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Symbol: Water
The Water tile denotes a need for communication. A trip may be necessary to communicate properly. You may be called upon to present proof of ownership or that an event actually took place.
Is Big Foot real or a hoax? It doesn’t really matter, because he has ambled into your reading to remind you of life’s mysteries. Not everything can be explained, not everything can be touched—but that doesn’t mean it don’t exist. Suspend your logic for a bit, and be open to the mystery.
The Open Door signifies the presence of new opportunities. However, to reap the benefits of these prospects you will have to move beyond where you are now–forsake the comforts and safety of your current life and head out in new directions. Moves like those symbolized by The Open Door require courage, because fresh opportunities signify the chance of gain, but do not guarantee they will be realized. Regardless of the benefits that may be reaped, with the transitions like those required to explore these new found opportunities, something is always lost. Before launching on a voyage down new paths it is a good idea to objectively assess your current state of being and decide whether what you have now is worth jeopardizing.
As a daily card, The Open Door indicates a time that is primed for you to pursue new goals and dreams. For you opportunity exists, but there are no assurances that they will lead to a richer life. Weigh your current circumstances carefully, and if you feel there is a more fulfilling path for you, then this is the moment for you to begin your walk down that path–the moment for you to walk through The Open Door before you.
Your Witches Rune for Today
Woman
Meaning: The first meaning of this rune is quite obvious: it represents women. Any woman that is important in the question, whether you know her or not, will be represented by this rune. Mother, sister, aunt, grandma, a female boss, friend, lover or even enemy… all can be symbolized by the appearance of this rune.
In a more general sense, this rune is related to traditional female abilities and characteristics, such as giving birth, nurturing, comforting and healing. When this rune appears, you can count on the sympathy of others towards you or your situation. In its most negative aspects, the Woman rune can show over-protectiveness, a patronizing attitude or co-dependency. It often strives to maintain the status quo, refusing to change even if the situation is bad.
The Woman rune is connected to nurturing – nurturing a relationship, a person or a project. Like the Moon rune, it can be related to finding a safe place to rest and heal, but while the Moon implies a solitary retreat, the Woman often shows that you need to go back to the people you trust, the people you feel safe with.
Healing is another strong aspect of this symbol, as well as teaching. You can be both the patient/student or the healer/teacher when this rune appears. This rune is also connected to creativity, but in a way that is different from the Romance rune. While the latter is about the conception of a project – the initial stages of creation – the Woman is about the birth of this project. When your creation is brought out into the world, fully manifested.
In relationship readings, this rune isn’t bad, but rather weak. While it can indicate subtle ties between people, these are usually so, so subtle that the partners can easily drift away from each other. It can show that one of the partners sees the other as someone who needs to be protected and healed, rather than an equal. Usually, the romance is a bit stagnated when this rune appears, or very close to becoming a friendship.
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The Chariot
The Chariot is the representation of Victory and the personality traits required to attain victory. The Chariot indicates self-awareness and control. Courage—the ability to overcome fear and confront the unknown head on–is a primary ingredient of any victorious campaign and is denoted by the Chariot. So too is force of will. Often success is as much the product of will power and a refusal to surrender as it is anything else. The Chariot also represents the healthy personality of someone who believes in themselves; someone who can take control of the situation and bring events to a positive end. His successes come in competition with others.
This is a very simple five Rune cast used to explore your personality.
Where You Are In Life
Sowilo
The Sun Rune, denotes power and strength. That which you want may be attained. Sowilo also denotes mental clarity and added warmth to your relationships.
Your Primary Thoughts
Berkano
Berkano is the Rune of birth and rebirth. This may symbolize a time when you are capable of great personal growth. Love may be in the air as well.
What You Desire
Uruz
Uruz is the Rune of harmony, order and inner strength. Often it marks endings and beginnings of periods in our lives. Uruz also symbolizes your ability to tackle new challenges by confronting them with the powers that lie within you. Opportunities probably abound for you right now.
Your Goals
Dagaz
Dagaz represents the fresh light of a new day. You are close to making a breakthrough. You have the will to change whatever you deem necessary. You may see the world with absolute clarity at this time.
Your Future Deeds
Isa
The Ice Rune, represents stagnation and a passionless existence. Your life’s course may seem blurry at the moment, but if you persevere you will move onto better days.
Your Rune For Today
Wunjo
Wunjo denotes joy and shared bliss. It may also represent a job well done and the satisfaction one feels from completing such a task. Wunjo brings good fortune and harmony.
Additional information about Today’s Rune, Wunjo
This drawing focuses on your ambitions and dreams.
The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man is the most enigmatic card of the Tarot. Even Tarot giants like Waite, Crowley and Levi had trouble deciphering The Hanged Man’s true meaning. Generally The Hanged Man is thought to represent the value of surrender and selfless acts. The Hanged Man embodies the notion that sometimes to lose is to win. Unlike the aggressive Chariot, The Hanged Man creates his fate through inaction and accepts his fortune passively, without resistance. He does not struggle to control the path his life takes, but rather allows events to sweep him where they will, even if he is called upon to sacrifice himself. He is so at ease with the Fate the Universe chose for him that even hanging upside down from a tree does not ruffle his inner peace.
