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CHINESE NEW YEAR

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Adriane Campbell (The Witch’s Cauldron)

The end of last year seemed to move quickly into the energy of the new year. Now that New Year energy is behind us we are ready to rest. Adriane shares with us how Bear Medicine can help us to quiet and rest during the energies of January. She includes a Bear Honey recipe!

Chinese New Year

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Sharon Rosenblum (Nourishing Body & Soul)

Are you a Rat? 2020 is the Year of the Rat in the Chinese tradition. Find out about the Chinese New Year 2020 along with the meaning of the traditional foods served during Chinese New Year celebrations. Sharon also includes a yummy TanYuan Cookie recipe.

Creating the Holy Trinity Within

Polly Jo Labbe (Chakra Sessions)

Do you want to create your own happiness in 2020? Welcome to the decade of change and new beginnings! This is the time of shifting our perspective to love, joy, and happiness, and how we create. Read the channeled message from The Ancient One through Polly Jo. Insightful!

The 2020 Angelic Forecast Maureen Mann (Angel Therapy)

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Do have 20/20 vision for 2020? Maureen helps us by sharing messages from the Angels as a preview of the new year. The year ahead is going to bring soul lessons and focus you in the areas of manifestation, working with others, healing, and relationship. Read about the energy of each month!

Welcome to the Cosmic Conversation Julie Hedges (Cosmic Conversations)

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Introducing a brand new column by Julie Hedges! She says the living Stars shine through each Soul, while our Bodies have the same ingredients as the planets and stars in our solar system. We can tap into the power of the cosmos to enhance our lives. Read more about Capricorn for 2020!

Earth is Female

Minnie Kansman (Nature Adventures)

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Yes, Earth is Female! Mother Earth, Gaia, Pachamama, the Great Goddess — our planet Earth has been called many names by many cultures, and they are all feminine. Minnie shares about the underlying belief that the Earth is a life-giving, nurturing entity. Read the article to find out more.

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Contents Monthly Columns From the Editor: Neshi Lokotz

Angel Therapy

The Witch's Cauldron

The Mystery School

Nature Adventures

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Communicating with Sacred Animals

Poetic Wisdom

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Nourishing Body & Soul

Chakra Sessions

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Wisdomkeeper's Path

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Cosmic Conversations

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The Therapy Center

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Communications from Home

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Highlights of Next Issue

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From the Editor

Why Handwriting is More Creative & Productive

By Yvette Neshi Lokotz Have you noticed that you rarely use pen and paper anymore? We use some devices, whether it’s our laptops, phones, or tablets, most often.

Did you know that your pen and paper connect you to your creativity?

I believe we can remember we have a connection, an awareness, to our creativity.

Our creativity is connected to our handwriting as our words flow through the pen and onto the paper.

I recently read a couple of articles that prompted one of my live-stream shows. The articles popped into my email inbox, which I took as a “synchronicity”.

The two articles are, “Do Better Work Using Pen and Paper” by Stephen Moore, and “Five Times Better When Using Paper and Pen is Better Than Using an App”

by Stephanie Rosa.

The important question is, why handwriting makes you more creative and productive?

I pondered the connection between our creativity and using a pen. My thoughts went to teaching space clearing classes.

I taught my students no matter what space clearing tool they use, such as a feather or a drum, the medicine of that tool follows a path of energy that is set with your intention.

In doing a space clearing, you consciously bring in Creator energy. Creator energy flows down through your crown chakra, down your arm, through your hand, and through whatever tool you’re using. The intentional energy then comes out through the tool.

So, as the creator energy comes through you, it blends with the medicine or the spirit of you.

The Creator energy picks up your energy as it travels through your body down into whatever tool you are using. The spirit or medicine of the tool adds to the intentional energy flow. There is a layering effect of energy and of spirit as you’re doing the space clearing.

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When we write in longhand, we “spark” our creativity because of the path of intentional energy.

Most of us sit down and get quiet to think about what we are going to write. We set the intention of what we’re going to write. Many of us call in our spiritual team to assist us in what we are writing.

The Creator energy runs down through us, just like in a space clearing, and out the pen onto the paper.

If you’re stuck in a project, you may want to consider using a pen and pencil. If there is a roadblock to your creativity, you can be conscious about adding Creator energy and an intentional flow of energy to remove the block.

Honestly, I use pen and paper whenever I start a new project.

I use a big sheet of paper with colored pencils or markers and draw circles, pictures, and a diagram. Some people may call it mind mapping, but there is much more to it than random shapes and images.

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When you want or need to use a pen, do you have to search for one? Finding a pen at my house is like looking for gold. I know we have one around there somewhere.

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This quote is insightful because we can track both our thought and our emotional process using longhand writing.

I start with a short meditation; I also call on spirit to work with me so that I can receive clarity.

I begin diagramming or drawing pictures, symbols, doodling, writing words, and pretty soon there’s a plan coming together. I can see how some items interconnect. Or, I see how I can bring some items together to connect them.

That’s exactly how I started Star Nations. I had an idea, a thought; I knew what we’re going to call it, but I had questions. What was it going to look like? What was it going to do?

How is the energy going to flow through it? I used pens, markers, and paper to diagram the path of energy I wanted to create.

You can always get out a pen and paper to intentionally create your way through any idea or thought.

Stephen Moore says, “It has given me an uncluttered way to connect with my thoughts on an emotional level, it also allowed me to study my own thought process.”

If it’s not a specific kind of card that’s going out in the mail (postal mail) that I’ve handwritten, I don’t care if I cross things out. I don’t care if I misspell something. I may have arrows, and things circled or highlighted items. My notes are a mess, but when I look at them, it makes perfect sense to me.

Stephen Moore added, “There’s an actual science behind the MRI scans that have revealed that handwriting increases neural activity in certain sections of the brain.” Handwriting, using pen and paper, lights up certain sections of the brain. We are using certain quadrants of our brain with handwriting that we don’t use when we’re at a keyboard. I found that fascinating.

Another author, Patrick McLean, wrote, “In the defense of longhand, as much as I love technology, it drives us to distraction appendant paper has been one functionality, it captures the marks I make so that they can be referred to at a later time. So it keeps us in the present moment.”

It’s effortless to delete, recreate, move, paste, and put it in a different order, which is a whole different kind of way of creating when using a keyboard. That’s why I think it is okay to use a keyboard for certain projects or parts of a project. I believe it is a balance to use some handwriting

and then use the keyboard for some parts.

There is a balance between creative writing and device writing.

Do you feel that way? Because, you know, that’s what we are all striving for—balance.

In an article by Stephanie Rosa, she says, “It’s easy to find an app or a software platform to help you run your life, making pen and paper feel old school.”

She says paper products offer advantages that some technology does not. For instance, whenever we want to recall something, we have better recall when we actually write it.

In this first Star Nations issue of 2020, you will find articles about New Year 2020, Chinese New Year, Sleep, Handwriting, Contrary, Spirit of Earth.

Stephanie also lists one of the biggest assets that paper can provide is it stimulates our “reticular activating system”. I just had to find out what a reticular activating system meant. A reticular activating system is responsible for filtering out unnecessary information, which is helping our memory.

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From The Editor

Instead of taking notes on a smartphone, laptop, she’s suggesting that we use pen and paper to record important information that we want to remember.

Stephanie states when working with paper tools, your focus increases, and you can’t attempt to multitask.

If you are making a list or writing an item using your phone, tablet or laptop, you may be distracted by an incoming email, or need to check your calendar, so you move in and out of your list-making.

The art of handwriting is on the upswing. I think it’s coming back into our world.

Stephanie also states when we partner paper with our devices; you get a better balance professionally and personally.

When I read the two articles about handwriting, I knew I wanted to have a spiritual conversation about it, because I understand how our spirit or soul is flowing through a pen onto paper. The next

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time you do any handwriting, perhaps you’ll find a deeper meaning in what you have written.

Please find the recorded live stream show at this link or snap the QR Code below. Enjoy!

The cover image is our nod to New Year 2020.

Please enjoy your time with us as you read the articles and watch the videos.

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The Witch’s Cauldron

The Restful Cave

By Adriane Campbell

The end of last year seemed to move so quickly, as if I blinked in November and my eyes opened to celebrate the new year. The energy felt very nonstop and a little chaotic, to be completely honest. It was the hustle and bustle of people running around, scrambling for holiday shopping, and preparing to entertain family and friends. It felt as though people were constantly thinking about time and how they needed more.

