty, nostalgia, pure energy, purity of heart, relaxation, romance, solidifying relationships, soothing, stress relief, unity

Special Notes: pairs well with clear quartz to enhance clarity, clear thinking, and purification

Basil

Chakra: heart

Element: fire, water

Gender: masculine

Energies: astral projection, beauty, carnal desires, fidelity, happiness, luck (especially in travel), kingly, protection, reconciliation, sacred, success, wealth

Special Notes: put at a register or in your wallet to attract money; rub on forehead for protection; considered a holy plant in India

Bay Laurel

Chakra: third eye, solar plexus

Element: fire

Gender: masculine

Energies: blessing, confidence, divination, dream magic, empowerment (especially for young males), good fortune, healing, money, protection (from negative or frightening entities), spiritual cleansing, success, victory, wishes

Bell Flower

Chakra

Element:

Gender:

Energies: attraction, constancy, death and grieving, everlasting love, gratitude, humility, kindness, opening one’s heart

Black-eyed Susan

Chakra: solar plexus, heart

Element:

Gender:

Energies: banishing bad habits, cleansing and releasing, ease depression, encouragement, endurance, grief, healing (past trauma and old relationships), justice and truth, motivation, renewal, resilience, self-esteem, survival

Bleeding Heart

Chakra: heart

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: compassion, grief, heartbreak, love, love magic, passionate love and romance, purity (white blossoms only) speaking freely about one’s emotions, unrequited love

Borage

Chakra: third eye, throat, heart

Element: air

Gender: masculine

Energies: amplifying (personal energy for strength and bravery), confidence, courage, depression (eases), domestic harmony, eloquence, empath healing and protection, energy, happiness, heart healing, learning, optimism, star magic, speaking your truth, uplifting  

Butterfly Pea Flower

Chakra: third eye, sacral

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: attraction, blockages (releasing), creativity, emotions, fertility, growth, inner soul, inner strength, love, perseverance, protection, power, serenity, sexuality, transformation (deep from within), winning, women’s health

Calendula (Marigold)

Chakra: solar plexus, root

Element: fire

Gender: masculine

Energies: Day of the Dead, divination, dream magic, happiness, healing (especially from a broken heart), joy, longevity, love divination, luck, mediumship, moving stagnant energy, protection (dreams, spiritual, unwelcome vibrations), remembering and honoring the dead, Samhain, success

Special Notes: one of the most spiritually significant herbs; signature flower of the Day of the Dead

Chamomile

Chakra: throat, solar plexus

Element: water

Gender: masculine

Energies: anxiety (eases), dream protection, emotional healing, happiness, health, hex breaking, insomnia (eases), love, luck, money, protection (unwelcome visitors), purification, relaxation, tranquility

Special Notes: its sunny disposition breaks up the darkness

Chrysanthemum

Chakra: solar plexus

Element: fire

Gender: masculine

Energies: abundance, bounty, cheerfulness, fidelity, friendship, happiness, honesty, hope, joy, long life, luck (especially in the home), optimism, Samhain, wealth

Cinnamon

Chakra: heart, sacral, solar plexus

Element: fire

Gender: masculine

Energies: action, attraction, cozy, creativity, healing, high energy, love, luck, Mabon, male libido, money (especially quick cash), passion, prosperity, protection (especially in the home), Samhain, sexuality, victory

Clover

Chakra

Element: air

Gender: masculine

Energies: astral projection, blessings (domestic animals), cleansing, exorcism, faerie magic, fidelity, friendship, good fortune, marriage, money, love, luck, protection (evil eye, hexes, negative energies, out-of-body travel, psychic attack), success

Special Notes: white and red clovers provide the same energies, except white also includes: clarity, peace, and purity; national flower of Ireland (red)

Daisy

Chakra

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: abundance, attraction of true love, Beltane, blessings (especially for a new baby), childbirth, divination, enhance dreams, faerie magic, fertility, happiness, healing, joy, Litha, love, luck, lust, Midsummer, peace, purity, transformation

Dandelion

Chakra: solar plexus

Element: air

Gender: masculine

Energies: connection to Spirit, divination, making wishes, optimism, protection from nightmares, positivity, psychic awareness, purification

Dahlia

Chakra

Element:

Gender:

Energies: beauty, color magic, commitment, creativity, dignity, diversity, elegance, everlasting bond or union, grace, inner strength, kindness, steadfastness 

Special Notes: “black” dahlias are often associated with betrayal and sadness, however a positive look at it offers passion and power. When mixed with other colors, the positive energies increase.

