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June 26, 2020
Moon
Waxing Crescent Moon in Virgo
The waxing moon is a time to nurture the things in our life that are new, growing and precious. Virgo Moons favor critical intellect, paying close attention to details, and all aspects of service to the greater good--volunteering, service to others and community needs. This moon lends itself easily to all aspects of health, healing and work. A Virgo Moon, associated with the element of Earth, will help ground some of these very dynamic energies represented in the stone, essential oil and tarot cards for today. What areas of your life might benefit from increasing attention to detail, a focus on healing or working for the benefit of others?
Purpose: The Movement of the thing.
Theme: Manifestation
Quality and element: Mutable Earth
Ruling Planet: Mercury
Stone
Fulgurite
Keywords: Survivor, Mighty, Bold
Fulgurite is formed by the connection of lightning to earth. The intense heat of a bolt of lightning fuses the silica in the soil, creating a hollow glass tube. This stone reminds me of the energy of the Goddess Kali, the embodiment of transformation and rebirth following destruction and disaster. Fulgurite captures that moment when one cycle ends and the next begins with a powerful initiatory vibration. When what is cannot be shifted into what is needed, we must not hesitate to burn the crop to nurture the land for what will follow.
Oil
Melaleuca
Anchor word: Evolution
I attract only what is for my highest good.
The imbalances and relationships that have been keeping you down are no longer needed. You are ready to transform.
There is a fantastic continuation of the theme of beginning anew with the Melaleuca card coming up in conjunction today with the Fulgurite crystal affirmation card and the Waxing Crescent moon. Razing the old to make way for the new seems to be a theme for the day. Melaleuca helps establish healthy energetic boundaries. When we are able to release connections which no longer serve us, we create space for new possibilities. Embrace this energy of transformation today, and see what rattles out when you give your world a little shake.
Tarot
8 Strength
We become that with which we fight.
The Strength card represents the focused and controlled force of the Fire element. Knowing when to direct the movement of Fire and when to allow it to flow is the exercise of both will and intuition. She represents strength in all aspects--health, morality and intelligence. In this position, Strength represents prior exercise of the force of will guided by intuition.
10 of Pentacles, Reversed
The 10 of Pentacles is one of the most positive of the Minor Arcana cards. It is a card of deep fulfillment, an abundance of resources, contentment and satisfaction across the spectrum of human needs. From this space of bliss, the 10 of pentacles represents a fulfillment on the physical level creating a bridge to the spiritual aspect of life. Reversed, this card may signify a depth of personal, internal resources and riches or a situation which instigates deep personal fulfillment.
5 of Cups
The 5 of Cups brings the power of change; the evaluation and sorting of feelings or relationships. This card continues the theme of change, transformation and powerful shifts. In this position, this card indicates loss on the horizon, but note that all is lost. Releasing what no longer serves us creates capacity for more of what we want to create in our lives. The key here will be the capacity to maintain space for both grieving what has passed and gratitude for the remaining foundation for fulfillment.
June 24, 2020
Moon
New Moon in Leo
The new moon is a time to foster that which we desire to grow--what would we call into our lives in greater measure? Leo Moon is a time to consider our sense of personal power and self-esteem as well as our relationship with authority. Leo Moons are also a time to invest in activities that bring us pleasure--hobbies and recreation, creative arts and entertainment. Which of these areas in your life would benefit from increased attention?
Phase: New Moon
Purpose: Beginnings
Theme: Abundance
Sign: Leo
Quality and element: Fixed Fire
Ruling Planet: Sun
Stone
Pyrite
Keywords: Money and Manifestation, Action, Creativity
I love the overlap of the fiery aspects of Pyrite’s centrifugal spark of movement and the Fixed Fire we find in the Leo moon today! Here we find the continuation of the Leo New Moon message--do more of what you love! Pyrite brings the focus to self-realization through action and firmly grounds the message of abundance into money. Pyrite encourages us to explore the possibilities behind aligning our income with what ignites passion in our souls. Your medicine--the part of you there to be realized, celebrated and expressed in sacred and joyous celebration-- is needed and necessary.
Pyrite pairs well with carnelian, citrine, and hematite.
Affirmation: My will is strong, and I use it to accomplish the manifestation of my most benevolent hopes and desires.
Oil
Wild Orange
Anchor word: Good Fortune
I attract abundance.
Feel the joy you would have once you have reached your goals here and now. You will achieve your dreams fastest that way.
Wild Orange supports a positive mood and sparks our creativity. Activating the Third Chakra, it is also associated with joy and playfulness and can help to release a mindset of scarcity, freeing us to feel into the abundance in our lives and playfully celebrating it. This oil today is so beautifully in resonance with the energy of the Leo New Moon and the Pyrite stone for today--be who you are, do what you love, manifest your passion and celebrate the abundance in your life!
Tarot
10 of Swords
Swords are the suit of Air, the element of ideas and quick movement and the tenth card of each suit represents a completion of a journey or process. In this position, the 10 of swords could signify rigid thinking or attitudes in the past, or the completion of an evolution of thought or attitude in the past. The sword pierced figure is a metaphor for the end of one life and the beginning of a new chapter.
14 Temperance
We only create reconciliation.
The Temperance card evokes balance, harmony, and especially alchemy. The angel has alchemical symbols for the Sun/gold (circle with the center dot on the forehead) and the element of Fire (triangle on the chest) evoking one more time the Fiery nature of the Leo New Moon, Pyrite and Wild Orange oil. This card encourages us to be aware not only of the interplay between opposing energies, situations or personalities, but to look for the places where this interplay creates change in the energies at hand. In this position, Temperance calls attention to the places in your life today where the balance of opposites is creating a transformation in the energies at play.
