a tea for the cosmos
blended by hand in brooklyn
There is a Rose in Spanish Harlem is a stabilizing, lush, and deeply restorative tea catered to Taurus. This blend is designed to honor the sensual, persistent, and abundant nature of this fixed earth sign.
Nettles, plantain, burdock, pink peppercorn, blue vervain, rose, thyme, collinsonia, sage, stevia.
Taurus, the bull, and the first Earth sign of the zodiac is a fixed one & ruled by Venus and a little lunar. This venus queen, arbiter of abundance & fertility, is very sensual and big in some definitive way. She takes her time, thinks in the long term and is known for her practicality and getting things done! She also takes her time assessing the reserves, the vital reserves of actual substances and also emotions in and out of the body. The vital reserve.
In medical astrology, as the second sign of the zodiac, Taurus moves down the body from Aries’ domain of the head, to rule the jaw, taste buds, voice and inner ear. She also rules the jugular, blood vessels and instinct to procreate. Patterns of tipping the balance will often represent in every day throat ailments, but also excessive intake…of food & sweets or alcohol for example.
As the ruler of the throat, jaw, thyroid and vocal chords. Taurus energy is powerful but prone to stagnation. When the balance tips, it often manifests as tension in the neck or a tendency toward over-indulgence. This blend is formulated to move and nourish the body, grounding energy and protecting everything held in that precious neck zone.
Nettles & Plantain: these mineral-rich herbs provide deep structural support and nourishment.
Blue Vervain: A cooling bitter that helps release tension held in the jaw and neck.
Burdock Root: Earthy and grounding, it supports the liver in processing in an effort to avoid stagnation.
Aromatic Thyme & Sage: This duo moves stagnation; Sage, in particular, is a brilliant ally for digesting fats and balancing fluids.
Collinsonia (Stone Root): Specifically chosen for its affinity for the throat and the "inner ear" domains of the Bull.
Pink Peppercorn & Rose: Because every Bull needs a rose. These provide a sturdy glint of spice and a floral, Venusian elegance.
Stevia: Just a hint of leaf to provide sweetness while helping to curb the craving for sugar.
Messenger is herbal tea blended for the Gemini archetype. The name is inspired by the song of the same name by Blonde Redhead.
Peppermint, gingko, oatstraw, hawthorn, catnip, mullein, licorice & sage make up this comfortably aromatic & soothing blend.
The Gemini twins, third sign of the zodiac, are all about relationships, communication and on good days a most beautiful emergent behavior resulting from a good mutually beneficial pairing. This intellectual master of the rubric is a mutable air sign ruled by mercury and will likely tell us all how & why!
Gemini’s bodily dominion starts at the shoulders and moves through the first couples of the body—arms to fingers & includes the lungs, nerves, sensory receptors, the nervous system. It rules the action of breathing and all the tubes, tunnels & capillaries of the body. It is easy to see the communicative mercurial nature of the nervous system and how that is reflected in the active perceptions of hands and fingers while the parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for continued breathing while sleeping. All these tubes, tunnels, hands & nerves communicating relentlessly.
We've got carminative peppermint here to make the windy gemini much more pleasant, highly nutritive & restorative oat straw (nervous system) & mullein (lungs), smooth moving gingko for brain, blood and lung health, licorice has a sweet moistening flavor that gemini needs for their windy driness, sage moves water through salt (another important factor for the driness of the gemini type), hawthorn works on the heart which pumps blood information through those tubes gemini rules and catnip is a nervine with an affinity for the diaphragm.
Black Magic Woman, an herbal tea blend for Cancer.
Cardinal water sign cancer is the 4th one of the zodiac. She is ruled by the moon and perhaps has the easiest correlation of planetary representation and influence on a sign. The always moving and sometimes volatile nature of the strength of the moon’s pull is seen in tides of the ocean and reflected in the equally tidal psychological and bodily paradigms of Cancer. She is the cardinal yin sign and as such rules over the membranes that sac off the organs, the breasts, ribs, chest, bone marrow, bladder, pleural cavity and the entire female sexual reproductive system. Patterns of imbalance in cancer may present as excess fluids or growths in the breast and female reproductive tissues. Wet lung and sinus infections, leaky gut and eating disorders.
Chamomile, horsetail, red clover, schisandra, goji berry, chyrsanthemum, fenugreek, agrimony, mugwort .
This tea is formulated to support the structure required for the intrepid movement of this house toting sign continually generating love & care under the protection she’s fostered to house those she intuitively likes enough to shelter. There are mineral rich herbs next to nice and bitter ones that race through to hold it all up under the calming and loving perfume of chamomile.
