Scorpio

October 24 – November 22

Scorpio can be equated to the mid life phase, when some people are at the height of their power, while others are going through a mid life crisis. Sometimes the latter is necessary to reach the former! Power and transformation are two keywords for Scorpio.

This sign is ruled by Pluto, Lord of the Underworld, and that gives you a clue right there; this is no lightweight sign. In Greek mythology, Pluto’s realm is hidden, where souls reside after leaving this mortal life. He was a powerful God, feared and respected, not to be messed with.

The symbol for Scorpio is The Scorpion, a creature capable of inflicting intense pain and even death if it stings you; another clue. Scorpios are accustomed to many people taking a step backwards when they reveal their sign; which is why they often won’t. Others can be instantly wary (except those with a strong dose of Scorpio in their own chart). Don’t be intimidated, you may miss an opportunity to have one of the best friends a person could wish for. Their penetrating gaze can be uncomfortable to the uninitiated; it quickly sees to the truth of the matter but remember this: if you’ve got nothing to hide, you’ve got nothing to fear. Not all Scorpios are inclined to sting, in the balanced Scorpion it is seldom used, and then only in a measured way, for a specific purpose.

Scorpios can be highly spiritual, seeking to transform themselves and rise above the material plane – these are referred to as The Eagles. There is another type of Scorpio, the Grey Lizard, who doesn’t seem to fit any of the classic descriptions of their sign, leaving you scratching your head. The phoenix could also be regarded as an apt symbol for Scorpio. Bursting into flames (fire is very cleansing) and rising renewed from the ashes, the phoenix is a powerful symbol of transformation, appropriate given that Scorpio energy can be almost alchemical.

Out of Balance Scorpio Personality

Bitter, unforgiving, vengeful, suspicious, manipulative, ruthless, cruel, bullying, violent, secretive, obsessive, possessive

Balanced Scorpio Personality

Quiet, discreet, composed, strong, assertive, passionate, intuitive, hypnotic, magnetic, spiritual, sympathetic, protective, loyal, determined, persevering, regenerative, transformative.

Like its opposite, Taurus, Scorpio is a power sign, but they will often be the power behind the throne, the trusted advisor or confidante rather than the person up front. It is not that they are shy, in fact they are often very charismatic and can work a room to rival any Leo; they simply don’t need the public recognition. They know they run the show and, secure in that knowledge, public accolades and validation aren’t required. Remaining in the shadows allows them the privacy they enjoy and enables them to more easily protect their interests and loved ones. Life can be simpler that way.

In medical astrology, Scorpio rules the reproductive organs. She Oak has a balancing effect on cyclical emotional changes for ladies and Flannel Flower has a similar effect for men.  Scorpios have a reputation for being very passionate lovers and can be enthusiastic users of Sensuality Mist. If there has been any sexual trauma or promiscuity, the Sexuality combination can be helpful for associated emotional wounds.

The large intestine is another part of the body ruled by Scorpio. This is where our body rids itself of the physical waste of digestion; the lymphatic system can also drain toxins into the large bowel.

Emotionally, the large bowel is considered to be where we let go of anything we no longer need – emotional waste – and that it is important that we do so if we are to avoid becoming emotionally toxic. Bottlebrush assists this process. This flower essence is also useful for possessiveness (a form of holding on).

Boronia is a very important remedy for Scorpios. They can be prone to brooding – stewing on things. Boronia helps to break this circular thought pattern, which is crucial because if it continues it can be the root of resentment or bitterness, for which they will then need Dagger Hakea. Suspicion, paranoia, jealousy and violence can also result, indicating a need for Mountain Devil.  Left unchecked all this may develop into all the very worst aspects of negative Scorpion energy: spite, manipulation, bullying, cruelty and vengefulness. Rough Bluebell can assist with all these negative emotional states, but they are best avoided in the first place.

No discussion of Scorpio would be complete without mentioning one of their best qualities – loyalty. Although they make dangerous enemies, they also make the very best of friends. Not only will they keep all your secrets safe, they will stick by you through the very worst of times; standing by your side to face down enemies, covering your back, and defending you till their dying breath.