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This time is now behind us as we now move into the first of the year and we are ready to rest. It’s a much calmer energy where we slow down and ground ourselves. Time to let go of that hectic feeling, into the Earth, and root ourselves into the true magic of the season. Allowing ourselves to feel with our hearts and to nourish ourselves - to fully connect and dive deep within.

Winter is a time of death and the inner world.

The days are shorter as an encouragement to reflect and rest. It is a time of shadow, but we know that this is not meant to be fearful or “bad”. It is a time where we can connect to ourselves at a much

deeper level to be able to follow and feel our inner knowing.

For the true magic of sleep, I enjoy working with Bear medicine. I remember when I was a child, my grandmother would always steep us hot herbal teas. They were so relaxing, warm, and comforting. On the tea box there was a bear; I was always curious as to why there was a bear pictured on the box, but now I cannot image another character. From the herbs that the bear moved around in the forest, to the honey that dripped in my mug of healing elixir, it was perfect magic.

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The Witch’s Cauldron

and to crawl far below within our own heart cave of self-introspection; this is Bear Medicine.

When we sleep our logical brain becomes dormant. We do not need to think of our future plans or the to-do list that is stuck on the fridge.

We let go of control and we drift into our soul’s dreamscape. Allowing wisdom, signs, and our guides to share with us what we need. We allow ourselves to self-reflect without judgement, fear, or control. We are still. We are truth. There is no costume to disguise us other than some soft pajamas and a cozy blanket.

Bear is associated with sleep for their Winter cycle but also for their connections with the solar energies. They are grounded and highly connected to the tree which parallels from the universe to the roots of the earth. Connected as the great guide to the constellations that represent them in the twinkling skies. Bear offers information in all directions and surrounds you in their medicine.

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Adriane Campbell

Bear rebirths every Spring where they replenish their bellies, play in the rivers, and protect their tribe. They are fearless to what crosses their path and journey through their path openly, seeking all new opportunities that are available for them.

This is such a powerful time for Bear medicine as it gives us the strength to naturally walk through any new doors that are opening. Bear teaches us to trust our instincts while understanding the importance of rest and recharging, the gift of relaxation, and the comfort of being free to be still.

The fulfillment of deep sleep to honor ourselves

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Courtesy Adriane Campbell

Sleep is essential to our survival just as it is to the bear. We recharge and feel without terms and

is a solitary witch who works with plant spirits and herbs. She feels that everyone and everything is very much alive—that we embody the universe and everything in it.

Nature is living, and we are not above another. A single blade of grass is just as alive as we are. Adriane uses the energies of the living plants she works with to invoke their own magic and energies. She creates ceremonial items and concoctions to aid spiritual growth. Adriane also has a passion for teaching individuals how to do their own spell work as she understands the powerful magic of personal intention. She doesn’t categorize herself as a particular type of witch, but rather embraces every aspect of herself and the Craft. She welcomes everyone to embrace their own inner witch and surf their own water of truth.

Contact: www.moonstonedalchemy.com moonstonedalchemy@gmail.com

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When we sleep our logical brain becomes dormant. We let go of control as we drift into our soul’s dreamscape. Allowing wisdom, signs, and our guides to share with us what we need ... we are still. We are truth. conditions. We grow in the stillness as we breathe in the chambers of the cave of who we are. Bear protects us and welcomes us into this medicine.

One of my favorite ways to connect to bear medicine is by using Bear Honey in a steaming cup of tea before I lie down or meditate. You can use any tea that you wish or you simply enjoy the

honey by itself. Kitchen magic is so much fun so have fun! Adjust any amounts or add whatever you wish that connects with yourself and bear.

Use Bear medicine to follow your instinct and intuition. Now let’s cook!

Slow down and have a magical slumber,

Adriane

Bear Honey Recipe 2 pints of fresh blackberries 2 cups of honey 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

1 large piece of lemon zest (Approx.1–2 inches. Be careful not to get too much of the pith or it will be bitter.)

1 Mason jar

Begin by asking your guides, angels, and Bear to be with you in this time. Speak to Bear and say whatever it is that comes up for you. I typically take one of the blackberries from a pint and place it outside as an offering for Bear. Showing my gratitude for what we will be conjuring together. As always, this is your kitchen magic, your spell, so do what you feel connected to do.

Add all the ingredients to a medium saucepan and mix thoroughly. As you are mixing, keep your intentions to the spirit animal bear. Communicate in your way and in your words, invoking Bear medicine into the honey potion.

Using a masher or a large spoon begin breaking up the blackberries. Allow the mixture to sit for 30 minutes so the juices and lemon infuse into the honey. Slowly allow the honey to come to a boil over medium heat. Slow down and enjoy this time, a wonderful Bear message.

Allow the spell to thicken which usually takes about 15 minutes. Turn off the stove and carefully strain the mixture. Spoon the Bear Honey into your jar as you keep the focus on bear pouring its energy into the jar. Thank Bear when you are done and seal the jar.

Store in the refrigerator for several weeks and use anytime you wish to connect to the powerful medicine of Bear. The gatekeeper of deep sleep, dreams, knowingness, and deep connection.

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by Sharon Rosenblum

Chinese New Year

By Sharon Rosenblum

2020 is the Year of the Rat in the Chinese tradition. Recently, while eating at a Chinese Restaurant, I read the characteristics of the Rat on my placemat. If you are born in a Rat year you are: “imaginative, charming and truly generous to the person you love. However, you have a tendency to be quick tempered and overly critical. You are inclined to be somewhat of an opportunist.”

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Nourishing Body & Soul

“Born under this sign, you should be happy in sales, or as a writer, critic, or publicist. Notable Rats include Shakespeare, Mozart, Winston Churchill, George Washington and Truman Capote.”

While living in San Francisco, I loved walking through Chinatown. There they go all out to celebrate Chinese New Year! There are long dragons running through the streets and firecrackers going off everywhere! It is a very festive and happy time, just like our New Year celebrations.

Sharon Rosenblum

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has traveled to many areas of the world, in part, courtesy of her time serving in the Air Force.

She's brought home recipes from around the world. Due to a sensitive digestion, Sharon adopted a Gluten Free and Whole Food lifestyle. She's adept at modifying recipes to suit different dietary needs.

A healthy approach to eating also serves her as an Empath and Intuitive. Eating “clean” foods, brings greater clarity when working with her guides and spirit. And, her joints are no longer achy or sore.

A certified practitioner of Maya Abdominal Therapies; licensed as an Educational Kinesiology Instructor and Consultant, Feng Shui and Space Clearing Practitioner, Flower Essences Practitioner, Karuna Reiki Practitioner, and she practices Qigong and Touch for Health. Her philosophy is that “one must move the body in order to keep moving forward on our path.”

Sharon is an Assistant Editor on the Executive Publishing Staff for Star Nations Magazine and Star Nations Publishing. She also has her own editing business—The Feathering Quill.

Educational background: M.Ed. Secondary Education B.A. English and Creative Writing B.S. Social Psychology Contact: www.starnations.org Facebook: The Feathering Quill

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The foods are amazing, plentiful, and filled with symbolism. Below are some of the foods and their meanings.

Spring Rolls – These delicious rolls are like egg rolls only smaller and much thinner. They look like bars of gold and are a wish for prosperity and wealth.

Dumplings are very popular and are shaped like the ancient Chinese gold and silver Ingots. As you make them, you are wrapping in the fortune. As you eat them, the Chinese believe you will live a wealthy and prosperous life. Note that dumplings are steamed whereas the fried version are called pot stickers.

Noodles are also important to the celebrations. For the New Year, the noodles are kept long as a symbol of longevity. They are often found in soups and are made from rice, flour, or even beans.

There is also meaning given to the foods that accompany the noodles. Eggs symbolize a big and happy family; Lobster: endless money rolling in; Shrimp: fortune and wealth; Roasted pig: peace; Duck: loyalty; Peaches: longevity; Tofu: happiness and fortune for the entire family; and Fish: surplus and wealth.

Fish is served whole with the head and tail intact. Only the middle is eaten the first night. This is to remind us all to finish what we start. The whole fish represents a harmonious and whole family.

Chicken is also served whole with head and feet or claws. It represents reunion and rebirth. The claws are to help you grasp wealth.

