Learning to live in chaos energy 2017

Feeling the chaos energy? It has been slowly building and on this Gemini Super Duper Full Moon tonight I am awake and in insomniac mode as news of Aleppo’s fall and Syria’s liberation, accusations of Russia interfering in the U.S. election to plant Trump for its own benefits run rife and a looming December 19 Electoral College Vote keeps Americans and others on the edge of their seats.

The current chaos is courtesy of the long-running “reality show” of the planets. Uranus and Jupiter opposing each other from Aries/Libra and PLUTO too.

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White Sage Meaning Magic And A Sacred Space

Valuable tool in your spiritual toolkit regardless of your spirituality …

Sentient Metaphysics

Organic White Sage or Sacred Sage Grown In Cairns Queensland Australia by Ian Scott Druid Boy Designs

White Sage Spiritual Meaning And Uses

White Sage cleansing herb a natural cleanser purifier and sacred as they come, this beautiful aroma filled plant oozes spirituality and calm. When close by these magnificent wonders of nature a soothing almost meditative energy creeps over you. Journey into the world of nature spirits and natural magic, enter sacred sage.

White Sage is a perennial Mediterranean plant, Salvia Apiana, consisting of grey-green leaves and purple, blue, or white flowers from the Lamiaceae (labiates) family. Also derived from Latin salvia, meaning good health, and is attributed to the healing properties of the white sage plant.

Gender: Masculine
Element: Air
Planetary Association: Jupiter
Element: Earth

White Sage plant was also sacred to the Greeks and Romans, and is also said to be a symbol…

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~ The Use Of Occult Oils ~ – Ye Olde Dark Arts

The use of Occult Oils have been a part of all various types of magickal practices for thousands of years. Hoodoo Rootworkers traditionally name their oil compounds for the conditions they are believed to cause or cure. Oils are used in numerous ways while most often they are rubbed on candles which are then burned in ritual, they are also used to anoint charms, mojo-bags, doorways and window sills of a home or business and can also be added to bath water

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Gemini full moon for each element and sign

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FULL MOON in GEMINI – Things often come to a head during full moons. What was started during the previous new moon, or something carried over from the previous full moon can see a resolution or culmination of some kind during the full moon intense energy.

Today, December 13, 2016, the moon is in Gemini, and the sun is in its opposite sign, Sagittarius. This astrological opposition happens during every full moon, and always reminds me of relationships, so what I write below is about more what this can mean for each sun sign, in a general sense …

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Spirituality in the Trenches — Spiritual Awakening

Spiritual calm is easy when everything is going great. Finding peace is easy even if things are only going sort of well. Yet spirituality becomes critical in the rough patches, when life slips slowly or suddenly out of control. This’s when calm matters – and that’s when inner peace can be hard to find.

Our troubles are often illusory, but it can take spirituality to see through the illusion.

Think about difficulties you’ve experienced in the past. How many of those would have been greatly relieved if you kept your head? How many of them were not actually difficulties but rather misperceptions?

Overcorrection can cause serious car accidents. The state of Missouri recently identified overcorrection as the leading cause of traffic fatalities.

During much of my life, I responded to problems with emotional overcorrection. Call it overreaction or reactive behavior. It was a matter of not being able to insert the brain between a seemingly threatening event and my response to it.

Spirituality provides a cool pause in a highly charged world – a place of calm when life is on fire.

Spirituality can circumvent damaging emotional reactions and give you a chance to see – even if just for a moment – that the essence of life is peace and love, not threat and danger.

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Full Moon in Gemini -Talking and Listening

December 13, 2016 we will have a full moon in Gemini. This will take place while the sun is still in Sagittarius. Gemini is the sign of the twins – two faces, two sides. It is an air sign ruled by Mercury – the chatty fast moving planet. Gemini is all about communication, both talking and listening, and determining where you stand with the information you receive. Geminis are intellectual signs, good with their mind. And, as you might expect, good with communication. Use this moon to focus on the impact of your words. Release and let go of old ways of communicating with others. And also with the dialogue you use with yourself.

