Einstein was a certified genius who knew unequivocally the "only real valuable thing is intuition". He attributed some of his greatest discoveries to this very human wonder, at times feeling he was certain he was right without - yet - knowing the reason why. Some of humanity's greatest breakthroughs have come courtesy of hunches, visions and dreams.

These beauties came home with me last night after a delicious full mooner, direct from the altar. Honouring the Virgo moon I chose to focus meditation on the shadow side of this energy that can often wallop us by fuelling our inner critic. This in-house naysayer, whose oxygen is criticism and whose routine belittlement serves only to lower our head, tries to keep us safe by keeping us small.