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File:Basil.jpg|Basil is a symbol of good wishes, domestic happiness, and a loving marriage. Because it is an herb with inconspicuous flowers, it is rarely given in a bouquet, but it is often presented to newlyweds as a potted plant during a housewarming party. Like many other members of the large Mint or Lamiaceae family, Basil has plentiful uses as a culinary and medicinal herb, and it can also be employed in spells of magic. It is sacred to the Hindu god Vishnu and his consort Tulasi, and in European occultism, it is said to be ruled by the Planet Mars in Scorpio.
File:Basil.jpg|Basil is a symbol of good wishes, domestic happiness, and a loving marriage. Because it is an herb with inconspicuous flowers, it is rarely given in a bouquet, but it is often presented to newlyweds as a potted plant during a housewarming party. Like many other members of the large Mint or Lamiaceae family, Basil has plentiful uses as a culinary and medicinal herb, and it can also be employed in spells of magic. It is sacred to the Hindu god Vishnu and his consort Tulasi, and in European occultism, it is said to be ruled by the Planet Mars in Scorpio.


File:Bay-Leaves.jpg|Bay Leaves, also known as Bay Laurel, Sweet Bay, or Laurus nobilis, is an evergreen tree native to the Meditteranean. Its aromatic leaves add flavour to sauces, soups, and stews; they also contain antioxidant and preservative oils which help keep foods fresh. Since ancient times Bay Leaves have symbolized Victory, Luck, Wisdom, Protection, and Success in military and academic pursuits. As Laurel wreaths they appear on eight tarot cards: The Fool, The Empress, The Chariot, The World, the Two of Cups, the Seven of Cups, the Six of Wands, and the King of Pentacles.  
File:Bay-Leaves.jpg|Bay, also known as Bay Laurel, Sweet Bay, or Laurus nobilis, is an evergreen tree of the Mediterranean. Its aromatic leaves add flavour to sauces, soups, and stews; they also contain antioxidant and preservative oils which help keep foods fresh. Since ancient times Bay leaves have symbolized Victory, Luck, Wisdom, Protection, and Success in military and academic pursuits. As Laurel wreaths they appear on eight tarot cards: The Fool, The Empress, The Chariot, The World, the Two of Cups, the Seven of Cups, the Six of Wands, and the King of Pentacles.  


File:Begonia.jpg|The Begonia is, a tender tropical flower, comes in many hues, with varied petal forms and spectacularly diverse leaf-shapes. It is a popular potted plant, but in the Language of Flowers, the gift of a Begonia conveys a powerful warning, for it means "Beware!"and alerts the recipient to danger, false friends, untrustworthy family members, a straying spouse, or coming financial ruin. The nature of the trouble is deciphered by the colour of the blossom. For instance, the Yellow Begonia warns of a jealous rival, while the Red Begonia tells of a deceitful lover.  
File:Begonia.jpg|The Begonia is, a tender tropical flower, comes in many hues, with varied petal forms and spectacularly diverse leaf-shapes. It is a popular potted plant, but in the Language of Flowers, the gift of a Begonia conveys a powerful warning, for it means "Beware!"and alerts the recipient to danger, false friends, untrustworthy family members, a straying spouse, or coming financial ruin. The nature of the trouble is deciphered by the colour of the blossom. For instance, the Yellow Begonia warns of a jealous rival, while the Red Begonia tells of a deceitful lover.  
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File:Fennel.jpg|Fennel root, known as Finocchio, is a beloved Italian vegetable, and Fennel seeds are used to flavour Finocchiona sausage, but like others in the Apiaceae or Umbelliferae family -- including Angelica, Asafoetida, Anise, Carrot, Celery, Coriander, Cumin, Dill, Lovage, Masterwort, Parsley, Parsnip, and Sea Holly -- Fennel also has strong magical associations. Its yellow flowers symbolize Flattery; its seeds are used in spells of Protection from snakes, the police, immigration officers, and tax assessors; and in folk medicine it treats depression and headaches.
File:Fennel.jpg|Fennel root, known as Finocchio, is a beloved Italian vegetable, and Fennel seeds are used to flavour Finocchiona sausage, but like others in the Apiaceae or Umbelliferae family -- including Angelica, Asafoetida, Anise, Carrot, Celery, Coriander, Cumin, Dill, Lovage, Masterwort, Parsley, Parsnip, and Sea Holly -- Fennel also has strong magical associations. Its yellow flowers symbolize Flattery; its seeds are used in spells of Protection from snakes, the police, immigration officers, and tax assessors; and in folk medicine it treats depression and headaches.