Sweet rice cakes are also very popular and are a symbol to be successful and better each year.

They are made using a glutinous rice flour with various fillings. Below is a basic TangYuan recipe that I altered and filled with cookie dough. I really enjoy this treat; I hope you do too!

There are many ways to make the TangYuan of your choice by simply changing the filling. The possibilities are endless!

Enjoy and Happy Chinese New Year!

Sharon

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COOKIE DOUGH FILLED TANGYUAN For Cookie Dough Filling: 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar 1/4 cup mochiko glutinous sweet rice flour (this is a Gluten Free flour) 2 tablespoons whole milk or cream or almond milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract pinch fine sea salt 1/4 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips For TangYuan: 3/4 cup mochika glutinous rice flour (available at Oriental Grocers or on Amazon) 1/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup filtered or spring water food coloring (optional) potato starch, for rolling (substitutions- cornstarch or arrowroot) Instructions: To prepare filling, beat butter and sugar together with an electric mixer for 2-3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add flour and mix. Add milk, vanilla, and salt mixing to incorporate. Stir in mini chocolate chips.

Start to flatten the ball into a disk-shape (careful as the first few you make will still be quite warm). If you start to stick to it, just dust the TangYuan and your fingers with more starch. (It is very sticky!)

Scoop filling into 1" balls (I used this small cookie scoop) and arrange on a parchment-lined tray. Refrigerate for 30 minutes while you prepare the TangYuan.

Continue to flatten the disk, focusing mainly around the edges, until you have an approximately 3-inch circle. Set aside on a lightly dusted surface. Repeat with remaining TangYuan.

To make the TangYuan, whisk mochiko flour with sugar in a microwave-safe bowl. Add water and whisk until smooth and lump free. Add a drop or two of food coloring, if desired. If you want multiple colors, make a batch (or a half batch) of each color, one at a time; the TangYuan is easiest to work with while it is still warm (it is not recommend doubling this recipe in a single batch).

Loosely cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 1 minute on high. Stir well until uniformly paste-like in texture and in color. Loosely cover again and microwave for another minute. Stir again. Continue to microwave and stir in 30 second intervals until TangYuan is evenly darkened in color and slightly transparent, very stretchy, and sticky. This will vary depending on your microwave and bowl. Note: smaller batches won’t take quite as long to cook.

Dust a non-stick surface with a layer of potato or corn starch.

Dip a medium cookie scoop in water, then scoop out a 2-inch ball of warm TangYuan and place it on your starched surface, rolling to form a ball and coating evenly with starch.

Get your cookie dough balls out of the fridge. They should be firm, but not solid.

Working with starch-dusted hands, lay one TangYuan disk in your palm, and place the cookie dough ball in the center.

Bring opposite edges (at 12 and 6 o’clock) together, pinching the TangYuan together to seal. Then bring the 3 and 9 o’clock edges together, pinching to seal once again. You will now have 4 remaining ‘points’ sticking out; bring each one to the center and pinch together with its direct opposite, ultimately forming a dumpling-like ball.

Place pinched side down on starched surface and roll between your palms until perfectly round. Set on a lightly starched and parchment-lined tray. Repeat with remaining TangYuan.

TangYuan will keep, refrigerated in an airtight container, for 1 to 2 days, though they are definitely better the first day. Let them come to room temperature for a bit prior to serving.

This is very similar to the popular Mochi in the United States that has an ice cream filling. In China they prefer a red bean filling. Most countries in Asia have a similar treat but with a different name.

Food information from ChineseNewYear.net

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Creating the Holy Trinity Within

By Polly Jo Labbé with The Ancient One Welcome to the decade of change and new beginnings! This is the time of shifting our perspective to love, joy, and happiness, because what holds our focus and attention is what we create. There have been so many ways that this simple idea has come into my awareness, each time causing me to pause and reset my intention to the phrase “I create my own happiness.” It only takes 100 people to shift consciousness. Are you ready to be one of them?

Creating the Holy Trinity Within Now is the time for weaving things back together. The separation, the dissection of humanity was an attempt to understand what makes us different. The scientist inside each of us wanted a way to explain our uniqueness and looked for ways to differentiate back into a sense of self. The difficulty has come from the knowing that separation causes us to treat people as Other, distancing ourselves from the humanity within us. When we fall into the trap of Otherness, we unknowingly turn people into objects, releasing that which holds us together.

We can see in so much of the planet how Otherness is destroying our sense of humanity. It is disconnecting ourselves from our actions and the fullness of our compassion. We see events as happening to others, possibly causing a moment of pause and reflection. Then off we go onto the next thing, dismissing injustice and inhumanity as just the way things are. Enough is enough, in my book. So, I asked what can be done to change this Otherness, this disconnected sense of being? How can the perception be shifted for those of us who are ready for a different reality on this beautiful earth plane? Here’s what I received.

The Ancient One The great asleep has been upon the land for a long time, on the earthly plane. Thousands of years you have slept and lived in the land of fear created by being torn apart from your Divine Self, the authentic self in the language of the moment.

Remembering, awakening is occurring for some at this time. It is here that you begin the journey to awakening yourself and humanity.

The disconnectedness from the Divine and each other was a pulling apart of the tapestry of All That Is. It is the Great Experiment that has been playing out in as many different ways as can be imagined. In each imagination, there is the dream reality that you are not One, that you are not Divine. In the great teachings, remember that energy of “no” does not exist or any of the words you have created to correspond with no, like not and never. In rereading those phrases, you can understand that you are One, that you are Divine.

The question then becomes, how to create this reality within yourself, so that humanity can begin to believe it too?

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Chakra Sessions

Polly Jo Labbé

founded the Trinity School of Mystical Energy and is a renowned healer and educator. Polly Jo’s traditional and energy medicine enable her to accomplish her Courtesy: Polly Jo Labbé mission of “Healing the Healer.”

She’s a Usui Reiki Master Teacher and Six Sensory Practitioner, with expertise in Reiki, Alchemical Healing, IET, AromaTouch Technique, Angelic Essence Healing, Psychic Development, Tarot, and Empath Work.

She’s been given ancient healing techniques, a heightened vibrational level of Reiki, recipes using essential oils, meditations and channeled guidance from Saints and ascended masters.

After a pilgrimage to visit John of God in Brazil where she asked for her gifts to open fully and to know what to do with them, Polly Jo received a message from Spirit containing the curriculum for the Trinity School.

Polly Jo uses that information to mentor clients, students, and the community.

Host of radio show Chakra Sessions with Polly Jo Labbé on Star Nations Radio Network Tuesday’s at Noon ET Contact: www.trinityhealingsanctuaries.com www.trinitymysticalenergy.com StarNations.org FB: ChakraSessionsLiveStreamShow/

We have spoken of the weaving of energy that has been torn apart. You do this in your healing work, bringing all lifetimes into One, all chakras into One. You also weave all healing energy back into One, each modality or style that you have encountered or experienced in each and every lifetime. You sense this often through color, vibration, frequency, and sound.

You also experience this through feelings in your body. This reconnects aspects of self and helps others to remember how to do the same. This has been easy for you to understand in the physical, emotional, and mental realms, but as you move into the spiritual realm of the body as One, there are many ancient vows and wounds to clear on a universal level. This requires deep work but the rewards are great as you allow the energy

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of unconditional love to be the fuel for your connection.

Many ancient humans began the disconnect from the Divine by creating masculine and feminine versions of All That Is. Depending on your beliefs, you were even asked to choose one over the other, creating one as good and one as bad. That sense of duality came from the understanding of only knowing what you could see, which was men and women as different, not one and the same.

In many cultures, the female Divine was characterized as evil, just as God needed a Devil. As the separation continued, more and more things fell under the categories of good and bad, often held as truths, since there was nothing to support or deny these truths. Questioning did not come loudly because fear of being chosen as evil was enough to push inner truths out of the mind, regardless of how the guiding light of the heart shone within you.

Now, the heart will not be silent. The heart of humanity has chosen to awaken and many are yearning to realign themselves with their own inner truths. This is what you term the Authentic Self. This is a step toward reconnecting yourself with your divinity, the truths that you hold within your heart.

Understanding yourself as whole, not torn apart or broken as many claim, is the first step. As you begin to understand yourself, this understanding carries over to others, since they are naturally an extension of yourself. You see the things that you share in common, the difficulties that you have faced are not so unlike that of others.

