Heaven on Earth Starlight Essences: SE02
Aldebaran
Key Qualities: Acceptance, Opportunity, Compassion
An introduction to Starlight Essences
The principle behind the Starlight Essences is simple. Each star is a being whose physical
body is the brilliant sphere of light we see in the night sky. Its light communicates the
energetic and spiritual qualities of that star. By focusing on a star we imbibe these qualities
and strengthen them within us.
How to use the essences
The essences are designed to be taken by mouth a few drops at a time up to four times a
day. You can take them undiluted or mixed with a drink. They can be used in other ways
too, such as added to a bath or applied to the skin. You can take more than one essence at
a time. However you may find that more than three essences used together at the same
time can feel a little too ‘busy’.
Storing your essences
It is best to keep the essences in a dark, cool place. Use them before the Best Before End
date on the label.
Please note: The Starlight Essences are tools for spiritual growth. They may be used in
combination with any other tool or skill you find helpful. They are not medicinal and are
not intended to substitute for any medical or therapeutic treatment.
Aldebaran: Spiritual Qualities
Aldebaran can help us to develop a fuller compassion for ourselves and our world. The
soul of the star helps us to experience ourselves as an energy field free of fixed form but
open to a multitude of ways of relating part to part and moment to moment. Somewhat in
the way that an atomiser takes a perfume and turns it into a multitude of droplets which
then release their fragrance more effectively, Aldebaran helps us turn the continuum of
experience into moments, so that we may appreciate their beauty more fully. As we gather
that beauty together so we discover a uniqueness, which we might like to a fragrance that
can transport us into a state of deep inner peace.
Suggested Uses
If you are experiencing grief or disappointment, this essence can help you move through
those feelings to a bedrock of compassion for yourself and for your world. It can help too
with feelings of frustration; Aldebaran brings a sense of a wider perspective and larger
timescale, so that temporary blocks assume a truer proportion. The star encourages a
deeper understanding by gently disassembling the constructions we build to make sense of
the world, thereby opening us to opportunities we might otherwise overlook. At times of
transition you might use Aldebaran essence for several days and then move to Orion
Nebula or Sadr.
©
Christopher Sell 2016
www.heaven-on-earth.co.uk
Heaven on Earth Starlight Essences: SE02
Aldebaran: Astronomy
Alcyone is the brightest star in the Pleiades, which is a young group of stars formed in the
last 100 million years. They are about 410 light years away in the constellation of Taurus.
It is thought that they will remain together as a group for the next 250 million years or so
before moving outwards into the Galaxy. The stars, clearly visible within the nebulosity of
star dust around them, ‘glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid’, as the poet
Tennyson wrote. Alcyone is a brilliant star: nearly ten times the radius of our Sun, it spins
more than 100 times faster and emits a thousand time as much light.
Aldebaran: Mythology
Aldebaran is a big, ancient star, far larger than the Sun and the brightest star in the
constellation of Taurus, the Bull. It is about 65 light years away, making it a comparatively
close neighbour. Within the constellation of Taurus it appears as part of an open star cluster,
the Hyades, but it's actually much closer. It lies near the path followed by the Sun and the
Moon as they cross the sky and is regularly occluded by the Moon as it passes in front of it.
Aldebaran's luminosity is considerably higher than
that of the Sun, about 425 times as bright, while its
surface temperature is a little less than the Sun's.
Over the next few million years it is expected that it
will grow brighter yet.
Finding Aldebaran
Easily seen in the winter months of the Northern
Hemisphere, Aldebaran lies in the constellation of
Taurus and is distinctly reddish. You can find it by
following the line of Orion's belt upwards to the
right. Follow that same line on again and you come
to the Pleiades, the small cluster of stars also known
as the Seven Sisters.
©
Christopher Sell 2016
www.heaven-on-earth.co.uk