Element in Focus – Air

Spring Equinox – Summer Solstice

March 21st – June 21st

Air Basics

Air represents the faculty of perception and the process of transmitting and receiving information. This element describes our approach to understanding the world around us and provides useful insights about how we think, learn, and communicate.

Balanced Air

Connected, expressive, curious, social, intellectual, informed, innovative, analytical, and good at communicating thoughts and ideas.

Air in the Body

Nervous system, mental disorders, anxiety, respiratory system, tongue, brain, hands, arms and shoulders.

Excessive Air

Overstimulation

Talking without listening

High Anxiety

Racing thoughts

Superficial

Difficulty being alone

Indecision

Over rationalization

Chatterbox

Hyperfocus

Ideas without direction

Deficient Air

Sluggish mind

Difficulty problem solving

Avoids change

Learning disabilities

Overly subjective

Rigid viewpoints

Struggle to express oneself

Lack of curiosity

Feeling disconnected

Social avoidance

Avoids conceptual abstraction

Principles of Air

Gender: Yang

Opposing Element: Fire

Qualities: Hot and Wet

Temperament: Sanguine

Humor: Blood

Season: Spring

Alchemical Facial

Air Properties

Mutable = Gemini, The Pollinator

Cardinal = Libra, The Harmonizer

Fixed = Aquarius, The Problem-Solver

Smudge

White Sage

Helps to circulate energy & purify the surrounding space and is believed to bring good luck and happiness. White Sage is also used to reduce depression and anxiety and is known for its calming effect on the nervous system and mind.

Crystals

Labradorite

Stimulates the throat chakra to promote clear communication and self-expression. It allows individuals to express their thoughts and emotions with greater clarity and authenticity.

Labradorite also has a calming effect on the mind and helps to reduce stress and anxiety.

Blue Apatite

This energy promotes an open mind, inspires creative solutions, and helps with communicating ideas effectively. It is a great ally for clearing confusion and enhancing better discernment and decision-making.

Blue Apatite is also used to improve social skills by reducing anxiety and shyness.

Venus in Libra

Venus universally represents the concepts of love, beauty, attraction, harmony, desire, comfort, and peace.

Libra is the Yang, masculine, diurnal, airy home of Venus which emphasizes creative expression, social graces and a natural ability to bring life into balance.

Mercury in Gemini

Mercury universally represents the concepts of youth, learning, transmission, exchange, flexibility and communication.

Gemini is the Yang, masculine, diurnal, air home of Mercury which emphasizes curiosity, intellect and witty communication with a need for movement and stimulation.

These combinations tap into the mental realm. They create a desire to understand and be understood and stimulate an appreciation for knowledge while emphasizing peace and balance in the mind and nervous system.

100% Organic Steep – Organic damiana leaf, organic raspberry leaf, organic red clover blossom, organic yarrow flower, organic chamomile flower, organic jasmine flower, organic passion flower, organic mugwort, organic plantain leaf, organic periwinkle, vanilla bean.

100% Organic Oil – Ritually fumigated and consecrated sakura blossoms and Venusian herbs including: damiana, fenugreek, red clover, plantain, and more, combined with periwinkle, mugwort, and emerald.

Formulated under the following conditions:

Libra rising with Venus, Moon and Mercury in Libra.

Venus is conjunct the Ascendant in a Trine relationship to Jupiter in the air sign of Aquarius.

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Mist – Dill, wormwood, parsley, marjoram, bayberry root bark, mullein, skullcap, and seeds of fennel, caraway, and celery, along with opal and sour patch kids, distilled via copper alembic in water freshly harvested from Mt. Shasta. Finished with grain alcohol to help preserve, colloidal gold, and colloidal silver.

Formulated under the following conditions:

Virgo rising with Venus and Mercury in Gemini.

Venus is conjunct the Midheaven

Mercury and Venus are Square to the Ascendant while in a Sextile relationship to Jupiter in Aries.

Saturn is in his diurnal, masculine air sign of Aquarius.

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Candle – Soy wax, dyed a ghostly “white walker” blue, poured over

Gum elemi, borneal camphor, myrrh, feather, and blue apatite, ground with grains of paradise and crowned with white gold and black sardonyx.

Formulated under the following conditions:

Aquarius rising with Saturn, Venus and the Moon in Aquarius with Saturn and Venus conjunct on the Ascendant.

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Formulated under the following conditions:

Libra rising with Venus, Moon and Mercury in Libra.

Venus is conjunct the Ascendant in a Trine relationship to Jupiter in the air sign of Aquarius.

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A facial can be more

than a facial

Dyad + Elements

Dyad is scientifically and philosophically connected to the traditional Western elements of air, fire, earth and water.

These four elements exist in everyone, giving us unique qualities, harmonies, and imbalances that can influence our physical and emotional well-being.

Understanding the symbolic and practical nature of each element can help us better understand ourselves and others.

The Alchemical Facial is connected to the annual journey of the Sun whose movements guide us through the various elements, cycles and seasons.

The major turning points in the solar year are defined by solstices and equinoxes. Similarly, we shift the Alchemical Facial elemental focus on these same dates in order to correspond with the inherent qualities of each moment in time.

We hope the information provided can serve to increase awareness of how these forces are at work in your life, and help you feel more connected to the beautiful rhythms of the world around you.

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