posted May 27, 2009 04:52 PM         

FLOWER ESSENCES:

The following information will enable you to make up your own flower essence remedies. However if you wish to try them but are not interested in doing
it all yourself, you can contact a flower essence practitioner. Many astrological counselors and other holistic practitioners use the flower essences and gem
essences in their work.

1. Choosing your essences: Generally you can use up to five essences at a time. Some people believe five essences is ideal, as the number five is
associated in myth and folklore with the healing process. Others find using a single remedy at a time most effective. Follow your own intuition and impulses
on this, but please do not try to address too many issues at once. Gem essences can be used with flower essences.

2. Making the remedy: Once you have chosen the essence or essences you wish to take, purchase them from the supplier in the concentrated form
("stock" bottles). You will need a glass dropper bottle such as pharmacists use for eye drops, which are sold at some pharmacies as well as through the
flower essences companies. The one ounce size is standard. It should be sterilized by boiling it for a few minutes, then letting it cool. Then, put four drops of
each concentrated essence into the bottle, close it, and shake it vigorously for about a minute so that the essences are well blended. Fill the bottle about 3/4
full with distilled or spring water. (For a more potent remedy you may wish to use color-solarized water instead, as described in the color therapy section).
Then, close the bottle and, again, shake vigorously for about a minute. To preserve the mixture, add a teaspoon or so of either brandy or apple cider vinegar.
(They work equally well; it is a matter of personal taste and preference).

3. Using essences: The standard dosage is four drops four times a day, taken under the tongue. Taking more than four drops will not increase the
remedy's effectiveness, and taking it more than four times a day is usually not necessary except in crisis situations. However, if you feel inclined to use it more
frequently than four times a day, these remedies cannot be harmful in anyway. They are self-adjusting, meaning that you will simply not absorb more than you
can use.

To further activate the remedy's effect, you may wish to use a simple affirmation that corresponds with your intent and the nature of the remedy. For
instance, if you are taking a remedy to increase your receptivity to love, you can say "I now let love and appreciation into my life", each time you take the
remedy. Keep the words simple, positive, and framed in the present tense. Or, you may wish to put a self-adhesive label on your bottle, with a list of the
essences it contains and a short phrase such as "receptivity to love" or "opening the heart" which you will see each time you take the remedy.

Other very effective ways to use your remedy are to add 7 drops to a bath and/or several drops to an atomizer or spray bottle filled with water and
spray it around the rooms of your house or workspace.

4. What to expect: Please understand the flower essences do not "take away" troublesome feelings or attitudes. Some people actually experience a
temporary intensification of the issues the remedy is designed to address, what is referred to as a "healing crisis", as strong emotions or other reactions begin
to surface. Naturally you can temporarily stop taking the remedy if you get too uncomfortable. You can also get some support while this process is occurring,
since a willingness to experience and feel what is actually there is an intrinsic part of the healing. Most people, however, find the remedies quite gentle.
Insights into the nature of the problem and how you are contributing to or maintaining it may emerge. Or, you may simply notice a gradual attitudinal,
emotional, or energetic shift, and more harmony in that area of your life. Some very sensitive people feel the effects of the remedies on their chakras
(particularly the heart and solar plexus) immediately upon taking them.

If the pattern you are working with is longstanding, as the ones which are related to your birth chart are apt to be, you may need more than one bottle
of given remedy. Or, after one bottle, you may want to give it a rest, and then go back to that remedy later. If you frequently "forget" to take the remedy or
simply lose interest in it, this may be a signal that now is not the time for that particular one.

COLOR THERAPY:

Color can be used to calm or energize, to cleanse, to stimulate a given energy center in the body, or to promote balance and an overall sense of
well-being. In addition to paying attention to how color affects you and using that awareness in your choice of clothing and home or office decor, here are
two methods to utilize color:

1. Color-solarized water: This is a very easy method. The supplies needed are a clear glass jar or bottle, colored cellophane (which can be purchased
at an art supply store), drinking water, sunshine, and a clear quartz crystal (optional). Sterilize the jar or bottle, fill it with water, and if you wish add a clear
quartz crystal (this magnifies the effects of the color). Then, close the bottle, wrap it in the colored cellophane, and secure the cellophane with a rubber band
at the top. Place the bottle in a sunny spot for 2-6 hours, preferably outdoors. After removing the crystal, you can drink it freely and/or use it to make your
flower remedies.

2. Color Breathing: This exercise can be used to clear your energy system of psychic debris, stimulate a sluggish or blocked chakra, and promote
healing. Choose a place that is well-ventilated. You may stand or sit as you prefer, keeping your spine erect. Begin by taking 2 or 3 deep, gentle breaths,
inhaling slowly through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. Then as you breathe in, see and feel the color filling your entire body. As you continue to
breathe, imagine the color surrounding your body as well, extending out about two feet all round you, to create a beautiful egg-shaped bubble of colored
light. Simply breathe in this color for 5-10 minutes.

To work on a particular chakra, you may start by breathing clear, white, or golden light (as described above). Then focus your attention on the center
that needs clearing or balancing. For the base or root chakra, imagine a glowing sphere of bright, apple red at the very base of your spine. As you breathe,
imagine the light becoming stronger and brighter. For the sacral center (located about 2 inches above the pubic bone) the color is orange. For the solar
plexus (halfway between the navel and sternum), the color is bright yellow. For the heart, green or pink. For the throat, sky blue. For the brow center
(located between the eyebrows and up about one inch), indigo blue. For the crown center (at the top of the head), purple, violet, or white. (You may use
which ever one you feel most attracted to).

