Ancestors represents the ongoing influence and remarkable contributions those who came before us have made to our state of being. Ancestors also reminds us that sometimes old wisdom is the best wisdom–especially when events are moving in ways we do not understand. Ancestors can bring comfort to a shaken spirit. It is a card of warmth in the sense that it reminds us that the spirit of past generations remains with us and can be called upon for guidance at any time.
As a daily card, Ancestors suggests that you may be well served to by exploring your family tree to find solutions to current dilemmas. When searching for solutions to conflicts in your life, you might do well by asking yourself what a grandparent or great grandparent would do in your current situation.
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.
Fortune represents that aspect of life that is directed by forces and events we may not understand or even be aware of. In short, Fortune deals with chance—those occurrences that manage to alter even the most structured of lives, usurp man’s “best laid plans.” While the effects of Fortune are unpredictable, the outcome is always change; sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. Our path through life is never a ride down a perfectly straight highway. Sometimes we may even experience hairpin turns or complete reversals of direction. Fortune is strong reminder that despite our plans, the Universe has its own agenda from which we cannot escape participation.
Othala represents a solid, immovable home, prosperity and safety. Good fortune based on your heritage and character is yours to enjoy.
Additional information about Today’s Rune, Othala
OþILA: property
Phonetic equivalent: o
DIVINATORY MEANINGS: property, land, inheritance, home, permanence, legacy, synthesis, sense of belonging
MAGICAL USES: for acquiring land or property, to complete a project, to strengthen family ties
ASSOCIATED MYTHS & DEITIES: the nine worlds of Yggdrasil
ANALYSIS: In oþila, we find ourselves back in the seemingly mundane realm of wealth and property, just like the first rune, fehu. However, while cattle represented a more movable, transitory form of wealth, the land (as Mr. O’Hara said) is the only thing that lasts. It can be passed on as a legacy, but more importantly, it defines who we are by defining where we are. It is, ultimately, our home.
This rune brings us to the seventh cardinal point, which is the centre. It is the meeting place between Midgard and Asgard; between our Gods and us. It is the axis around which our lives revolve. The idea of land or property is only a symbol – we must all find our own “centre” (or, as Joseph Campbell termed it, our “bliss”) to give our lives meaning, and this is really the ultimate goal of the runic journey. Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, we discover that after all our travels and adventures, we all eventually end up going home. But this doesn’t mean that the travels and adventures are pointless. On the contrary, it is only through those explorations that our ‘home’ or spiritual centre can have any real meaning for us. “There’s no place like home” of will have no power to send us there unless we come to truly understand what and where our home is to us. Conversely, none of lessons learned along the way can be of any real use to us unless we actively integrate them into our ‘mundane’ lives and find that centre point to anchor them to. Oþila not only completes the smaller cycle of the third aett, but also brings us back to the beginning of the fuþark itself, only on a higher level. We may now begin the grand cycle of the runic journey again.
This reading represents strengths you were born with.
The World
Like The Sun, The World brings good blessings to your set of personal cards. The World appears where all is in balance. It allows you to act effectively not only as an individual but as a member of a group too. The World promises contentment, fulfillment and completeness to those under its influence. It doesn’t guarantee there will not be moments of strife or discord in your life, but it does indicate that your trials and tribulations will be overcome; that ultimately you will know inner-peace and contentment. The World suggests you have found or will find your place in our Universe—that place where all is as it should be.
When Temperance or The Sun are among your personal cards, the influence of The World may be increased. Having The Hermit in your personal cards may diminish the influence of The World.
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 Wheel of Fortune represents that aspect of life that is directed by forces and events we may not understand or even be aware of. In short, The Wheel deals with chance—those occurrences that manage to alter even the most structured of lives, usurp man’s “best laid plans.” While the effects of The Wheel are unpredictable, the outcome is always change; sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. Our path through life is never a ride down a perfectly straight highway. Sometimes we may even experience hairpin turns or complete reversals of direction. The Wheel of Fortune is strong reminder that despite our plans, the Universe has its own agenda from which we cannot escape participation.
There is a lot of activity in your solar fifth house now, dear Aries, with the Sun and Mercury now transiting this creative sector. Today, these bodies align, and an overdue conversation, clearing of the air, news, or sudden insight can occur. Until August 23rd, the Sun is transiting this sector of your chart and helps you to reconnect with your inner child. A shift happens now, from strong focus on your personal and home life to more creative and entertaining pastimes, romance, and sport. The better you’ve tended to your “insides” in the past four weeks, the more confidence you’ll have to express and share in the coming weeks. The Sun is complementing your sign for a month, and you are likely to be feeling freer and happier, as well as more confident and outgoing in a general sense. You can also experience an increased need for communication with children or lovers, or for expressing your ideas in creative, unique ways. Today, you can be particularly articulate and possibly even a little dramatic.
