Quick Specs
- Brand: 1618 Gold
- Type: Dried Cut Herb
- Size/Quantity: 1 oz packet
- Best for: Love charm sachets, healing rituals, success spell work
- Sourcing: SQF & Kosher certified supplier
I source this herb from a supplier that’s both SQF, Safe Quality Food, certified and Kosher certified, meeting real, audited quality standards rather than just a label. That means what’s in this packet is genuinely suitable for the kitchen and a cup of tea as much as it is for your altar or spell jar.
Lemon Balm in Love and Healing Folk Magic
Melissa officinalis has been called a “heart herb” across European folk traditions for centuries, prized not for the kitchen but for the charm bag and the healing circle. Under the rulership of Venus and the element of Water, lemon balm draws emotional warmth, mends heartache, and creates the inner stillness that makes love workings stick. Medieval grimoires mention it alongside rose and violet as a plant capable of turning a troubled heart toward happiness, and that reputation has carried forward into modern Wiccan and folk magic practice.
In practical love charm work, lemon balm functions as both an attractor and a soother. Where more aggressive love herbs like damiana or deer’s tongue push desire outward, lemon balm pulls gentle, lasting affection inward. Practitioners in the Southern folk magic tradition use it in sachets carried on the left side of the body, reasoning that the left side is the receiving side, and lemon balm is specifically a drawing herb. Paired with a rose quartz chip and a snippet of red thread, a small lemon balm sachet makes one of the cleanest personal love charms in the beginner’s arsenal.
Healing Ritual and Success Spell Work
Beyond romantic attraction, lemon balm holds a strong place in healing ritual and gentle prosperity work. The plant’s sunny, lemony scent is associated with lifting grief, dispelling melancholy, and opening pathways blocked by emotional pain. In British cunning-folk tradition, it appeared in healing charms alongside vervain and yarrow, burned or strewn to clear a sickroom of stagnant energy. In modern practice, it’s laid on an altar with a yellow or white candle when calling for clarity, relief from anxiety, or a return to baseline well-being after a difficult period.
For money and success magic, lemon balm plays a supporting role rather than a starring one. It works best when financial blocks stem from emotional causes, because it clears the inner state that holds abundance away. Pair it with basil or calendula in a green sachet when you want steady, quiet growth rather than a sudden windfall. This 1 oz packet of cut herb is the right size for a single charm, a candle-dressing session, or a month of weekly ritual work.
How to Use Lemon Balm Herb
Three ways to put lemon balm cut herb to work in your ritual practice, from a simple love sachet to a focused healing rite.
- Assemble the Love Charm Sachet
Start with a clean piece of cloth, roughly 4 inches square. Add a pinch of lemon balm cut herb, a rose petal, and a small piece of rose quartz. Fold the cloth toward you three times to draw love inward.
- Activate and Carry the Charm
Hold the finished sachet in both hands and speak your intention clearly, naming the quality of love you want to draw near. Set it beside your bed or carry it in a left pocket, and refresh the herbs monthly.
- Perform a Single Healing Ritual
For a healing ritual, place a tablespoon of lemon balm in a heat-safe bowl and set a white candle beside it. Light the candle, breathe slowly, and visualize tension releasing. Let the candle burn fully.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I carry lemon balm in the 1618 Gold cut form because it’s consistently clean, aromatic, and properly dried, which matters when you’re dressing a candle or packing a sachet where moisture or off-color herb would undercut the whole working. If you’re building a love-and-healing kit from scratch, browse my herbs and accessories collection for companion ingredients. For the candles that pair naturally with lemon balm workings, my candle selection has chime and ritual sizes ready to go.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lemon balm, botanical name Melissa officinalis, carries Venus and Water correspondences, aligning it with love, emotional healing, and drawing gentle success into your life through folk magic and Wiccan work.
Add a small pinch to a red or pink mojo bag alongside rose petals and a lodestone. Carry it daily, anointing with rose oil or a dab of honey weekly to keep the charm alive and aligned with your intention.
This cut herb form is ideal for sachets, mojo bags, and candle dressing. Dried lemon balm releases its volatile oils gradually, making the cut form preferable to powder for long-lasting charm-bag work.
Yes, lemon balm pairs well with rose petals for love, lavender for peace, and chamomile for healing. In success workings, try it with calendula or basil, and avoid pairing with aggressive banishing herbs.
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