How to Read Flower Essence Cards #12
Using the TOTEM Flower Essence Deck-- and flower power itself-- to connect with Abundance Energy!
Re-staking this post for everyone (and not just paid subscribers)!
As I’ve been working on slides for our Navigating Scarcity online workshops, I’ve realized just how crucial conversations around real abundance really are— especially from an easy-to-implement plant medicine perspective.
One of the gifts of maintaining the literal garden behind our TOTEM Flower Essences and TOTEM Flower Essence Deck is that I get to know the trees, flowers, and herbs on a personal, energetic level. Many of these plants are eager to offer remedies for scarcity— and support for building and maintaining a connection to havingness energy.
But, as is the case with “real spiritual work”, these plant medicines don’t guarantee a sudden windfall of cash without putting in any work. Rather, they invite us to reframe our conceptions of what abundance really is and focus on anchoring, rooting, and integrating a consistent, resilient connection to the cosmic source of creation, support and abundance:
Garden of Eden, made of Pomegranate Flower
Our small pomegranate tree is one of the most magical creatures in our TOTEM Flower Essence Garden, and its flower essence— and accompanying TOTEM Flower Essence card— offer a pure distillation of that same magic!
We named our pomegranate TOTEM Flower Essence Garden of Eden because its energy evokes the the original portal of creation. When taken as a flower essence, it nourishes the energy body with the life-giving, mystical energy of primordial, analogue creation.
Are you an artist? Writer? Business owner? Innovation professional? Are you seeking the next great, abundant idea? Are you hoping to grow a lush garden or bring new children into the world? Whatever it is you seek to create, Pomegranate Flower Essence can help support your intentions and efforts as you cultivate abundance in sync with the natural order of the universe.
This flower essence corresponds to the Sacral Chakra and the element earth, offering an alchemical solution to ground and nourish your money-making creative engine.
Even pulling this TOTEM Flower Essence Deck card— or featuring it on your home altar or vision board— can move metaphorical mountains, filling your tank of energy and inspiration so that you can have fun in your workday while also securing the bag!
If you happen to pull it in a reading— even if it’s just a daily card pull— get ready for some seriously abundant magic to manifest in your life: a book deal, a new business opportunity, or simply a time of passive connection to abundance.
This is a great flower essence for anyone feeling disconnected from material existence, exhausted by the uninspiring grind of work, or lacking in gratitude for what is actually working— or possible!
You can learn more about our Garden of Eden Flower Essence on Etsy HERE or our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck on Etsy HERE or Amazon HERE.
Head’s up: not only are we having a huge sale on Etsy (75% off of orders of $100 or more), but we’re having a Flash Sale of the TOTEM Flower Essence Deck on Amazon the weekend of August 17th, offering 50% off to celebrate (and honor) the Aquarius Full Moon, so set a calendar reminder so you don’t miss it!
Feast, made of Mesquite Tree
So, Etsy doesn’t let me sell our Feast TOTEM Flower Essence on their platform because…*drumroll please*… Mesquite trees are an invasive species in Texas.
Yah. I’m pretty sure they’re from Texas.
And, more importantly, I’m not selling Mesquite trees. I’m selling a flower essence made out of a Mesquite tree.
So, long story short: if this flower essence piques your interest and you want to buy it, just email me at: rachel@totemreadings.com. I’ll honor whatever sale/ price is currently the thing for our other essences on Etsy.
I know. Dealing with anti-human forces that don’t provide any customer service can be a real drag sometimes. The ultimate irony here is that Feast Flower Essence helps to remediate negative interactions just like these and the burnout they can cause, affirming our connection to the infinite abundance of the universe no matter how tough times are!
Simply put, our Feast TOTEM Flower Essence is a reminder that life is a feast—and not a famine!
Mesquite is an ideal Flower Essence for anyone struggling with scarcity: concerned about making money, surviving, or having “enough” to get by. Mesquite Flower Essence connects the energy body to the analogue of abundance, having-ness, and feelings of plenty, reminding us that we are always connected and capable. Mesquite Flower Essence acts as the energetic remedy to zero sum thinking, offering users a steady influx of confidence in their own abilities to do, grow, and achieve.
Positive Attributes: Feeling abundant and capable, regardless of fluctuations or challenges; excellent confidence-booster for business owners; ability to enjoy the fruits of one’s labor while still working.
