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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Tanaaz: Chiron Direct and the Spiritual Significance of 12/12/19

Chiron Direct and the Spiritual Significance of 12/12/19


chiron 12/12 meaning



On December 12, 2019, we have a number of cosmic events taking place.


Some of us in the world, depending on our time zone, will experience the last Full Moon of the year. Moments after this, Chiron, the asteroid associated with healing will also turn direct after being retrograde since July.


All of this unfolding on the already potent 12/12 makes it a stand out day in the month and a powerful day for healing, and ritual work.


While it is always good to do this work, choosing cosmically potent days like this can enhance the effects and quality of your work. They also allow you to work in harmony with the Universe thereby adding potency to the process.


Here are a few ways you can use the energy of Chiron, the Moon, and 12/12:



Chiron Direct on 12/12



Chiron is an asteroid known as the “wounded healer” and is currently moving through the zodiac sign of Aries.


Regardless of our sign, we all have the ability to tap into this energy, especially on 12/12 as Chiron stations direct.


Anytime a planet stations, which happens when it starts and ends its retrograde, it is the most potent and we tend to feel the energies more strongly.


It is on these pivotal days that we can really harness and lessons that are being sent our way if we only stop and pay attention.


While everyone will feel this energy differently, here are some universal themes that Chiron is guiding us to work on in this placement in Aries:


1.) Our physical health and wellbeing: Chiron rules over healing, and Aries rules over the head. We may need to pay attention to illnesses involving the head, sinuses or eyes and to look deeper to ensure we are taking care of ourselves and listening to the wisdom of our body.


2.) Our mental health and wellbeing: Chiron in Aries wants us to become authentic leaders of our own lives. It wants us to be proactive and to step out of the victim mindset. If we haven’t been doing this, we may receive a wake-up call or we may find that our thoughts around a particular situation or belief start to change.


3.) Our emotional well being: Chiron in Aries wants us to stand up for ourselves! If we have been failing to do so, or need to set some boundaries, issues in these areas may present themselves. This energy may also awaken old anger and push it to the surface for clearing.


4.) Our spiritual wellbeing: Chiron in Aries will be guiding us to ask- “Who am I?”We may have to get real with ourselves on a deeper level and to figure out if our motivation for doing something is aligned with the person we want to be.


5.) Our soul wellbeing: Chiron in Aries will be guiding us to reach levels of self-acceptance like never before. We all have wounds, we have all experienced traumas, and reaching a level of acceptance with this and knowing that despite it all we can still be whole, is the path to healing under this energy.


Do any of these themes or lessons stand out to you at this time?


There is strong potential for us to experience a breakthrough at this time on areas of healing that we have been working on. With the Full Moon vibes lingering too, we may experience a release or a letting go that allows us to take our healing to the next level.


If you are feeling frustrated, run-down, or plagued with obsessive or anxious thinking, you can use this energy to do some release work, to focus on self-care, or to reach out to a friend or professional for support.


You are not alone in your healing journey. Sometimes just taking that first step to reach out can be the hardest and scariest part.


You can read more on Chiron’s Retrograde journey and Chiron in Aries here and here.



On the 12th day of the 12th month of the year, the powerful numerology code of 1212 is activated, helping to raise the frequency of our light body, access high realms of consciousness, and bring a sense of completion to a greater cycle.


12 is a powerful number in numerology that represents wholeness and completion.


We have 12 months in the year, and 12 signs in the zodiac, and it is only once we have experienced all twelve of these states, that we can gain a bigger picture perspective and understanding as to where we have been.


Sometimes, it is only when we reach the end of a cycle, that we can really begin to understand the journey.


The awareness of the bigger picture and this sense of completion is the energy that number 12 holds, but on the 12th day of the 12th month, this energy magnifies.


This is even more so in 2019, as we have the Gemini Full Moon and Chiron moving direct all happening on 12/12 as well.


Full Moons have the power to illuminate things and Chiron moving direct will help us to experience breakthroughs on our healing journey.


We will be able to see the bigger picture with more clarity and feel a sense of wholeness in regards to where we stand and the journey we have traveled.


As 2019 is a number 3 year, 12/12 also holds the numerology code of 333 as well.


333 is an angel number that represents expressing our truth, being honest with ourselves and others, and communicating what we are really thinking and feeling.


333 can also carry a similar vibration to the number 9 which is a number of completion and endings.
It seems we are really going to be able to use this energy to connect with our truth in a way that brings healing, release, and closure.


On 12/12, we can also raise our energy field and activate our light body or personal Merkaba with more ease. This allows us to view the events of our lives from a higher state of awareness.


You can read more about 12/12 and the Merkaba here.


To experiment with this energy for yourself, try this meditation exercise below.


If there is something you are looking to gain clarity on feel free to journal about it after this meditation, or pay attention to your dreams or signs from the Universe to see if any further insights come your way.



1212 Meditation Exercise for Raising and Expanding your Energy Field:



1.) Lay down flat on the floor or sit upright in lotus position.


