#properties of food

This post took forever to put together. Here are some common foods and spices and their properties and associations. 

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• Alfalfa - Earth. Associated with grounding and stress relief.
• Allspice - Associated with luck, prosperity and health. Fire.
• Almond - Earth. Associated with healing, wisdom, protection and prosperity. Sacred to Thoth, Hermes and Mercury.
• Apple - Sacred to the Goddess. If cut in half one would see a pentacle formed within by it’s seeds. Associated with love, healing, happiness and divination. It was said that sliced apples could help one foretell the future.
• Apricot - Happiness, romance and peace. Feminine energy.
• Artichoke - Associated with personal growth and safety.
• Avocado - Associated with fertility, beauty, love and virility. 
• Bagel - Ruled by Adonis. Put different toppings on for different effect. 
• Banana - Ruled by Mars. Provides safety when travelling and luck. Used to increase male sex drive, prosperity and love. Associated with heroic energy.
• Basil - Draws money and sexual energy. Associated with love, protection and prosperity. Calming and sanitizing properties.
• Bay - Enhances psychic abilities. Used to connect to deity. Associated with protection, strength and purification. Sacred to Vishnu.
• Beans - Grounding, prosperity and luck.
• Beef - Associated with prosperity and grounding. Sacred to Hathor.
• Beer - Associated with purification and immortality. Sacred to Shoney. Earth and water.
• Beetroot. Associated with love, beauty and passion. Sacred to Aphrodite.
• Blackberries - Associated with prosperity, agriculture and sex. 
• Blueberries - Protection, peace and calm. Protection from psychic attack.
• Bread - Associated with kinship and sustenance. Sacred to Isis
• Broccoli - Associated with protection, strength, leadership and physical improvements. Sacred to Jupiter.
• Cabbage - Associated with protection and the moon. 
• Caraway - Protection from theft and negativity. Promotes trust.
• Cardamom - Increases strength of partnerships. Burnt as an offering to the gods.
  
• Carnation - Associated with pride and beauty.
• Carrot - Ruled by Mars. Associated with fertility, male masculinity and sex, also vision and grounding.
• Catnip - Associated with rest and joy. Used in cat magic. Sacred to Bast.
• Cauliflower - Associated with moon and water related magic.
• Caviar - Sex 
• Celery - Associated with sex, grounding and peace.
• Cheese - Associated with joy, manifestation, and health. Used to reinforce personal or spiritual groundwork. Sacred to Apollo.
• Cherry - Associated with love and female sexuality.
• Chicken - Associated with healing and well-being. Used in Sunrise magic.
• Chili Powder - Used in Hoodoo and other forms of folk magic. Used to banish and for protection.
• Chives - Associated with protection and breaking bad habits.
• Chocolate - Increases power and virility as it was a sacred food to the Aztecs and Mayans. Also associated with happiness, romance, sex, friendship, grounding and nurturing. Used in both solid and liquid form.
• Cider - Health and healing.
• Cinnamon - Associated with abundance, fortune, protection, prosperity and love. Sacred to Dionysus.
• Clams - Aphrodisiac. Used to reveal secrets.
• Clove - Associated with fun love, protection, piercing illusions and prosperity.
• Coconut - Associated with luck, diversity, flexibility, spirituality and purification. Sacred to Athena and Ganymede.
• Coffee - Associated with magical abilities, energy, alertness and sex.
• Coriander - Ruled by Mars. Associated with love, sex, well-being and intelligence..
• Corn - Associated with protection, eternity, agriculture and cycles. Sacred to Quetzalcoatl.
• Cowslip - Associated with grace. Used in Faerie magic
• Cranberries - Associated with protection.
• Cucumber - Health and healing.
• Cumin - Ruled by Mars. Associated with love, lust and protection.
  
