Astrology and Essences - Unique Essence Pairings for Pisces

Brandy Oswald

Astrology and Flower Essences - PiscesAs we find ourselves in the cold, dark days of winter, we are met by the romantic, nurturing, sensitive Pisces. Our Pisces friends, born approximately February 19 to March 20, bring a sense of comfort and sensitivity to the frigid cold months of winter. As one of the emotional, sensitive water signs, Pisces tends to crave intimacy and provide deep support of loved ones.

Occasionally, this fluid, mystical water sign flows towards vagueness and escaping reality. Pisces can also find themselves flowing towards a martyr mentality, perhaps because of their deep desire to comfort and nurture.

For both the highs and the lows, the good and the bad, there are flower and gemstone essences that are perfect for Pisces. Every vibrational essence uniquely addresses particular emotional states or tendencies. It is for this reason that essences pair so well with the astrological world. Essences harness the relationship between the frequencies of the human body (emotions, thoughts, and spirit) and the frequencies, or vibrational energy, of the natural world. Similarly, astrology explores the relationship between the frequencies in our bodies and the frequencies of the planets. While it might seem that essences and astrology are unrelated, they both address the energetic relationship between nature and the human body. For this reason, vibrational essences offer powerful support for each of the zodiac signs.

Pisces, let’s raise your frequency and get you vibrating at an all-time high!


Below are a list of Star Essence flower and gemstone essences to help support the positive characteristics of your sign and additional essences to help counter any undesired Pisces characteristics.


How it works:

Essences listed next to positive characteristics work to support and encourage the associated positive trait. Essences listed next to less desirable characteristics work to counteract the associated trait.



PiscesAstrology and Flower Essences for Pisces

February 19 to March 20

Romantic, nurturing, imaginative Pisces, your sensitive sign brings comfort to the cold, harsh winters. Continue nurturing and comforting the world with our Be Nurtured essence, perfect for offering loving support. Channel your creative, sensitive side with our Artistic Inspiration essence. It is made from the Iris flower and is perfect for soulful creativity.

For those times when you feel like escaping reality reach for our Clematis and About Face essences. Experience the magic in the waking world with the Clematis essence, while finding the strength to face the issues with the About Face essence.



Essences for Pisces Qualities:

Nurturing ~ Be Nurtured (White Ceanothus), Clear Moonstone

Sensitive, Imaginative ~ Artistic Inspiration (Iris), Divine Child (Andean Orchid)

Fluid ~ Wilka Mayu/Sacred River (Yanali Tree), Riverstone

Mystical, Ethereal ~ Grace of Creation (Blue Water Lily), Clear Quartz, Transcendence Spray

Martyr Mentality ~ Chicory, Willow

Vague ~ Articulate Expression (Cosmos), Snow Jade

Escaping Reality ~ Clematis, About Face (Dandelion), Emancipation (Tobacco flower)

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Treat yourself to a flower-fueled, love-filled Valentine's Day!

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With Valentine’s Day upon us, it seems that the season of love is in full force! From Cupid with his lovestruck arrow, to giant teddy bears, to heart-shaped everything - Valentine’s Day can feel simultaneously overwhelming and inauthentic. Truthfully, it doesn’t have to be like that. There is another way.

We’re here to bring love, sensuality, and authenticity back into your Valentine’s Day with our Love Apothecary Trilogy, a flower-fueled tool kit for greater self-love and love of others. As your love alchemists, we’ve brewed three enticing blends of flower essences, essential oils, and sacred healing water to infuse your Valentine’s day with the authentic passion and joy that you deserve. Allow us to explain…

The Love Apothecary Trilogy

  1. Beloved Anointing Oil

Anoint your luscious self (or lover!) with this intoxicating blend of essences and essential oils that inspire free expression of love and joy. The warm, spicy blend of essential oils of clove, bergamot, and sandalwood paired with the playfully wild, and unifying essences of wild potato, mango, and banana make this anointing oil perfect for channeling the frequencies of ecstatic love!

  1. Love, Lover, Beloved Spray

Made from the same blend as our Beloved Anointing Oil, the Love, Lover, Beloved Spray allows you to spritz your space with the enchanting, intoxicating aroma of our warm and spicy Beloved Anointing Oil. Spray pillows, bedding, and clothing to fill your sacred spaces with the frequencies of elation and love. Even better, spritz your luscious self to enhance your ability to give and receive love.

