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CELTIC TREE MONTH TINNE HOLLY

CELTIC TREE MONTH TINNE HOLLY

“The Celtic Tree Calendar is a calendar with thirteen lunar divisions. Most contemporary Pagans use fixed dates for each ‘month’, rather than following the waxing and waning lunar cycle. If this was done, eventually the calendar would fall out of sync with the Gregorian year, because some calendar years have 12 full moons and others have 13. The modern tree calendar is based on a concept that each letter in the ancient Celtic alphabet corresponded to a tree.”

July 8th through August 4th marks the Celtic Tree Month of Tinne or Holly. “Although the Oak ruled in the previous month, its counterpart, the Holly, takes over in July. This evergreen plant reminds us all year long about the immortality of nature. The Holly moon was called Tinne, pronounced chihnn-uh, by the Celts, who knew the potent Holly was a symbol of masculine energy and firmness. The ancients used the wood of the Holly in the construction of weapons, but also in protective magic. Hang a sprig of Holly in your house to ensure good luck and safety to your family. Wear as a charm, or make Holly Water by soaking leaves overnight in spring water under a full moon — then use the water as a blessing to sprinkle on people or around the house for protection and cleansing.” — Patti Wigington

“The Holly is best in a fight. He battles and defends himself, defeating enemies, those who wish to destroy him, with his spines. The leaves are soft in summer but in winter, when other greenery is scarce and the evergreen Holly is likely to be attacked by browsing animals, the leaves harden, the spines appear and he is safe. The old name for Holly is Holm, preserved in names such as Holmsdale, Surrey, whose motto is ‘Never wonne, we never shall’. With the coming of Christianity, the Holly became the Holy tree, the tree symbolic of the crown of thorns, so representing the fighting of the soul’s battles that eventually unites this life with the one that follows and, runs parallel.”

“The Holly is male, so symbolizing paternity and fatherhood. With the Ivy and the Mistletoe, the Holly has always been regarded as a potent life symbol, both for his year-long foliage and for his winter fruits. Concealed within the verses of the ‘Song of Amergin’, chanted by a chief Bard as he landed on the shores of Ireland, is the line ‘I am a battle-waging spear’ – the wood of the Holly was used in fashioning spear shafts.”

“What should the qualities of such a shaft be as it is hefted and thrown? The essentials are balance in the hand of the user and directness as it leaves the hand. This quality of directed balance shows that you will be enabled by this card’s guidance to find the strongest argument in your spiritual battle, providing the fight is just and not directed towards aggression and acquistiveness. Also, drawing this card will enable you to find the vigour to fight with balance and unity. Coming after the fertile and central Oak month of the Ogham calendar, this card provides and indication of what lies ahead in the second half of the year. This card can also indicate a lack of direction and balance. Without these attributes, you are not yet equipped to succeed in your present conflicts. You need to know more clearly what you are struggling with and how to combat it correctly in order to win through.”

 

Today’s message comes from The Celtic Tree Oracle – A System of Divination by Liz and Colin Murray.

Article originally published on Spiritblogger’s Blog

Pagan Book of Hours for July 10th – Calendar of the Moon

Calendar of the Moon

Holly Tree Month

Colors: Iron-grey, red, and dark green.
Element: Fire
Altar: Upon cloth of dark grey set many sprigs of holly, real or created, four red candles, a spear and a sword.
Offerings: Honor your inner warrior, including examining the areas where s/he overreacts.
Daily Meal: Red food. Meat of any kind.

Tinne Invocation

Call: Hail the month of the Holly King!
Response: Hail the King of the waning year!
Call: Hail, sharp leaves and sharper eye!
Response: Hail, white flowers that give way to blood-red berries!
Call: Hail the month of the starling’s flock!
Response: For the starlings move together as one!
Call: Like them, we defend what is dear to us!
Response: Like them, we do not let each other stand alone against opposition!
Call: Hail the color of cold iron!
Response: Hail the sword and the spear!
Call: For our sword is Reason….
Response: And our spear is the death of Illusion!
Call: Hail the color of cold iron!
Response: Hail the armor and the shield!
Call: For our armor is Hope….
Response: And our shield is Love.
Call: The Oak King gives way to the Holly King…
Response: For all things have a time of increase, and a time of decrease.
Call: For all things wax and wane.
Response: For all things rise and fall.
Call: This is the moment just beyond the year’s apex!
Response: This is the time of the beginning of the end!
Call: May we take courage with every passing morning!
Response: May courage fill us with every breath!

