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Backyard Healing: Lavender

Lavandula officinalis 

This herb is a common herb found in many gardens. The flower itself is beautiful with a pleasant fragrance commonly used in relaxation techniques.

Benefits

Health

healing

Spiritual

Incense 

Used Within

Oil

Food

Tea

Physical Uses 

Headache or migraine

Acne or troubled skin 

Fatigue is the most common healing property of lavender 

Ease pain

Help reduce infection (viral, bacterial, or fungal)

Calm, overcome shock

Reduce stress

Promote sleep

Overcome depression and anxiety

Insect repellant 

Calm convulsions and spasms of any kind

Skin conditions, assesses, acne, allergies, athlete’s foot, boils, bruises, burns, dandruff, dermatitis, eczema, inflammations, insect bites and stings, lice, psoriasis, ringworm, scabies, sores, spots, sunburn, and minor wounds

Earaches 

Muscle aches and pains

Respiratory conditions 

Digestive issues

Healthy menstruation stimulation 

Spiritual Uses

Sleep and healing spells

Peace and love promoting 

Associated with longevity 

Protection and cleansing 

Essential Oil Usage

The following is based on the Améo Essential Oils, a clinical grade oil. This brand of oil has a proven cell activity level, proven cell permeability, and Cetri-5 endorsed. You should always use 100% pure essential oil before using on your body. Contact a certified homeopathic practitioner for more information. 

Blending: The ratio 50:50, for example, means use 50% essential oil, 50% carrier oil. The ratio 5:95, for example, means 5% essential oil, 95% carrier oil. 

Lavender essential oil blends well with bergamot, clary sage, clove, cinnamon, citronella, cypress, thyme, patchouli, rosemary, and other citrus oils.  

To help ease pain, help reduce some type of viral, bacterial, or fungal infection, or heal a minor wound, apply undiluted topically. 

To calm, overcome shock, reduce stress, overcome depression, promote sleep, and over come anxiety, emotional exhaustion, or restlessness, diffuse 20 drops of oil twice daily. You can also apply undiluted topically just under the sternum on the chest, the forehead, around the nose, and on the temples. 

For insect repellent, put 20 drops in water, shake, and spray 

To calm convulsions and spasms of all kinds such as muscle, digestion, respiratory, etc; diffuse 20 drops. You may also massage with a 50:50 blend using a carrier oil (such as coconut oil), or take an aromatic bath/ foot soak with 10-15 drops of lavender in one cup of Epsom Salts. 

You can use lavender to deodorize surfaces, rooms, or yourself

For skin conditions, abscesses, acne, allergies, athlete’s foot, boils, bruises, burns, dandruff, dermatitis, eczema, inflammations, insect bites and stings, insect repellent, lice, psoriasis, ringworm, scabies, sores, spots, sunburn, and minor wounds: apply undiluted to small areas or diluted 50:50 with a carrier oil to larger areas 

For an earache, apply undiluted on the outer ear

For lumbago, muscle aches and pains, rheumatism, and sprains: create 50:50 massage blend of lavender with a carrier oil, and apply to affected area

For respiratory conditions: asthma, bronchitis, excess mucous, bad breath, laryngitis, throat infections, and whooping cough: create a 50:50 blend with carrier oil and apply/massage to affected area. You can also take a hot bath with 10-15 drops of lavender in one cup of Epsom Salts. Also, diffuse 20 drops twice daily

For digestive issues: abdominal cramps, colic, gas, or nausea: take 50:50 blend of lavender and carrier oil in a capsule once a day with food. You can also massage a 50:50 dilution with a carrier oil onto the lower abdomen

To stimulate healthy menstruation or reduce menstrual pain, massage 50:50 with a carrier oil onto the lower abdomen 

To decrease painful headaches, migraines, nervous tension, and stress related conditions, diffuse 20 drops twice daily. Also, use a 50:50 blend with a carrier oil and massage face, forehead, back of neck, and back.

To overcome shock or vertigo: diffuse 20 drops of lavender twice daily. Also use a 50:50 blend with carrier oil to massage temples, forehead, and back of neck. Apply a cool, damp cloth over the lavender to help it penetrate. For use on the face, dilute a ratio of 5:95 lavender with a carrier oil. 

(Pénoël, 2014)

Note: There are certain types of sedatives or sedative antidepressants that could interact with lavender products, and cause overdrowiness. you should discuss with your medical practitioner before using lavender if you take any drugs such as these (Robbins & Bedell, 2017). 

Sources:

Pénoël, Daniel, Dr, comp. Integrated Guide to Essential Oils & Aromatherapy. 1st ed. N.p.: n.p., 2014. Print.

Robbins, Shawn, and Charity Bedell. The Good Witch’s Guide. New York: Sterling Ethos, 2017. Print.

Moon

The house your moon is in represents how and where you store your emotions. The sign represents how the emotions operate, how they are dealt with and expressed. 

Element: Air { Gemini, Libra, Aquarius } Aesthetic ☁️

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Nebelwald an Nordflanke der Caldera de Taburiente by Chironius

Sun is inherent royalty, the Queen inside, in hebrew ‘son’ means in the nature of, we are divinely in the nature of our sun sign

Aries: Queen of the Battlefield charging in her chariot against every resistive force Taurus: Queen of Pleasure evoking every rapturous natural sense in divine ceremony  Gemini: Queen of Knowledge as she hangs her little legs off her throne made of books  Cancer: Queen of the Night she stays awake in the night as her kingdom is transformed. Until sunrise watching over her sweet children as they sleep Leo: Queen of the Day the natural heir to the throne of the zodiac kingdom  Virgo: Queen of the Mineral World radiating the wisdom of nature flowing through her hands  Libra: Queen of Justice writing the laws of the land with ink dipped from intellect and intuition Scorpio: Queen of the Underworld the sweetheart of Hades guarding the treasure locked in the safe of the unconscious like shes done it for centuries Sagittarius: Queen of the Earth her kaleidoscope eyes and mind flying her into every point of the compass where another throne is shielded in nature  Capricorn: Queen of the Heavens as she guards the kingdom from her midheaven star, the highest palace in the land, the secret residence of the sorcerer  Aquarius: Queen of Intuition intercepting thoughts from beings from past, present, and future time and delivering them to her kingdom  Pisces: Queen of the Spiritual Seas rising the tides as she wakes and taking them with her as she sleeps

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The Moon is associated with the mother and nurturing, Happy Mother’s Day! 

Aries Moon- Likely had a mom who encourages independence and empowerment.

Taurus Moon- Mother likely encourages reliability, practicality, and maybe a lot of financial sense.

Gemini Moon- Mother encourages communication, learning, and academics.

Cancer Moon- Mother was nurturing overall and encourages emotional protection and family values.

Leo Moon- Had/has a mother who nurtured their self-esteem and positivity.

Virgo Moon- Mother likely encourages specific lifestyles and health habits. She promotes practicality, efficiency, and can be demanding.

Libra Moon- Mother encourages fairness, expression, and cooperation.

Scorpio Moon- Mother encourages empowerment, intuition, and sometimes even unintentionally secretive behavior and manipulation.

Sagittarius Moon- Mother encourages exploration, honesty, and independence.

Capricorn Moon- Mother encourages hard work, practicality, and responsibility.

Aquarius Moon- Mother encourages independence, self-expression, and possibly unusual beliefs.

Pisces Moon- Mother encourages sensitivity, kindness, and flexibility.

“He loved everything, he was full of joyous love toward everything that he saw. And it seemed to him that was just why he was previously so ill – because he could love nothing and nobody.”

— Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (via thatwhichdoesnotsuffer)