Sunday, March 8, 2009
Some Gems from Kabbalah
Water: The Universal Healer
Water. It moves, if flows, it warms, it cools. Water takes on the imprint of the energies around it. Through our intent we can both clear water of the vibrations already in it, and imbue it with whatever thoughtform we want. Because of all the negativity on planet earth water has become polluted. Not just by chemicals and physical toxins, but by psychic toxins as well, our collective worries, fears, and stress.
In Yehuda Berg's book "The 72 Names of God" there is a name for purifying water. (To learn more of the 72 names see the brief summary in this blog under "The 72 Names of God"). This name consists of three Hebrew letters: vav, mem, and bet. To use this name to purity water visualize the letters in that order -- vav, mem, bet, and visualize them from right to left -- this is the way Hebrew is read. See the letters as either black or white, or maybe gold, whatever your intuition tells you. Visualize them within a container you've filled with water. Use your intent to see those letters glowing within the water and filling it with clarity, cleaning and clearing the water of all impurities, restoring it to its original pristine state. You can do this for a moment or two. or for a few minutes, or longer, whatever you want. Once you have purified your water in this manner you can drink it -- it will give you energy and help you in every way. You can also use it for cooking and cleaning. You can also spray it around your house to energize and bless. Use it anywhere and everywhere you would use any other water. If you don't know what these Hebrew letters look like you can go to http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/aleph-bet.html and see them. This website is a wonderful source of information, history and lore for the Hebrew alphabet. And by the way, you can also visualize these three letters inside your own body to purify all the water that's there. And while you're at it, visualize the whole earth with vav-mem-bet glowing deep through all the oceans.
The Ultimate Sin
A Great Rabbi said that the Ultimate Sin is not having fun. God wants us to enjoy life. Maybe the reason that Eve ate that apple in the first place is that she got bored and wasn't having any fun any more.Have you had fun today?Fun is often trivialized, but in spiritual terms it's serious business. People of the current world spend a lot of time, energy and money trying to have fun, but I think they often don't achieve their goal. It's hard to have fun when you're carrying around bundles of worries. The solution? Stop worrying! I know it's easier said than done, but the attempt to cease worrying is one of the noblest pursuits there is. Remember: the soul doesn't worry. Only the ego can worry. You may think you can have fun yesterday or tomorrow, but the truth is, you can only have fun now. The ego delights in the past and future. In fact, the Ego is afraid of now! The ego loves to live in nostalgia (past), guilt and remorse (past), fears (which are fantasies about the future), and idealized visions of what could be (future). Drop it all and drop in to the present. Try some cheap, spontaneous fun!
God is not a CEO
Many people think, "why would God be interested in my little problem when there are so many others in the world who have far more dire problems than I, and so many bigger challences he/she has to address?" This question is based on a misconception. God is not a CEO working within a limited time frame and with limited resources. The head of a multimillion dollar corporation would not be expeccted to worry about how sharp the secretary's pencils are -- because that CEO probably has a very tight schedule. There are only 24 hours in a day, and the more important you are the more important your time is! This is how relativistic reality works -- it's all about limits.But the sages have told us that God is infinite.Let's say we're going to visit a place that is an infinite number of miles away from earth. The fact is, that if we take ten paces toward that place we're no closer to it than if we travel 50 million light years toward it. So in those terms ten paces and 50 million light years are equal. And by the same token God is just as concerned about the life of a blade of grass as he/she is about the whole earth. God has enough caring to go around, and far more than that -- more than is possible for us to even conceive.The Kabbalists tell us that everything we do is important. Smiling at someone as you pass them on the street sends powerful waves of love through the spiritual realms. Every thought you think generates energy that is having an effect on the spirit realms.Our physical reality is what Kabbalists call the 1 percent realm, in contradistinction to the 99 percent realm which is the realm of spiritual realities, other universes, abode of angels, etc. It's easy to get so embroiled in this 1 percent realm that we slip into thinking it's all there is -- that we are limited by time and space, that there'se not enough to go around. The truth is that if we allow ourselves to become a conduit for the spiritual light we realize that all limitations are ultimately illusions, that we can access infinite love, wisdom and power. And that everything matters.As one Kabbalist said, each and every blade of grass his its own individual angel that watches over it.
Problems: What are they?
There was a man with lots of problems. He didn't get along with his wife or his kids. He had health challenges. He didn't like his job. His employer didn't like him. He felt like everything in his existence was a mess.So he decided to go to a famous Rabbi, a holy man who had deep spiritual insight, and to ask the Rabbi why he had all these problems, and how he could get rid of them.When he got to the Rabbi's house the Rabbi was with someone else and the Rabbi's wife showed the man to the parlor and asked him to wait. There was a comfortable chair in the parlor and a warm fire (it was winter), and the man sat down in the chair and soon fell asleep.And he had a dream: In the dream he saw a host of beautiful angels marching past him in a solemn procession. Thy were glowing with light and he was mesmerized by their glory. He saw they were proceeding into a dark wood.And after them he saw a host of dark demons marching, ugly, nasty-looking creatures. There was a lot of them, and they were following the angels into the dark wood.This all made him very curious so he followed the demons and angels deep into the wood until they came to a great circular open area in the midst of which was a gigantic balance scale.All the angels climbed into the right-hand pan of the balance scale until the pan was near full and touching the ground. Then the demons began to climb into the left-hand pan. As they were doing so the man began recognizing the demons. Each one of them had been given birth to by a negative deed which the man had committed in his past. If he looked at any single demon he could even begin to remember which negative deed it was.Turning to the angels he realized that he had given birth to them also through his positive deeds. As he watched the demons crawl into their pan he saw the pan growing heavier and heavier, and as they weighed the angels down, their pan began to rise into the air. "Oh no!" thought the man "I am witnessing my own judgement!"But then a most wondrous thing happened. A motly host of beings burst through the trees into the open circle. They were dressed very colorfully in a variety of clothes. They ran over to the pan which was loading up with demons and began pulling them off one by one. "Who are these strange people?" thought the man. And as he looked at them he realized that these beings were his problems. There was his hernia, all dressed in red. And that one there who was all in tatters were his bills he couldn't pay. And that one there was obviously the embodiment of his problems with his wife. And that dark one there was his depression. And he realized that all of his problems, every one of them were actually his allies, were helping him to clear negativity, were neutralizing his bad karma.And just then the Rabbi's wife came in and woke him and said, "The Rabbi can see you now.""Oh," said the man, "Uh, well, that's O.K. I think I found the answer to my question. I know the Rabbi's time is valuable, so I think I'll be on my way. But thanks anyway."
Resistance: A Key to Spiritual Growth
Resistance correctly applied is a key to spiritul growth. There is a lot of students I have taught Kabbalah who have had problems understanding this idea of resistance. For one thing, we tend to put a negative connotation on this word. The type of resistance of which Kabbalah speaks, though, is purely positive, in fact wonderful!Resistance is all about going against any force which holds us down or back. Resistance is what balances the yin and the yang. for instance, water is yin and fire is yang. Put them together and either the water evaporates, if the fire is stronger at the time, or the fire is put out, if the water is stronger at the time. But lets put some resistance into the equation, lets put a steel cooking pan between them, something to resist the fire totally evaporating the water, and to resist the water spilling onto the fire and putting it out. Now we're cooking!Resistance is not saying something negative when its come to mind and you have the impulse to do so. Resistance is not eating that piece of chocolate cake just because it's there. Standing up is an act of resisting gravity. Maybe you know you need to meditate, but it's easier to just turn on the T.V. Can you resist the impulse to do so, and go ahead and meditate? Resistance engaged in at the right place and time is what makes your spiritual light burn brighter.One of the most important forms of resistance is that which occurs inwardly -- resisting the impulse to place your consciousness in the past or future. The only way to do this is to be in the NOW, to place your awareness in the moment. This act of resistance, repeated over and over can eventually clear all karmas and lead us into higher and higher states of consciousness.
What is Kabbalah?
The word "kabbalah" comes from an Aramaic word meaning "to receive." There are two ways of receiving: (1) receiving for the self alone, which is what the ego wants. This way will always create suffering and cut us off from the light. (2) receiving for the sake of giving. This is the key to attuning to the light and reaching total fulfillment. God is about giving, and if we are to become like God, then we need to overcoming the selfishness of the ego and share what we receive from the universe, be it time, energy, intelligence, money or anything else. Through sharing we dissolve the boundaries of the ego, heal conflict, and affirm the fact that we truly are all one and are all manifestations of God.The thing I find so interesting about Kabbalah is that it is at root so simple. All you need is love! Now it is true that kabbalah can be very complicated, and for those of you who delight in learning and studying all the details of our miraculous reality, Kabbalah can take you into a very intricate world to show you all the subtle workings of energies.The fact that Kabbalah is at once totally simple and yet very complicated is mirroried in our own bodies. On a chemical level we are elaborate beings consisting of a myriad of organic compounds all working together in a vast symphony. But on another level you don't need to understand chemistry, physiology and psychology to smile at someone. Really the simplist definition I can give for Kabbalah is that it's the art of continually being kinder and kinder to other people! That's the universal medicine!
The 72 Names of God
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
"The 72 Names of God" is a book by Yehuda Berg. These names of God each have three letters and are derived from three consecutive verses found in Exodus.The names can be used for healing and blessing and are very powerful. Rather than being spoken, the names are to be visualized. When I visualize one of them I like to see it emanating light in all directions. Of course the more feeling and intensity you put in to the visualization the more effective it will be.There is one of these names that most strongly corresponds to your own energy. To find out which one it is call 1-800-kabbalah and they'll be happy to tell you once they have your birthday. To learn more about the 72 names, go to 72.com. At this website, if you click on "free tools" you will be shown a Name of God and a meditation pertaining to it.
