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pomegranate
Plant

Pomegranate

Plant2 traditions
overview

Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds in the underworld and so must return there each winter. The fruit's hundreds of seeds make it a symbol of fertility, abundance, and the bond between life and death.

Uses

  • Fertility
  • Abundance
  • Wishes
  • Underworld and Samhain rites
ritual

Working with it

Make a wish before eating the first pomegranate seed. Offer pomegranate seeds on the altar at Samhain and the autumn equinox.

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Botanical name
Punica granatum
Planet
☿︎ Mercury
Element
Fire
Works for
FertilityLuckProsperityDivinationPassionRegenerationWisdomPartnershipTransformationExpansionCommerce
Forms
seedsfresh herbtea
How to use
Altar or offeringPotion (charged, then kept or poured out)Brew (drinkable tea)
Projective
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Where the traditions place it