This was ridiculously fun. I was really happy when the Husband said it was okay for me to do this...I kind of saw it as my reward for getting through Katie's Birthday Party which I knew would be uncomfortable. So, I put this off until the Fall Equinox so that it would feel approriate.
I made all of these coffees with 3 table spoons with 8oz water in a French Press exceot the K-cups. Now, the Joffery products were Whole Bean so they were fresher. I absolutely think that grinding the coffee beans right before using it in a French Press creates the best experience and stronger flavor. I also think that K-Cups have a strong taste even though the ratio of coffee to water was the same. Either way, it was very fun. All of the Pumpkin Flavored Coffees I tried are pictured except Red Brick which is the Brand Winco carries and has in little dispensers. I do drink the different roasts of Whole Bean Red Brick (my favorite is the Columbia Medium Roast) that they provide but it had been a while since I draink their flavored coffee. The Experiment/Tasting Experience 1. Dunkin Pumpkin Spice Artificially Flavored Pre-ground: Mostly Coffee Smell with a little sweet and a little spice. Taste: Mostly subtle pumpkin flavor. Adding sugar (Splenda in my case) has a very smooth pumpkin spice flavor. The taste is so interesting and the coffee is probably a medium roast so there is no need to add cream. Smell: Overwhelmingly smells sweet pumpkin and spicy. A little bit of a coffee smell. 2. Good & Gather Naturally Flavored Pumpkin Spice Pre-Ground Smell: Strong spice and pumpkin smells. Also, a chemical smell. Doesn't quite smell right. No coffee smell. Taste: Strong sweet pumpkin and spice flavor followed by a chemical after Taste. Adding sugar brings out the chemical taste. A decent amount of cream helps cover up the chemical taste but it's still there. The Husband won't drink this one. 3. Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Natural Flavors Pre-Ground Smell: Mostly subtle coffee Smell, with a little Pumpkin and a little spice. Taste: Mostly Coffee taste with a sublt undercurrent of pumpkin and spice. Sugar and Cream: Very flavorful with a couple packets of sugar. Mostly taste the pumpkin with a little spice. With cream and sugar the pumpkin spice flavor really dominates and the coffee taste disappears. 4. Green Mountain Pumpkin Spice Natural Falvors: Smell: Strong Pumpkin Spice Flavor with a touch of coffee undertone Taste: Slightly bitter coffee taste with the pumpkin spice flavor as an after taste. Cream & Sugar: A couple of sugar packets canceled out the bitter flavor and brought out the Strong pumpkin taste with a little spice. With cream the butter coffee taste came back a little but it had a much more buttery pumpkin taste with just a hint of spice. 5. Joffery's Whole Bean Disney Not So Scary Pumpkin Brew- Pumpkin Pie and Vanilla Flavor Smell: Strong Vanilla scent followed by pumpkin with Earthy coffee smell underneath. Cream and Sugar: Sugar really makes the Vanilla and Pumpkin flavor pop. The coffee taste is still there but slight. With cream the vanilla was very strong and the pumpkin was more of the after taste. 6. Joffery's Whole Bean Pumpkin Cream Brulee- Pumpkin Pie Flavor With Creamy Vanilla Custard Notes Smell: Mostly Coffee smell with slight pumpkin and vanilla notes Taste: Mostly smooth coffee taste with Vanilla Custard flavor most notable. Cream and Sugar: A couple packets of sweetener really made the flavor pop. A balanced combination of the vanilla Custard (that is very different from the average vanilla) and pumpkin that don't completely overwhelm the coffee taste but is complimentary to it. 7. Red Brick Coffee Pumpkin Spice With Natural Flavors Smell: Strong Sweet Pumpkin Smell With A Little Spice and a Little Chemical Smell Underneith. Taste: A little bitter pumpkin taste at first followed by the sweet with a little chemical aftertaste. Cream and Sugar: Cream enhanced the sweetness but the initial bitter taste remained and so did the chemical after Taste. With Sugar the sweet pumpkin Flavor popped. There wasn't much spice to this one and the sugar did drown out the chemical after Taste. Conclusion My favorite out of the bunch was absolutely the Joffery's Not So Scary Pumpkin Brew closely followed by Joffery's Pumpkin Cream Brulee. Given that they are not actually Pumpkin Spice I am not sure I can declare them the winner of a Pumpkin Spice Challenge. The two runner up's that I cannot decide between is the Starbucks and Dunkin Doughnut's Pumpkin Spice. Both had a smooth pumpkin flavor with spice that did not require cream and sugar. I find it really funny that Dunkin Doughnuts says that it's Artificially Flavored but it had one of the best flavors. The absolute worst was the Good and Gather Generic Target Brand Pumpkin Spice. While it said it was natureally flavored I think that there Roasting Process must create that strong Chemical Taste that didn't go away with cream or sugar. As I said, The Husband wouldn't even drink that one. He took one smell and made a face that was absolutely hilarious. I hoped you enjoyed this fun Blog and maybe you will try one of the brands I thought were really good. The Joffery Brand can be bought on their website or you can buy them on Amazon but it's usually a higher price . They're based in Florida and serve Walt Disney World. I really wanted to try their coffee and I have a review of their 50th Walk Disney World Blend and their Hocus Pocus Blend coming up!
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​Well, again, I'm writing something when it wasn't intended. I just feel it is super pertinent to the moment, material that relates to this particular moment in time and based on a symbol if I shared this after the New Year it might be old news and this is just being randomly published on a Monday instead of being scheduled. I had to come on to add in my Pumpkin Spice Tasting blog that I really enjoyed writing and doing so...it worked out.
First, I want to announce that I will return to my YouTube channel if it hits 1000 subscribers. Right now, it's about 70 people away from 1k. So, if you want me back on YouTube doing all of this in a video form please subscribe and have other people subscribe. I average just over ten subscribers a month so it's possible that sometime in middle of 2023 I will be on there again. Here is the main video for my channel if you are interested: https://youtu.be/97wiJt5RGT4 Also, first, Happy Rosh Hashanah. This is the Jewish New Year. Also known as "Head of the year" with this Astrology it is very interesting because we are starting a new 70 year cycle in the Jewish tradition. Last year was a Jubilee year and we are going into a new cycle. The Astrology My New Moon Blog covered everything I really wanted to share. There are a couple things that stood out to me when listening to my favorite Astrologers who cover specific New and Full Moons (The Leo King, Fixed Air Moon and Anastasia Cosmic Astrologer). The first thing I want to focus on is how so much is "offline" as David, the Leo King, calls it with the 7 planets (if you include Chiron) Retrograde. I covered that in my New Moon Blog. When I first went through the astrology of this year I hadn't really meditated on that very much but now that it's marinated I see it as a moment where Predestination is at an all time low. The hands of the Fates are not as strong with us at the moment creating a pocket of opportunity. There is a Mars Square Saturn which, if I'm recalling correctly, Bryan at Fixed Air Moon said is going to last until March of next year. Of course, that's where the big shift will happen next year because it's then that we also have Pluto leaving Capricorn (only temporarily as it will retrograde back) but the shift in March Energetically in 2023 cannot be expressed enough. That is going to be a real revelatory moment. The other thing I wanted to note is something Amastasia the Cosmic Astrolger brought up is that the Sun is in it's detriment in Libra. So, just like Venus which is the only planet going direct at the moment and it's in it's detriment in Virgo, the Sun's energy and hand in the mix are greatly diminished. So, everything right now is either Retrograde or at it's weakest. Destiny, if you will- is at it's lowest point or lowest level of power. If there is a moment to change our fate it would be now.
Age Of Aquarius Or Leo?
