Of Eclipses, Nature, Thoughts and Uncovered information~~~

Hello Dear Readers,

This has been a busy week for me, with family visiting and the Eclipse happening,  some of my family members packed a picnic lunch and we drove inland to an area where it was not overcast to see the Eclipse even if the area where I live it would have been only a partial eclipse.

Taking precautions to not damage our eyes we saw the moon block out ¾ of the sun, the air turned very cool, the birds that were chirping became silent as if going to sleep, the atmosphere around us became a dusty brown color because there was still ¼ of the sun showing we only saw a few of the most powerful stars.   But the magnificence of the interaction between the sun, the moon and the earth was beyond words. 

Some believe that during an eclipse it’s important to take time out during it to pray for enlightenment and to understand the harmony that the Divine Presence can show during this astronomical dance, I know once seen never forgotten, it was moving and beautiful.  For those who got to see the total eclipse they must have been awe-struck. 

I strongly feel that this is a reminder that we should stop at least once a day or once a week, set aside our electronic toys and gadgets and get out among nature, to listen to the birds, observe even the actions of squirrels in urban settings, walk in the forest or go to the ocean and listen to the rhythm of the waves and see how perfectly they curl, to just observe and enjoy that which is free.   That is why in big Cities they have parks for those who cannot go to the mountains or forest or oceans, because some wise planner knew that we have to see more than just concrete, brick and stone and grey sky.  

When I was a little girl I use to wonder why some elderly people would toss stale bread or bird seed to the pigeons in the park, but now at my age I understand the need to connect to nature, and that is why I make it a ritual to have my coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon and sit on my porch to observe nature, to plant plants that attract hummingbirds and butterflies, put up a seed dispenser to attract birds and sometimes an adventuresome squirrel, and I’ve found it to be far more fun than watching T.V.

So if you can dear readers take one day a week to connect to nature in some way, you’ll find that its uplifting to your soul, and connecting to the spiritual energies around us.

On a different subject, my niece and one of my other relatives have been helping me sort through and---believe it or not---catalog my books and papers.   I never realized I had so much “stuff”, including news clippings of strange phenomena and oddities.   But among my “stuff” we came across a missing page in regards to the ritual of candle dressing.   Now I knew that my Granny before she would dress a candle would wash her hands first and in-between preparing it she would from time to time wash her hands, but over the years I had forgotten the exact reason behind it.

Now when applying oils you do not want to mix the different oils on your hands and confuse the energies, but this paper gave the exact formula as to what to do prior to handling the candles,  I will put this in another post, and I may have to go back to the “Art of Candle Spells”  the section on preparing the candles and re-edit it.   So something more to come in the works.

Bright Blessings,

Ms. Q  

Double Eclipses this month and a Mercury retrograde?~~~

Hello Dear Readers,

Well with the Big Eclipse of the Sun coming up towards the end of this month and the fact that Starting on August 7^th we’ll be having a Lunar eclipse, then on August 12^th  we’ll be beginning a Mercury retrograde,  this month is going to be shaping up to be very interesting.

Communication will go haywire, plans will fall through, we may have more heat waves, tempers getting more than testy, and in fact they may get downright mean.    As a matter of fact I’ve noticed myself having a lack of patience with a few family members, being cranky with them and then apologizing afterwards for my short-temperedness.

With 2 eclipses in this month and one of the going right across the United States this is making this an intense period where we will find our spirit is broken so wide open that we feel a tsunami of emotions, fears and major, possibly ‘earthshaking’ events happening in our lives bringing about unexpected changes in our lives.

This period which is including the Mercury retrograde,  can accelerate these changes, but also bring about the headaches of lack of communication,  our perceptions of things will be twisted around and see things differently,  the speeding up of these things can be either exciting or frightening depending upon what is happening in your life.

This is because eclipses bring about us seeing things that we haven’t seen or chose to not see, but we can’t avoid it, it’s going to happen, so even if it’s painful we’ll have to work through it if we want to learn or gain anything in our progress in life.

This will be a time for you to ask questions such as what has been hiding from me or I was not really looking at, where am I failing at, and what can I learn from this and grow with it?

In short this will be a time to put on your “Grown-Up Pants” and be honest with yourself, your dreams, and your goals,  have you made them impossible to reach, or are they un-realistic that you set yourself up to fail?    This would be a good time to come back to reality and re-evaluate what you need to do.

It’s not failure, not even a set-back, but it is a re-adjustment or realignment to be honest with yourself and make things right to keep yourself on track.  

Yes Dear Readers, you may find this Eclipse and Mercury retro-grade period a wake-up call.  And right in the middle of the Dog Days of Summer.

And we may be feeling some of it happening right now, creeping in with little spats here and there, a few little things going wrong,  mis-communication, things being late.   

So what can you do?  Keep Calm,  be focused, take deep breaths,  and know that there is a solution, don’t re-act to a situation, analyze it and come up with a solution.

Of course that’s hard to say when your house is on fire or your child has broken their leg or other disaster.   But even with that Focus and be Calm.  

When I fell and broke my ankle my Husband, and the Neighbor said to me in a panic “Can you get up and hop on one foot to the car and we’ll drive you to the ER?”   I looked at them with this thought running through my head “Are they Kidding???”  Finally taking deep breaths and getting my pain under control and my heart to stop racing, I yelled “I broke my ankle!!”   “What do you want us to do??”  they replied,  Well DUH!!!  I finally yelled out “Call the Paramedics!!”   Oh Good they reacted and did just that then they relaxed, and focused (finally) on making me as comfortable as possible until the Paramedics got there. 

And then in was in other people’s hands,  I and my husband and the neighbor can look back on that and laugh about it, but it was an example of how panic and not focusing could easily have taken over. 

So during this time especially, breathe, remain calm and focus and you’ll find your way.   And in doing that can avoid having conflicts and having a period instead of difficulty, turning it around to be self-discovery.

Bright Blessings,

Ms. Q

The Great Eclipse of August 21, 2017

Dear Readers,

So much is being ballyhooed about this fantastic Eclipse of the Sun that will occur on August 21 of this year, and the fact that it will be crossing most of North America.  I certainly could not ignore it.

For those of you who collect spiritually charged waters and are in the path of this eclipse, I would say gather what you can using either Spring, River or Ocean water (or if you are lucky rain water), if you are not near anyone of these natural forming bodies of water, then get Spring Bottled water and use that to collect the eclipse’s energy, do not use tap water as that is ‘dead water’.

But many astrologers have their concerns about this eclipse, especially is Mr. Mark Lerner, who wrote an article (very long) about it,  and it is very detailed in his description of it,  I have the link here: http://www.earthaquariusnews.com/page_900/beclipse-catastrophe-why-august-21-might-not-be-so

On George Noory’s Coast To Coast radio program Link here:  http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2017/07/18     He described the possible ramifications of such an event, even sighting how such an eclipse presaged the Kennedy Assassination in 1963.

You can print out a copy of his article from his web site as it a very long read, including charts showing the path of the eclipse.     If you are into astrology or want to know exactly the type of energy this eclipse will present read the article, you will find it very informative.

I know for myself I will be staying home on that date, here in the northern hemisphere it is the “dog days” of summer so it will be best to stay home and avoid traveling anywhere either a few days before or after this eclipse as a lot of hotels and camp grounds will be full and traffic will be crazy.

So I have no intentions of going anywhere and just simply rest here at home.

Bright Blessings,

Ms. Q