09/02/2026
Herb of the Week - Butterfly Pea Flower (Clitoria ternatea)
Planetary: The Moon, Venus, and Neptune
Element: Water
Astrological: Aquarius
Associated Deities: Durga, Isis, Neith, Aphrodite / Venus, Saraswati, Oshun, Quan Yin, White Buffalo Calf Woman, and Nefertum
This enchanting blue flower grows in a vinelike fashion has been used for centuries throughout East Asia, both magically and medicinally. Blue Butterfly Pea Flower (Clitoria ternatea) is a blue purple flower that when brewed as an infusion, burned as incense, and offered to Deities, ancestors or Spirit in general is believed to help in a number of magical and metaphysical ways.
• This flower has a calming energy that helps align the chakras and in particular open up the Throat and Third Eye chakras. If being able to speak your truth and express your deepest feelings in an open and honest manner, this flower can help facilitate those goals. The color blue is all about communications.
• Butterfly Pea Flower has also been known to assist those who wish to deepen their intuitive abilities which are connected to the Third Eye. If you regularly work with crystals, cards, or other divination methods, lucid dreaming or other intuitive arts, this herb is good to work with because of its calming effect. It instills a feeling of peace, and helps to improve focus. This is especially useful in facilitating meditation.
• The intense blue of this flower connects beautifully with the Divine Feminine, getting its name to its resemblance to the female anatomy. As a feminine plant, it can add to our own intuition. No matter what your gender, the properties of this flower can help you to become more intuitive, compassionate and understanding.
Of course, this herb is not limited to just female deities, there are masculine deities which also tap into Butterfly Pea Flower’s intensely nurturing energy.
• If you are an artist, a writer or intensely creative, this herb can help encourage and deepen our imagination and open up a wellspring of creative possibilities.
Of course, just a few Butterfly Pea flowers (4-8 or one Tbsp.) can help create those cooling, cerulean blue drinks that fill many a summertime beachside fantasy. These are perfect for those who are opting for mocktails instead of alcoholic drinks.
If you really want to go all out, add a bit of lemon juice, and it will turn your beverage a lovely amethyst purple color! Just imagine what that will do to your third eye and into your Crown chakra!
Now back in stock after a brief absence. Pick up some to try today!
