When we think of nasturtiums, we often picture their vibrant, flame-coloured blooms tumbling over garden walls or brightening up vegetable patches. These cheerful flowers – with their fiery oranges, bold reds, and sunny yellows – they glow of warmth and vitality. But beyond their popular uses lies a profound energetic medicine that has been recognised by flower essence practitioners for decades.

There's something profoundly comforting about looking up at the night sky and seeing the moon in her various phases—a slender crescent, a glowing orb at her fullness, or that mysterious dark moon when she seems to disappear entirely. As part of my exploration and research into the Jewish heritage recently discovered within my DNA and family tree research, I have found learned that For thousands of years, Jewish communities have marked time not by the relentless tick of a clock or the arbitrary pages of a calendar, but by this celestial dance. This ancient practice, known as Rosh Chodesh, offers us something our modern world desperately needs: a way to reconnect with natural rhythms, reclaim our relationship with time, and create sacred pauses for reflection and renewal.