Salve of Fomalhaut
Seaweed, blue lotus, blue cohosh root, calamus root, vervain, ashwaganda, lemon balm, tulsi, arnica, blessed thistle, hops, and more, ritually infused in organic jojoba and MCT oil during Sphere + Sundry’s Fomalhaut-Jupiter operation, before incubating in darkness and silence for nearly a year. White gold, aquamarine, essential oils, absolutes, and organic beeswax.
Helps the soul feel more at home within the confines Human Vessel…
A spiritual adaptogen that soothes Body, Mind, and Spirit, opening the way for relaxation, meditation, and daydreaming.
Rub into the feet, the low back, neck, and wrists, or anywhere tension need be released.
Promotes a sense of wellbeing that may even register as floating in calm waters, but psychically tethered to something for safety and assurance.
Offers a quiet confidence and increased ability to make + maintain eye contact, facilitating deeper connection with whatsoever (or whomever) you choose to engage.
Apply before attempts to lucid dream, act as medium, or perform divination. Increases psychic sensitivity and internal homeostasis.
Offered in a 2 oz tin or 4 oz bulk pot.
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I usually sleep in a tight ball, arms protectively across my body, fists tucked under my chin, wishing recently that I could sleep the way babies sleep — arms and legs splayed, hands open, taking up space, no worries on the brain. Well that’s how I slept last night after applying this salve… instant body relaxation, I dropped the day’s weight and.. cue Olivia Dean’s “Float”
I tried to engage active imagination to see where it would go but couldn’t even, my mind just wanted to rest (much needed)
I love this stuff, it’s like my nightly magnesium on mushrooms
The Fomalhaut salve is somewhere between the DA and Cloud Kingdom salves: protective and relaxing, plus it enhances psychic abilities. The BPALs in this series really opened up it for me. The salve has the least amount of the distinctive strong Fomy scent. (Although I love that scent too, it is like coming back from the beach.)
Only smells mildly fishy when you first apply it, otherwise it's a nice grounding herbal scent. I found that wearing this really helped my concentration span/ability to engage with 'deep dive' type reading activities which is really cool and makes sense! For me it's definitely not a good one for sleep which again reflects the write up, but it does put me into a trancelike state which doesn't feel overly alert either.
I use just the smallest dab of this (in combination with materia from other series) to soften my emotional state, and bring me to a sense of calm and peace, which is so, so needed for my general anxiety. Overall, with almost a year and half of Fomalhaut materia in my life, I can truly say that my spiritual sensitivity has heightened and I feel more easeful in my divination, and more comfortable navigating other realms
The Fomalhaut series was a bit of a headscratcher for me for some years; I avoided really engaging with it for a while because my natal chart does feature it at an important spot and I was "too busy" diving into other Sphere and Sundry series that would help me see things in new lenses for a while. But the placement of Jupiter as a protective force for this election has made it unexpectedly precious and I am glad its benefits are available to those who might need it.
Subtle aquatic scent, jellyish texture. Not nearly as nori-forward like some other Fomalhaut-series items are. I'm not particularly receptive to dreams and I didn't notice strong physical effects with this salve; It (for me) draws the thoughts away from matters of personal/material consequence and toward what other bigger truths may lay "beneath" that layer of reality, or what higher meanings may be behind things as one navigates the world. Has often opened up my receptivity to noticing or flowing with synchronicities, despite pretending to be a skeptic in my normal life; I also credit this series (and Mercury in Gemini) with assisting me in uncovering some pieces of old hidden information (that I didn't know existed) at exactly the right moment, before it became permanently unavailable.
I found the protection of the Fomalhaut Jupiter series also imparts a very gentle sense of detachment; not cold or impersonal, just slightly relaxed enough to examine things with curiosity, and with less emotional reactivity/prejudice. Very interesting for meditations and surprisingly helpful for keeping a calmer, spiritually-oriented anchor in situations that I would normally consider very heavy, liminal, and unnerving to the human spirit. Also good for guiding some conversations with mentors. I am interested in combining this with Asclepius this year for a longer-term practice of inner-work.
