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calendula cultivar orange zinger, erfurter.
she is so bright, orange, full, deeply resinous, after harvesting my fingers were like i had dipped them in honey, sticky, sweet. i rubbed them on my eyes, balm for irritated skin.
in my experience, calendula has been a teaching of curiosity and innocence. solar in nature, a nod to the doctrine of signatures where it is an understanding that plants tell us their story -who they are, where they tend- hints at beginning relationship.
deep affinity for the sun, and speaking to relationship with self, layers of understanding. childlike joy and innocence, calling forth unabashed inquiry.
an understanding that i have never been in this time and space before, and inviting curiosity into this moment.
perhaps you are familiar with calendula, an invitation to be with this dynamic being interacting in essence.
soothing to inflammation, as my son says calming, cooling calendula.
balm. as above, below, within, so without.
may curiosity guide you.
all ways.
always,