Bluebells in May at Blickling

Published May 11, 2012 | By vivien
The Bleeding Heart or Dicentra formosa is a common garden plant and is flowering round about now. I think it has a very clear plant signature!! What do you think it’s for?
Look at this exquisite clump of bluebells taken in Blickling Wood. If you can get out this weekend, you will still catch a good show of bluebells,  the rain and cool temperatures have ensured a long flowering season this year.  While you are in the wood,  spend a few moments really ‘being with them,’ and see if you can get your own impression of the bluebell’s plant signature ( see previous blogs for more information on this). What do you think the bluebell will do, made up as a flower essence? Blog this back to me please

Beautiful bluebells

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The sign of Taurus links to the Bach Remedy Gentian. A fixed, earth sign, and symbolised by the bull, Taurus people’s reputation for being obstinate is understood. However, ruled by Venus the goddess of love, they are very appreciative of form and beauty. Slow and steady in their approach,  they are practical in life, and are the builders and architects.  Liking security, they may be materialistic,  so on a darker note, can be acquisitive. This is however, a religious sign, as these people have a strong sense of values and morality, if a little dogmatic.

Gentian types couldn’t be happy even if they were! They are easily discouraged, and can lack faith in the goodness of life. These are people who need to develop a more positive outlook,  as they often fail to see the relationship between their negative attitudes to life and the difficulties that often beset them. They can be rather stubborn, with a fixed attitude, so find it hard to make positive changes.  On the other hand, these people are capable of an unshakable faith in life, being an example of strength, steadiness and great determination, against all odds.

Gentian and Taurus

Published May 8, 2012 | By vivien | Leave a comment

Impatient Aries!

Published March 30, 2012 | By vivien

April brings spring for real, and with it a great upsurge of life energy, as nature bursts forth!

The Aries star sign, is symbolised in the God of War, and they are courageous, often impulsive people. There words are ‘I am’, and they do always put themselves first.

The remedy that matches Aries is Impatiens, and like the name suggests these people can be quick tempered and easily irritated by others. Very intelligent and clever, they are very goal orientated, and if you cant something done ask an Aries person. As you might expect, they prefer to work alone, but can end up lonely as their brusque manner tends to alienate people.

They could do with learning some patience and understanding, also how to relax as they can suffer from tension related problems.

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White Violet (Viola Odorata)

Published March 29, 2012 | By vivien

Adventure of the inner, spiritual journey 

In the meaning of flowers, the Violet is thought to embody the concept of candour. This means people who are honest,  frank and straightforward in their expression with others. They are sincere, fair and embody a sense of purity and lack of prejudice, which brings a sense of calmness to situations.

But saying that we are very familiar with the idea of a ‘shrinking violet.’ This gives the impression of a shy, modest and unassertive person, often female, who shrinks from any familiarity with others, loosing courage and spirit. It may be that they fear rejection, preferring to draw themselves into the sidelines of life.  We only have to consider the violet flowers, hidden among the leaves and hanging down, to understand the original source of such a saying. These plants also prefer to grow in damp, shady places, but the leaves are interestingly the shape of hearts.

There are several varieties of violet, but Sweet Violet, which is purple, is most highly thought of, as it has a wonderful,  elusive and evocative scent, much prized by perfumeries. Violets were also thought to be aphrodisiacs,( if a rather ‘well mannered one!) Perhaps this links to the ‘heart’ shaped leaves!! In particular the White Violet is said to embody an adventurousness spirit, willing to take a chance with life, love and happiness.

As you explore this flower’s meaning in depth, it is easy to see both sides of the situation contained within the signature. A shy, retiring person, shrinking from interaction with others, trsnsforming to an honest person, happy with clear, straightforward communication.

Consider the colour of the blooms which are in the main purple, this being the most spiritual of colours, while the white flowers, shot with veins of purple,  embody’s an ever higher spiritual expression.

So, when I consider what the White Violet flower essence will do I place it on the most adventurous of journeys,  the inner spiritual journey. How easy it is to reject and then shrink from the divine within yourself. And how easy to deny this is happening, but pay the price!! So, this sense of candour and fairness is needed with yourself. We need to fall in love with ourselves, and smell the pure sweet perfume of self acceptance. Trust will follow,  and then it is easy to bring this to an honest and sincere interaction with others

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The Cherry Plum has responded to the recent warm, mild days and the very first pure, white blossom of the year is lighting up our hedgerows.  It’s a small, bushy tree without a clear form, having several smallish trunks, as if it is more than one tree, so it lacks the clear ‘I am’ gesture of a single trunk tree. The little plums that come later in the year, may vary in colour from yellow through to orange or red, and production tends to be sparse and in many years they are none at all. Here is a gesture of instability and a need to be better adjusted to life.  What little seed is produced will germinate, but propagation comes from suckering, which brings helpful grounding and strength from the earth

It is ideal for people who have had extreme metal strain, so much so that they can loose a sense of themselves. They feel they might  even ‘loose their minds,’  and do awful things to themselves and others.  This difficult internal battle is one of great suffering  and instability, a storm in the mind.

The bright blossoms against a fresh blue February sky, have a divine, heady almond scent, and together they drive away the dark storms of winter and the earth’s strength bring a stabilisation of the mind brings renewed clarity and confidence.

