Herbal Wisdom For Every Season of Life
The Sturgeon Moon rises full this week under the shadow of a partial lunar eclipse in Virgo, the second doorway of this eclipse season. Join this week’s ritual of charging dried herbs beneath the moon, and trace the old grain-harvest folklore that still echoes through it.
Motherwort — Leonurus cardiaca, the lion-hearted herb — is bitter medicine for a racing heart. In this episode, Brenda explores the plant’s centuries-old reputation for steadying anxiety and menopausal heat, the astrological history linking her to Leo the lion, and how to meet her as the sky turns toward this week’s Aquarius full moon.
“We climbed all this way for the light. And the light, having reached us, turns us gently back toward home.”
“The moon is the anchor. The turning of the light is the medicine. The resurrection — whatever tradition names it, whatever language your heart speaks — is written into the sky.”
“You don’t have to burn bright to matter. You just have to stay lit.” Return of Inner Fire is a quiet Imbolc offering for anyone feeling worn thin by late…