The weather has turned cooler, the days are growing noticeably shorter (of course, going off Daylight Savings Time had its affect!) and we’re moving into the US Holiday Season. This week’s New Moon/Solar Eclipse was pretty potent. Did you notice? We had another trip to the ER for our grandson (he’s okay now) and a stomach bug that has hit a few others in the family. Sometimes you just want to ask for ‘time off’ from the huge energies around us at this time!
So the week coming up, while we are still in the Mercury Retrograde period (while the Planet of Communication appears to be moving backward in the sky when viewed from Earth), sees the Sun on Wednesday moving into the sign of Sagittarius, marked by excess and overreaching. In the US we celebrate this on Thursday with our annual holiday of Thanksgiving, where we give thanks for our many blessings and eat to excess (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, yum!). The real message of Sagittarius is not to overeat but to broaden our horizons. There is also on Wednesday a movement of Venus, the Love Planet, into sexy Scorpio, inviting us to dig inside ourselves and mine those hidden talents that are waiting for creative expression. The message is to ‘love yourself.’
Remember that Mercury Retrograde means that everyone is looking inside and reflecting so drive carefully! That other driver might not be as present to their driving as you would wish. And re-read all your communications, in case they get a little ‘Mercury Retrograde garble’ in them.
The next Conversation with The Other Side is on December 7th ONLINE. This is a great holiday gift for yourself. Join us as we explore The Other Side in a small group where every participant receives guidance and a message from an angel, spirit guide or loved one who has crossed over. We laughed a lot at the last one! These are great fun as well as educational and meaningful. Register early to make sure there is a space for you. Here’s where to sign up: Conversation
And speaking of holiday gifts, I am offering Gift Certificates for a Message from The Muse Session. This is a great idea for someone you love. Send me an email if you’d like details. We have a nice certificate for you to give. rosemary@thescientificmystic.com
On Monday nights I am offering a FREE Wisdom of the Week (WOW) call at 8:30 pm Eastern Time. Last week’s message was about the Light and how to live bringing in more Light to our lives. The calls are only 20-30 minutes so just dial in and listen to what The Divine Feminine want to give you as guidance for the upcoming week. Register once and use the same call-in number each week. Here’s where to get more info: Get Call Number Hope you’ll be joining us!
My clients are asking for different offerings so I’m shifting some of my work to group offerings. Let me know if you’d like to participate in a group coaching program instead of doing private coaching. I’ve also got a fun new class coming up very soon that you’ll be hearing about so stay tuned!
Happy Thanksgiving! Please take some time to move into the energy of Gratitude, which is a high vibration. What are you grateful for? Think about Gratitude every day. And don’t eat too much on Thanksgiving!
Mystic Messages 
“Tools of the Trade” A Commentary from Richard
November 15, 2012 — RichardIn this week’s Video Message and Exploration Rosemary speaks to different tools for inner work and ways to seek inner guidance. This follows the theme from last week as well; inner work during this time of transition, transformation, growth, evolution is critical to maintain balance, resolve and direction. And last week in my commentary I wrote about one of my main tools in my tool box, The Artist’s Way page writing. But this in one of many approaches I use to gain guidance and to confirm I am on the right path.
I have probably used just about all of the tools Rosemary mentions from dowsing with a pendulum (I even make them) to using cards and the I Ching for divination. I draw a couple of cards each day to both set the tone for the day and to gain some insight on the energies. I am currently using the Goddess Guidance Oracle Cards by Doreen Virtue and a tarot deck by Aleister Crowley and Lady Frieda Harris along with The Crowley Tarot handbook by Akron and Hajo Banzhaf. I draw a card from each deck and consider both the individual messages and the integrated message from the two. The Virtue deck brings in a light perspective and is almost always positive in the messages it delivers. The Crowley deck is darker and gives me a more nuanced and shadowy perspective on the day. I enjoy combining these and deriving a sense of what might be in store for me. I am frequently rewarded and never disappointed in these cards’ guidance!
I use the I Ching to determine the energies for the month ahead. I cast a Gua (6-lines, two tri-grams) shortly after each new moon (I just cast a Gua yesterday for the new moon in Scorpio). I use the 50 yarrow stalk method (I even harvested and cut my own stalks from a patch of yarrow I grew in Colorado). I thoroughly enjoy the meditative approach to deriving each Yao (line) for the Gua. Again my focus while doing the work is to look for the patterns and energies ahead for the month. The I Ching is a highly intuitive tool and reminds me a lot of dream interpretation work. I treat the Gua as a map and the names, ideographs, decisions and commentaries as symbols and hints for the journey ahead. It is both fun and entertaining as well as deep and meaningful. Maybe at some point in further writings I’ll share my Guas for the months (moonths) and what I see as the way ahead.
Rosemary concludes her exploration and discussion with the use of alters. Yes, I have one, I always have one. I even have a method I use to take part of my alter with me when I travel. I have been using some of the same components, especially an old piece of leather I use as an alter cloth and wrap for my portable bundle of objects for years. The significance for me in using an alter is the passive grounding energy it brings to my inner work. My writing, drawing cards, casting I Ching Guas are all active methods using tools to gain inner insight. My alter just is; it represents my ground of being. The objects and symbols I choose are parts of me, from knuckle bones to stones, from crystals to statues and fetishes, from element representations to pictures, these are all bits and particles of who I am. They hold space and hold me in that space.
And as Rosemary requested I have included here a picture of my current alter configuration…it may appear to you to be a bit messy and cluttered; maybe that’s how my life is right now! (And maybe its state is pointing the way to some external work I need to do!)
What tools do you use for seeking inner guidance? I’d love to hear your answers; please comment!