Published March 15, 2012 | By vivien | Leave a comment

In Pisces we match with the healer flower Rock Rose.  This is the remedy for extreme terror and is in the famous emergency  combination. How can this be a personality remedy you ask!! Well, it does seem strange, but there really are people who live in permanent fear! It lurks on hidden,  deep levels and leaves these people pale, wide eyed and exhausted from coping with such an ongoing burden.  They may seem vague, almost numb and are often unable to meet the normal challenges of everyday life. Just achieving the very basics of living is actually a triumph for these types.  They are truly empathic and spiritual people. Highly evolved, they can be totally loving and selfless,  willing to sacrifice all for others.

People with the star sign Pisces are very sensitive, complex characters and find it difficult to make good choices in their lives, on the one hand desiring communion with something spiritual and greater than themselves, against the demands of the material world . Lacking resolve and willpower, they do not really know who they are or what they want, and can easily slip into sloppy and lazy ways. The remedy and star sign meet as Pisces is also totally selfless and compassionate, sensitive to the needs of all around them.

Published March 7, 2012 | By vivien | Leave a comment

This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius

Published February 13, 2012 | By vivien

Well, maybe not exactly the dawning of the age of Aquarius, but we are in February and Aquarius is aligned to the Water Violet.  If you are not sure what the Water Violet looks like, a picture is below.

Water Violet and Aquarius

 

February is the territory of Aquarians, independent, altruistic, innovative and original people. Humanitarians and great communicators, they are ruled by the genus sign of Uranus. This is a fixed,  air sign, their key phrase being ‘ I Know,’ and by nature may be detached and undemonstrative.

This zodiac sign aligns with the Bach Flower Water Violet, also independent types, preferring to keep to themselves. They have a tendency to ‘pride’, and may appear aloof,  finding it difficult to involve themselves with the ‘dirt’ of life as they perceive the world as a painful place to live. This flower lives in the middle of inaccessible, unpolluted pools, and have submerged roots that barely touch the bottom.

The life journey for the Water Violet types is to overcome the grief of life,  and find joy in bringing their huge talents to serve humanity.

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Hope and the snowdrop

Published February 6, 2012 | By vivien
Snowdrops and hope

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I promised in my last blog that I would share information and have a ‘flower of the month’.  Here’s a little information about the beautiful snowdrop.

Snowdrops were planted around convents in the middle ages,  as a symbol of the nun’s virginity. This seems quite in keeping with their country name of February Fair Maids and the white flower gives a very clear message of purity. Huge bunches were traditionally brought into the church at Candle mass, which appropriately is the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin.  

Specially hardened stems help the Snowdrop to push its buds and leaves up through the frozen ground, and to flower in what is still the cold, icy ‘death’ of winter, sometimes as early as January. Water is often used to symbolise the flow of the emotions. The drop-like  flower, hanging down, gives the image of tears of sadness in dark, frozen ‘wintry’ times of loss and grief. The strong energy of this flower essence can find it’s way through our hardened, held down feelings and give us ‘hope,’ which is its special meaning in the victorian language of flowers,  ’hope’ for the coming of spring, warmth and new life.

Another meaning in the language of flowers for Snowdrop  is ‘consolation’ and this essence can bring us comfort. Snowdrops are sterile, pure like the nuns,  and increase by producing mini bulbs, which are dispersed via flowing water or streams.  Taking this special flower brings release as our feelings gently melt,  and our emotions can again flow forward, like the tiny bulblets in the water,  into the future and  hope for new beginnings.

Snowdrops and hope

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For dark winter moods – Mustard flower essence

Published January 30, 2012 | By vivien

Now we are moving into an exciting new year, let’s banish those dark winter moods with mustard flower essence.

I will be selecting a different flower each month and also an astrological sign too, so look out for next months edition.

The Mustard Flower Essence

Ideal for those dark winter moods

A Mustard Flower Essence type mood can descend unexpectedly, like a gloomy, black cloud, which banishes all hope and light, and there seems to be no reason for it! Nor is there any notion of when it will deign to leave! Sometimes  it’s just down to the dark, dank ,cold days  of winter,  so the essence is useful to have to hand at  such times.

The actually underlying reasons can be lurking,  deep, in the unknown depths of our mind, just as the Mustard lies dormant in the seed bank, waiting for some disturbance to the soil, which brings them up to the surface where they quickly germinate, if conditions are right.

The solution to this dark mood,  lies in the bright yellow , sunshine, flowers of a fields of Mustard plant, brightening and lightening our mood, helping it to gently dissolve.

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Move calmly into 2012

Published January 3, 2012 | By vivien

Happy New Year and welcome 2012 – I do hope the Mayan prophecy proves to be inaccurate too!

Often we feel quite drained and exhilarated moving into a New Year.  All the festive parties, food and drink has caught up with us somewhat leaving us feeling quite sluggish, but at the same time, there’s the exhilaration of moving into a brand shiny new year.  What we all need is to regain a little balance, physically and mentally and natural essences may just be the remedy.  Dr Bach Rescue Remedy is now famous the world over; there are many many other remedies as well that will complement and enhance your lifestyle.

We are members of the British Association of Flower Essence Producers and all essences are organic – spend a few minutes browsing our website too.

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