Mood of the Week Tarot

THIS WEEK'S CARD:: Maid of Chalices

Last week we had Maid of Vesicas, representing the divine feminine-masculine balance and birth -- perfect symbology for the Summer Solstice -- this week we have the Maid of Chalices. This card shows a lady dressed in blue, holding out a chalice near from heart, sitting in a field of poppies. Chalices hold liquid and so this card has a strong emotional side to it. But what kind of emotion are we dealing with? Well, because she is holding the chalice by her heart, it suggests innocence and openess. Meanwhile, her sleeves are hanging lose, suggesting flexibility, and the front of her dress is lightly laced, suggesting she knows how to contain her energy but at the same time open to sharing. As for the field of poppies she sits in? For me, I have always interpreted this as representing some form of loss or sacrifice, because they wear poppies on memorial day to represent those who died in the First World War. I see these sacrifices or loss as representing all the experiences and healings we have been through to open our heart, which was often a tumultuos and trying process. I know it certainly has been for me.

This card suggests that we now find ourselves more emotionally in-tune, more emotionally flexible, and more giving of ourselves. The other possibility is that we need to open up more and come in to emotional balance. A simple method I have used recently, which is quite effective, is simply to hold a Rose Quartz crystal and/or then place one's attention in one's heart space. You can rest there and wait to see how you really feel, beneath the veneer of your mind. Once there, you can give yourself whatever nurturance you require. Whatever you find there, love and respect it and be open. Note how you feel, note your reaction to how you feel, and if your reaction is fear based, be easy on yourself and return to the space of unconditional love. You may find people being more attracted to you at this time, and more open in response. Remember to give freely of yourself and be the shining example of love that you are!

AFFIRMATION

'I am in touch with my true feelings. Wherever I may go, I am the expression of Divine innocence'.

MEDITATION

After last weeks epic sagafor the Solstice, I thought I'd keep this week's nice and simple.

Take a deep breath. Imagine growing roots down into the earth, and light coming down from above. Breath the light throughout your entire body, from head to toe, and down into the earth below. Now become aware of how you are laying or seated. Become aware of your breath, the posture of your body. Now hold your Rose Quartz crystal if you have one, or imagine one if you don't. Cup it in your hands. Put your mind at the centre of the crystal, find it's heart with your mind. Become aware of your heart and become aware of the crystal's heart simultaneously. Now hold the crystal up by your heart. Imagine at the centre of your heart is a chalice. Breath in pink light from the crystal which fills the chalice, until it overpsills. Overspill with love. Smile as you focus on your heart space. Breath this smile through every part of you, from the top of your head to the tips of your toes, and then return awareness to your heart again. Look at yourself and see another you within you, see this other you shrink until they become very small like a 'mini Me'! Seat your mini-Me in your heart space. Look out through your mini-Me's eyes. Then visualise the rest of your day, or if it is late, visualise -- plan -- tomorrow. Smile through out your body, see yourself meeting people throughout your day. You are smiling, and the smiles return. Spend a while doing this in as much detail as possible... Then return your mini-Me back to normal size to synthesis with the rest of you, become aware of your body again, and slowly open your eyes.

Now... go out there and smile!

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Jamie uses the Glastonbury Tarot by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma (Gothic Image Publications, 1999).

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Mood of the Week Tarot

THIS WEEK'S CARD: MAID OF VESICAS

This card depicts a beautiful, pregnant woman, meditating in an orchard near Chalice Hill, Glastonbury. She is near to giving birth, the Tor can be seen behind, and it is a beautiful late afternoon. The woman is naked, apart from a cloth of pure white draped across her legs, symbolising purity. She is holding a vesica pisces in her hands near her sacral chakra, and has a vesica in her third eye area. Vesica piscis is symbolic of the first division of a single cell and the balance of male-female energy. Her face is tranquil, she clearly has roots growing from below her into the earth, and she is surrounded by a bright pink-gold aura (colours of unconditional love and crystal energy) which is perfectly round and clear. She meditates alongside a row of trees which suggest clear boundaries and grounding.