Taurus
Taurus
The Sun and Mercury have now moved into your home and family sector, dear Taurus, and an especially busy period now gives way to a need for more peace, comfort, quiet, and familiarity. They join forces today, stimulating sudden awareness and encouraging meaningful ideas and conversations. These can motivate you to push forward with domestic plans. Some of you could be clearing the air about a past matter and seeing opportunities to put the negative elements of the past behind you, particularly in a relationship. The coming weeks are important for reconnecting to your roots, for building your inner well, and for taking charge of your family life. This is a time of gaining clarity concerning family or home-related matters.
Gemini
Gemini
With the Sun and Mercury both entering your sector of communications, learning, and errands, and aligning with one another, dear Gemini, you can find yourself in high demand. As distracting as life can be right now, it’s also a good time for engaging in helpful conversations and learning new ways to approach old problems. There can be an important discovery, epiphany, or conversation occurring now. There can be a clearing of the air. Both the Sun and Mercury are now moving through your communications sector and harmonizing with your sign, pointing to more ease and understanding. These transits can bring you into more contact with others, a busy pace of life, and chances to pick up all sorts of information.
Cancer
Cancer
You may be seeing an issue surrounding values, respect, money, talents, or possessions today with more objectivity and clarity, dear Cancer. There may be an epiphany, sudden idea or something dawning on you, a lightbulb over the head moment, or important news. You can find useful information in the details right now. Conversations can also be helpful, particularly those that are more informational than emotional, and more logical than conceptual. The Sun and now Mercury have ended their yearly transits of your sign. In the past weeks, you’ve likely received more than usual personal attention. Now, you’re shifting gears and your focus is turning to what it is that makes you feel secure and comfortable.
Leo
Leo
You’ve come to the end of a rather introspective cycle, dear Leo, with the Sun and Mercury finishing up transits in your privacy sector and now embarking on transits to your sign. Ideally, you’ve acquired more rest and time for deep thought in the past weeks. Your personality is shining now. You are more noticeable than usual and projecting more strength. You’re feeling especially talkative and expressive. You are also busier than usual, your curiosity is piqued, and you can feel especially motivated to get moving on a pet project, or to learn something entirely new. This is an animated period for friendships and networking. Today is a time for verbalizing your desires, to be heard, and to get noticed. You may be driven to express yourself or to communicate with someone, and you may be turned to for advice or asked to speak. Your need to be heard is significant right now and you can count on others listening. There can be important realizations, epiphanies, and clarifications occurring now.
Virgo
Virgo
You’ve ended a solar cycle today that has put special emphasis on networking, dear Virgo, and you’re now turning more attention to your private, inner world. The coming month is likely to involve some cleaning out of the deadwood in your life, perhaps dealing with endings as you examine the past in order to put it behind you, and some soul searching. More time set aside for relaxing, meditative activities is necessary now. Some of you will be dealing with endings and tying up loose ends rather than throwing yourself into something entirely new, and this is a natural process. Illumination can come today, when you pay attention to details on a private or past matter. The Sun and Mercury align in your soul sector, and this can prompt you to see something you’ve failed to see before, or a conversation can bring up new information that allows you to come to a more definite conclusion. You might reawaken a topic from the past today, or have new insight into an old issue. There can be a good feeling of purging or release involved with bringing something to light.
Libra
Libra
Your social life can be animated in the coming weeks, dear Libra, and today, much thought can be given to friendships, group associations, and long-term goals. There can be better self-expression today, new insight into any of these matters, and sudden ideas or realizations that have you feeling hopeful and possibly quite excited. After a fair amount of attention to performance and ambitions in the last few weeks, your focus now shifts as the Sun and Mercury spotlight an area of your chart that rules over your social and humanitarian or personal happiness goals. Being a “team player” will win you the most favors. There is good energy for interacting with friends and sharing your ideals, dreams, and hopes with like-minded individuals, although some tricky areas with these things coming in August. Today is good for sharing your ideas or your expertise with others. You might gain more clarity about or through a friend. It’s a strong time for clearing something up, and for communicating intentions.
Scorpio
Scorpio
You might receive special attention today, dear Scorpio, especially in a professional sense. Today brings good energy for getting over things that you need to leave behind, living in the present, and looking forward to the future, rather than dwelling on the past. Career goals can become clearer, particularly if you talk about them or write them out – verbalize them. Problem solving skills are strong. New insights into your career path, work project, or life-plan goals can emerge today. There can be an a-ha moment, an important clarification, or a meaningful realization. In recent weeks, there has been a stronger focus on learning, exploring, and experiencing life, but now your attention shifts to more material or ambitious concerns.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius
Today is strong for gaining perspective on a matter, dear Sagittarius, and conversations that occur or news that arrives now tend to help you to come to conclusions and to solve problems. There can be a clearing of the air or an important discovery or connection made now. The desire to share your philosophy or unique perspective on a matter can be very strong now. Connect and make plans. Rationality is strong. You are ending a rather introspective phase and shifting gears now, as you enter a new cycle that can be inspiring. Good advice seems to be circulating around, and you may be the recipient or the source, and possibly both. You express yourself with more enthusiasm, and perhaps more importantly, with more faith, and this goes over very well with others, leading you to feel especially “heard” and reinforced.
