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Half-Birthdays
Introduction
A reader and friend here in Cuenca asked me if I would write something up on “Half-Birthdays.” Honestly, I never heard of such a thing, but that doesn’t mean much. There’s a whole lot I don’t know. Always curious, I said I would look into it. Now that I have researched and developed a perspective, I’m sharing my findings with you.
While I could find no official information or studies on Half-Birthdays per se, I decided to ask, what if these did mean something? What would it look like? The answer is that each planet or luminary does have a Full Cycle in which intentions set at the beginning of the cycle are illuminated, set straight, and clarified.
Most of us are familiar with the example of setting New Moon intentions, which will also attract Full Moon illumination of these. In this blog, we look at your sign’s likely birthday intentions and the Light of these, which reflect to you on your “half-birthday, six months later, midway through your Solar Return.
To find your exact half-birthday, click here. Put the day in your calendar to remind yourself when it comes around in 2023. Expect the midpoint of your year to last a month forward from the exact half-birthday.
Let’s play. Scroll below for your and your loved ones’ half-birthday signs to see through your open portal of personal Illumination. See how this works for you. I’m curious to see if there’s anything worthy here.
Aries, your Half-Birthday is Libra
Aries spontaneously sets a birthday intention that activates the movement of energy into greater personal awareness of I AM-ness.
With your half-birthday in Libra, it will behoove you to slow down enough to see and drop any impulses of self-sabotage while gaining momentum on what is lighting up your life.
Taurus, your Half-Birthday is Scorpio
Taurus patiently sets your birthday course in the present moment and maintains mindfulness with every footfall along the way.
When your half-birthday rolls around, you may be encouraged to new heights by introducing Scorpio passion into realizing your objective.
Gemini, your Half-Birthday is Sagittarius
Do you find it best on your Solar Return to hold on to a maypole of intent around which ribbons and dimensions of thoughts can shift, change and rearrange into something valuable?
If so, you may be onto something when you arrive at your half-birthday in Sagittarius. This half-birthday lights up your vision and opens up new channels to elevate your intentions.
Cancer, your Half-Birthday is Capricorn
Your heart is always in your sweet birthday intentions, no matter the specifics. You always want the best support for yourself and those you love.
Look for your Capricorn half-birthday to bring a reality check to help you stay focused on what’s important. Any sticky feelings that get in the way of your well-being will surface for release.
Leo, your Half-Birthday is Aquarius
Leo is more than ready to shine its birthday intentions to give Light to all who are within its orb.
Your half-birthday in Aquarius will not only open up your creative intentions. It will also show you the finer distinctions of leading via example in your heart-centered connections with others.
Virgo, your Half-Birthday is Pisces
I can imagine you writing down at least one list of plans for your year. Doesn’t it feel good to check each thing off, too?
Here comes Pisces to remind you to relax, scale back and reassess what you can really get done and still get some fun and child-like flow time into your plans.
Libra, your Half-Birthday is Aries
While our intentions for the year ahead may include the Sun, the Moon, and the stars, only a few may be worth your time.
Our half-birthday in Aries snaps us out of our minds and into life here in the Earth Dream. It shows us how to get back to essential ideas and the time we have to explore them.
Scorpio, your Half-Birthday is Taurus
Internal alchemy will always be underlying any Scorpio desire, whether realized or not. You are always transmuting poisons.
Thank goodness for your Taurus half-birthday, which grounds, tempers, and connects your powerful emotional energy into practical awareness, integration, and service.
Sagittarius, your Half-Birthday is Gemini
You start your year with the big picture where details aren’t so necessary at first. The view looks grand from the beginning.
By the time your half-birthday in Gemini reveals all the other ideas, you will be fully ready to implement the rest of your vision. They’ll show up by the dozen for you to implement.
Capricorn, your Half-Birthday is Cancer
What mountain summit are you climbing from your birthday forward this year, Capricorn? Your clear direction, a sense of purpose, and focus enable you to reach the peak.
That your quest fulfills itself is assured. But will you enjoy the ascent? Your half-birthday in Cancer will help you stop, relax, and feel more balanced. Listen, and you can “have it all.”