There are also a lot of other aspects and transits affecting this moon. There is a trine to Mars (which is in Aquarius), and a sextile to Uranus (in Aries) and a trine to Jupiter (in Libra). There’s also an opposition to Saturn. All of this may bring about surprises within relationships – anytime Uranus is involved and Libra is involved. And because all these planets and signs are involved, all of us will be affected in some way. This can also stir up change within ourselves. After all, the most intimate relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

Mercury is in shadow and will go retrograde on December 19, 2016. There is also the transit of the sun from Sagittarius into Capricorn with the Winter Solstice on December 21, 2016. Simply put, we can all expect shifts in our lives. We move from the fiery, dashing, optimistic sign of Sagittarius into the grounded, centered sign of Capricorn. That grounded energy may be a good time for us to “re” things in our lives. Review, revise, realign. Mercury retrograde encourages us to do this three or four times a year. And as we get ready to close out 2016 and enter 2017, let’s take the time to go over the past year, find that stillness within ourselves and embrace 2017.

That full moon in Gemini, asks both you and I, communicate well with heart and mind, always be fair, gracious and kind…

TheSmilingRaven

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An Open Apology To Dolly Parton

It’s good to see first impression can change. I’ve loved Dolly since she first appeared many moons ago as singing partner to Porter Wagoner …

Dear Dolly,

I’ll be honest. I used to think you were a bimbo. I used to think you flaunted your big boobs, teased hair, tiny waist, and your syrupy-sweet southern accent just to sell yourself and your brand as a country singer. Granted, I was raised in the Midwest and lived as an adult for many years in the Northeast. I didn’t get you, much less the South.

For example, I’d heard about your origins as a poor girl from the hills of East Tennessee, and when I learned you’d created a theme park in your native Sevier County I rolled my eyes. “Really, a theme park?” I thought. “As if rollercoasters will really help the people of rural Appalachia. Why not create something truly useful to give back to your community, like a library.”

You have created a library, actually, and possibly in a bigger and more magical way than any brick structure filled with books could. And this is where my understanding of who you are really began to shift.

When I moved to Knoxville eight years ago I received a welcome letter from “Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.” It informed me that Dolly’s vision was to foster a love of reading among preschool children by mailing a specially selected book each month directly to any child under the age of 5. You had expanded it from Sevier County to my county, and if I had a preschool age child, it said, all I needed to do was sign her up and she would begin receiving books each month.

My daughter was not quite 2 then, and I can still see how her face lit up each time we pulled a book addressed to her out the mailbox every month. Several of them became her early childhood favorites, and are stored away should she have children of her own some day.

As a writer and editor, I’m a book hound and made sure my daughter has been exposed to reading at every turn. But you know better than anyone that not all kids have that privilege. I can’t imagine what a magical gift receiving a book every month must be for kids whose parents can’t afford to buy them or who don’t have easy access to a library. I quickly came to see the genius of your Imagination Library literacy program, and how you were making a difference in so many ways I never realized.

Your father was illiterate, which fueled your literacy passion. Now the Dolly Parton Imagination Library just surpassed gifting one million books to participating children around the world each month. To celebrate, your Dollywood Foundation randomly selected one of those children to receive a $30,000 college scholarship. Two-year-old Evey, from Conway, Arkansas, has no idea yet how fortunate she is, but her parents surely do.

But what finally brings me to this overdue apology is how I’ve seen you respond to the devastating wildfires that swept through your hometown communities of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. At least 14 vibrant lives were taken tragically too soon, and thousands of buildings and homes were damaged or destroyed.

You made a public statement saying that you were heartbroken, while also expressing deep gratitude to the firefighters who protected Dollywood and evacuated everyone staying there to safety. Dollywood is the place I once dismissed, but now know is the largest employer in Sevier County and is the largest ticketed tourist attraction in Tennessee, hosting over 3 million guests a season. East Tennessee will count on that tourism to rebuild.

With the humble generosity and graciousness I’m learning is signature Dolly Parton, you’re not only planning a telethon to raise funds for the fire victims, but you’ve also created the My People Fund to provide, as you say, a “hand up to all those families who have lost everything in the fires.”

Those struggling families—and there are hundreds of them—will receive, thanks to you, $1,000 a month for 6 months. Countless stories detail how these families escaped with literally minutes to spare, and with nothing but the clothes they were wearing. And with each story, there’s a strong undercurrent of hope about how strangers helped one another and how this region is “mountain strong.” Your generosity both reflects and inspires this region’s spirit and resiliency.

Tonight, my daughter, who is now 9 and also loves to sing and act, has been using face paint to dress up as one of the DC comic heroines she and her friends admire. When she finished, she asked, “Hmmm, what other Superhero girl do I admire?”

