Cancer #27 & #28
Hello, beloved; I didn’t manage to write yesterday. I felt so out of it, not exactly sick, but just low. I had a few things that I absolutely needed to do and those things I managed, but I didn’t write for you. Self care comes first now, for all of us!
Today is a very Cancer day,. sun, moon and Mercury in Cancer. So the outer appearance, the emotional body and the mental body are in Cancer mode today. Time to tend and nurture yourself, your family, your home, and your garden. I have been out watering my garden here today. The raspberries are ripening as well as the tomatoes. We. Had our first zucchini from the garden this weekend. I love this time of year in the garden.
Things are changing, we are being called back into ourselves to see what we actually believe and who we truly are. We have been used to merging with the old cultural pattern and now the polarities and turbulence in the are calling us to dive deeper, to find our own inner ways of being, our unique way of walking on our planet home. It isn’t easy, we need lots of help.
A sweet friend asked me about prayer and I think my answer may be helpful to you, as well.
One of the things that I find helpful in prayer is to make it into a dialogue. So, it is like this, I am sending up an inquiry, like:
‘What is my next step regarding…… or please give me guidance about…….. Then I listen for an answer. This might come right away as a knowing or even words that come into your mind or heart. It might come as a dream or a vision. I just keep watching until my inquiry is answered. I make the request general, like show me the highest and best outcome regarding ……. and the steps to take to arrive at that outcome. I don’t ask for specific ‘things’, usually, maybe because it is so hard to know if my intentions are coming from a place of clarity. I ask for help, healing, grace, guidance, support, protection and leave it open as to how those things might arrive.
If I don’t understand the guidance that comes, I just talk to God or the universe or the goddess or my own angel and tell them that I don’t understand and need more information. In time prayer becomes like a conversation between you and the Divine.
You might also begin a practice of asking for what you need from your family and friends.
You deserve to have whatever you need to thrive. The universe is abundant. Ask!!!
If you are smudging and need focus, repeat an affirmation or mantra while you are doing it. That will help you focus. You might repeat something like: purify and clear or with this smoke I call for the angels to scrub the energy in this house clean. Whatever comes to mind. I use this practice to clear my space:
Psychic vacuum cleaner
You will need:
Rubbing alcohol
Epsom salts
Aluminum foil
A small pan with a handle
A woody incense – cedar, sage, or sandalwood, etc.
Make a cup with the aluminum foil (about the size of a small teacup) and set it in the pan. Put about 1 inch of epsom salt in the bottom of the cup and add the alcohol to just cover the salt. Say a short prayer for guidance and protection and then carefully light the alcohol. It will flare up, so light a strip of paper and drop it in. * Be sure your smoke detectors are disconnected before you do this.
Start where you are and walk through your home slowly, letting the blue flame shine on each wall, inside of every cabinet and closet, cleansing the energy in your space, clearing out old emotional energy and thought forms. You can repeat an affirmation or mantra as you do this. Walk slowly through each room. You may need to renew the epsom salts and alcohol if you live in a big space. You can also walk once around the outside of your house with the flame still lit. Dispose of the foil package immediately.
Light the incense and refill the spaces you have just cleared with the fragrance of freshness and renewal.
Repeat as needed. During the times when you are working with clearing old patterns, you might wish to do this once a week. The new moon is a good time to renew your home with clear energy.
It is also possible to use this method to strip off accumulated energy from your auric field. Use your hands to strip the residue energy from your field, clearing a space from just outside your physical body to a few inches around it and toss this energy into the burning epsom salt and alcohol.
This was something I did for years whenever returning home from work so as not to pollute my space with outside energy. It is a good practice to do at the time of the New Moon to prepare your home for a new cycle. Blessings.
