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Karo Brandy, Stellenbosch (2025)

06/07/2023

‘Sovereign’ cocktail - Karo Cape Brandy XO, Almond, Fresh Lemon, Vanilla, Orange Blossom… Heaven.

27/01/2023

It’s almost Old-Fashioned time!

Ingredients: ⁠
44ml of Karo Cape Brandy XO⁠
1 sugar cube⁠
2 dashes Angostura bitters ⁠
Dash of plain water⁠
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Preparation:⁠
Place sugar cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitters, add a dash of plain water. Muddle until dissolved. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add one shot of Karo Cape Brandy. Garnish with orange slice and a maraschino cherry.⁠
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19/11/2022

Summer is finally here, and so is this refreshing cocktail by with Karo Brandy and hibiscus: a perfectly tart and tangy concoction.

Add 88 ml brandy to a shaker with the juice of half an orange and 200 ml of cold hibiscus tea. Shake well, pour over ice and garnish with an orange slice and some rosemary.

Sip at sunset 🌇

08/11/2022

Full Moon in Ta**us with

Tonight's full moon in Ta**us asks you to embrace all things of the earth today. Get your hands in the soil, go for a stroll in the forest or a swim in the ocean. Spend time under the moon tonight.

Ground yourself in nature to prepare for a monthly ritual of letting go. Once again we are reminded to shed the weight of that which no longer holds value for us.

The powerful light of the full moon comes back to illuminate the shadows for us again on her monthly voyage of waxing and waning.

What are you letting go of tonight? A quiet moment in the moonlight is the simplest way of honouring this process.

03/11/2022

Weekend on the horizon - let’s liven things up with some cocktail inspiration… Try our version of the Brandy Manhattan.

Add 50ml Karo Cape Brandy and 25ml Martini Rosso to a shaker - add a splash of Angostura bitters and shake over ice. Voila! 🥃

20/10/2022

The Devil Tarot Card with

The Devil card represents your shadow (or darker) side and the negative forces that constrain you and hold you back from being the best version of yourself.

This can come in the form of negative habits, dependencies, behaviors, thought patterns, relationships, and addictions. You have found yourself trapped between the short-term pleasure you receive and the longer-term pain you experience.

Just as the Lovers card speaks to duality and choice, so too does The Devil; however, with The Devil, you are choosing the path of instant gratification, even if it is at the expense of your long-term well-being.

The Devil card asks you to take an honest look at these shadow aspects and to integrate these parts of yourself by first accepting them, bringing light to them and then beginning the journey of letting go of that which no longer serves you.

09/10/2022

Full Moon 9 October 2022 with

The Aries-Libra polarity is a relationship axis, where Aries represents “self,” and Libra represents “other.” Where Aries is about self-assertion, Libra is about compromise.

Through the energy of the Libra Sun, we are aware of the need for relationships and all that comes with maintaining them–compromising, negotiating, graciousness, and balancing. The Aries Moon, on the other hand, is self-assertive, leading, and personally courageous.

This Full Moon urges us to strike a balance between meeting our personal needs and attending to the needs of a significant other, and between independence or autonomy and dependence or companionability.

Goals themselves may come into question as new information or perspectives introduce uncertainties. We may also pause to question our commitments and the energy they require of us.

It won’t be unusual to significantly change our minds several times about our goals, our direction, and even our life’s mission or how we carry it out, over the next six months.

This week in particular can send us in new directions, as the planet of our thinking mind, Mercury, returns to direct motion on October 2 and makes a stressful square aspect to goal-seeking Mars. Old fears, wounds, and conflicts between the masculine and the feminine, the active and the receptive, self-sufficiency and needs for nurturing, may especially be stirred up this week of the Aries Full Moon.

27/09/2022

New Moon in Libra with

We've reached the midpoint of our Astrological Year, with the September Equinox on 23rd September, followed shortly by the New Moon in Libra on 25th/26th September.

This really is a pivotal balance point in our astrological calendar. We welcome Spring in the Southern Hemisphere and Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.

With six planets in retrograde, (holy s**t!) this is the time to pull back and pause, before we project our intention out into the ethers.

This is not the moment for making drastic decisions or big changes.

Spend time reflecting and processing. Spend time with the intention of being, instead of doing. Take heed of how far you have come and be gentle with yourself.

XO

20/09/2022

Tarot Tuesday with

Did you know that you can calculate your tarot card by adding up the numbers in your birth date?

For example my birthday is the 21 January 1988 (21/01/1988)
2+1+1+1+9+8+8 = 30
3+0=3

The major arcana tarot cards are directly related to numerology and your tarot card number is the same as your life path number.

Tarot card number 3 in the major arcana of the tarot deck is The Empress. This represents your life path. It is really powerful to know your card for this lifetime and to correlate this with your numerology life path number and your north node in astrology.

The Empress sits on a throne wearing a starry crown, holding a scepter in one hand. The scepter represents her power over life, her crown has twelve stars depicting her dominance over the year, and her throne is in the midst of a field of grain representing connection to the natural world, fertility and groudedness. She has worked hard to enjoy the fruits of her labour and has a strong healer energy.

The Empress signifies a strong connection with our femininity – elegance, sensuality, fertility, creative expression, nurturing – and is necessary for creating balance in both men and women. The Empress calls on you to connect with your feminine energy. Create beauty in your life. Connect with your senses through taste, touch, sound, smell and sight. Draw on these senses to experience pleasure and deep fulfilment. As the Mother Earth archetype, The Empress urges you to venture out into nature to ground your energy and be in flow with the earth.

09/09/2022

Full Moon 10 September 2022 with

This lunation occurs along the Virgo-Pisces polarity, which is the service axis. This axis deals with the balance between day-to-day functions and routines, physical health, and the need for order (Virgo) and vision, spiritual health, disorder, and the infinite (Pisces).

Virgo rules our personal set of tools and techniques that we use to deal with day-to-day life, while Pisces rules the tools that we use to deal with our spirituality.

The key to balance lies in identifying and expressing our spiritual needs while maintaining order in our everyday lives.

Neglecting either end of the axis has the potential to backfire – we would either be living in chaos or in excessive order.

This Full Moon harmonizes with Uranus, suggesting an easier, more natural acceptance of change and progress now.

30/08/2022

Tarot Tuesday with

The Magician tarot card

"as above so below, as within so without, as the universe so the soul"

The magician calls you to harness your powers of manifestation and step into your highest potential.

The magician tarot card asks you to connect both with the earth and sprit realms in order to transform your reality.

Spend time in meditation. Spend time grounding in nature.

Mark art. Get your hands in the earth and plant something.

By tending to both our inner and outer worlds we amplify our connection to ourselves and others and step into the flow of life. The magician is about transformation. Power. Life force energy.

What are you doing daily to increase your life force energy? ⚡

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