"The 72 Names of God" is a book by Yehuda Berg. These names of God each have three letters and are derived from three consecutive verses found in Exodus.The names can be used for healing and blessing and are very powerful. Rather than being spoken, the names are to be visualized. When I visualize one of them I like to see it emanating light in all directions. Of course the more feeling and intensity you put in to the visualization the more effective it will be.There is one of these names that most strongly corresponds to your own energy. To find out which one it is call 1-800-kabbalah and they'll be happy to tell you once they have your birthday. To learn more about the 72 names, go to 72.com. At this website, if you click on "free tools" you will be shown a Name of God and a meditation pertaining to it.
Spontaneous Movement
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Spontaneous movement has the power to heal all illnesses. Many cultures have methods of spontaneous movement therapy – this type of bodywork can be found throughout history in many times and places. The purpose of this book is to encourage you to engage in spontaneous movement, and support you in healing yourself through this wonderful method.
Illness is always caused by an imbalance in the energy field. An organ or joint is either suffering from trapped energy, or is not receiving enough energy flow. The Chinese, in their wonderful simplicity say that energy does four things: it flows up, it flows down, it comes in, it goes out. Wherever it is impeded in these four movements, we tend to develop pathology, be it minor or major
Spontaneous movement allows ones physical energy system to clear trapped energy. This is more likely to happen gradually than quickly, because the body is a creature of habit, and responds more readily to habits being changed in small increments over time than it does to sudden shifts. Therefore you must give spontaneous movement a chance to heal you by doing it regularly over an extended period. I don’t think of spontaneous movement as something I’ll just do for awhile, but as a part of my lifestyle which I’ll do until I die.
Sudden shifts, though, can and will happen WHEN YOUR BEING IS READY FOR THEM. Don’t try to make them occur. DON’T FORCE ANYTHING. Just let the spontaneous movement happen.
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The biggest problem with spontaneous movement that I have found is that when I suggest to someone that they engage in it, the person is often too inhibited to allow the spontaneous movement to be effective. Most people have developed a relationship to their body which is highly patterned and deeply fixed. We tend not to be aware of this, for our body is our environments, and as Marshall Mcluhan says, “environments are invisible.”
One way to help a person over their entrenched psycho/physical patterns is to suggest that they engage in EXPERIMENTAL MOVEMENT, that is, PLAY WITH THEIR BODY – try out different movements. See how many movements you can think of to perform. Think of how many ways you can move your body. And as you this be aware of how some of them will feel much better to engage in than others. These are the ones you need.
You are best off moving slowly and fluidly at first. Slowly because when you’re being slow its easier to be aware of the physical feelings you are having as you move, and fluid, that is, not pausing, because you are then less likely to be consciously controlling the movement through choices.
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I thought a long time about writing this book before starting it. I wasn’t sure what structure to give the book, but then decided that the book needed to be structured in the same way as spontaneous movement – spontaneously, as it unfolds.
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Your body is a vast entity. It is a universe. It contains all your karma and your past lives. Your physical body is only a part of your body, actually a small part. As I describe to you some of the many possibilities of spontaneous movement I don’t want you to feel overwhelmed. Don’t try to do too many things at once. Stay with what you’re doing in the moment, and relish the release! Spontaneous movement is where fun and healing meet!
My suggestion is to start with just your head and neck. The neck is made to move in many directions, it is a being which loves flexibility. In astrology it is ruled by the sign Taurus, whose negative characteristic is stubbornness and rigidity. The challenges of living can certainly make a neck rigid. As we try to hold out against the difficulties and negativities we have to deal with, our neck can so easily go stiff.
As you move your neck slowly and fluidly you will experience places of restriction. These painful areas are boundaries of movement, where your body is telling you that this is a place of tension. Respect that message and proceed lovingly.
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Here is one of the most important points in this book: YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE TYPE OF PAIN YOU ARE EXPERIENCING WHEN YOU MOVE SPONTANEOUSLY. This is the key to your success. There is a pain which actually feels good. The good pain is your body telling you that you are helping it. An example of this good pain is getting up in the morning and stretching. You do this because your body wants to do it, because it feels right and good.
Listen to your body. When you feel a place of restriction, gently stretch into it. Try either holding the stretch, or you might try backing off from it and repeating the same stretch again, maybe even a number of times.
John Barnes, who is an authority on stretching says that you may hold a stretch anywhere from 90 seconds to 5 minutes! Always remember though, if your body says STOP, or THAT’S TOO MUCH, then stop.
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Most people love to receive massage. Spontaneous movement is giving yourself an internal massage. And in fact self massage is another facet of spontaneous movement. As you stretch your neck you may reach up and massage it .
There is a chiropractor who has based a whole therapeutic system around stretching the neck forward and then with both hands gently pulling it down toward your chest. Try this, and then as you do it gently move the neck from side to side.
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As you move your neck in all directions, try opening your mouth, stretching your jaw. Move it from side to side. Your tongue can stretch out – it too can go in many directions. When you stick your tongue out as far as you can you automatically constrict your throat, which massages your throat. This is a traditional yoga exercise to alleviate sort throat. As you do this you may what to open your eyes as widely as you can, as if you were surprised, and also stretch all your fingers out as far as you can.
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The muscles of your face can also make many motions. Raise and lower your forehead, pucker your lips, make funny faces! Half of all the acupuncture meridians either begin or end on the face, and through massaging your face you can stimulate them.
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The facial muscles are used to give social signals – smiling, frowning, recognition, as in a wink. It is social unacceptable to contort the face in all sorts of directions. This is one of the greatest inhibiting factors to spontaneous movement – the fact that we are all instilled with the idea that we aren’t supposed to move our bodies when we don’t have a purpose to do so. Moving the body randomly is something a child does until they grow up enough to learn to “be still.” When children engage in all sorts of random movements they are releasing pent-up energy, giving themselves some intuitive therapy. An adult can recapture the ability to do this.
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For spontaneous movement to have a therapeutic effect the movements needn’t be big or drastic. Subtle, small movements can have much healing power. It can be hard for people to believe this, especially Westerners.
A lovely example of the power of subtle movement is cranial sacral therapy. In this healing modality the therapist makes very gentle and light contact with the patient and simply tracks with and supports the subtle and oftentimes almost imperceptible movements that his or her body is making. The results can be profound, healing all sorts of problems, from skeletal misalignment to difficulties with organ functioning.
Your body is always moving in an attempt to heal itself. If you can listen to it and allow it to engage in these movements, great healing can be the result.
Movement increases circulation, both of blood and chi, and it is smooth, unimpeded circulation that rids us of infection and can correct problems of misalignment.
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I said earlier that spontaneous movement is giving yourself an internal massage. It can also be giving yourself in external massage as well. For instance, you can massage your face with your hands. You can tap your face with your fingers. How much sinus trouble would be helped simply by tapping the sinus areas with the fingers! Slap your cheeks. Pull your ears! Slap your neck up and down from the bottom of it to your skull, back and forth! Directly behind the bottom of your ears is an important acupoint called gall bladder 20 which helps the low back, ears and eyes, and which calms nervous energy. Slap in this vicinity.
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I’ve studied a lot about acupoints and anatomical features of the subtle anatomy, but as I write I’m going to try to bring as little as possible of this into what I’m telling you, because I don’t want you to intellectualize the activity of spontaneous movement, or to try to figure out what you need. Such activities are fine, but my goal is to get you to move, and to do it in the way that a poet writes -- from your soul! Experimentally! You can’t do anything wrong when you spontaneously move. Can a grain of sand in the desert be out of place? Ha ha! And even if it is out of place, the wind will make sure to put it back where it belongs!
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If you’re ever sore from doing spontaneous movement, it could be either because you did too much, pushed your body too far, or maybe because you are going through a process of detoxification. When you are moving spontaneously, you are feeding yourself with fresh energy as you release old, stagnant energy. If you overfeed yourself, that is, try to make the process of release happen too quickly, you can get energy indigestion. Listen to your body, for it will tell you how fast it wants to go.
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Have you thought of spontaneously moving your vocal chords? Let’s see what they do! Do they have some funny sounds to make? Some words to say? Remember, your conscious mind doesn’t have to be involved with this, or try to make those words or sounds make sense. Let the sounds out, and see what comes out.
Here is a fun exercise: Say a bunch of two letter words that consist of a consonant and a vowel, for instance bo, me, do, la, ja, ha, ro, etc. You may chant or sing these rhythmically, at any speed you want. Just enjoy the texture of the consonants, and the way all the different sounds feel. Repeat the ones you like best. You can also make up nonsense words, or say any words that come to your mind, be they single words or whole sentences.
Doing exercises of this nature encourages the unconscious aspects of your being to express themselves and can trigger the release of pent-up energy.
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When I was around 25 years old I was seeing a doctor, an osteopath, who gave me an article he thought I might be interested in. It was about another osteopath who had put together a room with padded walls and a sort floor. He had done this to give his patients a room in which they could be alone to engage in spontaneous movement. The room was totally private – it had no windows, and had been soundproofed – in case a person wanted to scream or make other loud noises in it.
The doctor found that patients with incurable illnesses, as well as patients who weren’t responding to any of the other treatments he offered were greatly benefited by going in this room and doing exactly whatever their impulses told them to do.
The question is, since this treatment was effective, why didn’t it catch on? Why aren’t many practitioners using this technique?
The same doctor who had given me the article on this technique said that he had known a number of other osteopaths who had learned homeopathy and who had stopped practicing it after awhile. “Why did they do this?” I asked, “is it because it didn’t heal the patient?” “No!” was the answer I received, “it is because it was too effective, because it worked too well! The cured patients didn’t come back. Homeopathy was bad for business!”
