For me Black Pepper is both a protector and a leader, or maybe a guide. It helps keep me on track - my own authentic track. I'm an Aries sun so I'm all ideas and action but then fizzle out when I get bored, hungry, distracted, you name it - and then start going down another rabbit hole. 

Black Pepper helps to protect my energy from some of these bad habits, to stay on task. I know what I want to be doing each day because I plan it, if I get an inspired idea I might look into it, think it through first and if I'm still excited about it, when I have the time, then I'll start it and I'll use Black Pepper to keep me in flow to actually get it done. 

Black Pepper is a great oil to use at the start of Autumn, firstly for immunity and as we head into the darker mornings, the temperatures cooling, all the autumny things. For some of us who are solar powered maybe our moods start to fall or get a little darker, Black Pepper keeps us warm and flowing, and boosts our energy.

Anoint yourself with Black Pepper mixed with some Carrier oil, or make yourself up a roller bottle and use it throughout the day during early Autumn - or anytime you need a plant ally to support you with the courage to be yourself or to free yourself from routines or (rabbit holes) that drain you. Black Pepper also stimulates your metabolism. Apply your roller over your stomach and then inhale the aroma from between your cupped hands.