File:Fern.jpg|Although the Fern is not a flower, it appears in many bouquets as a symbol of magical fascination, humility, modest confidence, safe shelter, sincerity, the secret bonds of love, new life, and new beginnings. Because it reproduces by spores and bears neither flowers nor seeds, the Fern is associated with the gender-non-binary planet Mercury and the element of Air. Depending on the species, a living Fern may be planted atop a spell-packet for conjugal love. For protection and safety, dried fern leaves may be scattered about or carried in a mojo bag.  
File:Fern.jpg|Although the Fern is not a flower, it appears in many bouquets as a symbol of magical fascination, humility, modest confidence, safe shelter, sincerity, the secret bonds of love, new life, and new beginnings. Because it reproduces by spores and bears neither flowers nor seeds, the Fern is associated with the gender-non-binary planet Mercury and the element of Air. Depending on the species, a living Fern may be planted atop a spell-packet for conjugal love. For protection and safety, dried fern leaves may be scattered about or carried in a mojo bag.
 
File:Fir.jpg|The Fir is a coniferous evergreen tree in the genus Abies, which is part of the larger Pine family, the Pinaceae. Fir trees tend to be conical, with a single trunk and downward-drooping branches and needles when young, but as they age they may develop flattened crowns and increasing asymmetry due to environmental factors. Firs often grow in mountainous areas, where their shape helps them shed the weight of Winter snow. Their lumber is widely used in construction, and they are said to symbolize Strength, Constancy, Time, and Immortality.


File:Flax.jpg|The Flax flower is a symbol of domesticity, a happy home life, female wisdom, and womanly virtue. This is because the strong fibers derived from Flax  stalks are used in spinning and weaving, which was at one time the home occupation of many women. The Flax flower, as well as the act of spinning, is associated with the Norse goddess Freya, who is generally shown spinning Flax fibers into linen threads. Like other blue flowers, Flax carries the connotation of a peaceful home, female dignity, devotion to family, marital commitment, and social maturity.
File:Flax.jpg|The Flax flower is a symbol of domesticity, a happy home life, female wisdom, and womanly virtue. This is because the strong fibers derived from Flax  stalks are used in spinning and weaving, which was at one time the home occupation of many women. The Flax flower, as well as the act of spinning, is associated with the Norse goddess Freya, who is generally shown spinning Flax fibers into linen threads. Like other blue flowers, Flax carries the connotation of a peaceful home, female dignity, devotion to family, marital commitment, and social maturity.

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The Floral Oracle, Part One
The Floral Oracle, Part Two
The Floral Oracle, Part Three
The Floral Oracle, Part Four

The Floral Oracle began as four installments of "Your Wate and Fate," My Patreon supporters had access to the work a year before the public.

  • Part One: Patreon Release Date: September 7th, 2022
  • Part One: Public Release Date: September 7th, 2023.
  • Part Two: Patreon Release Date: September 14th, 2022
  • Part Two: Public Release Date: September 14th, 2023.
  • Part Three: Patreon Release Date: November 7th, 2022
  • Part Three: Public Release Date: November 7th, 2023.
  • Part Four: Patreon Release Date: November 14th, 2022
  • Part Four: Public Release Date: November 14th, 2023.

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All of the material you have access to here -- the instructive booklets, the nostalgic business cards, the boldly graphic postcards, and all of the historical information researched and shared from the mind of the woman who is making it all happen -- can easily fit into one 8 x 10 foot room in an old Victorian farmhouse, but you would never see it without the investment of the time it takes to produce such a site and the caloric input such a site requires in the form of food for the writer, graphic designer, and database manager, as well as the US currency needed to pay for the computers, software applications, scanners, electricity, and internet connectivity that bring it out of that little room and into the world. So, as you can see, this site is the darling of many, and it is growing at a rapid rate ... but although it is "free," there also is a cost. Your financial support underwrites this cost.

