How to Use Rose Hips in Wicca Practice

Rose hips are the fruity seed pod left on a rose bush when the petals have fallen off. They are edible and emit a delicate floral scent. In magical practices, rose hips are associated with the planet Venus and the sacred element of water, making them ideal for workings involving love, romance, healing and peace. Wiccans can use rose hips in various ways during rituals or spell casting, as they lend a powerful energy to spells and magical endeavors.

Things You'll Need

• Rose hips
• Cheese cloth
• Pink candle
• Needle
• Thread

Instructions

1. For cleansing before a ritual, or to wash away stress after a hard day, fill a tub with warm water. Add some crushed rose hips tied up in a piece of cheesecloth to your bath water. Also add some rose petals or a few drops of rose oil. Sink into the tub and relax. Meditate and visualize all of your stress and negativity being washed away into the water. Unstop the drain and imagine your stress and negativity going down the drain with the water.

2. For a spell to draw love into your life, set up your altar and cast a circle. Light a pink candle while meditating on attracting a compatible romantic partner. Send energy out into the universe to draw a proper mate to yourself, rather than visualizing anyone in particular. String rose hips with a needle and thread to make a necklace out of them. Place the necklace on your pentacle and charge them with your intent. Wear or carry your necklace with you when you go out.

3. Share a rose hip tea sweetened with honey with your significant other at the beginning of a romantic evening.

4. Place rose hips around the home to bring back harmony and peace if there has been a great deal of disharmony or upheaval. Consecrate and charge the rose hips to radiate with loving, calming energies that will fill your space. Tuck them in cabinets and closets, under pillows, and on window sills and door frames.

5. Give a boost to any healing sachets or infusions with rose hips. Add them to your tea for a sore throat or upset stomach. Soak a cloth in a tea of rose hips, wring it out and place it on your head for a headache, over your back for a backache, or on any bruise or sore spot. When your feet ache from standing, soak them in a basin filled with warm rose hip tea.

6. When honoring the goddess Venus in ritual, place a bowl of rose hips on your altar.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't ingest rose hips if you are not certain that they were grown with food-grade fertilizers and without harmful insecticides.