Gardenia is a plant and an herb.

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

botanical information:

    Botanical name: Gardenia jasminoides or Gardenia spp.

    Common name: gardenia

    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: Moon

magickal correspondences and uses:

    Incense: Gardenia incense or petals 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)

    Love bath: A love bath is a safe and easy way for anyone to cast a love ritual. Gardenia is used in Scott Cunningham’s love bath number three. See the article on love baths for more information.

    Lunar spells: Gardenia (as an herb) may be used in as an ingredient or substitute for magick spells and formulas related to lunar matters (compassion, dreams, family, fertility, gardening, healing, love, peace, promoting sleep, prophecy, prophetic (or psychic) dreams), psychic awareness, sleep, and spirituality). 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 the Moon for a list of herbal substitutes for gardenia.

    Love spells: Gardenia 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.

Magical Uses Love, Peace, Healing, Spirituality information courtesy of

cautions and contraindications:

    Cautions and contraindications: Gardenia is believed to be safe.

    Wild gathering: Avoid wild gathering. Some plants are endangered species. Please grow your own herbs in your own goddess garden (or window boxes).

See also: herbs.

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