Now, in your connection to the Divine, how do you experience this? Do you connect to God, Goddess, Oneness, Consciousness, or some other definition? Is the Divine separate from you, outside yourself, or do you feel the Divine flowing within you? Do you feel yourself as the Divine?

All answers are your truth of the moment, and all answers are correct. There is no wrong or right way to connect to the Divine, even non-connection is a connection. Can you imagine weaving the Divine together within you? That’s the next step.

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When envisioning the Holy Trinity, many of you think of Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.

Others see the Holy Mother, Holy Father, and Jesus. You may even see the Divine Feminine, the Divine Masculine, and the Self.

To create the Holy Trinity within, you simply need to understand the power of three over the duality that represents much of your reality.

The Heart chakra connects to this energy most easily. It is the bridge between the higher and lower chakras. It is the bridge between the Higher Self and you, sometimes referred to as the High Heart. This is where unconditional love is meant to reside, surrounding the Inner Child in the Trinity of Love. Gathering the Trinity within reminds you of the connectedness to all that seems outside of you. It reminds you how to love yourself

When envisioning the Holy Trinity, many of you think of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Others see Divine Feminine, Divine Masculine, and the Self.

To create the Holy Trinity within, you need to understand the power of three over the duality that represents much of your reality.

completely, radiating that love outward for others to experience in connection with you. This you refer to as joy and happiness. This is the weaving back of energy torn apart. This is where true ascension lies. When you expand into the fullness of self, you reconnect with the fullness of All That Is—this is ascension.

This is releasing the falsehoods of Otherness. This is the releasing of separation of humanity.

Continue to weave together that which feels separate or apart. Begin within and all will reunite around you. Hold within your heart the Divine love and light, in whatever words best suit you in the moment. Allow that love to become your reality, as you help those around you heal as well. Heal the healers, so they can spread their light. Remember, that includes you.

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WisdomKeeper's Path

The Forgotten Agreement

When it is time for me to write, whether it is my monthly column for the magazine or something else with longer detail, throughout the night a dialogue begins, and I get very little sleep.

My inner spirit, the ancient ones, my inner child, and the Divine together dance in ceremony around the sacred fire of wisdom. Whatever I am about to write unfolds in sacred ceremony, like a story narration as a collaboration, which is neither here nor there but in the space between.

Throughout the night, I could hear the rain deeply pouring down as an emergence of spirit and earth through an important calling of attention.

There was no break in the rain; this tells me the unfolding is about deeply rooted cleansing that is needed and each raindrop carries a different ancient wisdom to nourish the cleansing as a community together. But also, it is the reaction of the Great Mother — Pachamama.

Everything is spiritual because everything has a spirit. When we lose sight of this awareness, we lose sight of ourselves and the earth as an aliveness. Everything is alive and inter -connected, from the rivers, rocks, trees, animals, mountains,

and human beings as we share the same materials of DNA. Human beings have forgotten how to live on the earth, therefore forgetting what it means to be a human being with a spirit, as one who walks the earth as a keeper of the garden. Even here in Sedona, the ancient land is not being respected and the commercialization is destroying the vibrational alignment. We see this happening throughout the world. It’s time to return to the garden, not in the head of conflict, but in love.

When a garden is dry it is calling for nurturing and love, so you water it. When weeds take over the health, breathing, and oxygen space of the garden, the garden is in conflict and at war for survival. The healthy plants are vulnerable and calling for your mission of love and protection. They trust in you because they know your true mission of love for being here on earth. But the human has to make a choice beyond their own needs,

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survival, or waiting for someone else to do the work of the garden versus making a choice through the love and wisdom they have access to in their own soul and destiny.

The earth is the garden and is becoming eroded with a deeply rooted calling for infinite love from the heart of the mother. The Great Mother is asking for your love, an emergence of assistance. Time is growing short and soon the mother will take back the power of the earth. There is much water cleansing on the way.

The garden needs nourishing and love from its roots, not at the surface level. At the roots is where you will find the seeds of the heart of the Great Mother. Remember you are not here on earth for you. You are here for WE, which is the sacred spiral of the mother.

Assisting the garden.

“Helping yourself, you help the world. You are in the world – you are the world. You are not different from the world, nor is the world different from you.” — Sri Ramana Maharshi

Ceremony in the forest.

When we start to align to our own inner ceremony in the forest, to escape, to breath, to listen, and to be silent, we start to listen to what we cannot hear. When we turn our awareness inward beyond the surface of the human world, we begin to experience the sounds of movement, spirals, love, teachings, wisdom, and portals of the forest.

When we breathe in the oxygen and clear open the space of the forest, we are receiving ancient wisdom and aligning that wisdom to what we have forgotten regarding the earth and the Great Mother, along with her forest medicine.

This is what will change the world’s vibration.

The more we practice seeing and listening to what we cannot hear or see, we begin to listen and see with love through the awareness of the heart. This experience turns your communication

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Eddie Mullins

was raised surrounded by wilderness and woodlands.

His upbringing was not of a religious, spiritual or metaphysical family; the infinite knowing source within him awake from birth.

He’s able to pick up the integrity, spiritual insights, body vibration and soul consciousness of those he encounters. Eddie has communicated with nature, animals, plants, the spirit world, and cosmic Interdimensional realms since he was a small child.

A spiritual teacher, story weaver and healing guide of deep infinite spiritual presence, shamanic healing and wisdom with peace through stillness, grace and love, he embodies a foundation of living from love, nature wisdom, soul enlightenment, and the infinite Source consciousness.

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inward to awaken who you really are and to return back to love. This awareness changes your vibration to a deeper experience beyond the human condition and activates your inner aliveness.

This is also where you discover the space behind the ego, personality, human condition, and mask, this is your soul aliveness as you walk the earth; we call this our true nature, who we really are. I like to call this the discover of inner soul magic, the magic of our mystical alignment as we walk the beautiful earth.

When we remember the Great Mother and why we are here, we remember love beyond the meaning of word and become the presence of love. We then can assist the nourishing of the garden. We are the medicine underneath it all.

Soul love, Eddie

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By Maureen Mann

The 2020 Angelic Forecast To help you have 20/20 vision in 2020, the Angels and I are offering a preview of the year to come.

Using card messages from the Archangel Power Tarot Deck by Radleigh Valentine as well as channeled guidance, we hope you enjoy this Angelic forecast. Knowing what to expect this year can help you align your energy to be in a state of receptivity and inspired action.

The year ahead is going to bring soul lessons and focus you in the areas of manifestation,

Maureen Mann

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is a Licensed Social Worker, Reiki Master Teacher, Energy Medicine and Advanced Angel Practitioner, who blends counseling, energy healing, coaching, and intuitive guidance into providing mental health and educational services.

Intuitively aware as a child, her connection to angels has always been sacred and supportive. Formal certification trainings and meditation practice deepened her connection to the Archangels and spirit guides.

Sharing their wisdom and guidance is now a priority in her life, as they bring needed relief and joy to humanity.

Private practice specialties include uncovering and releasing the underlying mental and emotional patterns contributing to anxiety, depression, and physical illness; recovery from trauma; healing relationship challenges; navigating life transitions; stress management; and developing a spiritual practice to support a healthy and fulfilling life.

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working with others, healing, and relationship.

Passion, feelings, and life purpose take precedent over thoughts and ideas. Expect quite a bit of newness, excitement, and learning.

January: Archangel Raphael will be with us through the energy of The Lovers card. It is a time for new relationships, particularly soulnourishing partnerships. The people you meet at the beginning of the year may not be lovers immediately, but you can be certain they are in your life to help you learn important karmic lessons related to self-love and how to be in relationship.

February: The Four of Ariel shows the focus will be on learning how to manage our energy, finances, and resources. Ask yourself if you are holding on too tightly or being too loose with your time and money. Remember what we put out comes back to us multiplied.

Ariel can help with financial abundance, but it is our responsibility to spend wisely and consciously.

March: Be on the lookout for opportunities, particularly around learning and scholarships this month. The Page of Ariel encourages you to get to work with pursuing a possible new area of study.

April: You may be swept off your feet when the Knight of Raphael is present. Your heartstrings are likely be pulled by a relationship or an exciting situation.

Remember to stay grounded and not to get too carried away!