One of the things that Edgar Cacye predicted was a pole shift. The pole is shifting. GPS has been trying to keep up because it is moving from Canada to Russia. The power of the West is Waning and the power of the East is rising. I want to embed Anyexte's video decoding the Temple of Hathor. This is absolutely brilliant. If the poles had literally flipped...the sign that we would be going into perceived from the South Node is Leo...not Aquarius. Aquarius is the sign of the Mad Scientist so it makes sense that it would be that age that would give rise to Artificial Intelligence. If the Poles Flipped, however, if only symbolically...in the Southern hemisphere it means Leo is Rising and that is the true Golden Age that we are going into... I really think this is worthy of meditation. (Insert Video) The Divine Feminine As Multi-Dimensional I've never played chess. Randomly, the Leo King mentioned, when talking about the Queen...that in Chess a Queen can go anywhere. She can move anywhere on the board. The King, however, has very strict rules although he is less vulnerable. That's really interesting because based on my dreams- where as the Divine Feminine I worked on Multiple Levels of Creation at a time and can go anywhere- that's a unique trait to the Feminine. Strange Entertainment Theme Most of what is out right now is yucky. I don't really like where things are going. Marvel is going in a Super Natural direction. Now I don't like the supernatural or horror because I don't believe in it. Most of that superstitious stuff is born from the Christian Religion...not from Judaisim or anything pre-dating it. However, there is a very strange coincidence about the shows out now...all of it is Political Intrigue and Manuevaring similar to chess...in the past. There is House of Dragons (that I'm not watching but keeping track of via reviews), Andor (which I am watching), Lord of The Rings: Rings Of Power, and even SheHulk gets into that because what else does an attorney do but play a sort of chess game in court? Again- We know how Andor ends- Cassian dies in Rogue One. We already saw that... We know how House of Dragons ends because eventually Aegon ends up on the throne because it was referenced alot in Game of Thrones. We know that Sauron makes a ring to rule all of the other rings in Lord of the Rings- Rings of Power because that is the heart of the plot of those books. With QueenElizabeth's death after 70 years of rule that strangely coincided by the Jewish cycle that every 70 years is a Jubilee and the business around Ukraine and Russia... Well, I think all of us have seen the new Power Structure that I actually predicted this year based on the entertainment. With a new power structure it's natural for everyone to start moving their chess pieces to make sure they come out on top. The thing is...why is all of this happening in the Past? The other thing that really bothers me is that at Disneyland California Adventure they are putting in a ride at Avengers Campus featuring a never before seen charecter...King Thanos. In the DCA Avengers Campus Multiverse Thanos Won. Think about that as a symbol...on our Earth we have King Thanos. Now will that ride feature King Thanos being defeated? We can hope...but it satssays something doesn't it? Thanos, in Greek Myth, literally means and symbolizes a Death Wish. The fact people are buying coffee cups lieklike the one featured in Hawkeye saying, "Thanos was right," is just creepy. Dream Narrative Well, here is the thing...everything I didn't think would be resolved on a Spiritual Level seems to be happening. In my dreams, the hopes I had most are happening. First, was the reconciliation with that Parental Figure that had, since I was a child, appeared as a Giant Slit Eye looking down on me or looking into my House terrifying me...that being literally entered my dreams appearing as a Father (not my physical father but a charecter that was male and I understood as my father). That reconciliation stirred up a lot of emotions and questions. I've worked through the emotions but the questions remain. I am not going to go into detail regarding all of that because it's weird. There are fascinating levels to these and one dream that I want to do full analysis Blog on but not here. The pertinent thing is that I've identified that when the Divine Masculine steps into my dreams it's accompanies by old fashioned TV sets and stands. I realized that has been a strange recurring symbol that absolutely deserves more analysis and a vlog of it's own. I realized this started a while ago with dreams that hinted at it. In fact, my dreams for years seems to suggest a group that kind of herded me towards this reunion of the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine in my dreams. I suppose it is the Alchemical Wedding in a way. What matters most is the deep sense of peace I've gained. Again, I need to analyze that more deeply because that particular storyline holds a mystery that might reveal itself. Either way, on the Equinox,I dreamt of old fashioned televisions invading my house. I was very irritated and trying to banish them but the things kept coming back. A guy showed up (not the Divine Masculine) that I uave never seen before and I was even more irritated with him. This was one of those dreams where it's hyper real and it was my actual house (which has only happened twice in my life). After trying to Banish him and he wouldn't leave I decided to use my Selenite Wand on my Altar. I let him follow me and I went to where I keep my Altar. When he saw it he said, "Oh wow!" Looking up really far which was weird...as though he saw something other then what I saw. I picked up the Selenite Wand and turned ro him and he had a Golden Contract. "Let's change your future so that it's not endless war?" I took the contract and tried to read it. As usual in my dreams it was gobblygook. When I tried to focus it just look like three capital A in a row under the line I was supposed to sign. I decided any chance to change the future so there isn't War was a good thing. So I signed the contract. To do that all this guy had to do was put a Video on my channel. The dream continued where I went to a Movie Theater and there is only one thing I wanted to mention other then that's where the Divine Masculine, who'd arranged the whole thing, showed up. I arrived at the Movie Theater, before the video was inserted, there was a picture of Thanos. After the video was placed it became the picture of a woman eating something...promoting the concession stand basically. That was weird enough. Waking up from the dream of signinfsigning a golden contract was enough to conjure all of the superstition of signing a contract to give one's soul to the Devil. So when I told my Mom about the dream, because I felt like telling someone because it was so weird (as a Gemini she just asked if it was a good thing- lol). The narrative followed the next dream although the dream seemed totally unrelated at first. This time I was at work with a loveable but morally questionable manager named Chris. I was trying to run things while he spent time with the female employee that he liked but hadn't seen for awhile. A fax came in regarding a lawsuit and the machines in the office malfunctioned causing a fire and setringsetting off the sprinklers. People were turning on me left and right. I was super weirded out (I'm a lucid dreamer so I was trying to change things). Then that Father figure showed up out of nowhere, grabbed me by the elbow ans began guiding me out of the business that had three stories. "Why didn't you tell me that you signed a contract with the aliens?" He demanded. Well, that snapped me wide awake. Upon waking I was a bit confused until I wrote the dream down in my journal and realized that the dream referenced the prior nightsnight's dream. Conclusion Here are the things that have just appeared together: We are at a point where Fate's (pre-destination) effect is at it's lowest, we are at a point where in Jewish tradition all debt is wiped clean/a new cycle starts and we are watching political maneuvering that has a predictable outcome/occurs in the past. What I am going to suggest is a bit wild. Again, we come back to the splitting of the two Timelines. The Artificial Intelligence Virtual Reality Timeline experiences the Age of Aquairus but something intervenes in our reality to disrupt that known future... Instead as the woman in Anyexte's video suggests...somehow we get into the South as Up perspective and we go into the Age of Leo instead? This is just what has come into my perspective. If something happens in the next six months where the energy seems pretty stagnant...I thought I'd share to give people a heads up and get a public receipt. If there is Alien Intervention that stops these endless wars I am glad I signed that contract! I would sign anything to keep that reality from happening! One of my absolute favorite stones.
There is just something magical about Sun Stone. The brilliant orange flashes as you turn the stone makes it one of the best to meditate with because it has so many intersting facets and inclusions. Some times the inclusions look like golden strands of hair or hay. For me it represents the Divine Masculine at it's best and Leo like energy (the Husband is a Leo). Just like Leo this is a Leadership Stone imparting Confidence and Creativity. This stone works with the Sacral Chakra...the Chakra that works with the Gonads and Uterus. We literally use those organs to create new life. This same chakra is what we work with when we create anything. From a book, to a craft with your kid, or landscaping the yard...those are all forms of Creativity that are influenced by this Chakra. Those who say they cannot create anything or have no creativity what-so-ever have a Sacral Chakra that is functioning at a minimal level (as Cassie Spires says, it is always active to some degree or you would die). Usually, and I know this first hand, a blocked Sacral is indicated by problems around having children or cancer in the reproductive organs. Sometimes it's indicated by people not being capable of creating a relationship. This particular Sun Stone is a Double Terminated Wand that is used to give and receive energy. Healers use this to draw unhealthy energy from a person (not all of us are at the best at doing that for ourselves) and casting it in an energetic recycle bin for Nature to use elsewhere. This indicates that this is an energetic exchange. Collective Meaning The Sun Stone Double Terminated Wand makes me think of relationships. In relationships we sometimes take the leads and at other times our partner takes the lead. There should be a partnership and even exchnage of energy to accomplish mutual goals. In a healthy balanced relationship there is confidence and reciprocated energy...but I've never really seen that in an Earth relationship. Down here all of us are a bit dysfunctional. The people who've perfected this have probably evolved out of Physcial Material Reality. Margret Ann Lembo's motto for this stone is, "Let your light shine." So this month is about cultivating confidence and shining your light...not being silent or on the sidelines but standing your ground with confidence and grace. Leadership doesn't involve telling people what to do- the best leaders do so not with words but by example. This may also indicate that splitting energy that's been indicated during the current Moon Cycle with the Hermit and Otter card along with the Honey Calcite Oracle Stone for Virgo. When people are vibrating on a level of energy that's desperately trying to get the heck away from you the most loving thing you can do is Let Love, Let Go and Let Be. Interveneing or escalating the drama brings more grief so excusing yourself from the situation, instead of contributing to the drama and suffering especially with immature beings who takes Truth so personally, by going into Observation Mode is the absolute best choice.
We are in the thick of a very "sticky" transformation.
