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RINGING OUT THE OLD & BRINGING IN THE NEW COMMUNICATING MOON WITH THE
Brunch, Anyone? DREAM January 2021 | Issue 92
New Year’s Feng Shui A r t i c l es f rom the St ar Na ti ons Maga zin e A r c h i ve s !
Contents Featured Articles On Our Cover: Ringing Out the Old & Bringing in the New Yvette Neshi Lokotz (Editorial)
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Though we gained experience and wisdom through the life lessons we lived through in 2020, Neshi looks forward to seeing 2020 in her rearview mirror. Do you remember near the end of 2019, when we were excited about the New Year and the new decade? Read on to learn why Neshi’s thoughts for the coming New Year are more reflective, grateful, and tentative.
Brunch, Anyone? Sharon Rosenblum (Nourishing Body & Soul)
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Brunch is that wonderful meal we look forward to at the end of a long week, a time for family and friends to get together, converse, and enjoy a smorgasbord of delicious food that feeds our hearts and feeds our bodies. Sharon explains where it began and why, and shares her recipe for delicious gluten free lemon blueberry scones.
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Ortrun Franklin (Ascension)
Happy New Year! It’s time for making New Year’s resolutions, setting goals, and “dreaming.” Dreams are your friend. Each type of dream has its purpose. They may be happy, sad, intense, resolving. When affirmations are made in the alpha state they are 100 to 200 times more powerful than if they are spoken in the awake state. Let Ortrun’s meditation guide you.
Communicating with the Moon Julie Hedges (The Tarot Journey)
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The Moon is the 18th card of the Major Arcana and holds the energy of Nine, which is Divine Wisdom personified. The symbol of 9 shows us the power of blessings. The top circle represents the Power of All Creation and the downspout shows that power pouring into the Earth plane. Cosmic energies and Divine Blessings flow endlessly into Earth through the numeral 9. The Moon shows us that we need only to engage our intuition and Divine Mind for infinite blessings to unfold.
New Year’s Feng Shui Minnie Kansman (The Mystic Traveler)
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New Year is the optimum time to bring a sense of fresh energy into your home through the application of Feng Shui, the study of how we interact with everything in our environment and how to optimize those interactions. This energy flow is called Chi, the life force that surrounds us all. Our mood, energy level, health, and even finances are influenced by the spaces we occupy. Minnie’s tips encourage this force into our homes by creating an inviting doorway. Chi is also equated with cash flow, so if that motivates you to apply her ideas, all the better! Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA | Robert Frost Photo via WikiCommons Public Domain
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Contents Monthly Columns From the Editor: Neshi Lokotz
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The Witch's Cauldron The Sacred Feminine
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Health & Healing
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Nourishing Body & Soul
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Ascension The Tarot Journey The Mystic Traveler An Eclectic Pagan’s Journey
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Communicating with Sacred Animals
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Chakra Sessions
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Earth Energies
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The Therapy Center
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Editorial
Ringing Out the Old & Bringing in the New
By Yvette Neshi Lokotz
I believe we can all agree that the past year, 2020, was a challenging year filled with unprecedented experiences. I also agree. I look forward to seeing 2020 in my rearview mirror. We certainly gained a lot of experience and wisdom through the life lessons we lived through in 2020. Do you remember near the end of 2019, we were excited about the New Year and the new decade?
Che-we-Kwe-Ben. She “Walked On” November 30. Her Earth Journey ending was a challenge, although her final hours were peaceful. She taught me about living and dying.
As we begin the transition from 2020 into 2021, I have to say that as I turn my thoughts and attention to the coming New Year I am more reflective, grateful, and tentative.
Now, Paul and I are beginning that Earth Journey ending with his Mom, Renate. Our mothers gave us two weeks between their end journeys. We support and love Renate in her last experiences. On December 19, Renate “Walked On”. I wonder how I am to look forward to the New Year when the ending energy is so profound.
As I write this editorial, it is the middle of December. I am in the midst of grief for my Mom,
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Even though I am in grief, I still have Star Nations Organization to nurture and attend to with help from my Executive Team. I decided to create two special editions for Star Nations Magazine for January and February. These special issues will give me a much-needed break to grieve and remind us that we have the wisdom to share about new beginnings. Although I am eyebrow deep in the energy of endings, I do remember in my heart to be
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grateful for all of my experiences. I also need to remember to ask for help from my Spiritual Team (all those in spirit) to assist me with my soul growth. I remember that as a spirit, we experience both the physical and non-physical experiences in a spiral and a circle. The circle has no beginning or end; that is our immortal spirit/soul. Our physical life is experienced in a spiral motion with a distinct beginning with ascending energy, where the ending is actually infinite. The ascending spiral is a good metaphor for the January and February Star Nations Magazine issues’ energy. All of the writers share their life experiences, knowledge, and wisdom with our readers. With assistance from our layout specialists, ElfElm Publishing, we will mine for gold in our past five years of issues. We will select from past articles to create a unique issue of archived knowledge and wisdom to assist our readers to to have gratitude for the past
years as we prepare for the New Year. I believe we need to remember all of the life lessons we have learned from the past years, as this wisdom and knowledge will help us prepare for unprecedented experiences in the coming year. Did you know that according to astrology, we will begin experiencing the Age of Aquarius energies in our physical world in 2021? All of the articles, in this issue of Star Nations Magazine, are about embracing the energies of a New Year while being grateful for the past year. The cover image is our nod to the embrace of the new and the articles are from the last 5 years of January issue articles. This issue is in honor of the wisdom from within our archive. On a more personal note, I would like to share my gratitude for all of the Star Nations community members who prayed, sent love, and support to my family
In this issue of Star Nations Magazine, you’ll find articles about embracing the energies of a New Year while being grateful for the past year. This issue is in honor of the wisdom from within our archive. and me during my Mom’s hospice time. We could feel the love surrounding us and I must say, I tapped into that loving energy on many occasions when I felt my energy dipping. I would also like to thank my Executive Team for all their support and how they took care of the Star Nations teachers, live stream show hosts, writers, and readers. My heart is full of love and gratitude to Rob Colter, Julie Shumway Hill, Deborah Clark Clemens, Sharon Rosenblum, and Elf Elm (our magical Elves). Please enjoy your time with us as you read the articles, watch the videos, and listen to the audio podcasts. We wish you all a 2021 filled with an abundance of blessings. Jage Nagonan,
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In the beginning, our Creator gave all the races of mankind the same songs and the same drums to keep in touch with him … to keep faith. But people kept forgetting. In the fullness of time, the spiritual traditions of all the peoples – they are the same – will be united again in a great gathering of their leaders. And they will gain power to remake the world. — A Mohawk Prophecy
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