The
full moon that falls in Leo is sometimes called the Wort Moon because
its waxing is the auspicious time to gather certain worts, or herbs
useful for the leafy part that grows above the ground. (Dried herbs of
this type are medicinally and magically effective for only about a year
after they are picked, a fact that is ignored by most businesses that
market them.) Two herbs traditionally associated with this time were mugwort and vervain.
Mugwort
is plentiful in California, and known since Native American times for
its power to induce dreams. Drink it as a tea, and fall asleep intending
to dream what you need to know. Some herbals give warnings about its
possible toxicity, but you would probably have to drink gallons of the
stuff to do any harm, and there's no reason why anyone would do that.
You'd be up all night peeing, and never get any dreams at all.
Vervain
is traditionally used for kidney stones and bladder problems, also to
drive away vampires. The Iroquois used it to drive away anybody they
didn't want to deal with, but this strategy doesn't seem to have stood
the test of time. It apparently works better on vampires than on white
people. Vervain has general protective qualities, though, and is also
used in divination; you can see the future by gazing into a fire through
vervain. Or add some to your mugwort tea for prophetic dreams.
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