JASMINE: Jasminum officinales, J. species.
Feminine, Moon, Water.
Origin: Over 150 species growing in warmer regions of China, India and western Asia. Later introduced to Britain and U.S.A.
Part Used: Flowers, essential oil.
Uses: Annointing, astral projection, balance, prophetic dreams, fertility, happiness, justice, love (spiritual), luck, lust, meditation, peace, prosperity, protection, psychic, sleep, success, weddings.
Other: Used to charge quartz crystals. Burn to lift spirits. Associated with the night. Hindu name translates as "moonlight of the grove". Associated with the Virgin Mary.
Sabbat: Ostara.
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JUNIPER: Juniperus communis.
Masculine, Sun/Jupiter, Fire.
Origin: Over 40 species of evergreen tree and shrub. Found throughout the northern hemisphere.
Part Used: Berries, wood, essential oil.
Uses: Animals, anti-theft, exorcism, fertility, health, hex-breaking, love, lust, potency, protection, psychic powers, purification, to keep secrets, strength.
Other: Women would burn the branches during childbirth so faeries would not spirit away the newborn and leave a changeling in its place. A Druid sacred tree.
Sabbat: Yule.
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