This series brings such a sense of oneness and wonder - I just love it so very much. The salve has a less aquatic scent to it and so is perhaps a bit more accessible for folks that struggle with the seaweed-y-ness of other forms. Easy to use and light on the skin. Very highly recommended.
helps me to feel flexible, safe, and connected across a variety of settings, both magical and mundane. wearing this i can walk around in places that would feel energetically overwhelming as tho i am an explorer
Between an old, old cervical injury and the weight of the world, my neck and shoulders carry a lot of tension. Salve of Fomalhaut relieves that, every time. This soothing formulation is smooth and slightly warming, brings me acutely present in my body and feeling reassured. The scent is somewhat like liquid beeswax and 🙂 nori. I apply before bed and it’s as though I’ve handed off all tensions and worries too …Someone Bigger who is readily *taking care of it all* so I can rest.
Fomalhaut is my night-time favorite. This is such a potent series but I must say that the scent is not my favorite. This salve is perfect because there is no fishy odor. I like to rub it on my legs and feet before I go to bed and it always leads to vivid dreams.
Cause it primes my easily tensed body for sleep like a hit of opium, honestly. If I could just bathe in it..
Love calm energy with a feeling of being dissolve and merge with pleasant warm and living ocean that this salve brings. The scent is very mild but super pleasant as well.
I’ve been using this salve at night alternating with aerial queen and the combo of these two has saved my sex life. I’m not kidding!
Super relaxing for use during meditation, I apply to pulse points and use the prayer included which is beautiful. Pairs so well with Asclepius and Exalted Venus.
I'm very sensitive to anything that can alter my senses (caffeine, etc.) I haven't quite figured out how to use this salve or what to layer it with to mitigate the undesirable spooky sensations I get, it seems to open me up to stuff I try to block out and am not really ready for. It gives me wobbly legs so it's definitely a night time thing. It's pretty potent, anything from this series gives my partner crazy dreams so I try to layer some Asclepius on them first so I'm not affecting their sleep. Scent wise this reminds me of the Cloud Kingdom salve! I'll keep playing with it to try to figure it out, it is very relaxing but not exactly the best match for undisturbed sleep for me.
Fomalhaut strenghtens my foundation and energetic body in ways that have helped me channel more energy, more easily, more quickly. Using it during shrine and temple pilgrimages heightens my awareness of ambient energies. It doesn't give me much beyond relaxation if I sleep after applying, but putting it on half an hour before initiating a magical working or pilgrimage is spectacularly helpful.
I've used my Fomalhaut salve several times now (no strong seaweed smell!) and I find drawn to use it at night and whenever I have tension in my lower legs. While Jupiterian based salves tend to diminish anxiety, the Fomalhaut salve feels like its also prepping you to go float somewhere. Yes, to the diminishing of tension and anxiety, but it feels more as a preparation for another type of exploration modality (one which you may not need your legs to sustain/ground you). If you're feeling world-weary, Fomalhaut invites you to take a break.
This salve really gives my body permission to relax in a way that doesn't come naturally to me. I may have slept through my alarms a couple of times though so do time it for when you know you have nowhere to be in the morning. It's like a massage but as a second skin. Tension just melts away.
This is a wonderful dreamy salve, but unlike the more…ahem…narcotic sensations I felt with Moon/Neptune spray this is dreamy in an almost productive way.
It’s scent is calming and cleansing; it makes me feel the same way I do when I have the luxury of camping out on a quiet beach. There is deep healing here, but with a depth that means business. It’s not for simply “feeling good”. I felt called to contemplate after application, and my dreams were the kind that made me think instead of taking me on a pleasant journey.
In some cases, application simply led to the deepest, most dreamless sleep and upon awakening in these cases I felt driven to engage in the kind of self care that goes beyond bubble baths and yoga classes. This salve encourages me to connect with spirit guides and allies and seems to help bridge the gap when I’m too distracted to make the connection myself…which is where the drive for meaningful self care seems to fit in.