  1. Radiant Sensuality Constellation

You’ve anointed yourself and/or your lover with Beloved Anointing Oil. You’ve spritzed your sacred spaces with the warm, spicy aromas of the Love, Lover, Beloved Spray. Now, it’s time for a sensual love potion. Our Radiant Sensuality constellation inspires you to be the love that you desire, while also cherishing yourself and your lover. This constellation is one of intimacy and has been known to excite a beautiful range of sexual vitality and sensuality rooted in trust and authenticity. It can be especially beneficial in helping to magnetize you to your love. Get creative with how you use this radiant constellation. Take a soothing bath infused with radiant sensuality. Craft an essence cocktail. Add a few drops to your favorite moisturizer. Treat yourself to radiant sensuality this Valentine’s Day!


Forget oversized teddy bears and heart-shaped everything and invite love, sensuality, and authenticity into your Valentine’s Day. This year, be the love that you deserve.

*Note - The Love Apothecary Trilogy includes each of the products listed above, though they may be purchased separately if desired.

 

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Astrology & Essences - Unique Essence Pairings for Aquarius

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Aquarius

It’s Aquarius season, which means it is a time of altruism, tolerance, and visionaries. Our Aquarius friends (including our Founder Star Riparetti!), born approximately January 20 to February 18, are one of the three social, intellectual, philosophical air signs. Their benevolent nature gives way to acceptance and humanitarianism, while their friendly personalities foster social gatherings and group-oriented behaviors.

Though Aquarius is altruistic and social, they may find themselves becoming a bit too erratic and stubborn. This is a sign for which groundedness and adaptability are very important.

For both the highs and the lows, there are flower and gemstone essences that are perfect for Aquarius. Every vibrational essence uniquely addresses particular emotional states or tendencies. It is for this reason that essences pair so well with the astrological world. Essences harness the relationship between the frequencies of the human body (emotions, thoughts, and spirit) and the frequencies, or vibrational energy, of the natural world. Similarly, astrology explores the relationship between the frequencies in our bodies and the frequencies of the planets. While it might seem that essences and astrology are unrelated, they both address the energetic relationship between nature and the human body. For this reason, vibrational essences offer powerful support for each of the zodiac signs.

Aquarius, let’s raise your frequency and get you vibrating at an all-time high!

Below are a list of Star Essence flower and gemstone essences to support the positive characteristics of Aquarius and additional essences to balance any undesired characteristics.

How it Works:

Essences listed next to positive characteristics work to support and encourage the associated positive trait. Essences listed next to less desirable characteristics work to balance the associated trait.

Essences for Aquarius: 

Humanitarian, Altruistic ~ I Am Generosity (Chijchipa), Aquamarine, Epic Tolerance

Group-Oriented ~ Soul Family (Blue Ceanothus), DolFUN~Being Love, Chaska

Visionary ~ Open Mind/Future Vision (Mugwort), Amethyst, Blue Lotus Temple Spray

Non-Conforming, Eccentric ~ Stand Tall (Goldenrod), Zania (Zinnia)

Impersonal ~ Intimacy (Poison Oak Flower), One Heart (Andean Orchid)

Erratic ~ Down to Earth, Moss Agate

Fixed, Stubborn ~ Adaptability (Aster), Let Go and Trust (Oregano)

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Astrology and Essences - Unique Essence Pairings for Capricorn

Brandy Oswald

Capricorn

With the start of another new year comes the ambitious, persevering, and reliable Capricorn. Our Capricorn friends, born approximately December 22 to January 19, are one of the three grounded, realistic, loyal water signs. Their loyal nature fosters perseverance  and a desire to support their people even through hard times.

Though Capricorn is realistic and dedicated, their practical, persevering nature can transform into rigidity and pessimism.

For both the highs and the lows, the good and the bad, there are flower and gemstone essences that are perfect for Capricorn. Every vibrational essence uniquely addresses particular emotional states or tendencies. It is for this reason that essences pair so well with the astrological world. Essences harness the relationship between the frequencies of the human body (emotions, thoughts, and spirit) and the frequencies, or vibrational energy, of the natural world. Similarly, astrology explores the relationship between the frequencies in our bodies and the frequencies of the planets. While it might seem that essences and astrology are unrelated, they both address the energetic relationship between nature and the human body. For this reason, vibrational essences offer powerful support for each of the zodiac signs.