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May: The blunt Page of Michael has great ideas but is not finessed with how to present them to be heard. Trust your perceptions this month and shield yourself from others’ harsh energy so you can read between the lines with what people say to you. Carefully review any contracts or documents you need to sign.

June: The Two of Gabriel shows If you have successfully navigated the harsh energy of June, you will have the opportunity to partner with like-minded people this month. Halfway through 2020, you will be in a position to make bold, ambitious plans which will develop later this year.

July: Carrying on the energy of June, the soul card The Chariot is asking you to bring discipline and steadfastness to your projects. Call on Archangel Metatron to help you with being in balance with the creative energy of the Divine and maintain your focus.

August: Take a pause this month. You may be fatigued and disheartened, which is why Archangel Ariel is coming in to offer Strength.

This is a soul card, which means the lessons you are learning through challenges have to do with patience and forgiveness.

September: This will be another month of inaction.

The Seven of Ariel is calling you to review your progress and wait as patiently as possible for the next step in your endeavor. While in this state, it is a good time to practice self-appreciation and gratitude for how far you have come.

October: Expect the unexpected when the soul card Change Your Life is present. Call on Archangel Chamuel to help to shift perspective in order to find and truly see what the soul is seeking. Ignoring signs will likely result in a more challenging awakening experience.

November: Although not quite at the end of 2020, the soul card The World indicates being at the end of a significant stage of spiritual growth. This is a card of celebration and fulfillment. Archangel Michael is present to help with releasing all unhealthy cords in order to help us fully embrace our life purpose.

December: The sweet energy of the Six of Raphael will be carrying us to the end of 2020. Time with children, healing our inner child, and renewed, healed relationships from the past are all indicated with this card.

We are beginning and ending the year with Archangel Raphael surrounded and cocooned in his emerald-green healing light.

I encourage you to reference this throughout the year and compare it to your experiences.

Call on Archangels Raphael, Ariel, Michael, Gabriel, Metatron, and Chamuel as often as you need to support you in living an amazing 2020 with perfect vision.

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By Ortrun Franklin

Dream—Happy New Year

Did you ever think about “dreaming?” Did you know that dreams are our friends? We all have dreams. We can use our dreams to create, resolve, learn, and become. There are many types of dreams. All dreams have their purpose. Ortrun explored different types of dreams, how to interpret dreams, and how to create to have your desires to come forth in your life.

Ortrun shares one of her recorded Star Nations Internet Radio shows, The Mystery School Hour, from January 2016. Her information is still helpful four years later. Enjoy the recorded show by clicking the link or snapping the QR Code.

Ortrun Franklin is a columnist for Star Nations Magazine. She is the co-host of the live stream show “Living in Two Worlds” which focuses on the connecting the physical world with the spiritual world. It airs the last Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT. Contact Ortrun at: www.ourspiritualascension.com Ortrun71@aol.com Facebook: Living in Two Worlds Courtesy: Ortrun Franklin

New Year’s is the time of year to make resolutions and set goals.

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Communicating with Sacred Animals with Leslie Cirinesi

Protect and Cherish the Ones that you Love

The coming of a new year is always a mixed bag of emotions for me. It brings the excitement of what the new year holds in store for us. It holds hope of following through on new year’s resolutions. It has the promise of finding out what the future holds. It also sometimes brings angst as to what the unknown has in store for us.

I often feel guilty for the things I wanted to accomplish but didn’t. It can hold sorrow by remembering those that won’t be entering the new year with us. It may also hold relief for those who had an especially stressful 2019 and are looking forward to leaving it all behind with the thoughts of starting fresh and new in 2020.

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If you have read a few of my articles before, you have probably heard me talk about my volunteer work at a Grizzly Bear rescue sanctuary in Montana (amongst other rescues that I work with). I also have many other Bear clients and for a least one of them, this time of year means going into hibernation.

Did you know that Bears don’t actually have to hibernate? It is interestingly enough, optional, as long as there is food available and it’s not a female that is having cubs. Those are the only two reasons why a Bear would need to hibernate. The reason most Bears would choose NOT to hibernate is because it does leave them a bit vulnerable.

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Truth be told, Bears are not true hibernators, that is a bit of a misnomer. In reality, they go into a dormant state called “torpor”. This means that they can actually wake up and even move around the den if they desire. Their heart rate does slow down and they don’t eat or release bodily matter, but they can wake up if something arouses them.

Female bears have a really interesting anatomy. Mating season is in the warmer months, it starts around May and ends somewhere around the beginning of July. If the female’s eggs are successfully fertilized during mating season, her eggs go dormant until she has time to bulk up for the winter. She must gain somewhere around 100 pounds before she goes into her den for the winter. If she does this, then once she enters the den around late October, the eggs will then implant and start to germinate.

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The cubs will then be born in the den usually in January weighing less than a pound and be less than a foot long. The female bear keeps them safe in the den and protects them there until spring. So, if you see a cub in the woods in May, you can bet that it is 4 months old because the greatest population of bears are born in January.

It could stretch to February, but most will be born in January.

If I were offered this option, I think I would also like to sleep through the winter and live off of the fat that I gained during the autumn season. Waking up in late March/early April when the snow is starting to melt and all of my favorite foods are starting to bloom doesn’t sound so bad.

I would hope that during this den time that I would mentally prepare and get organized for the rest of the year. I wish I would emerge from

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my den raring to go and easily getting done everything I need to accomplish before hitting the den again in October. This is a great way to get my new year’s resolutions in order and mentally prepare to take them on when I exit the den door around the beginning of April.

Well, with my work schedule, I don’t realistically have time to sleep for 4–5 months, but it’s a nice thought. Also, for those women out there that have born children, isn’t it interesting that human females weigh on average 166 pounds and the average human baby is born weighing 7.5 pounds?

Leslie Cirinesi

is a Reiki Master/Teacher and Animal Communicator located in Clarkston, Michigan. She volunteers at the Detroit Zoo and with many Animal rescues. She is available to communicate with your Animals by using a photo and does phone consultations all over the world.

Contact Leslie: Leslie@AETherapy.com www.AdvancedEnergyTherapy.com www.ISpeakToAnimals.com Phone: 248-909-3700 Facebook: Advanced-Energy-Therapy-and-wwwispea ktoanimalscom-135361823171145/

So, a newborn baby is roughly 4.5% of the female’s body weight. Where an average female Grizzly Bear weighs about 350 pounds and the average weight of a cub at birth is about a pound. So, this is roughly .002% of it’s body weight. And a human gestation period is 40 weeks where for a Bear it is roughly 28 weeks. It doesn’t really seem equitable.

One thing that female Bears and humans do have in common is that motherly protection instinct. My niece gave birth a couple of weeks ago and I don’t anticipate being able to meet my new great-nephew until after the new year because his momma is being very protective of her newborn (as she should).

Just remember that life is fragile and love is precious. So please make it a new year’s resolution to cherish the ones that you love every day.

And please protect the ones that you love, like a “Mama Bear”!

To all of my Bear friends who “hibernate” … sleep well my friends and we will talk again after the new year when Spring wakes you from your slumber. To all of my Bear friends who don’t hibernate, I am here for you if you need me throughout the winter. To all of my human friends, I hope the new year brings you all things wonderful, and that happiness is with you throughout the year! 

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Isn’t it interesting that human females weigh on average 166 pounds and the average human baby is born weighing 7.5 pounds? So, a newborn human baby is roughly 4.5% of the female’s body weight. Whereas an average female Grizzly Bear weighs about 350 pounds and the average weight of her cub at birth is about a pound. So, this is roughly .002% of its body weight. A human gestation period is 40 weeks; a Bear’s is roughly 28 weeks. It doesn’t really seem equitable.

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Cosmic Conversations Explore The Cosmos Within You! WITH

JULIE HEDGES

Welcome to the Cosmic Conversation

The living Stars shine through each Soul, while our Bodies have the same ingredients as the planets and stars in our solar system. When we consciously tune into the Stars and Planets for a cosmic conversation, we can tap into the power of the cosmos to enhance our lives.

Sign of the Times CAPRICORN in Profile

January is the month of Capricorn, from the Winter Solstice to approximately January 20th each year.

Capricorn is known as the SeaGoat, the feminine Earth sign ruled by the planet Saturn.

