About Apple
The apple is the fruit of love, healing and the Otherworld — Avalon was the 'isle of apples'. Cut crosswise, an apple reveals a five-pointed star of seeds, a classic Samhain divination.
Cutting an apple crosswise to reveal the seed "star" is a traditional Samhain divination practice.
History & folklore
Apples appear in myths everywhere: the golden apples of the Hesperides, Idun's apples of youth in Norse lore, and the isle of Avalon, where apples grew all year. At Samhain, bobbing for apples and peeling apples to reveal a future love's initial were popular divination games.
Correspondences
- Traditional uses
- Love, healing, immortality
- Latin name
- Malus domestica
- Element
- Water
- Planet
- Venus
- Best day
- Friday
- Moon phase
- Waxing moon — for drawing things toward you
- Intentions
- Love, Healing
Ways to work with it
- Cut an apple crosswise to find the star, and share half with a loved one.
- Leave an apple on your altar or in the garden as a Samhain offering.
- Peel an apple in one strip and toss it over your shoulder to see the initial of a future love.
Growing & gathering
Apples are easy to find at any market. Use local, seasonal apples when you can, and save seeds or cores to offer back to the earth.
Apple seeds contain amygdalin, which releases cyanide. Don't eat large numbers of seeds.
Spells to try
Pairs well with
WillowLove, healing, moon magic
Lemon BalmHealing, love, success
AngelicaProtection, exorcism, healing
JuniperProtection, love, exorcismCorrespondences are traditional associations gathered from folk practice and modern craft books. They vary between sources, and they are not medical advice. Read our editorial approach.