Capricorn
Capricorn
There has been a stronger focus on relationships and balance in the past weeks, dear Capricorn, and you are now shifting your attention to deeper, more intimate matters with the Sun and Mercury now in your solar eighth house. Life is becoming a little more serious for you, and you’re more interested in digging deep than skimming the surface of things. Your intimate world assumes more importance, and you take more notice of the less obvious elements of circumstances and people around you. Today, the Sun and Mercury align in this area of your chart, and there can be a lot of thought given to, or desire /opportunity to speak about, a private, hidden, or taboo matter. You may be clearing the air now, and feeling some form of release as a result. You can reach important conclusions about a relationship or about yourself, as you see a matter more clearly. Writing about your feelings can also be highly useful, leading to important realizations.
Aquarius
Aquarius
Today is strong for taking a step back emotionally and really taking a good, objective look at a situation, dear Aquarius. It can be a day when a missing puzzle piece of information is discovered, or when especially meaningful conversations and conclusions happen. Good energy is with you for love relationships and partnerships today, although it’s not necessarily very deep, as it’s more about mental engagement than anything at the moment. Let others lead the conversations now, and listen closely – you may very well get an earful! Whether you are contributing ideas or playing a supportive role as you bring new light to a problem or good advice to the table, it’s a day for getting places mentally. You are now leaving a cycle in which work and routines seem to have dominated your attention, and entering a period in which social or partnering matters come into stronger focus.
Pisces
Pisces
Pay special attention to the details today, dear Pisces, as you have much to gain from what you see and discover now. Communication issues tend to dominate. Good energy is with you for sorting out work and health matters in a logical manner. You can gain more clarity about either of these things today. There can be an epiphany or realization about a health issue or solution or a work or service matter. You are entering a period in which there is stronger or renewed energy for work and routines, as the Sun and Mercury are now transiting your solar sixth house. While it’s not the best time for recognition or worldly success, it’s a strong period for self-development and laying the groundwork for future success.
You are very intelligent in a quiet way. You have a great love of security and consistency that you avoid making major changes if you can. Your worst enemy is self-doubt and procrastination. You may attract, or be attracted to, a certain level of drama in your love life. You work best in life when you have a passion. Family and work are two great loves for you, and you need to strike a balance between the two. Famous people born today: Amy Vanderbilt, Willem Dafoe, David Spade, Selena Gomez, Rufus Wainwright, Rhys Ifans, Keegan Allen, Colin Ferguson.
You may be drawing up plans for organizing and beautifying your home environment now, dear Aries. Some of you could be coming into money or support. Family matters can be running quite smoothly right now, and conversations with those closest to you can be especially constructive. This is a strong day overall for family and home matters, financial planning, asking for a loan, or other practical activities that help you improve your personal or home life. The Moon in your relationship-centered solar seventh house all day puts you in an accommodating mood.
Taurus
Taurus
The Moon in your work and health sector all day certainly stimulates a desire to take care of practical matters today, dear Taurus, and fortunately you have some help from the cosmos for making plans and dealing with details. Even so, it’s also a good time to have that important conversation, to make a pledge, or to share and receive advice, so be sure to make time for a partner or friends. Others may be stabilizing forces in your life now. Clear, logical thinking is the general order of the day, and you’ll be able to focus your mental energies very effectively, so if you have the option, choose a project that has long-term potential and work with it. It’s also a good day for clear thinking about a relationship.
Gemini
Gemini
This is a potentially strong day for personal influence, dear Gemini, as well as for financial, work, and other practical matters. You are expressing yourself with authority. Plans can be made or refined on the lines of business or money-making ideas with great success. This is a time when you can be especially realistic about your practical affairs, and actually enjoy the process. A sense of purpose and direction is with you now. You are realistic in your thinking, if a tad conservative, and you can envision what needs to be done to put yourself into a better position of security, both with your personal finances and in your job.
Cancer
Cancer
This is a time when you can be talking about your personal plans and feeling a strong sense of purpose and direction, dear Cancer. In fact, sharing your ideas or plans with trusted others can be especially constructive and can help fuel the flames of your own inspiration. A relationship can feel solid right now. Some of you could be making a commitment. You are more credible today. Others take note of what you say and any advice you may give, and part of your magnetic charm revolves around your maturity and ability to live in the here and now. It’s a strong time for asking for what you want and for presenting your ideas, and it’s especially good for making long-term plans. The Sun leaves your sign tonight, which puts less emphasis on your personality and more emphasis on what you own, need, and want!