I *LOVE* this stone and it is absolutely one of my favorite in my collection. We have finally hit the Fall Season. Since I've been following and tracking the Seasons I didn't know Fall started on September 22nd...the same date where Libra Season starts. Libra is the only Inanimate object in the Zodiac. That it initiates the Fall Season that represents the Descent Into The Underworld is no surprise and is extraordinarily beautiful. When you start studying these things you see a pattern emerge that just repeats itself over and over again. Always, the Divine Feminine is Sleeping and the Divine Masculine is at War with it's Light and Shadow. In the Anicent Egyptian Book Of The Dead the Scales are used to see if the dead can pass into the Field of Reeds or into the Duat. The persons heart was weighed against the Feather of Truth and if it was found heavy the person would go to the Duat. If the Heart was lighter then the feather they would go to the Field of Reeds. In the same way, during the Fall Harvest season the Farmers weigh their Harvest. A good Harvest yields a lot of food and abundance proving the value of the farmers hard work. A poor Harvest is a sign of having to try again and do a better job. People born during Libra Season are a little like Gemini. They have two extremes. Many born under that sign are seeking an inner balance that can only be discovered if they explore the far reaches of both sides of the scale. This year, across the world we know that it will probably be a poor Harvest. The people who are reading this, however, are not in that group. We...it would seem...are having a sweet Harvest. Honey Calcite Honey has always been a symbol for abundance to me. The Holy Land in the Bible was referred to as, "The land of Milk and Honey." To me, Honey Calcite invokes an Earthy Sweetness connected to the Feminine. Hives of Bees, after all, are ruled by a Queen Bee. Sage Goddess and Margret Ann Lembo disagree on the nature of this stone. To Lembo this is a stone to help Ground into Nature and it represents the Root Chakra. For Sage Goddess this is a stone that is used to heal the 'Mother Wound' and it used with the Solar Plexus. I think my intuition that it is a little bit of both is a good integration of both views. For The Collective So, in essence for those of us who have done the work this is likely to be a very sweet time. A lot of us have been prepared because we know the Seasons and Cycles of the Natural Order. Most Bees are hard little workers. They know their Hive either thrives or dies depending on their productivity. This Oracle Stone indicates that we will have a sweet Harvest and healing. I can't think of a more positive omen. What is interesting is thay we have a dark brown line running through this piece of Calcite. This makes me think of the Division Energy we have been dealing with for some time...Bashar said as the "two Earths" seperate, very similar to or maybe even referencing Dolores Cannon's Work, there would be a fading of one group. We seem to be at the crescendo point of that division where there is an irreconcilable difference in perspective. Maybe one Earth goes on to elect a Democratic President that saves the New Liberal Order and the A.I. Virtuql Reality Timeline Plays out...as it has to for that Timeline to continue to exist and come back to intervene in the..Organic or "real" timeline of this Energetic Matrix. Of course, I believe those Oversouls that go on into that Virtual Reality Matrix have two Avatars on the planet at the moment...One will go on to experience the Virtual Reality and the other will get to experience the alternative this time around knowing that was a poor choice. That would also explain why Bashar said 2023 is the earliest time we could possibly have open Alien Contact. Will this be the darkest moment before the Dawn? After the November election will one side or the other just seem to fade away? With Uranus on the North Node in Taurus anything is possible...the only thing we know is that there will be a recoking...a d a balancing of the scales...and Andor will be coming out at that time which speaks of a reckoning in it's trailer...and a Senate/Government that is so "Fat and satisfied" they would never consider an outsider infiltrating them. ​​ Not surprisingly this New Moon is all about balance. This seems to be the lesson that we have been working on since 2020...which is not surprising given the 2 energy.
If you haven't dealt with your Shadow get your Xanax or alchohol ready...this is going to be one big Trigger New Moon. Any ugly truth you've been hiding is about to be ripped out into the open for the entire world to see. Someone, finally tells the Emperor that he has no clothes and they might execute him for public nudity and corruption. At one point there was a push to end dualistic thinking in the Spiritual Community and the desire to focus on Oneness...which is still wonderful but at the same time we need to appreciate that it's polarity that drives Creation. We need both duality and Oneness. The tension between the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine is what fuels the system. This was symbolized a bit in the latest Matrix movie based on what I've heard (I haven't watched it because it's too SJW for the Husband based on the people he follows and I don't know if it's streaming or not so I've watched breakdowns because I didn't mind if it was spoiled). I'm not big on watching anything anymore. I kind of went through the same thing with music a long time ago- where I just stopped listening to it. Most of it had become Rap music- even the Country Music Station and the Rock Music had a lot of Rap in it- and so it became boring. The fantastic news is that we have the start of one of the Trends I was really excited about this year...the reunion of the Planetary Family of Sun, Moon, Mercury and Venus, where they travel together in the sky as a unit. I see this as a powerful symbol of the Divine Feminine reunited with ther family after her journey in the Underworld. The Princess has returned home to the Kingdom...Snow White/Aurora has awoken from her slumber. Ariel and Eric have worked things out with King Triton. Alice has left the Rabbit Hole and she's with her family having a picnic. Sophia has returned to the Heaven from which she descended. Inanna has returned to heaven. Persphone has returned to her mother. Whatever story or archetypal story your prefer...in the Heavens the Happy Ending is here...which won't manifaest on the Earth for a few years...but it is a good sign. Here is a great video on that tension between the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine by Acuuta Bhava Das: https://youtu.be/zZ0apLUatVQ Astrology: This New Moon is at 2 Degrees of Libra. Two is the number for Duality and Libra is the sign of balance. Of course, we are still stuck in that Saturn and Uranus Square the energy where we feel as though we are hitting the gas while the parking brake is on. Aside from that Uranus is still conjunct the North Node steering the ship. Neptune and Pluto are still in Supportive sextile, meaning, that the Collecive Narraitve is supprting the changes Pluto is making in Capricorn. We have 7 planets retrograde. Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Chiron. This is not a Moon Cycle to expect anything to happen in the Outer Reality with groups. The deep Evolution offered here is on a deep personal level. This is a fascinating chart with lots of conjunctions but a lot of oppositions. The divine family Sun, Moon, Mercury and Venus are all in conjunction straddling the Virgo and Libra cusp. Venus and Mercury are in the Virgo while the Sun and Moon are in Libra. Most of the tension in this chart comes from Jupiter in Aries and Neptune in Pisces. Jupiter is opposed the Sun, Moon and Mercury. The New Narrative and New Paradigm being forced by Neptune in Pisces (who rules the Media and Group Think) is being rejected. Neptune is opposed the Sun, Moon, Mercury and Venus while square Mars in Gemini. Doesn't look like the progressive media is going to get their way this month. Saturn in Aquarius, meanwhile, is trining Mars so he approves of this drive towards verbally and physically cutting out the Truth from the Lies. Pluto pulling down the Capricornian systems is overwhelmingly supported this month with trines to the Sun, Moon, Mercury and Venus. Of course, it is still in Sextile with Uranus. Lilith, meanwhile is also in supportive energy with sextiles with the North Node and Uranus and a Trine to Neptune. Women are going to drive the Collective Narrative that is being rejected. Indiginous Moon: Hunters Moon Balance of Day and Night. This is a pause as we prepare for Winter and the frantic energy of the summer ends. Hebrew Letter: Lamech* This is the letter of the teacher. This literally translates as "the heart that understands." This letter starts the Hebrew words for learning and teacher. However, if this energy is misused it will become slander. Lotterhand (TNT) says this is the ox-goad. Often other people's words provoke a response in us but, ultimately, it is up to us to do the Shadow Work so that we are not provoked easily. Tarot Card: Justice Key 2 The center of the Tabelu this card is about balance. She carries the sword (Saturn) in her hand cutting away anything that is not useful and beneficial. This is discernment at it's finest. She's the one that pulls you back into the Path if you've gone into any extremes. This is the Tarot Card connected to Libra. Medicene Card: Otter Again, repeating energy from February and August. This is the card of sisterhood. Otter goes with the flow allowing life to unfold naturally. This is not a moon cycle to fight the tide. Observe, sit on the sidelines so you're not pulled into the nasty undertow