January has been an interesting month. I thought the energies were supposed to shift dramatically in a good way??!! I’m not sure about you, but I’m still cleaning out old stuff from 2016!
The new moon in Aquarius (IT”S HERE on 1/28 @ 4:30pm) has the potential to be a dynamic time for us. We are in a 6 month cycle of HUGE change that started in November and will end in April, 2017.
For the new moon, we have three planets in alignment in the Universe right now. Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto. The energies of Aquarius are about starting over, doing things in a new way…think of the dawning of the age of Aquarius!
What does that mean? Well (FOR ME) this means a few things…
Jupiter stands for expansion and getting bigger. That could translate into branching out in new directions. I like to think of Jupiter as expansion into JOY.
Uranus is about a new way of looking at things. It’s about breaking with tradition and creating and exploring new ways of doing things. How far are you willing to go? How far are you willing to let someone else dictate what you do or how you do it? When is it time for you to take charge of your life? What does that look like if you do? Rebellion, revolution, free will all fall under Uranus. It is making a timely appearance in our world right now. Freedom and creativity are Uranus traits. It also rules earthquakes and natural disasters.
Pluto is the stuff we don’t want to look at. As things have happened to us in our life we decide what we want to handle and what we’ll ‘save’ for later. Those things get pushed to the ‘back of the closet’ or the back of the universe where Pluto is moving in the dark. The shadow is a good indicator of things that Pluto can govern. We all have those aspects of ourselves that we judge as ‘wrong’ or lower vibrational energy.
As lightworkers, we often don’t want to look at the things that remind us of who we were before we chose the light. However, it’s these very traits or shadow aspects of self that we are judging as wrong (potentially) that can be the exact thing that is holding us back from the next big step in our evolution of Self.
So when I look at the energies right now within myself, I can see a struggle to let go of the past, familial programming and entrainment that is not of my making or choosing, yet is impacting me in my life now.
Things are coming up! People are showing up or coming back. You know the ones. Those relationships that were unfulfilling calling for resolution. Or the unfinished business that you let go of just contacted you for resolution.
This can be a good thing. You could receive a check in the mail! You can now resolve misunderstandings in relationships because of lack of non-threatening communication at the time. Now you are wiser and can communicate better.
I think in general it’s about clearing Karma and activating an energetic shift for the next 9 year cycle.
However this is affecting you now, I hope this provides some insight. I am not an astrologer! But, I intuit what is happening energetically and review astrology for planet locations and information. There are some great astrologers out there if you want more information. I try to provide a brief summary for a quick read for folks who might get overwhelmed by other breakdowns.
I hope you find this useful. If so, please leave a comment about how these energies might be affecting you now.
January is when you really start to notice colds and flu are everywhere. People are coughing and hacking. They are out sick. Kids are miserable. There is a run on tissue at the supermarket and drugstore. Tips of noses are redder than usual. Eyes are looking a little glassy from over the counter cold/flu medicine. Does it look like this outside?
Baby It’s Cold Outside!
There are ways to support your immune system with sound and tuning forks and I’ll talk about that in a minute. There are also lots of products out there. If I’m being honest, I start with the alternative products. However, if I don’t get better very quickly or stop it in its tracks, then I’m reaching for the first thing that is going to make me feel better. Here I mention some over the counter products that I’ve found to work really well over the years (very few). Then I talk about some alternative products (preference) and lastly, focus on providing sound support with tuning forks (preference) and other sound tools.
Over The Counter Remedies
A product I swear by is Alka Seltzer Plus Cold/Flu. It works!! That’s all I need to know when I can’t breathe, am coughing my brains out, ache all over and can’t get out of bed…yet have too. This acts like a superpower and gets me up and out.
Flonase is another one. When I have the allergy symptoms and my head is so stuffed up, itchy eyes or runny nose, this works. And it works for an extended period after initial dosage, which is awesome.
I’m partial to Airborne if I can catch it early enough. You have to take this at the first tickle. Seriously. If you are going to travel, take it before you go and keep taking it while you are around all those folks who are coughing and hacking.
Another good idea to start taking on a regular basis is Emergen-C. This will increase your vitamin C and minerals. If you’re like me and can’t drink orange juice, then this is a good source.
Non-Traditional Products
Products that are healthier for you to use and easier on the environment:
Thieves, Essential Oil
Thieves essential oil is a product that contains clove, lemon, cinnamon, eucalyptus radiata, and rosemary. You can get it at Amazon.com or Young Living Essential Oils. (If you are ordering, my number is Distributor #1111320)
I have a cup of hot water with thieves oil in it at the door to my house. When you come into my home, I have an entry room with plants and then you step into the kitchen. On the counter above the sink is where my thieves oil/water mix sits. Thieves will neutralize germs. That way anyone who walks in with a cold will have their germs neutralized in my house.