You can learn more at the Astrology and ABFE one day course with Linn Wiggins, where we going into much more detail about each sun sign and the Essences that can help to minimise their worst personality traits and enhance their best. No previous knowledge of Astrology is required to attend.

Astrology and ABFE course dates are available here.

Copyright Linn Wiggins.

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The teen and tween years are ones of great growth and change, and this one day course looks at issues specific to children aged 8 to 18.

Today’s youth are dealing with social and cultural pressures that were not present even 10 years ago. Learn how to support your teens and tweens through these important developmental years with Australian Bush Flower Essences, so they can grow into the very best version of themselves that they can be.

The main topics covered will be:

• Supporting development of identity, and fostering self esteem
• School, studying and enhancing learning skills
• Communication and listening
• Fostering co-operation. Minimising resistance
• Boundaries and taking responsibility
• Choices, decision making, learning from mistakes
• Motivation, finding life purpose
• Electronics, mobile phones and social networking
• Healthy body image and healthy eating
• Divorce. Blended families and sole parent families
• The role of the peer group and peer pressure. Bullying
• Emotional upsets and turmoil
• Drugs
• Emotional issues relating to puberty and menarche
• Relationships
• Sexuality
• Common problems
• Open forum and question time

Specific Bush Essence remedies will be discussed within each of these themes and the day is structured so that you can leave confident and confident to give the essences to your teenagers and your tweens.

No prior knowledge of Australian Bush Flower Essences or how to use them is necessary to do this course.

Course dates and booking information is available here.

Testimonials

• “This workshop is one every parent needs to do” JA, NSW, Piano Teacher
• “I learnt more about myself than I realised was necessary about this topic. Pleasantly surprised! Love the Essences” NM, NSW, Retail
• “ A small handbook on parenting …..for the masses” SC, NSW, Child care worker
• “ I found the workshop informative and well presented by Linn. The whole range of bush flowers products are truly inspirational and I will be looking forward to using them for many different situations in my everyday life” JB, NSW, Actor and Energy Healer
• “It answered lots of questions in my mind” CS, practitioner
• “Wonderful, I have never been so switched on. Every word was food for my mind, body and family. Felt I had the tools to better understand my children. Left feeling on top of the world” GC, NSW, mother / admin
• “So much gathered information you rarely get the chance to be exposed to” SC, NSW, Bowen and ABFE teacher
• “It is so lovely to be able to use the flower essences to help in our everyday life” GF, NSW, Teacher / Kinesioligist

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The Australian Bush Flower Essences Graceful Aging workshop aims to show you ways to journey through life in an eloquent and graceful way, no matter what your biological age is. Be you young or old, we will share with you how a wholistic approach to life and aging can positively affect your wellbeing and the way you look.

As you move through the cycles of your life you will be confronted with many mental, emotional and spiritual challenges. The storms in life can be an opportunity for you to mature, to deepen your character, find your purpose, and become the best possible version of yourself. Regardless of your years, graceful aging is mastering the art of progressively redefining yourself in a positive, edifying and mature manner.

Graceful aging is about looking and feeling your best, regardless of the number of birthdays you have had, and we would like to share with you some powerful tools and philosophies to help you look and feel great about yourself, life strategies you can easily incorporate into your daily routine.

It is an absolute truth that you need to learn to love and respect yourself before you can engender the respect of others. Choosing a truly wholistic approach to life, where your thoughts and emotions are aligned with your beliefs, goals and actions, ensures graceful aging and inner contentment. If you are young, you have your whole life ahead of you to put these strategies into practice. If you are in your more mature years, or even elderly, you can use these same wholistic principles to enrich what can be described as some of the most important years of your life.

Your Life is precious. Discover how you can begin to make the most of every day, so your journey can be a more meaningful and enriching everyday experience, throughout all the seasons of your life.

Specific Bush Essences and combination remedies will be discussed throughout the course of the day in relation to these and other Graceful Aging themes.