Chant:
Spear of truth, find me,
I open myself to you.
Chains of honor, bind me,
Bound, I am free to hold true.

[Pagan Book of Hours]

Pagan Book of Hours for July 10th – Calendar of the Sun

Calendar of the Sun
10 Haymonath

Hela’s Day

Colors: Black and White
Elements: Earth and Air
Altar: Upon black cloth to the right place four black candles, a skull, bones, a pot of earth, a pile of withered leaves, and a gravestone. Upon white cloth to the left place four white candles, incense, an ivory chalice of mead, a crystal sphere, and a bunch of dried roses. Veil the windows.
Offerings: Blood. Pain. Difficulty. Toil. An arduous task that will take all you have to give, and will benefit the generations yet to come.
Daily Meal: Meat stew and bread.

Invocation to Hela

Hail to Hel
Queen of Helheim
Wisest of Wights
Keeper of Secrets
Keeper of the hopes for tomorrow
Guardian of Souls
Implacable one of the frozen realm
Half the face of beauty
Half the face of Death.
You who feed the dead
At your meager table
Where everyone gets their fair share,
You who care not
About wealth or status,
About fame or fortune,
Who cares for the peasant
Equally with the ruler,
Teach us that Death is the great leveller
And that we need have no pride
When we reach your halls.
Lady who takes away
Yet holds always promise,
Teach us to praise loss and death
And the passing of all things,
For from this flux
We know your blessings flow.

(Blow out the candles, bow to the altar, and pour out the libation of mead. The roses should be placed outside to rot in the garden.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

The Witches Current Moon Phase for Tuesday, July 10th

The Witches Current Moon Phase for Tuesday, July 10th

Waning Crescent
Illumination: 10% 

Tommorow the Moon will be in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.

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Your Daily Cosmic Calendar for Tuesday, July 10th

Your Daily Cosmic Calendar for Tuesday, July 10th

 

As revealed in the last two calendar entries, Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, becomes motionless (10:04am) at 14 degrees of Scorpio. This significant celestial change is influential throughout the entire 24-hour time-period. Here are the key Jupiter archetypes on which to focus your attention: the power of positive thinking, goal-orientation, literary and educational pursuits, seeing the shape of things to come, providence and benevolence, good fortune, Big Business, long-distance journeys as well as pride, arrogance, hubris and overdoing a good thing. It is important to keep in mind that while Jupiter is no longer retrograde, it has virtually no forward motion for the next few days. Therefore, leaping ahead with all kinds of large-scale ventures may be premature in their efficacy. (Jupiter will remain in direct motion until April 10, 2019 when it will go retrograde at 25 degrees of Sagittarius.) Giving communications, literary and educational endeavors an extra boost is a supportive, 60-degree link from the moon in Gemini to Mercury in Leo (10:25am). Ceres trine to Saturn (6:07am) and then making a more confrontational, 135-degree tie to distant Pluto (2:43pm) puts an additional emphasis on properly dealing with matters concerning elders and children. A nearly 22 hour void lunar dispensation in Gemini begins at 1:01pm during a moon square to Neptune and this uncertainty cycle continues until the moon enters its natural abode of watery Cancer at 11:00am tomorrow.

[Note to readers: All times are now calculated for Pacific Daylight Time. Be sure to adjust all times according to your own local time so the alignments noted above will be exact for your location.]

 

Copyright 2018 Mark Lerner & Great Bear Enterprises, Ltd. 

Astrology.com

In the Sky This Month

In the Sky This Month

 

Although July offers warm, dry conditions for skywatching, it also provides some of the shortest nights of the year in the northern hemisphere, limiting the hours under the stars. Fortunately, some of the best skywatching sights are visible in the early evening, not long after sunset. Venus reigns as the Evening Star all month, slowly climbing the western sky. Mercury peeks into view below Venus for much of the month, with the star Regulus close to both of them.

