Mugwort

🌿 Mugwort

Scientific Name: Artemisia vulgaris
Also Known As: Black Sage, Dream Plant, Witch Herb

Description

Mugwort is an aromatic herb with silvery-green leaves, sacred to the moon and to the goddess Artemis. It is a plant of thresholds — the herb of dreamers, travelers, and witches. Used since ancient times for protection and prophecy, Mugwort guides the spirit beyond the veil, awakening intuition and lucid dreams.

Magical Properties

Mugwort is the herb of dreams, divination, and psychic awakening. It enhances intuition, protects travelers (both physical and spiritual), and opens the third eye. Burned as incense, used in baths, or placed beneath the pillow, Mugwort strengthens the link between the conscious and the unseen worlds.

• Element: Earth & Air

• Planetary Correspondence: Moon

• Deities: Artemis, Hecate, Diana, Selene

• Uses:

  • Burn before ritual to purify and awaken psychic senses.

  • Brew into a tea before sleep for prophetic or lucid dreaming.

  • Carry or hang near the door for protection and warding off evil spirits.

  • Add to divination tools or oils to enhance clairvoyance and intuition.

Medicinal Properties

Mugwort is known as a digestive and nervine tonic with mild stimulating effects on both the body and mind.

• Actions: Bitter tonic, carminative, nervine, emmenagogue, mild stimulant.

• Common Uses:

  • Aids digestion and stimulates appetite.

  • Used to ease menstrual cramps and regulate cycles.

  • Supports relaxation and deeper sleep when taken as tea or tincture.

  • Burned or inhaled for its calming, aromatic qualities.

• Energetics: Warming, dry, stimulating, grounding.

(Disclaimer: For educational purposes only. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult a qualified herbal practitioner before internal use, especially during pregnancy.)