 

Dianthus (Carnation)

Chakra: heart

Element: water

Gender: masculine

Energies: abundance, attraction, color magic, courage, fidelity, happiness, health and healing, hope, joy, inner strength, love, protection, repels negative thoughts and emotions

Dock

Chakra

Element: air

Gender: masculine

Energies: attract love, draw in money and business, cleansing, clear blockages, fertility, money, purifying, release emotional waste

Fig

Chakra: crown, sacral, root

Element: fire

Gender: masculine

Energies: connection to Spirit, creation, creativity, divination, dream magic, enlightenment, fertility, grounding, healing, love, luck, knowledge, prosperity, protection, restful sleep, sexuality, weather magic, wisdom

Special Notes: spiritually and religiously significant in India, the Mediterranean, Buddhism, and Christianity; tree and fruit associated with wisdom and Divine knowledge.

Forget-me-not

Chakra: throat

Element:

Gender:

Energies: ancestral remembrance, communication with Spirit and guides, dream magic, faithfulness, fidelity, humility, past life (recalling of big memories), remembrance, respect, true love

Gomphrena (Globe Amaranth)

Chakra:

Element: fire

Gender: masculine

Energies: broken heart, calling forth the dead, healing (especially of a broken heart), endless love, good fortune, healing, immortality, invisibility, purity, rebirth, unfading affection, unwithering

Goldenrod

Chakra:

Element: air

Gender: feminine

Energies: attracting love, cheerful, divination, dowsing, good fortune, intuition, healing (grief), luck, money, prosperity, true love, wealth

 

Helichrysum (Immortele)

Chakra: crown, third eye

Element: 

Gender:

Energies: connection to Spirit, deep peace, everlasting light, forgiveness, healing, immortality, love, opens heart to new experiences, regenerating, support in releasing emotional trauma, tranquility

Special Notes: one of the most healing and powerful plants on earth; often called “curry plant” due to strong fragrance

Hibiscus (Roselle)

Chakra: heart, sacral, root

Element: water, fire

Gender: feminine

Energies: chakra balancing, confidence, The Divine Feminine, ephemeral beauty, femininity, freedom, friendship, harmony, hospitality, independence, joy, love, magical catalyst, passion, personal glory, romance, relaxation, reminds us of the sacred, seizing the moment, sensuality, strength

Hydrangea

Chakra

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: abundance, attracting good energy, beauty, challenging karmic energies, color magic, binding, boundaries and protective barriers, bringing back lovers, connection to faeries, deep understanding, devotion, drawing love, elegance, friendship, forgiveness, gratitude, honesty, hex breaking, intuitiveness, psychic awareness, protection, restructuring energy fields

Jasmine

Chakra: crown, heart, sacral

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: abundance, attraction (love, positive energy), divination, dream magic, enlightenment, love, luxury, meditation, psychic development, relaxation, sexual healing, sexuality

Special Notes: lunar and Neptunian associations, often referred to as the “Queen of the Night”

Lavender

Chakra: crown, third eye, throat, heart, solar plexus

Element: air

Gender: feminine

Energies: anxiety (eases), balance, calming, clarity, constancy, depression (eases), divination, harmony, high vibration, humility, insomnia (eases), moving stagnant energy and blockages, protection, psychic awareness and development, purification, reconciliation, spiritual cleansing, stress relief

Special Notes: often called “the women’s herb”; one of the most spiritually significant plants

Lemon Balm

Chakra: throat, solar plexus

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: attracting love, calming, evoking strong emotions, healing broken hearts, love magic, luck, soothing, spiritual development, success

Lemongrass

Chakra: throat

Element: air

Gender: masculine 

Energies: banishing, cleansing, dream magic, luck, lust, protection, psychic clarity and power, purification, road opener, romance, uncrossing

Special Notes: great for Mercury retrogrades

Lilac

Chakra: crown, third eye

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: attraction, beauty, banishing (dark forces, negativity, unwanted lingering spirits), change of season, exorcism, flirtation, joy, knowledge, love, mood lightening, protection, romance, self-assurance, wisdom, youth

Special Notes: bringing a white lilac inside is said to bring bad luck

Lily

Chakra: crown

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: beauty, color magic, connection to spiritual entities, death and transformation, depression (eases), devotion, ease, enlightenment, fertility, harmony, protection (negative spirits and energies, curses), purity, rebirth, safety, security, strength

Special Notes: each color strengthens or represents different meanings as well

Lotus

Chakra: crown

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: clarity, creation, creativity, depression (eases), divination, enlightenment, fertility, guidance, love magic, optimism, peace, pleasure, purification, purity, rebirth, sexual cravings, spiritual growth, transformation