I sat down next to her and said, “Let me tell you about Dolly.” In fact, I hope to take her to a Christmas show at Dollywood during this season of gratitude, and I’ll be making a donation to your My People Fund. I can’t imagine a more inspiring place to be, or a better way to support an amazing example of what it looks like to make the world a stronger place, starting with your own sweet community.

Dolly, I’m sorry I didn’t get you sooner—and I thank you for all you are, and all that you do.

Your biggest fan,

Amy Rawe

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SYMBOLS of the SEASON — hocuspocus13

WITCHY DECORATIONS

Some Yule and Christmas decorations have a special meaning because of their mystical association with the season

We decorate with the symbolic
colors of red ~ green ~ white ~ gold

RED: color that connects us with our Ancestors

GREEN: represents life and eternity

WHITE: newness purity and the new cycle of life

GOLD: solar symbol of the sunScents of the Season

Cinnamon
Clove
Orange
Bayberry

I can smell the fragrance of cinnamon clove and orange coming from the kitchen and filling the air around the house

Cinnamon and Clove represent the spices which were given as gifts to the Christ Child by the Wise Men and are associated with Protection and Prosperity

Oranges connect you with the Sun and they are excellent to use in Spells for Love and Good Luck

Bayberry will attract to you Good Fortune into the New Year

Light a Bayberry candle on Christmas night and again on New Year’s Eve night to bring in that Good FortuneCHRISTMAS/YULE TREE

The tree is always some type of pine since they remained green during the dead of winter and therefore became a magickal token of the season symbolizing eternal life ~ strength ~ hope ~ promise

Bringing the tree indoors to be adorned with ornaments

As you decorate your tree think of the true meaning of each ornament

Ornaments shaped like Nuts or Fruits represent the coming season of abundance

Angels Stars and Lights are symbols of Heaven and Light

Glass Balls and Witch Balls repel evil

Holly used for Protection

Berries represent Life

Ivy Protection

Mistletoe Love

The greens shaped into a wreath becomes a symbol of Eternity

After enjoying your greenery and after the season is over remove the greens and burn them to cleanse your homeSHARE YOUR LIGHT

During this time we share our Light by giving gifts

We are Energy
We are Light
We are Divine

As the days grow colder and the hours of daylight dwindle the Earth becomes barren

Those winter nights are long but it is a time to leave the darkness and move towards the light

A time of wonder comfort and joy

Messages of a Spiritual Path of hope ~ faith ~ giving and sharing to be renewed

Focusing on the orginal reasons for the season

And hopefully this Holiday you’ll be able to decorate your space with feeling and magickal intent with the Symbols of the Season

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Spiritual Energy Shifts 2017 — Thrive On News Free Spirituality Magazine

Numerology for 2017 = 1

The Energy shifts now in and the coming year of 2017 asks us to prepare for personal and global re-thinking. To finally put to rest false truths about ourselves and world events and to pursue universal truth. The soul, true spirituality along with this is wisdom compassion and caring.

Energy Shifts And Transitions 2017

The Fox and the dolphin play a role in 2017 bringing soft gentle emotions, ones of compassion and faith. The energy festers around sensual exciting times to pursue love interests, especially those that have a history. Time to have romantic dates and generally feel peaceful. To avoid negative responses this coming new year be clear and voice out loud to others what your intentions are before any action is taken.

We all have our own truth, but is it in line with the universal truth ? Are we in the natural flow of the universe. Is there anything else we can do to break down the walls of lies, ask yourself am I just kidding myself or is this the truth. The 2017 energy shifts of the number one helps us to decipher just that, it reassures us we are following the path we chose for ourselves before entering earth.

The year of nine, 2016 allowed us to reboot our soul knowledge matrix bringing evolution to our spiritual growth, a new found perspective from which to work. This energy shift 2017 marks the end of that reboot and time to use our newly charged and amplified telepathy powers. A coming together of the collective consciousness toward the feminine goodness goddess and love, it has been a long time coming.

Spiritually focused consciousness raising ascension for the people of earth is on its way in 2017. A connection of love for those we have never met and a deep understanding of the needs of the planet will gather in each persons heart. The energy is powerful enough to tip us over into the next dimension of thinking with a positive aim to end wars and aggression and an urgency to help and heal the problems we have caused.