• Crab - Sacred to Apollo. Helps ground spiritual energy.
• Daisy - Associated with innocence, fidelity, dawn and new beginnings.
• Dandelion - Sacred to Hecate. Associated with wishes, psychic abilities and opening doorways to the spirit realm.
• Dill - Protection of children. Sacred to Horus. Associated with courage and sexual desires.
• Eggs - Fertility, protection, sex and grounding. Ancient questions and mysticism.
• Elder flower - Protects from the Fae. Associated with blessings and wishes.
• Fennel - Love and protection. Sacred to Dionysus.
• Figs - Fertility, prosperity, sex and magical abilities.
• Fish - Happiness, love, sex and peace.
• Flour - Used to reveal hidden matters.
• Garlic - Associated with health, protection, banishing, breaking hexes and healing. Sacred to Hecate.
• Ginger - Associated with health, cleansing, vibrant energy and prosperity.
• Grape - Fertility, dreams, vision and prosperity.
• Grapefruit - Associated with purification and health.
• Green peppers - Associated with growth and prosperity.
• Guava - Associated with love, fantasy and relieving sorrow.
• Ham - Associated with dramatic energy and theatrical flair.
• Hazel - Associated with luck and wishes.
• Honey - Happiness, love, sex, health, healing, magical ability, purification and peace. Sacred to Ra and Demeter.
• Jelly - Associated with joy, pleasantness and energy.
• Lamb - Associated with kindness, sensitivity and warmth.
• Lavender - Associated with comfort, sleep and spiritual vision.
• Lemon - Associated with health, love, purification, marriage and faithfulness. Sacred to Min.
• Lettuce - Ruled by the element Water and the Moon. Associated with financial wealth, prosperity, happiness and divination.
• Lilac - Associated with love, youth and joy.
• Lime - Associated with love and purification.
• Lobster - Associated with reincarnation, rebirth and growth. Sacred to Ares.
• Mango - Associated with sex, love and protection. Sacred to Buddha.
• Milk - Associated with fertility, prosperity, nurturing, peace, love and purity. Goddess Energy.
• Mustard - Associated with fair and mental alertness. Sacred to Aesclepius.
• Nuts - Fertility, sex, health, prosperity and healing.
• Nutmeg - Associated with fidelity and luck. Sacred to Hermes.
• Oats - Associated with agriculture, prosperity and sustenance.
• Olives - Happiness, healing, spiritual pursuits and peace. Sacred to Aten.
• Onion - Masculine. Associated with protection, purification, money and lust.
• Oranges - Associated with magical ability, love, joy, inspiration and the sun. Also used in magic associated with love, protection, purification and abundance.
• Oregano - Ruled by Venus. Associated with love, happiness, luck, protection and enhancing psychic ability.
• Parsley - Associated with prosperity, sex and protection from accidents.
• Pancakes - Luck.
• Papaya - Love.
• Passion Fruit - Associated with happiness, love and peace. Used to promote kinship
• Pasta - Ruled by Mercury. Used to enhance creativity, protect and improve communications. Can also be used in romantic love.
• Peaches - Happiness, love, healing and peace.
• Pepper - Associated with protection, cleansing, banishment and purification.
• Peppermint - Associated with wealth, sex, purification, health and luck.
• Peanuts - Associated with grounding and male energy. Used in Earth magic.
  
• Pears - Associated with prosperity, longevity and luck. Sacred to Venus.
• Peas - Associated with love and prosperity. Used in Goddess magic.
• Pineapple - Health, love, magical ability, prosperity, protection and healing.
• Pizza - Ruled by the Sun. Associated with happiness, luck and perseverance.
• Pomegranate - Associated with fertility, hospitality, prosperity and wishes. Sacred to Persephone and Ceres.
• Poppy Seeds - Fertility and love.
• Pork - Associated with fertility.
• Potato - Ruled by the Moon. Associated with folk healing, protection and grounding. Used in Earth magic.
• Pumpkin - Associated with health, prosperity and healing.
• Radish - Protection.
• Raspberries - Associated with happiness, love, protection and peace.
• Red peppers - Associated with energy, vitality and strength.
• Rice - Associated with fertility, sex, protection and abundant blessings.
• Rose - Happiness, love and peace.
• Rosemary - Used to enhance psychic ability. Associated with love, protection and purification.
• Rum - Ruled by Ellegua and Chango. Channels the spirits of the Gods and when offered, attracts their favour. Associated with magical abilities, sex and protection.
• Sage - Health and healing. Sacred to Zeus and Jupiter.
• Salt - Strong purification spice. Absorbs negative energy and provides protection from evil. Helps with grounding. Sacred to Osiris and Set.
• Sesame Seed - Fertility and protection. Sacred to Ganesha.
• Soup - Purification.
• Strawberry - Associated with Aphrodite and Freya. Aphrodisiac. Associated with love, healing, fertility and luck.
• Sugar. - Ruled by Venus, the Goddess of love. Used to draw attention and sweeten spells or potions. Associated with love. Sacred to Kane.
• Sunflower seeds - Protection. Helios, Demeter, and Apollo
• Tea - Magical abilities and prosperity. Divination and meditation.
• Thyme - Ruled by Venus. Associated with Faeries, purification, pleasant dreams, good health, fortune, love, courage and enhancing psychic ability.
• Tomato - Ruled by Venus. Aphrodisiac. Associated with prosperity,  health, attracting love, protection and healing.
• Tulip - Associated with devoted love.
• Vanilla - Associated with love and sex.
• Vinegar - Associated with protection and purification.
• Violet - Associated with grace, modesty and expression.
• Water - Purification.
• Wine - Happiness, love and peace. Sacred to Dionysus, Bacchus, Osiris, Horus, and Isis.
• Yellow peppers - Associated with creativity.
• Zucchini - Ruled by Jupiter. Associated with sexual desire, protection and prosperity.

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