Cacao
Latin Name: Theobroma cacao
Parts Used: Seeds (beans), butter, powder
Elemental Connection: Water
Planetary Ruler: Pluto (and Venus as co-ruler in some traditions)
Energetics: Warming, stimulating, heart-opening, emotionally revealing
Traditional Uses: Ceremony, devotion, emotional release, spiritual awakening
Zodiac Connection: Scorpio
Cacao is more than pleasure—she is a sacrament of the soul. Rich, dark, and sensual, she opens hidden pathways of the heart, guiding us into deeper emotional presence. Like Scorpio, Cacao is both tender and intense, helping us feel what’s been buried and transmute it with love.
Cacao’s Wisdom for Scorpio
Cacao teaches Scorpio that intimacy begins with vulnerability. She helps soften emotional walls, turning pain into presence. With Cacao’s warmth, Scorpio learns that true transformation is not forceful—it’s intimate, honest, and embodied. Her medicine is permission to feel deeply and love without armor.
Plant Ritual
Prepare a warm cup of ceremonial cacao or rich cacao drink. Hold it with both hands at your heart and take a deep, steady breath.
Close your eyes. Feel into your chest—your center of truth and tenderness. Sip slowly and repeat:
“I open to what lives within me. I meet it with love.”
Let the warmth guide you inward. If tears come, let them. If stillness arrives, honor it. This ritual is powerful before journaling, emotional release, or any moment when you're ready to feel and transform.
Recipe/Creative Uses:
Journal Prompt
What emotion have I been holding back—and what would it feel like to let it move through me with love?
Let Cacao guide you inward. Don’t rush. What’s been hidden? What is ready to soften, release, or be witnessed with compassion?