Capricorn, let’s raise your frequency and get you vibrating at an all-time high!


Below are a list of Star Essence flower and gemstone essences to help support the positive characteristics of your sign and additional essences to help counter any undesired Capricorn characteristics.


How it works:

Essences listed next to positive characteristics work to support and encourage the associated positive trait. Essences listed next to less desirable characteristics work to counteract the associated trait.

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CAPRICORN

December 22 to January 19

Devoted, fearless Capricorn you an ambitious and dedicated leader. Support your ambitious nature and discover the adventure of new projects with our Soul Purpose and Project Catalyst essences. Soul Purpose is great for exploring what gifts you have to offer the world, while Project Catalyst is perfect for bringing those gifts to life.

Capricorns, we know you can easily get stuck in a cycle of negativity and can become a bit rigid. Grab our I Am Gratitude mustard essence to let go of pessimism and embrace the many joys already present in your life. Support flexibility and your ability to adapt with the willow essence.


Essences for Capricorn Qualities:

Ambitious ~ Soul Purpose, Project Catalyst (Indian Paintbrush), Chalcopyrite

Persevering ~ Faith and Courage, Inocencia Coca (Coca), Lepidolite

Mature, Reliable ~ Early Bloomer (Oxalis), Oak

Family-Oriented ~ Soul Family (Blue Ceanothus), Otter Delight

Pessimistic ~ I Am Gratitude / Mustard, Wild Rose, Celebration Blessings Spray

Rigid ~ Willow, Azurite/Malachite

Snobbish ~ Beech, DolFUN~Being Love

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10 Flower Essences to Ring in the New Year with Self Love, Joy, and Abundance

Brandy Oswald

10 Flower Essences to Ring in the New Year

Every December 31st people around the world gather to celebrate and wish for a new year filled with abundance, self-love, joy, and sweet new beginnings. Unfortunately, in an effort to make these wishes a reality, we often resort to setting strict, joyless resolutions that consequently fall by the wayside by March. This year, let’s do things differently. Let’s open up to the blessings that await in the new year. Stop forcing, striving, and fighting - rather, open up and create space for the magic that lies ahead.

 Today we’re giving you a round-up of our 10 favorite essences to ring in the new year with self-love, joy, and abundance. Replace those restrictive resolutions with soulful intentions as you incorporate these essences into your new year. The more soulful the intention, the more soulful the impact!

 

10 Essences to Ring in the New Year

 

Celebration Blessings Spray

Featuring: Dance, Eternal Youth, Pure Joy, Otter Delight, 24k gold, and essential oils of lime, bergamot, tangerine, orange, and lavender

Celebrate the new year with joy, happiness, and delightful dancing. Celebration Blessings Spray makes everything happier and more joyful. It is great for movement of all kinds, especially dance. It features some of our most joyful essences including: Dance, Pure Joy, and Otter Delight. Also enjoy its uplifting blend of essential oils including: lime, tangerine, and orange.

 

Quintessential Balance

Featuring: Balance & Stability, Faith & Courage, Clear Quartz (master healer)
Indulge in a few too many cocktails or cookies over the holiday season? Quickly return to a state of equilibrium with our Quintessential Balance essence blend. This blend of essences is the perfect rescue remedy for adults, teenagers, children, pets, and even plants! It is truly an essence must-have.

 

Holy Harmony Spray

Featuring: Balance & Stability, Be Nurtured, Faith & Courage, Nature Communion, and essential oils of lavender & fennel
As the holiday season comes to a close and the new year begins, we often find ourselves searching for harmony - with family, friends, and even ourselves. Invite balance, harmony, connection, and unconditional into the new year with our Holy Harmony Spray. It’s both relaxing and uplifting, making it the perfect post-holiday elixir.