of the Scorpio South Node. Tools For Air I'm using Frankencense and Myrrh to appeal to the One Creator (Kether on the Tree of life). For Water I'm using Lavendar to help calm the energy. For the candle I'm using White for purity again. I feel this is a super sacred month of significance to humanity because of such huge archetypal energy. This month I'm going with a Medicene Wheel Grid to maintain balance and I'm using two stones from my Masculine and femine grid to help balance those energies out further. Generator: Smoky Quartz to help balance this wonky energy. To The East: Carnelian, a Solar plexus stone, that is pure caffeine in mineral Sage Goddess likes to say, as Athena from and represents the Divine Masculine. To the South: Red Mookatite Jasper, a gentle root Chakra, to help remind us of the beauty (center of the tree of life) in all things. To The West: Blue Goldstone, a throat Chakra stone that reminds us of our connection to the Divine. To the North: Black Kyanite. This Root Chakra Stone cleanses negativity helping to restore a balanced and flowing system of energy. Final Thoughts This is a time for practicing Discernment and not leaping to conclusions of any sort. The Oracle Stones for September and Libra Season can give us hope. We are going from a time of Communication (Blue Calcite for Virgo) to a Sweet Stone of Honey Calcite...and the upcoming Sunstone for October. While some might be having a bitter pill of Truth as they hare handed what their Shadow concealed on a gilded platter...those of us on the Path who've worked with our Shadow and diffused it's power over us are going to reap the rewards. We are gearing up to rise like Phoenix's when the Divine Family heads into Scorpio to meet up with the South Node and truly release Humanity's Past. Short Meditation My intention was to take time off of writing for the blog in real time until December. That is still the plan. However, because there is no way I am going to have the time to write the Tarot Card blog this month I decided to put a little dollop on this New Moon Blog. I am super behind on everything that I intended to do this month. Every month I go through a little ritual to work on my girls photo books and half of the month is gone and I haven't done it yet! That may take me the rest of this month to work through but, hopefully, I will have my blog on the Empress complete next month. I really wanted to touch on the Stellum of the Divine Family in Virgo and Libra that happens on this New Moon. I really think that it's significant and what I didn't put together previously is that the signs that it is happening and the time of the year that it is happening is very significant. Virgo and Libra are the signs of discernment- of seperating the wheat from the chaff and evaluating the Harvest. The Divine Family starts off on this side- Virgo/Libra- then in October and November the will be working with Scorpio. Venus, that has undergone so many fascinating transits this year will start out in her Fall in Virgo and will go on to become the Evening Star by October where she will meet up with Mercury, the Sun and Moon in Scorpio. She will literally be reborn as the Libran Morning Star on October 22nd 2022. That breaks down to four again- the number for the Multiplicity and of 'order.' To put it in a stroy- it seems as though the Divine Parents- The Sun and Moon- are passing judgement in Libra- the Sign of the Scales. Venus and Mercury, at the same time are separating the wheat from the chaff...that all of this is happening at Harvest Time on our Calendar is fascinating and rare. It is as though the Divine Family is sorting out human affairs to see what they want to keep and what they are going to toss. Then they will be doing a lot of work in the sign of Scorpio- that has three symbols- the Scorpio, the Eagle and the Phoenix. To place this into the story is that the Divine Family is separating the Scorpions from the Phoenixs. That is the basic information and insight I had while looking at this upcoming stellum of the Divine Family. Personal Update Once that Pisces Full Moon hit the wind went right out of my sails. I have felt so satisfied, full and just complacent I can't explain it. As a double Cappy I always have a to do list, although, I've learned to be super flexible and really shorten it but there has just been a huge shift in my paradigm. Part of that has to do with the dreams with the Spiritual Parental figure that I had. I don't know if I will ever share that series of dreams and I think that those may not be over. On a Soul Level there seems to be deep healing going on and I think that will continue for some time. My second daughter's 1st birthday was a bit rough. Thankfully, people did show up so that was extremely good and the Mother In Law was home in time for it so that was really good. Yet, there were two things that were not ideal. One was that my parents over bought a bit for her and as I was helping her open her presents (with my four year olds help of course) all I heard was as storm of complaints that there were so many presents and insults directed at my parents. The In Laws didn't bring a present- just a card- which given their situation is fine but it is weird that the skipped buying her anything for Christmas and her birthday (the Father In Law did ask where we got the presents from because he couldn't find any where he shops- which is the 99 cent store). The fact that they didn't bring a gift at all and then complained that my parents had sent too many gifts to Katie... Well, that was awkward...but yeah, it's over and done with. I have no intention of ever having another party unless the kids directly ask for it but that would be for other little kids and a totally different vibe. Otherwise, big doors have closed. I won't go into the details but, in truth, they were not my doors and I'm relieved. I felt obligated to give a crap about certain things but I've been released from that which is really nice. For the most part, I've hit most of my bucket list goals. There are hazy ones out there- it would be nice to visit Europe one day, I wouldn't mind going on a Cruise just once in my life, or going to Disney World. I don't expect any of those to happen, however, so if they don't happen I won't be disappointed. Those are, for the most part, in my opinion, lofty unachievable goals. I've hit a sort of plateau- on a Soul and Physical level- that I really don't know what happens after this point. My life really built up to this peak moment and...now it's over. There is a sort of anger that has come to the surface as well...and I think that has been a major lesson. I have been very happy go lucky most of my life. I took the fact that the Husband changed our Honeymoon from my dream honeymoon to his Dream Motorcylce without at the time and when I realized later that I habored huge disappoinment with that I didn't feel anger. I took the time when we were riding on the motorcycle in the Angelus National Forest and he was keeping up with a pair of crotch rockets that knew the road better, misjudged a corner, and leapt off the bike to save himself without becoming angry (I wouldn't understand until later that he lay in the middle of the road with his eyes closed muttering to himself until I nudged him with my toe and asked if he was alright because he was terrfied that he had just killed me and wrecked his bike). I remember nearly crying over grains of sand that second year after my eldest was born, because just buying her what I had for Easter had been a fight with the Husband (who didn't want me to spend any money). I cared about every grain of sand that she knocked out because I didn't know if I was going to be capable of getting her a new bag of sand. I didn't think I was going to replace those grains of sand she took for granted. I was such a naieve compliant wife! Fast forward to moments before the second childs birthday and she's pooped. I have her up on a step stool so that I can change her diaper (she won't stay still for me to change it with her laying down) and the Husband is hovering. He's between me and the wipers in the bathroom. I can't move her and the stool to the bathroom (where it normally is but I've removed it for his wheel chair bound mother to have access to the toilet) nor can I get to the bathroom because he's in the way. So, I end up yelling at him to hand me the freaking wipers as she backs into me becaue she wants to get off the stool to practice walking and gets poop all over my skirt. I can count the times I've yelled at him on one hand. He was totally shocked...but expressing my anger may just be a new thing for me. Which is totally more healthy then repressing it so deeply that I couldn't even express it when I realized (often long after the fact) that the anger existed. I really thought I had endless paitience and a long fuse...but I realized that long fuse was just repression. I even came across a Cacye quote that said that everyone needs the capactiy to tell someone to go to hell. I thought that was hilarious. I may write a blog on that but it won't be published until next year. Collectively I think we are going to continue in dark days...perhaps even darker days then that which we already saw. The Darkness of 2020 was just the introductory synopsis. I don't think that the November Elections will bring significant change in the United States. The next two years are really more of the same Villains having the upper hand. The anti-hero trend is just not going away. The crescendo for that will be the Thunderbolts in July 2024. Just look at how people reacted to a possible Villains land in the Magic Kingdom in Florida. They want it badly...it reminds me of how the comic books once had a promise not to depict the bad guys/villains in a cool way. They