Rosemary

Strengthens memory, both the memory of facts and the deeper memory of who you were before the world named you.

A herb of fidelity and recollection.

Botanical name: Salvia rosmarinus.

Traditional planetary association: Sun.

Traditional elemental association: Fire.

Sailors of the Mediterranean planted rosemary in the gardens of every harbor so the scent would meet them home.

Tradition says it grew no taller than Christ in his earthly years.

Carried in pockets at funerals and weddings as a sign of remembrance; burned in protection rites; brewed into a wash for ritual tools.

Stimulating to circulation and memory.

Used as a hair rinse and a culinary tonic.

Avoid medicinal doses in pregnancy.