Monday-12:20 PM I just read your three astrological emails. Maybe I should have read them sooner. I think I'll take a foot bath and clean house. I sent the material on seed exchange to Kent and Diane Whealy at the Seed Savers Exchange. I hope I get some kind of evaluation from them.
Spring... jsherry wrote: > This has been passed along so many times I do not know the original author > named Maggie. It came via a member of the GlobalNews Mailing list > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > EQUINOX 2002 > > Equinox is upon us, a time for celebration and joy, a time of transition. > As we let go of the difficulties and intensity of the last three months, we > can make the shift into the new. Yet again we stand on the threshold of > somethng new. Spring is also a time of opening, cleansing and releasing and > an opportunity to move into the fullness of our being, a chance to blossom > like the beautiful spring flowers that are opening and eager to share their > beauty and delightful smells. As I watch my daffodils and hyacinths opening > and look at the early morning mist lifting from the mountains, I feel a deep > sense of awe and gratitude for all that has been given and for the wonder of > life. > > Make this time of the Equinox, today and tomorrow, one of special > celebration, paying attention to the inner world. In your meditations these > days, feel the transition, attune to the seeds of change and transformation > and open to the joys of life. > > I wish you a beautiful, wonderful Equinox, love and light, Maggie > > "Morning has broken like the first morning > Blackbird has spoken like the first bird > Praise for the singing, praise for the morning > Praise for the springing fresh from the Word." > > - Scottish Irish ballad > > * * * * * * * * * > > CLEARING FOR THE EQUINOX DAWN > > The worst feeling energies are being experienced at this tail end of the > Snake / Mars zodiacal year. All the toxic remainder of the challenging Mars > year now ending is coming up to be transmuted. But great new energies will > be coming in soon with the Equinox and the Spring Full Moon. > > Those who are more feeling based and or more tuned to world need will have > been suffering most the last few weeks. The more taken on to transform, the > more the suffering, the more creative energy will be coming available in the > new cycle. Transforming is facilitated through prayer and fasting, singing > and dancing. This is also a good time for Epsom salt footbaths and Shiatsu > foot massage. The feet are the last part of the body through which psychic > toxins are released. Sun in Pisces (and Pisces lunation that follows)is the > time for clearing in this way. The more psychic and physical toxins are > cleared now the brighter will be the Equinox dawn. > > The month of March is named from the custom of setting armies marching at > this time of year. March is the month of Mars, the planet of vital energy, > ambition and warfare. This is "scapegoat season," a time when it is easier > to set people against each other. Shadow aspects of the psyche always are > revealed at the close of the zodiacal year. Whenever our cultural traditions > and personal practices fail us in integrating the personal and collective > shadow, then this shadow is apt to be projected onto others. > > St Patrick chasing the snakes from Ireland is a metaphor for "chasing out > the old Mars," an ancient pagan practice for this time in the annual cycle. > St Gertrude, the saint who chased the rats from Norway, is also celebrated > on Mar 17th. > > Mars rules Aries, the first sign of Spring. Mars also rules the last third > of Pisces, the Scorpio decan with its keynote "purging." The toxic residue > of the last zodiacal year comes up in this time - Mar 10th to 20th - to be > transformed and cleared. > > The old Mars represents outmoded behavioral patterns and beliefs, what > drove us last zodiacal year but doesn't serve in the zodiacal year soon > beginning (Mar 20th). The old Mars is going out now in this Scorpio > (elimination) subsign of Pisces. This clearing and purging process will > continue through the Pisces lunation, the lunar cycle that began on Mar 13th > and continues until April 12th. > > This is spring cleaning time. The better we do our spring cleaning and > clear out our closets, physical and psychic, the more good will come to us > in this zodiacal year. The trappings of the old zodiacal year are now to be > let go. All the toxic residue of the past zodiacal year comes up to be > released during this time. Psychic toxins may appear in the form of negative > and confused thought forms. Old psychic forms broken up now release energy > back to the source within where it will be available for future creative > expression. This process corresponds to "plowing under" in preparing a > garden. > > Emotional and physical toxins always come up to be released from the > system at this phase of the annual cycle. Many common illnesses are > designed to help in the clearing process. Some herbs that can be helpful for > internal cleansing are dandelion, milk thistle, cayenne, gentian. > > Mother Nature also provides aromatherapy in a timely manner. It's > important now to take time to smell the flowers that bloom around us. Each > scent has its special effect. And good smells encourage deep breathing. > Drinking lots of fresh water and breathing deeply are important to remember > for this time before the Equinox. > > Another way to prepare for the Equinox is to be near a large fire > (fireplace or out of doors). Stretching exercises or massage near the fire > can help release and transform what remains in the body to let go. Wild > dancing around a fire is an age old group ritual for transformation. There > is bioenergetic wisdom in this tradition. Clearing with fire, stretching, > and deep breathing can help open this first Equinox Gate of Inspiration for > the new zodiacal year. This year will bring us great opportunities and > great challenges. It will be easier to meet the challenges if we do what is > appropriate for this phase of the cycle. Early spring is pivotal in the > annual cycle of creation. > > Ancient celebration traditions provide guidelines for doing our inner work > at this time of year. It is good to take care of the devils inside rather > than project them outward. Pisces is also the sign of the waters and the > ocean of the collective unconscious. What we do consciously as individuals > now can have universal effect. This is a time for collective as well as > individual elimination and rebirth. The old traditions tell how. > > Costumed children parade through the streets ringing bells and cracking > whips in the Swiss celebration CHALANDRA MARZ. Women bang pot lids with > wooden spoons to chase out "the Boog," old man Winter. Whoopity Scoorie, a > time to drive out evil spirits and bless crops, is celebrated in Scotland . > Cherokees drive bad spirits away by tapping around the outside of buildings > with sycamore rods. In general, this begins a time in the annual cycle for > clearing out problem patterns of thought and emotion and dispelling these > through noisemaking celebration. > > * * * * * * * * * > > T o-day > Through the strength of heaven; > Light of Sun, > Radiance of Moon, > Splendour of fire, > Speed of Lightning, > Swiftness of wind, > Depth of sea, > Stability of earth, > Firmness of rock. > I arise today > In acceptance of the Three, > Supported by the One." > > * * * * * * * * * > > From Steve Nelson - > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