When The High Priestess or Strength is among your personal cards, the influence of The Hanged Man may be increased. Having The Magus or Chariot in your personal cards may diminish the influence of The Hanged Man.
The Empress
The Empress is “The Earth Mother” of the Tarot. She embodies all that is nurturing, clean and wholesome. Her powers resonate from her drive to create and care for life on a grand scale. She is in tune with Nature’s rhythm and realizes that life’s most pleasurable moments often stem from the simplest things. She is not afraid to enjoy herself–to let loose—to the point of being lavish. Abundance and luxury are important to her. The Empress is completely comfortable with her femininity and her sexuality. She is sensual, earthy, generous, and likes the good life. Still, her driving force is a need to create and nurture, and fulfilling this need overrides everything else.
When The Lover or The Star are among your personal cards, the influence of The Empress may be increased. Having the Emperor or Death in your personal cards may diminish the influence of The Empress.
The Star represents a strong connection to the Cosmos, an open gateway to understanding “the big picture.” It is an optimistic card that promises peace, harmony, and hope realized. For the full power of the forces behind The Star to be realized one must have faith and accept that in cosmic terms all things balance out; that disturbances are sometimes necessary to ensure overall harmony. The reward for such faith is vision on a Cosmic scale, and sense of well-being that may well radiate to those around you through your warm, untroubled heart.
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We may feel as if we have just come through a difficult passage, and the previous restrictions are quickly fading away. The optimistic Sagittarius Moon forms an easy trine with buoyant Jupiter, inspiring us to see the future as we wish it to be. Later in the day, the Moon trines irrepressible Uranus, encouraging us to tempt fate by taking a new and untried path. Meanwhile, an exorbitant Venus-Jupiter alignment stimulates our desire for pleasure.
Aries Horoscope
Fixating on your future goals makes focusing on the present moment impossible. Nevertheless, you’re like a bee to honey today and you can’t take your mind off the road ahead. Perhaps the temptation of so many lovely flowers is just plain irresistible. Nevertheless, ignoring your current responsibilities is not an option. Make whatever modifications to your schedule are necessary to reach your goals. Take care of business now so you can embrace your future later without any baggage.
Taurus Horoscope
There could be so many opportunities to seek pleasure today that it’s confusing to know which route to take. You might even believe that your options have so much potential that you can’t go wrong, no matter what alternative you choose. Thankfully, you may not be so far removed from the truth. You have taken the first steps on a very important journey that can be rewarding, both financially and emotionally, as long as you keep moving forward. He who hesitates is lost.
Gemini Horoscope
People naturally assume that you’re having a good time but you’re secretly worried about taking on too many commitments today. Your apparent indifference keeps others in the dark, but only for a short period of time. Once you lose your cover it may be time to face up to your real-world obligations. But this doesn’t mean that everyone gets to tell you what to do. You retain the right to define what’s on your plate. Drawing clear boundaries is the first step to regaining your power.
Cancer Horoscope
You might have an ingenious idea about how to make money today, only to discover that you are missing an important piece of information. Perhaps, in your eagerness to succeed, you just forgot something you already knew. But your current confidence is not a substitute for having a solid foundation on which to build. Fortunately, a trusted colleague could possess the rational perspective you lack. Taking the time to go over your assumptions with someone else may be all you need to put your thinking back on track. Mixing creativity with practicality is your ticket to success.
Leo Horoscope
Your presence is a gift to others today because you are able to maintain your positive attitude in spite of any problems you encounter. Fortunately, leading by example works well for you now as long as your enthusiasm doesn’t get the best of you. You could become so passionate about the prospects of your current job that you end up spreading your energy too thin and losing ground. It’s wonderful to motivate yourself with a big carrot at the end of the stick; just make sure that it’s still within your reach.
Virgo Horoscope
Even if you are famously known for your efficiency on the job, following a goal-oriented schedule is not going to happen today. Your agenda might be to keep yourself on a straight and narrow path, but simple twists of fate continue to deliver disruptive messages about your place in the world. You are not meant to be a retiring wall flower now. Engage fully at every chance you get until a new course of action become apparent. Dance like no one is watching while you have the chance.
Libra Horoscope
Yesterday’s uplifting ideas may be today’s headaches. It’s as if each innovative thought is like a hot air balloon that expands so much that it pops. Just as you were growing accustomed to the panoramic view, your fantasy disappears and you must come to grips with your disillusionment. Rest assured this reality check is all part of a larger process. Explore your options without putting all your eggs in one basket. If one door closes, another will open.
Scorpio Horoscope
Lofty career goals are not enough to inspire you today; what you need is some good old-fashioned magic. In fact, just setting the bar higher can have a chilling effect on your creativity now. If you’re worried about missing your mark, you’re not likely to take as many risks to express your imagination. Nevertheless, the well-traveled path isn’t for you now; reach for the sky, but keep your faith or you might fall off your unicorn.
Sagittarius Horoscope
Sometimes making a new mess is more fun than cleaning up an old one. Unfortunately, you might have already turned your life upside down in a recent search for excitement. You have an eye for the extraordinary, yet putting all your resources into one inspiration now could very well spell doom for the project before it has a chance to get off the ground. Don’t leave loose ends untied today, for your window of opportunity is closing fast. Unfinished business will grow harder to complete over the days ahead, so stop playing around and get to work.