2.) Close your eyes and take 12 deep breaths to settle your mind.


3.) Visualize the top half of your body (from your knees up) surrounded in the light of a beautiful pyramid. See that pyramid pointing up into the heavens and connecting your body with the higher realms.


4.) Once that visual is strong in your mind, visualize another pyramid on the lower half of your body pointing down towards mother earth. Visualize the light of this pyramid surrounding the lower half of your body and connecting you to the planet.


5.) Once this pyramid visual is strong, sit with it for 12 breaths.


6.) When ready, imagine the top pyramid slowing starting to spin in a clockwise direction and the bottom pyramid slowly starting to spin in a counter-clockwise direction.


7.) Keep this visual going and just observe any feelings or sensations that arise in your body. Stay here for 21 breaths or for as long as you feel is necessary.


8.) When ready to close the meditation, stop the pyramids from spinning and see the light of the pyramids getting smaller and moving closer into your body until your body completely absorbs the light.


9.) Take 12 deep breaths here and begin gently wiggling your toes and fingers.


10.) Once you are ready, stand up and shake out your body. Drink a glass of water to help cleanse and balance your energy out.


Happy 12/12!




Read More:
Gemini Full Moon Ritual December 2019

gemini full moon ritual



Chiron Retrograde 2019



Spiritual Significance of 12/12



Seeing 12:12 and the Merkaba Field



Intuitive Astrology: December Full Moon 2019

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Veiled Solstice | Ethereal Nature


Veiled Solstice




A short hike
on this shortest day
to perform a sunrise vigil.
The cold, furtive wind
haunts the forest
like a restless spirit
skittering across the crusted snow
searching for who knows what
in every nook and crevice
chases deer through the woodland
whitetails flashing their alarm
rattles the last plants standing
shattering fragile seed heads
a forced release
of intentions held too fast
and so the future is sown
on this Solstice morning.


Attaining the summit
the overlook is overcast
clouds cloud the view
and the wind has grown teeth.
Drawn here at Midsummer
Sagas unfurled
I communed with Hel of the underworld
and gathered her sacred herbs.
Now, at Midwinter,
Hel hath frozen over
and the sun rises
behind the veil.
Remembrance is made
that this is the day
we celebrate the dark.


Then the way back to warmth
crunching footsteps
upon the frozen path
raise a whirlwind of wingbeats
wild turkeys launch from the ground
clattering through
the bare-boned branches
and perch like enormous partridges
in a pair of leafless trees


