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No’s 1-36 Flowers of Transformation
Transform your Attitude - Change your Life with these Natural Emotional Remedies
The 36 First Light Flower Essences focus on the personality, addressing the 36 personality archetypes, expressions and predispositions that can express in a positive or negative manner. They also address the negative attitudes, emotions, mindsets, moods, responses and states we can all experience at a personality level at any time.
According to Dr Edward Bach, all human expression takes place through our particular personality type. Dr Bach taught that many problems on the physical plane are directly related to the inability to express our personality type to its maximum advantage, or purest form of expression.
The First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand numbers 1-36 correspond to specific qualities in our personalities, that when expressed positively, attract harmonious situations or experiences to us.
When these personality characteristics express disharmoniously, they are referred to as negative personality attitudes. Transforming negative personality attitudes to their positive harmonious counterparts enables us to transform various areas of our life naturally and effectively.
In addition, each of us has an individual keynote flower essence. This keynote essence is derived from your date of birth. Regular use of one’s keynote ensures ongoing harmonic resonance and a sense of wellbeing.
The following provides you with a synopsis of the expression of different qualities and conditions, for in-depth information about the Flowers of Transformation as a collection and for individual essences, please refer to The Sacred Plant Medicine of Aotearoa: Volume One.
No 1 Pohutukawa – The Initiative Essence
Keynote: March 21st – March 30th
Positive expression: The Pioneer
Initiative; self-awareness; self-assertion; self-realisation; a clear sense of identity; ready to interface with life; demonstrates one’s power and will with ease; power used with wisdom; expresses a healthy highly developed personal ego; personal will and strong sense of self.
Negative condition:
Weak-willed; can’t say no; over-eager to please; timid; easily influenced or imposed upon; submissive; passive; succumbs to peer pressure; subservient; overreacts to wishes of others
Notes:
Helps restore contact with one’s inner power and will so one is not so easily led astray by stronger forces or exploited by those with a stronger personality. Helps those who suppress their own needs, or neglect their own calling for the needs of others. Helps generate a shift from materiality to a holistic awareness. Helps awaken one to the beauty of the natural world and establish communion with nature power. Helps support spiritual alignment and aspiration and links one into the source of all life: the one power. Use when the inner spark is low or when life force or ‘chi’ is depleted through volatility, repressed pain or holding on to anger.
No 2 Native Flax – The Enthusiasm Essence
Keynote: March 31st – April 9th
Positive expression: The Warrior
Enthusiasm; eagerness; forthrightness; motivation; liveliness; quick thinking and acting; optimistic; patient; earnest; independent; strides into life with a devil-may-care attitude; action seeking; forceful and self-willed; prepared to protect and fight for one’s rights; standing up for just or honourable causes.
Negative condition:
Impatient; tense; frustrated; irritable; overreacts; flares up quickly; impetuous; reckless; needs activity and action; abrupt; tactless; disregard for the effects of one’s actions on others; headstrong; overly enthusiastic or has lost one’s enthusiasm; easily stressed; tires easily
Notes:
For those who don’t deal with the present properly due to a tendency to impatiently anticipate the next event. Helps those who constantly need activity, action and excitement. For those who enter into new experiences at breakneck speed but quickly lose enthusiasm. Helpful for willful, boisterous, difficult children or those with a tendency towards physical hyperactivity. Use when the ‘inner spark’, life force or ‘chi’ is depleted or exhausted through stress, extreme inner tension or overstrain.
No 3 Cook Strait Groundsel – The Confidence Essence
Keynote: April 10th – April 19th
Positive expression: The Hero
Self-confidence; direct self-focused action; faith in oneself; self-reliant; self-motivated; undeterred by challenges; self-assurance; self-possession; the hero on the journey of personal empowerment; honour; conquers a lack of confidence; confronts and overcomes increasingly difficult challenges.
Negative condition:
Lack of self-confidence; despondency due to lack of self-confidence; feels ineffective or inferior to others; afraid of looking foolish; convinced of failure; doubts own abilities so won’t try; expects failure; passive; misses opportunities; avoids life’s challenges; timid; dispirited; low motivation; easily discouraged; low self-esteem.
Notes:
For confidence to confront everyday setbacks, challenges, obstacles. Useful for overcoming feelings of uselessness and impotence. For when one is feeling flat or down about failing or meeting the demands of life. Use when feeling sapped of energy. Use when the ‘inner spark’ is low through depression or exhaustion. When the life force or ‘chi’ is depressed, depleted, exhausted, blocked, underactive, cold, inhibited or in a shut down state.
No 4 Marlborough Rock Daisy – The Self-worth Essence
Keynote: April 20th – April 29th
Positive expression: The Nature Lover
Self-worth; feels good about oneself; trusts own instincts; clear values; quiet courage; cheerful equanimity; positive relationship with life experiences; sees the value and worth in all experiences; naturally at ease with physicality; finds nature restorative.