July 10: Sagittarius

The constellation Sagittarius climbs low across the south on summer evenings. Its brightest stars form the outline of a teapot. The center of the Milky Way galaxy lies just above the spout of the teapot, about 27,000 light-years away.

July 11: Solar Highway

The “solar highway” curves low across the south on July evenings, outlining the path the Sun will follow during fall and winter. It is marked by some of the brightest objects in the night sky, including the planets Venus, Jupiter, and Mars.

July 12: Mercury at Elongation

The little planet Mercury stands farthest from the Sun for its current evening appearance tonight. It looks like a fairly bright star quite low in the west as darkness falls.

July 13: Nurseries

Teapot-shaped Sagittarius is in the southeast at nightfall. The steam above the teapot’s spout includes two nebulae that are giving birth to new star clusters: M8 (the Lagoon Nebula) and M20 (the Trifid Nebula).

July 14: Evening Quartet

The Moon, two planets, and a bright star line up in the west as night falls. The planet Mercury is close below the Moon. Venus, the “evening star,” is to the upper left of the Moon. Regulus, the heart of Leo, the lion, lines up between the Moon and Venus.

July 15: Moon and Venus

Venus, the dazzling “evening star,” lines up close to the crescent Moon this evening. Venus shines so brightly in part because it’s quite close, and in part because it’s blanketed by brilliant clouds.

July 16: Delphinus

Delphinus, the dolphin, is in good view in the east at nightfall. This tiny pattern of stars really does look like a dolphin. Look for it swimming into view in the east as darkness falls, and climbing high across the south during the night.

 

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StarDate

Did You Realize There is a……


Friday 13th Comments

This Week!

Are you superstitious? Going to be hiding in the house Friday? I am not superstitious. I do, however, believe in a lot of folklore. Would you consider believing in folklore is being superstitious? Personally, I don’t. Anyway, Friday the 13th should be a great day for me. I had my Friday the 13th yesterday. Just a little tidbit about my day yesterday…….

 

Really I am killing time till the ladies send me more information for today’s posts. We are flying by our broomsticks because they were waiting on me to finish the banner for our chatroom. Now back to my day, I spent another day at the hospital. Nothing major, I found a tick, well I hate to say it but here goes, in my arm pit. Sorry, didn’t mean to gross you out but that was where it was. How it got there, I have no earthly idea. I got to itching super bad, in fact, I looked like a monkey scratching. Eleanor said, “let me look at that.” She did and screamed, “A TICK!” You would thought I had the flesh eating disease. Next thing, my ear got to itching. I immediately thought, “oh shit, another tick.” No, wasn’t a tick, it was one of my pearl earrings down in my ear canal. I have slept in earrings all my life. Never have I had one get stuck in my ear. So they pick the little baby Abyss up and off we go to the hospital. Removing the tick was easy but digging the earring out of my ear, hurt, oh did it ever! Moral of story: Keep your arms close to your body, don’t wave, motion or anything with your arm while outside and never, ever sleep in earrings.

 

Couldn’t believe that but it did happen. If it can happen it is going to happen to me. I guess with all the crap that has happened, I will eventually quit saying, “What could happen next?” Intermission is now over, back to the daily posts.

Love ya,

Lady A

The sky this week for July 10 to 15

The sky this week for July 10 to 15

 

The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower ramps up, Mars remains a stunning sight, and Pluto makes its best appearance of 2018, all in the sky this week.
By Richard Talcott

Tuesday, July 10

Mars remains a stunning sight all week. It rises around 10 p.m. local daylight time and climbs nearly 30° high in the south by 2:30 a.m. Although the Red Planet won’t reach opposition until the end of July, it appears noticeably brighter than it did just a week ago. Shining at magnitude –2.5, it appears brighter than Jupiter and ranks as the second-brightest point of light in the night sky after Venus. If you point a telescope toward Mars, you’ll see its 23″-diameter disk and perhaps a few subtle surface features — though most of these are currently obscured by a major dust storm.

The waning crescent Moon rises shortly before 3:30 a.m. local daylight time this morning. Earth’s satellite lies next to the V-shaped Hyades — the large star cluster that forms the head of Taurus the Bull. The Moon stands just 1° northeast of Taurus’ brightest sun, 1st-magnitude Aldebaran. From parts of Canada and the upper Midwest, Luna passes in front of this ruddy star.

