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Blackberry has a long file in folk magic: A thorned plant of protection and abundance, whose berries darken like blood when ripe.
Blackberry in the craft
A thorned plant of protection and abundance, whose berries darken like blood when ripe. The leaves heal physical wounds while the fruit nourishes spiritual growth. Sacred to death deities as the 'berry of ghosts'.
Correspondences
- Also called: Bramble, Rubus fruticosus
- Gender: Feminine
- Planet: Venus
- Sign: Cancer
- Element: Water
- Deities: Mictlantecuhtli, Hel, The Morrigan
Note: Thorns cause physical wounds as the plant magically protects itself.
Old correspondences
- Zodiac: Cancer — plant of the Cancer season
- Mythology: Mictlantecuhtli — deity of this plant
- Mythology: Hel — deity of this plant
- Colors: Green — color of the same planetary force
- Colors: Pink — color of the same planetary force