Hyacinth is a plant and an herb.

• botanical information
• astrological correspondences
• magick correspondences and uses
• magick incense
• cautions and contraindications

botanical information:

    Botanical name: Hyacinthus orientalis

    Common name: hyacinth

    Use the botanical name when ordering seeds (bulbs, etc.) or when looking up information in the library. Common names vary by nation, culture, and region, and sometimes the same common name is applied to different plants.

astrological correspondences:

    Astrological planet: Venus

A White Hyacinth just about to start opening up	White Hyacinth
courtesy of Green Earth Ministries (a Christian cannabis religion)

magickal correspondences and uses:

    Perfumes: Hyacinth perfume corresponds with saturday and is a good perfume for saturdays.

    Incense: Hyacinth incense or herb is appropriate for burning in love spells, such as the Aphrodite New Moon love spell, Hecate black candle love spell, or Isis Full Moon love spell.

    Gender: feminine (traditional western European magickal gender)

    Western element: water

    Venus spells: Hyacinth (as an herb) may be used in as an ingredient or substitute for magick spells and formulas related to Venus matters (beauty, compassion, fidelity, friendship, happiness, interchanges, joy, love, luck, meditation, pleasure, reconciliation, and youth). Be careful about substitutions for preparations that will be ingested or come in contact with the skin. These substitutions do not apply to medical uses. See the article on Venus for a list of herbal substitutes for hyacinth.

    Love spells: Hyacinth flowers are appropriate for use in love spells, such as the Aphrodite New Moon love spell.

    Magickal substitutions: Rosemary usually may be safely substituted for any herb in magick spells and rituals. Roses may safely be substituted for any flower.

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Pink Hyacinth in full bloom courtesy of Green Earth Ministries (a Christian cannabis religion)

cautions and contraindications:

    Toxic to animals: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Animal Poison Control Center has determined that hyacinth “has been reported as having systemic effects on animals and/or intense effects on the gastrointestinal tract.” —ASPCA

    Non-toxic to animals: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Animal Poison Control Center has determined that wild hyacinth “has not been reported as having systemic effects on animals or as having intense effects on the gastrointestinal tract.” —ASPCA

Some herbs may be poisonious under some conditions. Exercise appropriate care.

    Wild gathering: Avoid wild gathering. Some plants are endangered species. Some plants can be toxic just by touch. Even experts can make deadly misidentifications of wild plants. Please grow your own herbs in your own goddess garden (or window boxes).

       

See also: herbs.

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