AIR

PRACTICE

Candle gazing

Intentionally carve out a window of time to focus on the element of fire.

Practice candle gazing with your sacred flame as an eyes awake clear focussed practice of meditative connection. We are very used to connecting to the energies of down and in. Can you consider what it means to be in full presence in your waking life. Turning all of your life into a practice of presence of ritual embodiment

Allow your vision to drop into the flames and dance in their motion. Consider how you embody FIRE, how you meet fire. How do you sustain and use your fire?

JOURNAL

Air meets fire. What spark of life is calling for your attention. What direction are you moving in? In Mercury Retrograde it is less about writing down anything (that may become a riddle as we sway this way and that) but instead leaning into the discomfort of space and confusion. To be present for the re-combobulating wobble

The wisdom of the last 13 moons cycle has passed and we can choose to realise the power of that wisdom and breathe new life into anything that needs our attention or requires refinement

ASTRO HERBALISM WITH PLANT KIN

Do you need to tend to your inner fire, does your fire need quelling. Work with warming or cooling plants and notice what your beautiful body temple needs - remember that this will ebb and flow with the tides of the day.

Dandelion

Let me reintroduce you to the much maligned Dandelion!

This tenacious ‘weed’ - lets reclaim that word! Is a powerhouse of support for us in this season. Rooted and strong and will return just about anywhere. It has roots that are difficult to remove. A true symbol of rebirth, strength and power. If you look at the flower - it has ‘rays’ of petals expanding outwards like the sun or a lions mane (The name originates from ‘Lions Teeth’).

Dandelion greens (leaves) are a great source of vitamins - ie. A, K, calcium, iron and magnesium. It is an antioxidant, known particularly as a kidney remedy (anciently known as ‘wet the bed’). Use dandelion root to detoxify the liver and gallbladder, and to increase bile production this gets our digestion moving and supports optimal functioning.

You can eat the flowers, leaves and roots. Put the leaves and flowers in salad, use the flowers to make a tea infusion and dry the roots to decoct (long slow strong infusion) for a safe whole family remedy for constipation.

What other spring greens can you seek, identify and forage for enriching salads? Wild garlic is a favourite in our home and we have so much three cornered leak in our garden

You may want to consider making a solar oil infused with Dandelion which will be ready by Beltane to earth your body

INCANTATION

Aries is the first house of Identity in the zodiac wheel. Use this energy to carve new pathways into your psyche. Particularly notice when an old and outdated one appears, thank it for its support in getting you here but put it to rest and invite in a new one.

“I am …” (Strong, healthy, resilient, on my own timeline, marching to the beat of my unique drum, rising in love, tending to my needs and desires, holy and whole ) - create powerful spells for your body to hear

EMBODIMENT RITUALS

Offer yourself a solar plexus massage (the area in the centre of your body at the base of where your ribs meet) with your dominant hand. If you feel to you can deepen the intensity and with an open mouth breathe out the stagnancy or noise that wants to come through. Notice the feel of this area - tight, loose, sticky…Next place your thumbs and forefingers together in yoni mudra (creating a downward facing triangle in the central space between your hands) with your thumbs, press down through the central channel of your abdomen and connect to a sense of sending the power down into the earth.

Consider offering yourself a castor oil pack on your liver to support the detoxification process

Shed old skin - Slough your skin with salt scrub - consider making your own with salt (earth), oil (fire) and water alchemy and add Rosemary for instance - using activating movement (air) to invite a new energy into your temple. Consider a salt scrub for your scalp as this is a prime time for flaky scalps as we expand out of our winter skin

As you spring clean your home, consider how to also spring clean your body

Consider how your routines serve you - do you do something out of habit or because it was taught to you but doesn’t actually feel in alignment (for example when and what you eat) - explore the insights available when listening to YOUR body

May you and your soul seeds take flight when the time is right