Magickal Dandelion- Taraxacum officinale syn. Leontodo taraxacum

Culinary

Identification and Cultivation

Taraxacum officinale syn. Leontodo taraxacum

Other Names:	Alpine Dandelion, Arctic Dandelion, Blowball, Cankerwort, Chicoria, Common Dandelion, Dashelflower, Dent-de-lion, Dient de León, Gowans, Irish Daisy, Lion's Tooth, Piss-a-bed, Piss-a-beds, Pissenlit, Piss-in-bed, Priest's Crown, Puffball, Red Seeded Dandelion, Swine Snout, Swine's Snout, Tarakhshagun, Time-table, White Endive, Wiggers, Wild Endive

Parts Used:

Blossoms, Leaves, Roots

Astrology:	Planet:	Jupiter, Sun		Gender:	Masculine
	Sign:			Energy:
	House:			Element:	Air, Fire

	Deity:	Belenos, Hecate	Time:	Day:
	Celebrations:	Spring Equinox (Meán Earraigh)		Month:
	Rituals:			Season:

Herbe of:

Uses:	-Divination ---Longevity: Blow seeds off dandelion head. The remaining seeds equal the years you will live. ---Time: Blow three times on dandelion head. The remaining seeds equal the hour. -Good Fortune: Bury dandelion in the northwest corner of your home. -Psychic powers: ---Drink dandelion tea. ---Drink tea made from dried, roasted, ground dandelion roots. -Spirits (calling): Place cupful of hot tea made from dried, roasted, ground dandelion roots next to the bed. -Telepathy: Blow the seeds in the direction of a distant loved one while thinking of the message you wish them to recieve. -Wishes ---Blow "puff-ball" while making a wish. If you blow off all the seeds, you wish will come true. ---Blow "puff-ball" facing East under full moon and make a wish. ---Beneath a full moon, pick a "puff-ball," call out to the four directions and blow, making your wish.

Incense:	-Dry, bittersweet scent -Roots used -Usually burned loose -Animals -Good luck -Magic -Psychic enhancement (development and growth)


Color:
Other:	Herb of Belenoution: The Belenoution are ritually gathered yellow herbs in Brittany on midsummer associated with and said to form the body of the Celtic God Belenos.

Bibliography:

Note: This Bibliography is for the Magickal references ONLY. Information such as "other names" and "parts used" was found in these books AND some of the books listed on the medicinal version of this page.

Culpeper, Nicholas and Pottern, David (editor), Culpeper's Color Herbal, New York, NY: Sterling, 1983.

Culpeper, Nicholas, Culpeper's Complete Herbal & English Physician, Enlarged, Glenwood, IL: Meyerbooks, 1990.

Cunningham, Scott, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs, St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 1999.

Hopman, Ellen Evert, A Druid's Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year, Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1995.

Smith, Steven R., (Wylundt), Wylundt's Book of Incense, York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1989.

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