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Years later I was taking a shiatsu class and the teacher gave us a hand out on a Chinese therapy known as “Re-do,” which is spontaneous movement therapy. This is identical to what the aforementioned osteopath with his padded room was engaging in.
The only difference is that in the practice of “re-do” you start out with two preliminary exercises to warm you up: First you sit in a chair and as you inhale you twist your whole spine to one side as you turn your neck and look behind you. Then you let out your breath you come back to a forward facing position. Next you inhale again and twist around in the other direction, then letting your breath out and coming back to the forward facing position. You do this over and over, twisting one way and then the other, for a number of times. This helps to limber up the spine before you engage in the spontaneous movement.
Next you spread your arms wide above your head as you lean back and take a deep breath in, and then as you exhale you lean all the way over from the waist and put your arms between your legs and your hands on the floor. You repeat this movement again several times. Once you’ve done this you flow into the spontaneous movement, doing whatever you want.
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The three positions for engaging in spontaneous movement are: (1) lying down, (2) standing, and (3) seated. The value of lying down is that you don’t have to maintain your balance. A bed is good, as well as a carpeted floor or a floor mat. The down side of using a bed is that if you get too spontaneous, you could fall off, and so you’ll need to control yourself -- at least a little!
A great spontaneous exercise to do in bed involves working on the hara, which is the area between the pelvic bone and the ribs, that is, the whole abdomen and all those organs below the diaphragm.
A good time to do this exercise is in the morning before you get up. Simply press all around on your belly! It’s just that simple. When you find a place that is sore or sensitive, gently massage it. You may also press down and hold. Don’t, though, cause yourself discomfort. Go at this in an easy, gentle manner. This exercise can stimulate all your internal organs, and as you work on your large and small intestines absorption of nutrients can improve, and elimination can be enhanced.
By the way, as you work on the hara its best to proceed in a clockwise position, as this is the directional flow of your colon.
When we engage in spontaneous movement in a standing position we can allow the i[[er limbs to have full mobility, stretching the shoulder muscles and joints, and bringing greater flexibility and freedom to the whole arm.
A great stretch for the arm is to hook the fingers over the high ledge of a doorway and allow oneself to hang a little bit. You can also bend the fingers backwards and place them against a wall, pushing against it to stretch the arm.
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Do not assume that spontaneous movement is only for affecting the body. Our body is a reflection of our personality, as we release the pent-up stress in it an inevitable reaction will occur in our emotional and mental bodies. This is a wonderful process, for our body is a mirror of the other aspects of our being. Our body allows us to know ourselves, if we will just observe what is going on in it – turn our attention to what we are feeling.
The Tibetans have a meditation discipline known as dzogchen. Dzogchen is not practiced for a certain time each day, but is meant to be practiced all the time. It is the continuous attunement to the void, to the source of all existence. It is living in the moment.
Spontaneous movement has the power to heal all illnesses. Many cultures have methods of spontaneous movement therapy – this type of bodywork can be found throughout history in many times and places. The purpose of this book is to encourage you to engage in spontaneous movement, and support you in healing yourself through this wonderful method.
Illness is always caused by an imbalance in the energy field. An organ or joint is either suffering from trapped energy, or is not receiving enough energy flow. The Chinese, in their wonderful simplicity say that energy does four things: it flows up, it flows down, it comes in, it goes out. Wherever it is impeded in these four movements, we tend to develop pathology, be it minor or major
Spontaneous movement allows ones physical energy system to clear trapped energy. This is more likely to happen gradually than quickly, because the body is a creature of habit, and responds more readily to habits being changed in small increments over time than it does to sudden shifts. Therefore you must give spontaneous movement a chance to heal you by doing it regularly over an extended period. I don’t think of spontaneous movement as something I’ll just do for awhile, but as a part of my lifestyle which I’ll do until I die.
Sudden shifts, though, can and will happen WHEN YOUR BEING IS READY FOR THEM. Don’t try to make them occur. DON’T FORCE ANYTHING. Just let the spontaneous movement happen.
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The biggest problem with spontaneous movement that I have found is that when I suggest to someone that they engage in it, the person is often too inhibited to allow the spontaneous movement to be effective. Most people have developed a relationship to their body which is highly patterned and deeply fixed. We tend not to be aware of this, for our body is our environments, and as Marshall Mcluhan says, “environments are invisible.”
One way to help a person over their entrenched psycho/physical patterns is to suggest that they engage in EXPERIMENTAL MOVEMENT, that is, PLAY WITH THEIR BODY – try out different movements. See how many movements you can think of to perform. Think of how many ways you can move your body. And as you this be aware of how some of them will feel much better to engage in than others. These are the ones you need.
You are best off moving slowly and fluidly at first. Slowly because when you’re being slow its easier to be aware of the physical feelings you are having as you move, and fluid, that is, not pausing, because you are then less likely to be consciously controlling the movement through choices.
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I thought a long time about writing this book before starting it. I wasn’t sure what structure to give the book, but then decided that the book needed to be structured in the same way as spontaneous movement – spontaneously, as it unfolds.
4
Your body is a vast entity. It is a universe. It contains all your karma and your past lives. Your physical body is only a part of your body, actually a small part. As I describe to you some of the many possibilities of spontaneous movement I don’t want you to feel overwhelmed. Don’t try to do too many things at once. Stay with what you’re doing in the moment, and relish the release! Spontaneous movement is where fun and healing meet!
My suggestion is to start with just your head and neck. The neck is made to move in many directions, it is a being which loves flexibility. In astrology it is ruled by the sign Taurus, whose negative characteristic is stubbornness and rigidity. The challenges of living can certainly make a neck rigid. As we try to hold out against the difficulties and negativities we have to deal with, our neck can so easily go stiff.
As you move your neck slowly and fluidly you will experience places of restriction. These painful areas are boundaries of movement, where your body is telling you that this is a place of tension. Respect that message and proceed lovingly.
5
Here is one of the most important points in this book: YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE TYPE OF PAIN YOU ARE EXPERIENCING WHEN YOU MOVE SPONTANEOUSLY. This is the key to your success. There is a pain which actually feels good. The good pain is your body telling you that you are helping it. An example of this good pain is getting up in the morning and stretching. You do this because your body wants to do it, because it feels right and good.
Listen to your body. When you feel a place of restriction, gently stretch into it. Try either holding the stretch, or you might try backing off from it and repeating the same stretch again, maybe even a number of times.
John Barnes, who is an authority on stretching says that you may hold a stretch anywhere from 90 seconds to 5 minutes! Always remember though, if your body says STOP, or THAT’S TOO MUCH, then stop.
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Most people love to receive massage. Spontaneous movement is giving yourself an internal massage. And in fact self massage is another facet of spontaneous movement. As you stretch your neck you may reach up and massage it .
There is a chiropractor who has based a whole therapeutic system around stretching the neck forward and then with both hands gently pulling it down toward your chest. Try this, and then as you do it gently move the neck from side to side.
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As you move your neck in all directions, try opening your mouth, stretching your jaw. Move it from side to side. Your tongue can stretch out – it too can go in many directions. When you stick your tongue out as far as you can you automatically constrict your throat, which massages your throat. This is a traditional yoga exercise to alleviate sort throat. As you do this you may what to open your eyes as widely as you can, as if you were surprised, and also stretch all your fingers out as far as you can.
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The muscles of your face can also make many motions. Raise and lower your forehead, pucker your lips, make funny faces! Half of all the acupuncture meridians either begin or end on the face, and through massaging your face you can stimulate them.
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The facial muscles are used to give social signals – smiling, frowning, recognition, as in a wink. It is social unacceptable to contort the face in all sorts of directions. This is one of the greatest inhibiting factors to spontaneous movement – the fact that we are all instilled with the idea that we aren’t supposed to move our bodies when we don’t have a purpose to do so. Moving the body randomly is something a child does until they grow up enough to learn to “be still.” When children engage in all sorts of random movements they are releasing pent-up energy, giving themselves some intuitive therapy. An adult can recapture the ability to do this.
10
For spontaneous movement to have a therapeutic effect the movements needn’t be big or drastic. Subtle, small movements can have much healing power. It can be hard for people to believe this, especially Westerners.
A lovely example of the power of subtle movement is cranial sacral therapy. In this healing modality the therapist makes very gentle and light contact with the patient and simply tracks with and supports the subtle and oftentimes almost imperceptible movements that his or her body is making. The results can be profound, healing all sorts of problems, from skeletal misalignment to difficulties with organ functioning.
Your body is always moving in an attempt to heal itself. If you can listen to it and allow it to engage in these movements, great healing can be the result.
Movement increases circulation, both of blood and chi, and it is smooth, unimpeded circulation that rids us of infection and can correct problems of misalignment.
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I said earlier that spontaneous movement is giving yourself an internal massage. It can also be giving yourself in external massage as well. For instance, you can massage your face with your hands. You can tap your face with your fingers. How much sinus trouble would be helped simply by tapping the sinus areas with the fingers! Slap your cheeks. Pull your ears! Slap your neck up and down from the bottom of it to your skull, back and forth! Directly behind the bottom of your ears is an important acupoint called gall bladder 20 which helps the low back, ears and eyes, and which calms nervous energy. Slap in this vicinity.
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I’ve studied a lot about acupoints and anatomical features of the subtle anatomy, but as I write I’m going to try to bring as little as possible of this into what I’m telling you, because I don’t want you to intellectualize the activity of spontaneous movement, or to try to figure out what you need. Such activities are fine, but my goal is to get you to move, and to do it in the way that a poet writes -- from your soul! Experimentally! You can’t do anything wrong when you spontaneously move. Can a grain of sand in the desert be out of place? Ha ha! And even if it is out of place, the wind will make sure to put it back where it belongs!