Capricorn Horoscope
Your high level of competence can trick you into underestimating the time and resources needed to complete a job. Unfortunately, people may be counting on you now because they know you perform well under pressure. Meanwhile, you’re trying to cover your error in judgment by working even harder to get things done. Don’t act too surprised when something happens out of the blue today, releasing you from your impossible deadline and resetting your interpersonal dynamics at work. Be grateful for this unexpected gift from the universe and make the best use of your time.
Aquarius Horoscope
You’re eager to cut loose today but you don’t want to do it alone. Although others might be out to have fun, you’re concerned that they won’t be able to keep up with you. Unfortunately, you may be so zealous in your quest for pleasure now that you’re prone to overindulge in food, drink or sensory stimulation. Unfortunately, too much of a good thing leads to trouble rather than satisfaction. Don’t wait until it’s too late; set healthy limits while you can. Toning it down just a little brings you joy without any negative consequences.
Pisces Horoscope
Your confidence is soaring today, leading you to think you have all the answers at work, but you’re not the only one ready to take charge. Instability could be brewing as conflict between the various strategies on the table seems inevitable. Unfortunately, resolving the disagreement could require more resources than the project, itself. There isn’t enough time to deconstruct every aspect of each proposal. Endless analysis may lead you in circles, while finding common ground is the obvious solution.
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Determined and often stubborn, you have ambition and can work hard for what you want. You are multi-talented and somewhat restless. While you value stability, you crave stimulation and create new challenges for yourself to reach, which keeps your life in a state of flux. You are a good conversationalist, quite amorous, and especially attractive and magnetic. Famous people born today: Karl Marx, Tammy Wynette, Tyrone Power, Chris Brown, James Beard.
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General Horoscope
Managing our most intense emotions may be easier today once the Moon shifts into optimistic Sagittarius, prompting us to replace fear with hope. We could even experience profound changes without too much of a struggle as the determined Taurus Sun smoothly trines transformational Pluto later tonight. Thankfully, we have a unique opportunity to shine the light of awareness into the backwaters of our subconscious and bring hidden answers to the surface.
Aries Horoscope
People can’t help but take notice of you when you walk into a room today. It’s as if they are watching your every move to see what you will do next. Don’t squander this chance to bring others into your camp. Remember, your persuasive powers are the strongest if you remain true to yourself — so consider what you value most. Your integrity is non-negotiable; once you are clear about your priorities you can let circumstances influence your progress, but not your direction.
Taurus Horoscope
No one seems to understand you today because you’re at a loss to find the right words to describe your emotions. Since it’s challenging to put your feelings into language now, just work with whatever thoughts come to mind. There’s no reason to push the process, but initiating a dialogue still makes the most sense if you want to create deeper connections with others. Keep your heart open; quiet perseverance is your secret weapon for relationship success.
Gemini Horoscope
Your actions are closely aligned with your heart now, creating quite a force to be reckoned with. People might be too quick to write you off as a lightweight, but your closest friends and relatives are more inclined to listen to your ideas today because your behavior conveys the fire of your convictions. Nevertheless, choose your words carefully, but don’t expect immediate results because it may still take a while for your message to sink in. Fortunately, you’re wired into a vein of inspiration and the truth will prevail.
Cancer Horoscope
You are tapping into a deep well of emotions now and are more than willing to tackle the most significant issues of the day. Fortunately, you’re in a fantastic position to learn something new about your relationship with power, assuming that you are motivated to process your feelings rather than just observing them. Don’t try to explain your motives to everyone who inquires about your objectives; just ask them to respect your current choices and your need for space. Sometimes you must spend a little time in self-reflection before you can be emotionally present for others.
Leo Horoscope
You may spend a lot of needless time and effort managing your extreme feelings today, but emotional moderation is likely an elusive goal when others interfere with your process. You can become so worked up over the situation that you believe the issues at stake are more critical than they actually are now. As stressful as the current conflict sounds, you simply must take a leap of faith and let go of control. Fortunately, you could be pleasantly surprised at everyone’s willingness to jump in and do their part to support you on your journey.
Virgo Horoscope
Your powers of concentration turn you into a superhero today, leaving little to stand in your way of success. Trust your intuition because you can see the future spread out in front of you now, even if you can’t yet put your vision into words. In the meantime, create a detailed strategy, but give yourself a few days before you share your current scheme with anyone else. There’s no reason to show your hand until you’re ready to play it. Putting your cards in order is necessary to turn the game to your advantage.
Libra Horoscope
Your creativity is flowing from the unseen depths of your mind today, enabling you to express what’s in the dark recesses of your imagination. Nevertheless, it may be too soon to know exactly where your inspiration is leading. But don’t worry if you can’t get far enough ahead to gain some perspective or you might exhaust yourself for no reason at all. Follow your muse without asking too many questions. To quote Oscar Wilde, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”
Scorpio Horoscope
A secret doorway to hidden treasures within your subconscious is unlocked today by the radiant Sun’s superconductive trine with penetrating Pluto. These gems are most often totally unreachable, but you have access to the mysterious secrets of the universe now. Walk boldly into the shadows, even if you are clueless about what you might discover. Pay careful attention to all the signs along the way; your heightened awareness helps to dissolve your fears and reveal rich spiritual rewards.
