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- The Gibbous Moon Phase ~ Problem Solving Time - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2011 from Patricia LantzNow the young plant grows steadily toward the Sun and it's maturity. Leaves multiply and bring a living interaction with the environment, while the stem thickens and branches out. Any earlier set backs are now either overcome or adapted to in preparation for the flowering which follows. The ...
Views: 1380 - The Balsamic Moon Phase ~ Release, Empty, Let Go - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia Lantz"To the observer, the plant is caught in Autumn's deathlike grip. Leaves and fruit wither and fall, the stalk bends or breaks. But beneth these decaying remains lies the promise, the seed, the bridge from cycle to cycle. It can wait, slumbering peacefully at the winter's breast." The Lunar ...
Views: 3864 - The Fourth Quarter Phase Moon ~ Let Go and Acknowledge the Truth - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia Lantz"Heavy with fruit, the plant bends to the ground. It has given all it has to give, poured its life into the fruit, and now waits to be relieved of its burden. What is left of the plant now? The fruit offers food and a womb for the infant seed." The Lunar Cycle by Philip Levine M.A. At the New ...
Views: 1791 - The Disseminating Moon Phase ~ Reckoning with the Realizations - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia LantzThe color and fragrance radiating from the flowers attract the insects who carry on the sacred work of pollination Psychic qualities also emanate from the flower, evoking love, passion or healing in the hearts of the admirers. The fruit begins to form.” The Lunar Cycle by Philip Levine At ...
Views: 2763 - The Full Moon Phase ~ Awareness, Co-operation and Sharing Information - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia Lantz“The plant that was a seed and then a shoot gives birth to a bud which will gradually become a flower. The plant can now be seen as the mother of the flower, and the flower the completion of the growth of the plant. It now takes over as the mother of future seeds, sharing itself as color and ...
Views: 773 - Aquarians Are Often Eclectic, Imaginative and Free Spirited Thinkers - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia Lantz~ sometimes erratic and sometimes brilliant. " Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to ...
Views: 1462(3 votes) - Aquarians Dance to the Beat of Their Own Drum - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia LantzIn the Conclusion to 'Walden', Thoreau writes, "If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away." Aquarians are eclectic and imaginative thinkers ~ sometimes erratic, sometimes ...
Views: 2710(2 votes) - The First Quarter Moon Phase ~ Taking Action with Activities Directed Toward the Future - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia Lantz"Freed from the shell, the sprouting plant decides it's future by sinking it's moisture-seeking rootlets down into the earth. Spreading them out, it stakes out it's territory and wholeheartedly climbs toward the air and the sky, affirming, “Here I will Be.” The Lunar Cycles ~ Philip Levine At ...
Views: 3073(1 vote) - The Crescent Moon Phase ~ breaking through the inertia of old habits - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia Lantz"The green shoot is healthy and alive. The pressure of life expanding within the seed builds against the hard shell, the product of an earlier time when protection was necessary against the cold, hard winter. If the plant is to live, this shell must go. The shoot must leave the safety of the ...
Views: 1737(1 vote) - The New Moon phase ~ the potential to manifest your desire - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia Lantz“In the dark silent womb of the earth, frost warms to water, micro-organisms stir, the rhythms of life awaken in the heart of the seed, after a a long sleeping death in the cold hard ground ,the flower-to-be comes alive in the bright green shoot with-in the shell. Above the ground no one can see ...
Views: 3379(1 vote) - The Strange Tales of Dr. Jekyll ~ Mr. Hyde ~ and Phinas Gage - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia LantzRobert Lewis Stevenson wrote “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" in 1886. The central theme of the story is of two very different men who inhabit the same body. His characterization of the respectable Dr Jekyll, who turns into the ugly and deformed Mr Hyde has so griped the collective ...
Views: 2301(5 votes) - A Guide for Getting in Tune With the Moon ~ Cycles and Phases - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia Lantz"Astrology can be defined as a technique for he study of life-cycles.Its main purpose (is to establish) the existence of regular patterns in the sequence of events constituting man’s inner and outer experience; then,to use the knowledge of these patterns in order to control or give meaning to ...
Views: 1532(2 votes) - A Guide for Getting In Tune With the Moon ~ The Moon Mirrors Our Daily Experience of Living - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia LantzOur language brims with words and phrases about the compelling power of the Moon in our emotional lives. How about being ~ “moonstruck?” When a person wanders around in a dreamy sad listless state, we might say they are “mooning” about someone or something. (Of course, “mooning” someone is ...
Views: 2664(1 vote) - “Gone With the Wind” is a Thinly Disguised Astrological Allegory...Urban Legend or Fact? - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia LantzIt's said by some Atlanta astrologers that Margaret Mitchell was an astrologer before she was a writer...and the book that brought "Hollywood to Atlanta" and fame to it's author had a very surprising beginning. “Gone With the Wind” mythologised the Old South, immortalized Atlanta and ...
Views: 4539(2 votes) - Spirituality, Religion and Astrology part 2 - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia LantzAsk me to define astrology and I would say it's the world's oldest "science." An astrologer does use an agreed upon classification system and has very precise measurements when drafting a "horoscope", but I also see the interpretation of the horoscope as a creative and imaginative art ...
Views: 1035(2 votes) - Spirituality, religion and astrology, Part 1 - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia LantzA reader asks: What do spirituality and religion have to do with astrology? That's a simple question with a complicated answer. In order to answer properly, I need to provide you with my working definitions, Obviously, there are many definitions, but these make sense to me and I hope they ...
Views: 1185(1 vote) - Past Life Regression and Hyonotherapy - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia LantzIn the 1988 movie Altered States a research scientist (played by William Hurt), dives deep into his subconscious and genetic roots. In doing this, he not only relives ancient experiences of his ancestors but actually changes on the biological level. This film was reportedly based on the ...
Views: 1717(1 vote) - October's Sky Reminds Us of Just How Much We Need Others - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia LantzThis month be free flowing, open to new possibilities and accepting of a certain amount of unpredictability. Use compassion, creativity and charm to inspire opportunities which can bring you independence and freedom from old ideas and conventional norms of behavior. October 4th ~ Libra/Aries ...
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