Flower Essence And Gem Stone Report for
Princess Diana of Wales
July 1, 1961
7:45 PM
Sandringham, England
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This report is based on the positions of the planets at
the time of your birth. For the benefit of students of
astrology, these positions, along with other technical
information, are listed below:
Sun 9 Can 40 Pluto 6 Vir 03
Moon 25 Aqu 02 N. Node 29 Leo 43
Mercury 3 Can 12 Asc. 18 Sag 25
Venus 24 Tau 24 MC 23 Lib 03
Mars 1 Vir 39 2nd cusp 18 Cap 25
Jupiter 5 Aqu 06 3rd cusp 18 Aqu 25
Saturn 27 Cap 49 5th cusp 18 Ari 25
Uranus 23 Leo 20 6th cusp 18 Tau 25
Neptune 8 Sco 38
Tropical Equal Daylight Savings Time observed
GMT: 18:45:00 Time Zone: 0 hours West
Lat. and Long. of birth: 52 N 50 0 E 30
Aspects and orbs:
Conjunction : 4 Deg 00 Min Trine : 4 Deg 00 Min
Opposition : 4 Deg 00 Min Sextile : 2 Deg 00 Min
Square : 4 Deg 00 Min Quincunx: 3 Deg 00 Min
Conjunct Asc : 6 Deg 00 Min
Note: Most trine and sextile aspects are not interpreted
because they do not present strong challenges and
problems with one's well-being.
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Shambhala Chart Service
Hank Friedman
7622 Leviston Avenue
El Cerrito, CA 94530
(510) 525-3399
This report is designed for those who are interested in
tools which can support their own efforts toward growth and
well-being on all levels. Using astrology, flower essences,
gemstones and gem elixirs, color, music, aroma therapy,
visualization, and other methods, one can transform difficult
patterns in one's life and manifest more of one's positive
potentials.
Our emphasis is not so much on eliminating undesirable
traits or experiences as on bringing one into balance so that
the positive expression of one's astrological signature can
manifest. A person who is essentially inward and shy and who has
trouble making his way in the world will not become a dynamic,
flamboyant world-conqueror, but he can build confidence in
reaching out to others. Rather than attempt to get rid of his
shyness, the focus would be on discovering the positive gifts
his gentleness may offer him and alleviating the more extreme,
isolating aspects of his shy nature. Using these "vibrational"
tools, issues that one may have struggled with for years can be
eased, and long-buried talents and loves can be awakened.
Many of the tools suggested herein, including astrology,
work on what esotericists refer to as the energy bodies, the
chakras, or the aura. This subtle energy field, which emanates
from every living thing, is where our energetic and emotional
habits, thought patterns, belief systems, and so on reside.
Introducing the energy pattern of a flower, plant, gem, or
mineral into one's aura directly affects one's emotional and
mental energies, and over a period of time this promotes
long-lasting changes.
The key factor in using any of these remedies or tools
is one's positive intentions, willingness, and desire for
harmony and health. They are not "magic". Used consistently and
with conscious intention, they reinforce and accelerate desired
changes. In the back of this report is a listing of resources
where you can obtain the flower essences and other products
suggested for you. There are also other tips and instructions.
As you read over your report you may see a number of
areas that you would like to work with. There is a lot of
information here and the possibilities can be very exciting!
However, it is usually best to attend to one issue or cluster of
related issues (a theme) at one time. Choose whichever one is
most meaningful or troublesome to you at present. Keep in mind
that you will NOT manifest all of thepotential imbalances
mentioned. Some issues may have already been resolved, and some
will simply not be relevant. In deciding which issue to focus
on, follow your intuition. Remember, too, that gentle,
persistent effort is usually necessary in re-patterning and
creating any real change. Best Wishes to You!
Sun and Ascendant: General Characteristics
The position of the Sun in your birth chart represents
the person you are at heart and the path you must follow to
fulfill yourself as a unique individual. It also indicates your
personal strength and vitality, as well as what activities or
life experiences you require to feel alive and to replenish your
life force. The Sun represents your personal identity.
Sun in Cancer:
Key issues: Self expression through what is familiar; nurturing
soulful connections to others and to the past.
