Flower medicine
A few nights ago a friend did a distance-Reiki treatment on me. During the treatment (which was very relaxing) she had a vision of a field of beautiful blue cornflowers appearing to her as she asked herself spitiually for a color to treat me with....As it happens they are my favorite flowers, she did not know that.
This made me want to investigate what cornflowers or Centaurea Cyanus stands for or symbolizes. What I found was very interesting. Its not only its color I feel pulled towards, especially when i am painting, but also the Greek mythology of the centaur which is where the flower draws it's latin name from is a very fascinating figure to me, always has been.. And appears in my paintings frequently too.
What i found on various sites:
The cornflower has been used as a symbol of tenderness, of fidelity, and of reliability.
The Centaurea name comes from Centaur Chiron, who cured a wound made by an arrow dipped in the Hydra's blood. He used the petals of the Cornflower. It is known to have healing properties.
A general legend states the flower was worn by young men in love and if the flower faded too quickly it meant that the young lady didn't return his affections. In other words she wasn't "into him."
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