Shisandra, the adaptogenic berry with 5 flavors and another adaptogenic berry peer, goji, work together to offer an underlying fruit compote flavor nutritively providing supportive energy to move minerals through the blood and lymph to all the yin areas motoring the cancer domain. Horsetail is drying and full of minerals, red clover another anti-oxidant rich ringer also helps to move the lymph and distribute, chamomile soothes the belly and offers a very inviting aroma. Fenugreek and agrimony are bitter tension relieving herbs with fenugreek adding even more nutrition to this blend. Finally, mugwort, the ancestrally wizened herbal ally moves through its panacea of medicinal actions with watery intuition.
Groove is In the Heart, an herbal tea blend for Leo. The name is inspired by the Deee-Lite song of the same name: extremely fun to dance to!
We’ve blended this tea to support the nervous system of the hot blooded, lion-hearted performer, ruled by the Sun and guided by the heart! In fact, if you wanted to prepare these cooling herbs like a sun tea, or just serve it iced, during the Leo season, I think you’ll be pleased. Leo’s archetype is to take the information they’ve been given and that they’ve earned and figure out what to actually do with it: how to express it and put it into the world. And this sunny, supportive, heart lifting tea is just perfect to go along with creative expression meant to be seen! Shine on Leo.
Holy basil vana, gotu kola, hawthorne, linden, calendula, rue, lavender
Leo is very yang, active, sign, it’s the 5th one of the zodiac, is fixed, and ruled by the Sun. As Sajah Popham says, their mantra is I Will. They are often found using their will power to wield whatever asset or knowledge that they have to articulate and express their creativity to an audience that they must have. A well balanced Leo relies on their heart, their vital truth, to express to the world rather than the clinical intelligence of the mind which can come off disingenuous. Physically, Leo, moves down along the body on the yang side of Cancer’s yin meridian. Where Cancer stays with the watery, yin elements of the chest and breasts, Leo gets behind the big yang action stemming from the chest to stay in that powerful cycle between the chest and the heart. The force of the cardiovascular system with the heart pumping blood through the body is somehow heaved by the lungs. Leo also has a close affiliation with the myelin sheaths of the nervous system, the coating of the nerves so the electrical impulses sending information from one nerve to the next can do so without fritzing. The upper back, right behind the heart is part of the musculature that Leo supports.
Here, we picked holy basil is an adaptagen to the nervous system and to help with myelin sheaths; gotu kola also works on the nervous system from a circulatory stanpoint; hawthorn and linden are both cardio supportive herbs…linden is a really pretty and profound anti inflammatory herb as well. Dual action heart soothing and inflammation soothing is perfect for the forceful Leo who expresses from the heart with force which would likely bring on inflammation; calendula is an archetypal Leo and Sun plant, it soothes the tissues of the belly and enteric system which is a first stop for inflammation, especially with any sort of emotional component to it. Rue is helpful, I think, to accessing truth, it’s wise and protective, we want these expressive performers to speak and act their truth! And finally lavender is cooling, open, and full of uplifting expressive essential oils!
Maiden’s Milk, an herbal tea blend for Virgo. The name is inspired by the Meat Puppets song of the same name.
We’ve blended this tea to sweeten the digestion and calm the mind of the intelligent and analytical Earth sign virgo. These hardworking truth seekers assemble the wisdom of the previous seasons and search for the best path to process the fall harvest of the Earth and the concepts introduced in euphoria of spring, grown in the heat of summer to emerge at last and be processed for fall! We think soothing the digestion, heightening intuition and nervines make for a beautiful and tasty ally to our service oriented virgos.
Holy basil, hawthorn, skullcap, blue lotus flowers, lavender, fennel, licorice
Virgo is an Earth sign, rules the 6th house of health, is mutable and is governed by messenger planet mercury. This practical and busy sign is very active and service oriented and wholly embodies the gut-brain connection physiologically and psychologically. We can really see mercury in virgo as they are responsible for assessing, discerning and communicating what a thing or idea or emotion is, where it goes and what it’s going to do. They are transformers and as such, a virgo not only needs their intellect, but the instinct of collected wisdom. Physically, the virgo moves down from leo’s domain of the heart to the liver, which makes perfect sense as the great processor of the body should be governed by virgo who archetypically does this conceptually. Virgo also rules the pancreas, and large intestine, spleen and nervous digestion.
