Lavender

Common Lavender is an evergreen shrub native to the mountainous regions of the Mediterranean and Norther Africa

Featured in Preparing for Spell Work

• Herbal Energetics: Cooling • Relaxing

• Associated Sign(s): Gemini

• Associated Chakra(s): Crown and Third Eye

Lavender is cherished for its gentle strength and soothing scent. Traditionally used to calm headaches and support deeper sleep, lavender is also known for its mild sedative effects and wound-healing properties. When taken as a tea, it can help ease digestive discomfort, bloating, mouth sores, and toothaches. Its soft yet clarifying energy helps to clear mental fog while enhancing intuitive focus, making it a powerful aid in practices involving meditation, dreamwork, and connection to our higher selves.

Spiritually, lavender has long been associated with love, purification, and protection. It has been used in rituals to guard against the Evil Eye, cleanse spaces of negative energies, or for help navigating emotional heaviness. Lavender is a supportive plant ally, often called upon to restore balance in times of grief or transition. And particularly helpful if sleep has been disrupted by unpleasant dreams. As part of a cleansing bedtime ritual, or to welcome soothing support during difficult days, lavender welcomes the return of clarity, harmony, and peace to the body and spirit.