Aquarius, your Half-Birthday is Leo
Your intention is naturally cause-related. The Aquarius energy that sees a collective effort to elevate ourselves is worth pursuing.
Setting an intention to uplift and unify humanity, and its best arrives at your Leo half-birthday ready to celebrate the leadership qualities you see in and all around you. Your community comes together and works together to fulfill its aim.
Pisces, your Half-Birthday is Virgo
You may or may not have an intention, dear Pisces, for going with the flow is your preferred mode of moving forward, and well, it should be. Someone needs to be an example of accepting things as they are.
But your Virgo’s half-birthday will snap you out of any confusion about what to do and where to go from here. You’ll take note of detailed bits of information to integrate into your intuitive vision for success.
Conclusion
Who is to say whether something has merit or not? While half-birthdays aren’t a “thing,” they coincide with the revelatory cycle of your Solar Return and year. It will be interesting to see if we remember our half-birthday and apply our attention to redirecting our year in ways that support our well-being and best interests.
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Love and Illumination,
Kaye
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A Tarot Reading for Your Holidays
Introduction
We can all agree that 2022 has kept us ever-mindful from beginning to end. Because we could use a little extra holiday cheer this year, this week’s blog is a Tarot reading for your holidays. I hope you get something of merit out of it, and it will bring a smile and joy to your heart.
We’ll use MotherPeace Cards created by Vicki Noble and Karen Vogel for this reading.
The Inquiry
Please, show me something I will personally treasure out of this shared Tarot reading.
Share your answer in the comments. No pressure!
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The Significator – Two Cups
What a perfect beginning. It looks like we’re seeking a balance between opposites, which is always a good sign for how we will handle things as we advance. There are a lot of opposing forces right now in our world dream.
Where We Are Today – Four Discs
This image shows we feel it is beneficial to withdraw from the world dream to nurture and comfort our inner selves regularly, including today.
When we get quiet and seek the center of our being, we avoid the “stickies,” or things that can snag us on the periphery of life, on the news, in traffic, during the hustle and bustle of holidays, and dealing with people.
What to Integrate for the Best Possible Outcome – The Chariot
The Chariot and Charioteer is a powerful image because the figure’s will and heart’s desire line up with Universal Will. Wetiko or the shadows have been slayed, and the path to one’s heart’s desire is wide open as the Chariot moves ahead to the sweet spot of fulfillment. What is your Heart’s Desire? Don’t stress and strain; allow yourself to align with what you already know, and watch the rest drop away.
The Foundation and Unseen – Wheel of Fortune
The Wheel of Fortune tells us that astrological aspects are afoot that can explain our feelings. The trick is to remain at the center of the great spinning wheel of storms that rage about us to avoid getting caught up in the melee. If we don’t, we will entertain more of the usual suspects, i.e., trauma, drama, fear, and anxiety. Put the breaks on, breathe in the present moment and return within for a peaceful heart.
I see this card as super favorable due to its connection with the Four Discs in our present moment. It looks like we are in good inner shape to weather extreme storms altogether. We’ve done the work.
Recent Past – Four Wands
The four wands show family and community gathering together and enjoying good times. This image is of mature but childlike human beings playing and being together in a spirit of mutual loving kindness and love. In the Spirit of Thanksgiving, this energy made its recent annual appearance in our lives to remind us of how important each other is in the mirror weaving of the tapestry of life. Even though the image is passing, gratitude is our permanent go-to for feeling better and redirecting our energy.
The Conscious Navigating Mind – Shaman of Swords
The Shaman of Swords is an image of mastery and confidence in expressing our authentic voice. The mind is clear, the heart is open, and the two synchronize into a beautiful message. False notions and perspectives collapse against the light of this card’s Truth and Wisdom. Don’t be shy. Speak your truth. We all need to listen to one another’s possible solutions for bringing ourselves full circle.
Near Future (This next week to a month from now.) – Three of Cups
Snakes bite the palm chakra centers of a figure in the card showing the healing power in the otherwise playful scene. This imagery of playing with music, taking a dip, or engaging in the fun of all sorts point to warm zones for us even as the days shorten in the U.S. Here in Ecuador, all days and nights are twelve hours due to our living on the Equator. Here, we can set time by the Sun’s light, day in and day out.