Wednesday, July 11

Mercury pops out of the twilight glow this evening as the sky begins to darken. Look for it 30 minutes after sunset, when it lies 9° above the western horizon. The innermost planet should be fairly easy to spot because it shines brightly, at magnitude 0.4. (Use binoculars if you can’t see it with your naked eye.) Mercury lies 26° east of the Sun tonight, its greatest elongation for this evening apparition. Through a telescope, Mercury appears 8″ across and slightly less than half-lit.

Thursday, July 12

Today marks the peak of Pluto’s 2018 appearance. The distant world reaches opposition, which means it lies opposite the Sun in our sky and remains visible all night. It glows dimly at 14th magnitude, however, so you’ll need an 8-inch or larger telescope with good optics to spot it visually. Pluto currently lies in northeastern Sagittarius, some 0.2° west of the 6th-magnitude star 50 Sagittarii.

New Moon occurs at 10:48 p.m. EDT. At its New phase, the Moon crosses the sky with the Sun and so remains hidden in our star’s glare. At least, that’s what it will do for more than 99 percent of Earth’s population. But if you find yourself between southeastern Australia and Antarctica, you can watch the Moon pass in front of the Sun and cause a partial solar eclipse. From Hobart, Tasmania, the eclipse lasts from 2h52m to 3h56m UT, and the Moon blocks 10 percent of the Sun’s diameter at maximum. Remember that when viewing the Sun during a partial eclipse, you need to protect your eyes with a safe solar filter.

 

Friday, July 13

The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower starts to ramp up this week. The shower won’t peak until the end of July, but you should see some of its meteors in the hours before dawn. The best time to look is between 3 and 4 a.m. local daylight time, just before twilight begins. Viewing conditions are great the remainder of this week because the Moon is out of the morning sky. Unfortunately, our satellite will show a fat gibbous phase at the shower’s peak the night of July 29/30. To tell a Southern Delta Aquariid meteor from a random dust particle burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, trace the streak of light’s path backward. A shower meteor will appear to originate from the constellation Aquarius the Water-bearer.

The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point in its orbit around Earth, at 4:25 a.m. EDT. It then lies 222,097 miles (357,431 kilometers) away from us. Since perigee arrives less than six hours after New Moon, residents of coastal areas can expect to see tides rise higher than normal for the next couple of days.

Saturday, July 14

A slender crescent Moon passes 2° above Mercury in this evening’s sky. Binoculars should deliver the best views of the pair set against a colorful twilight sky.

Sunday, July 15

The Moon moves approximately 13° eastward relative to the starry background every 24 hours, and that motion carries it near Venus this evening. The crescent Moon appears just 2° to the brilliant planet’s right. The stunning duo stands 15° high in the west 45 minutes after sunset. This conjunction provides a nice photo opportunity. If you shoot the twilight scene before 9:30 p.m. local daylight time, you’ll also capture Regulus to the lower right and Mercury even closer to the horizon.

 

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Astronomy Magazine

Overview of the Planets and the Stars for Tuesday, July 10th

Overview of the Planets and the Stars for Tuesday, July 10th

 

Jupiter stations and turns direct today after four months of retrograde motion (since March 9th). Gradually over the next few weeks, matters ruled by Jupiter will move forward more straightforwardly. Our confidence in ourselves and the universe builds. Our faith and perspective expand, although as this shift occurs, issues can seem larger than life, and with a Solar Eclipse happening in just two days, life can feel intense. This direct turn can feel refreshing at a time when there is quite a bit of retrograde activity, in general.

Also today, we’re finding value in organizing and structuring our home life or relationships with family. Responsibilities to our loved ones are clear, and we readily accept them. Even so, tendencies to possessiveness or excessive attachment can be aggravated right now, which can drive the people or things involved away. We might try to resist urges to stifle, control, and manipulate others.

The Moon spends the day in the sign of Gemini, and our curiosity knows few bounds.

The Moon is void from 4:00 PM EDT, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a square to Neptune), until the Moon enters Cancer tomorrow, Wednesday, July 11th, at 1:59 PM EDT.