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If you’re ever sore from doing spontaneous movement, it could be either because you did too much, pushed your body too far, or maybe because you are going through a process of detoxification. When you are moving spontaneously, you are feeding yourself with fresh energy as you release old, stagnant energy. If you overfeed yourself, that is, try to make the process of release happen too quickly, you can get energy indigestion. Listen to your body, for it will tell you how fast it wants to go.
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Have you thought of spontaneously moving your vocal chords? Let’s see what they do! Do they have some funny sounds to make? Some words to say? Remember, your conscious mind doesn’t have to be involved with this, or try to make those words or sounds make sense. Let the sounds out, and see what comes out.
Here is a fun exercise: Say a bunch of two letter words that consist of a consonant and a vowel, for instance bo, me, do, la, ja, ha, ro, etc. You may chant or sing these rhythmically, at any speed you want. Just enjoy the texture of the consonants, and the way all the different sounds feel. Repeat the ones you like best. You can also make up nonsense words, or say any words that come to your mind, be they single words or whole sentences.
Doing exercises of this nature encourages the unconscious aspects of your being to express themselves and can trigger the release of pent-up energy.
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When I was around 25 years old I was seeing a doctor, an osteopath, who gave me an article he thought I might be interested in. It was about another osteopath who had put together a room with padded walls and a sort floor. He had done this to give his patients a room in which they could be alone to engage in spontaneous movement. The room was totally private – it had no windows, and had been soundproofed – in case a person wanted to scream or make other loud noises in it.
The doctor found that patients with incurable illnesses, as well as patients who weren’t responding to any of the other treatments he offered were greatly benefited by going in this room and doing exactly whatever their impulses told them to do.
The question is, since this treatment was effective, why didn’t it catch on? Why aren’t many practitioners using this technique?
The same doctor who had given me the article on this technique said that he had known a number of other osteopaths who had learned homeopathy and who had stopped practicing it after awhile. “Why did they do this?” I asked, “is it because it didn’t heal the patient?” “No!” was the answer I received, “it is because it was too effective, because it worked too well! The cured patients didn’t come back. Homeopathy was bad for business!”
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Years later I was taking a shiatsu class and the teacher gave us a hand out on a Chinese therapy known as “Re-do,” which is spontaneous movement therapy. This is identical to what the aforementioned osteopath with his padded room was engaging in.
The only difference is that in the practice of “re-do” you start out with two preliminary exercises to warm you up: First you sit in a chair and as you inhale you twist your whole spine to one side as you turn your neck and look behind you. Then you let out your breath you come back to a forward facing position. Next you inhale again and twist around in the other direction, then letting your breath out and coming back to the forward facing position. You do this over and over, twisting one way and then the other, for a number of times. This helps to limber up the spine before you engage in the spontaneous movement.
Next you spread your arms wide above your head as you lean back and take a deep breath in, and then as you exhale you lean all the way over from the waist and put your arms between your legs and your hands on the floor. You repeat this movement again several times. Once you’ve done this you flow into the spontaneous movement, doing whatever you want.
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The three positions for engaging in spontaneous movement are: (1) lying down, (2) standing, and (3) seated. The value of lying down is that you don’t have to maintain your balance. A bed is good, as well as a carpeted floor or a floor mat. The down side of using a bed is that if you get too spontaneous, you could fall off, and so you’ll need to control yourself -- at least a little!
A great spontaneous exercise to do in bed involves working on the hara, which is the area between the pelvic bone and the ribs, that is, the whole abdomen and all those organs below the diaphragm.
A good time to do this exercise is in the morning before you get up. Simply press all around on your belly! It’s just that simple. When you find a place that is sore or sensitive, gently massage it. You may also press down and hold. Don’t, though, cause yourself discomfort. Go at this in an easy, gentle manner. This exercise can stimulate all your internal organs, and as you work on your large and small intestines absorption of nutrients can improve, and elimination can be enhanced.
By the way, as you work on the hara its best to proceed in a clockwise position, as this is the directional flow of your colon.
When we engage in spontaneous movement in a standing position we can allow the i[[er limbs to have full mobility, stretching the shoulder muscles and joints, and bringing greater flexibility and freedom to the whole arm.
A great stretch for the arm is to hook the fingers over the high ledge of a doorway and allow oneself to hang a little bit. You can also bend the fingers backwards and place them against a wall, pushing against it to stretch the arm.
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Do not assume that spontaneous movement is only for affecting the body. Our body is a reflection of our personality, as we release the pent-up stress in it an inevitable reaction will occur in our emotional and mental bodies. This is a wonderful process, for our body is a mirror of the other aspects of our being. Our body allows us to know ourselves, if we will just observe what is going on in it – turn our attention to what we are feeling.
The Tibetans have a meditation discipline known as dzogchen. Dzogchen is not practiced for a certain time each day, but is meant to be practiced all the time. It is the continuous attunement to the void, to the source of all existence. It is living in the moment.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
The Omega Symbols
This set of degree symbols was channeled by John Sandbach in August of 2005. It is meant to enhance, expand, and support other degree symbols currently in use.
Each set of 5 degrees is preceded by one of the Kabbalistic 72 Names of God, with the Hebrew letters of that name in brackets. The name of the angel corresponding to that Name of God follows after that, with the manner of pronouncing it, and its general meaning.
Of the 5 degrees that follow each one of these names, the first degree is EXPERIMENTAL in nature (degrees 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, and 26 of each sign), the next one SENSITIVE (degrees 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, and 27 of each sign), the third RECEPTIVE (degrees 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, and 28 of each sign), the fourth RESPONSIBLE (degrees 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, and 29 of each sign), and the 5th INSPIRED (degrees 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 of each sign). These five words were first used in Marc Jones book, "The Sabian Symbols" to designate a cycle of five degrees that repeats itself through the whole zodiac. Keeping the keyword in mind for any particular degree, plus the nature of the Name of God with its corresponding angel can be of great help in understanding the energy of it.
This set of symbols is for the purpose of accessing the energy of Chiron (or Alpha Omega, as John and Ellias prefer to call it), which interconnects all time and space and whose energy becomes a way for all of us more fully to share ourselves with each other as we continue our journey toward enlightenment. Please feel free to copy these symbols and share them with anyone. If you wish to give John feedback concerning them, he would be very happy to hear from you. You can write him at sandbach@sbcglobal.net
Note that Aries 1 means the first degree of Aries, covering 00° Aries 00' 00'' through 00° Aries 59' 59''.
ARIES
1. Time Travel (Vav Hey Vav)
Angel: Vehuiah (vay-HOO-ee-YAH) Will and New Beginnings
1 A treasure map tattooed on someone’s back.
2 A man shown a hidden portal to the underworld.
3 A sacred mirror which is kept in the inner sanctum of a temple.
4 A man destroying a wall as he attempts to eradicate black mold from a house.
5 A woman harvesting rose petals to make perfume.
2. Recapturing the Sparks (Yud Lamed Yud)
Angel: Jeliel (Jay-lee-EL) Love and Wisdom
6 An actor forgets his lines and makes up new ones.
7 An old man admiring a portrait of himself as a youth.
8 A man journeying far north to the mouth of a river.
9 A woman ironing white linen.
10 In many different places, a man keeps seeing the same number.
3. Miracle Making (Samech Yud Tet)
Angel: Sitael (SIT-ah-EL) Construction of Universe/Worlds
11 A hospital for birds.
12 Before the end of a movie, a man leaves the theater.
13 A breeze carries a soap bubble thousands of miles.
14 A snake wiggling out of its own skin.
15 An hourglass in which the sand has become stuck.
4. Eliminating Negative Thoughts (Ayin Lamed Bet)
Angel: Elemiah (eh-LEM-ee-YAH) Divine Power
16 To rejuvenate himself, a man is partially buried in the earth.
17 A man is riding a horse north as he searches for the Kingdom of the Fairies.
18 Sitting in the Lotus posture, a monk’s deceased body is incorruptible.
19 A skeleton dressed in garlands of flowers.
20 Streets littered with many colors of confetti.
5. Healing (Mem Hey Shin)
Angel: Mahasiah (mah-HA-see-YAH) Rectification
21 A woman drying flowers and carefully preserving their colors.
22 A gentle, mild-mannered author who writes horror stories.
23 A painting with countless layers of paint.
24 Beautiful, expressive lines flowing out of a pencil.
25 A man studying a sequence of random numbers.
6. Dream State (Lamed Lamed Hey)
Angel: Lelahel (LAY-la-HEL) Light of Understanding
26 A man sitting at the bottom of a crater.
27 Over a waterfall gleams a rainbow many thousands of years old.
28 An artist’s studio. Many unfinished paintings everywhere.
29 A woman immersed in healing mud.
30 A crown which causes one to levitate.
TAURUS
7. DNA of the Soul (Aleph Kaf Aleph)
Angel: Achaiah (a-KA-hee-YAH) Patience
1 To cleanse them, crystals are placed in a stream.
2 A saint’s bones have turned to pure gold.
3 A woman at a crossroads. She buries something and then prays.
4 A linguist invents a perfect language.
5 In a faint light, a map’s coastlines are vague.
8. Defusing Negative Energy and Stress (Kaf Hey Tav)
Angel: Cahetel (KA-heh-TEL) Divine Blessings
6 A man charges water with healing energy.
7 A man cleansing his aura with pink light.
8 A man lost in a tiny forest.
9 Bats streaming out of a cave at dusk.
10 A wondrous perfume that follows a man wherever he goes.
9. Angelic Influences (Hey Zayin Yud)
Angel: Haziel (HA-zee-EL) DivineMercy and Forgiveness
11 A man jumping into a river, melting, and flowing away.
12 In a sacred precinct, many prayers tied around rocks and hanging from trees.
13 A fruit that smells terrible but tastes wonderful.
14 A woman making her way to the center of a labyrinth.
15 A platinum crucible.
10. Looks Can Kill: Protection from the Evil Eye (Aleph Lamed Daled)
Angel: Aladiah (a-LA-dee-YAH) Divine Grace
16 At the bottom of a gorge, a river turbulent with rapids.
17 A book patiently waiting to spill forth its vast and profound knowledge.
18 Gently, a man caresses a thorn tree.
19 A bottle of gold dust gathered from many places over many years.
20 A man performing a complicated weaving pattern from memory.
11. Banishing the Remnants of Evil (Lamed aleph Vav)
Angel: Lauviah (LO-vee-YAH) Victory
21 Bending over and lowering her palms, a woman projects colors into the Earth.
22 A man drinking a tonic that causes rainbow colors to spread throughout his
body.
