I love looking at our star signs as parties…the Taurus season gatherings of slow, earthly delights are now giving way to Gemini's game nights and creative conversation starters.
Mercury — the planetary god of shape shifting, magic, and communication — rules the season.
Mercury is actually in its home sign of Gemini right now, making this season especially supportive for deepening communication — with one another, with spirit, and with the living world.
Scroll down for seasonal happenings in this realm :)
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When I was a little girl, I knew magic was real. And I always craved more of it in my life.
I remember sitting in our violet patch, smelling their spring sweetness, and wishing so much that the fairies I knew lived there would show themselves. I sat with trees, willing them to speak with me.
But I often felt like it wasn’t working. I wondered what was wrong with me that I couldn’t just sit in the yard and have a regular conversation with the fae.
It turns out….nothing was wrong with me. I was in constant communion with the spirits of the land all the time.
It's just that our communication wasn’t happening voice to voice — it was happening heart to heart.
Fortunately, I was still young when I realized this. ;) And I’ve had a lifetime of nourishing relationships with the spirits of nature as a result.
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Over the years, I’ve studied with the plants both formally and directly. And one of my favorite ways to commune deeply with their wisdom is through flower essences.
I’ve made essences with wild, rare plants at 10,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains and with common herbs from my own organic gardens. I’ve worked with potent poison plants and gentle, sweet flowers. All have something beautiful to share with us.
This June, I’m finally sharing my process with you. (So many of you have been asking for this program for years. I move slowly, but I do move!)
On Sunday, June 28th, we’ll gather for a virtual day of plant magic.
- You will learn how to deepen into authentic communication with the plant world through sensation, intuition, symbolism, and direct relationship.
- Then, you’ll make your very own flower essence, with me to guide you through the process.
- And I’ll teach you how to understand the energetic and spiritual gifts a plant wishes to share.
It’s a process that you’ll be able to repeat for life :)
Plants are such a powerful bridge to the sacred for us humans, and this time of year is such a delight for making these connections.
>>>Learn more about our day with the plants.
Whether you’re new to plant communication or have been chatting with these beings for decades, this Gemini Season is the perfect time to deepen the conversation.
Here's a practice you can do right now:
Today, choose one plant growing near you — even a weed in a sidewalk crack. Sit quietly and breathe into your heart. Then notice:
What sensations arise in your body?
What memories appear?
What emotions shift?
Plant communication often arrives through feeling, image, association, memory, temperature, or subtle movements in the nervous system long before the mind translates it into language.
Many Blessings,
P.S. If you’re brand new to using your intuitive gifts in this way, my new class with DailyOM is a great way to get started. It’s only $22 and teaches you everything you need to strengthen and trust your intuition — in just 90 minutes. Check it out here.
P.P.S. The Wild Alchemy Practitioner Program has kicked off with an absolutely amazing cohort of practitioners from all over the world. This is an apprenticeship with your own soul in a beautifully held container. There is still time to jump in and catch up before our first full month commences June 2. Then doors close until late 2028.
Juniper Stokes is a botanical perfumer, soul alchemist, intuitive astrologer, and rewilding guide through mythic landscapes of nature, spirit, and the cosmos. For over 25 years, she has been guiding people back to the heart of who they are and why they’re here.
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