Pine

 

Names: Evergreen, Pinus spp

Warnings: Some types of pine are poisonous so take care when foraging and make sure you have done your research. They can also be very dangerous for pregnant woman and a lot of pets and should not be ingested. You should be extremely careful with pets as the results of them ingesting pine can be fatal.

Planets: Mars

Signs: Virgo

Gender associations: Masculine

Elements: Air

Deities: Cybele, Pan, Venus, Attis, Dionysus, Zeus, Astarte, Sylvanus, Kybele, Artemis, Poseidon

Celebrations: Yule

Spell types: Wisdom, Prosperity, Fertility, Healing, Guilt, Strength, Cleansing, Protects against negative energies, Purification, Wealth, Protection, Resilience, Fortune, Exorcism, House protection, Magickal protection, Positive thoughts, Immortality, Deterring illness, Increasing energy, Positivity, Divination, Consecration, Clarity, Hexes, Uncrossing, Love, Lust, Sleep, Dreams, Traveling, Youth, Necromancy, Psychic abilities, Clairvoyance, Compassion, Psychic protection

Medical uses: Nausea, Vomiting, Dizziness, Coughs, Sore throat, Flu, Antiseptic, Anti-inflammatory, Respiratory problems

Uses:

·         Burn pine needles to repel magickal & psychic attacks.

·         Scatter pine needles on the floor of your house to bring protection from negative energies.

·         Hang over your bed to deter illness.

·         Use in bath ritual to help repel negative thoughts.

·         Carry or wear a piece of pinecone to increase fertility.

·         Burning pine wood chippings can help cleanse negative energies.

·         Use pine essential oil to promote speedy healing.

·         Use to make pine needle tea.

·         Can be used when making wreaths especially at yule time.

·         Place a candle on a pinecone and light it for yule.

·         Use pine needles to create brooms.

·         Hang pinecones from a black ribbon on the front door of your home to attract prosperity & abundance.

·         Use during your meditation to help alleviate negative thoughts.

·         Keep pinecones around your home to deter negative energies.

·         Grind up pine needles into a powder and then add to a fire to cleanse a space of negative energies.

·         Use in floor cleansers to repel illness and negative energies.

·         Use in bath rituals.

Growing tips:

·         There are many different types of pine tree so you will need to research them and see which would be best for the climate you live in before you start buying and planting.

·         When you plant a pine because it is a tree it is recommended that you stake it so it can cope with the elements better especially if you are living somewhere you can get strong winds.

·         In the first few years of the trees life you will need to provide it with shade when it is sunny as this can damage the tree.

·         You don’t have to water this tree as regularly you would with other plants as pine is very resilient to the elements but don’t let the soil completely dry out.

·         Don’t forget to prune your tree as this is very important to the way your tree grows.

Please do not use any plant or herb medicinally without consulting your doctor, some of these plants and herbs can be very dangerous and even poisonous.