23 Inside a tornado, a spiral staircase.
24 A man cataloging thousands of different types of microbes.
25 A holographic computer.
12. Unconditional Love (Hay Hey Ayin)
Angel: Hahaiah (ha-HA-ee-YAH) Refuge, Shelter
26 All over the city, words on scraps of paper flowing through the sewers.
27 A greenhouse full of tropical plants set in a snowy landscape.
28 A man channeling a set of degree symbols.
29 A man reaches out to touch a marble statue. He feels it smiling.
30 Beings from many dimensions attracted to an immense white flame.
GEMINI
13. Heaven on Earth (Yud Zayin Lamed)
Angel: Yezalel (YAY-za-LEL) Fidelity, Loyalty, and Allegiance
1 A naked man on an ice floe feels no cold.
2 Tiny meteori tes the size of dust falling everywhere.
3 An invisible man wandering in the night.
4 From a mountain, people watch a tsunami.
5 Two people calling to each other across a wide, deep canyon.
14. Farewell to Arms (Mem bet Hey)
Angel: Mebahel (May-ba-HEL) Truth, Liberty, and Justice
6 In the far north an ancient tower carved of ice.
7 Poetry which sounds beautiful but makes no logical sense.
8 A man performing a strange, expressive dance only by moving his hands.
9 A ruby growing in a laboratory.
10 Magic glasses which allow one to read a secret text.
15 Long-Range Vision (Hey Resh Yud)
Angel: Hariel (HA-ree-EL) Puirification
11 Rain falling on the ocean.
12 A single tree growing many different types of fruits.
13 With each breath another new and unknown smell is detected.
14 The sound of drumming brings everyone into the present.
15 A magician’s tower looms above the surrounding landscape.
16. Dumping Depression (Hey Kuf Mem)
Angel: Hakamiah (he-KE-mee-YAH) Loyality
16 A man is projecting numbers at someone for the purpose of healing that person.
17 Deep in a cave, a large albino snake.
18 A magician gives to the wind messages that are to be delivered.
19 The Golden Fleece hanging in a garden.
20 Night in a museum. Shadows seem to be moving in the paintings.
17. Great Escape (Lamed Aleph Vav)
Angel: Laviah (LAH-vee-YAH) Revelation
21 A healer breaks up adhesions beneath an old wound.
22 A painting that, once it is seen, cannot be remembered.
23 A man attuning to the vibrations of a myriad of different flowers.
24 A man who heals water, be it in lakes, rivers, the ocean, or a glass.
25 A healer who uses only smiles to perform all his healings.
18. Fertility (Kuf Lamed Yud)
Angel: Caliel (KA-lee-EL) Justice
26 A man cutting the limb of a persimmon tree to make a wand.
27 Cleaning someone’s aura with a quartz crystal.
28 A house which keeps growing bigger and bigger.
29 A biologist doing intensive research on mold.
30 From far away, a sailor has brought home a carved idol.
Cancer
19. Dialing God (Lamed Vav Vav)
Angel: Leuviah (LOO-vee-YAH) Expansive Intelligence/Fruition
1 Rainbows slowly moving across a white wall.
2 A man with no navel.
3 In a crowd, a man keeps seeing people he thinks he knows but can’t remember
from where.
4 People watching fireworks in the distance.
5 A statue of ice sitting in the desert. It doesn’t melt.
20. Victory over Addictions (Pey Hey Lamed)
Angel: Pahaliah (pa-HA-lee-YAH) Redemption
6 On a dull, overcast day, a pool reflects a clear, blue sky.
7 Deep in a mine, statues and bas-reliefs carved from salt.
8 A man versed in the art of making charms and talismans.
9 A man shaking dew off orchids into a glass vial.
10 An artist making shadowboxes in which he is placing collages and various
small objects.
21. Eradicate Plague (Nun Lamed Kaf)
Angel: Nelchael (NEL-ka-EL) Ardent Desire to Learn
11 A hidden treasure waits to be found.
12 A diamond light enough to float.
13 Wind blowing through an old Pan’s pipe.
14 In an old display case, a collection of rare mineral specimens.
15 A man in an air-conditioned space suit crossing the desert.
22. Stop Fatal Attraction (Yud Yud Yud)
Angel: Yeiayel (YAY-ah-YEL) Fame, Renown
16 A woman dressed in immaculately clean rags.
17 A man’s shadow moving independently of him.
18 Gnomes creating beautiful and ornate metalwork.
19 A man memorizing Chinese characters.
20 A keyboard which plays colors.
23. Sharing the Flame (Mem Lamed Hey)
Angel: Melahel (MAY-la-HEL) Healing Capacity
21 A man milking a poisonous snake of its venom so that he can make an antidote.
22 A man collecting shadows. He is putting them into a bag.
23 A man thanking all his books for the wisdom they have imparted to him.
24 A man building a structure meant to look like the ruins of a temple.
25 An invisible man yearning to feel the sun on his skin.
24. Jealousy (Chet Hey Vav)
Angel: Haheuiah (ha-HOO-ee-YAH) Protection
26 Sounds of laughter coming from many different directions in the forest.
27 A book of strange and imaginative prophecies.
28 Words streaming from a magician’s eyes and filling a blank book at which he is
gazing.
29 A falling leaf gets caught in a spider’s web.
30 A woman with eyes in the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet.
LEO
25. Speak Your Mind (Nun Tav Hey)
Angel: Nith-Haiah (NIT-ha-YAH) Spiritual Wisdom and Magic
1 A magician inventing many new techniques.
2 On the surface of water, flecks of dust floating.
3 Walking down the street, a man passes his double.
4 A forest of mirrors used to collect the sun’s energy.
5 Through narrow, winding streets, a man is following a mysterious woman.
26. Order from Chaos (Hey Aleph Aleph)
Angel: Haaiah (HA-ee-YAH) Political Science and Ambition
6 Hidden photos of a deceased woman are discovered.
7 The barking of a dog echoes across a moonlit landscape.
8 An old medicine man with eyes like a snake's.
9 A gigantic sleeping Buddha carved of stone.
10 A man who sees stars invisible to others.
27. Silent Partner (Yud Resh Tav)
Angel: Yeratel (YEH-ra-TEL) Propagation of the Light
11 A man using both hands is writing several stories simultaneously.
12 In the basement of a house, a secret escape tunnel.
13 Hidden passages in a house. Over time, their secret has been forgotten.
14 Toward the center of a galaxy, the concentration of stars becomes denser and
denser.
15 An ancient text, long kept secret, is revealed to the public.
28. Soul Mate (Shin Aleph Hey)
Angel: Seheiah (say-HAY-ee-YAH) Longevity
Releases body and mind from negative emotions
16 An angel appears to lost travelers and shows them the right direction.
17 A giant squid sleeping in the ocean depths.
18 A man walks into the pages of a novel.
19 A painting is cleaned, revealing colors of otherworldly beauty.
20 An herb which, if over-consumed, causes one to die of laughter.
29. Removing Hatred (Resh Yud Yud)
Angel: Reiyel (RAY-ee-YEL) Liberation
Helps to remove obstacles and impediments, and to live in a universe without boundaries
21 On top of a mesa, a lake of pure, deep blue.
22 A giant temple with many layers. It is in the shape of a mountain.
23 A secret race of beings carrying on a hidden existence among humans.
24 A drowning man turns into a fish.
25 A woman incessantly eating pills.
30. Building Bridges (Aleph Vav Mem)
Angel: Omael (O-ma-EL) Fertility, Multiciplicy
Defeats frustration, despair and depression.
26 In a bookstore, a chance meeting of long-lost friends.
27 A man draws a picture on the surface of a lake.
28 A diamond thought to be fake turns out to be real.
29 A tiny, poisonous frog with a brightly colored body.
30 A poetess wearing rings with large gemstones in them. She grasps her book of
poems.