 

Perfect Weight

Featuring: Balance & Stability, Master Teacher, Sublime Chocolate, Sacred Union, Rose Quartz
The new year is traditionally a time of resolutions, goal setting, and strict diet and weight loss plans. They never really seem to work all that well, leaving us feeling disappointed. Try something new this year with our Perfect Weight essence blend. It supports balanced appetite and metabolism, while promoting confidence and self-love. The perfect weight is a state of mind, which is why this essence blend is crafted to promote the release of emotional, as well as physical, weight. Enjoy your beautiful body and achieve your perfect weight state of mind in 2017!

 

The Way I Am

Calla Lily flower essence
Love yourself exactly as you are this new year with our favorite essence for self-love - The Way I Am. This calla lily flower essence supports radiant self-love and self-acceptance, while promoting authentic self-expression.

 

Cerato

Golden Bach Flower
Begin the new year with confidence and self-reliance with the Cerato flower essence. It will support you in trusting your own judgement, allowing you to release uncertainty and self-doubt in the new year.

 

Sweet New Beginnings

Pink Jasmine flower essence
Experience clarity and ease as you usher in the new year. Our Sweet New Beginnings essence will allow you to adjust to the new year with ease and balance. It is also great for connecting to the divine!

 

Prosperity Alchemy Spray

Featuring: Freedom/Libertad (with 24k gold), I Am Generosity, I Am Gratitude, Diamond, Emerald, and essential oils of bergamot, clove, and nutmeg
Ring in the new year with prosperity and abundance. Our Prosperity Alchemy Spray is perfect for promoting optimism, good fortune, and financial well-being. Expect abundance and wealth from unexpected sources when using this powerful essence blend.  

 

Project Catalyst

Indian Paintbrush flower essence
Is there a project you’ve been wanting to dive into but can’t seem to find the inspiration or motivation? We’ve got just the thing for you. Stoke the fire of creativity, passion, and inspiration with our Project Catalyst flower essence. The start of a new year is a powerful time to launch a new endeavor, begin a new project, or tackle your goals. Allow the Indian Paintbrush flower to be your project catalyst for 2017. Let’s make it happen!

 

Let Go & Trust

Oregano flower essence
Holding onto attachments, stressors, or challenging situations from 2016? Release them with ease with the help of our Let Go and Trust essence. Create space for something new in the year ahead. Let Go and Trust is also a great essence to use during a new year cleanse.

 

 

 

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12 Essences for a Happy, Stress-Free Holiday Season

Brandy Oswald

Happy Holidays

The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes a wild whirling of emotions. It’s a beautiful melange of joy and stress. From family gatherings, to hanging decorations, to holiday parties, it seems there’s always something to do and somewhere to be. During a time of year that brings such immense joy and gratitude, we often find ourselves feeling overwhelmed and stressed out.

Allow gemstone and flower essences to transform your holiday season by raising your frequency and promoting harmony, balance, gratitude, and joy. Adding vibrational essences to your holiday season assists in releasing the stress and embracing all of the joyful moments that we are blessed to experience this time of year.

Today, we’re bringing you 12 essences for a happy, stress-free holiday season. We’ve outlined these essences by their ability to promote gratitude, joy, family harmony, and balance. Happy Holidays, Starry Friends!

 

Essences for Gratitude

I Am Gratitude

This Peruvian flower essence is great for raising the octave of love during the holiday season. Whether it’s at the family holiday party, the dinner table, or while giving and receiving holiday gifts - this essence will infuse you and your loved ones with abundance and gratitude. Add this essence to your holiday traditions and not only experience gratitude, but BE gratitude!

 

Mustard

This Golden Bach flower essence is a powerful supporter of gratitude, joy, and emotional equilibrium. When families gather, and the holidays are upon us, emotions tend to be high. It’s a beautiful and messy melange of joy, gratitude, love, and stress. Using the mustard essence will help keep emotions balanced this holiday season, while enhancing feelings of gratitude and joy.

BONUS: Click here to get an insider’s look at the making of the Mustard Essence with Star Essence Founder, Star Riparetti!

 

Loving Thoughts

Keep a positive perspective and an open heart this holiday season with our Loving Thoughts essence blend. It supports optimistic, loving thoughts, which allow us to recognize and express gratitude for all of the blessings in our lives.

 

Essences for Joy

Celebration Blessings Spray

Celebrate the joy of the holiday season with our Celebration Blessings Spray. This essence blend is perfect for ceremonies and celebrations of all kinds. It makes everything happier. Spritz it at your family holiday party, at your office holiday party, and at all of your celebratory gatherings this holiday season.

