List of Herbs that Start with the Letter H
The letter H holds hearthside energy which is about grounding, protection, and home-centered strength. This energy is achieved through boundaries, endurance and the use of wisdom. Plants beginning with H often reflect this steady, protective frequency, aiding with household blessings, healing, and warding. This page lists herbs along with their magical uses, elemental, and planetary correspondences to support your spiritual and magical practices.
Correspondences for the Letter H
- Element: Earth, Fire
- Planet: Saturn, Sun
- Number: 8
- Color: brown, dark green, gold
- Energy: happy, harmony, healing, health, hearth, heavenly, heroism, holistic, home, honesty, honorable, hope
- Keywords: authority, boundaries, endurance, grounding, illumination, prosperity, stability, vitality, willpower
An Asterisk (*) Denotes the herb is considered poisonous, toxic, or can cause skin irritations. Do Not Consume.
Letter H
Hawthorn: careers/employment/work, celibacy, chastity, fairy magic, fertility, fishing, happiness, rebirth, remove negativity, repels ghosts/spirits, weddings/handfasting. Earth, Venus.Hay: fertility, harvests, pregnancy. Earth, Moon.
Heather: connecting with ancestors, healing deep issues, immortality, luck, memory, peace, protection, rain, transmutation, use to prevent rape/violet crimes. Earth, Moon.
Heliotrope: cheerfulness, Drawing Down the Sun Ritual, gaiety, prophetic dreams/visions, prosperity, protection, solar magic. Fire, Sun.
*Hemlock: Highly Poisonous!! astral travel, destroys sex drive, hexing, paralyze a situation, sacred to Hecate. Water, Saturn.
*Henbane: consecration of ceremonial tools and vessels, love, rain spells. Water, Saturn.
*Henna: attracts love, health, prevents illness, protection, temporary tattoos/hair dye, wards of evil eye. Earth, Venus.
Hibiscus: attracts love, divination, dreams, energy activation, freedom, harmony, independence, passion, relaxation, romance, sexual desire, swift assistance. Water, Venus.
Hickory: legal matters, love, lust, protection. Earth, Saturn.
High John the Conqueror Root: general purpose herb. conquering problems, confidence, gambling, health, love, luck, money, prosperity, protection, strength, success. Earth, Jupiter.
*Holly: divine connection, dreams, home protection, love, luck, marriage, masculine energy, protection, purification, sacred spaces, Yule. Earth, Sun.
Hollyhock: family, healing from the past, healing land, increase money flow, memory, new possessions, past life regression, prosperity, protection, reconnection, remembrance, spiritual energy, strengthening confidence, success. Earth, Moon.
Honey: attraction, solar magic. Fire, Sun.
*Honeysuckle: abundance, aids persuasiveness, confidence, endings and beginnings, good luck, home protection, intuition, letting go, money, prosperity, psychic ability, sexuality, success, Third Eye Chakra. Earth, Jupiter.
Hops: beer, dreams, healing, relaxation, restfulness, sleep. Water, Moon.
Horehound: balances energy, home blessings, keeps trouble away, mental clarity, protection, sacred to Horus, stimulates creativity/inspiration. Earth, Mercury.
*Horse Chestnut/Buckeye: divination, good luck, money, wealth. Fire, Jupiter.
*Hyacinth: abundance, charm, glamour, gifts, good fortune, influence, irresistibly, love, luck, luxury, masculine energy, peace of mind, peaceful sleep, protection, happiness, love. Names after Greek God Hyakinthos. Earth, Sun.
*Hydrangea: binding, boundaries, bringing back a lover, deconstructing karmic patterns, fidelity, hex breaking, love drawing, protection, redirecting curses and psychic attacks, restructuring energy fields. Water, Moon.
Hyssop: anti-theft, cleansing, consecration (especially tin), dispels evil/negativity, floor wash, lightens energy, purification, spiritual awakening. Fire, Jupiter.
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Disclaimer:
Certain herbs and spices may be toxic, allergenic, or harmful if ingested, inhaled, or applied to the skin. Always research an herb’s safety and potential effects before use. Do not consume, burn, or apply any herbs unless you are certain they are safe for your intended purpose.
Herbs that are known to be poisonous or toxic are marked with an asterisk (*). We make every effort to identify and label known toxic herbs, but this is not a guarantee that every dangerous herb is marked.
The author of this collection does not provide medical advice or recommend any practices as a replacement for professional medical treatment of physical, emotional, or psychological conditions, either directly or indirectly. The intent of this resource is to offer general information to support your journey toward enhanced emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. If you choose to apply any information from these materials, the author and publisher assume no responsibility for your decisions or actions.