Moon in Gemini

Moon in Gemini

 

The Moon is traveling through witty Gemini today. Call, text, send email, write letters. Visit someone you’ve missed. Watch a movie and talk about it at a coffee shop. Get out and about. Don’t sleep in.

Our instincts are to communicate, think, and learn under the influence of Moon in Gemini. We are motivated by a desire for variety and by an instinctive curiosity. The Moon in Gemini is light-hearted, breezy, and curious, but it can also be restless and fickle.

The Moon in Gemini generally favors the following activities: Mental and communicative actions, and more than one activity at once. Reading, learning, letters and emails, errands, writing, teaching, making connections, short trips.

Astrology of Today – Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Astrology of Today – Tuesday, July 10, 2018

 

 

  • The Moon is in Gemini.
  • The Moon is void from 3:59 PM forward (until tomorrow at 1:58 PM).
  • The Moon is waning and in its Waning Crescent phase.
  • The Last Quarter Moon occurred on the 6th, and a New Moon Solar Eclipse will occur on the 12th.
  • Mercury is in its pre-retrograde shadow (Mercury will be retrograde from July 26-August 19).
  • Mars is retrograde (Mars is retrograde from June 26th to August 27th).
  • Venus spends its first full day in Virgo (Venus transits Virgo July 9th to August 6th).
  • Jupiter stations and turns direct today (Jupiter was retrograde since March 9th).

Did You Think We Had Run Off? No, I Promised You A Chatroom & By George A Chatroom You Have

Ah, it’s been a day or two but the last time I talked to you, I promised you a Chatroom. We have several sites that we could have built the chatroom on but…..none of them would let me do what I wanted to do.  I found us a chatroom that could be embedded on our site. It is a terrific chatroom, you don’t have to log in, you can just show up and come in as anonymous or you can create a name and go with it. What I found most appealing about it was that it would let me get the size of chatroom I wanted (I mean big wise). Also this chatroom can hold hundreds of chatters at the same time, which I found most chatrooms can’t do that.  I really like this chatroom and I wanted it for us. I went to the original site I wanted to create it on but I ran into a problem. The pages wouldn’t expand to the size of the chatroom. I was disappointed to say the least. So I scratched my head and it hit me, the store. We are allowed to have extra pages to the store and those pages expand to huge sizes. I got busy and started building. As I was building I thought of another plus, we won’t have strangers coming into our site like we did last time. Last time we had people running in and hollering “Hail ISIS” and leaving. Then I started receiving death threats. So having this chatroom behind the store, I feel is a good choice because it is hidden from the public and only members will know when we are having chats.

 

I can’t wait to have the first chat. I was thinking about Saturday. I don’t believe there is any holiday or special occasion for that day. Oops! forgot to check the moon phase. Might change that if the moon is changing to a phase the Coven might be having their rituals. Anyway, I will let you know but for right now, if the moon is right, we will have a chat Saturday. It will be a very informal chat, a get to know you chat. We can talk, you can get to know me and if you have any questions I will be more than happy to answer them. Don’t worry I will remind you several times about it.

Now while you are waiting on us to get started, go check out your new chatroom. I hope you like it and I hope we have many chats to come in it.  See you in a minute. Till then….

Love ya,

Lady A

 

The above banner is at the bottom of the page and there is also a link in the main menu above to the chatroom.

Good Sunday Morning my dear sweet family & friends! May the Goddess Bless You & Yours This Beautiful & Blessed Morning!

Good Morning Sunshine
Good morning, my sweets! I hope everyone is having a very beautiful Sunday morning. I know I am. I am sure you all know about those poor boys and their coach in Thailand that have been stuck in a cave for over two weeks. I have watched with great interest and concern about these young boys and their coach since the story first broke. Since the time they were first announced lost till now their rescue, I have prayed and prayed and even begged the Goddess to break those boys and their coach out safely. This morning I woke up to the glorious news that the rescue was under way and 6 of the boys had already been rescued. To say the least, I cried. I know I am not the only one who has been praying for these young boys and their coach. With so much bad news in the world today, good news comes out of Thailand. Six of those boys brought out safely, what glorious news and an answer to so many prayers. Thank the Goddess for the wondrous miracle this Sunday morning. I think because I am a mother I have been so interested in their story. Also I have been in several caves in our area and to be in total darkness for that long, I don’t believe I could survive. I would suffocate in the darkness and panic. I couldn’t imagine one of my children being down in the ground so far and no being able to get to them. What agony these parents must have gone through. For some that is now over with, their boys are in the hospital and the families have been reunited. There are seven more to come out. Keep them in your thoughts and prayers that they will come out safely as well.