2017 Spiritual Meaning

2017 is not a time for reflection for the future awaits, grasp the abundant overflow of energies pouring from the number one this year by using it to crank up your engine. Get busy and creative keep attuned to moons energy flow, make those changes start that new healthy routine. 2017 will be a time when we refine our good qualities and smooth out our not so good habits, concentrating on ridding ourselves of an unhealthy thought structure.

2017 will be a time when we refine our good qualities and smooth out our not so good habits, concentrating on ridding ourselves of an unhealthy thought structure. Be mindful what you are telling yourself, remember if it is negative you will be opening yourself up to tiredness and sickness. Notice the unhealthy thoughts you’re having, but change them immediately to healthy positive thoughts. Everything we the lightworkers of earth have learnt since the powerful energy shift of 2012 will now be put directly into action in 2017. © by psychic medium Ian Scott

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How to be “Productive” during Mercury in Retrograde

Considering Mercury Retrogrades at least three times a year, these are excellent ideas for how to spend those three weeks …

How to be “Productive” during Mercury in Retrograde
by Ruby

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Have you noticed your electronics breaking down or glitching out, are you struggling with misunderstandings or having communication issues with people? Has your Wifi, computer, smartphone, and any associated technologies been acting just weird lately? Then there’s a very good chance you have been experiencing the effects of “Mercury in Retrograde.” Mercury is the planet that governs over communication, travel, and often electronics, and when it’s in a Retrograde cycle or appears to be moving backward, things can go a little haywire here on planet Earth!

Remember throughout this article I will be referring to Mercury in Retrograde as Mercury Rx. Rx is the actual symbol used in Astrology for “Retrograde,” and it helps me shorten this down a bit.

I have been writing about what not to do during a “Mercury in Retrograde” cycle for many years now. And even though I believe strongly in the advice I give, especially about how we shouldn’t be signing contracts at this time or making any long distance travel plans. It just seems to get to the point where I’m constantly telling this negative story, which is a drag. And isn’t exactly helping anyone, now is it? Each “Mercury in Rx” cycle lasts for 3 weeks and that’s not including the “Shadow Phases”, which are before and after a Mercury in Rx cycle. Each shadow phase last three weeks as well. So that makes Mercury in Rx a nearly two-month event! We have to get something positive out of this!

Being born during a Mercury in Rx cycle myself, I really understand its effects on a deeper level. I’ve had my fair share of Mercury Rx moments over the years, and I could go on and on! In some ways, I live in this electronic glitchy world full of misunderstandings and little mishaps all the time. Therefore I am used to it, but still thoroughly annoyed by it. But with all of that being said, I have also learned that “Energy Follows Thought” bottom line, no matter what the Cosmos is doing. I have proven to myself time and time again that if you focus on what it is you really want, you can ride the waves of any negative astrological influence and come out of it with something more positive. Not to say that if you make a list of what to do that you won’t have issues, because whatever part of your Astro “Birth Chart” Mercury Rx is transiting is the part of your life it will affect, and with this particular aspect there’s not a lot you can do to detour it. But you can learn how to work with it, and benefit from it!

Since I became aware of Mercury and it’s Retrograde cycles at a very young age, I have also learned a great deal about how to align my energy better with the Cosmos, to seek and find balance. I thought I would shed some light on how one can be productive during a Mercury in Rx cycle. So instead of explaining what not to do during this time, let’s focus on the progress we can make!

Astrologers are constantly explaining how during this cycle, communication is broken down… well that made me think about when something or someone is broken down, it’s an opportunity to rebuild the energy back up again, to align better with one’s soul path in life. Which means perhaps all the things glitching out or not working, or the misunderstandings that seem to come along with Mercury in Rx, are being brought to us for a reason, for a higher purpose. Maybe to help us understand something we otherwise may not notice, and to bring us clarity! But you may be asking, how when certain devices break down like our DVD players or our Wifi stops working, (happens every time to my household) do these annoyances have any meaning or substance spiritually? The answer is simple, Mercury is telling you to Unplug, it’s time to get Quiet and stop the constant chatter, and to get away from the movement that is our lives nowadays. Listen to your higher-self, or your spirit! And no it’s not conducive to be unplugged and miss work and run away from the world everytime Mercury Goes into Retrograde, I get it! But it does mean you can take a Vacation for even a day or two and simply unplug from the outside noise. If that’s just impossible to do during this time, then take just 30 mins a day and unplug, go meditate and recharge your own personal batteries.

