marigold
Marigold is a plant and an herb.
- botanical information
- magick correspondences and uses
- Goddesses and deities
- cautions and contraindications
botanical information:
Botanical name: Calendula officinalis
Common name: marigold
magickal correspondences and uses:
Western element: fire
Magickal uses: Use for magick related to consecration, inner vision, love, peace, and truthfulness.
Ritual uses: Plant marigold to bring joy to the dead (including your dead relatives, family, and friends). Use in beverages for fire rituals, solar festials, or summerland (death) rituals.
deities associated with marigold:
- Mary (Christian Goddess)
- Xochiquetzal (Aztec Goddess)
cautions and contraindications:
Cautions and contraindications: Marigold is believed to be safe.
Non-toxic to animals: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Animal Poison Control Center has determined that garden marigold and pot marigold “have not been reported as having systemic effects on animals or as having intense effects on the gastrointestinal tract.” —ASPCA
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.
