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Magickal Uses Of Fruits and Vegetables





Here are some fruits and vegetables that are

used for Magickal Practices and what the meanings

are for each one of them. I find these to be helpful to look up and to

keep as a reference for what may be implemented in anyones

everyday life where you can apply your Magick.






Pomegranates:

Used to contact spirits and look beyond the veil.

A fruit of death and rebirth with many magickal

correspondences to Persephone and Demeter.

Apples:

Good for magick involving the centre and the five elements. When

cut across the hemisphere, they show the perfect pentagram. Also a fruit of

divine wisdom and enlightenment.

Bananas:

Excellent fruit for fertility magick. Sympathetically represents the phallus.

Oranges:

For working with the feminine - shaped like the womb, and full of fluid.

Also may be good for fertility work.

Pears:

Again good for fertility and goddess issue. Inverted, it is shaped like the uterus.

Pumpkins:

Long association with Samhain. A good vegetable to use magickally for contacting the

spirit world. Most Jack-O-Lantersn are made from pumpkins today.

Again death and rebirth issues.

Corn:

Good for use in both fertility rituals, harvest rituals, and death

rituals. Linked to Lugh and the death of the Corn King. A good vegetable to

use to sacrifice the old in your life and move into a new cycle of rest and growth.

Potatoes:

Use in earth magick - for stability and firm foundations.

Potatoes are a staple food of many peoples. It grows in the Mother,

and represents the basics of life.

Mangos:

Rituals and magick honoring individuality, uniqueness and high

self-esteem. A great fruit for recognising one's own sense of importance and

place in the world.

Watermelon:

For use in past-life recall work and heavy emotional issues.

Beetroot:

Healing old wounds from the past.



Plant Companions & Their Effects


ASPARAGUS
Tomatoes, parsley, basil
BASIL
Tomatoes (improves growth and flavor); said to dislike rue, repels flies and mosquitoes.
BEANS
Potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflower, cabbage,
summer savory, most other vegetables and herbs, around houseplants when set outside.
BEANS (BUSH)
Sunflowers, cucumbers, potatoes, corn, celery, summer squash
BEETS
Onions, kohlrabi
BORAGE
Tomatoes (attracts bees, deters tomato worm, improves growth and flavor.), squash, strawberries
CABBAGE FAMILY
Potatoes, celery, dill, chamomile, sage, thyme,
mint, pennyroyal rosemary, lavender, beets onions.
Aromatic plants deter cabbageworms.
CARROTS
Peas, lettuce, chives, onions, leeks, rosemary, sage, tomatoes.
CATNIP
Plants in borders; protects against flea beetles.
CELERY
Leeks, tomatoes, bush beans cauliflower, cabbage.
DILL
Cabbage (improves growth and health), carrots.
EGGPLANT
Plant With beans.
FENNEL
Most plants are supposed to dislike it.
GARLIC
Roses and raspberries (deters Japanese beetles) with herbs to
enhance their production of essential oil.
Plan liberally throughout the garden to deter pests.
HORSERADISH
Potatoes (deters potato beetle) around plum trees to discourage curculios.
LAMB'S QUARTER
Nutritious edible weed allow to grow in modest amounts around corn.
LETTUCE
Lettuce carrots and radishes make a strong companion team.
LOVAGE
Plant here and there in garden.
MARIGOLDS
The workhorse of the pest deterrents. Keeps soil free of
nematodes discourages many insects. Plant freely throughout garden.
MARJORAM
Here and there in garden.
MINT
Cabbage family deters cabbage moth.
MOLE PLANT
Deters moles and mice if planted throughout garden.
NASTURTIUM
Deters aphids and pests of cucumber.
ONION
Beets, tomatoes, strawberries, lettuce (protects against slugs) beans (protects against ants), summer savory.
PEAS
Adds nitrogen to soil.
PETUNIA
Beneficial throughout garden.
PIGWEED
Brings nutrients to topsoil. Keep well thinned.
POT MARIGOLD
Plant throughout garden as deterrent to asparagus beetle, tomato worm and many other garden pests.
PUMPKIN
Corn
ROSEMARY
Deters cabbage moth, bean beetles and carrot fly.
RUE
Deters Japanese beetle. Keep away from basil.
SOYBEAN
Grows with everything, helps everything.
VALERIAN
Good anywhere.
WORMWOOD
Plant as border. Keep animals out.
YARROW
Enhances essential oil production of herbs






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