Key qualities: protective, nurturing, sympathetic, emotionally
attached, retentive, devoted.
When you are at your best, you radiate sympathetic
understanding and mother-like caring and concern. Taking care of
others, especially "your own" (family, neighborhood, etc.) is
central to your very identity. You are apt to be tenaciously
loyal and somewhat irrational in your attachments. That is, it
is not easy for you to be detached and objective. Like the
adoring mother who can't see or admit her son's delinquent
behavior, or the patriot who stoutly defends his country's
treachery simply because "it is my country". Emotional
affiliation is what matters most to you. You value belonging,
family solidarity, home, and continuity with the past.
Cherishing what is familiar, it may be very difficult for you to
leave home either literally or figuratively. You are also very
tied to the women in your life.
You are a feeling, sensitive person, easily hurt. Often
you cover your tenderness with a self-protective shell to hide
your sensitivity, moodiness, and emotional vulnerability. And
you often hold on to feelings, hurt feelings or grudges as well
as kindly ones, for a very long time. Learning to flow with your
fluctuating emotions is important for you, also.
Patterns of Imbalance:
For worry, over-concern, and over-involvement in others
lives: the flower essences RED CHESTNUT and CHICORY.
For longing for and clinging to the past, inability to
live in the present or create a positive future: the flower
essence HONEYSUCKLE.
For moodiness, emotional irritability and extremes: the
flower essence CHAMOMILE.
For willingness to confront life and its possibilities,
and coming out of one's shell: the flower essence MEXICAN SHELL
FLOWER.
To balance and express mothering or nurturing qualities
in a positive way, and to encourage self-nurturing: the flower
essences MARIPOSA LILY, POMEGRANATE, and MILKY NIPPLE CACTUS.
Gemstones that may be beneficial to wear, carry, or take as an
elixir:
MOONSTONES, PEARL, and CLEAR QUARTZ.
Your Ascendant (or Rising Sign) describes your physique,
as well as indicating how you relate to and are affected by your
environment. It has a direct bearing on your physical health.
Ascendant in Sagittarius:
You have a "happy" demeanor and appear congenitally and
perpetually upbeat and buoyant, with a certain physical frisky
exuberance that belies any suffering you may have. Your energy
level, though high, is not especially consistent or sustained.
It comes in bursts of enthusiasm.
You enjoy sports, games, gambling or taking chances, and
fun physical activities like dancing, horse back riding, skiing,
or skating, all of which you do with a free-flowing, willowy
grace that makes it look effortless. Your secret is that you do
it for fun or for joy and do not take it terribly seriously.
Nevertheless, you are prone to your share of sports injuries,
and indoors you can be downright clumsy. You are prone to be
large and/or need quite alot of physical space around you in
order to be comfortable. Small, cozy spaces feel cramped and
even life-depleting to you. Your ideal environment is large,
spacious, with high ceilings and windows, and alot of light.
You thrive when you have a distant goal to aspire
towards, a cause to serve, something larger than yourself to
live for. You may be most prone to physical ailments when your
faith in some cherished ideal is shaken or shattered, when you
feel trapped in a situation that carries little higher purpose
or meaning, or when there is a little inspiration, freedom, or
adventure in your life.
Flower and garden essences that can be of benefit to you
include: SWEET PEA (for always seeking, wandering, unable to
settle or make a commitment), COW PARSNIP (for the grass is
greener elsewhere syndrome), and CORN (for a balanced,
integrated relationship between heaven and earth, vision and
reality).
Moon and Venus: Emotions and Feelings
The position of the Moon in your birth chart reflects
your emotional nature, what you need to feel nurtured, what
feels familiar and comfortable to you. It is also your
deeply-held beliefs and mostly unconscious or instinctive
responses, which play themselves out in your closest personal
relationships. Your moods, memories, dream life, and
feeling-self are depicted by the moon in your birth chart.
Moon in Aquarius:
Key issues: Needs for freedom and experimentation while still
maintaining close, nurturant relationships. Breaking from
societal or familiar rules, conventions, and "shoulds" to
express one's unique self.
Key qualities: independent, unorthodox; unusual or
unconventional affiliations.