This card coming up at this time indicates a deep connection with the earth. If your not connected with the earth, then go for a walk in nature, or meditate with a tree or rock! The row of trees suggests being balanced and grounded, and the requirement for healthy boundaries. Because she is meditating the card can suggest developing abilities in meditation and contemplation. Maybe your well in tune, but if not (maybe you've been too engaged in the 'world' recently) then it's time to retreat a little and connect with the earth and with yourself. As the Maid of Vesicas is depicted as pregnant the card suggests you are on the verge of giving birth to new ideas or energy. Maybe there are new projects or inspirations coming into your life. If not, maybe life feels somewhat repetitive and therefore needs some fresh input! I've certainly been noticing this myself. The answer is to break your own mould and try something new!

This card can also indicate study -- especially higher education, study of the mind, or spiritual study -- as it indicates a deep curiosity about the world in which we live. If you are a lightworker, you may have noticed yourself inspired to radically new approaches or techniques in your work. Personally, I have had a constant stream of inspiration -- usually when in the bath! -- regarding a new service of mine, Andromedan DNA Activations! Now if that isn't a radical birth of a new energy, I don't know what is. Otherwise, if you only have a fleeting interest in new age matters, you may have found yourself becoming more curious recently...

Recently, the Goddess Quan Yinn came to me spontaneously whilst in meditation and spoke with me. This happens rarely, even for me, as I still find the experience kind of odd. It was probably easier for me to do so because I was meditating with my female friend Sara at the time, whom I refer to as my 'Mother' or 'the Galactic Mother'! In general, feminine energy will be quite strong at the moment. Indeed, I feel we are shifting from a masculine cycle back into a feminine one now, in which many things we have been working on recently (mostly on the inner planes) will now manifest on the outer planes (i.e. the symbolism of birth). In terms of the Summer Solstice on June 20th (here in England anyway, depends where you live), Summer Solstice is the time when the God and Goddess come together. Interestingly, me and Sara have some kind of synchronistic connection like twins and our energies are working increasingly well together at manifesting our projects. Funny you know, Sara has sometimes joked that I am the 'Father'. Quann Yinn also mentioned being the 'mother of the Christed child', a birthing of which will culminate on the 21st June the first day of summer proper. Clearly this is suggesting that male and female energy is coming together synergistically to birth a third force, the result of the marrying of the two. So expect some massive changes and breakthroughs within yourselves, your relationships, and within your ability to manifest...

AFFIRMATION

'I am creative and receiving much in-spire-ation. I am allowing the birth of the new me, the shiny crystal self that is my true essence.'

MEDITATION

Breath in through the nose, and out through the mouth. Imagine you are breathing in inspiration. You are in-spir-ing through your breath. Become aware of your roots growing down into the earth, and see your aura around you shining golden-pink. Breath in the golden-pink light, the light of inspiration and rebirth. Feel it connecting you with your heart and from your heart connecting you to your higher self, and from this connection to the fountain of wisdom and creativity that is your birthright. Keep breathing the golden-pink light, aware that your breath is your inspiration. And then breath out through your mouth all the old and stagnant energy for release. Breath it down into the centre of the earth where it is transmuted.

Breath again the golden-pink light of inspiration and rebirth. See within your heart now a crystal, as you focus upon this crystal you become aware of a mini-You, a smaller version of you that is situated at the centre of a vesica-piscis, the body posture, breathing, etc. of this mini-You is identical to your present posture and breathing...except that this mini-You looks slightly different and has golden-pink coloured skin! And yet this difference is less of a visual difference, more of a felt one within your heart. Smile, and see this mini-You smiling. Become aware now that this being is moving upwards as you breath, up into a chakra above your heart chakra. This chakra is your 8th chakra, thymus, or 'higher heart'. It is the colour turqoise. It is the seat of the crystal, cryst-al, or Christed Self. Breath this Christed one up into your higher heart to be seated there now within it's true home. Continue to smile and see this Christed one smiling back at you. Allow this smile to move from your face, down into your neck, your chest, your stomach, your legs, throughout every part of your being! Yes, indeed, you can metaphorically smile throughout every part, cell and fibre of your being! This is a whole body smile. A Christed smile of Peace.

