After every storm, the sun also rises. When our world is in crisis or we feel under siege, the very best thing we can do is offer support. The rolling disasters of these strange days are pushing us to a revolution of consciousness. We are required to save ourselves and care for others as well as the corner of the earth we call home. With this in mind I have flung open the doors to the Bohomofo Support Salon on Patreon.

New year brings new readings, deeper shadow work and a whole bunch of new ways to work together. If you are looking for a sign, this is datura.

The waxing moon in Cancer and the final day of my year whispered to me that today was the right time to harvest my mugwort. Artemisia is a plant of the moon, whose astrological home is Cancer. And I just so happened to have co-opted my kin for a day up this way, so harvest we did. Giant bundles of my dearest plant ally have been hung in my apothecary to dry out of the sun for use in smudge sticks, dreaming bundles and of course my Mugwort Magic anointing oil.

The Apothekerrie also caters for our beloved familiars. I was inspired by my Stella to create a soothing flower essence blend just for pooches. Happy Dog Drops are a remedy for anxiety, panic and fear. They are especially good for those pupsters who suffer from separation anxiety, quiver in terror during thunder and storms or have experienced traumatic early lives.

This beautiful water lily is my newest plant friend and the latest addition to the witch's cottage. I have called her Nymph, a nod to both her genus and her nature. She was the centrepiece of last night's eclipse altar with her jelly underside cresent moon friends, a very Piscean representative living her life inseparable from water and under the governance of both the moon and Neptune.