VIRGO
31. Finish What you Start (Lamed Kaf Bet)
Angel: Lecabel (LAY-ca-BEL) Intellectual Talent
1 Late at night, someone comes home and slowly ascends the stairs.
2 A table on which many healings have been performed.
3 A little girl hugs a giant quartz crystal larger than she.
4 A woman boiling clothes in a cauldron with shavings of lye soap.
5 With a loud explosion, a tiny black hole collides with earth.
32. Memories (Vav Shin Resh)
Angel: Vasariah (va-SAH-ree-Yah) Clemency and Equilibrium
6 Talismans buried here and there along a road so that travelers will be protected.
7 A keyboard which plays colors.
8 People dragging a beached whale back into the ocean.
9 In a freshly plowed field, a man searching for arrowheads.
10 A baby fascinated by many differently colored vials of healing elixirs.
33. Revealing the Dark Side (Yud Chet Vav)
Angel: Yehuiah (yay-Hoo-ee-YAH) Subordination to Higher Order
11 The smell of ancient perfume as an Egyptian tomb is opened.
12 To test her fears, a woman takes a walk alone at night in a graveyard.
13 A meteorite with the edges worn smooth.
14 A collection of diamonds of many different colors.
15 A man wearing paper wings jumps off a cliff and soars through the sky.
34. Forget Thyself (Lamed Hay Chet)
Angel: Lehahiah (Lay-HA-hee-YAH) Obedience
16 A woman cutting the thorns off roses.
17 A scientist discovers the secret of time travel.
18 A woman playing the didgeridoo.
19 A procession of dancers and musicians joyously moving through a forest.
20 Worshipers circumambulating a sacred stone.
35. Sexual Energy (Kaf Vav Kuf)
Angel: Chavakiah (cha-VA-kee-Yah) Reconciliation
21 A geologist studying bands of rock in a cliff.
22 A fruit whose seeds always produce a new and different type of fruit.
23 A library is burning. A man therein continues to read.
24 A satyr sleeping standing up. Roots are growing from his hooves into the
ground.
25 A man crawling on his hands and knees through dust keeps finding jewels and
other valuable items.
36. Fear(less) (Mem Nun Daled)
Angel: Menadel (Meh-na-DEL) Inner/outer work
26 Under the full moon, a sagging balcony.
27 A cup made from a skull. It is filled with dark wine.
28 A baby experiments with different sounds its mouth can make.
29 Pagans purifying themselves beneath a waterfall.
30 A man catching a ripe fruit as it falls off a tree.
LIBRA
37. The Big Picture (Aleph Nun Yud)
Angel: Aniel (AH-nee-EL) Breaking the Circle
1 An apothecary shop in which herbal concoctions and other medicines appear as
needed.
2 A vast tract of windmills.
3 A painting upside-down in a museum. No one notices the mistake.
4 By accident, a man finds an invisible tower.
5 A flagpole with no flag.
38. Circuitry (Chet Ayin Mem)
Angel: Haamiah (He-AH-mee-YAH) Ritual and ceremony
6 On a long voyage, many icebergs encountered.
7 The Great Wall of China making a huge shadow.
8 A rare type of honey imbued with magical healing powers.
9 A healer who knows the secret of working with people’s breath.
10 A ginseng root in the shape of a human being.
39. Diamond in the Rough (Resh Hey Ayin)
Angel: Rehael (RAY-ha-EL) Filial Submission
11 In a Tibetan monastery, hundreds of candles burning.
12 A man gathering seeds from a white morning glory.
13 As he matures, a man’s paintings grow simpler and simpler.
14 A storm raging in Antarctica.
15 Young girls harvesting the choicest leaves of green tea.
40. Speaking the Right Words (Yud Yud Zayin)
Angel: Yeiazel (YAY-ah-ZEL) Divine Consolation and Comfort
16 After many revisions, a poem is thrown away.
17 The unwrapping of a mummy.
18 Waking in the night, a man feels an earthquake.
19 An innovative dancer performing a strange ballet.
20 In a lush, dark forest, a unicorn prancing.
41. Self-Esteem (Hay Hay Hay)
Angel: Hahahel (HA-ha-HEL) Mission
21 The sea as still as a mirror.
22 A man avoiding moonlight.
23 A young boy leading a giant ox.
24 Gemstones buried in the ground in the pattern of the constellation Orion.
25 New words magically appearing in a dictionary.
42. Revealing the Concealed (Mem Yud Kaf)
Angel: Mikael (MI-ka-EL) Political Authority and Order
26 Down the side of a mountain, a stream cascading for hundreds of feet.
27 A painting that will not dry.
28 A blind piano tuner.
29 In a spiritual text, a man searches for hidden codes.
30 A small, pale moon in the afternoon.
SCORPIO
43. Defying Gravity (Vav Vav Lamed)
Angel: Veuliah (vay-OO-lee-AH) Prosperity
1 A man suspended in the air watches everything from a great height.
2 A lighthouse is moved inland.
3 A mysterious food, a small piece of which will satisfy hunger for days.
4 An albino woman unaffected by the rays of the Sun.
5 A sculptor creating large, fragile works of art out of paper.
44. Sweetening Judgement (Yud Lamed Hay)
Angel: Yelahiah (yay-LAH-hee-YAH) Karmic Warrior
6 Unaccustomed to high altitudes, a woman breathes deeply and walks slowly.
7 A poem has disappeared from a sheet of paper. All that is left behind is a few
iridescent stains.
8 A woman in a hot bath. Outside, snow is falling.
9 Looking through a microscope, a man sees a woman waving at him.
10 In a field of dandelions, a yellow dragon appears.
45. The Power of Prosperity (Samech Aleph Lamed)
Angel: Sehaliah (say-HA-lee-YAH) Motivation and Willfulness
11 Shadows of trees lying over a vast lawn.
12 A woman with a collection of rocks shaped like hearts.
13 An acupuncturist who activates points simply by holding a needle above them.
14 A white marble foot glows pink as it turns into flesh.
15 Intently and faithfully, a man observes his own breath.
46. Absolute Certainty (Ayin Resh Yud)
Angel: Ariel (AH-ree-EL) Perceiver and revealer
16 A scientist using gravity waves to communicate with other universes.
17 Empty rooms with perfect walls and floors.
18 Something waking for a moment in a cocoon.
19 An angel kisses a man while he sleeps.
20 A man who carries large sacks of books with him wherever he goes.
47. Global Transformation (Ayin Shin Lamed)
Angel: Asaliah (a-SA-lee-YAH) Contemplation
21 The wind whirling thousands of loose manuscript pages.
22 A mountain of old shoes.
23 A man repairing damaged inlays of precious stones on the Taj Mahal.
24 Gold turning back into lead.
25 A composer of simple melodies.
48. Unity (Mem Yud Hay)
Angel: Mihael (MIH-a-EL) Fertility, Fruitfulness
26 A witch dressed in black. Her clothes are turning white.
27 At a country fair, some people are clothed, others are nude, all wear flowers.
28 A man who speaks only in meter and rhyme.
29 Through a doorway, nothing but empty, blue sky in all directions.
30 Former reflections appearing on a mirror.
SAGITTARIUS
49. Happines (Vav Hey Vav)
Angel: Vehuel (Vay-hoo-EL) Elevation, Grandeur
1 A woman who writes so much in her diary she has no time for anything else.
2 Waking at night, a man sees a firefly in the darkness of his bedroom.
3 No one is sure if the journey has ended.
4 A great teacher lecturing in an empty classroom.
5 Psychically attuned to each other's bodies, women perform a spontaneous
dance.
50. Enough is Never Enough (Daled Nun Yud)
Angel: Daniel (DA-nee-EL) Eloquence
6 In a red desert, a lush, green plantation produced by irrigation.
7 A mirror covered with a shroud.
8 Experts arguing over the authenticity of a painting.
9 An invisible burden carried on the shoulders.
10 A man being followed by a spaceship.
51. No Guilt (Hey Chet Shin
Angel: Hahasiah (he-HA-see-Yah) Universal Medicine
11 A woman perceives her seemingly mundane world as beautiful and mysterious.
12 Reaching up, a man writes on the sky.
13 Sitting for her portrait, Mona Lisa feels as if millions of people are watching
her.
14 A man communicates in graceful sign language.
15 Prized possessions are disappearing, one by one.
52. Passion (Ayin Mem Mem)
Angel: Imamiah (ee-MA-mee-Yah) Expiation of Errors
16 A magician’s wand sprouting golden leaves.
17 A flame dancing at the top of a man’s head.
18 A satyr chasing young maidens who are laughing and screaming.
19 An old abandoned garden, everything under a blanket of ivy.
20 A clear, yellow gem fallen from heaven.
53. No Agenda (Nun Nun Aleph)
Angel: Nanael (NA-na-El) Spiritual Communication
21 Deep in the jungle, travelers discover the ruins of an ancient city.
22 A flamenco dancer. As he stamps his purple boots, small clouds of dust are
raised.
23 Strange tools no one knows how to use.
24 A man in his imagination inventing flowers, the seeds of which magically
appear.
25 An old book that no one has ever read.
54. The Death of Death (Nun Yud Tav)
Angel Name: Nithael (NIT-ha-EL) Rejuvenation and Eternal Youth
26 A candle mysteriously undisturbed by wind.
27 In the night, a man uncovers himself to feel the cool air.
28 A man channeling new music from deceased composers.
29 A house full of strange, disorienting angles and perspectives.
30 By time traveling, a man takes a photograph of dinosaurs.
CAPRICORN
55. Thought Into Action (Mem Bet Hey)
Angel: Mebahiah (me-BA-hee-YAH) Intellectual Lucidity
1 A man mesmerized as he reads words glowing with light.
2 A painting which causes those who see it to become silent.
3 A reference book on poisons.
4 As a cliff erodes, a temple is in danger of collapsing.
5 A photographer hand-coloring a landscape.
56. Dispelling Anger (Pey Vav Yud)
Angel: Poyel (poi-YEL) Fortune and Support
6 A woman inventing magical perfumes.
7 A guidebook to an ancient city.
8 A river passes through a deep, narrow canyon full of shadows.
9 A woman thinks of all the things that have died and rotted to make the soil.
10 Many strange and diverse objects are seen floating down a river.
57. Listening to Your Soul (Nun Mem Mem)
Angel: Nemamiah (ne-MAM-mee-YAH) Discernment
11 A gothic novel creates a dark, mysterious atmosphere.
12 Mold growing on a diamond.
13 Singing and dancing in a desert oasis.
14 A woman restoring an ancient textile.
15 An angelologist explains the sacred hierarchies.
58. Letting Go (Yud Yud Lamed)
Angel: Yeialel (YAY-a-LEL) Mental Force
16 An invisible skull reveals a living human brain, its surface flickering with
rainbows.