Course dates and booking information is available here.

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Learn how to muscle test and use the Bush Essences during this One Day workshop.

If you are new to muscle testing, you will spend the morning learning how to do this accurately, but later in the day there will be plenty of new tools for those who are already accomplished at using kinesiology skills.

Also included is how to:

• Do Surrogate Testing (test for someone else)
• Choose Australian Bush Flower Essences using Kinesiology
• Address fears
• Defuse sabotage programmes (more extensive than in the Level 1 Australian Bush Flower Essences workshop)
• Enhance learning skills
• Work with the Behavioural Barometer
• Understand facial structure
• Detect energetic weaknesses and strengthen psychic protection
• Perform Tibetan energy corrections with Australian Bush Flower Essences

Also being demonstrated will be a number of different kinesiology tests which may be used to determine various wellness issues, as well as methods for using various Bush Essences that may be of assistance in addressing the original emotional cause.

Course dates and booking information are available here.

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Calendula officinalis

Common Name: Pot Marigold

Calendula flowers have a long history amongst traditional herbal remedies.

An infusion was used as a herbal cure in times past as an antiseptic.

The flowers, infused into oil and then made into an ointment or salve, were used for healing cuts, grazes, burns and fungal infections.

Today it remains one of the most popular herbal remedies for wounds and is often used in scarless healing formulas.

Many women report calendula ointment to be soothing when applied topically if they have thrush.

Mothers looking for herbal remedies for school sores also find calendula ointment very useful.

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Many of the Australian Bush Flower Essences courses are approved for continuing practitioner education points (CPE) with ATMS, the Australian Traditional Medicine Society.

As a quick reference guide, this is a list of the Australian Bush Flower Essences courses that will help you accrue CPE points if you are a member of ATMS:

Level 1 Australian Bush Flower Essences

ATMS CPE Points    10

Level 2 Australian Bush Flower Essences

ATMS CPE Points 6

Happy Healthy Kids

ATMS CPE Points 3

Pregnancy, Birthing & Australian Bush Flower Essences

ATMS CPE Points 3

Self Image & ABFE – Creating Your Own Love System

ATMS CPE Points 3

Teens, Tweens and Australian Bush Flower Essences

ATMS CPE Points 3

Women’s Wellbeing & Australian Bush Flower Essences

ATMS CPE Points 3

Bush Essences Introductory Course formerly College Course Part 1)

ATMS CPE Points 16

Bush Essences Practitioner Skills (formerly College Course Part 2)

ATMS CPE Points 16

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Many of the Australian Bush Flower Essences courses are approved for continuing practitioner education points (CPE) with ANTA, the Australian Natural Therapies Association.

As a quick reference guide, this is a list of the Australian Bush Flower Essences courses that will help you accrue CPE points if you are a member of ANTA:

Level 1 Australian Bush Flower Essences

ANTA CPE Points    15

Level 2 Australian Bush Flower Essences

ANTA CPE Points 15

Happy Healthy Kids

ANTA CPE Points 7

Pregnancy, Birthing & Australian Bush Flower Essences

ANTA CPE Points 7

Self Image & ABFE – Creating Your Own Love System

ANTA CPE Points 7

Teens, Tweens and Australian Bush Flower Essences

ANTA CPE Points 7

Women’s Wellbeing & Australian Bush Flower Essences

ANTA CPE Points 7

Bush Essences Introductory Course formerly College Course Part 1)

ANTA CPE Points 16

Bush Essences Practitioner Skills (formerly College Course Part 2)

ANTA CPE Points 16

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Learn how the Bush Essences can support women during pre-conception, conception, pregnancy, birthing and early motherhood.

Correctly supported, pregnancy and birthing can bring women a sense of deep feminine empowerment and joy. This one day workshop is for pregnant ladies,  prospective mums,  professional birth attendants and health practitioners seeking to better understand this process from a wholistic and positive viewpoint.