Sagittarius Horoscope
Your most reliable personal growth comes from focusing on your regular routine and simply performing your work-related chores as powerful Pluto trines the Sun in your 6th House of Details. Fortunately, you currently enjoy the idea of crossing one item after another off your list of things to do. Fulfilling your responsibilities is not only good for your self-esteem now, it also could have positive financial ramifications. Demonstrating your competence pays off in ways you can’t imagine.
Capricorn Horoscope
You may be obsessed with the possibility of romance today, but it’s not the wisest time to fall victim to unrealistic fantasies. Even if you want to escape the more mundane realms, there is work you must do first. Aside from feeling proud of your accomplishments, taking care of business works to your advantage in other ways, too. Since you are more emotionally satisfied when you have something tangible to show for your efforts, others will likely notice your improved demeanor. Instead of chasing your dreams to find happiness, your positive attitude may lure your dreams closer to you.
Aquarius Horoscope
Someone could be trying to support your efforts from behind the scenes today, but it’s difficult to discern who it is or why they are doing it. It may not be a simple task to work with energy that you can’t engage directly. Fortunately, you can make better progress if you just settle into the flow for a while, even if it feels awkward at first. You may be pleasantly surprised when you set aside your rigid agenda and place your trust in the unseen wisdom of a secret ally who has your best interests at heart.
Pisces Horoscope
You are swimming in unfamiliar waters of emotional intensity today. You might even panic for a moment, concerned that there’s too much drama you don’t understand. Nevertheless, your approach to the unknown is quite pragmatic now, even if you are unsure of where the currents may carry you. Whatever happens, don’t let your need for clarity reduce the possibility of having an incredible experience. Instead of being distracted by the noise inside your head, listen to the stirrings of your heart.
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Dating your own zodiac sign can be tricky, as the other person will mirror both your best and worst traits back to you.
For example, Cancers are as cozy together as two bugs in a rug, but can also drive each other crazy with their moodiness. Aquarians may be the best of friends, but could remain so detached that true passion never quite catches fire. And Leos? Heaven forbid you should both want to be the center of attention at the same time! Look up your zodiac sign below to see how dating your own sign might work for you…
Aries (March 21 – April 19)
This can be a tough match. You’re both hot-headed, want your way, and tend to blame the other person when things go wrong. On the other hand, you spark each other’s passionate nature, and will have lots of active fun together. Fighting fairly is the key to your success … as there will be fights! “Never go to bed angry” should be your mantra.
Taurus (April 20 – May 20)
The Bull is stubborn, with a one-track mind. If you’re on the same track, great! If not, you’ll both need to expand your comfort zones — not an easy task for either one of you. You’re both passionate about your own ideas and opinions, so if one of you is conservative and the other liberal, you’re in for trouble. Sports and sensual enjoyment can keep you together.
Gemini (May 21 – June 20)
Twins never bore each other. In fact, there may be too much unpredictability in this match. One of you will have to become the “stable one” and cultivate a home life, or you may not stay together long enough or go deep enough emotionally to put down roots. At least you can talk through whatever comes up, and enjoy a diverse social life.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
This is one of the best same-sign matches. You’re both nurturing and love to snuggle up at home. So what if you don’t go out much? The biggest drawback, once you learn to tolerate each other’s moods (and not take them personally!), is that your tendency to mother each other can smother the sexual spark. You make great parents, though.
Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22)
This is a volatile match! You both need a lot of attention, and tend to pout if you don’t get it — so you’ll need to trade off making the other person feel special. Passions run high, which is great for sex, but take care you don’t say or do something in the heat of a fight that fatally damages the relationship. Mutual respect is the key to this union.
Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22)
If you’re both dedicated to the higher goals of health and service, this could be a match made in heaven. Just don’t try to improve the other person or criticize their behavior — which kills the passion. Overanalyzing the relationship can also make it wither on the vine. Plant a garden or do yoga together and you’ll bring out the best in each other.
Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22)
This can be a lovely union — you’re both attuned to pleasing the other person and cultivating balance and fairness. The danger, though, is that you’ll stay too superficial — projecting a beautiful image of love while resentments seethe below the surface. You’ll have to be willing to rock the boat a bit so this match can come into its full potential.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21)
Passion, danger, intrigue … two Scorpios have it all! Maybe too much so. Trust is the crucial ingredient that makes this match work. If one or both partners are suspicious or jealous, you’re in for a rocky ride. It’s essential to share your deepest feelings in this union, but don’t bonk the other person over the head with them, or you’ll spur resentment.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21)
Here’s a fun match! You’ll be kayaking and motorcycling together to your hearts’ content. Your strong opinions can lead to spirited discussions, but you’re both okay with that. Real trouble looms when one of you wants a commitment and the other prefers to stay footloose. A higher spiritual purpose can keep you together.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19)
You might not think this would be a great romantic match, since both of you are hard-headed realists. Yet that very practical nature lets you appreciate who the other person really is, devoid of illusions. You can be yourself in this relationship. Just don’t let your worldly ambitions or need for status take precedence over a nurturing home life.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18)
Aquarians are very open-minded, and can tolerate (or even enjoy!) each other’s eccentricities. And, you make the best of friends. However, the emotional realm is not your forte — so you both may shy away from declaring your feelings and taking things into deeper waters. To cultivate passion, you’ll have to venture out of your comfort zone.
Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20)
You’re both dreamers — which works both for you and against you. Two Fish can float around endlessly in a lovely fantasy, never casting anchor into a secure reality. You tend to wear rose-colored glasses, and that means your sweetheart can do no wrong — which is great, unless that person has serious problems. Get a third party to handle your finances.
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TAURUS STRONG
Stable and enduring, strong values, unyielding, earthy, acquisitive, strong desires. Can be stuck, stubborn, overly possessive, self-indulgent.
GEMINI STRONG
Agile, versatile, inquisitive, flowing, conversational, airy, many ideas. Can be volatile, superficial, changeable, restless and inconsistent.
SAGITTARIUS STRONG
Inspiring, broad vision, enthusiastic, goal seeking, truthful, adventurous. Can be reckless, unrestrained, tactless.
WATER WEAK
There may be some insensitivity or lack of empathy now. We may be out of touch with what we’re feeling or with our emotional needs. We may be tougher than usual now, and more inclined to follow mental or practical considerations than we are to listen to our intuition.
CARDINAL WEAK
This is not a time that we tend to naturally initiate actions. We may be stronger at following up than starting anew. Survival mechanisms may be weaker now.
MUTABLE STRONG
We are flexible, adaptable, willing, open to change, and possibly flighty or nervous.
LUNAR PHASE: FULL MOON
Moon 180 to 135 degrees behind the Sun.
We are concerned mainly with the nature of relationships and are made aware of recent imbalances. Something can come to fruition. Our concern is not limited to personal relationships, but relationships of all kinds. Our cards are on the table.
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The Moon moves from intense Scorpio to more freewheeling Sagittarius this morning, but it may be only after the its alignment with Saturn midday that we begin to feel less weighed down. Even then, an impending Sun-Pluto trine brings a strong sense of priorities to the day, although it’s a mostly pleasant and empowering feeling.
•The Moon is in Scorpio until 7:12 AM.
•The Moon is void until 7:12 AM (since 9:49 PM yesterday).
•The Moon is in Sagittarius from 7:12 AM forward (until Thursday, May 7th, at 2:16 PM).
•The Moon is waning, and is in its Full Moon phase until 5:55 PM / Waning Gibbous phase from 5:55 PM forward.
•Mercury is in its shadow phase, pre-retrograde. (Mercury will be retrograde from May 18 to June 11).
by Lee Harris
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May 2015 Energy Forecast – Authenticity, Ancestral Clearing and Collective Stress
Hi everybody, and welcome to the Energy Forecast for May 2015.
Time is flying by and so are the energies. In last month’s forecast, I mentioned to you that April would feel wider than March. March was a bit of a crazy, intense month, and while April wasn’t without its intensity, there was certainly more of a feeling of spaciousness. Until that is, this past week or so; the last week of April
Sensitivity issues through May
Many of you will have felt sensitivity issues arising in the last week of April and that is expected to carry through at least the first half of March.
So whether that’s your own inner feelings of hypersensitivity; for example, being even more sensitive to the volume of someone’s voice, or the way someone walks into a room. Or more ‘outer experiences’ that are showing up in the outside world; so perhaps being upset at what someone is doing or saying, or upset at the job that you’re in. Sensitivity is the theme of not only our time, but particularly in this year of 2015, dealing with your sensitivity is the key to getting through planet Earth in this transitionary era.
So, a couple of things to remember when you find yourself in a space of heightened sensitivity.
Space is what’s usually needed, because your nervous system has amplified and so you need to let it calm down before anything. This is because the more you keep running at the same person or the same issue with a heightened nervous system, it’s just going to continue to amplify.
So, do take time alone.
Do ask yourself, have I been working and doing too much?
Do I need to sit still and ‘be’ a little more?
Ask yourself, am I getting support?
Support from yourself, support from others
The support which you can give yourself is nutrition, exercise, good people, your own connection.
Or do you need the support of others at this moment?
To reach out to some people in your life because you’re trying to struggle through it alone?
Not everybody that you reach out to is going to be able to be there for you, but if you’re willing to not take the first ‘no’ as rejection, and keep asking a few other people, you’ll get that support. Support from others is wonderful because our nervous systems do calm down when we live in a more tribal way. Nature is the other great ‘energy reset’ when you are overstimulated.
So, ask yourself;
How much tribe energy have I got in my life right now that’s supporting me and helping me feel good?
How much personal space am I getting?
If you’re in a city and you can’t get to nature, make sure you’re soothing yourself from that stimulation. Cities have very electrical energy fields compared to nature spaces and the countryside. So you really need to monitor the amount that you are letting yourself get ‘amped-up’ by the energy of a city.
I’m just about to move from Boulder, Colorado to San Francisco. For me personally San Francisco is absolutely the right place for me right now. So it’s not necessarily a case that city = bad/countryside = good. It’s just that there are different ways of monitoring your energy, and one of the issues that can happen for people who live in more isolated or countryside spaces is they can go through ‘people-isolation’, and sometimes that’s too much for the nervous system as well.
