Ocimum basilicum (white). Positive qualities: Integration of sexuality and spirituality into a sacred wholeness. Patterns of imbalance: Polarization of sexuality and spirituality, typically leading to clandestine behavior, bifurcated relationships or sexual addiction.
Actaea racemosa (white). Positive qualities: Courage to confront rather than retreat from abusive or threatening relationships or situations; clear and contained psychic forces. Patterns of imbalance: Enmeshed in a relationship or lifestyle that is abusive, addictive or violent; dark, brooding emotions, congested or toxic psychic forces.
Rudbeckia hirta (yellow/black center). Positive qualities: Awake consciousness capable of acknowledging all aspects of the Self; penetrating insight and self-aware behavior. Patterns of imbalance: Avoidance or repression of traumatic or shadow aspects of the personality, addictive or hypnotic behavior due to loss of consciousness.
Rubus armeniacus (white-pink). Positive qualities: Exuberant Competent manifestation in the world; clearly directed forces of will, intentional and decisive action. Patterns of imbalance: Inability to translate goals and ideals into concrete action or viable activities; procrastination.
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Ranunculus occidentalis (yellow). Positive qualities: Radiant inner light, unattached to outer recognition or fame; self-assured. Patterns of imbalance: Feelings of low self-worth, inability to acknowledge or experience one's inner light and uniqueness; self-deprecating.
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Capsicum annuum (white). Positive qualities: Fiery and energetic, inwardly mobile, capable of change and transformation. Patterns of imbalance: Stagnation, inability to move forward toward change.
Darlingtonia californica (green/purple). Positive qualities: Earthy vitality, healthy bodily instincts. Patterns of imbalance: Listless or anemic; disassociated from or fearful of the instinctual aspects of the Self, poor digestion and assimilation.
Eschscholzia californica (gold). Positive qualities: Radiant heart-centered spirituality; strong interior alignment for values and choices. Patterns of imbalance: Attachment to illusion or grandeur, superficial spirituality or fantasy, external glamour or escapism through psychedelic drugs or other out-of-body activities.
Rosa californica (pink). Positive qualities: Love for the Earth and for human life, enthusiasm for doing and serving. Patterns of imbalance: Apathy, resignation, pronounced passivity; inability to catalyze will forces through the heart.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (white/yellow). Positive qualities: Clarity about sexual identity, sexual self-acceptance; individualized integration of masculine and feminine qualities. Patterns of imbalance: Confusion or ambivalence about sexual identity or gender; wounding due to cultural gender bias.
Matricaria recutita (white/yellow center). Positive qualities: Serene, sun-like disposition, emotional balance. Patterns of imbalance: Easily upset, moody and irritable, inability to release emotional tension, especially in the stomach or solar plexus.
Chrysanthemum morifolium (red-brown). Positive qualities: Able to distinguish higher spiritual identity from temporal personality; transpersonal and transcendent soul expression. Patterns of imbalance: Fear of aging and mortality, over-attachment to temporal personality; healing crisis due to materialistic focus of the soul.
Zea mays (yellow-white). Positive qualities: Alignment with the Earth, especially through the body and feet; grounded presence. Patterns of imbalance: Inability to stay centered in the body; disorientation and stress, particularly in urban or crowded environments.
Cosmos bipinnatus (red-purple/yellow). Positive qualities: Integration of ideas and speech; coherent thinking; mercurial expression. Patterns of imbalance: Unfocused, disorganized communication; overexcited speech, overwhelmed by too many ideas.
Taraxacum officinale (yellow). Positive qualities: Dynamic physical energy and expressive life force; inner ease in work and play. Patterns of imbalance: Tense, rigid or stiff, especially in the musculature of the body; over-striving and hard-driving.