And at the darkest hour
I shall burn
the sacred herbs of Summer
bathe in their fragrance
linger in the visions
that are revealed
from behind the veil.


~~~

Saturday, November 11, 2017

11:11 Beautiful Gift Use This 4 Step Gateway Ritual! | You Wealth Revolution Network

11:11 Beautiful Gift
Use This 4 Step Gateway Ritual!



  Many people in the community are asking about November 11th and what it means and how to prepare.  Important: It comes around once time per year...so maximize this portal!


11 is a what's called a 'master number'.  It has a very high vibration that can help create manifestations faster.


Its also said that angels and higher guides use this number to reach us and connect us with higher wisdom!  So use this 11:11 to shift your life!


November 11th 2017 is upon us and here are some suggestions to help make this special 'gateway' even more powerful for you!


Here are few steps you can use right now:


1) Get clear on what you really want - Take just a moment to be still and quiet.  Turn off distractions. Focus in and discover what you really want from your heart.  Then think about it and feel it coming true.

2) Call upon the energies through this portal (Today 11:10 or Saturday 11:11) to ASK with deep passion for higher help to make these dreams manifest.

3) Feel and Visualize it coming into reality and call in help and higher assistance in making this vision a reality.   You can simply ask while feeling and visualizing , "Higher light of God...I thank you for helping me bring this into my field for the greatest good".


4) Take action on an idea or impulse related to your 11:11 Vision.  After you perform step 3 just look for subtle clues to take action.  It might be a phone call you need to make, a walk in the park or an idea you have.  Just by taking one simple action you can start to maximize this powerful angelic portal for manifestation and soul healing. Let your heart lead you!


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Friday, November 4, 2016

Energy Update: Leaving the Human Behind by Jenny Schiltz

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Energy Update: Leaving the Human Behind

by Jenny Schiltz


The energies of the 11/11 gateway are already upon us and it is as if we are being squeezed though the eye of the needle. All that is not truly our soul is being shown so that we can make the conscious choice to leave it behind. In conversation with my team they explained that the human is being released. When I pressed them on what that means they went on to say that what is considered human is our duality, lack, limitations, and fear. What is not considered part of the human is our personality, our likes and dislikes. Who we truly are is not going anywhere, what is leaving is all that we are not.

However, even with this explanation many are experiencing fear associated with letting the human go. Right now many are feeling extremely anxious and depressed, as the resurgence of lack, limitation, doubts, and duality programming is looping throughout your form.  It is so we become so uncomfortable with these feelings that the anguish of hanging on is greater than our fear of letting go.

Another component to the leaving the human behind is having to understand deeply that we are worthy of the life that we desire. We are worthy to have the relationships, career, happiness and joy that we so desperately want. We can have life filled with the beautiful flow of the universe and a peaceful existence. As you read these words, what emotions arise? Do you feel the truth to these words through your being or is there a fear underneath begging to be heard? Do you feel selfish for wanting it all? Do you fear that when good things happen, the bottom will soon drop out? Do we dare to believe with all of hearts that we are worthy?  Look at all the insecurities these energies have brought up in the recent weeks. They are showing us where we hold a lack or not good enough vibration within us. Once we see it we can shift it.

As these energies are here to assist us, now is a good time to create a ceremony, a way to mark your transition into the new.  Make a list of all that you want to leave behind; all that no longer serves you. Feel each thing deeply within your form as you write them down. Sit with them, look how they have served you and how they have held you back. Don’t rush the process, take as long as you need to. Once you have complied your list, thank the energies and then release them.  Some find the simple act of writing works, others like to burn the paper, tear it into bits, or even bury it in the ground. Do what feels right for you. While you are working on setting yourself free call in your angels, masters, and guides. I like to call in Archangel Azrael whom helps with transitions, Kali the Hindu Goddess of transformations, and the elemental kingdom. The help we can receive when we give permission to be helped is tremendous.

Once you have released what you no longer need, now make a list of what you do want moving forward. I find it best to keep the list general and allow the universe to show me the HOW. For example, on my list I could have “I want a peaceful existence”. I then turn these into a mantra “I AM peaceful”. This helps me to feel anchored into what I do want, instead of focusing on what I don’t want in my field.

What is also coming up to be examined are the past lives that are affecting us now. While we have many past lives we don’t need to dive into them but we do need to be aware of the patterning that we have brought forward in this life time.  When working with clients, clearing their energy fields and aura I am being shown that for many it is the time of completion. That the theme they have been exploring from all of its angles is now ready to be integrated and the lesson learned. For example if a person is learning the theme of abandonment, the lives they experienced could have seen them as the one abandoned, the one doing the abandoning, or even the one loving another with abandonment issues. The variations are endless as are the emotions explored.  The point is, it is now time to heal from it all and come away with a deep love and understanding of the issue. When you have been it all, done it all, experienced it in so many ways, how can you then judge another without judging yourself? You can’t and that is the point.

Also what is taking place right now is a deep need to heal all of our parts, to call them home. These are showing themselves in dreams and memories that are surfacing. Honor all that is coming up, don’t minimize what to your adult mind may seem trivial. To your inner child, these were major and now need to be healed. All of your memories, not just childhood ones are coming up to show you what is needing more love.  For me, obtaining a Soul Retrieval to bring the parts ready to return has been pivotal for me. It helped me to feel whole again. It helped me to integrate the soul pieces lost due to childhood trauma, car accidents, multiple surgeries and chronic illness.  We must be whole and healed in order to embody our entire soul.

Dreams are really intense right now. We are working through major issues in our sleep space. Some are having vivid and fearful dreams and feelings of impending doom. When these occur, ask yourself if these are for your current life and timeline or if they are memories from another time. We have been here before, we have been on the cusp of a huge transition and it didn’t go well for the inhabitants of earth. Think on Atlantis and Lemuria. Keep in mind that it was decided that this time we would be able to make this huge journey without the mass destruction of humans.  Some are having dreams of epic battles of good versus evil. These can be the subconscious mind’s manifestation of the struggle of leaving duality. If you are able to interact in these dreams, try to send the “bad” guys love, wrap them in it. You may find that with love, the battle dissolves.