You may well seem peculiar to other people, particularly
those who live with you or know you well. You have odd habits,
tastes, and rhythms, and you do not really care if you are
"normal" or not.
At times, you are oddly detached. Even in intensely
personal or emotional situations, you can stay cool and
objective. This can put other people off, especially when they
want and expect sympathy and understanding. You try to be
extremely fair, unbiased, and unprejudiced. You will not take
sides, and a friend or family member may well wish that just for
once you would! Emotionally you are rather unpredictable. You
change, you run hot and cold, you are passionate about one
thing, then another. You like to experiment. What you do not
like is to be smothered or dominate in any way, which is why you
often keep an emotional distance. You crave freedom. You will
revolt against tyrrany of any sort, domestic or otherwise. You
will also reject traditional gender roles or any tradition if it
does not suit you; you do not want to be put into a box. At your
finest, you are concerned about the welfare of all, not just
yourself and your own immediate circle. You like to give people
a chance. You feel for the underdog, and also for the larger
"planetary family". You need a sense of community, kindred
spirits, as much as you do a family.
Patterns of Imbalances:
When out of balance, you are simply cut off from your
emotions and respond the way you think you should, rather than
from your genuine feelings, your heart or your gut. You may feel
numb, or simply be unaware of what you really do carry inside.
Also, you may feel, deepdown, that you are "different" and do
not belong or fit in anywhere.
Flower essences which may be helpful include:
For feelings of alienation, not feeling part of the
human race, not feeling at home on earth: the flower essence
SHOOTING STAR.
For valuing yourself and your unique contributions,
regardless of how you differ from others; for feeling you are
"ahead of your time": the flower essences COLUMBINE, MULLIEN,
LACE FLOWER.
For repression of or aversion to deep feelings and
emotional expression; for contacting and gaining awareness of
emotions: FUSCHIA, SCARLET MONKEY FLOWER, and BLACK-EYED SUSAN.
CHAPARRAL is good for gaining insight into your emotions through
your dreams, and this can be a very good avenue for you. Paying
attention to your dreams is an effective way for you to attend
to your feelings and inner self, as dreams by pass your very
logical, thinking self. (You may want to read Gayle Delance's
"Living You Dreams" to get you started. Avoid books that tell
you in dictionary-style what a given dream means. It is your own
emotional connections you are aiming for). For fear of sexual
intimacy and the inability to express deep, warm love: the
flower essence STICKY MONKEY FLOWER.
Music which stimulates the heart and the seat of the
soul is very helpful for opening your feelings. Recommended are
instruments featuring strings, (violin and harp, especially.
And, of course, any other music you find moving.)
Gemstones to wear, carry, or take as an elixir include: CLEAR,
HERKIMER, and RUTILATED QUARTZ.
Moon Square Venus:
You are temperamentally predisposed to want a soft life,
one that is filled with love and affection, beauty, pleasure,
and comfort. You hunger for domestic and familial sweetness,
happiness, and closeness. You may, in fact, be addicted to
"sweets" from desserts to amours. Wanting to be pampered and
babied, wanting one-sided support, or for the good things to be
provided for you with no serious, sustained effort on your part
may be your weakness. On the other hand, you may indulge others,
be too lax and forgiving, adapt yourself too readily to others'
wants and needs, be an overprotective parent to those you care
for, be more concerned with others' happiness than your own, or
sacrifice important personal values to avoid creating discomfort
for others particularly family members. Flower essences that can
ease some of these patterns include POMEGRANATE and MARIPOSA
LILY (for the capacity to give and receive nurturing in a
balanced way), and MILKY NIPPLE CACTUS and MILKWEED (for
transforming dependencies into self nurturing autonomy).
Moon Opposition Uranus:
Your urge for liberation from all past influences,
conditioning, and emotional encumbrances is pronounced. This may
compel you to periodically make radical breaks from anything
that ties you to the past and the person you "used to be", such
as changing your name, having very little or sporadic contact
with your family, or embracing highly unconventional and "far
out" customs on lifestyles. You may feel constantly in flux,
constantly in transition, ready to give birth to something new.
