Herbal Wisdom For Every Season of Life
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.
“The rare moon is a doorway. And rare moons open onto rare possibilities. The things we have been carrying privately, year after year, deserve a doorway sometimes.”
The road was full of company. That is what I came home to tell you.
“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 are not emptying yourself. You are making room. There is a difference, and it lives in the body.”
“You do not have to make noise to be ready. You do not have to announce your beginning. You can simply begin.”
“We are the earth element this week. We provide our own grounding.”
“The waning moon is asking us one simple question: What can I clear so I can hear myself again?”