Yarrow




(Achillea millefolium)

FOLK NAMES: Seven Year's Love, Sanguinary, Old Man's Mustard, Military Herb, Old Man's Pepper, Soldier's Woundwort, Knight's Milfoil, Nosebleed, Thousand Seal, Hundred-Leved Grass, Millefolium, Milfoil, Arrow Root, Eerie, Ladies' Mantle, Knyghten, Wound Wort, Stanch Weed, Field Hops, Tansy, Gearwe, Noble Yarrow, Yarroway, Devil's Bit, Devil's Plaything, Achillea, Snake's Grass, Death Flower, Stanch Griss

GENDER: Cold

PLANET: Venus

ELEMENT: Water

PART USED: Flowers

MAGICKAL USES: Love, Clairvoyance, Exorcism, Yarrow is used in love sachets and marriage charms, as it has the power to keep a couple together happily for seven years. Worn as an amulet, it wards off negativity. The tea drunk prior to divination will enhance one's powers of perception. Held in the hand it stops all fear. It is sometimes added to exorcism incenses. The beautiful flowers are a welcome addition to any magickal altar, as the yarrow is one of the Witch's favorite herbs.