didn't want to corrupt people to think that doing insidious things was good. Now we have that Joker movie (which I didn't watch) glorifying that charecter and there will even be a sequel. Culture has changed so much that we want to rub elbow- s with the Cruella De Vils of the world. We worship them as much as the Heros- and not because they have been redeemed (although, some of them have been in stories). Instead, I think this is the end of that battle between Good and Evil...the point where Duality is released...where we all realize we have a little Evil in us even if we are mostly Good...and that it is impossible to be truly 100% good and that people who act as, "Goody, goody's" as Edgar Cacye once referred to them...aren't neccesarily good. We are going deeper into the darkness the next couple of years. This year, somewhere, I heard it dubbed as the year of the Witch (I don't remember where) and I really think that fits. When I look at the Year in Review it might be deeper then what it appears at the moment. One of the reasons I'm saying that it is going to be darker is that we are going into a period of exploring Horror aspects as a Collectively. The Horror and Super Hero genres are the only two going strong these days when it comes to movies...and those two are going to merge next year with the peak being the Blade Movie. With Biden leaning into the Dark Brandon stuff...things might get interesting. I can only imagine we are going this far into the darkness the next two years so we can dig up all of the stuff that's been hidden under the surface. How blatant can things become before we scream that it's enough? I really feel sorry for the people of Europe that this really seems to be affecting the most. The Winter there is going to be terrible. In fact, most of the crisis seems to be centered on Europe and not the United States. The upcoming Eclipses, as David Palmer and Brian have shared on their show Spiritual Daddy, are going to be over Europe. With the passing of the Queen of England an Era has ended. Just looking at Charles on the Throne- where he sat sidways and slumped instead of sitting regally as his mother did- was a jarring moment for me. We have really entered a totally different perception of power and leadership...where the so called leaders really don't have the power and don't deserve respect. Whether you saw the Queen as the symbol of a great evil or not...what is clear is that the centrality of power that she commanded dies with her. The feality that other countries felt towards England and the Crown is going to fall apart now that she is gone. I felt as though a very old energy went with her...and in some ways that's sad because she is the end of a type of leadership...but it will be very interesting to see what replaces that apparatus. The leaders of the world used to stand for the Greater Good of the world. They were the Heroes...even dubbing themselves as God's or claming to be the bloodline of Jesus at the very least...but in today's world it's very obvious they are human tooa...and mostly corrupt. The divide has shrunk significiantly. Again, here too we can see where that dualistic thinking is disintegrating. Conclusion A part of me inot looking for the dark days ahead. Recession, a possible Railroad Strike, and electrical outages across Europe leading to people freezeing. The Federal Bank here in the United States has made it clear they prefer the economy to be in Recession. That restricted state is far easier to control but that strategey may backfire on them. The world has significantly changed. I can see it with toys too. Less electronic toys and more wooden toys (perhaps because of the chip shortage or because people believe the electronic toys did 'too much' for kids and discouraged their imagination). I think we will look back and see that what we took as normal for the last fifty years or more was decadent much as the people during the Depression looked back at the roaring twenties in horror. I don't think this will lead to the tight control of the '50s. I'm not sure what it is leading to but it will be interesting. While things look bleakfor the next couple of years I am hopeful because of what I have witnessed on the Spiritual Level of things. I can only think of the saying, "Darkest before the dawn." By 2038 humanity, through a lot of different material, is going to be on a very different track then ever before...so there is a great deal of hope. References: Perakis, Athena. (2021) Sage Goddess. www.SageGoddess.com Victor, Arisa. (2009) High School Astrolgoy. Fraternity Of The Hiddne Light. Carson,James and Sams, Jamie. (1999). Medicene Cards. St. Martins Press New York, Ny. Hoffman, Edward. (1998) The Hebrew Alphabet A Mystical Journey. Raincoast Books. British Columbia Dobin, Rabbi Joel C. (1999). Inner Traditions International. Rochester Vermont Callahan, Kathy. (2010). The Path of the Medicene Wheel. Trafford Publishing. BC Canada. Lembo, Margaret Ann. (2013) Crystals, Minerals, and Stones. llewellyn. Woodbury, MN Lotterhand, Jason. (1989) Thursday Night Tarot. New Castle Books. Los Angeles California This was the main indulgence that I did for my birthday. For $21 you guy a scoop of intuitively chosen items from the Shop.
Sage Goddess sent this pretty quickly. It arrived in a big Organza Bag. I chose to take out one piece per day before my birthday a little like an Advent Calendar which was really fun. Boy was this worth it! Two of these items alone- the sphere and carved turtle exceed the price I paid for all of them. The only thing I didn't like is that there wasn't a list of what was in the bag. So, I'm guessing, based on what I know of stones, what the pieces are...some stones do look similar but for the most part they seem obvious. What I Received By far, my favorite was the Peach Moonstone with Sunstone Tumbled stone. I bought a Moonstone with Sunstone generator from them previously because it is such an awesome way to honor the Union of the Masculine and Feminine which has been a huge theme for me this year...from the Astrology and Synchronicity that's just really been my thing. I've carried that piece in my Medicene Bag since I received it and it was the first item I pulled out if the bag. I've never seen that particular Tumbled stone being sold in the website. I also loved the Iolite Generator that I received. This is the first piece of Iolite that I own. Iolite is a stone of vision. Athena usually talks about how the Vikings used Iolite on their voyages believing that it helped them with navigation. The Rainforest Jasper sphere is also amazing. Finding decent pieces of Rainforest Jasper with a lot of colors is a bit hard. I was very happy with that one too. The Fluorite Slab and Fluorite Pendant were also super awesome. Both have both green, yellow and purple Fluorite which can be hard to find. I love Pendulums, of course, I work with as communicating solely with my Higher Self. The Blue Kyanite in Matrix was also a Mind blowingly awesome piece. I didn't own any Blue Kyanite. That's just a stone that I haven't gotten to because it isn't as common as black Kyanite. The feather, faux leather and faux Turquoise (I highly doubt it's a real piece of Turquoise...most of that was mined put years ago) is so me. I have several faux Turquoise pieces that it will go with and I collect feathers- (my most prized being a Eagle Feather that I found on a Hike up a mountain where I also found a white Sage plant growing wild and several pieces of Amethyst and rose Quartz stones and in 2017, the year my daughter was born, I found a fearher every time I went on a walk with her to the point I was able to make two large smudge fans.) Then there is the Setpentine Tumbled stone that looks like an Egg. I think that is super cool. This is very different then the other piece of serpentine that I have which is much darker but I love the shape. There is also what I'm guessing is a Morrocn Magic. That's the piece with a lot of little crystal clusters. The green is probably epidote with quartz. Finally, there are two pieces of Quartz. Both have inclusions. One has a green inclusions that is probably epidote and the other a red inclusions that is probably Hematite. I also received a Palo Santo Stick and that was amazing. I was just going to order some. One stick has lasted three years for me. I mostly use it to cleanse and clear when people are sick because it has anti-bacterial properties. Overall, super satisfied with this experience. I am curious about their 11th anniversary scoop compares to this one. They're not around all of the time. There is also Magical Well Offerings but those are $100 and that's a staggering amount to me. What can I say? I'm a double Cappy so I'm cheap! That's kind of a well known trait and believe me The Husband is very lucky that I'm that way. Was There A Theme? Not entirely sure. Will go simply with the catch phrase Margret Ann Lembo from her book Crystal's, Minerals and Stones Let's look: Fluorite- Simply Genius (Heart, Third Eye) Onyx- Endurance/Protection (Root) Blue Kyanite- Alignment/Clearing (Throat) Moonstone/Sunstone- Divine Union (Crown/Solar) Serpentine- Rebirth (Heart) Quartz- Amplification (All) Rainforest Jasper- Renewal (Heart) Moroccan Magic Epidote/Quartz- Sacred Heart (Heart) Faux Turquoise- Spirit Communication (Throat) Iolite Generator- Perception (Brow/Third Eye) Theme Heart Renewal Okay, so, there was definitely a theme. I think I will call it the Rebirth/Renewal of the Divine Union of the Heart. Honestly, with the Oracle Stones that I pulled for July- a wave of energy and August- Heart Opening...this really couldn't be more synchronistic. I picked up this book because Tom Campbell kept saying he had written a new book but what he had really done is make a video game.