Holy basil is an ancient nervine from ayurvedic canon, it’s both calming to the nervous system and uplifting which is key for virgos who can become overly critical in their perpetual quests for transformation. Hawthorn is a profound cardiovascular ally and I think is helpful for Virgos as the seek the truest path for growth and change to rely on their hearts feel that truth. Skullcap as a nervine is our favorite herb for quieting and focusing a running mind. Blue lotus is a very strong plant that helps attach us to intuition. And finally we bring it all together with some of the tastiest digestive tonics on the planet, lavender, fennel and licorice…licorice, by the way, also adds a nice sweet vibe to this tea without agitating the pancreas and the action of insulin in the body. Get it done with finesse fine Virgos!
Blowin’ In The Wind is an herbal tea blended for the Libra archetype and takes its name from the Bob Dylan song of the same name.
We’ve blended this tea with a lot of dainty, pretty and ultimately harmonizing herbs in here for the aesthetically attuned, lovely libra with their need to reconcile the world around them. Libras are out there looking for the best, most balanced partnerships between all things and so we struck that equilibrium with a good many gushy, moistening things (like delicious damiana!) and some more drying and astringent equalizers like gorgeous rose and nutritious nettles. We’re hoping the polarity of these benevolent plants will help the libra make decisions, which can be tough for this empathizer.
rooibos, damiana, nettle, rose, ladies mantle, elecampane, thyme, mullein
Libra is cardinal air and the 7th sign of the zodiac. Libras are governed by Venus. While these later signs usually have a much more complicated blend of everything, this is usually a tense, cold, airy bodily disposition which matches their creative intelligence used to find prismatic justice in the world around them. Naturally, this cardinal truth seeker, with the scales being their primary symbolism, would start their reign of the body at the most rectifying pairing of the body: our great filter, the kidneys. Libra also governs the endocrine system, the veins, acid-alkaline balance of the body and also the lumbar region of the back.
Scorpio. Night Shift, an herbal tea blend.
Night Shift is the herbal tea blend we’ve designed for the Scorpio archetype. We named blend after the Lucy Daucus song of the same name.
Passionate Scorpio, the 8th sign of the zodiac is the fixed water sign, positioned in the deep seeding transitions of fall up here and equally deep seeding spring in the southern hemisphere. The seed is the impetus of transformation and it makes sense that these magical people inspire transformation in self and others. Scorpio season is a bottomless cauldron of processing and procreation, in previous signs the focus was on the self in terms of relationships and growth reflected outwardly in the world around us, scorpio time shifts the gaze deeply inward. For the scorpio archetype, the orientation pivots from the world at large to an exploration of the nucleus of all things, of the most intimate aspects of what is allowed in and out, on bodily, physical, psychic, and emotional levels. What’s allowed in and out is reflected in the physical body where Scorpio rules the excretory systems and cellular metabolism.
The deeply sexual nature of the Scorpio is far better known than their guardianship of the interior vents of the body. You many be more aware that Scorpio rules all the sex organs, sex drive, instinct to procreate, urogenital system, the sphincter, the orifices, nasal bones, big glands (thyroid & thalamus), metabolism, orifices, and excretory systems. An out of balance Scorpio might run into cold, damp, stuck conditions throughout the body…but specifically at the genitalia and organs of elimination.
To keep the scorpio body and psyche in harmony we’ve blended a warming, moving, blood building, wise, cleansing tea. Psychically we want to give these deep thinking, private, mystics some nice drying herbs to keep the seals of the orifices, sphincter, cell walls, and the tender tissues of the rex organs a little more taught for easier wielding by these watery people. We also focused on the kidneys as the major organ of elimination in this blend to help the transformations sure to follow the scorpio with clearance of physical and psychic debris.
Magical, tasty holy basil leads this blend and it is both warming and contrarily cooling, depending on the situation. Like the scorpion, holy basil can change to act the way we might need, moment to moment, in the body! Deeply warming, protein and mineral rich nettles are here to build the blood, gently dry out some tissues, and detoxify the body through the kidneys. We’ve added sweet, dense shatavari to ground the blend and it is a supreme ally for female reproductive system. Schisandra the shape-shifting and piquant 5 flavors berry promotes longevity and equilibrium in the body for these health warriors. Rosemary aids in digestion and promotes focus to get to the bottom of things. Pretty black cohosh with her gnarly roots is here to calibrate and sooth in the darkness underneath it all where Scorpio likes to get to the bottom of things. The digestive wormwood has been used throughout history to engender wisdom and instinct and as a digestive aid. And finally, sacred passion flower, to lift the spirits above all the darkness.
This Sagittarius tea blend takes its name from the song of the same name by The Allman Brothers.