Leo
Leo
Circumstances are such that you feel compelled to look inward for answers today, dear Leo, and you’re likely to find them! At the very least, it’s a time for drawing up plans and feeling more empowered by doing so. Some of you could feel a strong desire to talk about a private matter with someone trusted, possibly a family member. Support seems to be there for you, but you instinctively feel the need to get in touch with your intuition. Some of you could be offering advice to others, as you are feeling especially charitable and your ideas are useful.
Virgo
Virgo
Self-improvement is a focus right now, dear Virgo, but the inspiration to do so is likely found in a friend. You are expressing yourself well, with authority, and others are listening. Even so, conversations are a two-way street today, and both parties can gain in the process. This is an excellent day for bonding with a friend or love interest, and it’s also strong for drawing up solid plans, particularly for long-term happiness goals. You are able to make a good educated guess about what you can realistically achieve, and you might decide to share your vision with others. At the very least, put your plans to writing – make lists as well as resolutions.
Libra
Libra
While the Moon in your sign today can stimulate your more impatient and impulsive nature, dear Libra, there is a wonderfully grounding energy to the day that helps to keep you in the here and now. This is a strong day for organizing, refining, or formulating plans on a professional line. Through a more organized approach, you are feeling a stronger sense of purpose and direction when it comes to your work, business, or finances. Getting organized on the home front can also figure strongly, and can benefit you in your work as well, freeing yourself up to concentrate on more worldly affairs. Listen to advice today. You have a greater ability to separate the wheat from the chaff. You may be doing things that earn you respect. This is a strong day for long-term career and financial planning, but also for anything that can benefit from structured thinking and concentration.
Scorpio
Scorpio
The Libra Moon today tends to draw you into your shell, dear Scorpio, and extra alone time can help you take advantage of the positive energy for making plans that is with you today. This could be a time for making solid plans to make a travel, adventure, or educational goal realizable. You have a stronger sense of purpose right now, and there is a real sense that your plans are “doable”. Inspiration can come from an email, a novel, or a conversation, and you can turn an idea into a plan, or feel inspired to go after a cherished dream. This can be a good day for making your intentions known and for communications in general. Expressing your opinion in a diplomatic yet firm manner can win you respect. You can get rid of annoying paperwork now, and it’s also a good time for a new course or learning process if you are so inclined.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius
Support is easier to come by, if you need it, and financial matters can improve with planning and strategy, dear Sagittarius. Paying off debt, material or spiritual, can pay off in many areas of your life, as you feel freer and less burdened. Today, you can take some steps in so doing, even if it’s only something you talk about. A partnership can feel solid and reliable, and not boring in the process! Long-term financial planning can be very successful today. It’s also strong for research and investigation, as you are especially keen and able to spot details that you might overlook on another day. Discussion of personal matters can be rewarding, as you can bring a stronger level of logic and rationality to these topics without emotionality limiting self-expression.
Capricorn
Capricorn
This is a good time for collaborating with others and coming up with truly workable plans, dear Capricorn. You are coming across very well these days. Negotiations not only turn out well, they actually bring you to a better place. The key right now is to share the load. Capricorns can keep a lot to themselves, but today, benefits come from collaboration and sharing, smartly and within reason of course. Talks with friends or a partner can be very fruitful now, even if they are not especially colorful! It’s a better day for making solid plans and commitments rather than for expressing more romantic or flowery intentions.
Aquarius
Aquarius
This can be an empowering time, dear Aquarius, as you get your daily life and routines organized. Drawing up and talking about plans on the lines of work, your personal environment, and health can be the first steps towards a better lifestyle and a stronger sense that you’re in control of your life. This can also be a day in which you help someone out and feel stronger for it. You are especially gracious and charitable, particularly with your ideas and strategies. This is a fine day for asking for what you want as well as for recognition for your intelligence, skills, and the work you do. Your eye for details is pronounced and can be put to full use now in professional matters.
Pisces
Pisces
A partner can be especially supportive now, dear Pisces, and might offer some very sound advice, so listen up! Alternatively, after processing information, your own conclusions are especially useful and practical. You are communicating with more authority. Creative plans drawn up now can be especially solid, and so can plans for travels and education. Romantic relationships can feel very balanced, steady, or supportive, although perhaps not especially demonstrative. Making something productive or profitable out of a hobby can figure now. There is more authenticity or simplicity in your presentation now, which endears you to others and makes you feel better about yourself. You are more able to see your efforts in a realistic light, and you can experience a strong desire to create something tangible. Promotion or self-publishing can be quite successful now.
The Balance of the Signs & the Elements for Wednesday, July 22
CANCER STRONG
Nurturing, protective, tenacious, emotional sensitive, watery, strong roots. Can be overly protective, unwilling to let go, timid, reclusive.
LIBRA STRONG
Even-handed, harmonious, artistic, diplomatic, balancing, strong sense of fairness. Can be over- compromising, appeasing, judgmental.
