The Magical Properties of Blessed Thistle in Witchcraft
Updated: February 12, 2023
Blessed Thistle is commonly found growing wild in sunny locations and stony soils. This herb has a dark green narrow leaves that envelop its hairy stems and is toothed and veined on the edges. Wrapped with prickly spines, its pale yellow flowers bloom at the top of the stem from May to September.
 Due to its bristly exterior, Saxons call the plant Ever Throat and its folk name Cursed Thistle is due to people stepping on its spikes in bare feet. The thistle is regarded as an emblem of Scotland, it served as a signal for the sleeping Scots when barefooted Danes were coming.
In the Middle Ages, it is used to kill tapeworms, a cure during a plague, and is also regarded as a weather predictor as its dried flower bracts close when the rain is close.
 Thistle can be easily found in a Modern Witch’s garden as medicine and protects the home against thieves while a bowl of this herb in a room brings strength and energy.
It is associated with all the maternal aspects of the Mother Goddess. It is a sacred plant that provides endurance to survive cold seasons with a calming nature that soothes hatred and deep-seated negative emotions.
Blessed Thistle is an herb of joy, vitality, and protection. An herb that attracts love, counters baneful magic, and presents spiritual, physical, and financial abundance to the bearer. It brings clarity to unresolved anger and thrives to help you cope and survive the test of time.
Blessed Thistle Correspondences
- Planet: Mars
- Sign: Aries
- Energy: Masculine
- Element: Fire
- Deities: Ares, Priapus, Pan
Magical Uses of Blessed Thistle
- Spiritual Healing:Â Blessed Thistle can be used in spiritual healing through carrying charms or using natural wands made from this herb.
- Â Purification:Â When in need of purifying and cleansing both in emotional and physical planes, Blessed Thistle can be used in purification baths to cleanse the mind and body.
- Â Protection:Â For shielding and security, Blessed Thistle can be used in smoking and rituals to protect the home and those who reside within it.Â
- Â Hex-Breaking:Â Blessed Thistle can be used to break and remove hexes from people and counter psychic attacks.Â
- Â Vitality:Â A Blessed Thistle can be used by carrying it as an amulet to attract the courage, vitality, and willpower needed to get through your day.
- Antimicrobial:Â It is believed that the Blessed Thistle plant bitters are also antimicrobial that enhance and supports the immune system.Â
- Appetite Loss:Â Herbalists believe that the Blessed Thistle has a strong bitter principle that stimulates the appetite and aids digestion.
- Relieves Excessive Bleeding:Â Blessed Thistle is thought to treat excessive menstrual or wound bleeding when used in a salve or tea.Â
- Cure Coughs and Fevers:Â It is believed that this herb has a hot infusion that can be used as a diaphoretic that is helpful for the fast recovery in coughs and fevers.Â
- Stimulates Blood Purification:Â Herbalists believe that Blessed Thistle acts on all the eliminatory channels of the body making it an excellent blood purifier.Â
- Improves Memory:Â Blessed Thistle is thought to improve memory and poor concentration by enhancing the blood flow to the brain which also relieves headaches and migraines.Â
Witchcraft & Blessed Thistle
SPIRITUAL HEALING
For any Modern Witch who desires to make peace with their inner troubles and uncertainties, spiritual healing is as crucial as healing in the physical plane. Boil some thistle, after removing it from the heat, sit next to the bowl and begin meditating, as the steam rises so will the healing occur.
Placing a Blessed Thistle in an open dish on the altar, mixed with Yerba Santa, Basil or other herbs whose name also contains the word ‘holy’ or ‘sacred’ would also bring extraordinary spiritual healing.
PURIFICATION
To purify the home would also mean cleansing the place where you rest and let your energy recharge. Purification is utilized in many aspects and one of those is by removing impurities in your body. Boil the Blessed Thistle leaves and add them to your bath water for physical and spiritual cleansing or burn as incense to cleanse and purify a room.
PROTECTION
To protect yourself from undesirable energies and the Evil Eye, brew a Blessed Thistle into a tea with blessed salt and sprinkle around the home for protection from Evil. If you fear being struck by lightning during a storm, throw some herb into the fire.
Carrying any Thistle charms in your pocket or growing this herb in your garden are some of the simplest ways to protect yourself with the help of this herb.
HEX-BREAKING
When you feel the dark spirit of hexes and curses seeping in your bones, breaking the link of these hexes would need the Modern Witch in you to wear a garment with Thistle fibers woven into it.
Prevention is better than cure, and in breaking hexes, stuffing poppets with Thistle would help you avoid catching hexes and will keep you from any evil encounter too.
VITALITY
With the busy days ahead, vitality is needed as much as luck is. Placing a bowlful of Blessed Thistle in a room strengthens and renews vitality. To add courage and energy in daily ventures, carry a piece of this herb with you or meditate with Blessed Thistle to recharge and re-energize your senses.