Narcissus appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Herbs
Narcissus
Narcissus is a Folk Western herb of water, ruled by Venus. It is used for love, fertility and luck. It is aligned to the heart chakra and third eye chakra and associated with Pisces.
Correspondences
Practice
- Properties
- LoveFertilityLuckPeace
- Magical Uses
- LoveFertilityLuckBeauty
Nature and meaning
Details
- Tier
- 3
Deities
Hero and flower, not a god and not an Olympian: a Boeotian figure attached to a place, the spring at Donacon in Thespian territory, where the local tradition kept his story and put his name on the flower (Pausanias 9.31.7-9). What is attested is the spring and the local hero, not a temple with a priesthood and a festival, and it is worth saying plainly that the Thespian Narcissus is a local figure and Ovid's is a literary elaboration of him - Ovid adds the nymph Echo, who is not in Pausanias's version at all. The planetary, elemental, zodiacal, tarot and sabbat values here are modern Western overlays with no ancient basis, and the tradition's own account is primary.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Venus
Offerings
- Offerings
- FlowersWaterWineNarcissus bloomsA mirror look taken deliberately
Sacred timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- NarkissosNarcissus of ThespiaeThe Beautiful Youth
- Gender Expression
- Masculine
- Titles
- The Beautiful YouthThe FlowerNarcissus the Thespian
- Symbols
- The springThe narcissus flowerThe reflectionThe hunting spear
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneCool reflectiveAddressNarcissusBeautiful YouthNarcissus of ThespiaeRelationshipThe beauty that is loved before it can be givenWarningHe looks and is taken by the looking and the looking is what costs himResonanceThose who cannot look away from their own image
- Modern Practice
Narcissus is worked with for self-regard, for the image mistaken for the person, and for the beauty that has never been given away. The practice is unglamorous: look, then look up, and give the reflection to someone who can answer it.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- BeautySelf regardThe reflectionYouthThe flowerSelf lossThe image
- Mythology Summary
Narcissus is a Boeotian hero of Thespiae. In Ovid he is the beautiful son of the river Cephisus and the nymph Liriope, who scorns every lover, is made to fall in love with his own reflection in a spring and dies there, and the narcissus grows where he died (Metamorphoses III.339-510). Pausanias knows the place: the spring of Narcissus at Donacon in Thespian territory, where he says Narcissus looked in and did not understand that he saw himself - and calls the story stupid, since a grown man knows a reflection (9.31.7). Pausanias also records a second, less popular version in which Narcissus loved a twin sister who died (9.31.8).
- Related Deities
- AphroditePersephoneErosHecate
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsWhitePinkGreenGoldScentsRoseJasmineVioletMetalsSilverCopperAnimalsSwanPeacockMoth
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☥ Deities 3
- Persephone Herbs
- Proserpina Herbs
- Narcissus Herbs
☉ Planets 1
- Venus Herbs
More in Herbs
The entries either side of this one in the same catalogue.
- Mustard Mustard is a Folk Western herb of fire, ruled by Mars. It is used for fertility, protection and mental clarity. It is aligned to the solar plexus chakra and associated with Aries.
- Oakmoss Oakmoss is a Folk Western herb of earth, ruled by Jupiter. It is used for money, prosperity and protection. It is aligned to the root chakra and heart chakra and associated with Sagittarius.
- Mullein Mullein is a fire herb in the Folk Western tradition, ruled by Saturn. It is used for courage, protection and exorcism. It is aligned to the throat chakra and solar plexus chakra and associated with Capricorn.
- Orchid Orchid is a Folk Western herb of water, ruled by Venus. It is used for love, beauty and psychic development. It is aligned to the sacral chakra and heart chakra and associated with Libra.
- Moonwort Moonwort is a Folk Western herb of water, ruled by Moon. It is used for love, money and moon magic. It is aligned to the third eye chakra and crown chakra and associated with Cancer.
- Papyrus Papyrus is a Folk Western herb of air, ruled by Mercury. It is used for protection, writing spells and wisdom. It is aligned to the throat chakra and crown chakra and associated with Gemini.
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