Special Notes: spiritually significant in India and ancient Egyptians; crown chakra symbol is the lotus, signifying spiritual enlightenment 

Mint

Chakra: throat, third eye

Element: air

Gender: masculine

Energies: clearing the way, communication, energizing, happiness, healing, hex removal, insomnia (eases), luck, money, mental clarity, prosperity, self-expression, success, travel, wealth

Moss

Chakra: throat

Element: earth

Gender:  

Energies: calming, creativity, faeries (summoning), fertility, growth, healing, love, luck, money, protection, regeneration, rootlessness, serenity, strength

Special Notes: Native Americans often used moss to bind wounds and used in ceremonial and death shrouds

Mugwort

Chakra: third eye

Element: fire, earth

Gender: feminine

Energies: astral projection, attraction, beauty, birth, cleaning (magical tools, space), dignity, dream magic, friendship, harmony, healing (birth, menopause, pregnancy, women’s health), joy, longevity, love, luck, pleasure, protection, psychic power, safe travel (in both conscious and unconscious life), sensuality, strength, Summer Solstice, visions 

Special Notes: a powerful women’s herb; traditionally used in Chinese medicine to increase qi (vital life force)

Orange

Chakra: sacral

Element: fire

Gender: masculine

Energies: abundance, creativity, emotional balance, energy, enthusiasm, fertility, good fortune, good health, harmony, joy, Litha, uplifting, sexuality, success, vitality, Yule

Patchouli

Chakra:

Element: earth

Gender: feminine

Energies: attracting love, attraction, courage, earth magic, fertility, grounding, lust, luxury, money, prophetic dreams, protection, romance, self-confidence, speaking to Spirit, sensuality, wealth

Special Notes: In the Victorian Era, patchouli was considered the height of sophistication

 

Pansy

Chakra:

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: affection, beauty, compassion, dignity, free thinking, forbidden love, friendship, love, love divination, nostalgia, rain magic, remembrance, romance, sympathy, thoughtfulness

Peony

Chakra:

Element: fire, water

Gender: masculine

Energies: abundance, attract faeries, anxiety (eases), bashfulness, beauty, bravery, color magic, ephemerality, eternal love, goodwill, good fortune, happiness, healing, honor, luck, lunacy (eases), marriage, prosperity, protection, romance, virility, wealth

Special Notes: the woodpecker is said to be the peony’s guardian

 

Queen Anne’s Lace

Chakra: third eye, sacral

Element: air

Gender: feminine

Energies: attracting love, beauty, fertility, grounding, imaginative insight, increase intuition and insight, loosens mental clutter, lust, potency for men, prophetic dreams, psychic power, refuge, safety, sanctuary, sexual desires, spiritual clarity, wholesome and emotional balance

Raspberry

Chakra

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: emmenagogue, gentleness, love, maturity, milk production, patience, pregnancy and delivery, protection, deep meditation, wisdom 

Rose

Chakra: all, but especially heart

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: abundance, balance (especially chakras), beauty, blessing, cleansing (spiritual and emotional), divination, dream magic, healing (spiritual and emotional), love, luck, passion, perfection, purification, psychic development, romance, relationships, self-love, spirituality

Special Notes: most positive energy of all plants; Queen of the Flowers; expert in all things love and beauty

Rosemary

Chakra: heart, third eye, solar plexus

Element: air, fire

Gender: feminine

Energies: ancestors (remembrance and communing), banishing (negative energies), cleansing (magical tools and space), faeries (attracts), fidelity, inner peace, insomnia (eases), love, mental health (promotes), memory retention (improves), negative energies (repels), protection (hexes, home, low vibrations), purification, remembrance, strength, virtue, wisdom

Special Notes: rosemary flourishes where a woman rules the home; plant of purification; the jewel of the Mediterranean

Sage

Chakra: crown

Element: air, earth

Gender: masculine

Energies: ancestral magic, banishing, blessing (especially of the home), cleansing (aura, lingering spirits, negative energies, spirits, tools), fertility, grounding (especially while receiving spiritual messages), immortality, mental clarity, longevity, luck, protection, purification, wisdom, wishes

Special Notes: white sage is spiritually significant to Native Americans and the plant is being poached due to cultural appropriation. There are many other sages available that work just as well, or you can grow your own. I grow my own culinary sage and use the leaves in Mother Earth bottles. For more information, please visit: https://www.fbts.com/sacred-salvias/guide-to-growing-and-respecting-sacred-white-sage.html 

