Achillea filipendulina Positive qualities: Remaining open to others while staying self-contained; active social involvement which preserves inner equilibrium Patterns of imbalance: Over-sensitivity to one’s social surroundings, resulting in social isolation, or a false social persona; dependence on drugs for protection or social masking
Solidago velutina ssp californica Positive qualities: Strong and secure sense of individuality, balanced with a group or social consciousness Patterns of imbalance: Overly influenced by group or cultural ties; inability to be true to oneself, easily susceptible to peer pressure or external social demands
Hibiscus moscheutos Positive qualities: Warmth and responsiveness in sexuality; integration of soul warmth and bodily passion Patterns of imbalance: Inability to enjoy sexual experience; lack of warmth and vitality, often due to prior exploitation, false cultural expectations or abuse
Cynoglossum grande Positive qualities: Holistic thinking; perception of physical reality united with lively thoughts, integration of imagination and intellect Patterns of imbalance: Materialistic world view, weighed down or dulled by a mundane or overly analytical viewpoint; can be accompanied by heaviness or torpor in the physical body
Silene laciniata ssp. californica Positive qualities: Ability to remain centered and focused, even under stress or high levels of activity; managing and coordinating diverse tasks Patterns of imbalance: Psychic forces which are easily fragmented by too much movement; frayed and overwhelmed during multi-leveled activity
Iris douglasiana Positive qualities: Inspired artistry, soulful creativity in touch with higher realms; radiant, iridescent vision in all aspects of life Patterns of imbalance: Lacking inspiration or creativity; feeling weighed down by the ordinariness of the world; dullness or spectator consciousness
Cypripedium parviflorum Positive qualities: Higher purpose aligned with daily work, integration of spiritual vision with vital forces in the root and creative chakras Patterns of imbalance: Life purpose and direction not aligned with outer activity; nervous exhaustion or sexual depletion due to inability to access life force in the lower chakras
Delphinium variegatum Positive qualities: Charismatic leadership, contagious enthusiasm, joyful service Patterns of imbalance: Leadership distorted by self-aggrandizement or burdensome dutifulness; inability to motivate or inspire others
Lavandula angustifolia Positive qualities: Spiritual sensitivity, highly refined awareness intact with stable bodily health Patterns of imbalance: Nervous or high-wired energy states, over-stimulation of mental or spiritual forces, depletion of physical forces; insomnia
Nelumbo nucifera Positive qualities: Expansive and inclusive spirituality, ability to synthesize diverse life experiences in service to the spiritual worldPatterns of imbalance: Spiritual pride, inflated sense of Self, out of touch with ordinary personality and humble tasks
Amaranthus caudatus Positive qualities: Transcendent consciousness, the ability to move beyond personal pain, suffering or mental anguish; transpersonal vision; compassionate acceptance of life karma Patterns of imbalance: Intensification of pain and suffering due to isolation; profound melancholia or despair due to the over-personalization of one’s pain
Achillea millefolium var. rubra Positive qualities: Loving awareness of others within a field of self-contained consciousness; appropriate emotional boundaries Patterns of imbalance: Unbalanced sympathetic forces, overly absorbent auric field, lack of emotional clarity, dysfunctional merging with others
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Prunus amygdalus Positive qualities: Ability of the heart to anchor a core structure of life-giving light; integration of physical incarnation and spiritual development; alignment of mental “light” forces with physical “life” forces; ability to find self identity through the integration of physical and spiritual realities (Life and Light) Patterns of imbalance: Obstacles to proper physical development such…
Mentzelia laevicaulis Positive qualities: Radiant and inwardly vital will forces; masculine soul forces developed from an inner foundation of nurturing life forces; alchemical union of feminine water and masculine fire soul elements Patterns of imbalance: Predominance of water element in the body and emotions causing paralysis of the will; inability to catalyze soul fire; bifurcation of soul…