Negative condition:
Low self-worth; carries excess emotional/mental baggage; can’t see the value or worth inherent in anything; apprehensive; nervous; anxiety prone; scared; fear of known things; specific fears of the world; fear of the dark, spiders, falling, crowds etc; tendency to avoid specific life situations.
Notes:
Useful for those who have compulsive/obsessive patterns, anger or overwhelming hidden pain around the issues of self-worth, food, weight, money, spending, possessions, comfort or security. Use when having to adjust to a physically debilitating experience, injury, or physically painful or frightening situation.
No 5 Native Passion Fruit – The Abundance Essence
Keynote: April 30th – May 10th
Positive expression: The Lover of Life
Abundance; inner vitality and strength to cope with difficulties; clear-headed; raised energy levels; liveliness and vigour; revels in life’s experiences; bon vivant; naturally embraces the good life; the ‘money’ flower.
Negative condition:
Procrastination; suffers from Monday-morning blues; temporary mental fatigue or exhaustion; tiredness; weary in mind and body; doubts the ability to cope; unable to break with routine; sluggish and heavy-headed; laziness; lethargy.
Notes:
Helps one find the will and energy to move forward after a break, holiday or illness. Helpful for those with erratic physical habits. Helpful for those prone to stop/start habits, diets, food binges, physical overindulgences or repetitive financial extravagances or blowouts.
No 6 New Zealand Jasmine – The Perseverance Essence
Keynote: May 11th – May 21st
Positive expression: The Traditionalist
Perseverance; endurance; reliability; trustworthy; resourceful; practicality; steadiness; loyalty; determination; demonstrates sustained effort; indefatigable; high standards or ideals with strong sense of duty; turns negatives into positives; knows own strengths; salt of the earth types; the artisan; the craftsperson; the rock.
Negative condition:
Exhaustion; workaholic; hides tiredness; overworks; struggles on despite illness or dversity; exaggerated sense of duty; shoulders others burdens; constantly toiling; overly dogged; rigidity/loss of flexibility.
Notes:
Helps one find the necessary emotional strength to persevere. Useful for tension locked in neck and shoulder region. Use for chronic exhaustion and in times of recovery from long- term illness. Use to enhance natural innate powers of resistance to illness.
No 7 Mountain Parahebe – The Communication Essence
Keynote: May 22nd – May 29th
Positive expression: The Communicator
Communication; inner release; focus; mental power; powerful balanced mental activity; perspicacity; astute; sees new options; believes in one’s mental abilities; mental calmness; the communicator in any role e.g. parent, professional, business person, teacher, coach, mentor.
Negative condition:
Mental distress; utter mental despair; deep anguish or disbelief; feels one has reached limits of mental endurance but not suicidal; future feels dark; unable to envision a way out; at one’s wits end; distracted; head hurts with intensity of the inner pressures; unable to release emotions or mental tension; intense emotionally charged thoughts that one is unable to express or communicate.
Notes:
Helps one assimilate and communicate information. Use to help with intense mental situations, study regimes, exams. Useful for those wanting to apply themselves mentally; to learn a new language or mental skill. Can help painfully shy or inwardly focused individuals develop a healthy mental interest in communicating with their surroundings. This essence is useful for those times when one feels one’s back is to the wall, afraid one may break down under the mental strain. This is the ‘dark night of the soul’ – which can be experienced as an acute state of inner emergency when one feels lost inside, abandoned, helpless and isolated.
No 8 Matata – The Adaptability Essence
Keynote: May 30th – June 8th
Positive expression: The Student
Adaptability; flexibility; mental dexterity; versatile; open-minded; optimistic; mental alertness; discernment; mental tranquillity; calm headed; constructive thought; verbally expressive; devotion to knowledge and an openness to learning; ongoing pursuit of intellectual development; a messenger.
Negative condition:
Mental hyperactivity; mind chatter; always worrying; mental pre-occupation; mental overload; mental stress; distressing unwanted thoughts; extreme nervous tension; mental exhaustion; burnout; mentally over-stimulated; can’t switch mind off; inability to ‘think straight’; the mind wanders; mentally scattered; absent-minded.
Notes:
The essence for the writer, traveller, teacher, lecturer, student. Helps to actively engage with life and to be open to different ways of listening and communicating. Useful for those learning a new language. Helpful if you are having difficulty communicating with another or feel as if ‘you don’t talk the same language’. Helps gifted children or those whose educational needs are not met by conventional forms of learning. For children who have experienced learning disruptions or are rebellious and obstinate. Use for headaches where the head feels full and bursting and the eyes hurt. Helpful for those who can’t sleep due to a busy mind.
