Dried Wormwood - Protection, psychic Powers, Love

• Use in clairvoyance and divination incenses (with mugwort) as well as in exorcism and protection blends.
• Burn wormwood while using a pendulum.

 

Wormwood correspondences:

Artemisia absinthium - also known as Absinthe, madderwort. 

Zodiac: Cancer, Gemini system: Mars
Moon phase: new
Day: Monday
Tarot: Tower 
Elements: Air, Fire 
Energy: Yang
Goddesses: Artemis, Diana, Iris

 

Issues, intentions and powers: the afterlife, anger, animals, anxiety, banish, bind, clairvoyants, courage, death, defence, divination, dreamwork, endings, endurance, enmity, forgiveness, guidance, healing, hexes, Improvement, love, sex magick, obstacles, peaceful death, power, problems, protection from enchantment, psychic ability, purification, release.com herself work, skills, contact and see spirits, stress, transformation, visions. 

 

References 📚 

• Reference: Llewellyn's Complete Book of correspondences, Sandra Kynes (10th printing) page 212. 
• Witchapedia, Alphabetical List of Magickal Herbs, Wormwood

 

Contraindications include: 

• Pregnant or breastfeeding: Animal studies show wormwood may cause miscarriage.
• Epilepsy or another seizure disorder: Wormwood contains thujone, which is known to cause seizures. Wormwood may also reduce the effects of some anti-seizure drugs.
• Heart disease: If you are taking Coumadin (warfarin) for heart health, wormwood may cause bleeding.
• Kidney disease: Wormwood is toxic to the kidneys and may lead to kidney failure.
• Allergies: Wormwood is part of the Asteraceae family. If you are allergic to anything in this group, such as ragweed or marigolds, avoid wormwood.