There is something so beautiful about the Taurus herb, the slender and refined Black Elder or Sambucus nigra L CAPRIFOLIACEAE shrub botanically falls into the Honeysuckle family, with its ethereal qualities and many wide ranging therapeutic benefits, it’s a plant of strength and beauty, form and function.
Ruled by the planet of feminine beauty Venus in astrology, both the Black Elder and Taureans are graceful, stable and grounded, it’s easy to see the connection between Black Elder and Taurus from a physical perspective since Taurus is also ruled by Venus, the plant and the astrological sign share many characteristics, both physically and metaphysically.
The herb is beautiful and finely structured while also being stocky and strongly rooted into the earth, how very Taurus. Often used as a hedge plant, it creates a boundary to protect its own while keeping out intruders – also very Taurus.
Taurus rules the neck and throat and Black Elderberrry is known as a brilliant medicinal for respiratory related physical expressions, it’s interesting to note that Elderberries are often used in rescue type remedies, given that the breath and lungs can be impacted quite negatively by anxiety, fear, stress and grief. Metaphysically the lungs hold grief, shown by those short sharp breaths in and the placing of hands on heart when feeling that emotion.
High in Vitamin C Elder flowers are often used in herbal remedies for coughs and colds while Elderberry wine has earned its solid reputation for acting beautifully on all the senses…taste, scent and that lovely contented feeling it produces.
The throat chakra connection often extends out to creative verbal expression in Taurus and many Taureans are blessed with a beautiful singing voice and/or the ability to articulate themselves very clearly and gently when needed.
Taurus love their homes, they will often be home bodies but there must be harmony in the home for them to thrive, harmony of energy, relationships, communication, aesthetics.
Black Elder – Sambucus nigra
According to old Celtic plant folk wisdom it’s believed that Elder has a powerful plant spirit and when unsure of which herbal remedy to use, sitting under the Elder would tell you which remedy is the right one to choose. The spirituality of Elder is associated with transcendence into other realms, astral travel, knowledge of the underworld and opening up your imagination.
The myths and legends of the Elder stretch wide and are quite varied but connected by a belief in the spirit of the plant, with both respect and fear accompanying that belief. Respect for the wisdom and power carried by the spirit within the herb, and the fear of repercussions, the fear of being punished by that spirit if they harm or chop the plant.
In numerology the number 6 is ruled by Venus, 6 is the number of Love and is ruled by the Venus, the stone is Pearl Rose Quartz and the colour Indigo.
Whether giving birth to a baby or a business, if it happens in your 6 personal year that birth is your love child.
The keynotes of 6 include:
- home loving
- beauty
- harmony
- adjustment
- musical
- responsibility
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