My favourite Hawthorn tree.... flowers in May, just like me.
Went walking today to collect the flowers for a heart nourishing tea and remarked to my partner how I love living where I am, but so many of my friends and clients are not here, are back in Cardiff. "Not lonely, but alone" is a phrase I have used before. How being far from my mother and family has often forced me to rely on Holy Mother and friends for comfort, something that has at times been very difficult, but needed and necessary.
I came back home and opened my "Herbiary" to see what Maia Toll had to say about Hawthorn. She talks of years gone by, fairies, Hawthorn as a portal to the Otherworld, but mainly our connection to the land we live on and to consider if where we live feels like home.
It never ceases to fascinate me how plants and trees will inspire the same thoughts and feelings in us, our connection undeniable. I was talking about how at home I felt here as I walked away with a pouch full of blossom.
This eclipse season and now Mercury retrograde are already deeply affecting myself and those around me. The longings of a child's heart are coming up - whether that is for attention, belonging, connection, safety. If you can, pour some water over Hawthorn flowers, and ask your heart what your inner child needs to feel nourished right now.
Hawthorn says "take heart and have courage, you are strong and beautiful like me"
Love Jenny xxx
