Geranium

Gender: Feminine
Planet: VenusElement: Water
Powers: Fertility, Health, Love, Protection
Magical Uses: Geraniums of all types are
protective when grown in the garden or
brought into the home freshly cut and
placed into water.
The geranium protects against snakes,
for:
Snakes will not go
Where geraniums grow
A plot of red geraniums, planted near
the Witch's cottage, told of coming visitors
by their movements. The flowers were
magically charged to point to the direction
of the approaching strangers and thus
warn the Witch of their impending arrival.
Banks or pots of red geraniums are
quite protective, and strengthen health.
Pink-flowered geraniums are used
in love spells, while the white varieties
increase fertility.
Curanderos in contemporary Mexico
cleanse and heal patients by brushing them
with red geraniums, together with fresh
rue and pepper tree branches.
The rose geranium {Pelargonium graveolens)
with its highly scented leaves, is used
in protection sachets, or the fresh leaves are
rubbed onto doorknobs and windows to
protect them.
All of the scented geraniums have
various magical properties, most of which
can be deduced from the scent (nutmeg,
lemon, peppermint, etc.) Nutmeg-scented
geraniums possess much the same powers
as nutmeg, and so on.