Whether you are an advocate of hospital birth or home birth, gain insights profound insights into a woman’s emotional and spiritual journey through pregnancy and birthing, including:

•  Pre-Conception - emotional and practical preparation

• Conscious conception

• Common issues during pregnancy

•  Labour, birthing and bonding

•  The first three months of motherhood

•  Breastfeeding.

This one day workshop explores each phase of the journey in detail and is a good addition to ante-natal classes and pregnancy yoga.

Mums, midwives and doulas will all find this information very useful, practical and easy to apply, as will chiropractors, naturopaths and doctors who work with pregnant women.

You will learn how to choose & use the right Bush Essences to help gain and maintain emotional wellbeing during this unique and special time. No prior experience with flower essences is needed.

This course is being held just twice this year:

Noosa – 26th May 2012

For South East Queensland residents from the Sunshine Cost, Wide Bay Capricorn, Darling Downs, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Northern NSW

Yeppoon – 6th July 2012

For easier access for residents of Bundaberg, Yeppoon, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Mackay, Bowen, Townsville, Cairns Emerald, Blackall, Longreach and Charters Towers.

Or take some time out at one of these beautiful holiday destinations if you live further afield.

More info and Enrol here

This course qualifies for continuing education points for natural therapists:

ANTA (Australia)     7 CPE points
ATMS (Australia)     3 CPE points

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LIBRA

September 24 – October 23     

The symbol for Libra is the scales – weighing things up and finding balance are major themes for them. The symbol also looks like the Harbour Bridge, quite appropriate given these are the diplomats and arbitrators of the zodiac. For Libra, it’s all about relationships. They also have a great love of beauty and the fine arts, with many of our artists, singers, classical musicians and designers born under this sign. Libra is ruled by Venus, Goddess of love, beauty, art and luxury. Many celebrated beauties including models, celebrities, and actors are either Libran or have a strong Venusian influence in their birth chart.

Balanced Libran energy is polite, friendly, charming, soothing, gracious, cultured, stylish, unhurried, gentle, understanding, helpful and strategic.

Librans like to weigh a question from all sides before making a decision. Their scales can dip to and fro for some time; should they slide into procrastination, Sundew is can help them to make up their mind. Jacaranda helps if they are dithering. If this indecision is related to their life purpose, Silver Princess can help.

Conversely, once the decision is made and the scales lock, Librans will hold to their point of view more stubbornly than any Taurean (also ruled by Venus).Those around them may feel the need to give them some Isopogon for this stubborn refusal to budge.

There is a great emphasis on relationships, to the point where they may be at risk of co-dependency – feeling they cannot survive without a partner. Monga Waratah is useful here, giving them the internal sense that they are capable of standing on their own two feet, and the strength to do so.

Similarly, if any staleness or loss of passion begins to creep into their intimate relationship, Libran will feel it most keenly. Bush Gardenia for both partners can often help this, as well as with any feelings of being taken for granted. It helps each person in the relationship be more considerate and romantic towards the other.

Conflict and confrontation do not sit easily with Librans – they may need Tall Mulla Mulla to help them bring difficult topics out into the open.

A rocky patch, the break up of a relationship, or death of a life partner will also hit Librans extremely hard. Red Suva Frangipani is very soothing for the sense of intense raw grief felt at such times, and may be needed for longer than usual. Separations from loved ones can induce pining, and Boronia is good for this.

The endocrine system in general and the pancreas in particular are the physical vulnerabilities of Libra. The kidneys can also be a weak point, which Traditional Chinese Medicine believes store the emotion of fear. Dog Rose is useful for the emotion of fear, especially of the niggly day to day variety, and it is also good for shyness.

One of their spiritual lessons is to learn to find a balance between their relationships with others and an over-emphasis on themselves. Should vanity or narcissism be an issue Gymea Lily will help.

These are our artisans, so they have a deep need to express their creative urges. If their creativity is blocked it can be most distressing; Turkey Bush or Creative Essence help get their creative juices flowing again.

