Onion

Gender: Masculine
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Deity: Isis
Powers: Protection, Exorcism, Healing,
Money, Prophetic Dreams, Lust
Ritual Uses: According to some ancient
authorities, the onion was worshipped
in some cities in ancient Egypt, and was
sometimes invoked while taking oaths.
Magical Uses: Take a small white onion, stick
it full of black-headed pins, and place in a
window. This will guard against the intrusion
of evil into the home. The flowers are
decorative and protective, and can be dried
and placed in the home for an unusual and
attractive protective amulet. Carried, the
onion gives protection against venomous
beasts. Grown in pots or in the garden they
also shield against evil.
Halved or quartered onions, placed in
the house, will absorb negativity and evil,
as well as disease.
For healing, rub the cut edge of an onion
against the afflicted part of the body, visualizing
the disease going into the onion. Then
destroy the onion (burn or smash to pieces
and bury). Settlers in New England hung
strings of onions over doorways to guard
against infections, and a cut onion placed
beneath the kitchen sink has long been
used for the same purpose. To cure warts,
rub them with a piece of onion and throw
over your right shoulder. Walk away without
looking back. A large red onion tied to
the bedpost protects its occupants against
sickness, and aids in recuperation.
Never throw onion skins and peelings
onto the ground; if you do, you throw away
your prosperity. Instead, burn them in the
fireplace or cookstove to attract riches.
An onion placed beneath the pillow
can produce prophetic dreams. If you are
faced with making a decision, scratch your
options on onions, one to each onion.
Place them in the dark. The first one that
sprouts answers you.
Some ancient authorities state that
when eaten, the onion "provokes to venery,"
i.e., produces lust.
Magical knives and swords are purified
by rubbing their blades with cut fresh
onions, and if you throw an onion after a
bride you'll throw away her tears.