I had checked out the Monroe Institute because I got into the whole Binaural Beat thing. After those two things and given that the books are cheap because they're old- this came out in 1982, literally the year I was born- and everything coincided for me to buy this book. Of cousre, I bought it used and there are plenty of these out there given that it was mass produced. Now, it's not a super cheap book. This book has retained value but it's not the $20+ dollars of the Carl Jung and Alchemy Book that's on my list (I literally have five books left on my to read list and that's it...I may write a blog about that one). Given the age, I have no idea why I never came across this book before. Yet, there Re other books like Venture Inward by Hugh Lynn Cacye that I think should be on everyone's book shelf. Actual Review I loved this book. I can't recommend this book more. The Spiritual depth is there and it is highly entertaining. This is the second in the series. I skipped the first one because I've read so many out of body experience and near death experience books...including Joyrney of Souls...I was curious if there was anything "new" out there. The story of this book is super sweet and subtle showing that Monroe was a fantastic story teller. The story consists of his experience in O.B.E. He does start off sharing data from the Institute and little more. I thought that it was going to be a super boring book where someone who focused on linear numbers and statistics shared what they found. Then the story kicks into gear and he explains about his InSpec friend (Intelligent Species). Then how he encounters a non-Earth Incarnating Soul that he dubs B.B. He then goes on an adventure with B.B. trying to save his friend A.A. who's become trapped in the cycle of reincarnation after passing through the area on a "cruise." I love the description of the non-incarnating souls from which B.B. and A.A. came from. I also love the description of the soul's that are basically in Limbo/Samsara. The way he describes it is totally different because he never did the research on those ideas so he doesn't have the conditioning from Catholocisim or Hinduisim to describe these areas. This book is totally worth reading for that alone. My ultimate favorite gem of wisdom from this book comes from B.B. who is looking down on Earth and says something along the lines of, "It's a bunch of souls playing games that have forgotten that they are playing games." What a perfect description of what humans do in life. We walk around taking all of these 'games' seriously...yet they are just games that ultimately, in the realm of the Divine, don't really mean all that much to the soul other then to help them strive towards individuality. I don't watch to ruin the story for those who haven't read this already. So, if you haven't, go buy the book and come back. Personally What really blew me away was Monroe's description of how telepathy works (how souls communicate when in Spirit) and how the energetic balls of energy that is our true nature act/interact. For me, it was so validating and mind blowing. I'd never had a point of reference for the interactions I had in my dream. So, for me, it confirmed that I am O.B.E. in my dreams. I don't go through a ritual to go out of body. I simply go to sleep and become aware within the dream and then I can do whatever I want. I also realized, meditating on this experience, that I have always read this soul energy in people. I called it being intuitive and being an empath but it's actually more then that. I'm not just absorbing their energy and if anything I've learned how to close off my energy so I don't have to feel others. I can see, not with my physical eyes, the way that energy is working when I look at people. Most people have closed energy fields to others- they are not receptive- but blast out their energy at everyon else. Kids and dogs are usually open energy fields that don't blast others which is why I think why most people have a tendency to be more receptive to them. Cats open and close as they want to at times. Most animals are closed to humans and they only react to a stable open friendly energy field. The idea that B.B. conveys that souls that are incarnating on Earth are addicted was so spot on in way. From the outside that certainly makes sense. As does the different 'bands' of Souls that surround the Earth...again that is totally supported by several belief systems. Most souls that don't get 'stuck' bypass all of that by 'skipping' via the Tunnel with the help of a Guide. The ROTE that he receives from B.B. that describes the Earth story was fascinating. That, essentially, is that "Someone" from "Somewhere" created the Earth to harvest Luish or Lush or some such thing but is essentially Love. Then a group of souls came here and basically became stuck. Included in the information is that the one who created Earth did come back to find out why it was one of the most productive Gardens, saw Lush being produced by a man protecting his family. Monroe struggles with this and then, upon talking to the Inspec says something very important- he recognizes the purpose of the Earth School is Individualization and for some reason this helps him to accept the original reason Earth was created...which was not for that purpose. This information brought a lot of questions for me but it so closely resembles the story of the Annunaki that...again, it validates material from elsewhere. This book confirms that the Earth Life Experience is highly valued outside of our Samsara. That other never human souls find beings that have been human very important. The same thing is confirmed by Journey of Souls and the Edgar Cacye Material. That this was published the year that I was born is also a fascinating synchronicity. I actually closed this book dissatisfied. Something was very apparent to me, because of personal experience, when I was reading this story...but Monroe never recognizes or acknowledges that in this book. That's why I say his writing is subtle. He wants people to come to their own conclusions as opposed to tell them how things are...which is brilliant and refreshing. I really love the White Witch Parlour YouTube Channel. I love Jenna, the White Witch, and all that she shares. The package was shipped quickly and the packaging was super cute. You could tel that the order was put together lovingly.
I wanted to get something from her shop for awhile. She has items for specific Pagan Holidays such as Llamas. I see those as the Lunar Holidays where as Easter/Christmas are Solar Holidays...again, the polarity of the Masculine and Feminine. In a lot of ways her items are a bit more interesting, a better price and more aligned to the Holidays then Sage Goddess. Jenna doesn't offer the variety or amount that Sage Goddess does but it is vastly different. Whereas you only receive incantations or prayers from Sage Goddess with the Kit's Jenna includes them with everything you buy. I bought "Dragon Blood" rocks which look like the "Dragon Stone" rocks from Sage Goddess. They aren't very different but they were a lower price and bigger then the ones I bought from Sage Goddess. I also bought some incense, Sanctify, a combination of Amber, Vanilla, Sandalwood and Jasmine scents. I love that the package comes with a prayer to say when using it along with stones/Crystal's to use with it. Plus it smells really magical...not as strong as Wildberry and more expensive then Wildberry per stick (unless you buy it on sale) but really good. The point with these are really the intention with which they are made and how the herbs used apply to the 'magical' (intentional subconscious programming) that you are working with at the moment. Finally, I bought a spice grinder to make my own incense. I've used it on Rose Petals from the Garden (eventually I will buy a lavender plant, rosemary, etc...the only reason I don't have them right now is I've been waiting for the Husband to put in a raised garden). For now, I only have roses and dandelions that pop up as weeds. Loose incense can be used in a coal incense burner...which I have yet to purchase because I am picky. I just wanted to put the dried rose petals from the boquets that I keep on my altar to good use. The Spice Grinder is beautiful with a triple Moon Goddess design. I've used it and it is perfect for grinding rose petals. The manual function, that it's wood and the emblem makes it feel more spiritual and meaningful so I'm keeping it on my altar. Ultimately, if your brave enough to buy Pagan items outright Jenna is the best. I loved everything that I bought and the price was amazing. I will definitely buy more. I love supporting awesome people and she's one of my favorite people on this planet.
This Full Moon, to quote Adam the Woo,"...is a beehive of activity." The majority of it is supportive but there are tense bits that are...well, they're not fun.
Lines appear to have been drawn here with most of the planets on board this Uranian energy of disruption. The Astrology This month our Full Moon is in Pisces at 17 degrees. This energy is 8, again, and it's all about reciprocacity and the exchange of energy. Ah, the Siren Call of the Collective Narrative has captured our Subconscious this month. This seems like the type of stuff that would keep you up at night. Plus, like last year we have seven plaents retrograde: Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Chiron. With Mercury stationary, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto all retrograde there is less compulsion from those planets and we have more wiggle room on a personal level...but don't expect to accomplish a lot on the Collective Level or concering logic. This is a time to turn inward. With disruptive Uranus in Taurus conjunct the North Node steering the ship the energy is far from relaxing or normal. This month Lilith has jumped aboard the ship with a supportive Sextile. So, we're going to see some chaotic feminine energy. First off, we have that lovely Uranus and Saturn Square stop and go energy. Saturn is also in square with the North Node so these delays are not in alignment with our future and very frustrating. Our willpower, sacral Chakra energy, is under attack this month. Mars is square Venus and the Sun in Virgo and the Moon in Pisces. He is over this girly sentimental stuff and the Collective Narrative...and Mercury in Libra agrees. Mercury in Libra is also opposing Jupiter that's been pumping out that Aries energy. Whatever this New Beginning is