Shepherd's Purse | Stop Energy Leaks & Hold Your Ground
Description
Associations
Planet: Saturn
Element: Earth
Astrological Sign: Capricorn
Chakra: Root
Deities: Brigid
Description
Shepherd's Purse is worked with for containment, preservation, and maintaining control over what belongs within your care. In spiritual practice, it is often chosen when energy, money, focus, or emotional resources seem to be slipping away faster than they can be replenished. Rather than drawing new opportunities in, this herb helps secure what is already present.
Plant Context
Named for its distinctive heart-shaped seed pods that resemble small purses, Shepherd's Purse has long been associated with gathering, carrying, and protecting resources. Its prolific growth and ability to thrive in disturbed soil reflect its spiritual role as a plant of resilience, conservation, and practical stability.
In the Hand
Wiry green stems carrying the flat heart-shaped seed pods the plant is named for. The pods stay intact in the cut, which makes it one of the more recognisable herbs on the shelf.
Important Notes
Sold for its traditional folkloric and metaphysical associations only. Not a drug, supplement, or medicine, and not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent anything. For ritual use only.
This herb is packaged in a home kitchen and is not inspected by the Department of State Health Services or a local health department.
Sold in 1/2 ounce packages.