Some journal questions to support our understanding of how this Libra Full Moon, Sun in Aries also in Cazimi could be affecting us. Mercury has transited to Taurus, and will soon be our first retrograde before the big eclipse.

Allow this time of sweet hums of spring and the gentle breeze be a soothing awakening to an active rest of the year.

Get ya grimoires ready, steep your tea!

Warmest Regards,

Tessa Jo

xoxo

An inner sun is sometimes what this wonderful herb is referred to as. The gossip around the woods in the deep winter, this little spindy yellow ball of light can be soaked in fats, where it turns a brilliant red tone and can support a hurting heart. We talk about the actions, indications, essence and some reflective questions this herb inspires within it's medicinal application and it's oracle. 

How to blend a tincture and why this formula is supportive to the cardiovascular system 

Today's episode is about how to address the intensity of this coming New Moon in Capricorn. It will be in its first decan, in a critical degree; meaning it's going to have massively influential aspects related to it. And very much so a representee of Capricorn's lessons, which teach of steadfast security, devotion, structure, progress and process. 

Tapping into the truth of how nourishing, nurturing and receptive Capricorn's energy is imperative to not being crushed by it's dominating expression. It will force us into truth, a new way of gathering resources or recognizing what resources are available. It is asking a lot of us, especially after such a taxing eclipse season that came in from a hell storm of lessons this last 9 years. Saturn is still in retrograde and causing us to really analyze the last 9 years of our lives, and lessons that have culminated I'm that time are revealing their fruits. 

Pumpkins symbolize the hearth of our hearts. There ethnobotanical relationship with humans is one of deep nourishment, structure and security.

This species of squash is prolific, it’s powerful and its abundant.

Pumpkin bulbous inner being and its hard, round exterior provides deep sense of security, safety, and nourishment. The thick flesh, filled with bioavailable flavinoids, phyto-nutrients, seeds, flesh for eating, pigment for dyeing, and vines for decorating. Their roots create profound structure in the soil, providing preventive support from erosion. They are rich in their ability to provide structural support in the gardens by acting as a layering system that not only protects the microbiome of the soil itself. But when paired with other vining plants, soft salad greens and long stalky plants fill the gardens supported, adaptable and resilient.

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This month is full, it is restful, it is tender. There is so much in the sky atm, so much passing us over the last year, this month feels like a desert autumn breeze. The gentlest warmth, the crisp and sharp light of winter, blue hues and all. 

Snake came quite often and today is rang loud and clear. Metamorphsis, beyond our vision, is on the horizon. We are being asked to prepare our den, so we may shed. We are being asked to allow, to trust and to let die what must fall. 

It's been an intense few months, years, and we are built for this intensity. Reality is truly refining itself to align with a vision of a future that reflects our optimal evolution, its just up to us to want that. Want it more then we want our patterns, our confusion, our complacency.

Journal Questions for this card pulling are:

One of my favorite topics ever, self-care! With the autumn equinox, passing of the Mabon portal and the coming of Libra season, the grand harmonizer - I believe a discussion on harmonizing our bodies is due! I received my Associates degree in Integrative Health, majoring in Nutrition and Western Herbalism, with quite a few Eastern modalities, sustainability studies etc. under my belt. When it comes to self-care, witchcraft and all between - I am quite passionate, nerdy and insistent on specificities. I like effectiveness, I enjoy an explanation. I want to know why before what, ya know? 

So, today I provide some tools that I utilize, that are accessible, low effort and no cost! Libra season is all about Justice, Harmonizing, Integrating and Interdepending. Let's start it off with a few tangible ways to love on us, even when we are not really feeling it. The Craft is in the way we spend our day to day, and setting ourselves up for success on a physiological level is important. I provide citations to some research that grounds our discussion today, and a video on how to do the suggested breathing exercise. I hope these 4 planets direct love you right, I trust yall are doing what you must, to be who you are, wherever that is in this journey. 

Bless you,

Tessa Jo

xoxo

Nadi Shodhna and the science behind it's physiological/psychological benefits

1) (PDF) Enhanced Wellbeing Amongst Engineering Students Through Nadi Shodhan Pranayama (Alternate Nostril Breathing) Training : An Analysis (researchgate.net) 

2) Differential effects of uninostril and alternate nostril pranayamas on cardiovascular parameters and reaction time - PubMed (nih.gov)

3) (PDF) Immediate Effect of Nadi Shodhana Pranayama on Blood Glucose, Heart Rate and Blood Pressure (researchgate.net)

How to Alternate Nostril Breathe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=l11qFpRqhIQ&feature=emb_title 

Health Benefits of Sun Exposure:

Grounding/Earthing:

1) Ober, C. (2000) Grounding the Human Body to Neutralize Bioelectrical Stress from Static Electricity and EMFs. ESD Journal. www.esdjournal.com/articles/cober/ground.htm - References - Scientific Research Publishing (scirp.org)

2) Earthing: health implications of reconnecting the human body to the Earth's surface electrons - PubMed (nih.gov)