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Does any of the following resonate with you?
If you’re drawn to the Yellow Prickly Pear flower, you've likely experienced some or all of the above. You may have a tendency to get too attached to your loved ones. You may feel you take on energies from your loved ones and create situations in which you take on too much responsibility. You may also take on responsibilities or burdens that do not correspond to you, as a way to retain nurturing or comfort in relationships. You may have a fear of getting left behind or tossed aside if you’re no longer taking on the energy or burdens of others. You may store excess energy cords or attachments in your midsection, creating a propensity for excess weight, inflammation or vitality loss.
If not within your energy system or physical body, alternatively, you may have storage units, closets, your car or other areas filled with physical storage. You may store emotions, experiences or memories of life events within the items that you hold on to or store away. You may have an interesting relationship with ‘excess’ and ‘deprivation’, whether it’s with food, pleasure, play or experiences. You may notice that in certain areas, you go to excess; in others, you deprive yourself. Common manifestations of these energies are: food, clothing and material possessions. It can also be seen in how much time or energy you spend on what brings you joy.
The Yellow Prickly Pear flower catalyzes an overhaul of subtle energetic dynamics, so that we can dive into our own needs, self-sufficiency, play, creation and thriving health. Rather than become the energizer bunny, dumping ground or vitality container for others, we can do an audit on where our energy is going. We can explore and sort storage areas (emotions, energy, inflammation, physical body & external physical storage) and work through yet another layer of non-attachment, letting go of what’s no longer relevant and cutting through emotional ties to specific dynamics that hold us back.
We can audit our own energy flow and see where we’re leaking energy unnecessarily. We can unplug from people that we are so fiercely attached to, and become more self-sufficient, experiencing more freedom and ease. We can release anything we grasp or hold onto, dissolving patterns of struggle and embracing more sweetness, joy and sensory pleasure of life. When we release what we’re holding onto, we open to abundance in the world, and know that we will not be alone, lonely or left behind. We gain an understanding that our stuff (physical belongings) and our physical body is not protecting us from any experience, and that we have the fortitude to weather all phases of life.
We experience a new sense of relief, ease and freedom. Foods that we crave to fill emotional needs are not as magnetic, because we are more equipped to nurture or fulfill our emotional needs in another way. Our blood sugar and libido are healthy and balanced. We gain a deeper understanding of ‘excess’ vs. ‘deprivation’ and any unique habits or patterns relating to both. We can free up our energy to explore what makes us feel creative and open to life. Having dissolved a need for holding on, we gain a deeper understanding of what brings us joy in the moment.
There are many varieties of Yellow Prickly Pear that can be found across almost the entire United States, and even in Canada. Strong enough that they can grow just about anywhere with dry soil, they are considered quite an inconvenience to many farmers, as they’re extremely difficult to remove, and mowing alone will simply spread their seeds!
In its physical form, Prickly Pear has shown potential for treating diabetes, high cholesterol & obesity. It has incredible antiviral & anti-inflammatory properties and is filled with nutrients. An illustration of their self-sufficiency, Prickly Pears can reproduce asexually, when the pads detach from the parent plant & take root in the ground.
In Aztec mythology, Yellow Prickly Pear was associated with the goddess Coatlicue ~ revered as the patroness of women, fertility and childbirth. Also known as the Lady of the Serpent, she is represented by her skirt of snakes, a symbol of fertility.
Another Aztec myth is the meaning behind the flag of Mexico. The Aztecs’ were divinely instructed to seek a new land, and were promised they would know the place when they saw this special sign. They found it – in what’s now known as Mexico city – an eagle, holding a rattlesnake in its beak, perched upon a Prickly Pear Cactus. They named the city, Tenochtitlàn, “place of the Prickly Pear cactus.”
In Native cultures, Yellow Prickly Pear flowers were also a mother symbol ~ representing a mother’s unconditional love, patience and selfless protection.
While all types of Prickly Pears are widely recognized symbolically for their resilience, adaptability and ability to thrive in harsh environments, they are also a symbol of protection, defense and boundaries.
MAGNIFIES:
Behaviors that balance blood sugar
DISSOLVES:
Hoarding or holding onto things in excess
Love & flower petals,
Katie