 

Pure Joy

This magnificent orange blossom flower essence promotes enthusiasm, euphoria, and pure joy. Use it this holiday season to keep spirits high and joy abundant. Oh, did we mention it is the perfect addition to party punches!

 

Dance

Dance, our essence from the vibrant, red bougainvillea flower, supports grace and brilliance. It will get you flowing gracefully with life, while adding some vibrancy to your dance moves. This is a great essence to get you and the family moving gracefully during the holidays.

 

Essences for Family Harmony

Otter Delight

As our only animal essence on this list, Otter Delight supports family harmony and joyful play. It encourages heightened self-love, ensuring that you are able to give love this holiday season. Add this essence to your holiday traditions to strengthen family bonds and promote family playtime!

 

Holy Harmony Spray

Given the intensity of emotions and obligations that arise during the holiday season, allow our Holy Harmony Spray to offer some much needed peace and harmony. This essence blend is both soothing and healing, allowing you to stay calm and collected despite high emotions during the holidays. It has a simultaneously relaxing and uplifting blend of lavender and fennel essential oils. The perfect essence blend for some serenity now!

 

Art of Gentle Communication

If there is one thing that instantly improves family harmony, it’s gentle communication. With our Art of Gentle Communication calendula flower essence, encourage softer, more positive communication this holiday season. This essence will bring a calm, healing energy to your family as they gather for a joyous holiday.

 

Balance & Ease

Balance and Stability

Balance and ease are not necessarily sentiments that we associate with the holiday season. Release stress this year and return to a state of balance and harmony with our Balance and Stability essence. It is a great essence for feeling balanced in your environment, especially during times of stress. This essence is also great for children and animals. Say hello to balance and stability for the whole family!

 

Quintessential Balance

This broad spectrum stabilizer quickly returns equilibrium to those who use it. It’s anti-stress properties are great when you are feeling  off-center and in need of balance and ease. Bring quintessential balance to the entire family including kids, pets, and plants!

 

Azurite/Malachite

Lastly, we have the Azurite/Malachite gemstone essence for loving tolerance. This essence creates a willingness to listen, relate, and communicate while remaining in the heart space. Keep your family vibrating in the octave of love and tolerance this holiday season with this powerful gemstone essence.

 

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Astrology and Essences - Unique Essence Pairings for Sagittarius

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Sagittarius Astrology and Flower Essences

It’s Sagittarius season, which means it is a time of optimism, independence, knowledge, and adventure. Our Sagittarius friends, born approximately November 23 to December 21, are one of the three wise, adventurous, inspirational fire signs. Their knowledge-seeking nature gives way to creativity and wisdom, while their independent personality fosters adventure, especially outdoors.

Though Sagittarius is optimistic and adventurous, they may find themselves becoming a bit too blunt and reckless. This is a sign for which gentle communication and patience are very important.

For both the highs and the lows, there are flower and gemstone essences that are perfect for Sagittarius. Every vibrational essence uniquely addresses particular emotional states or tendencies. It is for this reason that essences pair so well with the astrological world. Essences harness the relationship between the frequencies of the human body (emotions, thoughts, and spirit) and the frequencies, or vibrational energy, of the natural world. Similarly, astrology explores the relationship between the frequencies in our bodies and the frequencies of the planets. While it might seem that essences and astrology are unrelated, they both address the energetic relationship between nature and the human body. For this reason, vibrational essences offer powerful support for each of the zodiac signs.

Sagittarius, let’s raise your frequency and get you vibrating at an all-time high!

Below are a list of Star Essence flower and gemstone essences to support the positive characteristics of Sagittarius and additional essences to balance any undesired characteristics.

 

How it Works:

Essences listed next to positive characteristics work to support and encourage the associated positive trait. Essences listed next to less desirable characteristics work to balance the associated trait.

