November Newsletter: alchemy with the land & Scorpionic vibes
and what I've been up to :)
I hope you had a blessed Samhain and Halloween celebrations, left offerings for the fae, and gave a nod or meal to your ancestors :)
It’s not too late if you were overly distracted with costumes and candy…a few offerings to the spirits of the land will go far if done before our full moon on November 5th!
We are solidly in Scorpio season and I am fully immersed in Scorpionic vibes – which suits me well…I have a lot of Scorpio in my chart ;) Which is why I’m so familiar with how our Scorpio friends are misunderstood. More on this below, with astro tips for all ;)
But first…the gifts of the land have been abundant this year, and I’ve been in full-on botanical alchemy mode for a few months.
Since June, I’ve gone out every single month to gather wild remedies from the land:
wild rose petals in Central Oregon,
sagebrush in the high deserts near my home,
resinous evergreens from the Cascade Mountains,
wild berries from the coast,
and infinite healing plants from my own organic gardens.
Over the months, these plants have been infused in healing oils, turned into aromatic hydrosols in my copper alembic, reverently tied into sacred smoke bundles, laked into natural pigments, tinctured for spirit sprays, and made into a lot of delicious meals ;)
I’m actually feeling quite ready for wintery rest after all this!
Psst: That pink yarrow is available as a flower essence in my botanica :)
These wild plants, and plants grown and harvested by my own hands, have a special quality to them — each volunteered to offer gifts and medicine with us humans, allowing me to serve as a vessel for their transmissions. It is an honor to work with the wild world in this way.
These plants want to find the folks who need their medicine most. They want to come into your homes and families, to share their aromas and healing properties with you and your loved ones. They want to arrive as unexpected gifts that delight the perfect person at the perfect time this holiday season :)
Oh… and a little sneak peek at something very special…I’ve finally released my Elemental Anointing Oils! These have been years in the making and are pure alchemy.
Save the Date: Later this month, I’ll celebrate Gratitude Week — a week of offerings, reflection, and gifts from the heart. Expect special gifts, ritual sets, and discounts to help your holiday seasons be botanical ones :)
Explore what’s available and what’s to come over at the Alchemessence Botanica:
Soul Alchemy Plant Spirits 2026
Which plant spirits want to guide you throughout the coming year? This is exactly what your Soul Alchemy Plant Spirit reading + spirit spray is for!
I offered these for the first time last year, and wow. Even though I could feel the potency of these as I gave them, the feedback and synchronicities still blew me away.
These take me a significant amount of time to create — I do all the oracle readings in the sacred days between solstice and new years, and then create each custom blend by hand.
So there are only 13 sacred spots available.
Some of you have been waiting for this announcement for months…I’ll open these spots up December 1. In the meantime, get on the waitlist for the best chance of grabbing one!
Scorpio Love
Scorpio has a reputation for keeping secrets and pessimism. These qualities might not seem as fun as Leo’s exuberant parties or Taurus’s sensual delights…but they are just as important for the survival of our species!
In Scorpio season, the vibrant fertility of the Earth dies back. Lands are fallow and the quiet stillness of dark days is upon us. We are prompted to fully take stock of our where we are — what have we harvested? What resources remain to carry us through the dark?
And — what dangers lie in the coming months?
If Virgo organized our harvests and Libra fairly allocated our goods, Scorpio now looks to the future and all the potential dangers we might encounter. Will the grains become infested? Will a hungry mouth steal more than their fair share? Are remedies made for the illnesses that might come?
Not everyone needs to obsess about the worst case scenarios. Darkness needs balancing with hope. This is where Scorpio’s secrets come in.
Scorpio isn’t keeping secrets for the sake of it — they’re doing so to protect their communities from succumbing to fear. More than secret-keeping, this is boundary-keeping.
During Scorpio season, we can all tune into the benefic sides of these gifts — we can face our challenges and darker aspects with courage, and we have extra astrological support for maintaining much-needed boundaries.
Juniper Stokes is a botanical perfumer, soul alchemist, and rewilding guide through mythic landscapes of the nature, spirit, and the cosmos. For over 25 years, she has been guiding soulful humans back to the heart of who they are and why they’re here.
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