Lady's mantle
The keeper of the morning dew
Nature of the plant
Lady's mantle grows in meadows, along paths and high up into the Alps. Its rounded leaves are finely pleated like a protective cloak. In the morning, clear silvery drops gather at their edges and in their centre. The alchemists considered them heavenly water – hence its name Alchemilla. In folk belief it was associated with the mantle of Mary.
Inner attitude
Lady's mantle is gentle and protective. It receives and preserves. In its folds it holds what is precious.
The essential qualities
- protective
- receptive
- gentle
- preserving
- pure
It guards the precious in secret.
Meaning
Lady's mantle calls when you need protection and security, when the feminine in you wants to be held. It teaches you to wrap yourself and to preserve what is precious within you.
Voice of the plant
"I lay my mantle around you. Here you may rest."
Encounter & working together
You meet it early in the morning in damp meadows. Kneel down and look at the drops on its leaves as they sparkle in the first light.
Pay attention to
- where you need protection and security
- where you want to preserve what is precious in you
- where the gentle in you wants to be held
Lady's mantle works when you are ready to let yourself be protected.
Essence
I am wrapped and I preserve what is precious within me.