Our Perspective of Our Selves – The Sun
We continue to see, feel, give and get the theme of sun and fun in this reading.! We know it and shine our light into the dream of our human community of hearts. The Sun is the card of Divine Self-Love where the Light has burned away all that isn’t Real. And, we are the Divine Love left in the image to shine this Love, Light and Life throughout the Universe.
Hope or Fear – Nine of Cups
These are two different sides of the same coin. That which we hope will be and are afraid won’t be is the same. But here, there is no fear. Not in this reading this time for you and me. No. This reading somehow consolidates all our work on and in ourselves and shows us how far we’ve come and how much power we’ve gained to set humanity on a course worth traveling, starting with us right here, right now. Can you feel the energy of these particular cards in this specific order encouraging, supporting, and loving you and your best interests as you know them to be?
Guidance from Those Who Love Us – The World
The World card points to this time as if we’ve undertaken a plant medicine ceremony to transform our worldview. We have come to understand that we are multidimensional expressions of Love Consciousness. We’re surrounded in the fullness of a cycle predicted eons ago by many peoples, and it promises that this is the dance of life as we ever reach for the stars and new beginnings based on all we’ve learned this go round, individually and together.
Outcome – The Fool
And here we have a new start for our efforts. The World card above is the Fool coming full circle with all its traveling companions, lessons, blessings, and shadows. I love the Fool, and so happy to see it show up as our outcome.
The promise of rebirth is perfect for bringing what we need into our lives. All we need do, Maharaj Nisargadatta said, is practice being Childlike. The Fool is nothing if not childlike! It is that part of ourselves that greets the world fresh, innocent, full of curiosity and inspiration to strike out to 2023.
Wrapping It Up
This reading reminds us of what helps us maintain our sanity and clear direction and lays out a simple focus for nothing short of a personal and, ultimately, global transformation.
I hope you enjoyed a reading for the holidays. Let us know in the comments. Please share it with those who will be uplifted or helped in their healing journey.
Love, Light, and MotherPeace,
Kaye
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Dream Teaching from the Big Bad Wolf
Introduction
A personal bit of history popped into mind to write this week’s blog for you; Dream Teaching from the Big Bad Wolf.
To begin, see if you can remember or imagine hearing the sound somewhere of boots clop-clopping along wooden sidewalks of an early American frontier town. It sounded like someone who knew where they were going and meant business. I liked the sound.
Lucid Dreaming
So it was a happy surprise to wake up in a lucid dream to find myself garbed in period clothing, walking on the above-said wooden sidewalk in boots while listening to the cadence of my steps. I stopped in front of the saloon, turned to the left, and surveyed the three dusty desert streets in front of me. They converged right in front of where I stood.
The Big Bad Wolf
A lone figure moved on the road in the distance toward me. It didn’t take long to see that it wasn’t human but a huge black wolf type of creature. Its oversized inky black ears stood vertically up through two holes in its blue gingham cap. (I know. Blue gingham? What? Only in a dream, right?)
Its sleek and pointed snout jutted out beneath the cap. It’s monstrous mouth was lined from front to back with upper and lower teeth, shiny, huge, white and ever so razor sharp. It’s appearance was terrifying. The wolf walked utterly upright on its hind legs and I could see it also held something close to its chest with its front paws.
The Big Bad Wolf stopped in the desert sand road, maybe four feet in front of me. Of course, wouldn’t you know, the wolf had to be twice the typical size of a wolf for this dream, and I knew he was there to eat me alive. The blue gingham bonnet, and attire was a weird and futile attempt at disguise, hiding nothing, and adding to the stress.
I could only imagine how Little Red Riding Hood felt once upon a time. It was the fairy tale that probably coaxed the wolf and its gingham haute couture to the surface of my dream. There are endless possibilities to explore in the dream world, both waking and sleeping. I was terrified to think of being eaten alive by some named or unnamed monster.
My boots on the walk way had become a distant memory, and now, scared completely crapless, I snapped awake in my bed, tried to shake off the terrifying dream, and to get on with my day.
