Mystic of East

What is the hype over essential oils? How come everyone is talking about them and do they even work? Essential oils are a concentrated extract version of the natural oils that already exists within plants.  These oils are extracted from plants via distillation. Distillation is most commonly done by steam or water, where many parts of the plants are being used, including the plant roots, leaves, stems, flowers, or bark. The therapeutic quality of essential oils has recently been discovered in the Western world and commodified to be marketable as people have just now discovered the positive outcome of essential oil use. Essential oils have been used throughout history in many cultures for their medicinal and therapeutic benefits. While the oils are still in the plant, they  provide the plants with protection against predators and disease, and also play a role in plant pollination . As these properties carry forward into the essential oils, folk medicine since ancient time...

The Number Four Cards of the Tarot When things are stable in your life, expect to see some cards with the number four on them in your Tarot reading. This is the number of stability and consistency. There are four suits in the Tarot deck and four seasons on earth. This natural order of things is often disrupted for short bursts, but it is more likely to trend toward constancy than maintain any of the disruptive energy. Revolutions do not occur under the four, but they may be inspired by the long uninterrupted stasis that underscores it. The timeframe starts as a comforting security and consistency, but it can manifest as boredom, stagnation and resistance to change out of a fear of the unknown. For every side of the four that is peaceful and grounded, there is a shadow side of avoidance and outgrown attachments. Fours are ruled by The Emperor. This card is number four in the Tarot's Major Arcana. Number fourteen is Temperance, the card that translates The Emperor's r...