BALANCE OF ELEMENTS
FIRE WEAK
We are not very goal-oriented right now, or motivation to pursue our goals may be waning/lacking. Changes feel overwhelming. Enthusiasm may be low, we argue less, and we think more than we take action.
WATER STRONG
We are more compassionate, emotional, and intuitive than usual, and we may react emotionally to situations, possibly at the expense of logic or practicality.
BALANCE OF MODES
CARDINAL STRONG
We are ready to take action and to take on challenges, and can become frustrated with stagnant conditions.
FIXED WEAK
We may be open to change but may not have much follow-through.
Mercury’s trine to Saturn stimulates our need for more order and organization in our lives. The Sun enters sunny, expressive, playful Leo tonight, where it will transit until August 23rd.
•The Moon is in Libra all day (until Thursday, July 23rd, at 10:06 PM).
•The Moon is waxing and in its Waxing Crescent phase.
•A New Moon occurred on the 15th, and a first quarter Moon will occur on the 24th.
•Venus is direct and is in its pre-retrograde shadow (Venus will retrograde from July 25-September 6).
•The Sun enters Leo tonight (the Sun transits Leo from July 22-August 23).
The end of July is celebrated as the Planetary New Year because many of the ancient Time Keeper races on the Earth recognized this as the moment when an important New Cycle of Evolutionary Time was initiated. This period was also associated with what was known as the “Lion’s Gate”, the historical moment when the constellation of Leo aligned with the Pyramid complex at Giza. But you might ask, why is that important to me in the year 2015?
This is because the Planetary New Year celebrates the moment when the Blue Star Sirius rises in the morning sky at the same time and in nearby location to our Sun. It is the time when Earth has Two visible “suns” in the sky. The one sun is Golden, and the other is Blue in Frequency. This conjunction of Stars celebrates the long connection between Earth, and its Sun, and the Star System of Sirius.
In Ancient Egypt, in the post Atlantean civilization that sprang up on the banks of the Nile, the heliacal rising of Sirius, as it is known, also marked the time when the Nile River rose, due to rains in Central Africa, and flooded the plains of Egypt so that crops could be grown. The rising of the waters signified the return of Abundance and Blessings to the land, and this was also associated with Sirius and it’s helical rising in the East.
Sirius has long been a guiding light and force in the Evolution of the Earth. There were many powerful Star Teachers that came to the Earth to assist Humanity, and they were believed to be “gods”. These teachers included the Beings known as Isis and Osiris, who brought the arts of agriculture and learning to the peoples of Ancient Egypt to assist them to reconstruct their world after the trauma of the Atlantean catastrophe. And now,at this time, we are told that the Sirian Master Teachers are returning to our world to assist us with aligning our frequencies with the incoming Diamond Light that is raising the frequency of our Planet and of Humanity.
The Gold Sun and the Blue Sun
As Master teachers, the Sirians brought information to the Ancient Egyptians that helped them to remember who they were and where they were going. They taught them the principles of Ascension, and these were recorded in papyrus texts and on pyramid and temple walls. They reminded us all that our bodies are from the Earth but our Souls are from the Stars.
In recent years, they have also reminded us that everything is energy and frequency, and that ascending or raising our consciousness means that we can align ourselves with the frequencies that are coming from the Cosmic Heart and the Galactic Center ,and that are raising the frequency of our Light Bodies and our Physical bodies and DNA.
It was the Sirians who first taught us about the “Christ Consciousness” that was embodied in the Golden Light of the Sun. The Gold Frequency was Divine Light and it carried the energy of Divine Love and Compassion. As Humanity opened themselves to receive more of the transmissions of the Divine Light and more of the Light Codes that would elevate consciousness, they embraced the Gold Light and activated the Light Body and Multi-dimensional consciousness. The first Sirian Avatars of the Christ Consciousness were Isis and her partner Osiris, who brought the Golden Light to Egypt. The second Sirian Avatars were Yeshua, known as Jesus, and his partner, Mary Magdalene. Together they embodied the Divine Masculine and Feminine frequencies of the Gold Frequency of the Christ Consciousness.
The Blue Sun was Sirius itself, and it carried the Blue Frequency of that Star System also known as the “Blue Star”. This deep Blue Light carried the Codes of an advanced race of Light Beings who were in the service of the Divine Plan and the Evolution of the Galaxy and the Earth. The rising of the Blue Sun indicated another cycle of Light, Love and Support from the Sirian Master Teachers on the Path of Evolution. Following this event, those on the Earth could expect great blessings and abundance in their lives.
You might wonder what happened? Why was this teaching lost and why is it only now being recovered as we move into the Ascension process? Well, in the Ancient Egyptian world the Sacred duties of the Master Teachers was disrupted by a corrupt priesthood that had an agenda of control mostly through the manipulation of sexual energies. Since this world is a free will zone, Humanity was left to carry on its path and the Sirian Master Teachers withdrew from Egypt. The arrival of Yeshua and Mary Magdalene represented another opportunity to anchor and ground the Golden Frequency. Initially this was achieved, after the death of Yeshua, by Mary Magdalene, who carried the teachings to France and into Europe. But again, a corrupt priesthood arose that ended the line of Mary Magdalene in the 12th Century with the Albigensian Crusade.