our thoughts are not in harmony with it. The Sun is busy this month squaring Mars in Aries and Opposing Neptune. Our conscious thoughts are not on board with this New Narrative either. However it is in supportive trines with Uranus, Pluto, and the North Node. The Sun is even in a supportive Sextile with Lilith. Consciously, we are on supportive of the choas this month. The Moon is also busy. The only square she has is with Mars in Aries so subconciously we are not ready for this new start. Otherwise she is sextiling Uranus and the North Node while conjunct Neptune. Just like the Sun our Subconscious is on board with the Collective Narrative of Chaos and the Uranian/Aquarius direction in which the world is heading. Chiron, in true wounded healer fashion is supporting the under dog of this Full Moon with a supportive Sextile while square Lilith and opposed Mercury in Libra. Oracle Stone: Dendritic Agate Dendritic Agate is the stone of the Observer. This stone helps you keep grounded and focused. This is a stone of Shadow Work and Transformation. There are times in life where we should be active in the dance of life and others when we should observe the waters of transformation flow. This is the perfect mineral compliment to the Hermit Card. The advice here is to Observe...don't get sucked into participating in the chaos...if your opposed it then you are going to be run over because the two most powerful aspects- the Sun and Moon- are in support of it. Further Thoughts The Battle Lines have been drawn. If society was symbolized by a marriage this is a month of divorce. A lot is happening this Full Moon. I think that the repeating Card of Otter that showed up in February and again in August is the best advice anyone could give...go with the flow this month as much as possible remembering humanity is One and that being friendly with everyone matters. (Written in 2022 as I update the blog in August- Keep in mind, it was in February when the Ukraine War started! Those who jumped aboard supporting that issue clearly muddied the issue and gained nothing). Dendritic Agate is also great advice. Instead of being drawn into this battle of Willpower settle back and enter Observer Mind. Meditation I reviewed the above and wrote this blog in early August 2022. I've chosen to take a break from doing up to the minute Meditations. I was paritcularly inspired but didn't have the time to really take a deep dive into these...just a brief look. So, this isn't going to be a lengthy deep dive. Yet, they are ideas worth sharing. The Collective Collectively, through Novemeber, on an astrological level I feel we are at a paradigm breaking moment. I can see the spiderweb of fractures in the glass at the moment. I don't know when the glass will actually break but it is totally random with Uranus conunct the North Node. We might even have to wait until next March (when Saturn leaves Aquarius and Mars leaves Gemini) to see the shards fall but we are so early into this transformation that I don't want to comment...and quite frankly I've been Tuning out the news entirely. Personally, I've been feeling the South Node Scorpio energy very acutely and even prior to Mars entering Gemini was aware of sharp cutting words from myself and others. (I am very good at that game and, because I can read people's energy, I can decimate someone but never choose to do that because the last thing I want to do is cause people to suffer). However, with the cutting words (Mars in Gemini) and South Node in Scorpio...we may receive unpleasent messages delivered to us in a very painful manner but that's a good thing. I'm always grateful for my triggers because they teach me what I need to transmute myself to diffuse them. Triggers highlight where your lessons are and Scorpio is very good at showing them to you-espcially in relationships. Once your aware of it you can rise above it thought...which goes with the symolisim of Scorpio. Scorpio either inspires you to crawl along the ground like a Scorpion looking for the next person your going to poison or transforming into an Eagle that has the bigger perspective but still has clear sight and, finally, the Phoenix that transcends this Earth. The Divine Feminine As The Wheel Of Time The fact that this topic came up for a meditation where we have Otter as our Medicene Card, an indigenous symbol for the Divine Feminine, is perfect. Otter energy is playful but neccesairly intrusive. Even more fascinating is that this is during a Virgo Lunar Cycle that started with the Virgo New Moon. Virgo, in the Zodiac, is the epitome of the representation of the Divine Feminine. I've also noticed that it's during Virgo season that I turn within. I become less active and less engaged with the outer reality. This happens every year and reaches it's peak during Capricorn Season- which is around Christmas and is my Moon and Rising Sign. I'm happiest and most at peace during Leo Season which is funny because my Sun Sign is Cancer where the Moon is exalted...yet, that is a challenging time for me too. I had an interesting dream. I won't go into all of the details but at the end of it there was the suggestion that the Divine Feminine is the Wheel of Time itself...also referred to as the wheel of Karma. This was in reference to what I can only describe as angry animals. I also heard a voice say, "This is the Key to the Evolution of the Soul." The Feminine as The Wheel Of Time Itself, of Samsara, actually makes a lot of sense. The most common depiction of the Divine Feminine is as Hecate- the three in one...Maid, Mother and Crone. That clearly shows the phases of time. The Divine Masculine, on the otherhand, is shown only as Good (God/Man) and Evil (the Devil/Dragon). The Divine Masculine, split into two, basically pursues and battles each other across the Wheel of Time. The only way for that to be resolved is for the Divine Masculine to explore and integrate it's Shadow instead of repressing it. There is a reason that young men are the majority of people in jail and who commit violence. That's why Jordan Peterson is spot on with "Dragons, Monsters and Men." You can see the clip for it here: https://youtu.be/hYWp0zw-qFA We mostly have access to the Divine Masculine approach to the Divine. Organized religion is totally a Masculine thing. Even the Esoteric practices that have been handed down are all based on Masculine systems. The Feminine System, aligned more to an informal and intuitive Spiritual approach, was completely villified and eradicated. Women who tracked and kept in tune with the seasons, who treated people with herbs, were called Witches and murdered. There is hardly a whisper of the Feminine approach left and none of it comes from Western Civilization. That the Divine Feminine is the Wheel makes sense from the vantage point that she is what links all of us together too. The idea that she is like a Queen Bee that directs the Hive Mind (Collective Unconscious) seems about right too. The Wheel of Time and Karma, the Illusion of Physical Material Reality, is created by the shared dream and that Collective Unconscious. That is the level upon which Soul Contracts are formed. Pairs and groups of Souls agree they want to experience something, create a contract and then it manifests in day to day (PMR) life. I could probably do a very deep dive into this concept but this was one of those cases where my dreams revealed a deeper perspective on a subject. I don't have the time to really get into this at the moment. Even more interesting is that when I had this realization in the dream. I've read no material that speaks to it that way but the system that I describe with the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine is in all of the Archetypes. Conclusion I had three deeply meaningful dreams. In another dream I experienced a series of events that I can't describe with the two guys that pop into my dreams regularly. After seeing the series of events one of them said to the other, "No wonder they have that whacky story about us being born from the same egg." I woke up and actually Google that and it does turn out there are multiple myths about twins emerging from eggs- famously Castor and Pollux who are considered the twins of Gemini. The other dream was funny...it involved Groot ans I woke up laughing. Then realized the I Am Groot shorts were releases on Disney+. Not surprising that I dreamt of something I would be watching...that happens far too often. I won't be writing a review on that because, similar to the Olaf Quarantine Shorts, there wasn't much to them. Very deep meaningful dreams. Post Script I thought that this was going to be a short reflection and sharing on the idea of the Divine Feminine As The Wheel Of Time and the Divine Masculine as the duality of Good and Evil. Yet, it came up in a couple of places and seems to be a theme that will play out over the next month. Robert Monroe describes how this information in the Spiritual World works when he described what he calls R.O.T.E. You receive a packet of information in Spirit and it slowly 'unfolds' as you need it or can comprehend it...not all at once. So, I'm going to share some extraordinarily surprising synchronicity/validation and then further Revelations I had while meditating on it. David Palmer - The Leo King I am going to embed the video at the point where David started talking about the Divine Union- the Alchemical Marriage. Now, he seems to suggest that the Alchemical Marriage occurs in the physical with another person. Yet, all of the research I have from numerous sources- Edgar Cacye, D.W. Hauck, Jason Lotterhand, and Paul Foster Case...all point to this being an internal process...the marriage of the Soul Self/Higher Self/Subconscious and the Conscious Personality/Ego. The validating synchronicity is he flat out says that the Divine Masculine is about Good and Evil while the Feminine has to have kids to properly experience that energy. Now, I understand why people will struggle with the latter idea ans I will expand upon this... Yet, the fact that I just had this revelation through a dream and then this immediate validation...when I had heard abaolutely no one share that before was staggering. D.W. Hauck can't reveal this stuff because he's made promises with formal training. As far as I know David, like myself, never took vows to any group. So, we can share openly our insights...and that may be why David revealed this where D.W. Hauck, the only other person who shares on this subject (and Alchemist) that I know.
