Planetary & Elemental Correspondences of Herbs & Roots used in Hoodoo

Total overkill, but one rainy afternoon about 10 years ago I cross-referenced all of the most commonly used hoodoo roots & herbs with their supposed astrological and elemental associations, as well as their genders – 95% of this info is from the Herbal Alchemist’s Handbook By Karen Harrison.

Ingredient	Type	Gender	Planet	Element
Acacia	Herbs	Male	Sun	Air
Althaea	Herbs	Female	–	Water
Angelica	Herbs	Male	Sun	–
Anise	Seed	Male	Jupiter	Air
Bay	Herbs	Male	Sun	Fire
Black Snake Root	Roots	Male	Mars	Fire
Buckeye Nut	Seeds	Male	Jupiter	Fire
Calamus Root	Roots	Female	Moon	Water
Cubeb Berries	Seeds	Male	Mars	Fire
Dandelion Root	Roots	Male	Jupiter	Air
Devils Shoestring Root	Roots	Female	Mercury/Venus	Earth/Fire
Dragons Blood	Resins	Male	Mars	Fire
Five Finger Grass	Herbs	Male	Jupiter	Fire
Frankincense	Resins	Male	Sun	Fire
Ginger	Roots	Male	Mars	Fire
Grains of Paradise	Seeds	Male	Mars	Fire
Gravel Root	Roots	Male	Jupiter	Air
Irish Moss	Herbs	?	Moon	Water
John the Conqueror Root	Roots	Male	Mars	Fire
Licorice Root	Roots	Female	Venus	Water
Little John to Chew Root	Roots	Male	Mars	Fire
Lovage Root	Roots	Male	Sun	Fire
Lucky Hand Root	Roots	Female	Venus	Water
Master Root	Roots	Male	Mars	Fire
Mugwort	Herbs	Female	Venus	Earth
Myrrh	Resins	Female	Moon	Water
Peony Root	Roots	Male	Sun	Fire
Sampson Snake Root	Roots	Male	Jupiter/Mars	Earth/Fire
Solomon Seal Root	Roots	Female	Saturn	Water
Southern John Root	Roots	Female	Venus/Saturn	Water
Yarrow	Herbs	Female	Venus	Water

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