All whom are awakened or awakening are feeling this need to let go of what is not truly you and what is no longer beneficial in your reality. What changes is the degrees in which this is felt. For some, it seems that their life has been tossed into the middle of a tornado and what no longer serves is being forcefully removed. For others they are finding that the ground they established under them after the tornado is now shifting again. While others are finding firm footing and that their path is clear.   Wherever you are in this process, allow yourself to trust in the universe and simply let go without fear. It is much like untying your boat from the shore allowing it to drift, knowing that you will eventually land exactly where you are meant to be. It is understanding that if there is a huge storm, sometimes the safest place is out to sea. Those that choose to stay anchored will find themselves battered against the rocks and overcome by huge swells.

With all that is taking place in the outer world, it is not hard to get caught up in the drama, the injustice, the outrage. However the guides are saying over and over again:

Keep your balance, Keep your neutrality, for you don’t know the big picture, Keep your heart open and Source love flowing through you. Keep trusting.


When our heart is open and love flows through us, all our fears and anxiety melt. The parts that no longer serve us seem to just fade away.  Sending you all so much love and support as we go through these amazing times.  Thank you to all who support and share this work.

Jenny


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Sunday, June 19, 2016

THE ORACLE REPORT: Sunday, June 19, 2016 (audio version only 12:21)

"WISDOM ATTENDS" BY WISE OWL CLAUDIA
"WISDOM ATTENDS" BY WISE OWL CLAUDIA

THE ORACLE REPORT: Sunday, June 19, 2016


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Monday, January 25, 2016

Important Update from Alexandra Meadors [video]

Important Update from Alexandra Meadors [video]

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Alexandra did a video to tell us what she and her team experienced in their urgent mission last week, January 8, 2016.
Very powerful energetics are at play in so many ways, and I think it wise not to pooh-pooh on our own ability to shape our reality and end the darkness.
The cabal is no match for the power of the countless Beings of Light (that includes us) on planet and off, who focus their intentions on banishing the dark forever and freeing our planet from its clutches.
Any day now the evil ones’ imprint on our world will be just a dark stain—and from there—Victory of the Light!
Thank you to all the energetic healers who do their part on our behalf every day. This is very encouraging. 
For those who insist on demanding “WHEN” is “V-Day” or The Event?, I ask you:
When was the day a war would end ever announced beforehand? Did the alliance ever tell us WWII would be won on a specific day?
A war is over when it’s over. No one is going to come to us and give a date that the Light will celebrate its ultimate Victory. And that is why anyone who gives dates for anything, is wrong; because NO ONE knows ahead of time. 
If we stop doubting and start believing, and participate in the meditations as requested by various Lightworkers and we will see Victory that much sooner.
I’ve remarked before about the invisible armies that support us in all we do. They are there, asking us to do this for ourselves, so they may assist us. That is our asking.
This video is mainly for audio purposes, but there are “lava lamp” images and mandalas to focus on if you like, while Alex and Bibi give their updates. (24 minutes)  ~ BP


A Very Important Message

Galactic Connection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy2BqVoZ8Aw
Published on Jan 15, 2016

Alexandra Meadors reveals the details of a ceremony that took place on Friday, January 8, 2016, when direction was given to provide energetic support for the Middle East; in particular, the people of Israel who have been as negatively impacted by the Khazarian Mafia politicians as anyone . In addition to Alexandra, Marcia Webster and Bibi Tinsley were also participants. Alexandra asked Bibi to assist in the message’s delivery.
The following Monday, 1/11, Benjamin Fulford wrote on his blog: “The takedown of Khazarian mafia politicians has already begun at a lower level. In particular, the NSA has compiled evidence against politicians who were bribed by Israel into opposing the nuclear accord between the US government and Iran.“SOURCE Benjamin Fulford
Also reported in this post:
“Important changes are also taking place behind the scenes in Japan, which, after the United States, is the second largest economy still controlled by the Khazarian mob. Changes are also taking place behind the scenes in Japan, which, after the United States, is the second largest economy still controlled by the Khazarian mob. “SOURCE Benjamin Fulford
From Jeff, our good friend and fellow navigator:
‘That sounds like a very satisfying ceremony you did. When I read this I can see energetically lines of dominoes going out in every direction falling over. It is spreading out the same way lines of dominoes fall.
What I am getting unfolded from that, is that “all the aspects that contend control here are being revamped inwardly and restored to an optimized balance within those structures. This will release the bonds that are contracting their realization for achievement of their Hearts desires.”
In plainer language, “it is having the effect of stopping the corruption at its root’s frequency dynamic.”‘
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Thank you Jeff.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

THE ORACLE REPORT Tuesday, December 9, 2014

 
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THE ORACLE REPORT
Tuesday, December 9, 2014




Full Moon Phase: enlightenment

Moon in Cancer (Leo at 10:15 pm ET/7:15 pm PT)

Ruling Mahavidya: Shodashi (Goddess of Beauty, Goddess Who Charts Courses)

Skill: watch from the inner place of calm and respond when needed

Negative Imprint: unprepared to respond, glaring differences in paradigms and philosophies, alienated, isolated, separated, overprotection, avoidance, thirst for power, feelings misunderstood

Positive Imprint: shielded, changing conditions, good magical rituals, intuition, offerings and blessings, sharing thoughts and feelings, healing, progress, inner riches

A strong influx of energy continues to rain down on us, pouring down at times.  It's intense!  But upgrades in consciousness usually are, and today we will respond and adapt to the changes that are happening inside of us and outside in the world.

Let's talk about what's contributing to this and where it's going.

First, one aspect of the intensity is courtesy of Pluto's daily march toward aspect with Uranus.  The two are chiming a tune that is being heard around the world.  Pluto will make exact square with Uranus once again this Sunday, December 14 at 7:45 pm ET/ 00:45 am UT, re-activating the energetics of the monumental Grand Cardinal Cross.  This Grand Cardinal Cross aspect has been cresting at various times throughout the year.  The purpose of the Grand Cardinal Cross has been to sound a call to awakening, duty, and mission.  It's the marker in time when soul families would come back together to shift the world paradigm - the world dream - back to its natural state.  Light workers are activated.

It's a big mission, so we feel it in big ways.  It is often initially experienced with chaos.  When things begin to shift, a certain degree of chaos is unleashed.  In this context, chaos is a good thing because it means we are changing (transforming, alchemizing) from one way to another.  It is unsettling.  It's supposed to be, because the energy is sorting and sifting and shuffling things all around.  It's like a snow globe that has been turned upside down and shaken.