Now focus upon the Christed one at your higher heart, and watch as they expand, as they grow...to eventually become the same size as yourself, and fill your entire being. Then see down to evry part of you, every cell, and even down to the atomic, subatomic level and beyond, every single droplet of your being containing a smiling Christed or Buddhic one within it. See each droplet as a rainbow sphere with the smiling Christed one within. Now take a deep breath and spend some quiet time integrating this within your being. When you are ready, become aware of your feet, and open your eyes. Welcome back, to see the world afresh with new eyes of crystal vision and clarity!

Note: Jamie uses the Glastonbury Tarot by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma (Gothic Image Publications, 1999).

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Hayfever & Energetic Sensitivity--What's the Soul-ution...?

I had the most challenging few weeks of allergy-symptoms ever. If you don't suffer from allergies, you're probably wondering how a spot of 'hayfever' could be so challenging? Put it this way. I had hayfever (itchy eyes, sneezing, runny nose) for almost two weeks continuously. I said to the angels, 'I really must find a solution this year! I don't think I can take much more of this!' I hate nothing more than 'popping pills' to treat myself. I always prefer alternative, non-drug solutions, though of course the symtpoms become so bad sometimes that I have to take medication. Hayfever, for me, becomes so bad that I cannot do anything that requires concentration, let alone think! And this occasion was certainly one of them! What I mean't by solution, when I spoke to the angels, was of course a 'soul-ution', a solution that takes my soul into account. A solution that takes into account the fact that I am an individual, rather than a 'one size fits all' for whom the same pill will do the trick for me just as it does for everyone else.

Anyway, I walked into the chemist after asking the angels, and I thought how whenever I ask them I receive what I ask for. Despite my symptoms seeming so bad that I wondered if they could really help me out with this challenge--maybe angels find hayfever too challenging!--I knew that this challenge shouldn't be any different from any other. 'If you ask, so shall you receive.' Whilst standing there, looking at the endless display of summer-season medications, I over-heard something on the speakers, an advert mentioning some hayfever solution, but I didn't quite catch what it was. Before I could go up and ask, I noticed a section with the chemists displaying medical devices. And there it was. My angelic solution, or at least part of the solution, a treatment based on ...wait for it...Light! This drug-free solution involves putting a device into the nose, which fires red laser-like beams. Clinically proven, it works by convincing the cells that release histamine to stop doing so. As an indigo and lightworker, the whole concept of using light for healing was of course far more pleasing and comforting to my soul and psyche than taking medication.

I thanked the angels and walked home thinking that my hayfever might be cured for ever! All you do with the device is use it for 3 minutes every 5 hours. The results were pleasing, and at the very least lower my need for medication. But by thursday 12 June, my symptoms had seriously worsened. Having fainted on a couple of occasions, I was now experiencing recurrent migraine, brought on by light. Flourescent lights found in supermarkets, shops, and other big buildings, were the most serious offenders. And of course computers. Relying on my computer to, for e.g., write this newsletter, is clearly not helpful! Which is where this gets tricky, because I don't believe I have simple hayfever, but also major sensitivity to electrical items...more on that in a moment...

On Friday 13th June my migraines were becoming stronger. I went shopping with a friend and had to walk straight back out because the lights were aggravating me so much. I was then drawn to visit the chemist. This time I was open to the possibility of trying more medication. I bought a nasal spray as well as a fresh bottle of olbas oil for my sinuses which had been aching for many days now. I didn't like the look of the sinusitis nasal spray and the main ingredient, but I knew I had to do something about my symptoms and fast. I used the spray, once in each nostril, and inhaled deeply only to be greeted by a chemical taste dripping down the back of my throat. A couple of minutes later I actually felt the spray in action. I'm not sure my reaction was the usual reaction, but let's just say it felt like someone had poured acid or coca-cola into my brain and it seemed to move from the front to the back. I felt dizzy again and wondered if the spray was such a good idea after all. The blurb on the box said it worked within minutes to release sinusitis and lasted up to 10 hours! Ah well, who could argue with that...

However, I still had achey sinuses and so on when I turned up at my friend and reiki student's place for some reiki healing! We had tea and chatted for a few more minutes, giving the spray plenty of time to work, but I still felt the same. She invited me to lay back and receive reiki, and the pressure within my third eye and sinuses was incredible. After 30 minutes, I opened my eyes and felt okay again, realising that it was either the spray or reiki or both providing me with this welcome relief!