Hibiscus, lemonbalm, dandelion, burdock, wood betony, orange peel, sage and cinnamon.
Sagittarius, our jovial and mighty, bow wielding centaur, is ruled by expansive jupiter, fueled by the fire element and the second to last mutable sign of the zodiac. On their many good days, sagittarians are optimistic, well traveled, broad-thinking adventurers. They are hot-blooded, big-hearted and freedom-loving visionaries. Catch ‘em on the wrong hoof and you might find yourself squarely within their arrow’s reach—and they’ll feel incurably self-righteous and justified about it. Or worse yet, you might be the thoughtless victim of some public, brute verbal faux pax of theirs on a night out partying in a big crowd. Getting blitzed by one of these big personalitied, big brained Sagittarians can feel honed, specific and well-aimed, even if its just an inebriated slip of the tongue.
As you might imagine, Sagittarius, with the archetype of half horse, half human rules the hips, thighs, buttocks and the sciatic nerve. That upper human head rules the autonomic nervous system, cerebrum (left hemisphere), ability to reason, locomotion and the stimuli response mechanism in the relationship between the endocrine and nervous systems.
And so, this blend features Hibiscus to cool the blood with lemon balm to honor smooth communication with others. Wood betony in here to sooth an expansive mind, dandelion and burdock for the liver and all sorts of inflammation. And finally orange peel, sage and cinnamon to tie it all together and with some moistening, fat digesting tartness.
Workin’ For The Weekend, a Capricorn tea blend takes its name from the song of the same title by Loverboy.
The final cardinal sign, a wise mythical Sea Goat, Capricorn, is ruled by Saturn and the element of Earth. And for them, we blended a tasty, piquant herbal tea for this zodiac archetype featuring: peppermint, mullein, nettles, safflower, burdock root, sarsaparilla root, chaste tree berries, cinnamon and cayenne.
This final, 4th Cardinal sign of Capricorn brings the trajectories of the previous season-beginning cardinal signs back down to Earth, where we can take what’s been sparked by the fires of Aries instigating Spring, nurtured or destroyed by the oceanic water environs of Cancer, and the life curating, dynamic winds of cardinal Air sign Libra. Capricorn draws what’s left back to the earth in Winter for future growth. It represents the stability of the physical, earthly form of the previous season’s iterations.
Capricorn season brings us to the skin and bones of it all in the cold, dark days of winter. The horned Capricorn wills transitional processing of information into physical form in the frozen earth to be put forth into the next cycle for learning, growth and accumulation all over again. It is time, as Saturn dictates, that all this is processed again.
A Capricorn in flow will be deep in a rhythm of working adroitly, completing necessary tasks for the day and setting future goals. And conversely later in the evening, these deserving laborers will shake it off and be the most wild and sparkly character at the party. Their push and pull on that rocky, icy highway of the Saturnian rings that guide the Capricorn lifestyle offer them a dance between the instinct to work in good time and to have a good time. These oscillations can appear fevered and wild to the unwitting observer, but there is a graceful physics to that pendulum for a balanced Capricorn.
Skin and bones, those are the places you’ll typically see strengths and imbalances in the capricorn archetype and that’s on account of their dominion over some of the main regulatory devices in the body: Skin, hair, and knees; Teeth; Joints, especially the knees; Bones and the skeletal system; Anterior pituitary gland. Gall bladder.
Capricorns can run cold and be depressed in the tissues of the body, and emotionally. This blend endeavors to support the skin, bones, digestive and hormone balance with bright, warming, moving, oily plants. We chose peppermint because it’s virbrant and warming; mucilaginous, moistening mineral rich Mullein, an herb ruled by Saturn according to Nicholas Culpepper; another bone builder in Nettles; tasty anti-oxidant Safflower, and well known, oily liver and gall bladder tonic, Burdock. Finally we round out the blend another root, Sarsaparilla, this one is hormone balancing, a spicy hormone balancing Chaste Tree Berry, warming and moistening Cinnamon, and just a hint of fiery Cayenne.
Kid A is an herbal tea blended for the Aquarius archetype. The name is inspired by the song and album of the same name by Radiohead. And I think it has Aquarian vibes.
Spearmint, gotu kola, passion flower, horsetail, linden, fennel, ginger, ladies mantle and lavender come together to support the Aquarius archetype.
This fixed, air sign is the second to last sign of the zodiac and the water-bearer often makes a splash bringing unconventional zest and electrifying ideas to the revolutionary cause of their choice! While aquarians might seek the fringes and be inclined toward adopting extraordinary solutions and circumstances, they are ruled by Saturn and deeply bound to a dogmatic approach to life that may well come off as traditional in the face of their singular pursuits.