17 A man stretching slowly and carefully in many different directions.
18 A forgotten painting stored in a vault.
19 In the night, someone peering into a dark window.
20 A host of angels in conference.
59. Umbilical Cord (Hey Resh Chet)
Angel: Harahel (HA-ra-HEL) Intellectual Richness
21 As a woman moves down a passageway, many hands reach out to touch her.
22 Sugar falling slowly through a giant hourglass.
23 While their bodies sleep, a group of people meet on the astral plane.
24 Although he is afraid of heights, a man continues to ascend a flight of invisible
stairs.
25 During a ritual, a living woman is wrapped like an Egyptian mummy.
60. Freedom (Mem Zadik Resh)
Angel: Mitzrael (MITS-ra-EL) Internal Reparation
26 A castle made of clouds appears at sunset.
27 A group of fish at the edge of a pool. They are looking up at someone.
28 A roomful of people busily cutting diamonds.
29 At dusk, a woman in a garden picking lettuce.
30 A crystal made in a laboratory is buried in the ground.
AQUARIUS
61. Water (Vav Mem Bet)
Angel: Umabel (OO-ma-BEL) Affinity and Friendship
1 Deciding to die, a vampire walks into the sunlight.
2 An alchemist trying to capture a spirit in a forest.
3 A man in a boat wakes up just in time to avoid a waterfall.
4 After a long journey the source of a sacred river is found.
5 Gradually, the wind unearths a temple buried in the sand.
62. Parent—Teacher not Preacher (Yud Hey Hey)
Angel: Iah-hel (EE-a-HEL) Desire to Know
6 Seeing a stone lion in a museum, a young girl asks her parents if they are at the
zoo.
7 Someone turns back and looks again: the mountain has disappeared.
8 A man experiences much pain and discomfort as wings sprout on his back.
9 A medieval cathedral built on the site of an ancient pagan temple.
10 A mechanical man is smiling and nodding “yes.”
63. Appreciation (Ayin Nun Vav)
Angel: Anauel (a-NA-oo-EL) Perception of Unity
11 A man clearing out his own aura.
12 A man struck by lightning is miraculously unharmed.
13 An artist mixes various flower and gem elixirs into her paints.
14 During the rain, a bird is heard singing.
15 A geisha applying her makeup.
64. Casting Yourself in a Favorable Light (Mem Chet Yud)
Angel: Mehiel (MAY-hee-EL) Vivification (invigorate, enliven)
16 Cliffs hundreds of feet high that stretch for many miles along a shoreline.
17 In the distance, a smoldering mountain.
18 A cloud in the middle of an empty sky has lost its way.
19 Suddenly a woman laughs, not knowing why.
20 Wind carving sand patterns in the desert.
65. Fear of God (Daled Mem Bet)
Angel: Damabiah (da-MA-bee-YAH) Fountain of Wisdom
21 A numerologist at work on a tropical island.
22 A master healer is gradually restructuring someone’s body.
23 In a catacomb, a room decorated with hundreds of skulls and bones.
24 A helicopter depositing a man on the top of the Great Pyramid.
25 The muscles of a dancer’s legs quivering in his sleep as he remembers dances.
66. Accountability (Man Nun Kuf)
Angel: Manakel (MA-na-KEL) Knowledge of Good and Evil
26 The sound of the ocean kept in a small box.
27 Love steadies a man’s irregular heartbeat.
28 The entrance to a vast complex of caves beneath a mountain range.
29 An old poetess eating green melon in a shady garden.
30 For many years, on an island, people dig deeper and deeper to find a treasure.
PISCES
67. Great Expectations (Aleph Yud Ayin)
Angel: Eyael (AY-ya-EL) Transformation to the Sublime
1 At sunset, a petrified forest glows with iridescence.
2 From deep in the earth, the sound of a waterfall.
3 Just before a wedding, a purifying rainstorm.
4 Rustic folk gather many types of wildflowers for a celebration.
5 Dyers at work with many vats of different colors.
68. Contacting Departed Souls (Chet Bet Vav)
Angel: Habuhiah (he-bU-hee-YAH) Healing
6 Crystals deep in the earth aware of the sunshine above.
7 An open-air library, the books magically impervious to the elements.
8 Through a microscope, a scientist observes a deadly virus.
9 A ghost peacefully coexisting with a family in a house.
10 A group of people practicing levitation.
69. Lost and Found (Resh Aleph Hey)
Angel: Rochel (ro-SHEL) Restitution
11 Three undines guarding a golden treasure at the bottom of a river.
12 A fantastic archaeological find is being kept secret.
13 A castle so vast no one has ever explored all of it.
14 Unconcerned with how he is going to escape, a man explores an infinite library.
15 On a high hill above a river, the ruins of a castle.
70. Recognizing Design Beneath Disorder
Angel: Jabamiah (ya-BA-mee-YAH) Alchemy (Transformation)
16 A troll living under a bridge.
17 Getting on his hands and knees, a man uses a piece of white chalk to draw a circle around himself.
18 A dressmaker fashioning beautiful gowns for a queen.
19 A man tilling a field of flax.
20 A truck stop specializing in Gnostic texts.
71. Prophecy and Parallel Universes (Hey Yud Yud)
Angel: Haiyael (HA-ee-ya-EL) Divine Warrior/Weaponry
21 In a cold, harsh climate, a woman uses magic to create a lush garden.
22 All sorts of things trying to distract a man as he engages in a creative endeavor.
23 In a museum, paintings are admiring people as they pass by.
24 An empty perfume bottle, the scent completely gone.
25 On top of a high hill, a circle of standing stones.
72. Spiritual Cleansing (Mem Vav Mem)
Angel: Mumiah (MOO-mee-YAH) Endings and Rebirth
26 A writer endlessly revising his work.
27 A spider searching its web.
28 A shy poete in hiding.
29 A book of healing mantras.
30 A dense forest of organ pipes.
Each set of 5 degrees is preceded by one of the Kabbalistic 72 Names of God, with the Hebrew letters of that name in brackets. The name of the angel corresponding to that Name of God follows after that, with the manner of pronouncing it, and its general meaning.
Of the 5 degrees that follow each one of these names, the first degree is EXPERIMENTAL in nature (degrees 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, and 26 of each sign), the next one SENSITIVE (degrees 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, and 27 of each sign), the third RECEPTIVE (degrees 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, and 28 of each sign), the fourth RESPONSIBLE (degrees 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, and 29 of each sign), and the 5th INSPIRED (degrees 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 of each sign). These five words were first used in Marc Jones book, "The Sabian Symbols" to designate a cycle of five degrees that repeats itself through the whole zodiac. Keeping the keyword in mind for any particular degree, plus the nature of the Name of God with its corresponding angel can be of great help in understanding the energy of it.
This set of symbols is for the purpose of accessing the energy of Chiron (or Alpha Omega, as John and Ellias prefer to call it), which interconnects all time and space and whose energy becomes a way for all of us more fully to share ourselves with each other as we continue our journey toward enlightenment. Please feel free to copy these symbols and share them with anyone. If you wish to give John feedback concerning them, he would be very happy to hear from you. You can write him at sandbach@sbcglobal.net
Note that Aries 1 means the first degree of Aries, covering 00° Aries 00' 00'' through 00° Aries 59' 59''.
