Chrysanthemum morifolium Positive qualities: Able to distinguish higher spiritual identity from temporal personality; transpersonal and transcendent soul expression Patterns of imbalance: Fear of aging and mortality, over-attachment to temporal personality; healing crisis due to materialistic focus of the soul
Zea mays Positive qualities: Alignment with the Earth, especially through the body and feet; grounded presence Patterns of imbalance: Inability to stay centered in the body; disorientation and stress, particularly in urban or crowded environments
Cosmos bipinnatus Positive qualities: Integration of ideas and speech; coherent thinking; mercurial expression Patterns of imbalance: Unfocused, disorganized communication; overexcited speech, overwhelmed by too many ideas
Taraxacum officinale Positive qualities: Dynamic physical energy and expressive life force; inner ease in work and play. Patterns of imbalance: Tense, rigid or stiff, especially in the musculature of the body; over-striving and hard-driving. Cross-references: Body grief Hardness Heart Masculine Consciousness Massage Mid-life Crisis Pwefectionism Relaxation Release Repression Resistance Study Tension Time Relationship Work and…
Ceanothus integerrimus Positive qualities: Gentle purity and clarity of purpose; motives and actions that are allied with one’s true feelings Patterns of imbalance: Mixed or conflicting motives; dishonest or polite responses not based upon genuine feelings
Anethum graveolens Positive qualities: Ability to experience and absorb a wide variety of sensory experiences, heightened awareness of taste, touch, hearing, sight, smell, etc. Patterns of imbalance: Overwhelm due to excess stimulation, hypersensitivity to environment or to outer activity, sensory congestion
Cornus nuttallii Positive qualities: Grace-filled movement, physical and etheric harmony in the bodyPatterns of imbalance: Awkward and painful awareness of the body; latent emotional trauma or abuse affecting the body, accident prone
Echinacea purpurea Positive qualities: Core integrity and immunity, maintaining a strong sense of Self, especially when challenged by stress or disease Patterns of imbalance: Shattered by severe trauma or abuse; physical or emotional disintegration of Self Identity; poor immune function; vacant presence
Oenothera elata Positive qualities: Awareness and healing of painful early emotions absorbed from parents; ability to open emotionally and form deep, committed relationships Patterns of imbalance: Profound feeling of rejection stemming from in utero or early childhood experience; avoidance of commitment in relationships, fear of parenthood; sexual and emotional coldness or repression
Erythronium purpurascens Positive qualities: Involvement in the social fabric of the world; ability to share one’s spiritual gifts with others Patterns of imbalance: Withdrawal, isolation, self-protection; overly delicate or mystical, lacking the inner strength to participate in community and family
Erodium cicutarium Positive qualities: Star-like vision, a cosmic overview which holds the events of ordinary life in perspective Patterns of imbalance: Obsessive worry and compulsion about minor events; unable to gain a wider perspective in daily life; hyper-focus on small details
Myosotis sylvatica Positive qualities: Awareness of karmic connections in one’s personal relationships; perceptive mindfulness of subtle realms and transpersonal relationships Patterns of imbalance: Lack of connection with souls in the spiritual world; loneliness and isolation due to death of a loved one; soul myopia
Fuchsia magellanica Positive qualities: Genuine emotional vitality, ability to express intense feelings Patterns of imbalance: Hyper-emotionality or hysteria that masks deeply-seated pain and trauma; misdirected psychosomatic responses to pain and stress
Allium sativum Positive qualities: Resilient and vital response to life, active resistance to adverse influences Patterns of imbalance: Fearful or weak due to parasitic influence, prone to low vitality; mediumistic
Ehrendorferia chrysantha Positive qualities: Ability to remember and understand core experiences that define emotional history; nourishment and insight from past experiences Patterns of imbalance: Suppressed toxic memories of childhood; feelings of pain and trauma about past events, affecting present emotional identity