Instead of being the spiraling snowflakes, we can stay pretty well grounded in the middle and watch as the snowflakes settle into new places and patterns.  Wise owls watch from the inner place of calm, not only because it is wise, but because it is beautiful.  Falling snowflakes are wondrous.

We want to choose wonder over chaos.

The second dynamic involves this month's theme of "homecoming," which is becoming more pronounced as the Sun progresses further into Sagittarius and closer to conjunction in the sky with the Galactic Center.  It's a high, holy event.  The Sun will conjunct the Galactic Center next week on December 17/18.  We will be in the Balsamic phase of the Moon at that time, the dreamy, spiritual phase when the veils between the worlds are already thinnest.  The Sun, the Earth, and humanity "come home" when the Sun returns to the degree of the Galactic Center.

On the tails of the high, holy event of the Sun conjunct the Galactic Center, the New Moon in Capricorn enters three days later with Venus conjunct Pluto (both squaring Uranus), and Venus stationing retrograde the same day.  So we will have a New Moon and Venus stationing retrograde while aspecting Pluto and Uranus all on the same day.

Recall also that the Capricorn lunar month is a "cardinal" month, one of the four months each year that pivot massive change and set new courses.  This is where the energy is building and this is why people are feeling the intensity.

Instead of calling it an intensity let's call it a quickening.  Intensity has such a negative connotation and we are aiming for wonder.  "Quickening" better describes it, don't you think?

Today, as we are captivated (sometimes by the sheer spectacles of insanity) by the things that are shifting inside of us and outside in the world, we are adapting to what is happening.

Feelings of isolation and loneliness underlie this energy if we don't feel like we have or are making connections with others.  This month is "nexusing" people of like mind together, but if you aren't feeling or experiencing this, the emptiness is deep.  All things must unlock in their own time.  Even if you aren't seeing the "homecoming" in your life right now, know that the energies are working at even deeper levels of you to form new elements.  Your personal astrology may be "overriding" the generalized energies.  If so, take heart because other important and special things are happening for your journey.  Most likely you are creating a new "snow globe" with your life.

There is also an underlying signature of today's energetics that carries a thread of fear or danger.  This is present today and tomorrow.  Pay attention to your gut feelings.  Don't dismiss intuitive caution or warning.  If it feels bad, move on.

Themes related to substance versus appearance also entangle today.  Appearance tends to dominate with this one.  Superficiality is annoying, so be prepared to respond and adapt if this appears for you today.

Also, the potential for projection of one's own feelings, thoughts, beliefs, and fears onto others is strong today.  With this, there is an attempt to escape personal responsibility and avoid or deny that anything is happening.  Take on board only what is yours.

It is a good idea to incorporate the element of fire through the end of the month.  Like the Sabian symbol for the degree of Pluto, "a fire worshipper meditates on the ultimate realities of existence," we can use the element of fire for enlightenment.  Light a candle and in the flame's reflection, see the representation of the candle that is lit in the window of the Galactic Center, waiting for us to come home.
 

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Ritual to Honor Ancestors, Teachers and Spirit Guides by Crystal Pomeroy on October 31, 2014 | DAYKEEPER JOURNAL

"Halloween is upon us again. This is of course the celebration of Spider Woman, the Hopi creative goddess. The exciting thing about this Halloween is that a ten day doorway starts on October 31, 2014 in the Dreamspell Calendar. When these doorways open we are able to experience higher consciousness provided we stay in the love vibration. The veil is always very thin at the time of Halloween and this time it will last for ten days. Be sure to ‘think with your heart’ during this time period and it is always good to manifest love energy. " ~Mahala Gayle
(Posted on fb by Kristy Foley)




Ritual to Honor Ancestors, Teachers and Spirit Guides
by Crystal Pomeroy on October 31, 2014 | DAYKEEPER JOURNAL

http://www.daykeeperjournal.com/2014/10/ritual-to-honor-ancestors/


Ritual to Honor the Ancestors



In the ancient goddess traditions, Fall was seen as a time of power: the power of transformation, the power of connection with nature and beings in the beyond, including ancestors, teachers and dear ones. It was the power to release exterior appearances and attachments, and like nature does at this time of year, to direct one’s energy inward for renewal.


In a day and age of mental and emotional individualism, when our altars honor the gods of reason, it is easy to forget the good we have received from those who have passed on from the visible.


Our ancestors, at least some of them, wanted us to continue their lineage, their ideals. Much of their emotional, spiritual and material energy was expended on our behalf, in loving intentions, efforts and guidance. The best things we are and have in our lives and awareness today are directly or indirectly, at least in part, thanks to those who preceded us.


The following ceremony integrates archetypal energies, colors and symbols you may enjoy including in your practice in the November power portal known as Samhain:


    On your altar, table or other space, put three candles next to one another: pink, blue and purple.
  

  Add flowers in one or all of these shades, arranging them with the intention of pleasing your dearly departed.


    Add a picture of each ancestor you wish to honor (choose only those who symbolize the positive for you), and also of spiritual teachers no longer on the material plane. If you don’t have an image, you can put strips of paper with their names, and another one that simply says, “All ancestors from my family and spiritual lineage who have helped, supported and strengthened me directly or indirectly.”


    Put a picture of a spiritual protector, such as Archangel Michael, Blue Tara or Simhamuka, on the altar as well.


    Light a stick of copal or sandalwood incense and make a reverential gesture while saying,


These flowers and this incense are offerings for my ancestors and teachers in the invisible dimension of spirit to which this smoke disappears. Dear ones, I honor you and thank you for your gifts to the world and your efforts, intentions and actions on my behalf.


    Light the pink candle as you say,


The light of love burns in my heart and is alive in my connection with (mention names of chosen dearly departed)…


    Light the blue candle as you say,


The flame of awareness guides me to recall that (name or names of ancestors (and departed teachers) you wish to invoke, and) all my ancestors live on in the dimension of Spirit, and brings to light the gratitude I have for their legacy.


    Light the purple candle as you affirm:


Love and awareness fuse and create a transformative force that blesses my ancestors and everything connected to them.


    Repeat slowly and mindfully,


I renew my commitment to continue their legacy in ways that are appropriate now.


    Clarify one to three ways in which you can act on this commitment. They may be subtle, such as working on attitude, prayer for the departed, forgiveness, generosity, or responsibility to oneself or others; or they may be tangible, such as activism, help to a less fortunate family member, focus on developing your own gifts and potential, and/or other commitments that occur to you.


    Ask the spiritual protectors to seal your connection and commitments in their blessing.