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Floriography or The Language of Flowers

Hi, this is cat. As many of you know, nagasiva and i have been producing mini-ads that announce when i am online at HoodooPsychics.com.

(Wait. Stop. If you don't know about HoodooPsychics.com, it is the coolest psychic line on the internet. Go to HoodooPsychics.com right now and check it out. If you go to the Hoodoo Psychics Facebook page at facebook.com/hoodoopsychics and like it, you can sign up for a FREE PSYCHIC READING GIVEAWAY every Monday, and if you win, you can pick any HoodooPsychics.com reader you want, including me!)

Okay, so starting in October 2020, i made a commitment to go live on HoodooPsychics.com once a week. To let people know when i was available, i wrote, and siva photoshopped, one entry of floral symbolism each week, to fit the Facebook, and Lucky Mojo Forum formats. For research, i consulted my collection of antique 19th century floriography books and early 20th century postcards on the Language of Flowers. This is an unusual project for us, since i am doing the writing and he is producing the art. Through these ads we were able to give folks a taste of floriography and to promote my reading career at the same time.

In January 2021 i started an Instagram account. In November 2021 i decided to go live on HoodooPsychics.com twice a week, and also to redesign the flower photos to fit the squarish Instagram format. The vertical Facebook images were reconfigured, and some new flower texts and images were added. As it has turned out, Instagram hasn't done much for me -- 90% of my followers and friends find me through Facebook, the Lucky Mojo Forum, and our weekly radio show. The only good thing about IG is that cute little squarish layout, like an endless run of nine-patch quilt blocks.

By September 2022, we had more than 90 flowers and their meanings completed. It was while working on the latest week's text that i suddenly had the desire to publish the whole lot as a stand-alone project. I realized that if i took the HoodooPsychics.com advertisement material off the image and simply ran the name of the flower and a few keywords, followed by the informative text, i would have produced a teaching tool and fortune telling device in one item. We released these text and image blocks via my Patreon account in September and November 2022 in four weekly installments -- a total of more than 90 different flowers and texts in all.

In April 2023, i introduced my ongoing work on Floriography to the public with a tutorial on the Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour. Tune in online to listen: Floriography with Catherine Yronwode



From September through November 2023, the four Patreon pages were compiled into one page and released to the general public -- with our deepest thanks to the Patrons who made this project financially feasible. Beginning in October 2023, i increased my office hours at Hoodoo Psychics to include Mondays, which allowed us to add a new flower and its meaning every week. These new entries and their texts are uploaded to this web page on a weekly basis.

In February 2024, we finally reached the goal of 104 flowers -- a pair of colour-matched flowers for every Friday and Saturday for a full year -- and we had gotten 2,000 views of this page. My Monday readings, with their new flowers, were well accepted by my clients, and i began reading 7 days a week at Hoodoo Psychics, although not every day was advertised with Floral Oracle placards, and you had to go to the HP website itself to see if i was on the line.

In June 2024 we had 120 different flowers online and 7,000 views of this page. That's when we got "discovered" by the internet -- because by October 2024, we had 140 flowers in the collection and had received more than 23,000 views, and by December, with 150 flowers, we had received 36,000 views.

Planning ahead, when we complete 156 flowers, in February 2025, my Monday reading advertisement sequence will be filled for a full year and we will begin adding flowers for another weekday, perhaps Thurssdays. And after that cycle of 52 is completed, we will add flowers for Wednesdays, Sundays, and so on.

How many Floral Oracle flowers will there be? Well, my collection of Victorian Floriography books tells me that we have many, many more flowers to choose from. If we decide to commit to seven flowers per week and multiply that times 52 weeks in a year, the total will be 364 flowers. God willing, i will still be doing psychic readings and we will get there in February 2030 if we fund the remainder of the project only via my callers at Hoodoo Psychics -- however, to speed things along, i think i may do another dip or two into Patreon funding, to complete the project before my 80th birthday in 2027. We shall see.

A Symbolic Bouquet of Meaningful Blossoms

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http://forum.luckymojo.com/your-wate-and-fate-t93995.html

Thank you.

catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
Your Wate and Fate


Special thanks to my dear husband and creative partner nagasiva yronwode for illustrations, scans, and clean-ups.