Each of us has Capricorn in our personal make-up, whether we were born during the time of Capricorn or not. Capricorn attributes and energies are active within all of us, but how we demonstrate these traits is uniquely woven to our individual birth charts and personal choices.

Capricorn Attributes:

Winter is the season of Capricorn, when the cold winds blow in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s the time of year that only those with hearty complexions and sturdy structures endure. Regardless of residence, whether in the Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere, the time of Capricorn is the time deconstructing the material.

The Teacher/Leader/Boss/ Authority Master of Integrity Responsible, Wise Elder Discipline, Patience, Investment Contraction, Constriction Buck stops here” “Saving for a rainy day”

The once lush landscape turns fallow, covered in snow and ice – both literally and energetically. The Living focus on withstanding the cold, un-fertile conditions and the degradation of matter. Specifically, Capricorn inspires us to consider “what we have to show for ourselves” and what stands resolute through the tests of time.

Where Capricorn rules your astrology chart is where you’re mastering personal responsibility, navigating rules and learning constriction. It signifies Integrity and meaningful, time-honored tradition. This focus of your life brings manifestation through contraction. It is where wisdom gained through prudence and determination is most valued.

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How Does CAPRICORN Work in Your Life?

Consider how you demonstrate Leadership. What does Integrity mean to you? Do you value discipline and patience?

How do you respond to delayed gratification/ “saving for a rainy day”? Do you have a savings account? How responsible are you? Are you a person who is late, early or “on time”?

What does ‘Tradition’ mean to you? What is your relationship to authority figures, Fathers and “bosses”?

Capitalize on Capricorn energies this month with: 1. Garnet, Hematite or Bloodstone crystals 2. Frankincense, Myrrh and Clove essential oils 3. Moisturize skin with creams and oils (I like avocado oil.)

4. Eat bone broth and hearty stews 5. Mountain hike, rock climb and ski

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Tarot Ally Capricorn is an Earth sign, represented by the suit of Pentacles in the Tarot. The King of Pentacles, in particular, resonates with the masterful leadership energy of Capricorn.

Planets In Transit: Astro-Energy Tips for January 2020

The Astro-Forecast for January 2020 brings the message of “toughen up,” but don’t lose your inner softness. Allow your Mind to rest as much as possible and don’t dismiss your Inner Resilience or lose your Sacred Self (Higher Self/Soul). January brings intense cosmic energies into focus.

1 January 2020: Happy New Year! The chart of the New Year* is ruled by Venus; Love, Beauty & Value reign.

Venus is at 14° Aquarius, the sign of the Water Bearer, where Spirit pours blessings onto Earth. But in the HOME (4th House) sector of this chart, Saturn and Pluto are within

one degree of conjunction.

This portends transformation of core foundations of the Home/ Family/Roots/Traditions. *New Year 2020 chart was calculated by www.astro.com for 12:01 AM on January 1, 2020, in New York, NY (Eastern Time Zone).

10 January 2020: Full Moon Lunar Eclipse at 20° Cancer. This Lunar Eclipse faces off with the Sun, Mercury, Saturn and Pluto together in Capricorn.

Prepare for possible constricting, transformative news to penetrate your core. Could be the start of a personal paradigm shift out of necessity.

Endings are expected within the scope of this energetic influence.

As one who is aware of his kingly influence and knows that he is ultimately responsible for the health and reputation of his kingdom, the King of Pentacles is the true authority.

He upholds the rich traditions of his rank and preserves the integrity of his kingdom and stature among other nations.

Tough decisions may rest on him, but he can execute them deliberately and wisely, in support of his community.

is an author, Evolutionary Astrologer, Reiki Master/Teacher and seer. She teaches ancient Tarot, bridging its sacred wisdom with modern life.

She teaches spiritual wellbeing, creative visioning and self-empowerment. She focuses on helping people discover and embrace their unique talents. She offers readings and healing sessions to those around the globe.

Julie’s breakthrough book, The Tarot Journey Volume 1, is full of practical Tarot tips and tools to help readers develop a deeper relationship with the Tarot—a must-have resource for Tarot novices and masters alike. Take the Tarot Journey, and begin your adventure today.

Tune into The Tarot Journey radio show the third Monday of each month at 9 pm ET/8 pm CT, where Julie takes listeners on a Tarot odyssey with the ancient symbols and mysteries that empower our lives today. Join Julie for The Tarot Journey broadcast each month on Facebook. It’s ancient Tarot wisdom for modern life! Visit StarNations.org for more information about Julie and her show.

Keep in touch with Julie: TheTarotJourney@gmail.com TheTarotJourneyVolume1.weebly.com JulieSoliloquy.weebly.com FB: CosmicConversationsWithJulieHedges

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12 January 2020: Saturn and Pluto conjunct at 22° Capricorn. “Saturn conjunct Pluto is a major planetary [transit] occurring on average every 34 years. The last conjunction was in November 1982…

When the two most serious and cold planets align… Restriction and limitation force you work hard at changing something particular in your life that has outlived its usefulness. This is a slow, evolutionary process that builds new foundations on which to prosper in the coming years.”1 On January 13, 2020, the Sun joins Saturn and Pluto.

This triple conjunction can present a revolution of consciousness. Find where 22 Capricorn rules your personal astrology chart to see how this movement will impact you.

20 January 2020: Sun enters Aquarius. The Sun, our Lord of Conscious Awareness, moves into the mansion of the Cosmic Mind. This shift may be palpable, moving our awareness from the “Bones” of life into a more Enlightened space.

Take a deep breath, and open to cosmic understanding.

24 January 2020: New Moon at 4° Aquarius squares off to Uranus in Taurus. The New Moon is a new beginning of Inspiration, but the square to Uranus can bring a shock to the senses or a sudden change to our resources (money/possessions). Not a good time to invest in antiques or buying high-end goods. This transit can also feel uncomfortable to the Soul, as so much is “up in the air.”

Explore your Inner Solar System and discover your cosmic Gifts, Talents and Abilities. As a trained healer and Astrologer, I translate the language of the Stars to create sacred dialogue with your Soul. Schedule a Soul Path Empowerment Astrology session with me.

Sources: 1 Partridge, Jamie. “Saturn Conjunct Pluto January 12, 2020.” AstrologyKing.com. 20 Dec. 2019. Web. 28 Dec. 2019. https://astrologyking.com/saturn-conjunctpluto/ Other Sources: Elenbaas, Adam (Acyuta-bhava Das). “Saturn Conjunct Pluto Part One: Fear, Trembling and Freedom.” YouTube.

4 Dec. 2019. 5 Dec. 2019. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=mqIScLh8JZU “January 2020: Planetary Overview – Major Astrological Aspects and Transits.” Tarot-Astrology.Co. 5 Jun. 2019. Web. 28 Dec. 2019. https://tarot-astrology. co.uk/2019/06/05/ january-2020-planetary-overview-major-astrologicalaspects-and-transits/.

Partridge, Jamie. “New Moon January 24 – Crazy Mood Swings.” AstrologyKing.com. 4 Dec. 2019. Web. 28 Dec. 2019. https://astrologyking.com/new-moonjanuary-2020/.

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THE

THERAPY CENTER Holistic Healing & Care

By Patricia Heredia

Negative Self-Hypnosis Is there such a thing as negative self-hypnosis?!!

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Surprising to you perhaps—and very definitely—yes. Many people have experienced the equivalent of post-hypnotic cues without being aware of it.

Negative self-hypnosis is where an individual has set up a pattern of behavior that reinforces itself in an unconscious and often unproductive manner.

Recently a man came to see me who was dealing with chronic anxiety. Every time he pulled into his driveway at the end of the day, he felt anxious about going inside. He knew he was supposed to talk with his wife about their financial problems, his small child needed attention, and there was a lot of work responsibilities to be done around the house. He was tired from work and usually anticipated tension as soon as he approached home. He had developed a negative self-­ hypnosis response, and there were several cues to reinforce his feelings. The drive home was full of negative cues about the problems he would have to face. Pulling into the driveway was a cue to begin feeling anxious. Parking the car was a cue to begin thoughts of avoidance toward the unpleasantness awaiting him inside.

With self-hypnosis training, he learned how to change the

negative cues into positive cues and to add new cues for new responses.

He altered his route home slightly, and this gave him a different view, both literally and metaphorically. The drive home became an opportunity

to review his day and let go of work. He could see things differently and de-stress himself with slow deep breathing as he drove.

