| Shadow tendency | Wholeness |
|---|---|
| “mothering” type | help move-on |
| loving and kind | allows people to love without expecting anything in return |
| tendency to fuss | genuinely selflessly |
| overprotective | one who gives unceasingly |
| concern becomes over powering | doesn’t think of anything in return for their love and kindness |
| selfish and possessive about loved ones | generous |
| feels rejected | cooperative |
| easily hurt | ready to give unconditional |
| “no-one appreciates me” attitude | allow loved ones freedom |
| clingy | loving |
| demand constant attention | reconnects you to a sense of worth |
| happy when they feel they are needed | dedicated to the interests of others |
| attention-seeking at times | contagious warmth and kindness |
| children who are possessive about toys and friends | give sense of security and provide shelters for others |
| congested mentally and physically | |
| wallows in self-pity | |
| egotistical | |
| enjoy a sense of ownership | |
| toxic personality | |
| criticizes other people’s routine and methods of completing a certain task | |
| fretful when something doesn’t go their way | |
| dislikes being left alone | |
| may even simulate an illness so that friends or relatives can wait on them | |
| gives appearance of doing everything possible for the happiness of others | |
| self-centred attitude | |
| talks of “duty or a favour owed to them” | |
| requires other opinions to sum up their qualities | |
| deceitful and strong-willed | |
| sets boundaries to other people | |
| limits people liking them | |
| annoying and irritable | |
| enjoys arguments | |
| demanding and manipulative of loved ones | |
| greedy and needy | |
| feel deep emptiness | |
| seeks emotional payback | |
| interfere and complain | |
| mindful of other’s needs | |
| restrictive relationships | |
| emotional blackmailing | |
| be dependable | |
| enjoy correcting what they consider wrong | |
| tears of vexation | |
| saps energy form surrounding people | |
| hysterical when upset | |
| deep lack of fulfilment | |
| selfish, conditional love | |
| hard to forgive and forget | |
| very influential | |
| exaggerates description of one’s misery | |
| plays the martyr to get one’s own way | |
| may shy from physical contact from others | |
| stubborn and headstrong | |
| mental and emotional poisons | |
| find it hard to let go of someone or something |
Origin and Specification of the Plant
Binomial Name: Cichorium Intybus
Kingdom: Plantae
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cichorium
Species: C.intybus
Origin: Western Asia, North Africa
Shade: Celestial blue,(White or Pink depending on pH of the soil)
Other names: blue sailors, blue weed, bunk, coffeeweed, cornflower, horseweed, ragged sailor, succory, wild bachelor’s buttons, wild endive, hendibeh, blue daisy/dandelion, witloof, barbe de capucin, watcher of the road
Elements/Chemicals contained by the plant: inulin
Foliage: Deciduous
Height: 1m-150cm
Description: wiry, branching upright stems with numerous flowers distributed along the branches, growing tight to the stem.
Flowering season: July-October
Qualities and preferences: at least 6 or more hours of sunlight, pH between 5.5 and 7.0
Areas of growth: waste-ground, edges of cultivated land, cornfield, roadside verges
Chicory gains the name watcher of the road from a German legend. The legend speaks of a girl who waited in vain for the return of her lover, and exhausted, sank onto a patch of chicory and died. Another variation of the legend also states that the shade of her dress was blue, causing the chicory to turn blue.
Chicory flowers is a flower clock (often classifies as aequinoctales) as the petals open and close at certain times regardless of the weather, season or length of the day. In Britain, they generally open at 6 or 7 am and close just after midnight. The Cichorium intybus flower changes colour due to a process called photoperiodism. This means that the flower responds to changes in light and darkness by producing different pigments that give it a different colour. When the days get shorter, the plant produces more pigments that give the flower a deeper, more intense colour. When the days get longer, the plant produces fewer pigments and the flower becomes lighter in colour. This natural process helps the plant attract pollinators and ensures that it can reproduce successfully. It's fascinating how nature has its own ways of adapting and thriving in different environments.
Specification of remedy
Group: The first twelve essences
Emotional Group: over-care for the welfare of others
Personality: self-pitying
Virtue: demanding
Failing: love
Method of extraction: sun
Chicory person must feel valued otherwise, their selfish behaviours will kick in if they don’t get what they want.
Comparison between other flowers
Agrimony:
Generally, the agrimony personality endures torture behind a cheerful facade, concealing their true feeling. This leads to the confusion of understanding what they are feeling and want. On the other hand, Chicory has a strong personality and always asks the question “How do I feel? What are my concerns? ”. Chicory tends to give more importance to their feelings then Agrimony.
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The image on the right side shows a close-up of the flower. The picture on the left hand shows groups of chicory flowers living in their habitat. Generally they are blue like shown in the images above.
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The image on the right shows a chicory flower closing just after midday while the other picture on the left shows the variation of colour in the chicory depending on thee pH of the soil and the amount and concentration of sunlight that they received.