I remember last year when my daughter came to visit and she was pretty sick with a cold. I put a small bowl of Thieves oil and water next to where she was sleeping. She felt better the next morning and her symptoms were much better in two days.
I’ve also put Thieves oil in a bowl or pan of hot water and inhaled it with a towel over my head. You have to be careful with Thieves. If you put it on your body directly, it can be too hot and burn. For instance, I thought I’d try it under my nose. My nose was running a lot and the steam with Thieves helped. So I thought, well maybe if I put a drop under my nose that will help more. Don’t do it!! It works in the water because it is diluted. Full strength will burn your tender nasal passages. You can dilute Thieves in essential oil or olive oil/avocado oil as a base carrier to put on your body. I tend to use coconut oil for things like this too.
When I travel, I take a small spray bottle with drops of thieves in it and water. I spray my hands and spray my energy field with it. This works better and is healthier for you than hand sanitizer. Sanitizer contains a lot of alcohol and can raise havoc with your skin especially in the winter time. I call it my “protection spray”. The really good part of it is the way it smells. It smells like cinnamon and baking.
Another great product is Rescue Remedy. You can buy this at most health food stores. It works for people and animals. The main effect I notice is that it calms me down and gives me a greater sense of well-being. Very helpful for stress. I don’t know anything more stressful than not feeling good and having to function as if you are!
I also recommend Epsom Salt Baths. It helps to remove toxins and nothing feels like a hot bath when you can’t seem to get warm.
Forks for Immune System Balancing and Energizing
When I’m getting ill, the first thing I want to do is provide support for my organs, glands and immune system. I’ll do an endocrine tune up using Om Unison or Om Octave tuning forks. You can also use Otto tuning forks for this. The endocrine glands are Pineal, Pituitary, Thyroid, Thymus, Islets of Langerhans (Pancreas), Adrenals, Gonads or Ovaries. I’ll tend to spend longer on the Thymus (helps the immune system), and Adrenals.
OM octave
The Om forks (or Otto) are for balancing and grounding. When I’m sick, I don’t even want to be in my body. I tend to sleep a lot. I think that’s so I can leave my body and travel on the astral plane and feel good vs. sick. Om forks will help to ground me in my body and provide balancing support for those systems that are ‘out of whack’ due to my cold/flu.
I also want to provide support, so I’ll work directly on some of my organs. I’ll use New Moon 6th (C&G) which creates an opening and Om Unison or Om Octave for balancing and grounding. I’ll focus on providing support for my kidneys, liver, lungs and spleen.
Solar 7 forks will provide heat, help to dry up mucus, provide spleen and adrenal support.
Solar 7 forks
It will help:
the circulatory system,
any disorders due to where you live and lack of light (seasonal effective disorder),
to strengthen the immune system,
to eliminate cold symptoms.
If you are experiencing a lack of energy it will help with this;
as well as arthritis which tends to get worse in the winter months.
Lastly, I would use Mars and Venus forks.
Mars/Venus Forks
Mars/Venus is representative of the masculine/feminine balance. The vibration of Mars helps with blood, the head, muscles, inflammation, male hormones and the immune systems. Venus helps with balance and proportion. Venus rules copper and is associated with kidneys, bladder, parathyroid, glands, anti-inflammatory action, and female hormones. I’d be using these forks to restore and rejuvenate, to bring back balance between the male/female and giving/receiving. I’d tend to use these as I start to feel better.
What do you do when you are feeling under the weather? How do you help yourself to feel better? If you have a chance to try any of the above things that I do and use, please let me know? I’d love to hear about your experiences. Do you have a product that you swear by? Please share it with us if you do.
Have you ever felt like your prayers are not being answered?
Have you ever felt like no matter how much you ‘talk to the universe’, pray, lament, beg or ask that no one is hearing you?
I’ve felt this way before. There were times I felt like no one was listening and no one was certainly stepping up to help me.
I’m not a patient woman. There, I’ve owned it. Those of you who know me, are probably laughing right now and thinking, “That’s an understatement if I ever heard one.”
The funny thing is I’m much better than I used to be! This is something I’ve worked on for years. And I AM much better.
Anyway, one day after ‘talking to the Universe’ (my version of praying) for a long time about something really important, I lost my cool. I was outside and alone. A good time for a rant in my opinion. So, I had my rant with the universe. I questioned everything … including hearing (as in CAN YOU HEAR ME?), judgment, stinginess, extravagant measures for mean people, hurting people with deaths and illnesses that looked and felt wrong…
After I let it all out, I was ready to listen. So I found a big rock, a peaceful spot and opened my heart. I really wanted some answers. People want to believe. They just need encouragement.