No 9 Koru – The Understanding Essence
Keynote: June 9th – June 19th
Positive expression: The Scribe
Understanding; concentration; enhanced learning capacity; mental discipline and organisation; learns from experience; ease of understanding; ingenuity and problem solving skills; skill in understanding, listening to or counselling others; knows one’s mental strengths; depth and steadiness of mind; feels understood.
Negative condition:
Mental blocks; feels mentally stuck; repeats mistakes; poor or slow learner; distracted by too much mental stimuli or complicated mental processes; can’t concentrate; diffident communicator; feels mentally inferior so holds back or mentally withdraws; mental tiredness; apathy; resistance to change; does not feel understood
Notes:
Use for difficult, lengthy studies or if close to abandoning the struggle; helpful when nearly at the completion stage. Use for lack of mental ambition or when mentally enervated to enhance and restore mental vigour. Use to help leave the past behind and change habitual behaviour patterns. For recurring problems of the same type or physical illnesses that appear regularly without any apparent reason.
No 10 Starry Hibiscus – The Tenderness Essence
Keynote: June 20th – July 3rd
Positive expression: The Caregiver
Tenderness; selfless love; cares for self; motherliness; devotion; inner emotional security; warmth and kindness; balanced feelings and emotions; in touch with one’s own emotions; the ability to mother, protect, care for oneself.
Negative condition:
Over-possessive of others; clingy; needy; demands attention; emotionally manipulative; selfishness; self-pity; interfering; martyr-like; painful dependency needs; doesn’t like being left alone; needs constant emotional assurance; the emotionally consuming child or mother.
Notes:
The weaning essence. Helpful for exceptionally clingy children. For children who have difficulty separating from the parent figure or who are stuck in the role of the needy dependant or disempowered child. Use for parents who are unable to let go of their children. Helpful for times of emotional pain or vulnerability. Helps primary care-givers maintain sensitivity and non-attachment. Use in intensely demanding emotional situations or when feeling suffocated by others needs or demands. Useful for those who demand attention in inappropriate or manipulative ways. For those who have never felt loved, who have painful feelings of not being needed.
No 11 Chatham Island Geranium – The Nurturing Essence
Keynote: July 4th – July 13th
Positive expression: The Protector
Nurturing; nourishment; caring; giving; love of family; solicitude; healthy emotional independence; enjoys solitude; selfless healthy concern for others; joy derived from nurturing something into being; capacity to put loved ones before oneself; genuine kindness and empathy.
Negative condition:
Excessive concern, worry, apprehension or anxiety for loved ones; over-anxious for others; over-attached to loved ones and fearful for their wellbeing; over-protective; over-cautious; overly self-sacrificing; emotional neediness; touchy, overly sentimental, hypersensitive emotional behaviour.
Notes:
The essence for children or adults who are afraid that something will happen to those they love. Useful for those prone to nightmares. For parents having difficulty letting their children grow up or who feel threatened by children’s or loved one’s independence. For those who suffer for those they love or who are overly protective and want to keep loved ones ‘wrapped up in cotton wool’ for fear that something will happen to them.
No 12 Native Harebell – The Tenacity Essence
Keynote: July 14th – July 23rd
Positive expression: The Samaritan
Tenacity; loyalty; emotional resolve; emotional resilience; emotional maturity, stability and consistency; connection with the present; ability to emotionally bond with others; feels needed; goes out of one’s way to help others regardless of who they are; genuine pleasure in helping others; unselfishness; the companion.
Negative condition:
Focuses, dwells or lives in the past; nostalgia; homesickness; sad memories; feels emotionally stuck or trapped; difficulty with change; emotional inertia; regret for missed opportunities; needs to be needed; plays the martyr or servant and loses one’s personal identity; helps another to the detriment of oneself.
Notes:
Use when one feels emotionally stuck. Helpful for homesickness. Use for those who are unable to get over the loss of a loved one. Use for those who cling to the past or escape into times gone by. For those who can’t forget a past event, have a poor connection with the present or feel no real hope for future happiness. Helps one to leave the past behind and to adopt new ways. Useful in extended family situations, for foster care or for adopted children. Useful for postnatal depression and parenting issues and for the emotional loss of a parent or child. For emotional issues of the past, loss of family members, abandonment or not being wanted or needed.
No 13 Kanuka – The Spontaneity Essence
Keynote: July 24th – August 2nd
Positive expression: The Performer
Spontaneity; regeneration; restored inner vitality and strength; feels special and loved; spontaneous self-expression; restored balance; not afraid to shine or be the centre of attention; a passionate player on the stage of life; inspires others to move to centre stage; the star that shines brightly in the theatre of life.
