The witch's herb of wealth: basil is used above all to draw money and prosperity.
Basil is one of the most valued herbs in witchcraft, prized above all for attracting money and prosperity, but also for love, protection, and cleansing. It is used to draw wealth and business success, to bring peace and fidelity to a home, to guard against negativity, and to invite luck and abundance. Practitioners keep basil in the kitchen and wallet for money, add it to love and harmony workings, and use its leaves in prosperity jars, floor washes, and sachets. Its magical properties align it with the planet Mars and the element of fire, giving it a warm, active, drawing energy.
Here are basil's magical properties, its many uses in witchcraft, how to use it in your own practice, and the folklore behind this beloved herb of wealth and protection.
The magical properties of basil
Basil earns its place in the witch's cupboard through a warm, drawing energy that suits it especially to matters of prosperity and the home. Its primary association is money and wealth, drawing financial abundance, business success, and prosperity, which is why it is the herb so many reach for first in money magic. Beyond wealth, basil is used for love and harmony, bringing peace, affection, and fidelity, and traditionally soothing conflict between partners; for protection, guarding people and homes from negativity and ill intent; and for cleansing, clearing negative energy from a space. It also carries associations with luck and happiness, inviting good fortune and lifting the atmosphere wherever it is kept. Its correspondences place it under the planet Mars, lending it strength, drive, and an assertive, drawing power, and it is tied to the element of fire, which suits its warm, active, energising nature. This combination of wealth, love, protection, and luck, all in one accessible kitchen herb, is exactly why basil is so treasured in practice.
Basil for money and prosperity
If basil is famous for one thing in witchcraft, it is drawing money. The associations run deep and the methods are simple, which is part of the appeal. A classic practice is to keep a basil leaf in your wallet or purse or in the register of a business to draw steady income and prosperity. Basil is added to money jars and prosperity spells, often alongside cinnamon and bay, to pull wealth and success. A traditional shopkeeper's charm is to sprinkle basil water or place basil near the entrance of a business to attract customers and money through the door. Steeping basil in water to make a floor washfor a home or shop is said to draw abundance and clear away the energy of lack. Some carry a basil leaf as a simple money charm, or tuck one where they keep their savings. The thread running through all of these is basil's reputation as a magnet for prosperity, a warm, drawing herb that invites wealth to flow toward you and toward the places where money changes hands.
How to use basil in witchcraft
Money charms and jars
Keep a basil leaf in your wallet, add basil to a prosperity jar with cinnamon and bay, or place it near where money is kept or earned to draw wealth and business success.
Home peace and love
Grow basil in the home or add it to love and harmony workings to bring peace, affection, and fidelity, and to soothe tension between partners. A pot of basil is a traditional guardian of household harmony.
Protection and cleansing
Add basil to protective sachets, hang it in the home, or steep it in water for a cleansing floor wash that clears negativity and guards the space, especially at thresholds and entryways.
Floor washes and waters
Steep fresh or dried basil in water, then use it to wash floors, doorways, and counters to draw money and clear away the energy of lack, a favourite method for homes and businesses alike.
In candle work
Dress a green or gold candle with dried basil for prosperity, or a pink one for love and harmony, to lend the working basil's warm, drawing power. It pairs well with cinnamon and bay for wealth.
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Book my reading →The folklore and history of basil
Basil carries a rich and sometimes contradictory folklore stretching across many cultures. In parts of Europe it was linked both to love and to protection, and there was a long tradition of using basil in courtship: in some regions a woman placing a pot of basil on her balcony signalled that she was ready to receive a suitor, and basil was exchanged as a token of love and fidelity. In India, holy basil, or tulsi, is deeply sacred and revered as a protective and purifying plant of great spiritual power, kept in homes and temples and honoured with daily care. Across the Mediterranean and beyond, basil was planted for protection and prosperity, believed to guard the home and to draw good fortune and wealth, and it became especially associated with money and business success in later folk magic. It was also used in cleansing and blessing, its fragrant leaves thought to purify a space and lift its atmosphere. Some older traditions carried darker or more ambivalent associations, a reminder of how layered herb lore can be, but the enduring magical reputation of basil is overwhelmingly positive: an herb of wealth, love, protection, and blessing, welcomed into the home as a bringer of abundance and peace.
Growing and keeping basil
Basil is one of the easiest and most rewarding herbs to keep for magic, since it grows readily in a pot on a sunny windowsill or in a garden through the warm months. A living basil plant in the home is itself considered lucky and protective, a small green guardian drawing prosperity and peace, so many practitioners keep one growing in the kitchen year round. Homegrown basil is especially valued, since an herb you have tended carries your own energy and intention. To keep it for later use, harvest the leaves and dry them in a warm, airy place, then store them in a jar out of direct light for money jars, sachets, and washes. Because basil is so generous and quick to grow, keeping it is itself a small ongoing act of practice, a warm, abundant, protective presence in the home that is always ready when a spell calls for it. Whether fresh from the pot or dried in the cupboard, basil rewards the practitioner who keeps it close.
When prosperity work keeps stalling
Basil and money magic are wonderful tools, and it is worth being honest about what they can and cannot do. Working with basil, dressing candles, keeping leaves in the wallet, and setting prosperity intentions genuinely help to focus your energy and draw abundance, and a faithful practice shifts what flows toward you. What herbal money work cannot do is push through a real block that has already taken root. If you do everything right and money still will not come, if opportunities keep collapsing and the same doors stay shut no matter how much prosperity work you do, the obstacle is usually not something another basil leaf will move. An old tie that was never cut, something deliberately sent against your success, a heaviness that has settled over your finances or your path, these sit beneath the reach of everyday herbal practice. When that is the case, the block has to be cleared and the road opened at its root, after which your basil and your prosperity work finally have clear ground ahead rather than pushing against the same closed door again and again.
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Frequently asked questions
What is basil used for in witchcraft?
Above all for attracting money and prosperity, but also for love and harmony, protection, cleansing, and luck. Basil is kept in wallets and homes for wealth, added to love and peace workings, and used in prosperity jars, floor washes, and protective sachets.
How do you use basil to attract money?
Keep a basil leaf in your wallet or register, add basil to a prosperity jar with cinnamon and bay, sprinkle basil water near a business entrance to draw customers, or steep basil into a floor wash for your home or shop to pull abundance and clear the energy of lack.
Is basil good for love spells?
Yes. Basil is traditionally used for love, harmony, and fidelity, bringing peace and affection and soothing conflict between partners. It has a long folklore link to courtship and was exchanged as a token of love, and it is added to love workings and dressed on pink candles.
Does basil protect your home?
Traditionally yes. A living basil plant is considered lucky and protective, and basil is used in protective sachets, hung in the home, and steeped into cleansing floor washes to guard a space and clear negativity, especially at doorways and thresholds.
What does basil symbolise spiritually?
Prosperity, love, protection, and blessing. Across cultures basil has symbolised wealth and good fortune, love and fidelity, and spiritual purification, and in the Hindu tradition holy basil, or tulsi, is revered as a deeply sacred and protective plant.
The witch's herb of wealth, love, and protection.
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