October 2021 Moodboard + Playlist
October, romantic, connected, and reciprocal
This month is ruled by the planet Venus, all about love, sensuality, and creativity. It's also Libra season which allows us to question the balance in our lives between our inner lives and our outer lives. The colors for this month are greens and white along with visuals that reflect romanticism and connection. This brand inspiration would be ideal for a business focused on a connection with nature, clients, or serving others such as a chef, a restaurant, a garden shop, or a service-based practitioner.
Vision for the Month:
This month is about recalibrating and finding the balance between the internal depths of ourselves and the desire for connection with others. How can we focus on developing healthy relationships outside of ourselves in order to connect with ourselves more deeply? And how can we connect with our environment, the cycles of nature, and our personal cycles? The vision for the month is to focus on relationship and balance and connecting with our romantic archetypes to explore these themes.
Tarot Pull
From the Animal Spirit Deck: The UNICORN Animal Spirit appears to "wake us up" to curiosity about the higher self and the divine. It is a card of questioning, exploring, and contemplating the inexplicable. 🦄
This Spirit guide often appears when we need to reconnect with our search for what else is out there and our intuition.
Favorite Things
Melody is a maker and sewist based in Australia and her vlogs about her quiet life and creative process are mesmerizing and inspiring. As soon as I have space for a sewing machine, I want to join in. And if you are a sewer yourself, you're in luck, she will be releasing her own sewing patterns soon.
With a new home and chilly environment to settle in to, I have been on the lookout for cozy bedding. These silk velvet blankets, handmade in Vietnam, from an L.A. based company look incredible. I'm daydreaming of snuggling in with my coffee in the mornings.
As they say, it's time to stop and smell the roses. I know this time of year is supposedly all about pumpkin spiced everything but if that nauseates you as it does me, perhaps try out this candle for a more refreshing breath of autumn.
Being a newcomer to the English food scene, I am curious to explore what's out there. If you would like to join me you can check out the official Downton Abbey cookbook, pour yourself a cup of tea, and perhaps throw in a scone or two.
If you're like me, you likely have a fascination with the dream world and all of its mysteries. I started reading the Oracle of the Night book a few weeks ago and it has been blowing my mind. I have also been having very intense dreams since starting it which I will start documenting as a fun research project.
The playlist this month is a little romantic, a little nostalgic, with a modern twist:
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