To feel most content (not a word one could readily ascribe to
you!), you need to be able to respond to your spontaneous inner
impulses and inspiration. You need alot of stimulation and
novelty. However, you also need to incorporate some steady
rhythms and structure in your inner life, emotional life, and
domestic affairs. Constant changes and emotional extremes can
over-strain your nervous system, leading to states of anxiety
and fear. Simple routines that include some earth-bound, mundane
activities which bring you into the present moment are helpful,
as are regular meals, sleep schedule, etc.
When you are walking or you are going about your daily
tasks, pay attention to your feet and your connection to the
earth. Walk bare foot when you can. For grounding yourself, you
may wish to try this visualization: Sit with your spine erect
and your feet flat on the floor. Close your eyes. Take three
slow, deep breaths, exhaling through your mouth. Then, imagine
roots growing out of the soles of your feet. Imagine them
reaching deep, down into the center of the earth. Imagine then
that you are drawing a golden energy up through your roots and
filling your entire body. Feel the earth's healing,
strengthening, nourishing energies for as long as you would
like. Do this until you feel complete.
Some flower essences that may be appropriate for you from time
to time include:
SHOOTING STAR, for not feeling at home on earth, nor a
part of the human family.
COW PARSNIP, for contentment with present circumstances,
"blooming where you are planted", and peace of mind during
change or transitions.
CORN, for grounded peacefulness, and ALMOND, for
calmness of mind and nerves.
You may also need to resolve some tension between
closeness, attachment, and intimacy versus emotional yearnings
for freedom, excitement, and openness to change. To facilitate
resolving those issues, these essences can help: STICKY MONKEY
FLOWER (for fear of intimacy and pain over early separations)
and BASIL (for integrating spirituality with sexuality).
You respond well to "vibrational" therapies such as
those recommended here, but you are often not consistent,
persistent, and patient enough to allow them to work as
effectively as they could if you stayed on a program. Try to
stay with an approach long enough to see if it is useful to
you.
The position of Venus in your birth chart reveals your
capacity for love, intimacy, pleasure, giving and receiving, and
relationships. Representing, also, your taste in beauty and your
values, it is a key to how you can create harmony within
yourself.
Venus in Taurus:
You are pleasure-loving and an extremely sensual
creature, and respond deeply to physical appearances as well as
to textures, flavors, aromas, all earthy delights. You enjoy
making others comfortable and attending to the physical needs of
the ones you love. Food is very important to you.
In establishing harmony within yourself, contact with
nature (especially lush, luxuriant green growth rather than a
more austere or dry environment) is important.
In love, you seek security, constancy, and stability.
Having or providing material well-being is part of this.
Emeralds, chrysoprase, and green or watermelon
tourmalines are compatible with you, not necessarily to be worn
when you are out of balance, but to promote a sense of being at
harmony with yourself.
Venus Square Uranus:
You may well harbor a definite ambivalence about
intimate attachments, and especially about the dependence that
can arise or the limitations on your freedom. This inner tension
may manifest as "commitment phobia", or somehow not finding "the
right one", or repeatedly choosing cold or unreliable lovers or
friends. To navigate successfully these often uncertain waters,
you will have to acknowledge and honor both your need for
sharing love and for separateness and independence. Otherwise
you may hurt your loved ones and damage the trust between you
when you abruptly turn cool, cut them off, or leave (emotionally
or physically).
If this pattern has prevented you from sustaining long
term relationships or from getting as close as you would like,
perhaps you would benefit from dialoging with both aspects (the
part of you that longs for lasting love, and the part that
prefers unattached freedom). Try to see or imagine a life for
yourself in which both can be expressed. For instance, being in
a committed relationship with a very liberal, open-minded
partner who can happily satisfy your need for space and also
your craving for "weird" or unconventional loving.
Mercury: Thinking and Ideas
The position of Mercury in your birth chart describes
your intellectual qualities, how you communicate or express
yourself verbally, and in general how your thinking patterns
operate.
Mercury in Cancer:
You are very subjective, and your personal associations,
past experiences, emotional prejudices, loyalties, etc.
influence your thinking and your judgement a great deal. It is
hard for you to separate thinking and feeling. You do have a
good memory, and retain what you learn. Consider taking the
flower essence HONEYSUCKLE if you are dwelling incessantly on
the past.