Negative expression:
Total exhaustion of body, mind and spirit; no reserves left; worn down by life; lost one’s spark; feels unable to cope with life; weariness; extreme fatigue due to overdoing it physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually; one’s spontaneity has been quashed; avoids drawing attention to oneself or being centre stage.
Notes:
Use to restore inner vitality. Gives one the feeling of putting down a huge load after a period of great difficulty. The stage fright essence. Helps one let go of past creative failures, hurts, rejections, anger or sufferings around performance related issues e.g. traumatic memories of toilet training. Use for wounded pride or for those who have had their accomplishments or achievements ridiculed.
No 14 RENGARENGA – The Creativity Essence
Keynote: August 3rd – August 12th
Positive expression: The Creative
Creativity; positive idealism; healthy ego; demonstrative; imaginative; artistic; high creative and performance levels; envisages what is not yet perceived by others; brings forth original ideas; uses creative talents or abilities to inspire or benefit others; brings imagined possibilities into being; sees life symbolically.
Negative condition:
Preoccupied; indifferent; day-dreamer; can’t focus on reality; absent-minded; disoriented; withdrawn; escapism; overly idealistic but apathetic; lacks vitality and has a half-hearted approach; listless; compromises or does not express creative urges or abilities; alters creative expression or vision to make it more acceptable; hides behind the artistic persona to avoid reality or get attention.
Notes:
Helpful for highly creative individuals. Useful for those who constantly need to be in the centre of attention, often by over-dramatising everything. For those always seeking admiration or who exhibit childish or exhibitionist type behaviour; for those who exhibit a childlike need for constant validation, attention or admiration. Use for those who unconsciously seek to draw attention to them selves or behave in self-sabotaging ways.
No 15 Mingimingi – The Dignity Essence
Keynote: August 13th – August 22nd
Positive expression: The Dignitary
Dignity; cheerfulness; serenity; quiet inner peace; self-respect; magnanimity; sustained pleasure and vitality; consistent creativity; sustained performance levels; creative energy given a grounded and practical expression; a trouble-shooter; a problem solver; talent for developing or designing creative strategic solutions to everyday problems.
Negative condition:
Black depression that comes and goes suddenly with no apparent known cause; melancholia; introverted; gloomy; feels sad and low; feels completely stuck; feeling of heaviness; inertia; passivity; reduced energy; goes though the motions without being engaged at a meaningful level; creativity quashed; self deprecating thoughts, talk or behaviour.
Notes:
Use for those who are out of touch with their inner playfulness or creativity due to early or heavy responsibilities. For those who secretly want to stand out, shine or join in – but hold back and then wish they had done otherwise; for those who hold back for fear of looking foolish, then regret doing so. Useful for the overly strict parent/adult who has no time to play or relax. Useful for reduced energy levels that may express as lethargy, slow physical movements, lack of mental drive, reduced spiritual perception. Use when there is a sense of immobility, being stuck or a state of inner mourning, black depression. Use when facing one’s own darkness; feeling misunderstood or ridiculed; feeling imprisoned inside oneself. Use when the vital life force is suppressed or blocked due to repressed inner creativity.
No 16 Small White Rata – The Perfection Essence
Keynote: August 23rd – September 1st
Positive expression: The Virgin
Perfection; purity; order; discernment; composure; the ability to maintain purity of heart and spirit; maintains one’s energetic integrity and wholeness; a state of perpetual receptivity to higher energies; sees the bigger picture; sees things in their right perspective.
Negative condition:
Gets stuck in details; self-rejection; self-condemnation; feels unclean, ashamed or not good enough; self-perception issues; self-dislike, loathing or disgust; prudish; obsessive compulsive; perfectionist; an exaggerated sense of order, cleanliness or purity; wastes one’s energy by getting stuck in the details.
Notes:
Helps one to comprehend the nature of energy and vibration and to work constructively with energy. Helps one move into the power of the moment. Use to move beyond the ego and into the power of the Divine or non-ego. Helps one to maintain a clear sense of self-awareness, self-image, self-sufficiency and energetic integrity when around others. Fills the aura with powerful resilient energy, bringing a calm healing presence. Helps one to engage fully with life while maintaining a clear sense of personal self-image and energetic individuality. Cleanses, purifies and removes negative impressions or energy. Helps those who are obsessed with contracting infection or disease through food, air, surfaces or people.
No 17 Akepiro – The Synthesis Essence
Keynote: September 2nd – September 11th
Positive: The Alchemist
Synthesis; tolerant; sympathetic; constructive criticism; competent; an appreciation of difference; unified outlook; able to transform a sense of difference into a feeling of inclusivity; integrates all of the disparate elements to create something entirely new; knows the total is greater than the sum of the parts; integrates various factors.
Negative condition:
Critical, tense, narrow minded; intolerant of others; quick to judge; focuses on negatives; over-analytical; arrogant; mean-minded; easily irritated; cynical; a sense of separateness or difference; feels one is surrounded by an invisible wall of glass; focuses on differences; rigidity of body or mind.
