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