Mercury Quincunx Jupiter:
Your thinking is philosophical, broad, expansive,
wide-ranging, and exploratory. Your brow chakra is active and
open, with the resulting capacity to envision the future, to
sense future trends and developments, and to see, intuit, and
understand the universal patterns or laws that operate in life.
You have a great capacity for creative visualization, clearly
picturing something you wish to create, energizing and affirming
it until it is brought into form. You also have the gift of
teaching, oration, and communicating broad principles and wisdom
to large groups of people. (Gemstones which foster this teaching
capacity include high quality SODALITE, TANZANITE, LAPIS LAZULI,
and SAPPHIRE.)
On the other side, however, you can be mentally restless
or sloppy, disinclined to handle details, exaggerate or talk too
much, prematurely disclose or brag about your plans, and are
prone to the grass-is-greener-elsewhere syndrome.
Flower essences that can help alleviate some of these
imbalances: COSMOS (for inattentiveness to details, lack of
mental focus or organization, being overwhelmed by too many
ideas), CORN (when you are doing alot of long-range planning,
and need grounding), and COW PARSNIP (for contentment with the
present and one's immediate circumstances.).
Mars: Ambition and Drive
The position of Mars in your birth chart indicates your
will power, physical vitality and sexual drives, and your
capacity for decisive action and self-assertion, as well as the
musculature and adrenals in the physical body.
Mars in Virgo:
Physically you tend to be timid and nonassertive and if
you use force at all, you do it carefully, intelligently, with
clear intent. (For you it is usually a last resort).
You may worry about your health or other difficulties,
and could become irritable and aggressively critical towards
yourself (ie. turn your aggressive energies inward). Problems
with nervous tension, irritable bowels, etc. could thus arise.
The flower essences APPLE (to release the mind set of illness,
doubt, worry about your health) and BEECH (for criticism,
intolerance, perfectionism) can be very useful.
Actively working on a craft or creating a product is a
positive way to use your energies. MArtial arts or other body
disciplines are also for you.
Jupiter and Saturn: Opportunities and Challenges
The position of Jupiter in your birth chart represents
the principle of growth, improvement, expansion, faith, and the
quest for ultimate meaning or broader understanding of life.
Jupiter in Aquarius:
You seek to grow and expand your understanding of life
by experimenting with that which is new, innovative, and
progressive. You also have strong altruistic impulses and
humanitarian ideals, which give you a sense of being connected
to something larger and more encompassing than yourself. You
have a well developed appreciation for scientific and technical
advances that benefit humanity as a whole.
Jupiter Square Neptune:
Positively you have great concern and hope for the
world, an expansive faith in possibilities, and the ability to
inspire other people to a larger, more encompassing vision.
However it may be difficult for you to tolerate any sort of
restrictions or to set limits in your life. When out of balance,
you can be wastefully self-indulgent or easily seduced by
visions of the good life gained without effort, grandiose dreams
and schemes, or escapist fantasies. Disappointments may come
through foolish overoptimism, naivete, over generosity, or
relying on grace or luck alone. Unless other factors in your
birth chart indicate practicality, it may be very challenging
for you to try to actualize or concretize your dreams. An
ungrounded or disembodied spirituality, or too much focus on a
better future, can prevent you from living fully in the present.
The flower essences which can help bring you into balance
include: CALIFORNIA POPPY (for escapist or addictive tendencies,
always seeking a better "high"), BLACKBERRY (for bringing ideals
and goals into concrete manifestation), CLEMATIS (for day
dreaming, poor concentration on the immediate; impracticality),
SAINT JOHN'S WORT (for an overly expanded state leading to
psychic vulnerability), and WILD OAT (for chronic
dissatisfaction and restlessness, inability to make
commitments). For learning how to set boundaries and appropriate
limits, RHUBARB.
Jupiter Quincunx Pluto:
Your aspirations and ambitions, whether material or
purely intellectual or spiritual, are great, and you can be
quite zealous in pursuing them. On a psychological or spiritual
level, you are drawn to pursuits or methods which focuses on
purification and/or tapping the deepest resources of the psyche,
hypnotherapy, shamanism, magic, rebirthing, or other
transformative techniques which involve a journey into the
depths.
