Actaea Institute of Herbal Medicine and Aromatherapy

02/28/2026

ASTROLOGICAL AROMATIC HERBALISM & AROMATHERAPY

Advanced Certificate Course starting April 11th, 2026

A Visual, Ethnobotanical and Symbolic Deep-Dive series of 10 live & recorded 2.5-hr webinars on the inner healing Virtues of 50 Aromatic Herbs & Essential Oils together their ancient Astrological symbolism and aromatic psychodynamics, with Gabriel Mojay LAc.

https://www.actaea.org/astrologicalherbalism

Learn how to read an Astrological Birth Chart in a way that reveals the core dynamics of the archetypal psychologies of the Chart’s key components: the Elements, Modes, Planets and Zodiac Signs— together with Astrological insights into 50 Herbs and Essential Oils used in both Herbalism & Botanical Aromatherapy.

Gabriel will cover key teachings that form part of the study of Medical Astrology, though his central focus will be the use of the Chart as a tool of 'soul diagnosis'— on grasping the Chart’s unique make-up as a ‘blueprint’ of one’s potentials, challenges and spiritual destiny.

Integral to the course - supported by over 1000 illustrated slides featuring aromatic plants from Gabriel’s extensive photo library – will be a visual and poetic journey into the ethnobotanical, mythological symbolism and psychotherapeutic uses of all the most important fragrant Herbs and Essential Oils, from Angelica to Ylang Ylang. 🌿⚗️💧

INCLUDED! 60-min Astrological reading with Gabriel!

Participants have the option to book a free 1-hour recorded Astrological Birth Chart reading with Gabriel on Zoom to explore the dynamics, issues, inner resources and challenges revealed by their Chart — including an aromatic alchemical formula to support their inner-healing process and life path. ♐️

https://www.actaea.org/astrologicalherbalism

02/28/2026

JOIN US with Dr Omileye for our next MONTHLY MEET- UP!

Friday, March 6th, 2026 from 11:00 am—1:00 pm Eastern Time (US)

Our MONTHLY MEET- UP is a series of live, recorded webinars with *Special Guest Teachers* sharing their insights into Herbal and Aromatic Healing ~ hosted with lively chat and Q&A by Actaea Co-Directors AC Hill and Gabriel Mojay.

NEXT-UP!

Dr OMILEYE ACHIKEOBI-LEWIS, doctor of Classical Chinese Medicine, Psychotherapist & Reiki Master will present ~

'The Fragrance of the Ancestors: Daoist Plant Alchemy for Intergenerational Trauma Healing'.

Dr. Omileye guides us on a journey, a sacred immersion into Daoist plant-spirit wisdom, teaching us how to recognize ancestral trauma, and select the herbs and essential oils that best support lineage release and rebalancing. Learn to partner with these botanical allies to soften ancestral residues, restore ritual harmony, and guide the soul-line back toward wholeness.

https://actaea.org/monthlymeetup

Further 2026 MONTHLY MEET-UPS...

• April 10th: Rita Van Parys, Clinical Aromatherapist & Essential Oil Pharmacist — Guiding Clients in Essential Oil Use at Home

May 8th: Olatokunboh Obasi, Clinical Herbalist, Nutritionist & Birth Doula: Traditional African Medicine (TAM): Contributions of the African Experience in Western Herbal Medicine

• June 5th: Robin B Kessler, Clinical Aromatherapist & 'Queen of Frankincense' — Frankincense Boswellia Extracts for Herbalism & Aromatherapy

TIMES: 11 am – 1 pm Eastern Time (US)

https://actaea.org/monthlymeetup

02/16/2026

ASTROLOGICAL AROMATIC HERBALISM & AROMATHERAPY

Advanced Certificate Course starting April 11th, 2026

A Visual, Ethnobotanical and Symbolic Deep-Dive series of 10 live & recorded 2.5-hr webinars on the inner healing Virtues of 50 Aromatic Herbs & Essential Oils together their ancient Astrological symbolism and aromatic psychodynamics, with Gabriel Mojay LAc.

https://www.actaea.org/astrologicalherbalism

Learn how to read an Astrological Birth Chart in a way that reveals the core dynamics of the archetypal psychologies of the Chart’s key components: the Elements, Modes, Planets and Zodiac Signs— together with Astrological insights into 50 Herbs and Essential Oils used in both Herbalism & Botanical Aromatherapy.

Gabriel will cover key teachings that form part of the study of Medical Astrology, though his central focus will be the use of the Chart as a tool of 'soul diagnosis'— on grasping the Chart’s unique make-up as a ‘blueprint’ of one’s potentials, challenges and spiritual destiny.

Integral to the course - supported by over 1000 illustrated slides featuring aromatic plants from Gabriel’s extensive photo library – will be a visual and poetic journey into the ethnobotanical, mythological symbolism and psychotherapeutic uses of all the most important fragrant Herbs and Essential Oils, from Angelica to Ylang Ylang. 🌿⚗️💧

INCLUDED! 60-min Astrological reading with Gabriel!