Soon, he could imagine a more relaxed approach to his homeward drive. Like an airliner approaching a runway, he

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could land smoothly and lightly in his driveway.

He anticipated playing with his child when he first arrived home. This would be a time to play and change gears even more from the workday he had experienced. His conversations with his wife would be problem-solving opportunities.

Even though he could still be somewhat anxious as he drove into the driveway, the anxiety could be from a positive expectation rather than from dread.

When he parked the car, he could now feel he was landing or settling down into a friendly place. What had changed? First, his perspective: he could see the drive home, which before he had never liked, as a time for himself. He told his wife he wanted to play with their child when he first arrived home, which was what the child wanted also and that he and his wife could talk later. He deliberately set this playtime aside for himself as well as for his child. He had changed his view of this playtime.

He effectively took conscious control over the negative cues and altered them into positive ones by making some changes in both how he

Patti Heredia’s

practice is The Therapy Center, located in Grand Rapids, MI. She has been a therapist since 1995 and offers a range of therapeutic services at her Center.

Patti is a nationally certified and registered clinical Hypnotherapist, registered Colon Hydro-therapist, clinical Massage therapist and a trained Upledger Craniosacral therapist.

The Therapy Center 3501 Lake Eastbrook Blvd., SE Suite 345 Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Phone: 616-706-8054 Phone: 616-222-6070

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Contact Patricia: grandrapidstherapycenter.com Pheredia50@hotmail.com

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perceived his situation and how he performed certain actions. He changed his route home, he changed how the transition from work to the home occurred with the playtime, and he set aside the time to problem-solve with his wife, rather than simply tolerating her concerns and worries.

In about three weeks, he looked forward to his drive home, enjoyed the playtime with his child, and felt more effective by problem-solving with his wife. She also felt better because she was being involved in the process of solving their situation; instead of merely stirring her husband into worry.

You can also examine your own life for instances of negative cues and explore how you can change those patterns into positive ones. The first step is to become more aware of such cues if they exist.

Motivation and logic are important at this point. To get the most effective use of post-hypnotic suggestions and cues, be sure you are truly motivated to accept them. My client desired to feel more peaceful and empowered – he had a strong motivation – he was developing an ulcer.

Also, suggestions and cues need to be as logical and relevant to your situation as possible. If my client had instead used cues or suggestions for falling asleep or improving a sport, the effect would have been different. Those acts have nothing to do with anxiety – there is not a logical progression or connection between them. The choice of the cues of an alternate route, recapping on the day’s work, having fun playing with a loved child, and problem-solving focused on empowerment and a feeling of peace. He could also have used cues such as listening to upbeat music on his way home or visualizing healing bright light moving throughout his body. These would be consistent with and related to feeling peaceful and empowered.

It is important to make the post-hypnotic s­ uggestions specific for a situation. If you wanted to develop your abilities to concentrate, begin with a particular type of concentration – for instance,

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playing a sport. When you develop post-hypnotic suggestions and cues for a goal, the more you focus on that goal, the more effective the hypnotic trance work will be.

As a person’s skills for a goal improve, there will be a carryover into many other situations as well. From hypnosis for improving sports abilities to better relationships, more achievements at work, or an interest in better eating and health patterns.

As post-hypnotic cues and suggestions are given, it is also important to visualize the scene, the actions, or the feelings that you desire as vividly and detailed as you possibly can. Then expand

each suggestion with the richness of colors, smells, sounds, textures, tastes, voices, and feelings that would be in the scene you are creating.

Repetition is the cement that bonds the post-hypnotic suggestions and cues to your unconscious mind. What is important here is to practice the process consistently, methodically, for a long enough period of time.

Statistics really show that to make a permanent change in our habits, lifestyle and our brains, it can vary from 18 to a whopping 254 days with the average being about 66 days. We do simply become what we focus on most of the time.

In closing, I would like to invite you to tune into An Hour at The Therapy Center live stream radio show the first Monday of each month at 8 PM EST only on Star Nations Live Stream Shows. Each month I will talk about a typical issue that many people have, and then we will do an actual hypnotherapy session … so please join me, get comfortable and take a few deep breaths.

Until Next Time, Love & Light,

Patti

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Contrary Gives Life

By Tony Cherette

Once upon a time at the beginning of Creation, the Great Mother and Father decided that the Earth was missing a vital component of energy and decided to create the first “Contrary” and place them on the Earth. Now, this may be the first time you hear of a “Contrary” story regarding the health and wellness of the people and the other Earth dwellers, however, stay buckled in, and we’ll take a quick spin around the idea of the “Contrary.”

In Native American Indigenous culture, the position of the “Contrary” is very much talked about on a fairly regular basis and holds a position of great interest to our culture. In fact, it figures prominently in our teachings with it being assigned and seen as energy with several different names.

These can include “Trickster,” “Heyokah,” “Sacred Clown,” or “Medicine Person.”

energies or simply one of those. They may feel like a person who can deliver magic to your doorstep at a time you most need it. Or they may deliver chaos. Or change. Or education.

The idea of the “Contrary” herein known as the Contrary (no quotation marks) is as old as time itself here on Turtle Island (North America). Let’s explore some of the characteristics and presence of the Contrary in our own lives.

Have you ever had a friend to whom you are deeply attached who seems to have a propensity towards chaos in their life as well as experiences that seem to come out of nowhere and are complex? A friend who may experience much in the way of life changes and circumstances no one else you seem to know has? In Native culture, we often look to those sorts of occurrences as omens, if you will, to help us determine what type of energy medicine is surrounding us.

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When you sense you may have walked into a “trickster” situation or a “contrary” situation with a friend/loved one, oftentimes, it has some markers which can help you identify the energy you are working with. Some types of energy include ancestral energy, Earth energy, or celestial energy. The Contrary can sometimes work between all of those

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As a reminder, the purpose in creating the Contrary is to bring one face of the Great Creator to the people so that they may have a source of wisdom that comes to them in unconventional ways.

These ways may sometimes bypass the stress response entirely in life and drop right into humour.

I think we all can remember a time when someone told a perfect joke or perfect story, and it led us to a great release of energy through laughter. Superb timing, indeed! Given that humour uplifts you out of a funk really quickly, the “contrary” may be one of the most treasured gifts from Creator when working that particular energy.

Another way a Contrary works is in influencing families. Imagine a time, if you will, when you sat at the dinner table with a relative who crafted a beautifully healing set of words in the midst of a plain story, and you felt you gained in wisdom and insight.

The Contrary may also be a stress causer. I don’t want to give the impression that it’s all light and rainbows when relating to a Contrary as their particular form of “medicine” (i.e., spiritual power) can often be times shocking as well as unexpected.

We all know that one person who can consistently shock us with their point of reference.

Some Contrary people can also work with the medicine powers of the four cardinal directions as well as the non-cardinal directions. When you meet a Contrary, who is working within that type of energy, you may find that you step into inclement weather when you are in their presence, literally and figuratively. You also may find that the sun starts to shine when it’s been cloudy and gloomy. It sounds fantastical and such, yet the Contrary does work exactly and precisely in those realms.

Anthony D. Cherette

Courtesy: Anthony Cherette

is a Medium with 35 years of experience. He is also an Elder and registered tribal member of the Annishnabeg Nation. Anthony is also a legal professional, a parent, a community activist and Two-Spirit human.

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One reason for delineating these examples is to discuss the myriad ways and powers that the Contrary portrays, often in daily life. You may be in relationship to a Contrary and wonder if you are losing your mind or if you simply are next to a genius.

Take a few minutes if you can and stop and think of the one or two people in your life you may consider to have some of the powers as mentioned above or scenarios going on in their lives. How, then, do you relate to them when they demonstrate their “medicine” powers to you?

Do you recoil and try to avoid them if they are people who live in chaos that seems unexplainable? Is there a chance they have a message wrapped up in that chaos for you? If so, how do you determine what that message is?

I’ve found it useful when meeting a Contrary to remind myself first and foremost that they have a power that sometimes can amuse you as well as plunge you into deep thought on how you relate to your world. However, all said, do remember that sometimes if a person doesn’t feel safe to you, you may need to take some time to see if you can experience their presence without feeling triggered in ways that are not good for you.

The Contrary can present themselves to you in several different forms over the course of your lifetime. This can include teachers, wise people, relatives, strangers, and all configuration of folks.