Now, in 2015, we are being given the chance to live the process of integrating the Gold Frequency in the process of Ascension. And, as the Blue Sun rises in the morning sky, we are reminded that waves of Love and Blessings are pouring out to us from the Sun, from Sirius, from the Great Central Sun at the Center of the Galaxy, and from the Cosmic Sun or Heart.The Blue Sun represents the Love and Support of advanced beings of Light who have incarnated on Earth or who have guided consciousness in other ways in order to achieve this moment of deep change when the Earth is ready to become a Body of Light and a Multi-dimensional Blue and Gold Star.
The Lion’s Gate
After the Planetary New Year on the 26th of July, there is a powerful Portal or Vortex that opens which allows these new Light Codes to flood into the Earth grids. The constellation of Leo no longer aligns with the rising Sun as time has passed. But, the energy of the Lion is what is important at this vortex.
The Lion is the Frequency Keeper of Africa, and of course Egypt is part of Africa. The Spirit Keeper of the Portal is the Spirit Animal that guards the integrity of the African continent. The Lion also represents Spiritual Power, and Yeshua/Jesus was known as the “Lion of Judah”, as the representative of the Sirian avatar line on Earth.
So, the “Lion’s Gate” is that moment when this portal opens to allow new Codes and new Information that will be the template for the year ahead. The Royal Lion stands guard over the New Timeline. In Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Gate was represented by two Lions who faced each other. They were known as the Lions of Yesterday and Tomorrow, and of course, it was “today” that came pouring through the gate. The Infinite “now” of present time that can be experienced as flow and creativity and blessings. The Lion’s Gate opens on the 26th of July, reaches its climax on the 8th of August, and closes on the 12th of August.
So it is, at this time, that there are many endings and new beginnings that go with the torrents of Light that come through the Lion’s Gate. Do not be sad or upset if these are intense times, they are meant to be. The power of new blessings is washing away what is no longer needed so that the new can be rooted and blessings result. In the Ancient Egyptian world this was clearly visible as the river flooded washing away the last of last years crops and depositing the rich red silt that would be the bed for the new seasons crops that would nourish the people and the land. In our time, the manifestation may not be so obvious, but we are going through the same intense process of ending and new beginnings for a richer and more abundant cycle ahead.
Ascension and the Master Teachers
Now, as we are in this wonderful process of the Ascension of our consciousness to higher frequencies, we are once again being aided and assisted by the Sirian Master Teachers. But, this time, we are not in a relationship of “gods” and “subjects”. We are ascending into our own power, and the Master Teachers are seen as guides and helpers, rather than “gods”.
As we recognize the Divine Flame within ourselves and as we embody the Higher Frequencies, including the Gold, Blue and Diamond Frequencies, we understand that Earth has “graduated” to a new level where the Sirian Master Teachers can be consulted as “Star Family” and “Star Elders”, but that it is we ourselves who must drive our own Evolution through our Intentions and our Choices.
The Master Teachers are here to hold “Master Classes”, to remind us who we are and to help us to step into our power, but we must be the ones who embody the Crystalline Rainbow Frequencies of the New Earth.
This time of the Planetary New Year and the Lion’s Gate is an ideal time to embrace this truth and step into our Multi-dimensional Light and Power as Ascended Humans, as New Earth Souls who embody all the Higher Frequencies of Light that were gifted to us by the Star Teachers and Avatars to advance our Spiritual and Physical Evolution on Earth.
The Moon today is in a Waxing Crescent Phase. A Waxing Crescent is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the wester sky after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.
Phase Details for – Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Phase: Waxing Crescent Illumination: 34% Moon Age: 5.90 days Moon Angle: 0.49 Moon Distance: 404,744.21 km Sun Angle: 0.52 Sun Distance: 151,989,554.72 km
Cut a circle out of a piece of blue cloth. Fill the center of the cloth with 9 protective herbs. As you add the herbs recite:
“For protection I fill this circle of blue, For protection I use the herbs that I do.”
Tie the bundle with white or silver thread. Carry this charm with you when you feel the need. You may make the tie long enough to put around your neck, or keep it in your pocket.
I added my own touches to that spell and used a piece of cloth that had a design on it with only a small amount of blue, but made me feel safe. That is the most important part, use a color or design that makes you feel secure. I carry it with me in my purse, which goes everywhere I do. Since I have carried it (many months now) no harm has come to me. Be sure and charge it with protective energy!
The following spell is a prayer to the sun, for quick travel. I believe that a spell is a spell, it’s origin doesn’t matter. If you believe the spell will work, then it will. So, seeing as how this spell is from Aztec origin, I think that as a Wiccan it will still work for me and others as long as you believe.