It’s all about balance, and what you personally need on any given day.
Finding your ‘balance-point’ within the demands of collective energy
So regularly ask yourself;
Where am I on my balance of what I need?
Have I got enough tribe in my life?
Have I got enough space in my life?
Because only we can monitor this and sometimes as a collective, we all get very giddy together. As one big group energy, we collectively get on that hamster wheel and pound it really hard, and the only person who can truly monitor your experience of it, is you.
The reason I say this is that many of you listening to this might be in the role of ‘helper’ to people in your life. You might be most people’s emergency phone call. The problem is that not many people in that group for whom you’re the emergency phone call, will be considering how many emergency phone calls you might have taken that week. Only you can monitor that. So the helpers and the healers among you, you’re probably a little overwhelmed right now with the requirements of people outside you, if you’re not maintaining your own inner needs.
Now, to go to a different place.
Again, what I’ve spoken about a lot in the last year or two is that many of you, even with some of these sensitivity challenges, will be feeling better than ever before in yourself and in your experience of life.
Releasing Ancient Issues
Life is a strange ride and it has as many challenges and downs as it can have ups, but so much of it is to do with our approach to it, and so if any of you are still in the drying throes of being angry about something in your life or feeling like a victim to something in your life, what will be working through you at this time is ancient history.
It will be your own history around that issue so, for example, you hate your job. How many times in your life have you hated your job and what is it about the job that you really hate? Is it really that building that you go to and that employer that you have, or what is it that makes you feel crushed in that job? And if you start to ask yourself those deeper questions, you might have a breakthrough moment where you go, Oh, I hate having to be nice to people all day. So, try not faking being nice all day!
There’s a real societal pressure that we have to be happy or we have to be nice and friendly, and it’s just not true. It’s time for you be who you are, more than ever before, because a lot of you will be running into trouble by trying to be more positive than you feel. Or trying to leave your dark side at home, or whatever difficulty you’re processing at home, because you don’t want to throw it at other people.
Being Authentic/Expressing where you are at
There’s a big difference between throwing it at someone else and being authentic with how you’re feeling.
So, I could walk into my office place and, someone says, ‘Hey Lee, how are you doing?’ to which I respond (acting out depressed and angry emotions) ‘Oh, I’m really miserable, I’m really fed up!’
Y’know, that’s me throwing it at them. The other way is, someone could say, ‘Hey Lee, how are you doing?’, and I could just go, ‘Y’know, it’s a bit weird for me at the moment, I’m going through some stuff, I’ve got this going on with my family…..’
There are two very different ways of using energy in my demonstrations, and being present in energy. But the second one I demonstrated, tells the person that I know where I’m at, and it’s me communicating who I am today in a peaceful way. But a clear way, and that’s very, very important for those of you who are helpers, healers, trying to keep the light and the strength going for others.
These are rocky times in many ways, and for all of us in these rocky times, we have to be authentic about the stuff we’re going through that’s really difficult, as much as the stuff that we’re going through that might be feeling good or liberating to us. So this month, invite yourself to more authentic communication.
People don’t need all the details
As I say that, I feel a whole bunch of you go, I don’t want to share all my personal details with everybody, and the point is you don’t.
There’s a big difference between me saying ‘Y’know, I’ve got some funny things going on in life and I’m struggling’ versus ‘Well, my mum’s got this illness…’ and giving a whole detailed list of things in my life.
You can always just give people a headline as to how you feel if you don’t want to go into the details.
But in giving them that headline, you help the less sensitive around you understand where you’re at a bit more. It doesn’t mean they’ll necessarily wrap you in a blanket and treat you exactly the way you might want them to, but it means you won’t feel so unseen or invisible or unhelped by the people that you perhaps are bringing your helper energy to.
And this will create balance for you in a new way.
So authenticity is a big theme for the sensitive among you at the moment; being authentic with how you feel, being authentic with your communication and inviting that in at a whole new level.
The ‘Opening’ among people
We’re opening more and more as a people. We’re opening our hearts, we’re opening our minds, we’re opening our communication; I wanted to say (communication) devices, which is hilarious ‘cos of course it’s (our voice), not a device. But sometimes communication is a device, in terms of how you navigate the world via the way you communicate with other people.
Now, this opening I speak of, happens in stages. And as much as any of us would love to have a breakthrough because of a book that we’ve read, or a really potent conversation we’ve just had, or a workshop we just went to, and immediately return to our life and apply that whole breakthrough the very next day, it doesn’t work like that.
We do a piece at a time, and with that said, there are several of you who are missing the point around some of the shadows you’ve gone through in the last few months. You feel like, I’m not growing, I’ve felt really crappy or dense so there’s surely something going wrong. No, this is just this time on Earth and it’s speed. It compresses everything and then lets it rise to the surface.
So if what’s compressed in you was ancestral issues around feeling like a victim or feeling angry at the world, angry at the planet, that’s going to get compressed in you and rise up.
So try and get conscious of it rather than just throwing it at all the people at your workplace like I demonstrated earlier, because that just recycles the energy and makes you feel worse.
