Cypress is a very useful ingredient in magickal potioneering because it brings a rare combination of female Saturnian energies to the palate of perfumes. Cypress has a long list of magickal uses as well: protection, longevity, grief processing, healing, and justice.
" Cypress is a very useful ingredient in magickal potioneering because it brings a rare combination of female Saturnian energies to the palate of perfumes. Cypress has a long list of magickal uses as well: protection, longevity, grief processing, healing, and justice.
Cypress gives depth, insight and perspective to a blend. Although it is associated with darker places of the human psyche, it has a bright, piney smell. Of all the possible potion ingredients, Cypress is the most accessible and beneficent connections to the often grim planet Saturn.
The below correspondences are vis Cunningham, Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs in plain text, C.L. Zalewski, Herbs in Magic and Alchemy in brackets, or my own interpretations in parenthesis.
" Cypress is a very useful ingredient in magickal potioneering because it brings a rare combination of female Saturnian energies to the palate of perfumes. Cypress has a long list of magickal uses as well: protection, longevity, grief processing, healing, and justice.
Cypress gives depth, insight and perspective to a blend. Although it is associated with darker places of the human psyche, it has a bright, piney smell. Of all the possible potion ingredients, Cypress is the most accessible and beneficent connections to the often grim planet Saturn.
The below correspondences are vis Cunningham, Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs in plain text, C.L. Zalewski, Herbs in Magic and Alchemy in brackets, or my own interpretations in parenthesis.
Gender: (Feminine)
Element: Earth [Earth, Air](Water, Earth)
Planet: Saturn[Saturn](Saturn)
Zodiac: [Aquarius](Capricorn, Cancer)
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