Say:
“Sun, come help me. I’ll be the first, I’ll go first.
Then you, then you can go.
I’ll be the first to reach the end of all the desert lands, o
f all the canyon lands, passing over the earth’s smooth face.
Smooth or not smooth, She’ll never hurt me.
Right through the sky I’ll go. That’s where I’ll be.”
Now for the people who want to chant, learn chants, or make your own here are some tips. Keep these in mind when wanting to write your own chant,
Figure out the goal or intent of the working. What is it you wish to accomplish?
Determine what material components you’ll need to achieve the goal. For instance if you wish to have a gathering or full ritual to go along with the chant.
Decide if timing is important. Do you want to chant in the morning about self-motivation before a hard day? Do want to dance under a full moon chanting for a certain goal? Or it a simple chant for wherever you are?
Figure out what wording, do you want formal?To call on the elements? Spirits? Deities? Do you like rhymes, or melodies? The wording should have personal meaning to you and feel powerful. Decide what aspects you want to incorporate into the chant.
Now put it all together, just find way to write it down, and take your time to write words that will meet your goal and fulfill the various aspects you wanted to incorporate.
For example I will write an original chant right now for you, let’s say my goal is to be calmed. I wish to call on the element of earth. Timing for whenever I feel stressed, so I best keep it a short chant. If I can I do prefer rhymes.
Banish my stress
I call thee earth
End this mess
I know my worth’
Not very complicated chant is it? Chants are versatile and can be made to match your goals. You can be as in depth and complicated in the writing of a chant as you want or as simple as you want. The power behind a chant is your will, and visualizing. The words above are worthless unless I give them meaning and visualize myself calming down and the element of earth ground me.
In case you are self-conscious is chanting or singing out loud, I wish to tell you that culturally speaking we tend to tell the people who aren’t the best to move over, but that is not the case in Wicca. If you think you are bad singer/ chanter, bear in mind practice makes perfect. Even so, it isn’t how good you at it, how in tune you are, it is the intention. So if you want to belt out a chant full volume, do it. What others may think is not your concern. Being spiritual is about how you feel and connect, if chanting in a sing song voice while doing the dishes or during a ritual makes you happy and focuses your energy, do it.
Wiccan’s and Pagans come in varied paths, and just like any other group of people will have various personalities, but remember ‘do what ye will long as it harms none’ if someone bullies or is mean to you for your chanting, it only speaks of their personality, not yours. Chanting and Wiccan music-songs, it is for your benefit, to bring your goals into reality, to help keep you motivated. I encourage everyone who want to use chanting or make their own chants to speak them loud and clear, to let the energies flow.
Wiccan Chants and Incantations: Witchcraft for the Solitary Practitioner
Music has been around a long time in varying forms, chanting has been used for as long as Pagans have been around. The reason for chanting is energy building, focus, and even uniting together at gatherings. Chants come in long or short forms, can rhyme or not, and can even be made up. Though there are some common chants known that have been shared over and over among Pagans and Wiccans.
Chanting can hold a symbolic meaning, of becoming more in tuned with nature or deities, trances, spells. Can also be used to invoke powers, spirits, deities, and build our own energies. The reason songs and chants are important in ritual is that they help to control both breathing and thought. Using a song or a chant is a good method for focusing your mind. It is also particularly effective for building a group mind, since it is a good method of getting everyone breathing together and concentrating on one stream of consciousness, the important thing is the concentration, focus on the words and energy. This is how it builds. The type of song or chant you could use will depend on what you are trying to do. If you were doing power raising, you would want a song or chant that builds in strength until it reaches a climax. You would start off slow and gradually build up the tempo, driving it by swinging your hands to push the energy unto the center of the circle, until the level of energy has been achieved, and then release it. This is a basic and easy form of magic. Visualizing a goal or intention and chanting to bring the energies forth to make it happen.
Songs that are meant to be songs of worship or adoration may be solemn or they may be joyful, depending on the situation you want to create. For grounding, farewells or banishing’s, you should use slower songs that wind down the energies. Chanting is very versatile and can be used for any goal or cause. Chanting is used by Pagan’s, Wiccan’s, and Witchcraft. Not only that, but many other faiths use chanting as well. Even Christians sing hymns at Sunday worship. Music has been a great influence on how people worship.
Sometimes chants can be used instead of the usual spoken invocation for elements during casting circles, or other spell casts. Chanting may be something you do while alone, working out, making dinner, the great thing about it is how simple and versatile it is. Chanting is not only for ritual work, but self-motivation, calming, or prayer.
You may want to use chants made by others or make your own chants.
