apples
Apples are a fruit.
- botanical information
- nutritional information
- Chinese herbology
- astrological correspondences
- magick correspondences and uses
- Goddesses and deities
botanical information:
Botanical name: Pyrus spp.(especially Pyrus malus) or Malus Sylvestris
Common name: apple
nutritional information:
Apples help keep the liver clean and healthy.
Chinese herbalism:
Chinese gender: yin (cool)
Chinese flavor: sweet and slightly sour
astrological correspondences:
Astrological planet: Venus 
magickal correspondences and uses:
Western element: water
Magickal uses of apple blossoms: Venus spells (see below)
Magickal uses of apple juice: discernment, health, inner vision, love, and prudence
Venus spells: Apple blossom (as an herb) may be used in as an ingredient or substitute for magick spells and formulas related to Venus matters (beauty, compassion, fidelity, friendship, happiness, interchanges, joy, love, luck, meditation, pleasure, reconciliation, and youth). 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 Venus for a list of herbal substitutes for apple blossom.
deities associated with apple:
- Apollo (Greek God)
- Hera (Greek Goddess)
- Induna (Norse Goddess)
- Odin (Norse God)
- Venus (Roman Goddess)
- Zeus (Greek God)