Electrical Aquarius rules the long bones of the legs, calves, ankles and Achilles tendons. This cold, wintery (northern hemisphere) sign also rules electrical impulses of the nerves, cellular respiration and the rods and cones of the eyes. That’s a lot of continual communication in the body that these saturn-ruled, nonconforming oddballs must manage. When I picture aquarian forces in the body I see all the tender membranes, whose necessarily porous surfaces are closely governed by the relentless cascade of electrical impulses moving in, out, around and contained within them. All that held in the hands of some long legged extraterrestrial trekker on the surface of the moon. That’s my visualization of the Aquarius archetype!
So we employed the perky, aromatic, warming spearmint to keep the senses alert, gotu kola to increase circulation to cold extremities, support the nervous system and brain, passion flower to sooth an overworked nervous system, horsetail to reinforce those long bones of the Aquarian legs and ankles, linden to ease the heart and anger for the inevitable patience it takes when people don’t agree with you, the lovely digestive carminatives in ginger, fennel and lavender work together to warm up and support gassy stomach issues. And finally, one of the most profound water-bearing plants I’ve seen, the lovely ladies mantle.
What’s My Name | Pisces Herbal Tea Blend
What’s My Name is an artisanal herbal tea blend crafted specifically for the Pisces archetype. This warming, immunity-supporting, and movement-stimulating combination is designed for the "dreamy fishes" who navigate the vast depths of both consciousness and the physical body.
The Blend
Made with a curated selection of organic herbs:
Astragalus & Echinacea: For deep immune resilience.
Elderflower & Ginger: To provide warmth and gentle stimulation.
Chamomile & Oatstraw: To soothe the nervous system and the spirit.
Rue, Prickly Ash, & Licorice: To encourage movement and circulation.
The Piscean Paradigm
As a mutable water sign and the final sign of the zodiac, Pisces is ruled by Jupiter (traditionally) and Neptune (modernly), governing the 12th House.
The Piscean ethos lives in the furthest reaches of the body—just as their instinct leads them deep into the psyche, often blurring the lines between dream and reality. This tea honors their physiological dominion over the feet, the toes, and the vital fluids that sustain us—from the synovial fluid in our joints to the lymphatic system.
Why It Works
The lymphatic system, key to our immunity, relies on movement to function, unlike the heart-pumped circulatory system. Much like their psychological tendency to absorb information from their environment, Pisceans are physiologically inclined toward "moist build-ups" in the lymph.
This blend is specifically formulated to:
Stimulate Movement: Helping the lymph process "everything we come into contact with."
Provide Warmth: Counteracting the cool, damp nature of the water element.
Encourage Distillation: Assisting those who "casually tune into the undercurrents" in processing the kaleidoscopic perspectives they gather from the liminal spaces.
Physiological Governance
The Pisces archetype holds sway over:
The Extremities: Feet and toes.
Fluid Systems: All body fluids, including synovial fluid, mucus, blood, and the lymphatic system.
The Endocrine System: Including the pineal gland and glandular health.
Relaxation: The ability of tissues and systems to release tension.
Note: Due to the presence of rue, prickly ash, and licorice, this blend is not recommended for those who are pregnant or individuals taking heart medication.
The Roof Is On Fire, an Aries blend.
This tea is designed to enhance the best of the trail blazing, headstrong, get-it-going traits of this cardinal fire sign from a good, grounded foundation.
Hibiscus, Lemon Balm, Nettle, Wood Betony, Yarrow, Ginkgo Biloba, and Ginger
In medical astrology, Aries, as the first sign of the zodiac, rules the bodily domains of the head, skull and Cerebro-Spinal system and some of the muscular system. When an Aries is out of alignment, it often manifests as too much heat. So think in terms of inflammation, tension, or pure burnout. This blend has a little synchronistic spice with a really solid, nutritive core and racy, tart overtones.
Hibiscus and Lemon balm provide a tart, refreshing trajectory that lowers the internal temperature and centers the mind.
Mineral-rich Nettles nourish the foundation of everything, providing the physical stamina Aries demands.
Wood betony draws energy down from a racing brain into the body, while yarrow multi-directionally regulates the blood, pulling excess back to the core.
Gingko biloba supports the Aries-ruled brain, while the familiar anti-inflammatory ally, Ginger, soothes what could become over-exertion.
The Roof Is On Fire blend isn't about putting out the Aries flame; it's about supporting the momentum.