A Quiet Spot, Reflection, Going with the Flow
My conversation with the Universe went something like this …
“Universe, I know that you exist. I believe there is a power of Divine Being in the Universe that is the Creator. I’ll just call you Universe and let go of all religious dogma around that.
I believe that you are benevolent. I believe there is a Divine Plan. I’d just like to get a clue as to what it is for me!
So, if you could give me my messages in threes during the course of one day, then I would know that you are actually answering my prayers. After all, if it is ‘3 times for the normal mind’ and I’m human with a brain, it seems like a logical request.
For clarity, please give me my messages from the Universe in threes (3s) during the course of one day. The how of those messages is not up to me. My job is to recognize that I’ve seen/heard/tasted/touched that message three times today. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”
It was funny. I felt like I had set something important in motion.
Little did I know. A few hours later, I had my first message from the Universe … in threes! I had asked for guidance on a specific issue. I heard something on the radio, just 3 words … “go get it”. I don’t even know what the rest of that message was. I just heard that part. Then about 20 minutes later, I saw a sign outside a store with an arrow that said “go get it”. Now I’m thinking I just heard that on the radio. I parked my car and was heading inside a building and a woman walked by me with a child and said, “As soon as we get home, you need to just GO GET IT.”
It stopped me cold. I had just heard that phrase GO GET IT three times in the space of an hour. Tears started rolling down my face. I was shocked. I was filled with gratitude. The Universe DID answer my requests…and quickly. I wasn’t listening in the right way. The answer to my question (prayer) was GO GET IT. Undeniable and clear! It completely rocked my world! I was filled with joy and gratitude.
I think that is the important part. How are you listening to the Universe (God) in your life?
Have you used a method like this in the past to hear your messages?
Can you share an example?
Or, are you like I used to be? Do you think that there is no one or no thing out there? No God? No benevolent being? No Master/Mistress of the Universe? No Lord/Lady of Love?
I invite you to try my method. If you do, all I ask is that you leave a comment and let me know what your experience was with this.
Remember the message can be from anywhere – radio, TV, print, a sign (really) a piece of a conversation you hear – and usually from a place you least expect it. If a universal being wanted to speak with you, it would have to use whatever method of sound or print to get your attention that it could.
The other day we had a break in the frigid temperatures, and I took a walk downtown Littleton. It’s just about a mile each way and I needed some fresh air.
I was starting to feel like a hermit!
About 5 minutes into my walk, I started questioning my judgment as the sidewalks weren’t shoveled and the roads were pretty slushy. It was not easy walking.
Then I saw this:
In the Pink!!
Seeing this in the middle of snow and slush reminded me that what is happening around us is temporary. It’s in the moment and has the capacity to change … in the NEXT moment!
I think we lose sight of that when our immediate circumstances are upsetting or dis-empowering (in our mind). I say that because honestly the circumstances or events are just that. It is our interpretation of them that effects us on an emotional level, and either creates the drama or fear, or happiness.
When circumstances happen around me that could be perceived in a ‘bad’ way … like getting fired, being in an accident, getting a huge bill, someone gets sick, etc…
I intentionally move ahead in time. Yup, you heard me right. That is one of the times when I leave the present moment and move ahead on my personal timeline to a future moment. Specifically 6 months ahead of this event.
Why?
Because I realize from the past when something appears to be bad it usually isn’t. If you go ahead 6 months in your life, you would be looking back and saying, “What a blessing this was!” If that incident didn’t happen, I would not have been available for this … or I would not have been able to do this … or I would not have met ‘so and so’…
Then, I make a conscious decision to not judge this event as BAD and to just sit with it. Not as easy as you might think to enter a space of ‘no mind’. At first, I couldn’t get to a place of blessing either. So, I worked on no mind. No thoughts about this as good or bad. It just IS. I remove the energy associated with this event. Other people’s emotional energy or my own has to go. Neutral. No thoughts. No reactions. No fears.
Once you get to this spot, then the next step is the blessing part. That might take a little more work on your part. It did for me.
Just remember, this too shall pass. Spring is around the corner. You are the manifestor of your world. Thoughts become things! Choose wisely.
I encourage you to be creative in your expression. Whether that’s verbal, print, art or the written word. Here is a sample of how I journal.
I started doing this 16 years ago. I realized I could use the colors to express my emotional status when journaling. I could have fun with what I was writing. It seemed to more accurately reflect what I was feeling in my writing and the thoughts I was expressing.