Queen of Swords, Reversed
Queen of Swords makes a repeat showing in the future position, but she’s reversed today. She represents thoughts, attitudes and ideas based upon careful consideration, wisdom gained through experience, and an ability for precise and clear communication. Swords represent the element of Air, bringing an aspect of swift change to this card. In this position, the reversed Queen of Swords indicates a future need to direct your careful consideration and wisdom towards an inner aspect of evolution and transformation, or the arrival of a person who will engage you with eloquence and intelligence to evoke change.
June 23, 2020
Moon
New Moon in Leo
The new moon is a time to foster that which we desire to grow--what would we call into our lives in greater measure? Leo Moon is a time to consider our sense of personal power and self-esteem as well as our relationship with authority. Leo Moons are also a time to invest in activities that bring us pleasure--hobbies and recreation, creative arts and entertainment. Which of these areas in your life would benefit from increased attention?
Stone
Aragonite Keywords: Strength, wisdom, reserve, transformation
Aragonite resonates with the energy of transformation through adversity and over time and provides an energetic anchor of calm during difficult times. Star clusters can clear our energetic systems and help us gain insight from our past experiences in this life, as well as prior incarnations. Aragonite can be paired well with calcites, selenite, Herkimer diamond and hematite.
I create balance and harmony within myself as I go forward with the healing of my emotional body.
Oil
Dill
Anchor word: Clearing I am clear. Feel as any external energy is cleared from you and your space. You are energetically pure and can focus on the task at hand.
Dill helps us clear away outside energies so we can engage the energies that are our own to their best use. Dill assists those overwhelmed by too many external influences to focus on the work that is ours to do.
Tarot
Queen of Cups, Reversed
The Queen of Cups is the ultimate empath--if it can be felt, she has felt it. This queen represents nurturing, caring, and understanding and is the embodiment of unconditional love and acceptance. Reversed, the Queen of Swords directs your attention towards those parts of you that need nurturing and acceptance or that struggle to express these attributes. In this position, the Queen of Cups represents a person or aspect of yourself from your past.
7 of Swords
7 of Swords indicates a challenge of your ideas and attitudes, usually through deceit. Pay close attention and call upon the element of Air to clarify your present situation. There is trickery at play. In this position the 7 of Swords depicts your current situation.
Queen of Swords
The Queen of Swords represents thoughts, attitudes and ideas based upon careful consideration and wisdom gained through experience. She also indicates an ability for precise and careful communication and her hand is extended forward, inviting dialogue. In this position, the Queen of Swords indicates a person or aspect of yourself coming into play in the future.
Orientation
Shifts in perspective make a known place brand new.
We are still in early December, but, true to form, I am thinking 4-6 weeks ahead; a habit set nearly 8 years ago when I began working as a Massage Therapist and Polarity Practitioner and my life began to really revolve around my work calendar. This January, I will be heading back to Spa Tech Institute in Westbrook to complete the Polarity education I began back in 2012 with the Holistic Massage Therapy program, which includes the introductory 120 hours of education in Polarity needed to qualify for the Associate Polarity Practitioner credential offered by the American Polarity Therapy Association. Returning to complete the remaining 400+ hours of education to qualify for the next credential level requires a pre-program Orientation date.
I’m not going to lie—I was aggravated by this requirement. A few hours out of the middle of a work day to move through an orientation for a school I had already attended to complete a program I had already begun. I was cranky. I rolled my eyes and thought, “What a waste of time.”
Time has passed, and December has shown me a few things since I was advised of the orientation. My life has recently been filled with opportunities to reorient— to spaces I’ve lived in for more than a decade, an office I’ve occupied for four full years, a practice I’ve been building for nearly eight years. I find that I have even been able to shift my perspective of both the Winter season and the Holiday season this year. These shifts have been illuminating and have reminded me of the value of a shift in perspective, especially in places and spaces that we have been occupying for a period of time. Routine may save time, but it can also lead to a lack of perception of opportunity.
I am grateful for what my reorientation process has shown me in my home, my professional life and in my relationships. Orientation for school is next week, and I’ll bring my shift in perspective along for the ride, and will keep my eyes open for what is new and different, both at school and in myself.
Polarity and Body Relationships
Polarity Therapy understands wellbeing to be a manifestation of the health of our physical, emotional and spiritual selves. Created by Dr. Randolph Stone, Polarity understands the energies around us and within us quite literally shape us. He created a system to help balance these energies to facilitate greater health, happiness and deeper connection to our spiritual source. Using energetically based body work, supported by easy stretching postures, dietary support for cleansing and building a healthy digestive system, and coaching around positive states of mind, Polarity creates an opportunity for a shift in our energies, opening up new possibilities for our wellness.
Polarity borrows an understanding of relationships between areas of the body from astrology and the relationships between the signs and the areas of the body that they rule. When addressing an imbalance in the Earth 🌏 energy, a Polarity practitioner might focus on areas of the body ruled by the three earth signs—Taurus ♉️ for the neck, Virgo ♍️ for the digestive system and Capricorn ♑️ for the knees. When addressing an imbalance of the urinary system, the Polarity practitioner can reflex the kidneys, associated with Libra, ♎️ an air element 🌪, to other areas ruled by air like the ankles (Aquarius ♒️) and the shoulders (Gemini ♊️).
What are your questions about Polarity? Feel free to comment below!