Wild Somatics · Alchemical Practice Alchemical Reading A one-to-one consultation reading your elemental constitution, planetary influences, and somatic patterns through the lens of classical alchemy.

Begin with a reading

All work starts with a conversation. The reading is the door.

An Alchemical Reading is a one-to-one consultation that maps the elemental and planetary forces active in your life. Drawing on the framework of classical alchemy — the three principles of sulphur (essential nature), mercury (living spirit), and salt (material body) — the reading looks at where these forces are in balance, where they are congested, and what is asking to move.

This is not astrology, though planetary timing is part of the picture. It is closer to a somatic diagnosis — a reading of the body's deeper constitution and the elemental phase the person is currently moving through.

The reading draws on what you bring — your history, your symptoms, your dreams, your sense of where you are stuck — and reflects back a framework that makes sense of it. From this, a direction emerges: what kind of work, what kind of support, what is actually needed.

Bespoke spagyric preparations — plant medicines made according to alchemical process and planetary timing — may follow from the reading as one form of support. They are never prescribed generically. They arise from what the reading reveals.

"The alchemist does not impose change upon matter. They accompany it — holding the conditions in which transformation can occur of its own accord."

Wild Somatics · Alchemical Notes

SolSolar · Identity & Vitalitythe sovereign self · authentic expression
LunaLunar · Feeling & Reflectionemotional body · the unconscious · cycles
SaturnSaturnine · Structure & Griefancestral weight · limitation · the long time
VenusVenusian · Relationship & Beautyconnection · somatic pleasure · the relational field
MarsMartial · Will & Boundaryembodied action · the capacity to say no
MercuryMercurial · Communication & Transitbetween worlds · the messenger · nervous system
JupiterJovial · Expansion & Wisdomgrowth · generosity · the larger pattern

A reading is complete in itself. What it offers is clarity — a map of the terrain, a sense of where the work is. Some people come for a single reading and leave with enough. Others find it opens a longer inquiry, and the reading becomes the beginning of an ongoing alchemical process.

For those engaged in the Elemental Arc programme, readings are available as a direct accompaniment to each phase — elemental preparations aligned to the work you are in.

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Photo · Preparations / Vessels
The physical materials — bottles, herbs, tinctures
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Photo · Plants / Botanicals
The source plants — growing or gathered
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Photo · Process / Atmosphere
The alchemical work in progress
Video · Introduction to the Alchemical Reading
What a reading involves, what to expect, and what becomes possible
Do I need any background in alchemy or astrology?+
None at all. The reading is offered in plain language. The framework is a tool for seeing — you do not need to study it before arriving. What you bring is your own experience, and that is enough.
What do I need to prepare?+
Nothing formal. It helps to arrive with a sense of what is present — what you are navigating, what feels stuck, what is calling for attention. Beyond that, come as you are.
Can I receive a preparation without a reading?+
The reading always comes first. Preparations are bespoke — made specifically for what the reading reveals. A preparation made without that context would be generic, and generic is not what is offered here.
Are the preparations safe?+
Yes. All preparations are made from food-grade plants using food-grade alcohol. They are not pharmaceuticals. If you have specific health concerns, we discuss them during the reading before anything is made.
Can preparations be sent internationally?+
In most cases yes, depending on destination country import regulations for herbal preparations. Logistics are discussed during the reading.