St. John’s Wort

Chakra: solar plexus, root

Element: fire

Gender: masculine

Energies: cheerful, calm, depression (eases), divination, faerie magic, happiness, healing, Litha, melancholy (eases), protection, sadness (eases), solar energies, Summer Solstice, weather magic

Sunflower

Chakra: crown, heart

Element: fire

Gender: masculine

Energies: courage, faerie magic, fertility, friendship, great joy, happiness, healing (broken heart, grief, sadness), Litha, luck, longevity, loyalty, positivity, spiritual disinfectant, solar magic

Sophoro Japonica

Chakra

Element:

Gender:

Energies: bridge between spiritual and material world, heightened perception, spiritual tranquility, protection (ghosts, unwanted energies and visitors)

Thyme

Chakra: solar plexus

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: attraction of love and beauty, bravery, courage, faerie realm (connection and magic), health, memory retention, Litha, love, protection (nightmares, negative energies), remembrance, sacred to the dead, vigor 

Violet

Chakra: third eye

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: creativity (especially in artistic ability), faithfulness, fidelity, honesty, healing (broken heart), love, loyalty, modesty, peace, prophetic dreams, protection, psychic sensitivity, simplicity, thoughtfulness, virtue, wishes

Wild Bergamot

Chakra

Element: air

Gender: feminine

Energies: clarity of thought, fertility, love spells, psychic powers, restful sleep, protection, prosperity, psychic powers, purification, sympathy

Yarrow

Chakra: root

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: attract love and friendship, brightens the eyes, courage, dispel fear, divination, exorcism, gratitude, healing, love, marriage, prophetic dreams, protection from negative energies, evil and dark forces, psychic abilities (especially communicating with a loved one), psychic powers, scrying, war and healing, weddings

 

Wood & Trees

Acorn/Oak

Chakra

Element: earth

Gender: masculine

Energies: abundance, balance, beauty of life, creativity, divination, faerie magic, fertility, finding one’s way, friendship, healing, immortality, manifestation, Midsummer, prosperity, protection, responsibility, Samhain, strength, Summer Solstice, victory, youthfulness

Special Notes: spiritually significant tree in Druidry; red oak is fiery, white oak is solid and strong, brown oak is earthy and grounding; “King of the Grove” where humans and faeries connect

Cedar

Chakra: solar plexus, root

Element: fire

Gender: masculine

Energies: abundance, ancestral connection, ancient, calming, comforting, divination, fertility, focus, grounding, healing, Imbolc, introspection, longevity, love, mental clarity, powerful, protection, purification, safety, support, wisdom

Special Notes: Druids believe this is a direct relative to the Tree of Life.

Frankincense

Chakra

Element: air

Gender: masculine

Energies: blessings, centering (mind, body, spirit), connectedness, emotional detox, exorcism, grounding, happiness, link to the Divine, meditation, peace, protection, purification, relaxation, religious ceremony, spiritual celebration, spiritual development, wealth

Juniper

Chakra: crown

Element: fire

Gender: masculine

Energies: attracting love, balance, banishing (negative energy, evil), cleansing, divination, fresh energy, grounding, growth, harmony, healing, hope, perseverance, protection, purification, protection (ghosts, hexes, negative energies, theft), rebirth, relaxation, restful sleep, strength, strengthening romantic relationships, uplifting, wisdom

Special Notes: may be the oldest living trees on earth

Palo Santo

Chakra: third eye

Element: air, fire

Gender: androgynous

Energies: anxiety (eases), banishing (negative energies, spirits, stagnant energies), calming, cleansing, connection to Spirit, concentration, creativity, good fortune, grounding, healing, joy, love, luck, meditation, mental clarity, peace, positivity, purification, spiritual cleansing, tranquility, uplifting

Special Notes: spiritually significant to Incas and other South American indigenous peoples; translates to “holy wood”; known as “the wood of the saints”

Pine

Chakra:

Element: fire, air

Gender: masculine

Energies: abundance, celebration, cheer, comfort, emergence, fertility, fortune, harmony with nature, health, immortality, inner strength, joy, love, optimism, protection (illness, negative energy), rebirth, spiritual cleansing, strength, warmth, Winter Solstice, Yule

 

Sandalwood

Chakra:

Element: water

Gender:

Energies: beauty, calming, connection to Spirit, enlightenment, grounding, healing, love, lunar associations, meditation, mental clarity, past lives, protection, sensuality, spirituality

 

Willow

Chakra:

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: binding, creativity, divination, dream magic, enchantment, fertility, growth, healing, inspiration, love, lunar magic, meditation, mediumship, mental clarity, pain relief, renewal, safety, tranquility

