Herbal Correspondences for the Classical Planets
A list of herbs matching the planets according to Nicholas Culpeper’s The Complete Herbal. The planetary rulers do not always match their corresponding Zodiac Sign; Cowslip, for example, is assigned to Venus and Aries, instead of Taurus / Libra. Neither does this match up with Agrippa’s Orphic correspondences / Manilius’s Olympian correspondences, when connecting a planet with its Olympian counterpart.
This list is specific to British flora. Many of the names listed are old, local, and folkloric; please see this list for clarification.
Sun
- Angelica
- Ash Tree
- Bay Leaf
- Burnet
- Butter-Bur
- Chamomile
- Celandine
- Heart Trefoil
- Juniper Bush
- Loveage
- Marigold
- Mistletoe
- One-Blade
- Peony
- Pimpernel
- Rosa Solis
- Rosemary
- Rue
- Saffron
- Small Centuary
- St. John’s Wort
- Tormentil
- Turnsole
- Vine
- Viper’s Bugloss
- Walnut
Moon
- Adder’s Tongue
- Brank Ursine
- Burnet Saxifrage
- Chickweed
- Clary
- Cleavers
- Coralwort
- Cucumber
- Duck’s Meat
- Garden Arrach
- Ladies Smock
- Lettuce
- Loosestrife
- Moonwort
- Mouse-Ear
- Orpine
- Pearl Trefoil
- Privet
- Purslain
- Rattlegrass
- Sea Colewort
- Stone-Crop
- Wall Flower
- Water Cress
- Water Lily
- White Rose
- White Lily
- Wild Clary
- Willow
- Yellow Water-Flag
Mercury
- Amara Dulcis
- Calamint
- Carraway
- Cow Parsnip
- Dill
- Elecampane
- Fern
- Fennel
- Germander
- Hazel
- Hog’s Fennel
- Honeysuckle
- Horehound
- Hound’s Tongue
- Lavender
- Lavender-Cotton
- Lily of the Valley
- Liquorice
- Maiden Hair
- Mulberry
- Parsley
- Pellitory of Spain
- Pellitory of the Wall
- Sauce-Alone
- Savoury
- Scabious
- Smallage
- Southern Wood
- Sweet Marjoram
- Wall Rue
- Wild Carrot
- Wind Marjoram
- Valerian
Venus
- Alkanet
- Arrach
- Artichoke
- Beans
- Birch
- Bishop’s Weed
- Black Alder
- Blackberry
- Blite
- Bugle
- Burdock
- Cherry
- Cicers
- Cock’s Head
- Columbine
- Coltsfoot
- Common Alder
- Cottonweed
- Cowlsip
- Crab’s Claw
- Daisy
- Damask Rose
- Dog Mercury
- Drop-Wort
- Dwarf Tree
- Earth Chestnut
- Elder
- Feverfew
- Fig-Wort
- French Beans
- Garden Parsnip
- Garden Tansy
- Goldenrod
- Gooseberry Bush
- Gromel
- Ground Ivy
- Groundsel
- Herb Robert
- Kidneywort
- Ladies Bedstraw
- Ladies’ Mantle
- Mallow
- Marshmallow
- Mint
- Moneywort
- Motherwort
- Mugwort
- Nep
- One-Berry
- Orchis
- Peach
- Pear
- Pennyroyal
- Periwrinkle
- Plantain
- Plum
- Queen of the Meadows
- Ragwort
- Sanicle
- Self-Heal
- Sopewort
- Sorrel
- Sow Thistle
- Spignel
- Strawberry
- Teasle
- Thyme
- Vervain
- Violet
- Wheat
- Wild Tansy
- Wild Thyme
- Winter Cherry
- Wood-Sage
- Wood Sorrel
- Yarrow
- Yellow Archangel
Mars
- All-Heal
- Anemone
- Arssmart
- Asarabacca
- Barberry
- Basil
- Bastard Rhubarb
- Black Cress
- Blessed Thistle
- Briony
- Brook Lime
- Broom Rape
- Butcher’s Broom
- Chives
- Cotton-Thistle
- Crane’s Bill
- Crowfoot
- Cuckow-point
- Dragons
- Flaxweed
- Fogwort
- Furze Bush
- Garden Madder
- Garlic
- Gentian
- Ground Pine
- Hawthorn
- Hedge Hyssop
- Hedge-Mustard
- Hops
- Horse-Radish
- Masterwort
- Melancholy Thistle
- Mithridate Mustard
- Mustard
- Nettle
- Onions
- Pepperwort
- Radish
- Rest Harrow
- Rocket
- Savine
- Star Thistle
- Thistle
- Tobacco
- Wormwood
Jupiter
- Agrimony
- Alcost
- Alexander
- Avens
- Balm
- Black Bilberry
- Borage
- Bugloss
- Chestnut
- Cinquefoil
- Clove Gilliflower
- Cough Grass
- Dandelion
- Dock
- Fig
- Hart’s Tongue
- Houseleek
- Hyssop
- Liverwort
- Lungwort
- Maple
- Oak
- Our Lady’s Thistle
- Red Bilberry
- Red Rose
- Sage
- Samphire
- Scurvygrass
- Sperage
- Succory
- Sweet Chervil
- Water Agrimony
- Water Betony
- Wood Bettony
- White Beet
Saturn
- Amaranthus
- Barley
- Beech
- Bifoil
- Bird’s Foot
- Bistort
- Black Hellebore
- Blackthorn
- Buck’s Horn
- Buck’s Horn Plantain
- Clown’s Woods
- Comfrey
- Cornflower
- Crosswort
- Darnel
- Dodder
- Elm
- Flea-Wort
- Flux-Weed
- Fumitory
- Gout-Wort
- Hawk-Weed
- Heart’s Ease
- Hemlock
- Hemp
- Henbane
- Holly
- Horestail
- Ivy
- Knapweed
- Knotgrass
- Medlar
- Melancholy Thistle
- Moss
- Mullein
- Nightshade
- Osmond Royal
- Polypody of the Oak
- Poplar
- Quince
- Red Beet
- Rupture-Wort
- Saracen’s Confound
- Sciatica Cress
- Service Tree
- Shepard’s Purse
- Solomon’s Seal
- Spleen-Wort
- Stinking Gladwin
- Tamarisk
- Thorough Leaf
- Tustan
- Wild Campion
- Wintergreen
- Woad