FES QUINTESSENTIALS
*** List of Key Symptoms and Positive Potentials ***
FES (4) - From Queen Anne's Lace to Tumpet Vine
73. QUEEN ANNE'S LACE. Daucus carota
THE SPIRITUAL ALIGNER FLOWER. From distortion to spiritual integration. Key Symptoms: Lack of physical eyesight or psychic perception due to past sexual trauma or emotional imbalances; lack of objectivity; projection; distortion of psychic perception. Positive Potential: Integration of sexuality and inner balance of the emotional self; spiritual integration; vision and insights of once own wholeness; returning to the innocent state of the mind, body and Soul. |
74. QUINCE. Chaenomeles speciosa
THE UNIONIZING YIN/YANG FORCES FLOWER. From inconsistency to unification. Key Symptoms: For dysfunctional and/or inconsistent rulers, parents, leaders. Unable to reconcile or catalyze strength and power with affection and tenderness. Positive Potential: Being firm and courageous in loving; the coming together of the feminine and the masculine powers; unification of the feminine and masculine principles. |
75. RABBITBRUSH. Ericameria nauseosus
THE DISCERNING MIND FLOWER. From fuzzy consciousness to cleared mind. Key Symptoms: Overwhelmed by too many details; unable to discriminate; not tolerating sensory subtle perception; too many stimuli coming to mind all at once. Positive Potential: Accurate perceptual mind and flexible state of mind; alertness, coherence and clarity; awaken and lively in once own mind. |
76. RED CLOVER. Trifolium pratense
THE BUDDHA FLOWER. From anxious to grounded presence. Key Symptoms: Easily prompt to anxiety; susceptible to collective neurosis and hysteria of the mind; influenced by fear, panic and other forms of anxious behavior. Positive Potential: Grounded and calm presence in an emergency situation; steady and genuine supportive attitude in difficult moments. |
77. ROSEMARY. Rosmarinus officinalis
THE HEALTHY FLOWER. From cloudy to fresh and embodied presence. Key Symptoms: Lose incarnation in the body; diffused energy in the body; poor learning abilities; poor memory and presence; traumatic out of body experiences. Positive Potential: Healthy and warm physical presence; mental vitality and freshness; healthy and healing embodiment of the mind, body and Soul. |
78. SAGE. Salvia Officinalis
THE IN-DEPTH LIFE PERSPECTIVE FLOWER. From superficiality to higher perspective. Key Symptoms: Perception contaminated by superficial and vague data; ill perspective of life; inability to perceive in depth; unable to capture or understand life processes from a higher perspective. Positive Potential: Knowledge derived from once own experience; wisdom coming from life source; capability to assess life circumstances from a deep and higher perspective. |
79. SAGEBRUSH. Artemisa tridentata
THE ESSENTIAL AWARENESS FLOWER. From false identification to receptive emptiness. Key Symptoms: Over-attached to false identities of oneself; illusion of outer attachments represented negatively in aspects of the personality; dysfunctional over-identification. Positive Potential: With potential for essential awareness of the self and others; release of what is false; capable of transforming and changing; aliveness within; organic self-renewal. |
80. SAGUARO. Carnegiea gigantea
THE ESSENTIAL AWARENESS FLOWER. From false identification to receptive emptiness. Key Symptoms: Over-attached to false identities of oneself; illusion of outer attachments represented negatively in aspects of the personality; dysfunctional over-identification. Positive Potential: With potential for essential awareness of the self and others; release of what is false; capable of transforming and changing; aliveness within; organic self-renewal. |
81. SAINT JOHN'S WORT. Hypericum perforatum
THE ILLUMINATED CONSCIOUSNESS FLOWER. From depression to light-filled awareness. Key Symptoms: Depressive state; unable to reach and be in touch with the spiritual world; disturbing and fearful dreams. Positive Potential: Solar power and strength given by illuminated consciousness; light-filled insights and awareness. |
82. SCARLET MONKEY FLOWER. Mimulus Cardinalis.
THE EMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIVE FLOWER. From holding deep negative feelings to releasing them. Key Symptoms: Shame and fear that come up for holding and repressing intense feelings; incapable to act in another way; powerlessness; feeling trapped in one's own emotional negative body; hard to be "real", instead, pretending to be "nice". Positive Potential: Honest, direct and clear communication of deep feelings like disappointments, fear and anger; release of negative emotions and integration of the shadow. |
83. SCOTCH BROOM. Cytisus scoparious.
THE FUTURISTIC FLOWER. From disheartened pessimism to optimistic view. Key Symptoms: Depressed; heartbroken and disheartened; take over by pessimism and despair, particularly in regards of one's own personal relationship to the events happening in the world. Positive Potential: Optimistic and positive about the events that the future will bring and what it holds for oneself and the whole humanity; solar forces in action connecting and manifesting all around you. |
84. SELF-HEAL. Prunella vulgaris.
THE CHOOSING WELLNESS FLOWER. From not caring to investing responsibly in your care. Key Symptoms: Holding a healing attitude and positivity about your own healing process and finding a personal cure; ability to tap into health-giving forces of your mind, body and soul; taking new life style stance that lead to wholeness and wellness. Positive Potential: Over-dependent on advice from others in regards of health choices; not capable to take responsibility for one's own well-being; lack of spiritual motivation for healing. |