 

SAGITTARIUS

November 23 to December 21
Essences for Sagittarius Qualities:

Optimistic ~ Gorse, Mango Paradise (Mango)

Independent ~ Freedom/Libertad, Spirited/Audacious and Bold (Gazania)

Philosophical, Knowledge-Seeking ~ Brilliant Student, Opaque Blue Sodalite

Adventurous, Outdoorsy ~ Nature Communion, Travel Solution, Blue Turquoise

Blunt ~ Art of Gentle Communication (Calendula), One Heart

Reckless ~ Clear Head (Feverfew), Impatiens

Self-righteous ~ Humility (Wild California Peony), Vervain

 

For more deeper look at the relationship between the zodiac and vibrational essences, we’ve created a free Vibrational Essences & Astrology E-Book! It highlights the relationship between the zodiac and vibrational essences and masterfully outlines essences to support each sign of the zodiac.

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7 Essences for Giving Thanks This Thanksgiving

Brandy Oswald

We are so grateful

With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us, we’re reminded to give thanks for all of the blessings in our lives. However, it can be easy to get swept up in the stress of the season like cooking a gigantic family dinner or that pesky relative making his yearly visit. Let’s take some time this Thanksgiving to steer clear of stress and refocus on the beautiful things in our lives.

Some great ways to shift your focus towards the blessings in life is to develop and support a daily gratitude practice. Gratitude lists, journaling, and prayer are a great way to do this. Of course there is another gratitude practice that we’re very fond of. You guessed it - flower essence use!

There are many wonderful flower essences that work to raise our frequencies, shift our perspective to the positive, and support our ability to experience and express gratitude. Don’t just bring your famous apple pie to Thanksgiving dinner this year, bring some flower essences, too, and support yourself and your family in giving thanks this Thanksgiving!

Not sure where to start? We’ve gathered together a list of our six favorite flower essences for expressing gratitude and one great gemstone essence as well!

 

7 Essences For Giving Thanks This Thanksgiving

 

I Am Gratitude

An obvious choice for the first essence on our list is the I Am Gratitude flower essence. This Peruvian flower essence is great for raising the octave of love around the dinner table. It supports the user in being able to give and receive feelings of gratitude. Add this essence to your Thanksgiving traditions and not only experience gratitude, but BE gratitude!

 

Mustard

This Golden Bach flower essence is a powerful supporter of gratitude, joy, and emotional equilibrium. When families gather, and the holidays are upon us, emotions tend to be high. It’s a beautiful and messy melange of delight, appreciation, love, and stress. Using the Mustard essence will help keep emotions balanced this holiday season, while enhancing feelings of gratitude and joy.

BONUS: Click here to get an insider’s look at the making of the Mustard Essence with Star Essence Founder, Star Riparetti!

 

I Am Generosity

We can’t talk about the holiday season without talking about generosity. During the Thanksgiving holiday we are not only giving thanks, but time, love, and energy into crafting a delicious meal, a finely decorated home, and designated time with loved ones. It is important to support our generosity during this time of year, so that we can continue to give thanks, joy, and energy to the ones we love. The I Am Generosity flower essence is the perfect essence for enhancing magnanimous flow and abundance during this joyful time of year.

 

Prosperity Alchemy

Strengthen your affirmations of generosity and gratitude with the Prosperity Alchemy essence blend featuring Freedom/Libertad, I Am Generosity, I Am Gratitude, I Remember, Citrine, Diamond, and Emerald essences. With Prosperity Alchemy you will remain open and willing to receive gratitude and abundance.

 

One Heart

One Heart is a great unifying, love-filled essence that brings people together. If your family tends to argue or experience divides during the Thanksgiving holiday, the One Heart essence is great for supporting acceptance of one another and unifying the entire family.

 

Loving Thoughts

Keep a positive perspective and an open heart this Thanksgiving with our Loving Thoughts essence blend. It supports optimistic, loving thoughts, which allow us to recognize and express our gratitude for all of the blessings in our lives.

 

Green Adventurine

Lastly, we have our featured gemstone essence - Green Adventurine. This gemmie is a powerful promoter of harmony, positive vibrations, and emotional security. Adding this essence to your Thanksgiving holiday will soothe emotions, foster a sense of peace and harmony, and allow you to experience the joy of giving thanks.

 

 

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Using Essences Holographically: Taking Essences as Service

Arielle Ela•Ra

We are blessed to live in a time of Awakening. Though its opposite can sometimes feel like the more prevalent force, more and more of us are becoming aware everyday of our interconnectedness, and the fact that there is more to this world- and to us- than meets the eye.

