Celery Seed

Celery Seed Apium graveolens

Small but potent, Celery Seed is a Mercury herb — prized across folk magic, Hoodoo, and Wicca for its power to open the mind, sharpen psychic awareness, and shift consciousness. Its most celebrated use is in dream and divination work: burned on charcoal, added to vision oils, or sewn into mojo bags alongside anise seed and poppy seeds to invite prophetic dreams and trance states. Wiccans use it in dream pillows and meditation blends to amplify third-eye perception, while Hoodoo practitioners burn it with myrrh to clear mental static before conjure work.

Beyond the psychic realm, Celery Seed carries associations with lust and passion rooted in European folklore, and is used as a grounding agent to stabilize erratic energy and protect personal boundaries. In older witches’ lore, it was said practitioners ate the seeds before ritual to steady their nerves — a charming testament to its long history as a herb of focusone  and calm.

Magical Properties – Psychic enhancement, prophetic dreaming, mental clarity, lust, grounding, and protection.
Planet: Mercury (intellect, messages, and mental travel)
Element: Fire — or Air in traditions that emphasize its ties to communication and the mind

For ritual and magical use. As with all herbs, consult a qualified practitioner for personal use. Sold by the ounce.