Messages from Lemon Balm and Rosemary

Well today was very good. I was inspired by other aspects of my life (like finally finding a consistent job:)) and finally was able to "feel right" about going out and communing with some plants. I'd been trying for a few days to no avail. I'd gone to the park but couldn't really get settled enough. Too many people walking around made me feel self-conscious and I couldn't bring myself to really just focus on me and the plants. I wonder if I'm the only green witch that has experienced that. I doubt it. I think that's a big part of being a city green witch, working through those feelings of weirdness/oddness, finding it in yourself to not care what others are thinking, finding it in yourself to take it one step further and even hope that they are wondering what you're doing and have enough courage to ask. That i think would be ideal. That I know is the kind of conviction, belief in myself, and settled content sense of self I'm aiming for.

Anyhoo, I digress. Today I was able to get some great messages from Lemon Balm and Rosemary. I'd started with going out to my backyard as usual but just wasn't able to make a connection with the plants out there. I don't really know what they are and maybe that was the reason. Maybe I needed to start with plants I know very very well. Hence Lemon Balm and Rosemary:). These two herbs are truly included in my favorites. Within the top three I'm sure. Here in this picture is my Rosemary at nighttime. I just took this picture about 15 minutes ago. This is what I learned about Rosemary from Rosemary itself.

Rosemary Impressions.
*Blood
*slow acting
*wound healing (I envisioned a football player)
*astringent and acrid

So it seems to me that Rosemary was trying to tell me that in addition to all the things I already know about her, it is also a good herb for the blood but must be taken over time since it's slow acting. I got the impression that this was in general as well. Slow acting for all it's activity.

Wound healing seemed to refer to sports injuries, maybe bone related. I got an impression similar to the knitbone herb (of which the name fails me now). Also when I think of Rosemary, particularly looking at it, it looks like the spine with all the leaves coming off like nerves. So perhaps it's a good herb for strengthening the bones and connections of the spine.

I'm sure at some point, I'm going to go hunting and see if I see any references in herb books about these qualities. They could be impressions just for me though:). We'll see. As people begin to come around and read here, I'd love to hear if any of these impressions make sense to others out there.

This here is a picture of my Lemon Balm. I love Lemon Balm. It's scent. It's strength. It's vibrancy. And interestingly enough, these are the impressions I got.

Lemon Balm's Impressions.
*vitality
*heart, veins
*sinewy (maybe tendons and ligaments)
*warrior, strength
*lungs
*sweet, love
*seems decidedly masculine with an underlying femininity/sweetness

I think these impressions are pretty straight forward. I made a tea of fresh lemon balm today after doing this exercise and it was just exquisite. It's a strong tea but filled with just the right sweetness. It does feel to do and work with everything I received in my sit with it. Lemon Balm reminds me of Aquarius, my sun sign. Maybe that's another reason I have such an affinity to it.

In any case, I'm very happy with today. I even ran across a happy mini-field of Red Clover, number 3 on the list. They seemed to be waving at me:). Next time I will take a picture:).