Patterns of Imbalance: Workaholism; always worried about professional failure; anxiety about financial survival; delaying enjoyment for another time.
This is a great flower essence— and flower essence card— for any small business owner. If you pull this card in an oracle reading, know that you’ll have all of the resources you need to survive and thrive while times are tough.
Like Garden of Eden, our Feast flower essence is associated with the earth element and the sacral chakra, again nourishing and grounding our portal of creation and work!
You can learn more about our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck on Etsy HERE or Amazon HERE.
Thug Rose, made of Rose Flower
This is an unusual one, but it’s come up a lot in recent energy work sessions…and I think I may have had a bit of a breakthrough!
The trend: there is a lot of heart chakra trauma over professional and financial hardships. People feel very betrayed that they didn’t get help from those they’ve supported in the last few years, feeling totally let down, disappointed, and hurt.
From an energetic perspective, it looks like a classic case of deep grief, which is totally normal. What’s perhaps not as adaptive or helpful is when this grief turns to self-pity, rumination, and loss of hope, as these are energies that interfere with the flow of abundance— and the possibility of a better tomorrow!
Enter Thug Rose TOTEM Flower Essence, which is designed to clear, open and strengthen the heart chakra, energetically supporting the ability to love, trust, and enjoy the beautiful emotions that come with life.
Life will ding up our heart chakras with various traumas: breakups, broken hearts, loss, grief and even betrayal. But Rose Flower Essence energetically supports our energy body’s ability to self-heal, clearing out these scars and stored somatic stressors to enable us to dive right back in. Rose Flower Essence is ideal for anyone worried about becoming cynical or giving up hope:
Positive Attributes: Open to possibilities; emotional openness and willingness to be vulnerable; resilience in the face of emotional ups and downs; able to release emotional and energetic trauma.
Patterns of Imbalance: Emotionally closed off; unable or unwilling to trust or try new relationships; loss of hope, particularly regarding potential love relationships.
If you pull the Thug Rose card from our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck in the near future, take a moment to consider if you’ve suffered some heart chakra trauma as a result of career, business or money issues— instead of just assuming it’s due to a breakup or lost romantic love.
Navigating Scarcity Workshop Series
I’m going to be facilitating some workshops focused on the topic of Navigating Scarcity from a shamanic and pragmatic perspective starting this Saturday:
Navigating scarcity, on Saturday, August 17th (3-4:30 PM CST)
This first workshop will focus on diving right into the scarcity energy we’re all feeling— and will continue to feel— this year. Whether you’re a Woo-based business owner, someone looking to build your side hustle/ corporate bug-out bag, or simply someone seeking out-of-the-box solutions more generally, this is the workshop for you!
You can learn more and register on Eventbrite HERE.
Myth-busting the Business of Woo, on Saturday, August 24th (3-4:30 PM CST)
With the economic conditions rapidly shifting under our feet, expect the noise and distracting myth-building to grow. In this environment, it can be hard to know what’s real, what’s fake, and what’s downright nefarious! This workshop is designed to empower attendees with some naked real talk, helping to bust the myths around the Business of Woo.
You can learn more and register on Eventbrite HERE.
Self-care and Energetic Hygiene, on Saturday, August 31st (3-4:30 PM CST)
Regardless of whether you’re a Woo-based business owner, practitioner, or just a straightforward busy professional, navigating the manic energy of a scarcity economy is very, very tricky. This workshop is designed to empower the attendees with simple, sustainable and human-scaled tips and tricks to take the edge off of an energetically volatile, draining workday!
You can learn more and register on Eventbrite HERE.
About the donation format
I’ve made these online workshops donations-based in order to make it available to as many people as possible, regardless of any immediate financial issues or limitations they may be having. If you know someone that has been laid off, is struggling and afraid, or maybe wants to launch their side hustle or small business but is intimidated by the market, please forward this info to them and encourage them to sign up!
I hope to see many of you join this Saturday’s workshop! If you can’t make it, please feel free to leverage the power of plant medicine to help out. Whether it’s in flower essence form, appearing as one of our flower essence oracle cards, or just a bundle of fresh cut flowers you pick up from your local farmers’ market, these herbal helpers are at the ready to assist in taking down the crazy while clearing the way for some real deal abundance!
-Rachel