There are many beautiful tools to assist us on our journey of Awakening, including flower and gemstone essences. Traditionally, these vibrational remedies have been used for personal healing, well-being and development- and as our individual consciousness impacts the collective consciousness, this in and of itself is an act of service to the world. But what if we were to take it a step further? What if we were to take essences for the world, or for others?

What if we were to use essences holographically?

Scientifically, a “hologram” is defined as a three-dimensional image created with photographic projection, or formed by the interference of light beams (as from a laser). Spiritually- and for our purposes here- a hologram is a blueprint of material reality constructed by the light frequencies of our thoughts and intentions. Whenever we use our desire and intent to manifest something, it exists first holographically- essentially as an etheric scale model.

Clairvoyants can often see these holograms, or incoming realities, in people’s energy fields. An example is when I was working on manifesting a romantic relationship. An entire year before my partner and I physically entered one another’s lives, two different psychics did a reading for me and talked about my “boyfriend” in the present tense- the energy of his hologram was so pronounced in my field that they were certain we were already in relationship! (They also described his appearance in remarkable detail, including that he was holding a guitar- all of which turned out to be true.)

Technically of course, whenever we use essences with deliberate intent- for instance to manifest healing of a physical malady- we are using them holographically, because on an energetic level we are fashioning a hologram of our desired reality (in this example, a body in perfect health)! However when taking essences consciously on behalf of others, we are projecting that hologram outward: making the “holographic” terminology that much more appropriate, and how I am choosing to define it here.

 

So how does one take essences holographically?

You can think of using essences holographically as simply an added dimension to the prayer and positive visualization you’re probably already doing for your loved ones and for the world.

Following is a suggested meditation you can use- and these steps aren’t strictly necessary. Ask for and listen to your own inner guidance. The protocol can be very simple or very elaborate. You can choose to invoke and involve whatever deity, angel, saint or other loving, evolved light beings are meaningful to you. You will develop your own process that is unique to you (and possibly unique to each focus).

 

Holographic Love Meditation:
  1. Center and clear yourself, in whichever way works best for you personally- through breathwork, meditation, time in Nature, or sacred movement. It can be nice to spritz yourself with Star Essence’s Crystal Clear Spray.
  2. Ask the higher self or overlighting deva of the person, place or situation you are making your focus for permission to send healing. You will intuitively feel, hear, see, sense or simply know the answer. (If it is no, honor that.)
  3. If it is yes, set your intention and continue with the process. Remain open and flexible throughout for suggestions or guidance from the focus’ higher self or spiritual guardians, or from your own. Remember you are simply an instrument.
  4. Focus on your heartspace and on love, until you can feel an expansive energy in your heart chakra (you may feel it in your higher heart, or thymus chakra, as well). It may feel warm, tingly, soft, or even like a rush of emotion. The experience will be unique to you.
  5. When you feel fully in this heartspace, visualize a glowing energy vortex of love in front of you. It may look like a spinning chakra, or like a sphere or a disc- it may be green or pink or gold. However it wants to manifest for you is fine. Project the love from your heart into this energy field and feel both it and yourself continue to expand as if you are fed from the same stream of unconditional source energy (you are).
  6. Now visualize the person, place or situation you are making your focus and place them respectfully into this love vortex.
  7. Take drops of (or mist yourself with) the essence chosen for your focus, and intend that this energy is also going into the love vortex, and into them. Reaffirm or elaborate on your intention if it feels appropriate. Most importantly, send your focus the omnipresent love and support of the Universe, and envision them fully held in the space of their highest good, and embodying their greatest potential. Create a hologram of divine perfection and enfoldment.
  8. Gently, like blowing a kiss on the wind or releasing a bird into the sky, send or project this love vortex/hologram to your intended focus.

 

Note that even if your focus’ higher self or overlighting deva has given permission for healing, they themselves may not be ready to fully receive it just yet in this dimension. That’s okay. So long as you have honored their free will and acted in service with the blessing of the divine, your love hologram will contribute to their highest good at the rate and level that is perfect for them.