Participants have the option to book a free 1-hour recorded Astrological Birth Chart reading with Gabriel on Zoom to explore the dynamics, issues, inner resources and challenges revealed by their Chart — including an aromatic alchemical formula to support their inner-healing process and life path. ♐️

https://www.actaea.org/astrologicalherbalism

Learn how to incorporate herbal medicine and aromatherapy into your practice and home with confidence and efficacy. The Actaea Institute offers classes, workshops and in depth programs for health professionals to home herbalists to learn key botanicals, herbal preparations, and business skills.

02/03/2026

JOIN US for our next MONTHLY MEET- UP!

Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 from 11:00 am — 1:00 pm ET

Our MONTHLY MEET- UP is a series of live, recorded webinars with chat and Q&A hosted by Actaea Co-Directors AC Hill and Gabriel Mojay, botanical expert speakers sharing their insights into Herbal and Aromatherapy therapeutics and traditions.

NEXT-UP!

Dr RAQUEL COSTA, Clinical Aromatherapist & Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine — Aromatherapy for Enhancing Immunity & Combating Pain

Dr Costa, President of Associação Portuguesa de Aromaterapia (APA), shares an overview of the constituents of essential oils acting synergistically as multi-target immune system activators. Along the way, Raquel shares the fascinating details of her clinical research into addressing vulvo-vaginal candidiasis and back pain through Medical Aromatherapy. Not to be missed!

Dr Raquel Costa specializes in Clinical Aromatherapy, TCM & Homeopathy. Raquel has been in continuous professional practice since 2003, the year she opened her first clinic in Vila Verde, Portugal. She is President of Associação Portuguesa de Aromaterapia (APA), and founder of the social project Hospital do Sorriso. In terms of Aromatherapy, Raquel studied under Dr Fabienne Milet of Florame, France, and completed postgraduate studies in aromatic plants at the Univ of Coimbra. Raquel is the co-author of several scientific articles.

https://actaea.org/monthlymeetup

Further 2026 MONTHLY MEET-UPS...

• Mar 6th: Dr Omileye Achikeobi-Lewis, Doctor of Classical Chinese Medicine, Psychotherapist & Reiki Master — Fragrance of the Ancestors: Daoist Plant Alchemy for Intergenerational Trauma Healing

• April 10th: Rita Van Parys, Clinical Aromatherapist & Essential Oil Pharmacist — Guiding Clients in Essential Oil Use at Home

May 8th: Olatokunboh Obasi, Clinical Herbalist, Nutritionist & Birth Doula: Traditional African Medicine (TAM): Contributions of the African Experience in Western Herbal Medicine

• June 5th: Robin B Kessler, Clinical Aromatherapist & 'Queen of Frankincense' — Frankincense Boswellia Extracts for Herbalism & Aromatherapy

TIMES: 11 am – 1 pm Eastern Time (US)

https://actaea.org/monthlymeetup

01/26/2026

JOIN US for our next MONTHLY MEET- UP! ~

Our Monthly Meet-Up is a series of live, recorded webinars with chat and Q&A hosted by Actaea Co-Directors AC Hill and Gabriel Mojay, botanical expert speakers sharing their insights into Herbal and Aromatherapy therapeutics and traditions.

NEXT-UP!
Dr Raquel Costa, Clinical Aromatherapist & Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine — Aromatherapy for Enhancing Immunity & Combating Pain
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 from 11:00 am — 1:00 pm ET

Dr Costa, President of Associação Portuguesa de Aromaterapia (APA), shares an overview of the constituents of essential oils acting synergistically as multi-target immune system activators. Along the way, Raquel shares the fascinating details of her clinical research into addressing vulvo-vaginal candidiasis and back pain through Medical Aromatherapy. Not to be missed!

Dr Raquel Costa specializes in Clinical Aromatherapy, TCM & Homeopathy. Raquel has been in continuous professional practice since 2003, the year she opened her first clinic in Vila Verde, Portugal. She is President of Associação Portuguesa de Aromaterapia (APA), and founder of the social project Hospital do Sorriso. In terms of Aromatherapy, Raquel studied under Dr Fabienne Milet of Florame, France, and completed postgraduate studies in aromatic plants at the Univ of Coimbra. Raquel is the co-author of several scientific articles.

https://actaea.org/monthlymeetup

Further 2026 MONTHLY MEET-UPS ~

• Mar 6th: Dr Omileye Achikeobi-Lewis, Doctor of Classical Chinese Medicine, Psychotherapist & Reiki Master — Fragrance of the Ancestors: Daoist Plant Alchemy for Intergenerational Trauma Healing

• April 10th: Rita Van Parys, Clinical Aromatherapist & Essential Oil Pharmacist — Guiding Clients in Essential Oil Use at Home

May 8th: Olatokunboh Obasi, Clinical Herbalist, Nutritionist & Birth Doula: Traditional African Medicine (TAM): Contributions of the African Experience in Western Herbal Medicine

• June 5th: Robin B Kessler, Clinical Aromatherapist & 'Queen of Frankincense' — Frankincense Boswellia Extracts for Herbalism & Aromatherapy