If you cannot "see" the color with your mind's eye, just imagine that it is there. An inability to visualize a certain color often indicates a particular need for
that very color.

To derive healing benefits from visualization and color breathing, it is not necessary to spend a great deal of time. Five to ten minutes once or twice a
day is quite adequate. And, once again you decide when you have "had enough" of a given color or exercise. A change in your feelings about a given color
(less attraction to or "craving" for it, or less repulsion towards it, for instance) can be a clue.

AROMATHERAPY:

Aromatherapy involves the use of essential oils from plants and flowers. It is much different from flower essence therapy in that it is primarily the "healing
fragrance" which influences body and emotions through the scents. (Flower essences are odorless). Aromatherapy can be utilized either as a perfume
(especially applied to the chakras), in bath water, in massage oil, or diffused in the air via steam or incense. Read labels carefully and take precautions using
these potent oils.

APPENDIX II
HOW TO ORDER FLOWER ESSENCES AND GEM ELIXIRS

The companies listed below are reputable sources for high-quality essences:

Flower Essence Services Desert Alchemy
P.O. Box 1769 Box 44189
Nevada City, CA 95959 Tucson, AZ 85733

Alaskan Flower Essence Project Pegasus Products
P.O. Box 1369 Box 228
Homer, AK 99603 Boulder, CO 80306

Master's Flower Essences Perelandra
14618 Tyler Foote Road P.O. Box 3603
Nevada City, CA 95959 Warrenton, VA 22186

Australian Bush Flower Essences Ellon USA
Box 531 644 Merrick Road
Spit Junction, NSW Lynbrook, NY 11563
AUSTRALIA 2088

Alaskan Flower Essence Project also carries fine quality gem elixirs. A good source for color therapy products is: Dev Aura, Little London, Tetford,
Lincs., ENGLAND LN9 6QL.

Given below is a listing of the flower essences that were mentioned in this report and where they can be obtained. The mailing address of each company
is given above.

posted May 27, 2009 05:01 PM         

like you can use a hematite stone for grounding

posted May 27, 2009 08:04 PM         

A short list of stones and crystals you can wear:

Magical Properties of Gemstones and Crystals

An accumulation of magical properties & attributes associated with popular gemstones & minerals. Gleaned from reading, research & practice. By no means all-inclusive, nor all-encompassing.

Agate - Stress relief, protection.
Amazonite - Balance, intuition, focus, clarity
Amber - Protection, thwarts negativity, sun stone
Amethyst - Spiritual, calming, cleansing
Ametrine - Tension reliever, positive, spiritual, cleansing
Aventurine - Luck, opportunity
Black Onyx - Spiritual connection, awareness, protection
Bloodstone - Removal of obstacles, courage, health
Blue Calcite - Healing, calming, memory improvement
Blue Lace Agate - Peace, meditation
Blue Sapphire - Communication, wisdom, protection
Blue Topaz - Communication, calming
Carnelian - New life, stimulates change
Citrine - Creativity, productivity, self esteem, favor
Clear Quartz - Clarity, insight, direction
Fluorite - Spiritual awareness, openness, faerie favorite
Garnet - Balance, zest
Hematite - Protection, deflects negativity, communication
Jasper - Grounding, healing
Jet - Magical counterpart of amber, power, protection
Lapis Lazuli - Insight, Intuition, inspiration, meditation.
Malachite - Balance, fairness, protection in business
Moonstone - Intuition, renewal, calm, awareness
Obsidian - Protection, grounding, deflects negativity
Peridot - Lightness, beauty, growth, heart
Rose Quartz - Love and peace
Ruby - Depth, zest, intuition
Rutilated Quartz - Healing, mood elevator
Serpentine - Healing, protection, kundalini, manifestation
Smokey Quartz - Release hurt, endurance, protection
Sodalite - Oneness, spiritual trust
Tigers Eye - Deep intuition, vision, luck and protection
Turquoise - Soothing, friendship, peace
Unakite - Unblocking, love and clarity

posted May 27, 2009 09:26 PM         

Her Neptune in 5th fits with me as her Neptunian child. Her 5th house ruler,Venus is also square Neptune. so another indicator for Neptunian child. I guess that's the overly Neptunian child in correlation with my Moon in Pisces square Neptune as well as the other Neptune aspects (Mercury parallel Neptune,Venus parallel Neptune,Mars square Neptune,Jupiter conjunct Neptune,Saturn oppose/contraprallel Neptune, Neptune sextile Pluto). Even my Moon is in alignment with Alpha Pisces Austrinus star, Fomalhaut which is said by Reinhold Ebertin to have Mercury-Venus-Neptune influence.

I also have the North Neptune Node in Leo conjunct conjunct/oppose Lunar Nodes in Leo/Aquarius in 11th/5th, sextile/trine Midheaven/Imum Coeli.

It makes sense, that my future children will probably have either a luminary(ies) in Pisces,12th,and/or aspecting Neptune...even Neptune Nodes.

I do tend to be attracted to strong Piscean/Neptunian type of women any way.

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