The colors PURPLE, VIOLET, or MAGENTA and the gemstones
AMETHYST, SUGALITE, and AZURITE support and/or emphasize this
aspect of your life.
On a more worldly level, you are interested in social
regeneration and you have the capacity to lead, organize, or
manage massive enterprises. However you could threaten,
undermine, or refuse to bow to the reigning powers-that-be.
If you are working through resentment toward "the
system" or those in authority, the flower essences SAGUARO is
useful. TRILLIUM can help ease excessive ambition or misdirected
ambition.
The position of Saturn in your birth chart represents
the bones, the skeleton, and the principles of hardness,
heaviness, structure, stability, form, and boundaries. It shows
what is hard for you, what you struggle with, where patterns of
rigidity or fear hinder you, what is heavy for you, where you
develop character, maturity, and depth through being tested.
Saturn in Capricorn:
A deep vein of conservatism, caution, shrewdness, and
earthy pragmatism runs through you, no matter how intellectually
curious or spiritually open you are. As a child you were serious
and "mature" for your years, due either to a rather stern,
authoritarian, rule-dominated upbringing, experiences of real
deprivation, or simply close observation of "the ways of the
world". Materialism, pessimism, or cynicism, as well as
inordinate need to control your environment (so that it cannot
control you) may have sprung from this. You are apt to have
limiting beliefs that you must suppress or sacrifice some
essential part of yourself to get anywhere in life, and this can
lead to joylessness and chronic melancholia. Also, premature
rigidity and sclerotic conditions may arise.
Flower essences that address imbalances you are prone to
include: ZINNIA (for over seriousness; a repressed inner
"child"), HOUND'S TONGUE (for tendency to see the world in
materialistic terms only), ORANGE BLOSSOM (for melancholia,
thoughts of failure), and the gem essence FLUORITE (to help
break up blockages and a tendency toward stiffness and rigidity
on subtle as well as physical levels). Hatha yoga or stretching
exercises done on a regular basis would also be beneficial.
APPENDIX I
FLOWER ESSENCES, COLOR THERAPY, AND AROMATHERAPY
FLOWER ESSENCES:
The following information will enable you to make up your
own flower essence remedies. However if you wish to try them but
are not interested in doing it all yourself, you can contact a
flower essence practitioner. Many astrological counselors and
other holistic practitioners use the flower essences and gem
essences in their work.
1. Choosing your essences: Generally you can use up five
essences at a time. Some people believe five essences is ideal,
as the number five is associated in myth and folklore with the
healing process. Others find using a single remedy at a time
most effective. Follow your own intuition and impulses on this,
but please do not try to address too many issues at once. Gem
essences can be used with flower essences.
2. Making the remedy: Once you have chosen the essence or
essences you wish to take, purchase them from the supplier in
the concentrated form ("stock" bottles). You will need a grass
dropper bottle such as pharmacists use for eye drops, which are
sold at come pharmacies as well as through the flower essences
companies. The one ounce size is standard. It should be
sterilized by boiling it for a few minutes, then letting it
cool. Then, put four drops of each concentrated essence into the
bottle, close it, and shake it vigorously for about a minute so
that the essences are well blended. Fill the bottle about 3/4
full with distilled or spring water. (For a more potent remedy
you may wish to use color-solarized water instead, as described
in the color therapy section). Then, close the bottle and,
again, shake vigorously for about a minute. To preserve the
mixture, add a teaspoon or so of either brandy or applecider
vinegar. (They work equally well; it is a matter of personal
taste and preference).
3. Using essences: The standard dosage of four drops
four times a day, taken under the tongue. Taking more than four
drops will not increase the remedy's effectiveness, and taking
it more than four times a day is usually not necessary except in
crisis situations. However, if you feel inclined to use it more
frequency than four times a day, these remedies cannot be
harmful in anyway. They are self-adjusting, meaning that you
will simply not absorb more than you can use.