The useful thing to take away is to know that they are here for a purpose, and if you can, try to determine what they are trying to bring to your life or your community.

It may surprise you to look at that zany Uncle in a different light if you now suspect his eccentricities are an energy medicine or that loving neighbor who says just the right thing at the right time to teach you something useful.

Above all, Contrary folks are simply humans imbued with specific types of medicine powers.

May you find many on your journey of life to help you along the way!

Nature Adventures

Nature Adventures

REKINDLING OUR CONNECTION WITH GAIA

By Minnie Kansman

Earth is Female Mother Earth, Gaia, Pachamama, the Great Goddess — our planet Earth has been called many names by many cultures, and they are all feminine.

An underlying belief for this is that the earth is a life-giving, nurturing entity. She is like a receptive womb, holding seeds in incubation until it is their time to break the surface and grow. There is a protective quality of nurturing she gives that seed until it is safe to venture outward. We too are like those

Lost Gardens of Heligan

She also keeps us grounded. And when our human lives begin to spin out of control, she gently reminds us to come back to her to rest and rejuvenate. We do that in Nature and Forest Therapy by paying attention to her details with all of our senses. We walk upon her solid surface, away from the man-made paths, to reconnect her energy with ours.

Earthing

We know her vibration shifts daily as the Schumann Wave, a measurement of the earth’s electromagnetic field, has changed from a steady 7.83 megahertz, to spikes of 36 megahertz which began on 2014. In September of 2019, a spike of 98 megahertz was registered. To stay in resonance with the Earths’ vibration we need to be in direct contact with her every day. There is a modern day word for this now, it is called “Earthing”.

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seeds, and once out of the womb, she continues to holds us dearly through the force of gravity. Our “Mother” likes to keep us close by.

Nature Adventures

The Sun shines on our Mother every day, warming her and sharing its energy. The Sun has a strong male Yang presence in comparison to the Yin of Earth. The Moon travels around her every day, being held in her gravitational field.

And when we die, though our Spirit takes flight to other dimensions, our physical body remains here.

Buried within her depths, she takes us back, to eventually become a part of her. In this way, she continues to embrace us always with her love.

Using our senses of listening, touching, tasting and smelling the scents of Gaia also brings us in closer relationship with her. Her beauty surrounds us with visual and sensual moments every day, from the scent of a flowering rose to the song of a babbling creek. Sitting some place in Nature and letting her surround you allows time for her to “hold” you in a way that only she can. Making herbal teas from plants in her medicine chest also comforts us in a mothering way. Mother Earth offers us so much if we take the time to receive it.

Forest Floor

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Minnie Kansman

and her business Eco~Balance Humanity in Harmony with Nature have been assisting others with Feng Shui, Sacred Space Clearing, and Nature Spirit Connection since 1994.

She is a certified Master Feng Shui Consultant and Educator and a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide. She lives lightly on the land and honors the power of Spirit in all things. Minnie is the author of Spirit Gardens: Rekindling our Nature Connection, and Missing Nana: Lessons from the Nature Spirits, a playful children’s story about the afterlife based on love. Both are available at www. minniekansman.com . Nana can also be purchased directly from www.LuLu.com.

Minnie is a co-host of the radio show Nature Adventures, on Star Nations Live Stream Shows on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m. EST. Contact Minnie for long distance and on-site Feng Shui Consultations and Space Clearing Ceremonies. Check out her website for a Forest Therapy walk near you.

Contact: Facebook: www.minniekansman.com minniekansman99 ecobalance99@gmail.com Nature Adventures Live Stream Show www.starnations.org Courtesy: Minnie Kansman

Wild Rose

Minnie Kansman is the owner of Nature Travel Adventures, taking travelers on Sacred Earth adventures in the United States and abroad. Her next trip to the Scottish Highlands is scheduled for September 14–26 of 2020. The Nature Spirits of Findhorn, the Callanish Stone Circle, and Isle of Skye and Isle of Iona are all part of this Sacred Journey. The full detailed itinerary is now posted on her website www.minniekansman.com

Poetic Wisdom

A New Year

By Dora Sigerson Shorter Behold! a new white world!

The falling snow Has cloaked the last old year And bid him go.

To-morrow! cries the oak-tree To his heart, My sealed buds shall fling Their leaves apart.

To-morrow! pipes the robin, And again How sweet the nest that long Was full of rain.

To-morrow! bleats the sheep, And one by one My little lambs shall frolic Bneath the sun.

For us, too, let some fair To-morrow be,

O Thou who weavest threads Of Destiny!

Thou wast a babe on that Far Christmas Day, Let us as children follow In Thy way.

So that our hearts grown cold Bneath time and pain, With young sweet faith may blossom Green again.

That empty promises Of passing years Spring into life, and not Repenting tears.

So that our deeds upon The earth may go, As innocent as lambs, And pure as snow.

About Dora Sigerson (1866-1918) Irish poet, who after her marriage in 1895 wrote under the name Dora Sigerson Shorter.

She was born in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of George Sigerson, a surgeon and writer, and Hester (nee Varian) also a writer. She was a major figure of the Irish Literary Revival, publishing many collections of poetry from 1893. Her friends included Katharine Tynan, a noted Irish-born poet and author, Rose Kavanagh and Alice Furlong, writers and poets.

In 1895 she married Clement King Shorter, an English journalist and literary critic. They lived together in London, until her death.

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Communications from Home January 2020 Update

By Yvette Neshi Lokotz Star Nations is Growing!

Star Nations is proud to announce its partnership with Issuu.com for digital (iTunes & Google), PDF, and web viewer versions of the Star Nations Magazine. The first Star Nations Magazine issue with our new partners is the January 2020 Issue 80.

We understand that our readership enjoys their reading material in very specific ways. To accommodate everyone’s needs, our partners at MagCloud.com continue to assist us in providing Star Nations Magazine in a “print on demand” version.

After much deliberation, prayer, and meditation, Neshi decided to change publishing partners for our monthly spiritual magazine. We simply outgrew our previous partner.

Star Nations Magazine continues to be your bridge between Ancient and Modern spiritual information.

Existing digital iTunes Connect and Google Play Store subscriptions will be converted to our new partners. Please contact Deborah, our Star Nations Magazine Assistant, with your name, email address, and Apple ID subscription number. starnationsmagazineassistant@gmail.com Issuu.com offers Star Nations Magazine in Digital, PDF and Web Viewer versions. You will need to download their free app to your phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer. Visit issuu. com to download their free app. Then visit our publishing page: issuu.com/starnationsmagazine.

Brand New! We now offer digital subscriptions as well as print subscriptions in 6-month and 12-month subscriptions at our website.

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Star Nations Academy courses are online! Star Nations Academy offers online classes via Zoom.com starting in early 2020. Star Nations Academy faculty members include spiritual teachers, authors, live stream show hosts, and contributing writers for Star Nations Magazine. Our classes come from an eclectic base of beliefs, knowledge, and wisdom.

We continue to offer free, mini classes on the Facebook Star Nations Academy closed group. Join the closed group to have access to the free mini-classes —

issue and visit our website: http://starnations.org/ star-nations-academy/ From all of us at Star Nations, we wish you an abundant New Year.

Bama Mine (Potawatomi for Until We See Each Other Again), Neshi Lokotz C.E.O. Star Nations Organization, LLC www.starnations.org

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ StarNationsAcademy/ Star Nations Academy also offers classes at our physical location in Tomah, Wisconsin. For more information, see the Events page in this

Star Nations Academy Classes & Workshops The list of Star Nations Academy classes dates for 2020.

More detailed information will be posted on the Star Nations Organization website. Please watch for promotions on social media. Classes at the Star Nations Academy in Tomah, WI except where noted. https://starnations.org/star-nations-academy/

May 29–31

2020 Star Nations Gathering – East Coast

June 20

Sacred Drum Making with Neshi

Nov 16–18

The Journey to Remembering with Neshi Lokotz

Trinity Healing Sanctuary, Haydenville, MA WoodsEdge Healing Retreat Center, Hastings, MI

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February Issue Highlights Valentine’s Day, Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas, Clutter Clearing, Humbleness, Card Readings, Lunar New Year

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All of nature is in me, and a bit of myself is in all of nature.

— John Fire Lame Deer,

Mineconju - Lakota Sioux

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