Mar 12, 2022
Month flowers and their magical uses - Iris (February)
Gender/Planet/Element: Feminine/Venus/Water Magical Attributes: Purification, Wisdom Uses: Considered a birth flower of February, Iris shares a name with the goddess of rainbows and new beginnings. In her wake, she creates the rainbow with her cloak woven of multi-colored flowers, thus connecting heaven and earth. Iris shares numerous connections with death and the Underworld. Cross-culturally iris has commonly been used to adorn the final resting place of the dead. Ancient Greeks would place purple iris flowers on the graves of young women, in hopes that the goddess Iris would show compassion on their souls and shepherd them into heaven.
Illustration by the amazing: @roytheart_