To further activate the remedy's effect, you may wish to
use a simple affirmation that corresponds with your intent and
the nature of the remedy. For instance, if you are taking a
remedy to increase your receptivity to love, you can say "I now
let love and appreciation into my life", each time you take the
remedy. Keep the words simple, positive, and framed in the
present tense. Or, you may wish to put a self-adhesive label on
your bottle, with a list of the essences it contains and a short
phrase such as "receptivity to love" or "opening the heart"
which will see each time you take the remedy.
Other very effective ways to use your remedy are to add
7 drops to a bath and/or several drops to an atomizer or spray
bottle filled with water and spray it around the rooms of your
house or workspace.
4. What to expect: Please understand the flower essences
do not "take away" troublesome feelings or attitudes. Some
people actually experience a temporary intensification of the
issues the remedy is designed to address, what is referred to as
a "healing crisis", as strong emotions or other reactions begin
to surface. Naturally you can temporarily stop taking the remedy
if you get too uncomfortable. You can also get some support
while this process is occurring, since a willingness to
experience and feel what is actually there is an intrinsic part
of the healing. Most people, however, find the remedies quite
gentle. Insights into the nature of the problem and how you are
contributing to or maintaining it may emerge. Or, you may simply
notice a gradual attitudinal, emotional, or energetic shift, and
more harmony in that area of your life. Some very sensitive
people feel the effects of the remedies on their chakras
(particularly the heart and solar plexus) immediately upon
taking them.
If the pattern you are working with is longstanding, as
the ones which are related to your birth chart are apt to be,
you may need more than one bottle of given remedy. Or, after one
bottle, you may want to give it a rest, and then go back to that
remedy later. If you frequently "forget" to take the remedy or
simply lose interest in it, this may be a signal that now is not
the time for that particular one.
COLOR THERAPY:
Color can be used to calm or energize, to cleanse, to
stimulate a given energy center in the body, or to promote
balance and an overall sense of well-being. In addition to
paying attention to how color affects you and using that
awareness in your choice of clothing and home or office decor,
here are two methods to utilize color:
1. Color-solarized water: This is a very easy method.
The supplies needed are a clear grass jar or bottle, colored
cellophane (which can be purchased at an art supply store),
drinking water, sunshine, and a clear quartz crystal (optional).
Sterilized the jar or bottle, fill it with water, and if you
wish add a clear quartz crystal (this magnifies the effects of
the color). Then, close the bottle, wrap it in the colored
cellophane, and secure the cellophane with a rubberband at the
top. Place the bottle in a sunny spot for 2-6 hours, preferably
outdoors. After removing the crystal, you can drink it freely
and/or use it to make your flower remedies.
2. Color Breathing: This exercise can be used to clear
your energy system of psychic debries stimulate a sluggish or
blocked chakra, and promote healing. Choose a place that is
well-ventilated. You may stand or sit as you prefer, keeping
your spine erect. Begin by taking 2 or 3 deep, gentle breaths,
inhaling slowly through your nose and exhaling trough your
mouth. Then as you breathe in, see and feel the color filling
your entire body. As you continue to breathe, imagine the color
surrounding your body as well, extending out about two feet all
round you, to create a beautiful egg-shaped bubble of colored
light. Simply breathe in this color for 5-10 minutes.
To work on a particular chakra, you may start by
breathing clear, white, or golden light (as described above).
Then focus your attention on the center that needs clearing or
balancing. For the base or root chakra, imagine a glowing sphere
of bright, apple red at the very base of your spine. As you
breathe, imagine the light becoming stronger and brighter. For
the sacral center (located about 2 inches above the pubic bone)
the color is orange. For the solar plexus (halfway between the
navel and sternum), the color is bright yellow. For the heart,
green or pink. For the throat, sky blue. For the brow center
(located between the eyebrows and up about one inch), indigo
blue. For the crown center (at the top of the head), purple,
violet, or white. (You may use which ever one you feel most
attracted to).
If you cannot "see" the color with your mind's eye, just
imagine that it is there. An inability to visualize a certain
color often indicates a particular need for that very color.
To derive healing benefits from visualization and color
breathing, it is not necessary to spend a great deal of time.
Five to ten minutes once or twice a day is quite adequate. And,
once again you decide when you have "had enough" of a given
color or exercise. A change in your feelings about a given color
(less attraction to or "craving" for it, or less repulsion
towards it, for instance) can be a clue.