Notes:
For those who get easily upset and depressed, alternating with feeling over-confident. Assists those who are picky or finicky eaters. Helps those who have suppressed or blocked feelings; a feeling of separateness or who do not feel part of the whole due to an over critical attitude.
No 18 Purple Koromiko – The Simplicity Essence
Keynote: September 12th – September 22nd
Positive expression: The Healer
Simplicity; sees the obvious; keeps it simple; gets to the heart or essence of things; uncomplicated processes; self acceptance; humility and patience; deep sense of responsibility; efficiency; practical service; profound understanding of human nature; deep desire to assist others in need with no expectation of return; a calling to serve in a healing capacity.
Negative condition:
Guilt; self-blame; regret; self-reproach; self-doubt; self-recrimination; always feels one could do better; keeps to oneself; despondent; little or no joy of life; feels undeserving; victim mentality; narrow outlook; inferiority complex; subservient attitude; needlessly sacrifices oneself; plays the ‘doormat’.
Notes:
Helps one gain objectivity, peace and clarity around related work, health or practical issues. Beneficial for those who have had difficult health or medical experiences. Use for those who suffer from a long-standing difficult situation or chronic health condition. Use for those with a depressed immune system or with little resistance who are prone to illness, disease, bacteria, infection.
No 19 Lovers Daisy – The Love Essence
Keynote: September 23rd – October 1st
Positive expression: The Lover
Love; poise; balance; stays true to self; empowered relating; intuitive decision making; decisive and focused; inner calm; equilibrium; great passion or devotion to the object of one’s love; powerful affection or appreciation of someone or something of importance; a natural healthy romantic nature.
Negative condition:
Indecision; can’t decide; uncertainty; lacks inner balance; fluctuating moods; erratic, nervous behaviour; exaggerated responses; constant changes of opinions; energy imbalances; blows hot and cold emotionally; on again off again romances; power games in relationship; ambivalent about relationship, ambiguous responses.
Notes:
For those who have a tendency to be drawn into negative, obsessive, karmic relationship patterns. For those who are attracted to the ‘wrong’ types or to relationships where there are irreconcilable differences. For patterns of using or being used by others. Helpful for those drawn into clandestine, obsessive or sexually driven relationships. Useful for those who give their power away in relationships. Use if prone to victim/saviour relationship patterns, co-dependency, power struggles. Use for travel sickness, any type of bodily extremes or energetic imbalances.
No 20 Wineberry – The Co-operation Essence
Keynote: October 2nd – October 11th
Positive expression: The Socialite
Co-operation; diplomacy; social skills; romantic charm; vivacious; peace loving; balanced harmonious disposition; generosity; fairness; appreciation of beauty; mixes easily; enjoys social exchanges; able to confront difficulties; sees problems in the right light.
Negative condition:
Hides worries and anxieties; puts on a carefree brave face; mental anguish disguised by cheerfulness; plays down difficulty; plays the role of peacemaker rather than confront issues; constantly anxious about the prospect of confrontation; overly concerned with surface appearances; lives for love, friends, social activities; places too much hope or importance on others.
Notes:
Helps those who need to be liked and therefore try to be all things to all people. Useful for those who choose style over substance, who constantly seek admiration or attention or who use social props such as alcohol or nicotine to dull mental or emotional pain.
No 21 Hinau – The Sacred Space Essence
Keynote: October 12th – October 22nd
Positive expression: The Mediator
Sacred space; inner certainty; trusts own knowing and intuition; listens to one’s ‘inner’ voice; a sense of self-completeness; takes time out for oneself; containment; celibacy; maintains one’s own boundaries; strategic, with a fair even-handed approach in negotiations; sees and respects both sides of an argument; social grace; the diplomat; the negotiator.
Negative condition:
Self-doubt; uncertainty, especially of own ability; easily influenced; needs approval of others; seeks other’s opinion; doubts own judgement; hesitant; unwilling to see another’s point of view; has an ulterior motive or hidden agenda when negotiating.
Notes:
Helps to enhance interpersonal skills. For the diplomat, peacemaker, mediator, and counselor. Enhances established meaningful social relationships/associations.
No 22 Manuka – The Purification Essence
Keynote: October 22nd – October 31st
Positive expression: The Shaman
Purification; self-regeneration; catalyst; metamorphosis; release; in touch with own power; intensity and depth of experience; deep powerful feelings; balanced sexuality and sensuality; positively in touch with one’s inner depths; faces one’s shadow; purges or eliminates old energies.
