Yarrow

Origin: Europe, northern Asia, and North America

Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Supertribe: Asterodae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Scientific Name: Achillea millefolium

Folk Names: Band man’s plaything, bloodwort, carpenter’s weed, devil’s nettle, devil’s plaything, eerie, field hops, gearwe, green arrow, hundred-leaved grass, knight’s milfoil,knyghten, Lady’s Mantle, little feather, milfoil, militaris, military herb, millefolium, noble yarrow, nosebleed, old man’s mustard, old man’s pepper, sanguinary, seven year’s love, snake’s-grass, soldier’s woundwort, staunch-weed, thousand-leaf, thousand seal, wound-wort, yarroway, yerw

Magical

Element: Water
Day: Friday
Planet: Venus
Zodiac: Libra
Associated Celebrations: SumSol
Deities: Achilles, Cernunnos

Parts used: Herb

Magical Properties: Harmony, healing, divination, intuition, love, friendship, exorcism, psychic skills, marriage

Substitutions: Rose

Lore

It is believed that washing the head with a yarrow infusion can prevent baldness.

Magical Uses

• Wear yarrow for protection.
• Hold yarrow in the hand to grant courage.
• Drink an infusion of yarrow to improve psychic powers.
• Carrying yarrow brings the connections you long for - be it friends, romance, or estranged or distant family.
• By hanging yarrow over the bed, or using in wedding celebrations, it ensures a love will last at least seven years.