~~~

Sunday, September 21, 2014

NorthPoint Astrology Journal Your Guide to Planetary Energies for September 22 to 28, 2014 By Pam Younghans


Highlighted Aspects:MON: Jupiter semisquare Sun, Pluto stations direct 5:35pm PDT, Sun enters Libra (Equinox) 7:29pm PDT; TUE: Chiron quincunx Jupiter, New Moon 11:13pm PDT; THU: Uranus trine Jupiter; FRI: Chiron sesquisquare Mercury; SAT: Mercury enters Scorpio; SUN: Saturn semisquare Sun, Neptune quincunx Sun


MOST ASTROLOGERS
found it laughable when, in 2006, Pluto was demoted in status. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto did not qualify as a "planet," so it became designated as a "dwarf planet."

The reason most of us chuckled at this demotion is because, in spite of its relatively small size and incredible distance from Earth, Pluto is a huge player in the energetics of our human experience. So it is fitting, in this week when Pluto is about to change direction and its influence is heightened, that astronomers are reconsidering Pluto's status once again.

Scientists last Thursday had a debate on the subject at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. A vote taken after the debate showed that most in attendance now believe Pluto should regain its status as planet.

Nothing is official yet, since it appears that an IAU vote is the deciding factor. But just ask anyone who is currently experiencing a strong transit from Pluto -- they will be very quick to tell you that Pluto's effects can hardly be called "dwarf."

ALL OF US are working with Pluto's increased influence now, most notably in the areas of life represented by its house location in our natal charts (of both natal Pluto and transiting Pluto). Pluto has been retrograde (moving backward) since April 14, and now is ready to turn around and start forward motion again.

When a planet changes direction, it moves very slowly, and so tends to have greater impact than when it is moving more quickly -- a bit like the difference between dipping your hand briefly in a bucket of ice water and holding it there for several minutes.

Pluto's ultimate effect is deep transformation, especially of those aspects of our personalities that keep us chained to clashes of ego and will. As a transpersonal planet in astrological terms, Pluto's intention is to elevate our understanding and use of the ego -- not to deny it but to empower it in positive ways. An empowered ego does not need to do battle to prove itself. It resides in such a place of strength that it does not need to be defensive.

ASTROLOGER Bil Tierney explains in his book Dynamics of Aspect Analysis that:

    "Pluto is only concerned with confronting us with the essence of that which we have not transformed to a higher level of expression. Like Saturn, Pluto shows us the reality of our limitations, although from a more psychological point of view. Much depends upon the degree of our self-discipline and emotional self-mastery."

"Emotional self-mastery" is a key term here. Pluto's ultimate goal is that of empowerment. One of the main ways we keep ourselves disempowered is by allowing negative emotions such as fear, suspicion, shame, and guilt to be in control of our thoughts and actions.

Pluto often brings to the surface those very emotions just listed. The intention is not punitive, but to help us be aware of the power of those emotions, and to help us learn how to rechannel in positive ways the energy currently being lost in nonproductive (or counter-productive) outlets.