Negative condition:
Jealousy, hatred, envy; suspicion; negative attitudes; intense frustration; discontent; feelings of anger, rage, temper; distrust; insecurity; unhappiness; all-consuming emotions where everything feels a matter of life and death; feels possessed or taken over by negative inner forces or intense emotional states; fear of facing the shadow or one’s own demons; projects one’s own shadow nature onto others.
Notes:
For painful emotional loss. For intensely painful or out-of-control feelings of loss, suffering, death, abandonment, death wishes. Manuka allows old deep pain to be transmuted and purified. Energetically supports one in cases of chronic or terminal dis-ease.
No 23 Lacebark – The Fearlessness Essence
Keynote: November 1st – November 10th
Positive expression: The Psychologist
Fearlessness; openness; composure; expresses one’s deeper feelings easily; deeper levels of sharing and intimacy; enhanced sensory nature; great reserves of inner resourcefulness; courage and strength; sees beneath surface appearances and gets to the heart of the matter; perceives hidden motives and agendas; insights into the deeper aspects of human behaviour.
Negative condition:
Overwhelming apprehension about breakdown, losing one’s mind or losing mental control; feelings or thoughts of desperation; nerves stretched to breaking point; feels one’s coping mechanisms are overloaded; isolated extreme emotional states; hysteria, outbursts of temper or rage; constant build up of mental/emotional tension which one is unable to express, verbalise or easily release.
Notes:
Use for fluctuating or periodic attacks of extreme emotion. Assists with sudden outbreaks of rage, tantrums and bullying tendencies. Useful for ‘bed wetting’ children.
No 24 Poroporo – The Willpower Essence
Keynote: November 11th – November 20th
Positive expression: The Wizard
Willpower; staying power; sense of personal resolve and responsibility; indomitable will; resourceful; constructive emotional and mental responses; dispels momentary feelings of powerlessness; sees life as a magical experience; synchronicity permeates the life; applies one’s imagination and will for a magical outcome; sees the potential for magic in everything; uses one’s supernatural powers in life.
Negative condition:
Resentful; bitter; spiteful; self-pity; ‘poor me attitude’; blames others; touchy; sulky; ‘a wet blanket’; feels a victim of fate; smouldering anger or negative feelings; brooding; unable to see the magic in life; pessimism, verging on depression; disbelief in magic or miracles; negative self-fulfilling prophecies; can’t summon the will to bring about change or transformation.
Notes:
Use for longstanding deep emotional depressions. Use for constant tiredness due to ongoing suffering and unexpressed emotions. Use for smouldering resentment, envy, brooding, bitterness, repression.
No 25 Kowhai – The Growth Essence
Keynote: November 21st – November 30th
Positive expression: The Explorer
Growth; personal development; moves on from old limitations; the ‘link breaker’; breaks bonds with the past; expands horizons and seeks the next stage; free spirited; moves outside of the accepted or familiar; the spirit of adventure; conquers the fear of moving outside of known territory; independence; learns to go it alone; ready to take a calculated
risk, chance or gamble in life.
Negative condition:
Finds change painful or difficult; difficulty letting go of the past; difficulty adjusting to major changes in life circumstance e.g. moving house, the end of a relationship, going to a new job, school, situation; finds it hard to take the final step; constrained or bound by the collective mindset; little or no spirit of adventure; unhealthy relationship to gambling or risk-taking.
Notes:
Use to feel empowered by the process of leaving behind the comfortable or familiar. For leaving one’s homeland, relocating or moving countries. For moving house, changing school, menopause, midlife crisis. Use in times of transition or change to embrace new situations or go into uncharted territory. Use when in painfully new or foreign types of situations.
No 26 Karo – The Foresight Essence
Keynote: December 1st – December 10th
Positive expression: The Seeker
Foresight; finds one’s life purpose; satisfied with life choices; purposefulness; channeled talents; accurate insights into future choices; the pilgrim who travels the road to self-discovery; a thirst for wisdom, truth, meaning and life purpose; a natural healthy curiosity; knows there is more or something better; has potential, skill and ambition and open to where this may take them.
Negative condition:
Unchanneled talents; uncertainty regarding life meaning, purpose, goals, life path; unfulfilled; dissatisfaction; boredom; indefinite ambitions; for the nomad who is unable to settle; constantly moving from one thing to another; life feels an aimless journey devoid of real direction; the lost soul; the wanderer.
Notes:
The essence for the long distance traveler. Use to help one to consciously enjoy the life journey as an adventure, while at the same time having the foresight to know where one is going. For those who have confusion or uncertainty over life direction.
No 27 Karaka – The Knowledge Essence
Keynote: December 11th – December 20th
Positive expression: The Sage
Knowledge; the philosopher; deep thinker; knows each day brings opportunities; a restored sense of faith; knows in one’s heart everything will work out; serious study; philosophical interests; receptive to spiritual beliefs or higher knowledge; the mentor; the wise one; the teacher; the guide; passes on wisdom and experience to others.