 

I can truthfully say this is the first morning in a long time I have woke up to good news from the broadcast companies. Most of the time there is talks of this getting blown up, a car bomber, a terrorist killing so many in a mall somewhere. It was just so refreshing and an answer to so many prayers that we received this news this morning. Thank you Goddess for giving us this blessing and answering so many prayers. Bring the rest out safely and let those poor, tortured parents nightmare be over with. If you have a minute today, say a little prayer for the rest of the boys yet to come out of the cave. Pray for their poor parents who have been put through this ordeal. Thank the Goddess for the brave and fearless rescuers. Pray that once they are out, they may continue their lives as normal and live very long happy lives. Goddess knows they deserve it.

 

That is not the only thing I wanted to share with you this morning. I didn’t want you to think we were goofing off. I am trying to dust off our old chatroom and get it up and running once again. I am hoping it won’t take very long. It shouldn’t all I have to do is replace our old chat with a larger one and then test it to make sure it is working. When I am finished with it, I thought perhaps you might want to chat a bit. What’cha say? Want to chat with the wicked witch of Kentucky, lol! Just kidding, I am far from being wicked. But just as soon as I get it up and going, I will let you know. I will post the link in a new post and put a banner up on the site so you can find it easily. The banner won’t be today but will probably be tomorrow. Right now the link will have to do. So to get this chat up and running I need to fly.

I will see you in a bit and hopefully talk to you in a bit. Till then…

Love ya,

Lady A

If You Were Born Today, July 7

 

If You Were Born Today, July 7

You are excellent at putting ideas into action and working hard for what you want in life. Recognition may at times make you feel uncomfortable or shy, but quiet recognition is a true motivator for you. You have a respectable, authoritative air about you. You can be a real worrier at times, but worry in healthy doses when achieved helps you to plan effectively. At times, you can be stubborn and a little controlling. Certainly, you often feel that one person is better than a group to get a job done. You are a builder and enjoy taking the lead, quietly. Famous people born today: Gustav Mahler, Ringo Starr, Shelley Duvall, Michelle Kwan.

Your Birthday Year Forecast:

With the Sun and Moon in harmony in your Solar Return chart, the year ahead should be satisfying and balanced overall. You are in comfortable demand and personally popular, and you are able to achieve a decent balance between work and play; personal and professional life. For the most part, you are on top of your game this year, and positive connections with others can be made fairly easily. With the ability to handle your emotions successfully, there is less stress on both your mind and body. Your self-confidence and positive attitude will reward you!

Even so, watch for impatience, especially with your communications. You may not always have follow-through when it comes to your projects as you may be experimenting with new ideas and hobbies. Watch for wasting too much time on new ideas if it comes at the expense of productivity. Ups and downs may lead to new commitments nevertheless.

You might often get frustrated if the results of your actions are not instant, but it’s best to cultivate some patience when it comes to realizing your goals. As well, if you are not getting the results you crave, consider that you might be aiming too high or too wide.

There can be a stronger tendency toward, or desire for, commitment and deep involvement in your relationships during this period. You may be taking love and/or friendship more seriously. There can be a willingness to make sacrifices if it seems the best way to make improvements in relationships and with money matters. You can be quite particular in your tastes, and better than usual with money and savings.

At the same time, you’re welcoming more spontaneity into your personal relationships, or at least some of them. You’re in excellent shape for social meetings and events as well as for situations that call for treating others with equality and respect. You are more courageous on a social level, and happily embrace the new, unusual, and out-of-the-ordinary with regards to romantic involvements as well as financial undertakings. This could be a good year for financial undertakings involving electronics, technology, the internet, metaphysics, and the arts, as well as group activities. You have a taste for the offbeat this year, and romance or friendship can enter your life unexpectedly, perhaps in a scenario that at least feels like love at first sight.