Wiccan Chants and Incantations: Witchcraft for the Solitary Practitioner
The oldest and main temple of Concordia was built or restored to commemorate the end of the struggle between the patricians and the plebeians. Concordia was the personification of concord and was sometimes identified with Homonoia, the Greek embodiment of harmony. Her temple stood on the northwestern side of the Forum Romanum in Rome, at the foot of Capitoline Hill, and was the site of the annual festival held in her honor on July 22. As with most Roman festivals, there would have been games and a sacrifice. This is a good time to rekindle an old friendship or begin new ones.
Wednesdays are wild and wacky days. They are for communication, change, cunning, and the arts. This is a Mercury day, and just its patron god this day is full of contradictions, change, and excitement. Some suggestions for Wednesday enchantments would include:
Pulling a little Wednesday color magic into your life by wearing purples or orange
Carrying a multipurpose agate with you and tapping into its various charms
Working with magical plants such as the fern for protection. This plant will also boost the power of any other magical plants with which it is arranged.
Incorporating lavender into charms and spells for transformation
Using the charming scent of lily of the valley to improve your memory, or working with the aspen tree for communication
Calling on Athena, patron of arts and crafts, for inspiration for a new project
Fanning out a Tarot spell to increase you creativity
Calling on Hermes on a Wednesday night to bring movement and good luck into your life
Seasons of the Witch – Legends and Lore, Ancient Holidays And Some Not So Ancient!
Today Is …
Nessie ~ On this date in the year 1930, the first sighting of the famous monster of Loch Ness was officially recorded in Scotland. Old Nessie (as the monster has been affectionately nicknamed) has since been witnessed by thousands of people and continues to attract countless numbers of tourists with cameras to Loch Ness each year.
Day Dedicated to Arinna – She is an Anatolia Sun Goddess. Spend as much of the day as you can in the sun or try starting a fire using a concave lens and the sun. Place a sunflower on your altar.
Horse God – On the 23rd day of the 6th lunar montyh, the Chinese honor the Horse-god (Mawang).
Blackburn, Bonnie & Leofranc Holford-Strevens, The Oxford Companion to the Year, Oxford University Press 1999
St Mary Magdalene – Today is the Feast day for St. Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene is the fallen woman who washed Christ’s feet with her tears and dried them with her hair; thus she is the patron saint of prostitutes. Because of her long hair she is the patron of hairdressers, and because her emblem is the ointment jar, she is the patron of apothecaries. She was also invoked for help with fasting. The red rose is her plant. For a new treatment of her story, see Clytie Kinstler’s The Moon Under Her Feet.
She may have been a devotee of Astarte. There is some connection between the seven demons which afflicted her, and the seven initiations Inanna undergoes in her descent to the Underworld and the seven veils which Salome wears in her famous dance. The village of Migdala (from whence her name) is the Village of Doves, which connects her with Anahit, the Persian goddess honored with a sacrifice of doves and roses at her midsummer festival (see Vartavar, July 28).
She has long been associated with dance and music. In Normandy, in the thirteenth century, nuns danced on her feast-day.
If it rains today, the English say that Mary Magdalen is washing her handkerchief to go to her cousin St James’s Fair in three days time. But heavy rain now can be disastrous for the harvest and the Cumbrians say:
A Magdalen flood
Never did good.
Tristram and Iseult ~ One of the greatest legends of Cornwall is the tragic tale of Tristram and Iseult – sometimes known as Tristan and Isolde. The story is that Tristram, the nephew of King Mark of Cornwall, was mortally wounded in a fight where he killed the brother of the Queen of Ireland. As he was expected to die, he was sent out to sea in a boat without sails. By chance, the boat reached the shores of Ireland, where he was nursed back to health by the beautiful Iseult, daughter of the King of Ireland.
To cut a long story short, Tristram could not stay in Ireland as he was responsible for the death of the Queen’s brother, so he returned to Cornwall. A little later, King Mark sent him back to Ireland to bring back Iseult who was to be his queen. On the way back, the couple accidentally drank a love potion intended for Mark and Iseult on their wedding night.
The young couple fell deeply in love and carried on an illicit affair even after she married. King Mark became suspicious and although Iseult managed to allay these suspicions, Tristram left the country. He married a Breton girl, who was also called Iseult, but he never stopped loving the Queen of Cornwall. When he was wounded in battle, he sent for her to heal his wounds and asked that a white sail be flown from the ship if she was on board when it returned.
Tristram’s jealous wife told him that the returning ship flew only a black sail and he died of grief. When Iseult heard of his death, she died of a broken heart. A cross at Castle Dor is said to mark the grave of Tristram.
Like The Sun, The World brings good blessings to your set of personal cards. The World appears where all is in balance. It allows you to act effectively not only as an individual but as a member of a group too. The World promises contentment, fulfillment and completeness to those under its influence. It doesn’t guarantee there will not be moments of strife or discord in your life, but it does indicate that your trials and tribulations will be overcome; that ultimately you will know inner-peace and contentment. The World suggests you have found or will find your place in our Universe—that place where all is as it should be.
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.
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