Plant signatures
Form, colour, taste, habitat and growth as clues to reading a plant.
Cosmos · Nature · Humanity
Stella Herbaris
An astro-herbal field of knowledge exploring plants, planetary rhythms, the doctrine of signatures, incense, essential oils and the age-old question of how nature and humanity relate to one another.
Stella Herbaris brings together European herbal knowledge, astrological herbal traditions, plant signatures, lunar and planetary rhythms, incense, essential oils and the study of sources. Here, plants are understood through their form, habitat, taste, traditional organ correspondences, history and observed uses, rather than as isolated lists of active compounds.
Areas of exploration
Plant knowledge between earth, sky and experience.
Stella Herbaris gathers plant portraits, notes on lunar rhythms, incense recipes, reflections on essential oils and comparisons of sources. The aim is a sensory, source-based and critically examined exploration of plant correspondences, rather than a decorative herbal oracle.
Planets & rhythms
Astrological correspondences, lunar phases and planetary qualities as frameworks for exploration.
Incense & oils
Resins, herbs, essential oils and sensory practice beyond arbitrary blends.
Working with sources
From historical herbals to modern plant knowledge: correspondences are identified, examined and placed in context.
Astro-herbalism
Exploring relationships between plants, traditional organ correspondences, elements, planets and human experience.
Field notes
Observations from the garden, kitchen, incense bowl, oil bottle and hands-on practice.
What is taking shape?
An archive of plant portraits, astro-herbalism, lunar rhythms, incense, essential oils and symbolic plant knowledge, with warm language, transparent use of sources and sensory practice.
Who is it for?
For people who wish to encounter plants as living beings, materials, traditions, symbols and sources of experience, beyond their decorative or functional uses. For readers seeking depth without unsupported claims.
Under development
The herbarium opens leaf by leaf.
The first articles explore plants in the lunar cycle, astrological herbal traditions, incense, essential oils and individual plant portraits. Stella Herbaris will grow into a quiet archive of knowledge: observant, grounded in sources and rooted in sensory experience.