Negative condition:
Easily discouraged and depressed; pessimistic; melancholy; dejected; can’t see the meaning in anything; depression over a known cause; sceptical; doubting; lacks faith because there is no perceived meaning in life; feels life is passing one by; fears intellectual disapproval, failure and censure; mental stagnation often after a period of long study; negative mental programs.
Notes:
The philosopher’s or ‘arm-chair’ traveler’s essence. Helps one to learn from life and from other points of view, experiences and possibilities. Use when re-programming the mind with uplifting thoughts and experiences to lift one out of negativity. Helpful for those on a course of serious long-term university or higher mind study.
No 28 Chatham Island Forget-Me-Not – The Aspiration Essence
Keynote: December 21st – December 30th
Positive expression: The Apprentice
Aspiration; carries self with natural authority and conviction; secure in one’s place in the outer world; healthy ambition; great capacity for work; the apprentice aspiring to move beyond one’s current status; the aspirant; to aspire to something out in the world; vocational aspiration; the urge to discover one’s true vocation; self-recognition; the goal setter.
Negative condition:
Dominating; ruthless; over-ambitious; power seeking; inflexible; convinced one is infallible; aggressive; formidable; authoritarian; dictatorial; powerful inner tensions; unrealistic or impractical aspirations; issues with authority, one’s own and others; abuse of power or positions of power; difficulties with those in authority; use people for one’s own ends; climbs the ladder of success at any cost.
Notes:
Use for the pain of inadequacy or disapproval. For feeling unsuccessful and that one has failed to live up to expectations. For unresolved issues of anger with the parent(s). Useful if one lacks satisfying experiences of personal achievement.
No 29 Mairehau – The Achievement Essence
Keynote: December 31st – January 9th
Positive expression: The Achiever
Achievement; detachment; neutral; uninvolved; self-assured; a sense of achievement or place in the world; has achieved a sense of vocational satisfaction or mastery; performs at optimal level; strong and capable; commitment to excellence; acquired skills; conqueror; victor; iron will; presence of mind; professionally minded; leadership abilities; personal authority.
Negative condition:
Over-serious; overly driven; temporary feelings of inadequacy or inability to cope with extreme demands; overwhelmed by task or commitments; sudden exhaustion or crisis; unapproachable; the over achiever; workaholics; trapped in one’s vocation or external role; overly conservative; appears cold, austere, formal, uninvolved, detached.
Notes:
Use for an attitude of over seriousness that creates a wall between self/others. Use for those who hide feelings of emotional frustration and loneliness under a facade of success and importance. Helps those who are overly ambitious: ‘all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’.
No 30 Ngaio – The Responsibility Essence
Keynote: January 10th – January 19th
Positive expression: The Executive
Responsibility; consolidation; industrious; commitment; effective; patience; caution; faces reality; slowly realising aims; accepts limitations; accountability; rekindled optimism; peace; hope; carries out one’s responsibilities regardless of personal preferences or situation; comes to terms with one’s destiny.
Negative condition:
Utter despair, hopelessness, despondency; apathetic; resignation; ready to give up; has lost hope; feels at the end of the road; suffering; feels crushed by the burden or weight of responsibility; intensely serious, lost one’s sense of humour; disappointment over lack of recognition or success; stuck in one’s ways; no sense of achievement.
Notes:
Use when dealing with redundancy, retirement, age issues. Helps one reclaim one’s authority and self-respect under difficult circumstances. Use when re-defining life commitments or establishing new ones. Helps when undertaking long-term work endeavours i.e. skill acquisition, adult study or apprenticeships. For those who have a chronic disease or who have suffered on-going ill health.
No 31 Native Iris – The Individuality Essence
Keynote: January 20th – January 29th
Positive expression: The Individualist
Individuality; a torchbearer; at ease with own uniqueness; radiates the energy of change; enthusiasm about new and radical ideas; the iconoclast; the activist; creates change; transcends established order and convention; offers alternatives to the outmoded and the predictable; rejects conventions, traditions, mores or systems that do not serve one’s inner needs; firm principles.
Negative condition:
Lives on nerves; overbearing; inflexible; fanatical; excessive zeal; overdoes things in one’s eagerness; drives oneself too hard; willful; set on convincing others; highly strung; keyed up; the rebel; the fiery revolutionary; the anarchist; the zealot; the soap-box orator; missionary zeal; the evangelist; inciting unrest; takes pleasure in creating havoc or upsetting the status quo.
Notes:
Use to help one find one’s own way and sense of individuality, and to be liberated from the restriction or definition of who others think you are. Helpful for those who may have experienced any form of subtle mind control or had to conform to another’s reality. To discover your own individuality as distinct from your role as partner, spouse, child, parent, employee etc.
