The true joy of living has so much to do with being grateful for what we have, and that gratitude opens us up to receive even more blessings. Books like Sara Ban Breathnach's Simple Abundance invite us to see how every moment contains a cornucopia of good for us to discover, and how our lives can be a constant feast, if we have the eyes to see and the ears to hear. Create a Thank-You or Blessing Box, and every day, put in slips of paper that contain the various people and things for which you are grateful. On cold winter days, or whenever the blues or the blahs strike, dip into your personal treasure trove of gratitude and give yourself a lift. For November's complementary oracle, I was guided to dowse for a flower essence for our readers, just like I would do for an individual coming to see me for a consultation in addition to an astrological reading.
Flower essences are tinctures of flower petals that help heal emotions.
Each flower has a particular issue that it helps to resolve, and the remedies are taken a few drops at a time under the tongue over a period of a few weeks. Flower essences help a person move gently to resolution, often on long-standing issues where they have been stuck. If you click on the description of Bisbee Beehive Cactus under This Month's Oracle, you'll notice that it often is a remedy for abuse issues, physical or sexual. More than that, it is the essence of choice when something is just below the surface that we need to deal with, but just can't quite access. It is about root cause, and the help it offers is the ability to get to the bottom of things to heal them.