posted December 06, 2005 08:56 AM         

I am so sick right now, and have been all week. I *JUST* got over a cold about three weeks ago.
I have been coughing my lungs out, couldn't sleep last night, had sort of a croupy cough. Everytime I'd be almost asleep, it would sneak up on me and I'd have to cough.
I stayed up all night last monday for work inventory, then again on the weekend, twice. I am neglecting my body.It is rebelling.
I hope I don't lose my job over this, but I had to call in again. I can't see a Doctor as mine quit her practice. ( A very common thing in Canada lately)It's happened to the last three Doctors I have had.
My lungs/stomach muscles/ribs hurt.

I think I will look back at my Saturn return sometime in the distant future, and wonder why I had to go through all these things that are interconnected and yet isolated.

Not much to say really, I just wanted to whine a bit.

This is the hardest time of my life.*and I have been through childbirth twice*

posted December 06, 2005 09:45 AM         

Pix, I have a neat recipe for an expectorant (presuming that's what you need)

Combine 250 ml of honey with 2 round tea spoons of powedered mustard seed. Take a tea spoon full 3 times a day.

Eat, drink warm herbal tea, make sure you body stays warm.

A very good herbal tea for lung problems would be pine needle tea. I'm not sure they sell that in the health food stores though. If you get around to make it - here is the recipe:

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Pluck fresh pine needles from near the tree trunk. (Removing needles from branch tips may impair growth and newer needles contain less tannin.) Do not harvest from trees that have been exposed to chemicals or that are situated near roadway traffic.
Pine tea has a light piney aroma and a refreshing, round flavor. Use about 2 tablespoons pine needles per serving. Rinse needles. Place the needles in a heat-proof container and add boiling water. Cover and infuse for 5 minutes. Strain out and discard the pine needles. Drink hot.

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posted December 06, 2005 10:37 AM         

A great one for coughs is Niaouli, heres a recipe (from Aromatherapy for Women)
* 1 drop Niaouli
* 1 teaspoon clear honey
Mix well in a small dish, take small amounts at the first signs of a sore throat.

Oh.. just realised the 'first signs' part!!! Lol! Well it should definatly soothe it anyways.
Ooh, and another thing, this would work very well, is if you could get someone to massage you, its an Immune system stimulant, which would help your body get back on track.
(Theres either a big amount recipe or a small amount? Ill post the smaller amount but if you want the other one say!)

* 1 drop tea tree
* 2 drops lavender
* 1 drop bergamot
* 1 drop sandalwood
In 2 teaspoons of base oil. (Almond, Jojoba oil ect.)

I reckon a massage would really help you as it would make you feel pampered and loved and relaxed!

Ginger is great too, for your throat aswell in a tea. (Warming and stimulating.) Thats qute easy too, just put some ginger in a cup with boiling water, or microwave a cup of water with the ginger in it. You could add some honey if you didnt like the taste!

Really hope you feel much better soon, sending you los of... er.... Love and Light!

posted December 06, 2005 12:16 PM         

I hope you feel better soon. Sorry for butting in with astro advice, but I just thought of something when I was reading your post: you know, maybe the reason is also because Saturn rules Capricorn, the sign in which your Moon is, so maybe this Saturn return affects your emotions all the more, you have a sort of doubly powerful force (natal + transiting Saturn)forcing you to (re)structure your emotions, and if I'm not mistaken, you have a Leo Asc. like me, so perhaps Saturn is the ruler of your 6th house (health), and if that's so, the return indirectly affects your health and your emotions, but the main problems are most probably in the house where your Saturn is.
I'm sorry I have no intelligent health advice to give you, but hang in there, in my experience you don't have much other choice with these things but to wait them out Otherwise, take lots of vitamin C, that always helps me!

posted December 06, 2005 12:58 PM         

Morgana.. no butting in at all! I don't know what you mean!!!!?

