Solidago velutina ssp californica Positive qualities:Â Strong and secure sense of individuality, balanced with a group or social consciousness Patterns of imbalance:Â 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:Â Warmth and responsiveness in sexuality; integration of soul warmth and bodily passion Patterns of imbalance:Â Inability to enjoy sexual experience; lack of warmth and vitality, often due to prior exploitation, false cultural expectations or abuse
Cynoglossum grande Positive qualities:Â Holistic thinking; perception of physical reality united with lively thoughts, integration of imagination and intellect Patterns of imbalance:Â 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:Â Ability to remain centered and focused, even under stress or high levels of activity; managing and coordinating diverse tasks Patterns of imbalance:Â Psychic forces which are easily fragmented by too much movement; frayed and overwhelmed during multi-leveled activity
Iris douglasiana Positive qualities:Â Inspired artistry, soulful creativity in touch with higher realms; radiant, iridescent vision in all aspects of life Patterns of imbalance:Â Lacking inspiration or creativity; feeling weighed down by the ordinariness of the world; dullness or spectator consciousness Â
Cypripedium parviflorum Positive qualities:Â Higher purpose aligned with daily work, integration of spiritual vision with vital forces in the root and creative chakras Patterns of imbalance:Â 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:Â Charismatic leadership, contagious enthusiasm, joyful service Patterns of imbalance:Â Leadership distorted by self-aggrandizement or burdensome dutifulness; inability to motivate or inspire others Â
Lavandula angustifolia Positive qualities:Â Spiritual sensitivity, highly refined awareness intact with stable bodily health Patterns of imbalance:Â Nervous or high-wired energy states, over-stimulation of mental or spiritual forces, depletion of physical forces; insomnia
Nelumbo nucifera Positive qualities:Â Expansive and inclusive spirituality, ability to synthesize diverse life experiences in service to the spiritual worldPatterns of imbalance:Â 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 Â
Madia elegans Positive qualities:Â Precise thinking, disciplined focus and concentration Patterns of imbalance:Â Easily distracted, inability to concentrate, splintered activity that is unproductive Â
Sidalcea glaucescens Positive qualities:Â Warm and personable, open-hearted sharing, trust in social process Patterns of imbalance:Â Insecure in relationships, paralysis in reaching out to others, resulting in social barriers Â
Arctostaphylos viscida Positive qualities:Â Joyous embodiment, spiritual identity integrated with the physical body Patterns of imbalance:Â Estranged from the earthly world; aversion or revulsion toward the body and physical world; eating and sleeping disorders Â
Calochortus leichtlinii Positive qualities:Â Maternal consciousness, warm, feminine and nurturing; mother-child bonding, positive connection to mother and similar female figures Patterns of imbalance:Â Alienated from mother or from mothering role, feelings of childhood abandonment or abuse; orphan state of consciousness Â
Asclepias cordifolia Positive qualities:Â Healthy ego strength; independence and self-reliance Patterns of imbalance:Â Neediness and emotional regression, dulling the consciousness through drugs, alcohol, overeating; creating dependency or sickness to receive attention