Librans at their best are the positive manifestation of Slender Rice Flower ; having a keen sense of fairness, great negotiating abilities and a wonderful gift of being able to bring people with divergent agendas to a compromised solution that all can live with. This Essence can help bring these qualities to the fore. Madagascar Essence helps raise this energy up even higher, developing further the ability to live in harmony with others.

You can learn more at the Astrology and ABFE one day course with Linn Wiggins, where we going into much more detail about each sun sign and the Essences that can help to minimise their worst personality traits and enhance their best. No previous knowledge of Astrology is required to attend.

Astrology and ABFE course dates are available here.

Copyright Linn Wiggins.

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VIRGO

August 24 – September 23     

The symbol for Virgo is a young maiden holding a sheaf of wheat, or The Virgin. The glyph is a stylised “M” with neatly crossed legs. Both symbols demonstrate several hallmarks of this sign; the well known Virgo penchant for purity, but also the hard work, planning and careful management required at the time of the harvest moon (the time of year when Virgo natives are born in the Northern Hemisphere where astrology originated).

Balanced Virgo Energy is industrious, ethical, organised, tidy and practical. Every office needs a Virgo to put its systems in place, or in order, and then to supervise the day to day running of the business in a smooth and efficient manner. All the “i’s” will be dotted and all the “t’s” will be crossed when a Virgo is in charge of the day to day management and staff. They pay close attention to fine detail, have high standards, work hard, set a good example to others and enjoy being of service. Should things unravel, even unexpectedly, they have a natural ability to quickly analyse the situation and put solutions in place.

Should these traits become too pronounced, Virgos may have a tendency to become nit picking, hypercritical, or perfectionist. If this occurs, Yellow Cowslip Orchid is very good to help them come back into balance.

Plainly, with such a focus on work, they run the risk of becoming workaholics. It is not unheard of for Virgos to wake up in the middle of the night and be unable to go to sleep until they have completed an unfinished project that is on deadline – some will even drive into the office in the middle of the night, or stay at work until the very late hours of the evening, unable to relax until their work is done. Black-Eyed Susan is a much needed remedy in these cases, as is Macrocarpa if they have been making a habit of it and are becoming physically burnt out. Calm and Clear is very good for them in general, and their loved ones will do well to spray them with it as they cross the family threshold to ensure they leave their work at the office.

The nervous system is one of Virgo’s physical weak points and whenever they start getting fidgety (Bush Fuchsia) or irritable (Dagger Hakea), you know they are getting tired, are under pressure, and in need of some Essences.

The other physical vulnerability is the small intestine, where nutrients are absorbed from food. Digestive problems are another sign they are under load. This area of the body, as well as assimilation of nutrition and information, can be supported by Paw Paw.

Ruled by the planet Mercury, Virgo natives can be quite “in their heads” rather than in their hearts. At times this can lead them to become cut off from emotions and prone to mental rigidity (Hibbertia).

They do take an active interest in their health and their love of purity will lead them to be interested in organic food, detoxing, special diets and supplements, which are all conducive to good health. However sometimes this goes too far and they slip into a pattern of hypochrondria, for which Peach-flowered Tea-tree is very good.

Their spiritual lesson is to be of service to others. If selfishness is a problem, Gymea Lily will help. For the Virgo who does too much for others to the detriment of themselves – Alpine Mint Bush. If they can give but not receive, they will benefit from Philotheca.

Another spiritual lesson is to become aware that they are part of the universal Oneness, that we are all connected, and of course, Sydney Rose is the Essence to help develop this as a knowingness that comes from deep within and that permeates every aspect of our Being and life .

The higher ruler of Virgo is Chiron, God of Miraculous Healing, and the healing fields boast many Virgos. At their best they can tune into their Higher Selves and channel healing energy, no matter what their modality or belief systems around this. If this ability is blocked, Bush Iris and Paw Paw will help open it up, as will the Higher Self and Angelic Essences in the White Light range.

If you would like to know more, we run a One Day Seminar on Astrology and Australian Bush Flower Essences.

The Schedule is available here.

Flower Essences can be purchased here.

Copyright Linn Wiggins.

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