Elder appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Herbs
Elder
Elder is a water herb in the Folk Western tradition, ruled by Venus. It is used for protection, healing and exorcism. It is aligned to the third eye chakra and crown chakra and associated with Libra.
Correspondences
Practice
- Properties
- ProtectionHealingProsperityFaery magic
- Magical Uses
- ProtectionHealingExorcismFaery contact
Nature and meaning
Details
- Tier
- 2
Woods
Venus/Water, the Elder Mother's tree (Lady Ellhorn), worked for protection and banishing but hedged with taboos: never burn elder wood and never make a cradle from it. Raw berries, leaves and bark carry cyanogenic glycosides, so cook the berries and ingest nothing else.
Correspondences
Practice
- Properties
- ProtectionBanishingHealingWisdom
- Magical Uses
- ProtectionBanishingHealingSpirit work
Nature and meaning
Details
- Botanical
- Sambucus nigra
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🌳 Woods 9
☥ Deities 7
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❦ Herbs 7
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- Rowan Pairs with
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☽ Moon phases 2
- Waning Gibbous Herbs
- Waning Crescent Herbs
✦ Tarot 2
- Four of Wands Herbs
- Three of Cups Herbs
☉ Planets 1
- Venus Herbs
🔥 Sabbats 1
- Samhain Woods
◇ Workings 1
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- Fern Fern is an air herb in the Folk Western tradition, ruled by Mercury. It is used for protection, luck and rain magic. It is aligned to the heart chakra and third eye chakra and associated with Gemini.
- Datura Datura is a water herb in the Folk Western tradition, ruled by Saturn. It is used for flying ointments, hex breaking and spirit contact. It is aligned to the third eye chakra and crown chakra and associated with Scorpio.
- Fly Agaric Fly Agaric is a Folk Western herb of air, ruled by Mercury and Neptune. It is used for shamanic journeys, spirit work and trance. It is aligned to the crown chakra and third eye chakra and associated with Pisces.
- Daffodil Daffodil is a Folk Western herb of water, ruled by Venus. It is used for love magic, fertility and spring rituals. It is aligned to the solar plexus chakra and heart chakra and associated with Pisces.
- Galangal Galangal is a Folk Western herb of fire, ruled by Mars. It is used for protection, lust and court cases. It is aligned to the root chakra and solar plexus chakra and associated with Aries.
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