Herbs for Blessings

Herbs for Blessings

In a few days I'll be driving out to our Kansas property to take a look around, take pictures, and while there I'll be doing a House Blessing ritual. So as I need to get all of my things ready I decided to see what are some specific herbs for my purpose. But as usual, my OCD Self couldn't just look for what I'm looking for, I had to go ahead and make a list of all the herbs (well, maybe not all but certainly many) that are used for blessings - of any sort. 

So, the following list are the herbs for blessings and their respective intents (if it's other than just "blessings"). I figure y'all could copy it for yourselves for future reference as well!

Blessing Herbs

Ague root (baby)

Bachelor’s Button

Basil

Bay (house)

Birch

Bittersweet (house)

Blue Cohosh

Camphor (house)

Caraway (house)

Catnip (animal)

Cedar (baby)

Cinquefoil (house)

Club Moss

Cowslip (business & house)

Cypress

Daisy (baby)

Elder (business & house)

Elecampane (baby)

Flax (baby)

Foxglove (garden)

Fumitory (house)

Gorse (wedding)

Hackberry

Hops

Iris (baby)

Job’s Tears

Lady’s Mantle (newlywed)

Mountain Ash/Rowan (house)

Mulberry (baby)

Myrrh

Rosemary (baby)

Rowan/Mountain Ash (house)

Rue

Sage (house)

Vervain (children)

Walnut (Blessings of the Gods)

White Willow Bark

My favorite all-around perfect herb is Basil. It can be used for any purpose from blessing to cursing. I grow this herb so I have plenty of it for my Craft or culinary purposes. So I'll definitely be taking my Basil, as well as Bay, Birch, Caraway, Sage and White Willow Bark as these are the ones I have on hand.

I'll pack a Craft bag with everything, take pictures during the ritual, and will post them when I return.