Seven Sisters
The legend of the Seven Sisters shows up in many different cultures: Hindi, Greek, Aboriginal Australians, Hebrew, and more. In all the legends, there is a tie to the stars and usually the star cluster the Pleiades. The Pleiades is best seen in North America during the late November months and leaves sight towards early April. More than 430 light-years from Earth in the Taurus portion of the sky, the Pleiades is a cluster of more than 500 stars, but only seven are visible with a naked eye, the sisters.
Maia, Electra, Alcyone, Taygete, Asterope, Celaeno, and Merope: They are the children of Pleione, goddess of the sailors, and Atlas, the Titan given the task of holding up the Earth in some myths. In other myths, Zeus is proclaimed their father. In one version of the story, Oran is said to have so animatedly pursued the seven sisters that Zeus turned the seven sisters into doves who later transcended into stars. Another version of their story leads the sisters’ group suicide after learning their fate of their father to hold the world and were placed in the by Zeus, who felt he had inflicted this pain. Native traditions claim the sisters were always stars where, on their first visit to Earth, one sister was nearly captured and forced into marriage.
Like the story of the Seven Sisters, not all stories seem fair, but there is always beauty to be found. The Seven Sisters scent was created on the wings of reflection, in the walls of forced stillness, through feelings saudade and longing that is much heavier and closer in the Yule-Tide season. This scent, the Seven Sisters is infused with lavender oil, a common favorite, and a wonderful healer, bringing relief to insomnia, fatigue, stress, and fear. These healing properties are naturally enhanced by its partner in this blend, chamomile. The lingering note in this blend is the scent of rose. Rose also adds to the release of anxiety, resulting in the true gift of relaxation.
In Loving Memory of
Cha Vang Khang
October 12, 1986 - August 11. 2020
The aromas of this scent are a homage to a friend, gone from the body,
but forever imprinted on my soul.
The Yule-Tide season reminds us all that dies is recycled.
"Birth, life, death -- each take place on the hidden side of the leaf."
-Toni Morrison
