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Aconite has a long file in folk magic: Protection, Invisibility.
Aconite in the craft
Protection, Invisibility. Use this herb with great caution to consecrate the athame or ritual knife. Make an infusion with the leaves or root to banish prior energy from magical blades and to infuse it with protection. The root or leaves may be burned as incense for the same purpose. Gather the fresh flowers to make a tincture to refresh the power of the knives. Use an infusion as a magical wash for ritual tools or sacred space. Brings protection and magical watchfulness against negative energies in ritual. Wash a new cauldron in the infusion or burn aconite in its first fire. Used to invoke Hecate. Wrap the seed in a lizard skin and carry to become invisible at will. Used to poison arrow tips in early times. Also as protection from and a cure for werewolves.
Correspondences
- Also called: wolfsbane, monkshood, blue rocket
- Gender: Feminine
- Planet: Saturn
- Sign: Capricorn
- Element: Water
- Deities: Hecate, Medea
Note: -POISON -Don't ingest.
The wider web of symbols
Traditional correspondences connect this reading to: Capricorn — plant of the Capricorn season, Hekate — deity of this plant and Black — color of the same planetary force.