She Hulk
Almost to drive the difference between the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine is She Hulk. What is funny is that during the New Rockstars after party they were wondering why this difference exists. They tend to over analyze everything which I enjoy but it is really funny when the answer lies in a real world Truth about the Natural Order. Everything, is naturally a reflection of our reality. As I explained when analyzing themes theough entertainment...the Shamans of Western Society went to work in Hollywood. Their work is a reflection of different realities we can experience (not exact but theme wise) through archetypal symbolisim. Society either then agrees with it and the movie is a success or they reject it. Hollywood, however, does a lot of research so the movies that so get made are those that resonate the most with the public. The first episode just came out, and while a bit "Blah" since they showed most of it in the promotional material...it contained this key concept about the difference between the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine. The entire charecter arc of the Hulk was him fighting his Altar ego. He describes it as the "other guy" who was very animalistic (now this is a underlying theme on movies this year). He also explains how he had to make peace with those two aspects of his own personality so he can be Smart Hulk. His cousin, SheHulk, however doesn't have this issue. She can change back and forth, chameleon like, between her human and Hulk form. No real or direct explaination is give except that she is a woman. The Difference Between The Divine Masucline and Divine Feminine The Divine Masculine, in pushing it's narrative, eradicated the ways of the Divine Feminine. I think, it's best to look at the two from a very specific lense...of video game charecters. When you create an Avatar in a video game it gives you the run down of all the strengths and witnesses of the different options. Well, in our reality it is much the same. Those who incarnate as men do so to explore and experience Good and Evil within themselves. Men make up the majority of criminals who commit violent crime. All men face the challenge of integrating their inner Dragon- the Evil- drven by selfishness and greed- within themselves. This is their focus throughout life. All men have a very Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde nature to them. This corresponds to the Divine Twin or Brother image throughout Myth. The Sun, the Divine Masculine is at it's greatest potency in Gemini...the Summer Solstice. Usually depicted as Castor and Pollux it can easily be Eros and Ansteros, Loki and Thor or even Cain and Able. The Dark, I've discovered (I can't remember where I heard this exaclty but I think it was Perez) that Darkness is extreme Logic and Intellectualisim. An Artifiial Intelligence would be the extreme example of Logic and Intellectualisim trying to force an unnatural Order on everything that it perceives as Chaos. That makes absolute sense. Since the Patriarchy killed and destroyed the Feminine Spirituality it is far more of a mystery. I don't have any point of reference for it. The Goddess is usually depicted as a victim or Villain. That way, essentially, is that of Nature or the Natural Order. Virgo, Psyche, Freya, Brigid, Harmonie and Hecate or the "three fates" of Greek Mythology...are all indications of that ancient knowledge. Yet they are told through the lens of the Pateiarchy. She is usually associated with "Gold" or "the Nectar of the Gods, " "Gold" or "Golden Thread." The Feminine is the Bringer and the Keeper of the Light while experiencing the Darkness of the Masculine. However, she is often maligned as sleeping or unfaithful (Psyche). She usually "falls" because of a Fruit (an Apple in Eden, A Pomegranate as Persephone, or a Golden Apple). She is also associated with love. Either way, women work with the Seasons- either through the three seasons of their lives- Maiden, Mother and Crone. The woman who goes straight from Maid to Crone are usually villainized...maybe because they experienced a journey similar to men and not the transformative defining experience of a Woman being a Mother. Given that the term Woman and Mother are both under attack...it seems that aspect of the Divine Feminine is the one being targeted by the Patriarchy at the moment. I think that is happening inf to draw attention to this Feminine story and power. To illuminate the difference. After all, in my dream it was said that it is through this that there is Evolution out of Physical Material Reality. There is a mystery here, that I don't yet comprehend, that is in midst of revealing itself over the next two years. I may go deeply into David Warner Mathisen Star Myths Books to figure it out. I'm not certain. I may have missed something in the myths by focusing on the Divine Masculine Perspective instead of seeing past that...but I think this is going to reveal itself. Even in shows and movies I've noticed that there are three women showing up...which really dilutes the movies. In Obi Wan- it was Leia, Tala and Reeva. In Jurassic Park Domion- it was Masie, Ellie and Claire. In Black Panther- Churi, Nakia, and Okoye. Thor Love and Thunder: Valkyrie, Lady Thor and Love. Somehow, in my dream, the connection between the Goddess and the Animals- revenge of the Animals, as a matter of fact, is the means of Evolution. That, in the dream, had something to do with the Aspect of the Divine Masculine that is about enforcing His Order at all costs is behind the Corporations and Animals. Personally My eldest's birthday went really well on every level. Twice in previous years I had a nervous breakdown over her birthday because of the stress. The Husband and I have very different approaches to Birthdays. My parents were very genrous with us kids but they had a system where we didn't get things when it wasn't our birhtday. The Husband's family, based on the conversations that we've had because we've never talkd about details...gave them one gift and cake. I love to decorate regardless of whether or not other people are visiting and that's something my parents never did. The decorations are cheap, mostly Dollar Tree finds, and I reuse them every year in new ways to keep it fresh. That I have had breakdowns over something that should be relatively minor gives me pause because if I am having breakdowns over my kids birthdays I don't know if I will be capable of returning to work. My kids do mean a lot to me, I went through a lot of personal sacrifice and trials to have them. They are more valuable then everything or anything in the world to me so making their childhood magical is important to me. I couln't care less about the average adult. Either way, this birthday went awesome. I did really well and everything worked out. She loved all of the surprises that I had for her (I hate suprises but she loves them). I wanted her to feel just as special as the youngest who's going to have a first birthday party with guests. I ased my eldest if she wanted a party with guests or a Tea Party and she opted for a Tea Party. I bougth a really cool Glass Tea Kettle for her annual Tea Party's and some special treats that I will be reviewing. I simply didn't have the budget to set up the Tea Party for a lot of people. My parents agreed with my logic and bought her a lot of presents...so I think she was overwhelmed with gifts. Kids always compare themselves to each other. The amount she had was way too much. I think that the proper formula would be three- one educational gift, one fun gift and one Book. I'm very dedicated to a book for every holiday that involves gifts because being able to read, write and type are very valuable talents. Making that special is very important to making it fun instead of boring work as they do at schools. My eldest told me afterward, "Thank you Mama for all of the surprises." When I asked her what she liked most about the day- the Tea Party, the Cake and Ice Cream or the Present- she breathlessly said, "I loved all of it!" There was a bit of gloom cast over it as the Husband realized that his Mom's decline due to MS is getting really bad. She can't walk at all and she's terrified of the wheel chair because she feels as though she'd going to fall. The Father In Law has never been considerate, he doesn't have that personality trait, so they should have put her in the recliner instead of kept her in the wheel chair when my daughter was opening her presents. If I wasn't so focused on my daughter and keeping balanced during the whole thing- I would have fixed that because I like people to be comfortable. My eldest had waited all day and was super excited about her presents so fussing over her Grandma was just not on my mind. The Mother In Law did have two men, one her son, who could have done that but I do feel a bit of guilt when I was watching videos that I took after because the littlest one was fascinated with the wheel chair. I guess the Father In Law confessed he doesn't think he can take care of Mother In Law. He's really upset about the money factor. He's also worried about when he can't cook or do laundry...what he's going to do when he can't take care of himself. This after years of telling us that he had plans for retirement and it was all taken care of so not to even mention it. The Husband extended the offer that I came up with of buying a house with a seperate suite so we could take care of him but the F.I.L. doesn't want to move out of his house. He could never live in a house with us, as my Great Grandma Emma and Grandma Alta did with my parents. He can't stand kids and I'm not going to force them to stay in their rooms all of their time and let him rule the Living Room and television. That's why he would need a seperate suite. No one can help someone who doesn't want to help themselves. I also couldn't take care of an Invalid, there is a reason that the caregivers make $25 an hour...let alone try to take care of two kiddos. I don't think I'll ever forget the F.I.L. wishing for nuclear war saying that, "We destroyed Mars and another planet to make the asteroid belt and we will destroy this one too." How can anyone really help someone holding that vibration? Trying to help is very much a lost cause. I was busy with my daughter. Looking back at videos it was really sad and I don't think the caregiver that came with them liked her the Mother In Law very much. I did witness the M.I.L. being kind of hateful and indecisive with her which is, sadly the average way people behave with hired help, and so while the woman was kind and very professional it was clear she was not going to go out of her way to make the M.I.L. happy. Between the very hesitiant indecisive M.I.L. and the impatient demand F.I.L. that job must really suck. I would go out of my way and try very hard either and especially since she has an infant at home. I wasn't surprised by the M.I.L.'s declibe. I saw all of this coming. I tried to warn the Husband and Sister In Law. I don't think that the M.I.L. has been officially diagnosed with Dysphagia but she was choking on her own spit in one video. From what I've read online people with MS diagnosed with it are put on Hospice. They might live another year at most. There is a clear lack of understanding and perhaps consideration when it comes to communicating what's going on with the M.I.L., apparently everything is dismissed as being a part of M.S. and nothing can be done according to the F.I.L., so there is nothing I can do to find out what's really going on. The M.I.L was taken to the hospital again and the F.I.L. didn't call us so if she does pass I highly doubt anyone will get to say goodbye. I'm grateful the M.I.L. will be at the youngest birthday but the rest of the year may be rough. That is a great memory for the little one, especially since I document everything and the M.I.L. has never been anything but kind to me. She seems like a sweet person but for the fifteen years that I have known her there wasn't much there besides a warm body. From what I understand, since she was diagnosed with M.S. in her fifties everyone has just been expecting her to die...that's twenty years of thinking she could go at any moment. While I have a similar experience with my Mother, she is very actively engaged and has her memory intact...not the best memory but it's there. Plus, she has always been one of the most loving human beings I've ever met and that's why there is an entire army of people willing to take care of her. I hate seeing people suffer but at least I lessened that by scheduling correctly. By not feeding them they stayed for a very short period of time because the F.I.L. has to eat precisely on schedule. At previous events horrible things happened at the end with the M.I.L. (for two years) because she prefers to be at home and gets worse the further into the evening it gets (as is totally normal for everyone). Solving that problem, of politely having the F.I.L. excuse himself for his own benefit was a huge relief. Going forward, then, I have learned a lot of very important things that will help me in the future not have a nervous breakdown. Focusing on the kids and not caring a whit for the guests is by far the best method I learned. The formula for gifts that should please the Husband and satisfy my own desires for the kids is super helpful too so we don't have that conflict. Then learning that not serving food or a meal is far less stressful makes me a lot happier too. I get that is how my husband feels he should do things, as a host, and by making people things he expresses his love which is super sweet...but it causes serious problems. Post Script The Father In Law did call and inform us as I was writing the Post Script that he and the Mother In Law may not attend the youngests first birthday. The M.I.L. collapsed and even with the care givers help they could not help her stand so the paramedics took her to the hospital where she was diagnosed with Coronavirus. Her status is unknown and what will happen after that is completley unknown at this time. References: Perakis, Athena. 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