If there are health issues this year, look for blockages or constrictions since Saturn is involved with the Node.

Idealistic and humanitarian goals or impulses surface this year. Making connections with others from different backgrounds may figure strongly. Widening your mind through unusual or different experiences can be part of the picture. You more easily make personal sacrifices for what you believe to be the greater good this year.

Saturn forms an opposition to your Sun from February to November 2019. Saturn calls upon you to identify the weaker areas of your life and to fix or strengthen them. Take the time to sort out details, improve your work, and become more efficient this month. Taking a slow and steady approach to life is necessary during this period. Pushing too hard will likely lead to frustration and setbacks. Take it easy and work on self-improvement. Results are not immediate, but will eventually come and bring healthy rewards. Relationships may be (or seem) more challenging than usual while Saturn opposes your Sun. Fortunately, this is a quick pass transit, lasting only a month or so instead of the usual several months.

There can be some rebelliousness or assertions of independence in the year ahead. These may be necessary to break free from a limiting situation, but be mindful when/if making sweeping changes. With work, you’re expanding your interests in satisfying ways. Do watch for a tendency to communicate impulsively and to waste too much time on projects that don’t lead to something substantial. There can be increased steadiness and reliability in your social life, however, and some relationships (or a key one) improve happily.

 

2018 is a Number Seven year for you. Ruled by Neptune. This is a year of preparation, chance, and refinement. It is not a time of dramatic changes. Instead, it’s a year when reflection on the past is helpful, and when refinements to your life path should be made. It’s a good year to study and analyze. Unexpected twists to your life story and “chance” meetings are probable. Advice – take stock of your life in order to prepare for more exciting years to come, examine the past and plan for the future, get in touch with your deepest needs and uncover your personal power, don’t strain yourself or actively try to expand.

2019 will be a Number Eight year for you. Ruled by Saturn. This is a year of power and accomplishment. Actively seeking to expand, taking educated risks, and moving forward are highlighted. This is a year of opportunity, particularly in the material and business world, and opportunities need to be seized. It’s generally not a year to find a new love partner, simply because the focus is on the material world and your place in the world. This is a problem-solving year in which you can expect real, tangible results. Advice – take action, plan ahead, seize opportunities.

The Planet Earth is a Living, Breathing, School of Opposites

The Planet Earth is a Living, Breathing, School of Opposites

Gillian MacBeth-Louthan
a message from Gillian MacBeth-Louthan

Whenever you wish for anything, person, place or thing, with your very first thought of want or need you push it away from you. The universe seems to distribute those funds elsewhere into miscellaneous needs and wants. Polarity is a two-way street, a coming and going, a receiving and rebuffing, a have and have not. While you are on earth, every thought has a counterpart, all light creates shadow. With each thought of manifestation, we are immediately drawn into an internal/external conversation with lack. Everything within us, as well as our outside world reflects mirrors and magnifies all the reasons that this manifestation cannot, will not, should not happen.

We wrestle the alligator of our primal earth needs to the ground every day in our mind and choices. Feeling successful just long enough for us to birth what we feel we need at that moment. Earth is like a holographic three-ring circus and in one of those rings the gator gets loose.

The planet Earth is a living breathing school of opposites and divisions. Plenty goes hand in hand with not enough. Rich dances with poor. Happy embraces sad.  Truth sits side by side with lies. Earth and her shadows play out amongst the populace. Mankind honors and sentries the polarity gods.  These polarity gods ride shotgun in the front seat of dreams and fears. Everything holds equal parts of the opposite as oneness is sought.

Earth is a school for gods in training, a spiritual boot camp, and a master’s haven. While you are on earth the foundations of humanness are stripped away to reveal all layers of time  Everything that happens to you is a master level learning, a gift that is considered to be priceless by universal standards.

Learning to manifest what the god within one wants and desires is a spiritual conundrum. To truly manifest and hold that manifestation in physical form you must come into union with the big God within. It is only from this original point of light, can you create at all. All else is a magic trick, a slight of hand, an illusion of sorts seeking a white screen to land upon.

 

Author

Gillian MacBeth-Louthan – PO box 217 – Dandridge, Tennessee 37725-0217 – www.thequantumawakening.com thequantumawakening@hughes.net