FLOROMANCY METHODS
One method is the ‘First Flower of Spring’ approach. Depending of which day of the week you spotted the first flower of Spring, the following are held to be true:
- Find it on a Monday-you will experience good fortune for the entire Spring season.
- Find it on a Tuesday-your greatest attempts will be successful, and your greatest efforts rewarded.
- Find it on a Wednesday-there is a marriage coming.
- Find it on a Thursday-this is a warning. Be cautious. Profits, if any, will be small.
- Find it on a Friday-wealth is on its way.
- Find it on a Saturday-there will be a misfortune.
- Find it on a Sunday-you will experience excellent luck for the whole Spring season.
Now as to omens. If the first flower of Spring you see is a wildflower, check a guidebook to see what it is if you don’t recognize it immediately, for the first letter of its name is held to be the first letter of the name of a person who is destined to become interested in you. To be presented with a yellow flower unexpectedly means a gift is coming. For cultivated flowers, check the Flower/Plants Glossary of Meanings on pages 4-13 of the PDF or any book on the subject. A Bibliography of the books I own on the subject appears at the end of this lesson, but there are certainly others out there.
A second method employs the use of specifically the Pansy. This floromancy technique was invented by a man named Thomas Miller in 1847. If you have access to a garden with a bed of Pansies, walk up to it and without looking, randomly pull-off one of the petals from one of the flowers. Don’t consciously choose, just do it. Once you have selected your petal, examine it. The following are held to be true, and are offered as a guide:
- If the petal has four lines in it-it is a sign of hope.
- Five lines coming from a center branch-indicates a hope which is founded on fear.
- Thick lines bent to the right-is an indicator of prosperity ahead.
- Thick lines bent to the left-is an indicator of trouble ahead.
- Seven streaks in the petal-indicates a consistent love.
- Eight streaks in the petal-indicates fickleness, either in yourself or in those around you.
- Nine streaks in the petal-indicates a changing heart, either toward or away from someone.
- Eleven streaks in the petal-an early grave, either for a person, an idea, or a habit.