IT IS NO COINCIDENCE that I happened upon my copy of the book Power vs. Force earlier this week. I had looked for it a few months ago, but in not finding it, believed I must have loaned it away. But a couple of days ago, as I reached behind a row of books in my bookshelf, hoping to find whatever it was I was looking for at the time (who remembers now!), the book that came out in my hand was this very book by David R. Hawkins.

Power vs. Force is a insightful, scientifically-based treatise on kinesiology and related subjects. What I mostly remember from my reading of it many, many years ago, is that it had a wonderful delineation of the levels of human consciousness, assigning energy levels to the various emotions.

At the bottom of the scale is Shame, which Dr. Hawkins gives an energy level of 20. Guilt is at energy level 30, Fear is at 100, Anger at 150, etc. etc., finally reaching Enlightenment at energy levels 700 to 1,000.

I often think about this book and the energy level scale when working with emotional issues. It reminds me why anger feels better than apathy or fear, but still does not feel as good as courage or even neutrality.

THIS BOOK with its energy level scale is a helpful tool right now because Pluto often pulls out of us the emotions at the lower end of the scale. I say "pulls out of us," because Pluto does just that -- it doesn't create those emotions in our experience, it reveals where they are hidden within us by bringing them into our consciousness.

Once we are aware of these lower-vibrational emotions that we carry, we can use the energy level scale to gradually raise our consciousness.The scale helps, because it shows us a step-by-step process. Rather than insisting that we make the giant leap from anger to love, it reminds us that if it feels difficult to bring in the vibration of love in our present emotional state, we can at least get started in the right direction by choosing some of the emotions that are higher on the scale, but that also feel within reach.

OUR OTHER important astrological events this week are clustered in the next few days. Monday brings us Pluto's station and the Equinox, when the Sun enters Libra. Tuesday marks the beginning of the new lunar cycle, and Thursday is the Uranus-Jupiter trine.

Here's what astrologer Stephanie Austin writes about these days around an Equinox, in the current issue of "The Mountain Astrologer":

    "During the day before, on, and after the equinox, the Sun's alignment with the Earth's equator generates a reduction in the magnetic field of the Earth, enabling us to access higher dimensions more easily. Equinox and solstice points are thus energetic gateways and extra-potent times to set intentions and participate in ceremony, ritual, and prayer."

SCIENTISTS know that we tend to have more auroras around the Equinox, although they also admit that they do not have an explanation that completely accounts for the phenomenon. Auroras usually occur when solar winds from the Sun brush against the Earth's magnetic field. But, auroras also occur at the Equinoxes, with or without solar winds to set them off.

So, what does that mean for us and our experience? Mostly that there is an important energy shift that occurs in the Earth's electromagnetic field at the Equinoxes, and that therefore occurs in our human magnetic fields as well. In other words, as Ms. Austin says, the Equinox is an energetic gateway that enables us to access higher dimensions more easily.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST on my list of what I want to talk about today is the Uranus-Jupiter trine on Thursday. If you attended my teleclass back in June, you'll remember that I was pretty excited about this event, based on what each planet represents.

Jupiter is the visionary and the optimist; Uranus is the innovator and inventor. When these two planets work in harmony together (the trine aspect), we have increased potentials for gaining important insights, making changes that fill our lives with greater meaning, and accessing realms usually beyond our reach, both on the physical plane and interdimensionally.

Other possible manifestations, especially for those who are working with strong Uranus transits this year, involve having the courage to finally make those changes that we've been toying with for many months. For some, this trine could mean it's time for the breakthroughs we've been anticipating.

So, it could be an interesting and powerful week, in many regards...

Blessings,

Pam




Photo: Auroras over Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada on September 19, 2014 (credit: Joseph Bradley, posted on SpaceWeather.com)

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Summoning the spirits of their ancestors: Shamans from around the world gather in Siberia for ceremony timed to coincide with cosmic cycles


A shaman performs a ritual next to a fire in a remote part of the Siberian mountains.  It's part of the festival 'Call of 13 Shamans' held near the village of Khorum-Dag in Tyva Republic, the geographic centre of the Asian continent

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A shaman performs a ritual next to a fire in a remote part of the Siberian mountains.  It's part of the festival 'Call of 13 Shamans' held near the village of Khorum-Dag in Tyva Republic, the geographic centre of the Asian continent

Summoning the spirits of their ancestors:
Shamans from around the world gather in Siberia for ceremony timed to coincide with cosmic cycles

  • Shamans gathered in the Tyva Republic - the geographic centre of the Asian continent - to perform the rituals
  • The festival, called 'Call of 13 Shamans' involves a number ceremonies that originated in prehistory
  • They include throat-singing, dancing, playing drums and meditating in the area that is said to be 'spiritually' charged
  • Among the group were tribal leaders from Mexico, Mongolia, Greenland, Russia and Korea
  • DNA evidence suggests that Native Americans originated in Siberia, moving from Russia around 14,000 years ago 
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Spiritual leaders from different corners of the globe gathered for the 'Call of 13 Shamans', a four-day festival held near the village of Khorum-Dag in the Tyva Republic.