Special Notes: ultimate symbol of the moon here on earth in Druidry; often used to make wands for ceremonial uses

Crystals

Agate, Brown Banded

Chakra: root

Element: earth, fire

Gender: androgynous

Energies: assimilating information, balance (body, mind, digestion), beauty, calming, clarity, cleansing (aura, negative energy), comforting, creativity, digestion (physical and mental), easing (grief, heartbreak, loneliness), fear (overcoming), fertility, focus, gentle, grief, grounding, harmony, mental clarity and focus, perception, safety and security, self-confidence, soothes, tempers anger and tension

Amethyst

Chakra: third eye, crown

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: aura cleansing, calming (especially for anxiety), comforting, enlightenment, geopathic stress (eases), insomnia (eases), intuition, healing, headaches & migraines (eases), high vibrations, intuition, love, manifestation, mental clarity, overcoming addiction, positivity, protection (negative energy, spirits, nightmares, travel), psychic awareness, restful sleep, soothing

Special Notes: close associations and similar properties as lavender

Clear Quartz

Chakra: all

Element: spirit

Gender: masculine

Energies: all-purpose, amplify energy, attraction, banishing, boost immunity, calming, chakra balancing, channeling, cleansing, clearing, manifestation, memory recall, new beginnings, protection

Special Notes: multipurpose; can project any kind of energy and stand in for any stone; master spiritual and emotional healer

Green Aventurine

Chakra: heart

Element: earth

Gender: androgynous

Energies: abundance, attraction, balance, calm, comfort, energizing, fortune, grounding, harmony, healing, joy, luck, peace, prosperity, protection (anxiety, nausea, negative emotions and thoughts, electromagnetic pollution), strength

Special Notes: Stone of Opportunity

Himalayan Salt

Chakra: heart, sacral

Element: earth

Gender: feminine

Energies: abundance, cleansing, dispel negativity, finding sense of purpose, grounding, happiness, health, healing (especially a broken heart), love, protection, purification, self-love, success, welcoming (high vibrational spirits, positive energies)

Labradorite

Chakra: third eye, throat

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: aurora borealis, clairvoyance, communication, dispelling illusion, freedom from fear, independence, intuition, meditation, mystery, mystical femininity, new moon magic, protective, psychic boundaries, psychic powers and talents, self-confidence, spirituality, supports change, willpower

Special Notes: ancient indigenous peoples of Canada found this stone and thought it was the Northern Lights brought down from the heavens onto Earth; while Moonstone is considered the light side of the moon, Labradorite is considered the dark side of the moon

Lapis Lazuli

Chakra: third eye, throat

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: communication, compassion, enlightenment, friendship, harmony, healing, inner truth and power, inspirational, intuition, love, manifestation, morality, past life work (especially clearing past karma), peace, positivity, psychic gifts, purification, self-awareness, self-confidence, self-knowledge, sixth sense development, truth, wisdom

Special Notes: in ancient times it was used to make blue paint; said to make women wise

Snow/Milky Quartz

Chakra: all

Element: spirit

Gender: feminine

Energies: energies are all the same as clear quartz (see above), but with a gentler, diffused effect.

Moonstone

Chakra: crown, third eye, sacral

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: creativity, emotional balance, empowerment, fertility, full moon magic, harmony, intuition, meditation, mental clarity, mystery, psychic power, self-expression, travel protection (especially over water and in the dark), women’s health

Special Notes: Ancient Greeks often exchanged jewelry with moonstone in wedding ceremonies

Red Jasper

Chakra: heart, sacral, solar plexus

Element: fire

Gender: feminine

Energies: balance, blood circulation, courage, healing, life force, power, protective (danger, electromagnetic pollution), sexual energy, stamina, strength, tempering anger and strong emotions

Special Notes: Stone of Endurance; favorite of magicians, scholars, and scribes

Rose Quartz

Chakra: heart

Element: water

Gender: feminine

Energies: beauty, compassion, emotional healing, forgiveness, friendship, fun, gentleness, healing (especially a broken heart), peace, self-care, self-love, sweetness, unconditional love

Special Notes: the ultimate stone of unconditional love

Tigers Eye

Chakra: sacral, root

Element: fire, earth

Gender: androgynous

Energies: belief in yourself, confidence, courage, creativity, empowerment, grace, hormonal balance, inner strength, integrity, luck, past life, patience, persistence, power, psychic awareness, protection (anxiety, depression, fear, lethargy, negative energies), sexuality, willpower

Special Notes: traditionally worn to ward off curses