The Following Week
Unable to stop thinking about the dream, I sought out a dream maven the following week. Hennie loved dream work, and she and I often shared our budding wisdom from metaphysical and spiritual interests.
“Hennie. This dream is creeping me out. I don’t know what to make of it. Is a werewolf after me? Should I be aware of strangers bearing gifts?”
She reminded me that we’re best at interpreting our dreams rather than leaving them to someone else. However, she suggested a light, relaxing guided meditation with a few well-placed questions that might safely open the dream to my understanding.
I lay on her guestroom bed, listening to music and her guided imagery. She led me back into the dream, and I stood again in front of the Big Bad Wolf. My focus seemed drawn to the object the wolf held against her heart.
Upon closer scrutiny, it was a royal purple, perfectly square box in a beautiful brushed sateen metal finish. A silky peridot-green ribbon carefully tied around the tin and tied into a bow at its center, gave the package an air of sophistication and expense. I hadn’t noticed the details before, so frightened I was at first glance.
Lesson: Fear obscures our ability to see what there might be to appreciate.
The wolf spoke. “I brought this gift to you.” and held the box out to me.
Lesson: There is a gift in all things if we look for them.
Lesson: It turns out that, among other things, Peridot symbolizes physical harmony, while purple symbolizes spiritual balance.
Anubis
My curiosity and confidence strengthened, and now, with the above lessons in mind, I was ready to converse with the wolf directly. Again, it was a wolf in the dream, but the beast quickly set me straight on yet another “fear mind model” I had about the dream that kept me from seeing true.
The animal said it was insulted to be recognized as a wolf when it was Anubis, a dog deity from Ancient Egypt. Shocked to hear the news, I apologized at once and asked why it had come into my dream, aside from the gift it held.
Anubis told me that he represented death and shadows in Egypt but his gifts were of vision, transmutation, and rebirth into a greater Balanced Reality between the World of Spirit and the World of Form, i.e., Heaven-on-Earth.
Anubis further represented the Path of the Egyptian Shamanic tradition. Those who could look Anubis in the eye without fear would receive the deeper gifts of Anubis, and their lives would be transformed and elevated in ways we could only dream possible. As I gazed into his eyes for greater understanding, he faded from view, and I “returned” to Hennie’s room. Since I have always been able to “see’ the gift in anything, this has been of great value.
Lesson: Those who discover the Truth about fear and pluck out the falsehood at the root, find a wellspring of Love Consciousness, which sets us free.
Lesson: Things are NOT as they appear. Look deeper. Everything “out there” in a day dream or nighttime dream is a mirror of our inner landscape.
Conclusion
I started with a dream about a wolf and showed how it took me on a transformational journey to ancient Egypt and Anubis, where I didn’t end up anywhere we thought I might. Instead of being eaten alive by dreaming the big bad wolf, instead, I was set free by Anubis’ wisdom to look for the gift within every nightmare. Wherever there is fear, there is Light exposing the fear.
I hope you enjoyed this Dream Teaching of the Big Bad Wolf. I intend that this dream empowers you, too, now.
Thoughts? Add them to the comments. See you next week!
Love dissolves fear,
Kaye
Six Ways to Enhance Your Gratitude
Introduction
Six ways to enhance your gratitude throughout the year is what this week’s blog covers. It may be the end of the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend, but by no means is it the end of appreciation for all we have.
If you read this blog regularly, you are probably already on the same page as me, and I imagine you also agree that it works to take a refresher on these more important values. The more grateful we are, the more there is to embrace gratitude.
Check out the following six ways to enhance your practice of gratitude.
1. Remember to be Grateful
Remembering to be grateful is the key to consistency; gratitude and its accompanying benefits deepen with every application until it becomes second nature.
The following five ideas and practices will help you immerse yourself in an ocean of gratitude in and all around you.
If you have additional ideas to help the rest of us crystallize a practice of thankfulness, please write them in the comments. Thank you.
2. A Litany of Gratitude
A litany is a repetitive chant of a lengthy duration. “Thank you” is short, memorable, and catchy. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for everything that makes for a profound practice. When we immerse ourselves in thank you’s, we begin to see how we can even be grateful for being overweight, someone scamming us, losing a job, having a health problem, life, death, or worse.
