Enrollment is now open for Sacred Aromatics Foundations, the signature program of my Nectar & Alchemy aromatic mystery school. This is a six-week initiation into sacred aromatic arts. Together, we will explore anointing, sacred smoke, plant relationship, scent perception, energy anatomy, and five remarkable aromatic allies. You will learn to work with fragrance in ritual, beauty, and soul healing — building a foundation you can continue deepening for years. Details Six live sessions on...
about 16 hours ago • 3 min read
Welcome to September Juniper Stokes • September 2026 harvest time :) When the world seems to be falling apart, we grieve. And, when we’re ready, we create. Rudolf Clausius, a 19th century German physicist, coined the term entropy to describe “the undoing of being” — an apt description of not only the nature of the universe, but of the metamorphic times we live in. This transformation of order to disorder, of constancy to discontinuity, is how we register change and tell one moment from the...
17 days ago • 5 min read
Virgos tend the sacred. This devotional sign carries us from August 23rd to the Autumnal Equinox, when skies grow dark once again. Largely misunderstood as overly-organized and detail-oriented, Virgo’s true archetype is that of the priestess (and priest, for that matter). This archetype helps us prepare for the times to come with essential tasks of offerings, clearings, rituals, and — yes — organizing our resources. ;) You’re invited to join our live September New Moon gathering and anointing...
29 days ago • 2 min read
This Wednesday is kind of a big deal in the cosmos...because we have Solar Eclipse in Leo. And it arrives to gobble up our well-cultivated public personas. Our August Rewilding the Temple new moon anointing rite will be held during this eclipse, giving it an especially powerful energy. We'll be working with jasmine, and everyone is welcome to join. But first... Getting ready for the Leo solar eclipse Wednesday, august 12 Every eclipse season is a time of major change — individually and...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
This email brings you a long weekend read :) If you want skip ahead, here's what to look for: A real peek behind the scenes — life, amiright? 8/8: what the Lion's Gate is actually about (+ a free ritual guide) Rewilding the Temple, August 12 — Leo New Moon solar eclipse Jasmine anointing oil for our ceremony Perfumes for Summer — six of my favorites New salves & hydrosols coming in September — get on the list Future nostalgia is the essence of August. Vacation mode is still on, harvests are...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Welcome to July Juniper Stokes • July 2026 fav July activity: view from my very own kayak The bulk of July holds us in the protective field of Cancer — the great mother of the Zodiac. Ruled by the moon and symbolized by the crab, Cancer is a water sign known to be sensitive, nurturing, creative, and changeable. There’s a focus on the home — being home, tending the home, and feeling at home wherever you are. The crab might seem a strange symbol for a water sign until we dig in a bit more:...
3 months ago • 5 min read
This weekend, I was lucky enough to head to the wild PNW coast for solstice. Living in the dry, high desert (which I also love), it is always a balm for my soul to walk through lush coastal forests. And at this time of year, everything is blooming and the first berries - salmonberries and red huckleberries - are already ripe. Love. I've been walking these trails for decades. Singing, leaving offerings, and making medicine with the land. These forests have been generous. And this year, a new...
3 months ago • 4 min read
In the archetypal language of the Zodiac, Cancer is the great nourisher, often looked at as embodying the energy of the Divine Mother — she who tends her family and home with protective, unconditional love. Yet this year, our solstice and transition into Cancer Season falls on Father’s Day — June 21. At the solstice, the sun stands directly overhead as it enters the sign of Cancer. The solar principle — classically masculine, paternal, and the source of authority and light — arrives at the...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Tomorrow is the Gemini new moon ceremony for Rewilding the Temple — and there's still time to join us. Every month, this gathering follows the lunar cycle: a seasonal teaching, rewilding practices, a sacred anointing, and community connection in a 90-minute live ceremony. A plant ally leads the way. This month, we meet blue tansy. Blue tansy has a bright yellow flower that becomes a deep, stunning blue oil through steam distillation — the alchemical process revealing what was always inside....
3 months ago • 2 min read
