Month: May 2008
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The Real Secret to Manifesting Reunions with Old Lovers (or anyone else)
Photo (not me) by sassysugarpants What an amazing discovery! It’s not focusing on what we don’t want or focusing on the wrong things that hinders the manifesting process—though both are important in the Law of Attraction, prayer, magick, or however you apply Universal Law to your life. What keeps you from manifesting what you really…
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Loving Mercury in Retrograde
For years, I’ve hated Mercury in Retrograde. It’s typically the time when contract negotiations go askew, cell phones and computers blow up, cars have to be towed to the shop, anything with mechanical and communications sectors of daily life that can go wrong WILL go wrong. But Mercury in Retrograde is also very, very good…
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Changing the Cards You’re Dealt
It’s not that I am trying to change the cards that have already been dealt. Instead, my plan is to change the cards that I WILL be dealt. Every now and then, a friend and I “lay cards” and by that, I mean that we toss a few Tarot cards and talk about their meaning,…
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Parenting as a Portal, Or, Why I Never Give Parenting Advice
I’ve never been one to give parenting advice, for two reasons: 1. I’ve always hated people giving ME advice when they have no idea about my personal situation, or even if they do; and 2. My parenting philosophy is a bit different from most of the people I know, largely because of my spirituality. I’ve…
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Reclaiming My Voice: The Fifth Chakra Connection to Illness and Communication
The first thing people notice about me–the people who read just about everything I write–is that, in person, I’m actually not very talkative and when I do speak, I have a soft voice and a quiet manner. Most people are surprised because they know I have a lot going on in my mind and heart,…
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What I Wish I Could Say, Then…and Now
Several years ago, I posted a list in my personal blog of what I wished I could say to various unnamed people but could not. It was a very long list and an excellent self-analysis tool for me—for examining the weight I still carried, the things I could not let go of, and the reasons…
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The Diet That Works for Me
I was struck by the idea of the body being not just a “temple” but—ritually— an “altar.” Not many of us have temples in our homes but most of us spiritual-minded people do have altars, sometimes more than one. What if we respected our bodies and held them as sacred as we do our altars?…
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Banishing Doubt: Trust, Truth, and Deep Connections
I am still working through the revelations of this Scorpio Moon, especially in regard to Trust and Truth. I am trying to figure out for myself why I have had such difficulty in trusting connections when communications fail (see previous post), trying to take it back to its earliest form to understand how this pattern…
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Ritual Results: How Could I Have Missed the Truth?
Well, of course. That’s me, hitting the heel of my palm against my forehead in a gesture reminiscent of Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” video from the early 80’s. How could I have missed it? The emotional Tower Card of the past few days has been about trust. Scorpio Full Moons are good…
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Consuming Negativity: Perhaps the Best Reason of All to Eat at Home
When I was first introduced to Feng Shui in the mid-90’s, I was told by an expert that I should place mirrors behind the stove to reflect the energy I put into the food I cook. I’ve heard other experts’ reasoning since then, and though it varies, it always comes back to the cook being…
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Blank Times (Connections without Communications)
Blame it on the Scorpio moon’s intensity, but nothing drives me crazier than lack of communication. In particular, that you-can-hear-a-pin-drop silence that comes after an intense date or a conversation where the guy is just grovelling at my feet and making all sorts of offers. (Every man who walks through my door has to sit…
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Once in a (Scorpio) Blue Moon
May 19-20 (depending on your time zone) marks the second Sun-Moon combination of Taurus and Scorpio in a month, and I’m always surprised at how many new readers drop in to find a ritual or a good ritual tip for this Full Moon. This one, being an even more intense Scorpio moon has the distinction…