But it didn't last long. I actually started to feel worse again. My sinuses had cleared somewhat, but now I was feeling flu-like. Indeed, whilst having the reiki, I had become acutely aware that what I was feeling was similar to flu or cold in many ways. I went home early and slept till next day, but braved--with sunglasses--a few minutes at the computer writing an email to all the staff of 12listen and 12angel. To say that they helped me was an understatement. I had at least ten messages by next day, all offering me solutions and healing. Thank you guys! Because when I woke up next day I felt great.

Luckily, it came to a head by the Saturday and I was fine again, but my condition was so far gone, that both chemists I visited that day said that if the symptoms I had continued much longer I should visit a doctor for a course of anti-biotics. The moral of the story is, hayfever can be very serious indeed!

So what have I learned? Well I'm going to keep it practical for now and let you know what you can do to ease or cure your symptoms...

1). Red Light Therapy. A simple device which uses red light to suppress histamine
2). Wearing sunglasses. On the saturday I went to a friend's, and found myself sneezing, unable to keep my eyes open, and falling asleep. He worked out the connection with light and gave me a pair of sunglasses! I stopped sneezing and I was able to keep my eyes open again and felt wide awake!
3). Olbas oil. I swear by it. It's a menthol type oil that when breathed can instantly unblock your nose or sinuses. And the following information thanks to Lisa B of 12angel: '1/4 teaspoon course salt. 5 drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil.
Place the salt in a small vial (glass is best) with a tight lid and add oil. The salt will absorb the oil and provide a convenient way to carry the oil without danger of spilling it. Open the vial and inhale deeply, as needed. This same technique can be used with any Essential Oil for other issues.'
4). Sound therapy. Download a free brainwave frequency generator at http://www.bwgen.com and use the following frequencies for hayfever: 20, 727, 787, 880hz, and for general allergy relief: 3.0, 330, 727, 787, 880hz


The interesting thing that has come up for me this year, is that both light and sound therapy (different forms of the same thing, energetic frequency!) have been very helpful to me this year, and as we can see with the Red Light Therapy device is now sold on the general market as 'clinically proven'. I have not heard of any clinically proven devices for Sound Therapy yet, but there is research for this approach and it stands to reason that sound affects us just as much as light.

I have gone into this whole allergy challenge a bit deeper with myself, and I suggest you do to. I have asked myself what is the underlying psychological and energetic reason for it? I found my guidance saying that it is because of my starry nature. I also sensed it was because of my discomfort with living on planet earth! There is much truth in this, as I often complain that I shouldn't be allergic to natural things like pollen, and I have always blamed the rising levels of pollution for my hayfever. Interestingly, I read an article in New Scientist last year which confirmed my belief, saying that hayfever is exasperated by pollution because pollen attaches itself to particles within exhaust fumes. Hayfever, for me, represents a discomfort or anxiety with the quality of energy upon earth, and the anxiety is the fear that I may not be able to live within the environment for much longer! On some level I also feel that it is an aspect--a part of me--protesting at the way the world is and hence not wanting to be here! I know, consciously anyway, that this doesn't 'have' to be true for me, because there are plenty of people who do not suffer like me.

To some extent, allergies go hand in hand with being indigo or sensitive, which is why I have the sensitivity to electricity also. But there are ways around this. Practical things we can do, like those suggested in my list above, and deeper things we can do, like meditate go within and ask why you choose to suffer this way? And what you can do to release this choice to suffer? Just by knowing 'why' may help you release this, because then you may know on a deeper level that you did indeed choose this for yourself!

Last night at my psychic meditation circle, I had an old guide reconnect with me. It was a star-being, surprise, surprise! He called himself Nu and said he is to guide me to help synthesise the terrestrial and extraterrestrial 'sides' of me, to make a completion, a wholeness again. He offered me a couple of gifts, including the crystal Unakite. Afterwards I looked in my friend's crystal dictionary, and was shocked to find everything within it to be relevant to me at this time. Most relevant to this article, though, it said Unakite can be used to help you get to the root cause of any health problem. I suggest you find yourself some Unakite, courtesy of Nu, and start digging!

Coming Soon: More articles on indigos and sensitivity, alternative solutions to allergies, and also my own experience of suffering from EHS (Electrical Hypersensitivity Syndrome)...

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