Try and get in touch with yourself, perhaps, ‘Ah, OK, today I feel angry and that’s OK. I don’t need to add a story to that, I don’t need to judge that, I don’t need to think therefore I’m regressing on my growth path…’
If you’re alive, you’re growing! Even people who seem unconscious to you are growing, because the experiences they need to learn through will keep coming at them in a different way until they become more conscious.
Going against/inviting non-historical patterns
So try and be peaceful with yourself as much as you can. That is not the historical society-inbuilt way of being, granted, but it is the way that will support your opening at this time to the best of your ability.
Because if you keep running out into the madness and trying to keep up with the madness, you’ll not only get exhausted on the hamster wheel, but you’ll catch your foot in one of the grates and go head first into the hamster wheel. So look at how chaotic things feel for you and if they do feel chaotic, keep stepping back and taking breathing space.
Some of you will be in tricky circumstances you can’t step back from – you may have family members who are ill, you may have real financial or work difficulties right now. So then you need to minimise everything else in your life and you recognize, I can only be around supportive people for a while, I just need to take care of me in the middle of taking care of everyone else and minimize all other stresses.
The new energy that exists above the ‘stress-line’The stress point in the collective is rising, so what you have to do is get really good at noticing and managing your own stress levels.
There is so much potential at the moment for ‘New’, and if you can keep managing everything that I have said here, in this video, then you’ll find that opening to the new – new connections, new relationships, new experiences, new moments of just Aaah, I’m alive, look at this amazing planet’ – then you’re going to find it all a lot easier to flow with it rather than bang your head on a wall with the intensity.
So, this is the final video I’ll be recording here in Boulder before I leave for San Francisco next month. It’s been almost three years I’ve lived here and been making videos for you guys out here on the hill.
So I just want to honour this place and thank it for not only being a support to me in my life the last few years, but more importantly, for these videos, we’ve all been here on this energy, on this land, having these messages monthly, so thank you Boulder for everything.
I also want to say thank you to those of you who financially donate for the forecasts – it really helps make everything possible here so thank you. To those of you who don’t donate financially but do send in lovely messages or comments, thank you for those too – they mean the world.
And finally I’m going to be doing a new Energy Mastery Retreat in Norway in August. This will be the final Energy Mastery Retreat in Europe of 2015. We just did the Colorado one and it was a total blast. We’re two-thirds sold out at the moment, but if you’d like to check it out and get more info, you can click for that here.
So, Big Love everyone.
Take care and see you in June.
Lee
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a message from Jennifer Hoffman
May is a month for making decisions and taking action, even though Mercury will be retrograde all month and you may be unclear about your next steps. The key for making the best use of May’s energy is to honestly assess your self confidence and how you make choices. In a month named ‘May’, consider how you phrase your intentions, as a question by asking ‘May I’ or as a statement, ‘I may’. One way asks for permission, the other knows it doesn’t need it because it’s already there. Duality rules in May, and our own duality will be revealed, whether we are in faith or fear, confidence or doubt, abundance or limitation, asking for permission, or acting with powerful confidence. Balance is an important theme all month, on every level.
For the past few months we have been assessing our path and choices, clearing obstacles out of the way, biding our time since March because the timing and options were not aligned. Now we’re ready to take action but we hesitate, wondering if this is the best time, if the conditions are right, if we now have a clear path from start to finish. We can’t know that because the only way to know whether we made the right choice is when we’re looking back at the process from the outcome we have already created. Just remember we always get another choice to try again and if one thing doesn’t work out, it’s because there is something else for us to choose.
I have been writing about the end of healing cycles for several years now, and as we go through this year we will see where and how they play out in our lives. In May you just might get a call from an old fling, flame, or see something crop up from the past that you thought was long over. While the situation may be finished, the healing and closure may not be. It’s a chance to make another choice and this time put yourself first. What are your needs, what do you really want, how do you serve your own soul growth, and what are you willing to allow yourself to become? Do you wait for permission, for someone to fire the starting gun and tell you it’s OK to begin, or do you permit yourself to expand fully into your own potential and begin whenever you want to?
In February 2015 there was an exact conjunction of Venus and Mars at 0 Aries, the beginning of the Zodiac, setting an important energetic symbolism for this year, the reconnection of the divine masculine and divine feminine, working in harmony for balanced creation (Venus) and action (Mars). Too much creation, including healing, without taking action, is the result of an unbalanced divine feminine energy. Think of the ‘smothering mother’ who tries to force food on you to make you feel better and appreciate her cooking, when you’re not hungry. Too much action, without compassion or forethought, is the unbalanced masculine. Think of someone who pushes their personal success agenda forward, without considering the consequences to anyone else.
We live with the results of the unbalanced masculine energy in the world today, with so many examples of power and control, dominion and domination, the grasping greed that puts politics before people and special interest ahead of social benefit. And in all fairness, an unbalanced feminine energy, that allows us to be passive in our creation, afraid to step forward and take action that serves us, so we don’t become one of those pushy people we blame for the world’s problems. We think passivity is spiritual but there is nothing passive about spiritual energy. It’s what miracles are made of and it’s the most powerful force in the universe.
