Catnip is a plant and an herb.
- botanical information
- part used
- astrological correspondences
- magick correspondences and uses
- Goddesses and deities
botanical information:
Botanical name: Nepeta cataria
Common name: catnip
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.
part used:
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Part Used: The leaf, dried, cut, and powdered. Information courtesy of Mountain Rose Herbs |
astrological correspondences:
Astrological planet: Venus 
magickal correspondences and uses:
Gender: feminine (traditional western European magickal gender)
Western element: water
Magickal uses: charm, fertility, instinct, playfulness
Venus spells: See the article on Venus for a list of herbal substitutes for catnip in Venus spells involving beauty, compassion, fidelity, friendship, happiness, interchanges, joy, love, luck, meditation, pleasure, reconciliation, and youth.
Love spells: Catnip 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  power, courage, makes fierce and vengeful in battle, captures love and happiness. cat magic, familiars, joy, friendship, love. Incense is used in consecration of tools. Chewed by warriors for fierceness in battle. Large dried leaves are powerful markers in magical books. Give to your cat to create a psychic bond. Cat Magic, Love, Beauty, Happiness
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deities associated with catnip:
- Bast (Kemetic/ancient Egyptian Goddess)
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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