AROMATHERAPY:
Aromatherapy involves the use of essential oils from
plants and flowers. It is much different from flower essence
therapy in that it is primarily the "healing fragrance" which
influences body and emotions through the scents. (Flower
essences are odorless). Aromatherapy can be utilized either as a
perfume (especially applied to the chakras), in bath water, in
massage oil, or diffused in the air via steam or incense. Read
labels carefully and take precautions using these potent oils.
APPENDIX II
HOW TO ORDER FLOWER ESSENCES AND GEM ELIXIRS
The companies listed below are reputable sources for
high-quality essences:
Flower Essence Services Desert Alchemy
P.O. Box 1769 Box 44189
Nevada City, CA 95959 Tucson, AZ 85733
Alaskan Flower Essence Project Pegasus Products
P.O. Box 1369 Box 228
Homer, AK 99603 Boulder, CO 80306
Master's Flower Essences Perelandra
14618 Tyler Foote Road P.O. Box 3603
Nevada City, CA 95959 Warrenton, VA 22186
Australian Bush Flower Essences Ellon USA
Box 531 644 Merrick Road
Spit Junction, NSW Lynbrook, NY 11563
AUSTRALIA 2088
Alaskan Flower Essence Project also carries fine quality
gem elixirs. A good source for color therapy products is: Dev
Aura, Little London, Tetford, Lincs., ENGLAND LN9 6QL.
Given below is a listing of the flower essences that
were mentioned in this report and where they can be obtained.
The mailing address of each company is given above.
Almond Blossom: Master's Flower Essences
Basil: Flower Essence Serv, Pegasus Prod
Beech: Flower Essence Serv, Pegasus Prod, Ellon USA
Blackberry: Flower Ess Serv, Pegasus Prod, Master's Flower Ess
Black Eyed Susan: Flower Essence Serv, Pegasus Prod
California Poppy: Flower Essence Serv, Pegasus Prod
Chamomile: Flower Essence Serv, Pegasus Prod
Chapparal: Flower Essence Serv, Desert Alchemy, Pegasus Prod
Chicory: Flower Essence Serv, Pegasus Prod, Ellon USA
Clematis: Flower Ess Serv, Desert Alch, Pegasus Pr, Ellon USA
Columbine: Flower Ess Serv, Alaskan Flow Ess Proj, Pegasus Pr
Corn: Flower Ess Ser, Pegasus Pr, Master's Flow Ess, Perelandra
Cosmos: Flower Essence Services
Cow Parsnip: Alaskan Flower Essence Project
Fuschia: Flower Essence Services, Pegasus Products
Garlic: Flower Essences Services
Honeysuckle: Flower Essence Service, Pegasus Prod, Ellon USA
Hound's Tongue: Flower Essence Service
Mariposa Lilly: Flower Essence Services, Desert Alchemy
Mexican Shell Flower: Desert Alchemy
Milky Nipple Cactus: Desert Alchemy
Milk Weed: Flower Essence Service
Orange Blossom: Master's Flower Essences
Pomegranate: Flower Essence Serv, Desert Alchemy, Pegasus Prod
Red Chestnut: Flower Essence Service, Pegasus Prod, Ellon USA
Rhubarb: Flower Ess Serv, Alaskan Flower Ess Proj, Pegasus Prod
Saguaro: Flower Essence Serv, Desert Alchemy, Pegasus Prod
Saint John's Wort: Flower Ess Ser, Desert Alchemy, Pegasus Prod
Scarlet Monkeyflower: Flower Essence Service
Scleranthus: Flower Essence Service, Ellon USA
Scotch Broom: Flower Essence Service, Pegasus Products
Shooting Star: Flower Ess Serv, Alaskan Flow Ess Pr, Pegasus Pr
Sticky Monkeyflower: Flower Essence Service
Sweet Pea: Flower Essence Service
Trillium: Flower Essence Service, Desert Alchemy
Wild Oat: Flower Essence Service, Desert Alchemy, Ellon USA
Zinnia: Flower Essence Service, Pegasus Products, Perelandra
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