Herbs that Start with the Letter S
The letter S embodies spirit, strength, and the sacred connection to all. It's energy carries sound, flow and movement of the unseen and power in all things. S is a creative force and herbs that start with S also carry this energy in the form of empowerment, manifestation and transformation.
This page lists herbs along with their magical uses, elemental, and planetary correspondences to support your spiritual and magical practices.
Correspondences for the Letter S
- Element: All elements are equally present.
- Planet: Saturn, Sun.
- Number: 1
- Color: black, dark blue, gold, orange, yellow
- Symbolism: sacred, security, service, shield, silent, simplicity, sincere, skilled, sleep, social, solar, solidarity, soothe, soul, sound, specialty, spells, spirit, spiritual, splendor, stable, steadfast, steady, still, strength, sturdy, success, superb, support, sustain, synergy
- Keywords: beginnings, courage, creation, discipline, empowerment, energy, growth, flow, illumination, manifestation, movement, responsibility, transformation, willpower, wisdom through trials
An Asterisk (*) Denotes the herb is considered poisonous, toxic, or can cause skin irritations. Do Not Consume.
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Letter S
Safflower: (Carthamus tinctorius) aphrodisiac, brings destruction to enemies, controlling the weather, happiness, healing, love, lust, psychic awareness, sexual attraction, strength. Fire, Sun, Masculine.Saffron: (Crocus sativus) aphrodisiac, clairvoyance, good fortune, happiness, healing, love, lust, prosperity, psychic abilities, strength, weather and wind magic. Fire, Sun, Masculine.
Sage: (Salvia officinalis) cleansing, dealing with grief/loss, healing, incense, longevity, mental clarity, mental/emotional health, psychic awareness, purification, removes negative energy, wisdom, wishes. Air, Jupiter, Masculine.
Sage Blossom: (Salvia spp.) boundaries, clarity, cleansing, consciousness, cord-cutting, exorcism, inner silence, meditation, removing blockages, self-respect. Air, Mercury, Masculine.
Sagebrush: (Artemisia tridentata) banishing, cleansing, dreamwork, intuition, protection, purification, removes negativity. Air, Moon, Venus, Feminine.
Salt/Sea Salt: (Sodium chloride (NaCl)) blessings, casting circles, cleansing, consecration, dispels negativity/evil spirits, grounding, healing, protection, purifying, sea magic. Earth, Water, Mars, Masculine.
Salt Peter/Salt Petre: (Potassium nitrate (KNO₃)) prevents infidelity, stops sexual tension, used to prevent erection in men. Earth, Saturn, Masculine.
Sandalwood: (Santalum album) banishing negativity, blessing, chakra balancing, concentration, divination, energy flow, healing, meditation, protection, psychic abilities, raises vibration, spirituality, wishes, wood used in healing wands. Air, Moon, Sun, Feminine.
Sanicle: (Sanicula europaea) endurance, healing, protection, safe travel, strength, vitality. Earth, Venus, Masculine.
Sarsaparilla: (Smilax spp.) abundance, business, health, improve virility, love, money, passion, prolongs life, sexuality. Fire, Jupiter, Mars, Masculine.
Sassafras: (Sassafras albidum) healing, health, legal situations, money, overcoming obstacles, prosperity, self-empowerment, success, wealth. Fire, Jupiter, Masculine.
Savory: (Satureja hortensis) confidence, courage, happiness, passion, sensuality, sex magic, sexuality. Fire, Mars, Masculine.
Saw Palmetto Berries: (Serenoa repens) exorcism, healing, passion, protection, spiritual awakening, strength, virility. Water, Moon, Masculine.
*Scullcap/Skullcap: (Scutellaria lateriflora) consecration, creates harmony, fidelity, handfastings, harmony, love, peace, oath binding, relaxation, relieves tension. Water, Saturn, Feminine.
Sesame: (Sesamum indicum) dispels negativity, hope, lust, money, new direction/opportunities, opens doors, passion, protection, success, wishes. Fire, Sun, Masculine.
*Senna: (Senna alexandrina) attraction, confidence, diplomacy, faithfulness, fidelity, healing, love, lust, purification. Water, Mercury, Moon, Masculine.
Sequoia: (Sequoia sempervirens) ancestral connection, endurance, longevity, majesty, renewal, spiritual growth, strength. Earth, Jupiter, Masculine.
Serviceberry: (Amelanchier spp.) cycles, funerals, gratitude, honoring ancestors, love, protection, remembrance, renewal, spiritual connection. Water, Venus, Feminine.
Shave Grass/Bottle Brush/Horsetail: (Equisetum arvense) fertility, focus, grounding, growth, protection, purification, snake charming, strength. Earth, Saturn, Masculine.
Shallots: (Allium cepa Aggregatum Group) luck, prosperity, protection, strength, success. Fire, Mars, Masculine.
Sheep's Purse/Shedards Purse: (Capsella bursa-pastoris) abundance, feminine power, fertility, grounding, healing, love, prosperity, protection, strength. Earth, Moon, Venus, Feminine.
Sheep Sorrel: (Rumex acetosella) aids healing the sick, clarity, fairy magic, luck, protects from illness and wounds, success. Earth, Venus, Feminine.
*Skunk Cabbage: (Symplocarpus foetidus) banishing, deterring people, grounding, hex breaking, legal matters, protection, removing negativity. Water, Saturn, Feminine.
Slippery Elm: (Ulmus rubra) halts gossip/slander, promotes peace, protection, truth. Air, Mercury, Saturn, Feminine.
