#rose geranium

Decorative front cover and frontispiece illustration of Rose Geranium taken from ‘The Lover’s Language of Flowers.’

Published 19th century by W. Nicholson & Sons.

Cornell University Library

Hello, witches! First things first, happy pride month! Now let’s get onto the hand salve. 

Rose geranium helps you to open your heart and be more open-minded to new things and experiences. It’s also used for being more alert and conscious of the life around you. I’ve used this hand salve as an attitude adjuster, and I think it’s safe to say it worked.

Ingredients:

-3 tablespoons rose geranium infused almond oil

-1 tablespoon shea butter

-2 tablespoons beeswax

-4 tablespoons glycerin

-10 drops rose geranium essential oil

-2 drops of clove essential oil

Optional: Rose geranium petal bits

1. Fill a small saucepan or the lower part of a double boiler with water. 

2.  Melt the coconut oil and beeswax in a bowl over the saucepan of simmering water. 

3.  Add the almond oil. Add the glycerin, slowly, until the mixture is creamy. 

4. Add the essential oil, stir well.

5. Add the crushed petals, stir well.

6. Chant thrice:  Attract to me positive energy

Focusing on what’s good w This I make true, three times three times three

7.  Pour into small clean jars. This salve is great for nail cuticles!

This is an extremely deluxe drawing formula, appropriate for a luxury business. A Lavish variety of essences are included, several of which (e.g., neroli, sandalwood) can be quite expensive. It has a sensual, relaxing fragrance, which will encourage customers and business clients to slow down and linger.

Blend equal parts pure spring water with Holy Water, Notre Dame Water, or Rose of Jericho Water.

Add essential oil of anise, bergamot, cinnamon bark, lavender, neroli or petitgrain, rose geranium, rosemary, sandalwood, and wintergreen.

Warm this formula in an aroma burner. Alternatively, place the formula in a spray bottle and spray throughout the premises, concentrating on threshold areas. Or you can add it to a bucket of water and use it as a final rinse over your floor.

The formula can also be added to your laundry rinse cycle to permeate your clothes with its beautiful aroma and power. (Although in theory you could bathe in the formula, several of the oils can cause severe skin irritation.)

 Horoscope and Tarot Overview for July 9, 2017-Full Capricorn Moon  

There was a Full Capricorn Moon at 12:06 AM EST, opposite the Cancer Sun and aligned with Rx Pluto also in Capricorn. This Full Moon activates our need for validation, sensitive quiet time and becoming more in touch with our emotions vs. attracting business opportunities, getting work done and being more pragmatic than usual. This polarity effect will help balance our thinking plus be a reasonable point of discussion to share with family and loved ones. There may be a job offer in the making that takes you away from home life or it may be time to step away from business and focus more on loved ones and nurturing. Try to avoid becoming fearful, pessimistic or skeptical on issues of importance, instead go with the flow of the day, stay in control but avoid manipulating others.   

Adding to this drama, Mars quincunx Rx Saturn this morning, with the Moon opposing Mars close by, so it is echoing the Full Moon energy with regards to moving ahead or staying in one place. Our inner drive to achieve may feel slowed, we may want to cherish each moment yet feel a certain restlessness or desire to break out and try something new, inspired and creative. Listen to the intuitive voice that guides us when we let it.   

Tarot Cards of the Day- The Moon, Ace of Cups and 2 of Wands- our sensitivity to the energies around us are heightened today, we feel love and a sense of duty in a fiercely protective way. Our sights are set on what the future will bring us, planting seeds of growth will benefit any plans or opportunities we would like to develop for the next month. 

Chakras: crown, third eye, heart, solar plexus 

Crystals: clear quartz, labradorite, pink tourmaline and citrine 

Aromatherapy: frankincense, rose geranium, rose and ginger 

Beautiful pink rose geranium flower (Pelargonium graveolens)