Again, throughout this process, honor the universal law of Free Will. This means honoring Divine Will. It should go without saying that using essences holographically (and any other undertaking) should never be done with an intent to manipulate, control or interfere... Or with overly-specific prayers or visualizations (however well-intentioned) that try to dictate a particular outcome to a Universe with, let’s face it, far more infinite possibilities for good than we can imagine!

A good way to preface your intention when using essences holographically is the old stand by, for the good of all. Or, for the highest possible outcome. You can also close with: this, or something even better!

 

You can take essences on behalf of…

    Individuals in government.
    Countries or cities.
    Groups, organizations, corporations or minorities.
    Threatened species or habitats.
    Gaia, our Mother Earth.
    Loved ones, acquaintances or even strangers in the news you feel called to uplift.
    Humanity as a whole.
    Peace, Prosperity, Light, Love, or any other positive paradigms seemingly in need of more anchoring in this dimension.

     

    Some tips:

    Choose one person, situation or collective to make your focus, and one essence (or blend of essences) to use on their behalf. Ideally this is the only essence you will take for your chosen duration of service. If you feel guided to use another essence to support you during the process- or if you detect that something shifts with your focus and they require a different or supplementary essence halfway through- that’s okay. Your intuition is your best guide.

    You can use essences holographically as a stand-alone practice, or commit to a daily practice over a number of days for a specific focus.

    You should only use essences holographically as service when feeling clear, grounded, and energized. Select a time and duration for your service that is free of excessive scheduling, obligations, emotionally charged events or stress. (And if any extenuating circumstances should crop up, stop the process. You can resume at a more ideal time.)

    Remember that often the things we are most triggered by or called to be in service to relate to something that we ourselves are working on or needing to balance. Always, you are both the healer and the healed, the teacher and the student. Stay open, aware, and fluid. Let yourself be surprised and delighted by the process.

     

    The word hologram comes from the Greek: holo meaning “whole,” and gram meaning “message.” When we use essences holographically, we act holistically. We send a message of wholeness and love to the world, and to ourselves.

     

    Arielle is a long-time Star Essence employee and practitioner who has been using Star Essences for over 15 years. She also creates her own essences and alchemical blends which can be explored at www.arielixirs.com.

     

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    Believe in love, always.

    Brandy Oswald1 comment

    Believe in love

    In yogic philosophy, there is a practice known as svadhyaya, or self-study. Svadhyaya is often thought of as the study of how one interacts with, and reacts to, the world around her/him. You might call it noticing yoga.

    It’s noticing habits, thoughts, reactions, instincts, speech, desire, need, and more. At first, it’s merely recognizing. Then, perhaps, it becomes assessing what feels good and what does not, what is true and what is not, what serves you and want does not. From there, it’s choosing to interact with the world differently. It’s stepping back to act, not out of instinct, but intention. It is moving forward into the person that you desire to be - into your full potential and service to the world.

    It’s choosing to know yourself better to better serve the world.

    Now is a time when we need svadhyaya, when we need self-study. It is a time to step back and  acknowledge what we know to be true. In the name of self-study, in the name of love and unity, here is what I know to be true: Love is real. I see it. I feel it. I live it. Goodness is also real, as is joy and compassion. They are all so real.

    I know this to be true.

    It is time, now, to look inward and acknowledge the truth that love and goodness are real. It is important to remember that we see and feel their realness every day. We have a choice, as we turn our focus inward, to let go of what does not serve us and move forward into our full loving, unifying potential and service to the world. We have a choice to grow the love and joy and peace within, so that we may pass that goodness onto those we come across. We have the ability to create a snowball of love and joy and peace.

    I know this to be true.

    This reminds me of a profound message from author Elizabeth Gilbert in her book Eat Pray Love. Gilbert writes, “The best we can do then, in response to our incomprehensible and dangerous world, is to practice holding equilibrium internally - no matter what insanity is transpiring out there…. Imagine the universe is a great spinning engine. You want to stay near the core of the thing - right in the hub of the wheel - not out at the edges where all the wild whirling takes place, where you can get frayed and crazy. The hub of calmness that’s your heart. Stop looking for answers in the world. Just keep coming back to that center and you will always find peace.”

    I know this to be true.

    Lastly, I ask of you but one thing.... Believe in love. Always.

    Need to fill up your love cup? Here are our favorite flower essences for promoting love, unity, and inward reflection:

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