No 32 Ice Plant – The Freedom Essence
Keynote: January 30th – February 8th
Positive expression: The Visionary
Freedom; adaptability; open-minded idealist; broadminded; liberal; tolerant; idealist; free thinking; unbiased; unprejudiced; a wider sense of identity; socially progressive; high principled standards; tolerance; respect for differences; co-operation and community based friendship; actively seeks to inspire and uplift others; a light-bearer; the networker; imagines future possibilities that are not yet conceivable to others.
Negative condition:
Self-denial; hard on self; rigid strict views and outlook; high minded; suppressed inner needs; sanctimonious; imposes own moralistic beliefs on self and others; superior attitude; judgemental; places psychological pressure on others; intensely dogmatic; locked into theory; overly literal; sets oneself up to be a perfect example of set standards or an ideal; conceit; spiritual pride; arrogance.
Notes:
Helps one understand that everyone has their own place on the evolutionary spiral of life with unique lessons to learn and valuable contributions to make to society. Helps to understand that everyone doesn’t have to live the same life styles or by the same value system. Helps with an honest enjoyment of meeting new people.
No 33 Rewarewa – The Participation Essence
Keynote: February 9th – February 18th
Positive expression: The Humanitarian
Participation; tactful reserve; restraint; wisdom; self-mastery; unassuming; approachable; ease of manner with others; a gentle unobtrusive approach; a universal outlook; social consciousness and awareness; the altruist who works for the benefit of all without regard for personal gain; stands up for the rights of others; works to address social injustices; group involvement.
Negative condition:
Aloof; a loner; appears proud, but feels emotionally isolated and lonely; standoffish; reserved; inwardly withdraws; trapped in sense of separateness or superiority; emotional insensitivity in personal relationships; social alienation or withdrawal; poor interpersonal skills; feels a social misfit or outcast.
Notes:
Helps those who take matters too seriously. Helps quiet the mind and steady the attention so one’s own inner knowing can come forth.
No 34 Heketara – The Unity Essence
Keynote: February 19th – February 28th
Positive expression: The Mystic
Unity; compassion; accord with all things; a deep sense of oneness; sensitivity; aware of others pain, grief and suffering; resurrection; overcoming; transcendence; the dreamer; seeks to experience union with the Divine; unconquerable faith; places more value on one’s inner world than on material concerns; devotion to exploring the inner spiritual life; forgoes material needs to acquire spiritual benefits.
Negative condition:
Anxiety; foreboding; apprehension; fear of unknown things; inexplicable sudden anxiety attacks; delusions; fearful fascinations; nightmares; secret fears; escapisist tendencies result in not managing material responsibilities and requirements; painfully high levels of sensitivity; energetically registers all impressions or surrounding disharmony.
Notes:
Helps one stay identified with one’s own essential nature while enjoying an empathetic relationship to all of life.
No 35 Creeping Pratia – The Empathy Essence
Keynote: March 1st – March 10th
Positive expression: The Sensitive
Empathy; the psychic; the empath; the clairvoyant; interested in others; attentive to others; readiness to help but able to say ‘no’ without feeling guilty; spiritual receptivity; the inner poet; able to express one’s perceptions and insights in symbolic language; able to communicate inner spiritual realities and profundities for the benefit of others; the shape shifter.
Negative condition:
Self-centred; seeks attention; self-concern; self-obsessed; saps others energy; a poor listener; fixated on own troubles and needs; offloads one’s problems onto others; over-impressionable, over-sensitivity to environment; a ‘psychic sponge’; easily influenced by others emotions and thoughts.
Notes:
Helps those who have had difficult lives, long periods of suffering or who constantly feel energetically drained. Assists those who take on others energy or are negatively affected by psychic energies.
No 36 Native Linen Flax – The Service Essence
Keynote: March 11th – March 19th
Positive expression: The Saint
Service; devotion; kindness; spiritually effective; self-directed; assiduous; inner spiritual motivation and persistence; lives one’s ideals and dreams; practical use of gifts; dedication to one’s task in the greater whole; revived spirits; redirects vital energies for vocational or spiritual objectives; celibacy; withdrawing from the world and personal relationships to pursue a spiritual pathway or vocation of a practical nature.
Negative condition:
Apathetic; resigned; easily discouraged; fatalistic; lack of interest; underdog; no effort for self-improvement; world-weariness; accepts one’s fate; completely passive; no desire for change; makes no effort; victim; doormat; judgemental of the physical world; shut off from the outer or physical world; self absorbed and overly pious.
Notes:
Use for feelings of emptiness, helplessness, disorientation. Use for spiritual confusion. Useful for self-defeating actions or when dejected, jaded, tired of life.
Boxed Essences Set 1-12
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Boxed Essences Set 1-36
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