Jenny (name and a couple of details disguised) came to me because her boss fired her. She hated her job. Her boss was abusive and always asked her to do tasks outside her job description. And now he had fired her.
The Tarot Mirror reflected a blessing that showed her a way out of an untenable situation, and her attitude became one of gratitude. She began to see how vital, loving her work in a stress-free environment was. Her next visit confirmed a new direction entirely.
She and her husband always wanted to work together, so they started a t-shirt business. They focused on clubs, churches, and schools and hit the ground running, making an unbelievable profit their first month right out of their garage.
We eventually discover a blessing in every occurrence, and if you look for it, you WILL find it. 100% Guaranteed!
3. Become familiar with the 23 symbols of gratitude
Why not get familiar with the symbols of gratitude? When you come across them daily, they’ll remind you how grateful you are for them and possibly everything.
Become childlike and collect a few personal objects that represent your sense of gratitude, and they will become mental/emotional anchors to appreciation. Place them around your house. If it isn’t already a sanctuary of thankfulness, your home will soon become one.
4. Gratitude for People
Other people can offer us some of life’s most frustrating lessons. Mindfully acknowledging what you appreciate in any given individual continuously lessens our frustration considerably. Please don’t believe me. Try it for yourself to see.
To begin, you might only see something superficial. “Well, I love that I don’t have to be around Joe all the time.” Or “I appreciate Brittany’s intelligence.”
With consistency, more to appreciate will surface. “I appreciate that Toni used to be a nice person. Hm. I wonder what happened.” See how one question can enrich understanding.
Ultimately, we may not even know why we’re grateful, just that we are. “I’m grateful for that guy who scared the hell out of me, cutting me off in traffic like that.”
Who knows, maybe he saved me from an accident.” We cannot know the big picture in most cases.
When we practice gratitude consistently, judgment for ourselves and others drop away.
5. Writing
Put your gratitude in writing. Post thankful messages on Social Media, or write your favorite appreciation quote under your email signature.
Start a Gratitude Journal and write three things every morning and evening before retiring. Three months makes for a great habit.
Stick post-it notes around your room or house with the words mirroring an attitude of gratitude written on them. There will come a time when you won’t “see” them anymore. Take them down and pop them back up a month later to enjoy again.
6. Expressing and Sharing Gratitude
Share gratitude symbols with others by giving them a unique rock, feather, crystal, poem, or purpose to help lift their spirits, etc. Create poetry or a song based on gratitude. Gratitude is contagious; the more we practice it, the more viral it gets.
Full Circle Gratitude
Thank you for reading my blog and for you, too. Writing it for you helped me revisit gratitude and develop new perspectives to deepen my practice.
Love and Endless Gratitude,
Kaye
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Celebrating Thirty Years of Appreciation
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What I Realized
Lately, I have given a lot of thought to the years I spent in deep and intimate conversation with clients via Tarot and Astrology, and most of all, a Loving Spirit. What I realized is we all want the same things.
We want to solve our problems and fulfill our goals and ideals, whatever these may be. Most of us could use more money, more time, improved health and work we truly love and enjoy. We yearn for balanced relationships.
Less suffering and discomfort, greater pleasure and comfort, are high on our lists of wants. And most all deep within, we all desire to connect with Who We Really Are.
Alignment with Your Heart’s Desire
As I was musing, I could see how the readings and charts helped people align to their heart’s desires – from the inside out and that these tools have helped me, too, in similar fashion. So cool! The specific question comes to mind. “So what do we need to do to align with the fulfillment of our dreams?”
2023
Everything is not always happiness and light, though. Right now, as we approach 2023 many of us are required to DEAL with massive uncertainty. This kind of stuff can bring up fears we didn’t know we had. It’s okay, though. What is required – is to allow it all to unfold without fear.
We can also Trust that the Universe as a Whole is never broken or out of balance and while we don’t always get what we want, we always do get what we need. And, it’s always a loving thing. Humanity is transforming. Your chart can help you seek the role you love and is natural to you.
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