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Today is Lunar New Year in China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Mongolia, and Tibet, and 2019 is the year of the Earth Pig. The last animal in the Chinese zodiac, Pig is compassionate, generous, and diligent. Earth pig is communicative and popular among friends. Today, set an intention to cultivate happiness from within. Envision yourself happy from within. What do you look like? Feel like? How are you changed? Now that you are not dependent on outside stuff or people, ask: "What within me brings ...
Friday is ruled by the goddess and the planet Venus, which corresponds with peace, agreements, cooperation, fertility, joy, love, and good fortune but also jealousy, strife, and promiscuity. Relationships evoke intense energy, and while we wish for the best, sometimes they bring out the worst. Being human means we can exercise free will. So today, consciously choose to manifest the higher vibration of Venus in relationships. Venus's colors are pink, green, and turquoise. Choose a garment of ...
Psychologist Thomas Lewis talks about limbic resonance, the "symphony of mutual exchange and internal adaptation whereby two mammals become attuned to each other's inner states." Buddhists believe that we are all one consciousness, interconnected and interdependent. As a Pagan, my life is intricately tied to the cycles of the sun, moon, earth, and seasons. Today, practice interconnectedness with all beings. Pause and observe adults, children, and animals. Cultivate compassion. Look respectfully ...
Scorpio energy is intense-not unlike Isabella, the heroine of John Keats's poem "The Pot of Basil." Isabella keeps her passion alive by burying the head of her murdered lover in a pot of basil, a lusty plant. Draw on Scorpio's brooding intensity and basil's power of passion by growing a pot of basil for magical use. Before you plant your basil, cleanse and charge a piece of rose quartz (heart-shaped, if possible). Put some soil in the base of the pot, then nestle in the rose quartz with these ...
