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09/10/2026

This was sent to me by a dear friend and I wanted to share. Have a beautiful day

09/09/2026

09/09/2026

We are so proud to introduce our Reiki Master Teacher, Windy Burfield! Born and raised right here in the Stateline area, Windy is a proud wife, mother, and Rockford resident. She has felt a special, intuitive connection to energy, animals, and nature since childhood. After 25 years of studying the metaphysical world, she turned her lifelong passion into her purpose. Windy became a Reiki Master Teacher in 2018 and has spent the last seven years hosting our beloved Spring and Fall Reiki classes at Cleo's Aroma-pothecary.

09/09/2026

Our Yellow Brandywine heirloom tomatoes decided to shift into ludicrous speed this week! Did I mention, you can freeze tomatoes with no extra processing? Make the chili/spaghetti sauce/etc in the winter when you WANT to heat up the house!!

Please. COME BUY TOMATOES. 😆🌞🌻☀️
(I have twice this amount. Srsly.)

09/08/2026

Our Fall Reiki classes will be starting up this month, watch for the events and more info. As always, feel free to call, text or stop by the shoppe for more info.

09/06/2026

Card of the Day

PRINCE OF PENTACLES

KEYWORDS
Practical
Realistic
Sensuous

This Prince represents steady, reliable and practical people, who often make stable, uncomplaining and dependable partners in a relationship. They will be ambitious too, but will know how to work patiently and realistically towards their goals.
Beneath their often quite respectable or conventional appearance they are sensuous and passionate, and feel strongly for the welfare of the land.
They also take pride in maintaining their home and their investments.
Some might find a Prince of Pentacles dull, and lacking in the more spontaneous and ebullient
characteristics found in the other Princes, but others will appreciate the Way a Prince of Pentacles values security, order and dependability, and the way in which they are often highly skilled with their hands, making excellent craftsmen.
Meaning - When not referring to a person, this card can indicate that a practical, patient and methodical approach to a project is needed, or that these qualities need to be used in improving your health through exercise and nutrition. Alternatively, it may suggest an impending overland journey.
Reverse meaning - This card reversed may indicate someone who is preoccupied with material ambitions, and too focused on acquisitions or on their own health. Exercise, sport or body-building may have become an obsession, or - conversely - the Prince may have become a couch potato, who is often tired and apathetic. But in a positive sense, the reversed card may signify a necessary turning within - a search for the 'gold' in the self that lies in the darkness, that needs a period of introspection and apparent inactivity to unearth it.

09/06/2026

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09/06/2026

Herb 🌿 of the Day

Color of the Day: Gold
Incense of the Day: Frankincense

Arctium lappa (Asteraceae)
Burdock, Niu Bang Zi (Chinese)

Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Western and Chinese herbal medicine. It is used to treat conditions caused by an "overload" of toxins, such as throat and other infections, boils and rashes, and chronic skin problems. The root and the seeds help to cleanse the body of waste products, and the root is thought to be particularly good at helping to eliminate heavy metals.

Key Constituents
* Bitter glycosides (arctiopicrin)
* Flavonoids (arctiin)
* Tannins
* Polyacetylenes
* Volatile oil
* Inulin (up to 45%)
* Lignans

Key Actions
* Detoxifying
* Mild diuretic
* Antibiotic
* Antiseptic
* Anti-inflammatory
Research
• Antibiotic Studies in Germany
(1967) and Japan (1986) showed that the polyacetylenes, especially within the fresh root, have an antibiotic effect.
• Other research Burdock has antibacterial and antifungal properties, and diuretic and hypoglycemic (lowering blood-sugar levels) effects.
It also seems to have an anti-tumor action. Recent studies suggest the seeds are anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and hepatoprotective.

Traditional & Current Uses
History Burdock was a traditional remedy for gout, fevers, and kidney stones. In the 17th century, Culpeper wrote, "The seed is much commended to break the stone and cause it to be expelled by urine."
* Cleansing herb Burdock is used in both Western and Chinese herbal medicine as a detoxifying herb. The seeds are used to remove toxins in fevers and infections such as mumps and measles, and the root helps the body to eliminate waste products in chronic skin and arthritic conditions.
* Skin problems Burdock's diuretic, antibiotic, and mildly bitter actions make it helpful for skin disorders, especially where toxicity is a key factor, such as in acne, abscesses, local skin infections, eczema, and psoriasis.
* Combination remedies
Burdock is rarely used on its own in remedies. It is generally mixed with herbs such as dandelion (laraxacum officinale, p. 14l) or yellow dock (Rumex crispus, p. 264). These help the body to remove accumulated waste products drawn out of tissues by burdock's detoxifying action. Use of burdock alone can cause a flare-up of skin conditions such as eczema.

From Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine

09/05/2026

Card of the Day

16. CROSSROAD

All paths lead to love.
MOONLIT CODEWORDS
CONTEMPLATE, CHOOSE, EXPECT

MOONBEAM INSIGHT
Hecate, Queen of the Crossroads, has emerged from the misty shadows because you have arrived at a critical juncture and must make some important decisions. You need to choose a direction and she is the right goddess for the job! Ask Hecate, the wayshower, to lead and light your way.
Take a breath, weigh up the facts, gather all relevant information and consider all consequences before making a decision and choosing your path forward. Hecate speaks of these deciding moments as significant turning points. See beyond the smoke and mirrors to discern the naked truth.
Once you've made the call, go your own way with out-and-out confidence knowing that you have practised good judgement.
Allow Hecate's violet flame of transformation to change your indecisiveness into unfaltering faith and self-assurance.
Trust her hounds to hunt down the best way forward and protect you from any ambushes and potholes along the trail.
Release any self-doubt embedded in your unconscious mind and shadowy Underworld that may be holding you back. Feel the fear and do it anyway! Alchemise trepidation with your goddess-given gifts of vulnerability and courage.
Exhilarating adventures are unfolding before you. Embrace the dark and mysterious! Soar into the mystical cosmos! Dance and weave under the enchanting moon shadow! These new explorations will expand your mind and open your heart to an endless stream of divine wisdom and love. Be bold and bright, dearheart! Do not be afraid of your shining light

MOON GUIDE: HECATE
As the goddess of witches, the shadow queen and wayshower, Hecate presides over crossroads and magic. Her powerful influence spread all over ancient Europe and pillars named
'Hecate' stood proudly at crossroads and gateways to protect
and light the way.

MOON PHASE: TRIPLE GODDESS MOON -
THIRD QUARTER MOON
Halfway between the Full and New Moon is Hecate's time to craft magic and tie up loose ends. It's also a powerful time in the lunar cycle for transitions. Balance is the key! The darkness and light dance in seamless synergy during this period.

KEYS TO THE CROSSROADS RITUAL
When you need to make an important decision, create an altar honouring Hecate. Decorate it with magical treasures and include a key or something similar as an offering to the shadow queen. When the moon appears from behind the shadows, light a candle and intuitively reflect on the best path to take. You can then step forward with poise, knowing Hecate and her hounds have your back. You've got this!

CROSSROAD SPELL CHANT
The shadowy moon above me, the mysterious Underworld below me, Hecate's torchlight before me, Hecate's hounds behind me, the wisdom and strength of the great Goddess within me. So, mote it be.

ARTIST PROSE
Raw violet stares in queendom three
Of moon and moon and moon
The mist de-veils and darkness shines Of mysteries shed of musings mask
Truths unfurl in triple chants Of two and yet of three
With hues of then and shades of now
Paths arcane in secrets shown
Silken threads yet hidden
Reveals, they wait for you...