Culpeper's Complete Herbal - Planetary Herbs
- magicstudent
- Jul 26, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: Oct 31, 2024
This is a list of the herbs mentioned in Culpeper's Complete Herbal sorted by what classical planet they are associated with. The zodiac sign associated with the herb, if one is mentioned, is listed by the herb in parentheses. I highly recommend searching within the text for details about the herbs, but this list will be a handy quick reference.
This link will lead to a list that shows all the Latin names and different common names. I'll be putting some of the common/easy-to-find ones in bold. Click the name of the herb to see the Wikipedia page about it, if I was able to find it (or if I was able to make a reasonable guess).
This book is not up-to-date medical advice. Please trust modern medicine and always ask your doctor before playing with herbs.
Sun Angelica (Leo)
Bay tree (Leo)
One-blade
Celandine (Leo)
St. John's wort (Leo)
Knotgrass (many think this belongs to the Sun, but the author believes it belongs to Saturn)
Lovage (Taurus)
Corn marigolds (Leo)
Peony (Leo)
Rosemary (Aries)
Garden rue (Leo) Saffron (Leo)
Sun dew (Cancer)
Heart trefoil, clover
Moon
Adder's tongue (Cancer)
Sea colewort Water-caltrops
Duckweed (Cancer) Grass-polly (Cancer) Yellow Iris Ladies-smock
Orpine
Mars All-heal
Hot arssmart Asarabaca Baldmony Barberry Garden basil, sweet basil (Scorpio) Butcher's broom Broom, broomrape
Chives Cotton-thistle
Black cresses
Gentian Hawthorn Hedge hyssop Holy thistle (Aries)
Melancholy thistle (Capricorn; shared with Saturn)
Mercury
Fennel (Virgo) Garlic mustard
White maidenhair Wind marjoram
Oregano (Aries)
Annual mercury (the author disputes this)
Dog's mercury (the author disputes this) Mulberry Parsley Cow parsnips
Garden valerian
Woodbine honeysuckles (Cancer)
Jupiter
Agrimony (Cancer) Water agrimony (Cancer)
Prickly asparagus Balm (Cancer)
Water betony (Cancer)
Wood betony (Aries)
Langue de baeuf (Leo)
Clove gilliflowers Hart's tongue Henbane (though the author states it's under Saturn) Hyssop (Cancer) Houseleek Liverwort (Cancer) Lungwort Maple Oak Red roses Common sage Samphire
Venus
Black alder tree ("perhaps" Cancer)
Common alder tree ("I suppose" Pisces) Arrach, wild and stinking (Scorpio)
Bishop's weed ("I suppose" Venus, anyway)
Blackberry bush (Aries) Blite Bugle
Columbines
Cottonweed
Cowslips (Aries)
Daisies (Cancer)
Gromel
Kidneywort (Libra)
Annual mercury (traditionally under Mercury, but the author thinks Venus is more fitting.)
Dog's mercury (traditionally under Mercury, but the author thinks Venus is more fitting.)
Motherwort (Leo)
Wild thyme (Aries)
Saturn Amaranthus
Mild arssmart
Campion, wild
Clown's woods
Comfrey ("I suppose" Capricorn)
Henbane (though traditional dictates that it's under Jupiter)
Knotgrass (many think this belongs to the Sun, but the author believes it belongs to Saturn)
Saracen's consound
Melancholy thistle (Also ruled by Mars) (Capricorn)
Tustan
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