Astrological Herbs
HERBS RULED BY SATURN
( considered to be anodyne, bitter, funereal,
melancholic, or otherwise Saturine.)
Aconite, amaranth, barley, beech tree, beet, birdsfoot,
bucks horn plantain, buckthorn, compioon, comfrey,
cress, crosswort, cypres, darnel, doder, elm,
Osmaond roayl fern, flea wort, fluxweed, fumitory,
oak gall, gladiolus, gladwin, goat herb, hawkweed,
heartsease, hellebore, hemlock, hemp, henbane, holly,
horsetail, ivy, Jew's ear, juniper, knapwed, knapwort,
knot grass, meado saffron, medlar, mullein, navelwort,
nightshade, poplar, quince, ragwort, root of scarcity,
rupturewort, rush, safflower, sciatica grass,
service tree, shepherd's purse, sloe, solomon's seal,
tamarisk, thorough leaf, thrift, tutsan,
water violet, willow herb, woad, yew.
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HERBS RULED BY JUPITER
(considered soothing, cheering,
benevolent, and otherwise Jovial).
Agrimony, alexander, asparagus, avens, balm, betony,
bilbery, borage, box, briar rose, chervil, chestnut,
cinquefoil, costmary, current, dandelion, dock,
couch grass, eglantine, endive, fig tree, gir tree,
goat's beard, gold of pleasure, golden samphire,
hart's tongue, house leek, hyssop, jasmine oxtongue,
sea lightwort, lime tree, liverwort, lungwort, maple tree,
meadowsweet, myrrh, whitlow grass, oak, pinks,
polypody fern, sage, scurvy grass, succory, sumac,
swallow wort, thorn apple, through wax.
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HERBS RULED BY MARS
( considered sharp, acrid, biting, sour, or irritant. )
Anemone, arssmart,asarabaca, barberry, basil,
black cress, briony, broom, butcher's broom,
cotton thistle, crowfoot, cuckoo pint, eveweed,
felwort, flaxweed, furze, galangal, garlic, gentian,
germander, hawthorn, holy thistle, honeysuckle, hops,
horse tongue, hedge hyssop, lupin, madder, masterwort,
mastic herb, musterd, nettle, onion, parsley, pepper,
pine, radish, rest harrow, rhubarb, rocket, saltwort,
samphire, sanicle, sarsaparilla, savine, shepherd's purse,
simson, sowbread, sowerweed, spurge, squill, taragon,
tobacco, toothcress, woodruff, wormseed, wormwood.
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HERBS RULED BY THE SUN
( considered fragrant, royal, holy, or sun-seeking)
Angelica, ash tree, bay burnet, butter-bur, camomille,
celadine, centaury, eyebright, heart trefoil, heliotrope,
honey-wort, lovage, marigold, mistletoe, peony, rice,
rosemary, rue, saffron, St. John's wort, storax, sundew,
tormentil, vine, viper's bugloss, wake robin, walnut.
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HERBS RULED BY VENUS
( considered sweet, fragrant, delicious,
aphrodisiac, or cosmetic.)
Alkanet,alder (black), alder (common), bean, birch,
bishop's weed, blackberry, blites, bugle, burdock,
catnip, cherry, chickpease, cock's head, coltsfoot,
columbine, cowslip, crab's claws, cudweed,
daffodil, daisy, dittany of Crete, elder, eryngo, feverfew,
figwort, foxglove, fraxinella, geranium, goldenrod,
gooseberry, gosmore, groundsel, kidneywort,
ladies bedstraw, ladies mantel, lentils, mallow, mint,
moneywort, motherwort, mugwort, orach, orchis,
peach, pear, pennywort, pennyroyal, pepperwort,
periwinkle, plantain, plowman's spikenard, plum,
poley, primrose, rampion, raspberry, rose, self-heal,
shepherd's neddle, sicklewort, skirret, soapwort,
sow thistle, speedwell, spignel, strawberry, sycamore,
tansy, thyme, vervain, violet, woodsage, yarrow.
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HERBS RULED BY MERCURY
(thought to induce internal activity.
Mercury rules "movement")
Calamint, caraway, dill, elecampane, fennel,
fenugreek, flax, good King Henry, hare's foot, hazel,
honey-wort, horehound, hound's tongue, lavender,
lavender cotton, lily of the valley, licorice,
maidenhair, mandrake, marjoram, mulbery,
mushroom, myrtle, pellitory, pomegranate,
quick grass, savory, scabious, senna, smallage,
southerwood, spurge, starwort, trefoil, valerian.
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HERBS RULED BY THE MOON
(considered cooling, drying,
sleep-inducing, or otherwise "Lunar")
Acanthus, adders tongue, arrach, chickweed, clary,
cleavers, coleworts, sea (cucumber), dog's tooth violet,
duckwed, dwarf rocket cress, faveral, fluellein,
french mercury, iris, lettuce, lily, moorwort, orpine,
pearl trefoil, poppy, privet, purslane, saxifrage,
stonecrop, touchwood, turnip, wallflower, watercress,
water lily, willow, wintergreen, yellow flag.
rf. Magical Herbs by Scott Cummingham
