I don’t know if there is any astrological reasoning to support this, but using Empress as a primer or booster for Regulus materia has made the “solar” remediation much easier to swallow. I struggle with visibility — much more comfortable in the waters of Fomalhaut, under a crown of shadow — and Regulus engagement is crucial for me, but can be an extremely difficult energy to assimilate. a drop or two of this stuff is like adding some digestive enzyme to smooth out the whole process. something something self worth and owning the need/desire to be visible, to be witnessed as a gleaming Sovereign, something something sister series to Luminous Crown, something…

Tinctures are my preferred way of engaging with a series. I appreciate the subtle effects that build up over time, and find it easier to integrate shifts and openings with daily use, which tinctures lend themselves to. The Empress tincture is one I used intensely during a time when inner strength and fortitude were quite lacking. This was like putting on an inner corset that helped me feel the conditions I wanted to grow in my life, and have the backbone to say” I know the seeds I need to plant in order to make my life mine.” I’m still harvesting from the Empress inner garden, and likely will be for the rest of my life. Lovely work!

Amongst all the things that Empress has done for me, I'd say the most salient one is how it helps me to embody myself: I tend to be in my head for the most part- lost in my thoughts- but she grounds me and makes me feel like I belong in this body. I tend to have a deep desire to work out and get physical. Not from a "you've got to lose weight" POV but from a "enjoy the sensation of embodiment and feeling alive!"

She's also taught me more mind-body connection from an emotional standpoint. How to see others as non-defiant and more collaborative. How to take care of my emotional health and how to be emotionally and psychologically resilient.

I have other Venus products, as I've been very drawn to work with her to remediate all my Saturnian energy in the 8th house. By far, the Empress tincture has been the one that has most made the most impact in both the psychological and emotional spheres of my life. She's very wholesome and has a lot of oompf! I just wish I could have it forever!

To me, the Empress line has leaned heavily into the self-love/self-care aspect, and big on the soothing. The tincture has been helpful in the acceptance of needs and giving them gravitas while balancing things in responsibility. I used the tincture today, as a standalone, and more to help bolster my need to take care of myself after a particularly frenetic day/experience of Jupiterian nature. No less joy than Jupiter, but definitely more internalized, and less expansive.

I was referred to the Empress collection after getting a fixed star reading from Amaya Rourke. She suggested it as remediation because I was about to enter a time where Venus and one of the battle stars was about to kick some ass in my chart.

Imagine my surprise when I was expecting some nice self-love revelations, some comfort in aggressively fighting for my wants, my needs, and my desires.

Instead, I slept with my materia and had dreams about my Venus-ruled IC, have confronted some confidence issues that have held me back from stepping into the role of an "expert" in certain subjects that I'm absolutely an expert on. What was going to be a low-key dinner date on a weeknight, turned into hot backseat car sex right as transiting Venus hit my natal Venus. Paired with the BPAL Fruitful Mother of Thousands, my date kept telling me I smelled great as the moon shone brightly and we looked at the waves, parked right in front of the water.

So yes, this absolutely works, in ways that might have you reimagining what is available to you. My Venus work has leveled up and I just want to say thank you.