Yes, I agree with you.. My Moon is in Cappy, in my sixth house, and my Saturn Return is in Leo, my first house.. It seems like I'm nothing but sick, as I go through these life altering changes.. it feels destructive, yet I feel optimism under it all.. or rather.. higher than it all.. like I am looking at my life from the perspective of after, and knowing things will be better, no matter what I go through now.
And yes, you are on to something for sure.
I want to be well as I nevigate these troubled waters.. But I guess you can't always choose. Clarity is coming through the fog though.

posted December 06, 2005 02:43 PM         

Wow, Saturn's in your 1st - then it's all clear! It is attacking your physical body (1st house) through your health (or rather disease in this case ). I think it is causing you to feel physically all that is bothering you emotionally, in other words, your unresolved or bad feelings are manifesting physically since their carrier (the appropriate word here) is Saturn and it's cleaning, making order in your 1st house, your body. Afterwards I think you'll feel reborn physically as well because of that. You probably also feel or maybe you think you look old and tired now, Saturn does that to you, but it's all in the mind and it will pass. Believe me, life after 30 is much better

Yes I know, destructive but positive - I think it has to do with somehow wanting to destroy all that is bothering you now and welcoming the destruction since it brings you something new, whatever it may be. I know the feeling intimately.

posted December 06, 2005 04:23 PM         

In a mug of boiling water, disolve a teaspoon of honey and add a drop of the following mixture: 2 drops of lavander and 1 drop of clove pure essential oils.

It smells herbally lovely and tastes great!!!

Another one is mixing pure freshly squeezed lemon juice with a teaspoon of honey. Warm it up (bain marie) and gargle with it… My mother used it with us when we were children… Soothing because of the honey and disinfectant because of the lemon juice… and with a high content in Vitamin C…

posted December 06, 2005 05:36 PM         

Try to get to as near a level state emotionally as you can - you will probably be about 50% of the way to good health. I can appreciate how you feel. I had chickenpox last year (perhaps because I suffered an acute bout of depression) and swore it was the last Christmas I would spend in my then home - and I made sure of that, this year.

Use your will to help you gain the strength to recover and the time to think about what you want to do in the future, then go ahead and manifest it.

posted December 06, 2005 05:58 PM         

Something I always do when I feel sick - drink lots of fruit juice! (Cranberry is the best, IMO) Vitamin C and erm... other stuff too.

posted December 06, 2005 09:53 PM         

Also get a hold of some Mullien and make tea. Natives used it for soothing sore throats, and expectorant.

That Saturn return can be a tricky one. It does make you stronger though, and reborn.

Keep your in my thoughts

Love,

goatgirl

posted December 06, 2005 11:30 PM         

Go to http://www.LearningStrategies.com/Qigong/

Everybody is born a healer, but may not be aware of it. With love...

posted December 08, 2005 02:08 AM         

For every hardship endured, that core inside you grows more powerful and centered, and your love grows more focused. This period will pass soon, like all things, and you will leave behind you whatever it is you dont' want to bring with you. Remember that saturn return your crystallization as a human being, you will be relatively locked into this mold until age 60. This is why the saturn return is the most difficult of all transists, because to crystallize as the human you need to be, incredible cut backs and sacrfices must be made. Any lessons not yet experienced, that were "scheduled" to be experienced will hit the fan before 30, forcing you to mature into the being that awaits you on the other side. I can't wait for how much more loving and creative (is that possible?) you are going to be.

posted December 08, 2005 02:33 AM         

Pixie, You are strong, you'll make it through all of this. I had the same feelings as BR. I cant imagine how you'll be, once you break through this trying time. You are going through all of these things to come out better, more beautiful than you already are now (hard to believe ). Try to 'be' in the process - remember that this too shall pass. Bright days are ahead, for sure.

posted December 08, 2005 09:45 AM         

Here, positive light sent to....

~~~Yin
~~~SunScorp
~~~Morgana
~~~Steelrose
~~~sxycrzykewl221
~~~Ariestiger
~~~celticfyre
~~~Johnny
~~~Goatgirl
~~~Peajie
~~~BlueRoamer
~~~26Taurus
~~~Let there b light
and everyone else who needs it.

posted December 12, 2005 02:35 AM         

I have decided to go back to school.