It is the centre point of the Asian continent and an area that is said to have high spiritual 'charge'. The timing of the event had been chosen to match natural cosmic cycles.

The group of shamans, who travelled from countries including Mexico, Mongolia, Greenland, Russia and Korea, began by trekking to isolated locations for three days of meditation before performing a number of ceremonies - many of which originated in prehistory.

Some of the rituals and appearances are similar to those of Native Americans. DNA evidence suggests that the indigenous American population originated from the Siberian mountains, before leaving Russia and passing over the frozen Bering Strait around 14,000 years ago 
Some of the rituals and appearances are similar to those of Native Americans. DNA evidence suggests that the indigenous American population originated from the Siberian mountains, before leaving Russia and passing over the frozen Bering Strait around 14,000 years ago

They then slaughtered animals as a sacrifice before throat-singing, dancing and playing drums in different areas of the mountainous region.

Photographer Alexander Nikolsky, who captured the incredible event, told The Siberian Times: 'We came to the site the day before all the shamans arrived. The locals were not very happy about this, because Khorum-Dag mountain is a sacred place and people should not disturb the spirits. As if to confirm their words, a great storm erupted on the first night.

Shaman Irina Daryina from Belarus said: 'Tyva is a special land, with very powerful mountains and many ancient burial mounds'.


According to the festival's website: 'Under the auspices of Father Sky and Mother Earth, the strongest shamans from Russia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) and abroad, their followers and all the participants of the festival will make shamanic mysteries and create joint good wishes to open a White Road to the world of harmony for all the earth.

They also aim to: 'Subside feud and conflicts between nations and peoples, to do everything possible for the disappearance of the world’s orphanhood and poverty and so that our future would be bright and calm.'

Their practices and appearances are similar to Native Americans, who are believed to have originated from Siberia.

A study of the mutations indicated a lineage shift between 13,000 and 14,000 years ago - when people are thought to have walked across the frozen Bering Strait from Russia to America.

This roughly coincides with the period when humans from Siberia are thought to have crossed what is now the Bering strait and entered America.

Among the people who may have emerged from the Altai region are the predecessors of the first Native Americans.

The practitioners often enter a trance-like state during the rituals while performing divination or healing. Many of the ceremonies originated in prehistory 
The practitioners often enter a trance-like state during the rituals while performing divination or healing. Many of the ceremonies originated in prehistory 
The shamans began the sacred festival by going to different locations in the mountains for three days of meditation and spiritual ceremonies
The shamans began the sacred festival by going to different locations in the mountains for three days of meditation and spiritual ceremonies
The shamans bang drums together as they walk around a campfire in southeastern Siberia. The area is believed to have been chosen because it's spiritually 'charged'
The shamans bang drums together as they walk around a campfire in southeastern Siberia. The area is believed to have been chosen because it's spiritually 'charged'
A member of the group throws what appears to be seeds into the air during one of the ceremonies while wearing colourful robes
A member of the group throws what appears to be seeds into the air during one of the ceremonies while wearing colourful robes
When the photographer arrived, a group of locals brought out a cow to slaughter so they could feed them. He was not allowed to capture the aftermath  
When the photographer arrived, a group of locals brought out a cow to slaughter so they could feed them. He was not allowed to capture the aftermath  
They tied the animal's nose and mouth with a rope before killing it in a remote part of the Siberian mountains
They tied the animal's nose and mouth with a rope before killing it in a remote part of the Siberian mountains
One of the shamans bangs a drum with the mountains in the background. They, along with the disciples they brought to the festival, use different forms of percussion while they are meditating 
One of the shamans bangs a drum with the mountains in the background. They, along with the disciples they brought to the festival, use different forms of percussion while they are meditating 
One of the shamans is Hivshu, an authentic storyteller and drum singer. He comes from a line of Inuit shamans in Greenland and his name means 'Voice of the Arctic'
One of the shamans is Hivshu, an authentic storyteller and drum singer. He comes from a line of Inuit shamans in Greenland and his name means 'Voice of the Arctic'
He is one of 13 called to the international festival in the remote part of the Siberian mountains, and his saying is: 'All is life. Life is all'
He is one of 13 called to the international festival in the remote part of the Siberian mountains, and his saying is: 'All is life. Life is all'
In one of the more intimate rituals, one of the shamans places his hand around his counterpart and raises a bowl to his mouth
In one of the more intimate rituals, one of the shamans places his hand around his counterpart and raises a bowl to his mouth
He then  rests his head on his left hand and closes his eyes while the pair continue embracing 
He then  rests his head on his left hand and closes his eyes while the pair continue embracing 
Three of the shamans, dressed in robes and elegant dresses, dance around the field while holding drums 
Three of the shamans, dressed in robes and elegant dresses, dance around the field while holding drums 
Three of the men huddle together while kneeling close to the ground. The baron landscape of Siberia stretches as far as the eye can see in the background 
Three of the men huddle together while kneeling close to the ground. The baron landscape of Siberia stretches as far as the eye can see in the background