Correspondences
Elemental Oils
Select the element that most closely matches your needs Earth, Air, Fire or Water. Using elemental correspondences alone will make perfectly good oils for magical purposes.
Earth
Manifestation, Grounding, Prosperity, Protection, Strength, Comfort, the Body, Form
Patchouli – dark, earthy scent. Helps to manifest results in any endeavor. Myrrh – dry, musty scent with a hint of bitterness. Aids in manifestation of desired ends. Vetiver – cool, musty deep scent, profoundly relaxing, promotes sleep and deep dreams. Also useful to promote, deep, smoldering passion, enhances mystery, enables personal transformation, and assists with grief processing. Rose – complex, strong floral, familiar and fresh. female mysteries, love passion, patient strength. All three faces of the Goddess.
Air
Thought, Ideas, Communication, Promotion, Words, Speech, Memorization, Organization
Lavender – light, clean scent, stimulates mental ability, balances emotions, calms anger and fear. Rosemary – penetrating medicinal odor – healing, clear thinking, memory, communication. Sandalwood – dry, zesty scent – calming, inspiring, purifying. Helps loosen hardened emotions/attitudes to allow growth.
Fire
Action, Energy, Enthusiasm, Movement, Courage, Faith, Honor, Defense, Passion, Force
Clove Bud – warm, familiar scent, stimulates appetite, encourages action, energizes any mixture. Orange – expansive, sweet scent. Promotes confidence and enthusiasm. For Male mysteries and the God. Frankincense – warm, balsamic odor. Comforting, spiritual, inspiring, Ceremonial religions, Structured ritual. Lends strength to any mixture.
Water
Emotion, History, Memories, Influence, Visual Images, Dreams, Psychic Ability, Sensuality
Bergamot – floral/fruity scent, encourages good feelings, prosperity and happiness. Jasmine – penetratingly sweet floral scent. Promotes love, dispels unhappiness, fear and anxiety. female mysteries and the Goddess, particularly as Maiden or Mother.
Planetary Oils
To make your oil blend apply to a more specific purpose, you can select oils from planetary correspondences in addition to or instead of elemental correspondences.
Sun – Life path, Primary Goals, Upward Movement, Growth, Healing, Well being, male magic, the God
Orange – expansive, sweet scent. Promotes confidence and enthusiasm. For Male mysteries and the God.
Moon – Emotional Well being, Internal Balance, Love, female magic, the Goddess
Jasmine – penetratingly sweet floral scent. Promotes love, dispels unhappiness, fear and anxiety. female mysteries and the Goddess as Maiden or Mother.
Mercury – The Mind, Change, Swiftness, Thought, Learning, Speech, Communication
Rosemary – penetrating medicinal odor – healing, clear thinking, memory, communication.
Lavender” – light, clean scent, stimulates mental ability, balances emotions, calms anger and fear.
Venus – Love, Beauty, Harmony, Creativity, Fertility, Friendship, Romance, Compassion, Women
Rose – complex, strong floral, familiar and fresh. Women’s mysteries, love passion, patient strength. All three faces of the Goddess.
Bergamot – floral/fruity scent, encourages good feelings, prosperity and happiness.
Mars – Desire, Assertiveness, Will, Determination, Action, Aggressions, Conflicts, Defense, Passion, Men
Pine – woodsy scent. courage, honor, male magics, cleansing
Clove Bud – warm, familiar scent, stimulates appetite, encourages action, energizes any mixture.
”’Jupiter – Prosperity, Influence, Reputation, Authority, Power, Might, Gods and Goddesses, Luck, Favor
Frankincense – warm, balsamic odor. Comforting, spiritual, inspiring, Ceremonial religions, Structured ritual. Lends strength to any mixture.
Saturn – Structure, Lessons, Eldership, Wisdom, Limitations, Binding, Real Estate/Land, Endings
Myrrh – dry, musty scent with a hint of bitterness. Aids in manifestation of desired ends.
Patchouli – Dark, earthy scent. Helps to manifest results in any endeavor.
Uranus – Changes, Future, Technology, Transpersonal Issues, Hope, Potential, Freedom, Unbinding
Sandalwood – dry, zesty scent – calming, inspiring, purifying. Helps loosen hardened emotions/attitudes to allow growth.
Neptune – Dreams, Visions, Psychic Skills, Illusions, Intoxication, Ecstasy, Inspiration,
Clary Sage – Pungent, warm dark odor with a tang, visions, dreams, psychic ability, intuition, imagination, telepathy, physical spirituality, sacred sex.
Pluto – Ancestral Memory, Ancient Knowledge, Danger, Death, Karma, Opposition, Secrets
Vetiver – cool, musty deep scent, profoundly relaxing, promotes sleep and deep dreams. Also useful to promote, deep, smoldering passion, enhances mystery, enables personal transformation, and assists with grief processing.