Sometimes we have to start over to achieve our goals, and in Mercury Rx, that should be the rule… it’s time to not get bent all out of shape and frustrated and realize this is a time to re-work, re-do, re-learn, and do research. Don’t feel bad, trust me I can sympathize as I have already mentioned, I was born during a Mercury in Rx cycle and I have learned throughout the years once I do something, to do it again! Every time I redo whatever it might be, it always comes out better. Just ask my second husband! Yes, I had to even redo marriage! But that’s the extreme example. The bottom line is it can be very frustrating for those who aren’t used to it, to have to redo everything all the time but take my advice during Mercury in RX, it is the best thing you can do.

Even the planet Mercury itself is going backward through a house in your own personal Astrology “Birth Chart” right now and a certain sign of the zodiac, and therefore is backtracking to help you learn and understand something you’ve probably already done or been through before. You have to take steps back during Mercury in Rx to move forward.

Here is my list to help remind me and all of you, what we can do that actually works for us during “Mercury in Retrograde.”

How to be Productive during Mercury in Retrograde:

REWORK SCHEDULES: Take a look at your schedule and ask: What’s working or not? Be flexible during this phase, and just know you may have to change your game plan. Think about letting go of any responsibilities that aren’t yours or that aren’t working for you.

DECLUTTER: It’s right after the Holidays, so many of us are clearing out old junk anyway, but during a “Mercury in Retrograde” cycle is the best time to get into your closet, basement, shed or attic and rid of what you don’t use anymore. I mean go through everything, even old junk drawers and make sure and recycle. Remember when you get rid of old stuff, you are getting rid of the old energy as well, and making room for new fresh energy to come in…which can bring in new beginnings.

REVISIT: If there’s any friends or family that you haven’t contacted in a long time for whatever reason, now is the time to make amends and open your heart up to healing. Working on these relationships can help heal old wounds. Which is beneficial to your spiritual evolvement. Catch up with old friends, go have coffee or meet up for dinner. Just make sure the people you choose to revisit are not dysfunctional or abusive.

SELF-CARE: It’s important to take care of yourself during this cycle, so working on self-care can be very helpful. Take it easy and make sure to eat right, exercise and move more. Spend less time being plugged into the net or social media if at all possible. Start some sort of new routine that benefits you and your well-being.

CHANGE THE ENERGY: Time to change the energies up in your life, add some nice candles to your home… to help burn off old energies and invite new energy in. Put some color in your home and redecorate with pictures that make you feel good. Add fresh flowers, burn new candles and burn some incense. Bless and release the old energy that’s been in your home or office, and bring in a hugger vibrational energy. There are many different ways to go about this. Just try it, you’ll see and feel the difference.

BE FLEXIBLE: This is very important so I am going to repeat it again, allow the energies to flow around you and stop trying to control everything, write a letter and let the Universe know what you’re trying to create in your life, and then sit back and relax. Just follow what feels natural and don’t fight, argue, or push.

REINVENT: Take some time to think about your past successes and bring new light to them, enjoy what you have created in your life, instead of trying to constantly manifest something new and different. Make sure to reuse what’s in your home and repurpose whatever you can, perhaps some DYI projects should be on the agenda during this period.

REWORK AND REDO: If you left any projects that you had started and never finished, behind, work on them again. Work on anything you feel passionate about, but this time finish them and enjoy what you have done. If there’s something you just couldn’t get done or get through, now is the time to redo it and fix it! “Mercury in Retrograde cycles tend to really help us finish up old business.

ORGANIZE: Do you have 3000 pics on your phone or computer just hanging around, this is a great time to organize your life. I like to organize my emails, pictures and just everything on my computer and smartphone or tablet during “Mercury in Retrograde.” Take the time to organize your world in any way possible. Use this energy to make something creative perhaps as well.

REMEMBER: Connect to your past in some way, watch old videos of your family, wedding or any life event that was a happy memory. Check out old high school pictures of friends and just simply reflect and reminisce about the old days, fill your heart up with memories and simply feel gratitude for the time you had with them. Connecting to positive energies will help you feel good, and can help you move forward in your life.

~Ruby

Source: Ruby’s Readings