85. SHASTA DAISY. Leucanthemum x superbum.
THE SYNTESIZING FLOWER. From broken mind into pieces to holistic consciousness. Key Symptoms: Over-intellectualization of reality; seeing information that is a-contextualized like bits and separate pieces rather than parts of a whole; artificiality or mechanic intelligence. Positive Potential: Holistic consciousness; synthesis of disparate ideas into a living wholeness. |
86. SHOOTING STAR. Dodecatheon hendersonii.
THE HUMANIZING FLOWER. From disturbance of living on Earth to becoming fully human. Key Symptoms: Disturbing and traumatic birth; profound feelings of alienation; not feeling at home on Earth, not a part of the human family. Positive Potential: Spirituality that is fully human; human and cosmic consciousness aligned; warmed consciousness with caring and nurturing features; love for all that is human and earthy. |
87. SNAPDRAGON. Antirrhinum majus.
THE HEALTHY LIBIDO FLOWER. From repression of libido to dynamic unfolding. Key Symptoms: Hostile and verbal aggression; misdirected libido of repressed negative emotions; tension in the jaw and mouth; snapping, biting or unbalanced eating behaviors. Positive Potential: Healthy and dynamic, lively energy; healthy libido; verbal communication that is assertive and emotionally balanced. |
88. STAR THISTLE. Centaurea solstitialis.
THE ABUNDANT FLOWER. From not able to give to giving freely. Key Symptoms: Behavior and attitude that is generous; abundant energy of giving; ability to share with others from the heart and a place of feeling abundant. Positive Potential: Hoarding tendencies to accumulate; fear of lack; inability to give freely or spontaneously. |
89. STAR TULIP. Calochortus tolmiei.
THE SOUL ATTUNEMENT FLOWER. From blindness of the soul to soul receptivity. Key Symptoms: Lack of attunement to soul qualities or having insights from the soul; inability to cultivate quiet inner presence; not capable to mediate or pray. Positive Potential: Sensitive and receptive attunement; serene soul disposition, inner listening to others and higher worlds; especial receptivity to dreams and meditative states. |
90. STRICKY MONKEYFLOWER. Mimulus aurantiacus.
THE SENSUAL LOVING FLOWER. From inappropriate intimacy to authentic and loving sexual intimacy. Key Symptoms: Inability to experience love and warmth feelings in sexual experiences; inappropriate sexual behaviors dissociated from love; repression of the sexual and loving feelings. Positive Potential: Healthy, genuine and warm sexual expression of love; balanced integration of sexual intimacy; ability to express deep feelings of love, sensuality and sexuality. |
91. SUNFLOWER. Helianthus annuus.
THE SOLAR STRENGTH FLOWER. From inflation of the Ego to authentic unique self. Key Symptoms: Distorted sense of self; vacillation, inflation of the Ego; low self-esteem and arrogant stance; poor relationship to the archetype of father or solar aspects of the self. Positive Potential: Spiritualized ego strength infused with sun-radiant qualities; unique personality and genuine individuality. |
92. SWEET PEA. Lathyrus latifolius.
THE GROUNDING FLOWER. From no-sense of belonging to establishing your roots. Key Symptoms: Feeling of belonging to the Earth and the community at large; able to form roots where one lives or stays; feeling rooted in the social fabric; commitment to the community. Positive Potential: Homelessness; unable to form healthy attachment or bond with social community; unable to find one's own place on Earth and in the community; feeling disoriented; nomad; dislocation or frequent travel and/or moving. |
93. TANSY. Tanacetum vulgare.
THE STRAIGHTFORWARD FLOWER. From no purpose to decisive action. Key Symptoms: Personal purpose driven; goal-oriented and decisive; purposeful action taken; self-directed mastery and achievement. Positive Potential: Inability to take straightforward action; habits which undermine or subvert real abilities and talents; lethargy; procrastination. |
94. TIGER LILY. Lilium humboldtii.
THE SOCIALLY WARMING FLOWER. From aggressive behavior to smooth collaboration. Key Symptoms: Overly aggressive forces; excess of "Yang" energy; competitive attitude; lack of cooperation. Positive Potential: Adequate and positive interactions with others; socially warmth and balanced; collaboration; alignment of masculine and feminine forces which communicate and relate from the soul. |
95. TRILLIUM. Trillium chloropetalum.
THE SECURE FINANCIAL SENSE OF SELF FLOWER From poverty of spirit to solid financial self. Key Symptoms: Fear based materialistic view or the world and life possibilities; distortion of one's sense of worth; dis-alignment of the survival chakra; greed for possessions and obsession for power; poverty consciousness that holds onto the material. Positive Potential: Ability to be of give and serve to others; secure sense of personal welfare and financial well-being. |
96. TRUMPET VINE. Campsis tagliabuana.
THE CLEAR SPEECH FLOWER. From non-assertive speech to articulated communication. Key Symptoms: Inability to be assertive or to speak clearly, speech impediments; lack of vitality or soul force in expression. Positive Potential: Active expression of one's dynamic positive projection of oneself in social situations; articulated and positive in verbal expression. |
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Texts, titles and Key Symptoms and Positive Potentials are written by Roser Camats Falip. Photos of the flowers are taken from free images at Pixabay.