Quick Specs
- Brand: 1618 Gold
- Type: Dried herb, cut (Cymbopogon citratus)
- Size/Quantity: 1oz packet
- Best for: Personal psychic sachet, single cleansing floor wash, candle dressing
Lemongrass for Psychic Enhancement and Cleansing Magic
Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is a tropical grass native to Southeast Asia and widely cultivated in tropical regions worldwide. Its sharp, cutting citrus scent and Mercury correspondence make it a natural fit for workings that require mental clarity, psychic sharpening, and the removal of obstacles, both energetic blockages in a space and internal ones that dull psychic perception. In folk magic taxonomy, it functions as both a cleansing agent and an opener, clearing the path before drawing something in.
Lemongrass is a common floor wash herb in modern folk magic, used to cleanse a space of negative energy before working a drawing or prosperity ritual. It also appears in Van Van oil blends, where its Mercury energy reinforces the road-opening intent. Browse my full herb collection for companion herbs in psychic and cleansing blends.
Personal Psychic Sachet and Single Floor Wash
The 1oz packet is sized for the practitioner who needs lemongrass for one specific working: a personal psychic enhancement sachet, a single floor wash before a ritual, or a candle dressing for a clarity or road-opening working. Two tablespoons in a standard floor wash covers a small to medium room, and a personal sachet calls for half that amount, so one ounce handles both applications with a bit left for a candle dressing. It’s the practical starter quantity and a smart addition to any travel altar kit. This is Cymbopogon citratus, dried cut herb, sold for ritual and metaphysical use only.
How to Use Lemongrass 1oz
Three focused ritual applications for a 1oz packet of lemongrass in psychic enhancement, cleansing, and candle work.
- Personal Psychic Enhancement Sachet
To make a personal psychic sachet, combine one tablespoon of dried lemongrass with a pinch of mugwort and a small clear quartz chip inside a purple or indigo cloth bag. Keep it near your divination tools or under your pillow before tarot readings.
- Single-Use Cleansing Floor Wash
For a single-use cleansing floor wash, steep two tablespoons of lemongrass in two cups of boiling water for fifteen minutes, then strain. Add the cooled tea to your wash bucket with a pinch of sea salt and mop or wipe floors from back to front.
- Psychic Awareness Candle Dressing
To dress a candle for psychic awareness work, grind a small amount of dried lemongrass into a coarse powder and roll a lightly oiled taper in it. Set the dressed candle in a heat-safe holder, light it during the waxing moon, and sit quietly nearby.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I stock lemongrass in a 1oz packet because it’s one of those herbs that every practitioner should have for cleansing and psychic work, but rarely needs in bulk. The 1618 Gold cut quality keeps the herb dry and fragrant, which matters for floor wash applications where a musty herb defeats the purpose of cleansing. For candles to pair with your lemongrass psychic or clarity workings, browse my chime candle collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) corresponds to Mercury and air in folk magic. It’s used to sharpen psychic perception, cleanse spaces of stagnant energy, and open roads in folk magic and ritual work.
A 1oz packet is enough for one floor wash, a personal psychic sachet, and a candle dressing. It’s the ideal starter amount for working lemongrass into a cleansing or psychic practice before deciding whether to stock a larger bulk herb quantity.
Lemongrass pairs well with lemon verbena and palmarosa in cleansing blends, with mugwort for psychic work, and with citronella for space clearing.
Work lemongrass on Wednesdays, ruled by Mercury, for psychic sharpening and road-opening rituals. For cleansing, the waning moon is the best timing. For floor washes intended to draw opportunity inward, begin on a new moon and work through the week.
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