Meadowsweet

Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
Common Names: Queen of the Meadow, Bridewort, Meadwort
Element: Water
Planet: Venus, Jupiter
Associated Deities: Venus, Blodeuwedd, Aine, Danu

Magical Properties & Purposes
Meadowsweet is a sacred herb of love, joy, and gentle strength. Its sweet fragrance and delicate flowers carry an energy of harmony, making it useful in spells for peace, happiness, and emotional balance.

- Love & Marriage: Used in handfasting rituals, bridal bouquets, and love charms to bring sweetness and devotion to relationships.
- Peace & Happiness: Placed in the home or brewed as tea to calm arguments, lift spirits, and restore harmony.
- Protection & Purification: Scattered around the home or used in floor washes to cleanse negativity and invite benevolent energy.
- Divination & Psychic Work: Burned as incense or drunk as tea before scrying to enhance intuition and prophetic dreams.
- Fairy Work: Associated with the Fae, often left as an offering to invite their blessings and goodwill.

How to Use in Witchcraft
- Add to love sachets or wedding charms to bless unions.
- Brew into a tea for relaxation and emotional healing.
- Use in midsummer rituals or Litha celebrations for joy and abundance.
- Place under the pillow to encourage peaceful sleep and pleasant dreams.

Meadowsweet teaches that true strength lies in gentleness, and that happiness flourishes where there is balance.