TIMES: 11 am – 1 pm Eastern Time (US)

https://actaea.org/monthlymeetup

01/23/2026

ASTROLOGICAL AROMATIC HERBALISM & AROMATHERAPY

Advanced Certificate Course starting April 11th, 2026

A Visual, Ethnobotanical and Symbolic Deep-Dive series of 10 live & recorded 2.5-hr webinars on the inner healing Virtues of 50 Aromatic Herbs & Essential Oils together their ancient Astrological symbolism and aromatic psychodynamics, with Gabriel Mojay LAc.

https://www.actaea.org/astrologicalherbalism

Learn how to read an Astrological Birth Chart in a way that reveals the core dynamics of the archetypal psychologies of the Chart’s key components: the Elements, Modes, Planets and Zodiac Signs— together with Astrological insights into 50 Herbs and Essential Oils used in both Herbalism & Botanical Aromatherapy.

Gabriel will cover key teachings that form part of the study of Medical Astrology, though his central focus will be the use of the Chart as a tool of 'soul diagnosis'— on grasping the Chart’s unique make-up as a ‘blueprint’ of one’s potentials, challenges and spiritual destiny.

Integral to the course - supported by over 1000 illustrated slides featuring aromatic plants from Gabriel’s extensive photo library – will be a visual and poetic journey into the ethnobotanical, mythological symbolism and psychotherapeutic uses of all the most important fragrant Herbs and Essential Oils, from Angelica to Ylang Ylang. 🌿⚗️💧

INCLUDED! 60-min Astrological reading with Gabriel!
Participants have the option to book a free 1-hour recorded Astrological Birth Chart reading with Gabriel on Zoom to explore the dynamics, issues, inner resources and challenges revealed by their Chart — including an aromatic alchemical formula to support their inner-healing process and life path. ♐️

https://www.actaea.org/astrologicalherbalism

01/23/2026

JOIN US for our next MONTHLY MEET- UP! ~

Our Monthly Meet-Up is a series of live, recorded webinars with chat and Q&A hosted by Actaea Co-Directors AC Hill and Gabriel Mojay, botanical expert speakers sharing their insights into Herbal and Aromatherapy therapeutics and traditions.

NEXT-UP!
Dr Raquel Costa, Clinical Aromatherapist & Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine — Aromatherapy for Enhancing Immunity & Combating Pain
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 from 11:00 am — 1:00 pm ET

Dr Costa, President of Associação Portuguesa de Aromaterapia (APA), shares an overview of the constituents of essential oils acting synergistically as multi-target immune system activators. Along the way, Raquel shares the fascinating details of her clinical research into addressing vulvo-vaginal candidiasis and back pain through Medical Aromatherapy. Not to be missed!

Dr Raquel Costa specializes in Clinical Aromatherapy, TCM & Homeopathy. Raquel has been in continuous professional practice since 2003, the year she opened her first clinic in Vila Verde, Portugal. She is President of Associação Portuguesa de Aromaterapia (APA), and founder of the social project Hospital do Sorriso. In terms of Aromatherapy, Raquel studied under Dr Fabienne Milet of Florame, France, and completed postgraduate studies in aromatic plants at the Univ of Coimbra. Raquel is the co-author of several scientific articles.

https://actaea.org/monthlymeetup

Further 2026 MONTHLY MEET-UPS ~

• Mar 6th: Dr Omileye Achikeobi-Lewis, doctor of Classical Chinese Medicine, Psychotherapist & Reiki Master — Fragrance of the Ancestors: Daoist Plant Alchemy for Intergenerational Trauma Healing

• April 10th: Rita Van Parys, Clinical Aromatherapist & Essential Oil Pharmacist — Guiding Clients in Essential Oil Use at Home

May 8th: Olatokunboh Obasi, Clinical Herbalist, Nutritionist & Birth Doula: Traditional African Medicine (TAM): Contributions of the African Experience in Western Herbal Medicine

• June 5th: Robin B Kessler, Clinical Aromatherapist & 'Queen of Frankincense' — Frankincense Boswellia Extracts for Herbalism & Aromatherapy

TIMES: 11 am – 1 pm Eastern Time (US)

https://actaea.org/monthlymeetup

10/14/2025

Ons Sunday I was joined by my Co-Director at the Actaea Institute of Herbal Medicine and Aromatherapy, AC Hill, and the fabulous folk who joined us for the start of our 10-month live & lively Diploma course in the clinical practice and business of Herbalism & Aromatherapy.

The course is quite intensive — we will be covering some 200 medicinal and aromatic plants and their clinical use guided by traditional wisdom, botanical science and TCM energetic diagnostic skills. Not only that, but we will be learning how to sustainably wildcraft and grow, harvest and process, extract and distill these precious plant medicinals from the ground up.

So it's a "jolly-good-thing" that those who were drawn to and who joined our band of herbal learners are a spectacular assortment of Herbalists, Aromatherapists, Therapeutic Massage practitioners, artists, painters, sculptors, potters, gardeners, plant ID-ers, entrepreneurs, community builders, travelers, and devotees of Plant Spirit Wisdom.

What more could we ask for? 🌿✨💚