Sloe/Blackthorn: (Prunus spinosa) boundaries, defense, exorcism, intuition, overcoming adversity, protection, reduces negativity, Samhain, strength, warding. Earth, Water, Mars, Saturn, Masculine.
Snapdragon: (Antirrhinum majus) confidence, courage, exorcism, hex breaking, owning your power, protection, purification, truth. Fire, Mars, Masculine.
Snowdrop: (Galanthus nivalis) comfort, dealing with grief, hope, loss and sorrow, healing, purity, rebirth, renewal. Water, Moon, Feminine.
*Solomon Seal: (Polygonatum multiflorum) aphrodisiac, binding, cleansing, exorcism, oaths and promises, offertory incense, protection, success, warding against evil and spirits. Water, Saturn, Feminine.
Southernwood: (Artemisia abrotanum) banishing, clarity, cleansing, love, luck, protection, psychic abilities. Fire, Mercury, Masculine.
Sow Thistle: (Sonchus spp.) courage, invisibility from enemies, protection, repels witches, stamina, strength, vitality. Air, Mars, Masculine.
Spanish Moss: (Tillandsia usneoides) banishing, curses, funeral rites, love, overcoming blockages, protection, psychic cleansing, removing negativity, revenge, War Water. Air, Saturn, Feminine.
Spearmint: (Mentha spicata) healing, increases effectiveness and speed of spells, love, mental clarity, protection, psychic protection, repels negativity, sleep, strength, vitality, wishes. Air, Mercury, Venus, Feminine.
Spiderwort: (Tradescantia spp.) adaptability, divine timing, love, patience, resilience. Water, Moon, Feminine.
Spikenard: (Aralia racemosa) blessing, grounding, keeps a loved one close, luck, peace, psychic awareness, spiritual elevation, wards off illness. Water, Venus, Feminine.
Spruce: (Picea spp.) healing, peace, protection, purification, renewal, spiritual strength. Air, Jupiter, Masculine.
Squaw Vine: (Mitchella repens) childbirth, feminine power, fertility, health, love, motherhood, protects against jealousy. Earth, Moon, Feminine.
*Squill Root: (Drimia maritima) abundance, luck, money, prosperity, protection, success, wards off evil. Earth, Jupiter, Masculine.
Star Anise: (Illicium verum) clarity, consecration, curse breaking, happiness, increases energy of magic, luck, protection, psychic abilities/awareness, purification. Fire, Jupiter, Masculine.
Starfruit: (Averrhoa carambola) balance, cleansing, integration, luck, lunar & solar magic, manifestation, protection, spell work. Air, Moon, Sun, Both Genders.
*St. John's Wort: (Hypericum perforatum) banishing, blessing, courage, dispels anxiety and depression, divination, dreams (prophetic and romantic), dispels negativity and evil spirits, guards against lightening, happiness, love, prevents illness, protects against hexes and black witchcraft, protection, removes negativity, solar magic. Fire, Sun, Masculine.
Straw (Wheat): (Triticum aestivum) fertility, grounding, image/photo magic, luck, prosperity, sympathetic magic. Earth, Mercury, Masculine.
Strawberry: (Fragaria × ananassa) dreams, favorable circumstances, friendship, good fortune, happiness, love, luck, pleasure, pregnancy/childbirth, success, wishes. Water, Venus, Feminine.
*Straw Flower: (Xerochrysum bracteatum) eternal love, honoring ancestors, longevity, luck, protection, remembrance, Samhain, transitions in life. Fire, Sun, Masculine.
Sugar/Sugar Cane: (Saccharum officinarum) attraction, friendship, kindness, love, lust, sex magic, sympathy, used to sweeten spells. Water, Venus, Feminine.
*Sulfur Powder/Brimstone: banishing negativity, destroys enemy's power over you, dispels evil, prevents hexes/curses, protection, purification, warding. Fire, Sun, Masculine.
Sunflower: (Helianthus annuus) energy, fertility, happiness, health, potency, power, protection, radiance, solar magic, strength, success, sustenance, truth, vitality, wisdom, wishes. Fire, Sun, Masculine.
Sweet Bugle: (Ajuga reptans) attracts love, bedroom magic, fidelity, love, marriage proposal/prospects, sensuality. Water, Venus, Feminine.
Sweet Cicely: (Myrrhis odorata) communication with spirits, divination, honoring ancestors, psychic awareness, sacred to Goddesses of death, rituals for dead/dying. Earth, Pluto, Feminine.
Sweetgrass: (Hierochloe odorata) cleansing, communication with spirits, harmony, peace, protection, spirituality, unity. Air, Moon, Feminine.
Sweet Gum: (Liquidambar styraciflua) balance, clarity, healing, protection, prosperity, renewal. Air, Sun, Masculine.
Sweet Pea: (Lathyrus odoratus) affection, attraction, calming emotions, comfort, feminine energy, friends/allies, irresistibility, joy, loyalty, luxury, personal power. Water, Venus, Feminine.
Sweet Potato: (Ipomoea batatas) attraction, fertility, grounding, image/photo magic, prosperity, strength. Earth, Moon, Feminine.
Sweetwood/Cinnamon: (Cinnamomum verum) aids meditation, calm, healing, luck, lust, passion, prosperity, protection, psychic awareness, spirituality, strength, success, tranquility. Fire, Sun, Masculine.
Sycamore: (Platanus occidentalis) abundance, divination, grounding, longevity, protection, spiritual growth, wisdom. Earth, Jupiter, Masculine.
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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.