May begins with an ongoing Mars/Venus connection, with Mars in Taurus and Venus in Gemini. Venus has now moved ahead of Mars and leads the way, encouraging us to balance action with compassion, love, social awareness, and benevolence. This movement lasts through August, as Venus retrogrades in July and Mars moves ahead. Then Venus and Mars form another exact conjunction, at 14 Leo on September 1. They stay relatively close for the rest of the year and form a third exact conjunction, at 22 Virgo, on November 1. This theme plays out for the entire year and is an opportunity for us to balance our own divine masculine and divine feminine, encouraging us to balance what we do with who we are, to actively multi-task so that we are creatively inspired while taking compassionate action.
Where is your imagination and creative energy leading you (Venus) but your action engine (Mars) is bored and uninspired? Are you really doing what you want or is there something else that would be more interesting and fulfilling? This is further highlighted by the Scorpio full moon, also called the Buddha moon, on May 3. In addition to completion from the April 18 New Moon, this one is at the critical 13 degree, nearly midpoint and also touching the degree of the early and recent Uranus/Pluto squares. If you’re inspired to do something else, give it some thought because that bored, stuck feeling is a sign that there is something more interesting for you on the horizon.
May will feature 5 planets touching Gemini, then Mercury retrogrades in Gemini on the 19th. This is its home sign, so the retrograde there will have extra oomph, bringing up issues around all forms of communication, including how we talk to ourselves. With Saturn opposite and Neptune square Gemini, it’s a good time to make sure we’re remembering that all of our thoughts manifest and to not delude ourselves. There is a very fine line between wishful thinking and powerful intention, and the key element is faith, starting with faith in ourselves and in our creative power and abilities.
This is a month for action but that doesn’t always mean doing something, it starts with our ‘being’. Do we think about alignment before we take action? Are asking for what we want, or what we think we can get? Is our confidence aligned with our desired outcomes because if not, we’ll ask for permission instead of powerfully stating our intention.
This is where our personal duality shows up, where we stand between two worlds, the one we live in and the one we wish we lived in. It’s time to bring those worlds together into a balanced, healed and whole reality that fulfills our deepest desires for joy, connection, awareness, peace, and love and lines up with our highest intentions and most powerful outcomes.
We don’t need permission to act, we already have it within us. No one can tell us what to do or when to do it, especially when we’re asking them for reassurance and validation, hoping that they can fill in our confidence gaps so we make the right choices. We can always make course corrections later on, it’s important that we take some action now. It’s time to embrace our inner grownup and step forward confidently with purposeful, aligned, confident intention to bridge our energy gaps and use our inner power and light to illuminate the path that makes our dreams, hopes, and desires our present reality. Have a wonderful month.
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The Moon today is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with a illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9am and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.
Use this spell to get in touch with your past.
You will need a mirror, a white candle, and a rattle or shaker. You can purchase shakers at music stores and rattles at New Age shops or over the internet. You can also make your own rattle by putting dried beans, rice, or peas in a container with a lid. In a pinch, you can use a tic tac candy container with a few candies insides.
At midnight, place the mirror in back of the candle so that the candlelight appears in the mirror. In its holder, light the candle and say:
Candle flame
burning bright
Light a Path to the
past tonight.
Look at the candle flame reflected in the mirror. Now, look past the candle, and gaze into your own eyes. Begin shaking the rattle slowly and rhythmically. As you do so, chant the following over and over for a few minutes:
I call upon the
light of the
Goddess
To show me the
Paths I have
followed in other
lifetimes.
Continue chanting and shaking the rattle while staring deep into your own eyes. Imagine walking down a dark pathway that becomes lit up by the candlelight. You may start seeing other reflections in the mirror. Keep walking down the Path. Observe the images, but don’t let them startle you, no matter what they look like.
When you are done, quit shaking the rattle, extinguish the candle, and thank the Goddess for her help. Make a note of your impressions in your journal, and date your entry.
Wiccan Spell a Night: Spells, charms, and Potions for the Whole Year
Sirona Knight
(based on an invocation by Morgan*)
I am the Great Mother, worshipped by all creation and existent prior to their consciousness. I am the primal female force, boundless and eternal.
I am the chaste Goddess of the Moon, the Lady of all magic. The winds and moving leaves sing my name. I wear the crescent Moon upon my brow and my feet rest among the starry heavens. I am mysteries teries yet unsolved, a path newly set upon. I am a field untouched by the plow. Rejoice in me and know the fullness of youth.
I am the blessed Mother, the gracious Lady of the harvest. I am clothed with the deep, cool wonder of the Earth and the gold of the fields heavy with grain. By me the tides of the Earth are ruled; all things come to fruition according to my season. I am refuge and healing. ing. I am the life-giving Mother, wondrously fertile.
Worship me as the Crone, tender of the unbroken cycle of death and rebirth. I am the wheel, the shadow of the Moon. I rule the tides of women and men and give release and renewal to weary souls. Though the darkness of death is my domain, the joy of birth is my gift.
I am the Goddess of the Moon, the Earth, the Seas. My names and strengths are manifold. I pour forth magic and power, peace and wisdom. dom. I am the eternal Maiden, Mother of all, and Crone of darkness, and I send you blessings of limitless love.
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
Scott Cunningham
Witches Of The Craft® 
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