After purchasing this and the accompanying BPAL I got real inspired to begin learning the language of my dreams, not to “interpret” but to try and become better able to communicate with a universal intelligence (that leviathan I am always attempting to get closer to somehow) through them. Let me be clear, while this is deep energy it is not scary or overwhelming. It’s just…big! But also feels friendly and eager to facilitate navigation in those liminal spaces for those brave enough to jump in.
I also saw whales and sea images EVERYWHERE after purchase!
My initial hope was that this salve would help intensify mystical dream experiences, and although that has not been the case thus far, I can’t complain about the actual experience of it: a feeling of being gently, weightlessly, warmly held, that induces a pre-sleep relaxation, which then pulls me into a very deep sleep.
The salve has a subtle warming sensation, and smells lovely as well. It has become my go-to at bedtime, on nights when I need a more profound unwinding and bone-deep rest.
Soon after acquiring this salve and the steep-and-smoke, I had an insistent, matter-of-fact inner message: you are going to find something that was lost. And within a few days, I found my beloved, costly, flattering, and "out of print" clear-peach EYEglasses I had given up on months ago. It had been a whole thing, trying in vain to locate or replace them, or at least find a pair as remotely awesome as these glasses. I was truly overjoyed. Just a funny and wonderful sync with what was written about this materia. That inner message really connected it to Fomalhaut for me, a way of saying "hello". Looking forward to getting to know this star, and opening up my vision in many ways.
My experience with the Fomalhaut series (salve + powder) hasn’t led to any heightened sense of insight, mysticism, psychic experiences, etc. But then what we want is not always what we need.
At the moment, Fomalhaut works exclusively as a magical adaptogen for me. I recently began to understand that the limitations on my psychic/spiritual/magical experiences is due to magical burnout. I often get headaches and other pains and discomforts when using materia and other energetically charged items. My system is often overwhelmed after setting a strong intention.
Using the Fomalhaut salve every day (sometimes twice or more a day) has reduced most of these issues. I use it mostly over my heart and belly (core muscles = stability), to rebuild my foundation. Since I’ve started using the salve, I’ve been able to use greater doses of other S+S tinctures and regularly too. I can now incorporate other series that were difficult to use because I felt “depleted”, like I didn’t have enough in the tank to support the energies from the materia.
I use the Fomalhaut salve with the Cloud Kingdom salve as well. It seems to strengthen Cloud Kingdom’s ability to release deep tension and the effects of anxiety/trauma in my body.
This feels like basking in the first primordial goop before the world imagined what it would become. It's timeless and ephemeral, but it grounds you into your body and your vessel through this lifetime, makes it feel comfortable and cozy. I find I breath much deeper, unclench my jaws and loosen my shoulders. Before sleep it works really well as a witch flight salve but with an integrative edge, which invites the messages of dreams to stay with you on waking.
Definitely works on more than just the physical body. This is an attunement. I got the large jar and I'm already half way through, will definitely restock on this one.
The salve is deeply soothing in the same way that floating in the ocean is - a sense of being cradled, weightless, in the abyss. Moreso than other series, I've found the salve a great aid to meditation; I think embodying the influence of this star grounds it a bit, vs the water which can be 'floatier' or more psychic/mind oriented.
what a delightful decadence. the scent is heavenly (I get...labdanum?? but lately the scent has me feeling transported into the deep woods under starlight. no this does not make sense given the ingredients and the astrological energetics). it absorbs quickly and is relaxing but also restorative. Fomalhaut feels unexpectedly protective. I can open up to the new, the unknown, curiosity rekindled.
| Creation Date | Night of Monday, June 28th 2021. Hour of Jupiter. Chart in image gallery. |
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| Areas of Application | Back, Feet, Full Body, Heart Center, Low Back, Neck / Shoulders |
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| Size | 2 oz, 4 oz |
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| Vegan | Yes — Vegan |
| Warnings | HIGH STAIN POTENTIAL — Always perform patch tests before application to any medium |
| Dimensions | 0.80 × 0.80 × 2 in |
| Weight | 1 oz |
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