ARIES
1. Time Travel (Vav Hey Vav)
Angel: Vehuiah (vay-HOO-ee-YAH) Will and New Beginnings
1 A treasure map tattooed on someone’s back.
2 A man shown a hidden portal to the underworld.
3 A sacred mirror which is kept in the inner sanctum of a temple.
4 A man destroying a wall as he attempts to eradicate black mold from a house.
5 A woman harvesting rose petals to make perfume.
2. Recapturing the Sparks (Yud Lamed Yud)
Angel: Jeliel (Jay-lee-EL) Love and Wisdom
6 An actor forgets his lines and makes up new ones.
7 An old man admiring a portrait of himself as a youth.
8 A man journeying far north to the mouth of a river.
9 A woman ironing white linen.
10 In many different places, a man keeps seeing the same number.
3. Miracle Making (Samech Yud Tet)
Angel: Sitael (SIT-ah-EL) Construction of Universe/Worlds
11 A hospital for birds.
12 Before the end of a movie, a man leaves the theater.
13 A breeze carries a soap bubble thousands of miles.
14 A snake wiggling out of its own skin.
15 An hourglass in which the sand has become stuck.
4. Eliminating Negative Thoughts (Ayin Lamed Bet)
Angel: Elemiah (eh-LEM-ee-YAH) Divine Power
16 To rejuvenate himself, a man is partially buried in the earth.
17 A man is riding a horse north as he searches for the Kingdom of the Fairies.
18 Sitting in the Lotus posture, a monk’s deceased body is incorruptible.
19 A skeleton dressed in garlands of flowers.
20 Streets littered with many colors of confetti.
5. Healing (Mem Hey Shin)
Angel: Mahasiah (mah-HA-see-YAH) Rectification
21 A woman drying flowers and carefully preserving their colors.
22 A gentle, mild-mannered author who writes horror stories.
23 A painting with countless layers of paint.
24 Beautiful, expressive lines flowing out of a pencil.
25 A man studying a sequence of random numbers.
6. Dream State (Lamed Lamed Hey)
Angel: Lelahel (LAY-la-HEL) Light of Understanding
26 A man sitting at the bottom of a crater.
27 Over a waterfall gleams a rainbow many thousands of years old.
28 An artist’s studio. Many unfinished paintings everywhere.
29 A woman immersed in healing mud.
30 A crown which causes one to levitate.
TAURUS
7. DNA of the Soul (Aleph Kaf Aleph)
Angel: Achaiah (a-KA-hee-YAH) Patience
1 To cleanse them, crystals are placed in a stream.
2 A saint’s bones have turned to pure gold.
3 A woman at a crossroads. She buries something and then prays.
4 A linguist invents a perfect language.
5 In a faint light, a map’s coastlines are vague.
8. Defusing Negative Energy and Stress (Kaf Hey Tav)
Angel: Cahetel (KA-heh-TEL) Divine Blessings
6 A man charges water with healing energy.
7 A man cleansing his aura with pink light.
8 A man lost in a tiny forest.
9 Bats streaming out of a cave at dusk.
10 A wondrous perfume that follows a man wherever he goes.
9. Angelic Influences (Hey Zayin Yud)
Angel: Haziel (HA-zee-EL) DivineMercy and Forgiveness
11 A man jumping into a river, melting, and flowing away.
12 In a sacred precinct, many prayers tied around rocks and hanging from trees.
13 A fruit that smells terrible but tastes wonderful.
14 A woman making her way to the center of a labyrinth.
15 A platinum crucible.
10. Looks Can Kill: Protection from the Evil Eye (Aleph Lamed Daled)
Angel: Aladiah (a-LA-dee-YAH) Divine Grace
16 At the bottom of a gorge, a river turbulent with rapids.
17 A book patiently waiting to spill forth its vast and profound knowledge.
18 Gently, a man caresses a thorn tree.
19 A bottle of gold dust gathered from many places over many years.
20 A man performing a complicated weaving pattern from memory.
11. Banishing the Remnants of Evil (Lamed aleph Vav)
Angel: Lauviah (LO-vee-YAH) Victory
21 Bending over and lowering her palms, a woman projects colors into the Earth.
22 A man drinking a tonic that causes rainbow colors to spread throughout his
body.
23 Inside a tornado, a spiral staircase.
24 A man cataloging thousands of different types of microbes.
25 A holographic computer.
12. Unconditional Love (Hay Hey Ayin)
Angel: Hahaiah (ha-HA-ee-YAH) Refuge, Shelter
26 All over the city, words on scraps of paper flowing through the sewers.
27 A greenhouse full of tropical plants set in a snowy landscape.
28 A man channeling a set of degree symbols.
29 A man reaches out to touch a marble statue. He feels it smiling.
30 Beings from many dimensions attracted to an immense white flame.
GEMINI
13. Heaven on Earth (Yud Zayin Lamed)
Angel: Yezalel (YAY-za-LEL) Fidelity, Loyalty, and Allegiance
1 A naked man on an ice floe feels no cold.
2 Tiny meteori tes the size of dust falling everywhere.
3 An invisible man wandering in the night.
4 From a mountain, people watch a tsunami.
5 Two people calling to each other across a wide, deep canyon.
14. Farewell to Arms (Mem bet Hey)
Angel: Mebahel (May-ba-HEL) Truth, Liberty, and Justice
6 In the far north an ancient tower carved of ice.
7 Poetry which sounds beautiful but makes no logical sense.
8 A man performing a strange, expressive dance only by moving his hands.
9 A ruby growing in a laboratory.
10 Magic glasses which allow one to read a secret text.
15 Long-Range Vision (Hey Resh Yud)
Angel: Hariel (HA-ree-EL) Puirification
11 Rain falling on the ocean.
12 A single tree growing many different types of fruits.
13 With each breath another new and unknown smell is detected.
14 The sound of drumming brings everyone into the present.
15 A magician’s tower looms above the surrounding landscape.
16. Dumping Depression (Hey Kuf Mem)
Angel: Hakamiah (he-KE-mee-YAH) Loyality
16 A man is projecting numbers at someone for the purpose of healing that person.
17 Deep in a cave, a large albino snake.
18 A magician gives to the wind messages that are to be delivered.
19 The Golden Fleece hanging in a garden.
20 Night in a museum. Shadows seem to be moving in the paintings.
17. Great Escape (Lamed Aleph Vav)
Angel: Laviah (LAH-vee-YAH) Revelation
21 A healer breaks up adhesions beneath an old wound.
22 A painting that, once it is seen, cannot be remembered.
23 A man attuning to the vibrations of a myriad of different flowers.
24 A man who heals water, be it in lakes, rivers, the ocean, or a glass.
25 A healer who uses only smiles to perform all his healings.
18. Fertility (Kuf Lamed Yud)
Angel: Caliel (KA-lee-EL) Justice
26 A man cutting the limb of a persimmon tree to make a wand.
27 Cleaning someone’s aura with a quartz crystal.
28 A house which keeps growing bigger and bigger.
29 A biologist doing intensive research on mold.
30 From far away, a sailor has brought home a carved idol.
Cancer
19. Dialing God (Lamed Vav Vav)
Angel: Leuviah (LOO-vee-YAH) Expansive Intelligence/Fruition
1 Rainbows slowly moving across a white wall.
2 A man with no navel.
3 In a crowd, a man keeps seeing people he thinks he knows but can’t remember
from where.
4 People watching fireworks in the distance.
5 A statue of ice sitting in the desert. It doesn’t melt.
20. Victory over Addictions (Pey Hey Lamed)
Angel: Pahaliah (pa-HA-lee-YAH) Redemption
6 On a dull, overcast day, a pool reflects a clear, blue sky.
7 Deep in a mine, statues and bas-reliefs carved from salt.
8 A man versed in the art of making charms and talismans.
9 A man shaking dew off orchids into a glass vial.
10 An artist making shadowboxes in which he is placing collages and various
small objects.
21. Eradicate Plague (Nun Lamed Kaf)
Angel: Nelchael (NEL-ka-EL) Ardent Desire to Learn
11 A hidden treasure waits to be found.
12 A diamond light enough to float.
13 Wind blowing through an old Pan’s pipe.
14 In an old display case, a collection of rare mineral specimens.
15 A man in an air-conditioned space suit crossing the desert.
22. Stop Fatal Attraction (Yud Yud Yud)
Angel: Yeiayel (YAY-ah-YEL) Fame, Renown
16 A woman dressed in immaculately clean rags.
17 A man’s shadow moving independently of him.
18 Gnomes creating beautiful and ornate metalwork.
19 A man memorizing Chinese characters.
20 A keyboard which plays colors.
23. Sharing the Flame (Mem Lamed Hey)
Angel: Melahel (MAY-la-HEL) Healing Capacity
21 A man milking a poisonous snake of its venom so that he can make an antidote.
22 A man collecting shadows. He is putting them into a bag.
23 A man thanking all his books for the wisdom they have imparted to him.
24 A man building a structure meant to look like the ruins of a temple.
25 An invisible man yearning to feel the sun on his skin.
24. Jealousy (Chet Hey Vav)
Angel: Haheuiah (ha-HOO-ee-YAH) Protection
26 Sounds of laughter coming from many different directions in the forest.
27 A book of strange and imaginative prophecies.
28 Words streaming from a magician’s eyes and filling a blank book at which he is
gazing.
29 A falling leaf gets caught in a spider’s web.
30 A woman with eyes in the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet.
LEO
25. Speak Your Mind (Nun Tav Hey)
Angel: Nith-Haiah (NIT-ha-YAH) Spiritual Wisdom and Magic
1 A magician inventing many new techniques.
2 On the surface of water, flecks of dust floating.
3 Walking down the street, a man passes his double.
4 A forest of mirrors used to collect the sun’s energy.
5 Through narrow, winding streets, a man is following a mysterious woman.
26. Order from Chaos (Hey Aleph Aleph)
Angel: Haaiah (HA-ee-YAH) Political Science and Ambition
6 Hidden photos of a deceased woman are discovered.
7 The barking of a dog echoes across a moonlit landscape.
8 An old medicine man with eyes like a snake's.
9 A gigantic sleeping Buddha carved of stone.
10 A man who sees stars invisible to others.
27. Silent Partner (Yud Resh Tav)
Angel: Yeratel (YEH-ra-TEL) Propagation of the Light
11 A man using both hands is writing several stories simultaneously.
12 In the basement of a house, a secret escape tunnel.
13 Hidden passages in a house. Over time, their secret has been forgotten.
14 Toward the center of a galaxy, the concentration of stars becomes denser and
denser.
15 An ancient text, long kept secret, is revealed to the public.
28. Soul Mate (Shin Aleph Hey)
Angel: Seheiah (say-HAY-ee-YAH) Longevity
Releases body and mind from negative emotions
16 An angel appears to lost travelers and shows them the right direction.
17 A giant squid sleeping in the ocean depths.
18 A man walks into the pages of a novel.
19 A painting is cleaned, revealing colors of otherworldly beauty.
20 An herb which, if over-consumed, causes one to die of laughter.
29. Removing Hatred (Resh Yud Yud)
Angel: Reiyel (RAY-ee-YEL) Liberation
Helps to remove obstacles and impediments, and to live in a universe without boundaries
21 On top of a mesa, a lake of pure, deep blue.
22 A giant temple with many layers. It is in the shape of a mountain.
23 A secret race of beings carrying on a hidden existence among humans.
24 A drowning man turns into a fish.
25 A woman incessantly eating pills.
30. Building Bridges (Aleph Vav Mem)
Angel: Omael (O-ma-EL) Fertility, Multiciplicy
Defeats frustration, despair and depression.
26 In a bookstore, a chance meeting of long-lost friends.
27 A man draws a picture on the surface of a lake.
28 A diamond thought to be fake turns out to be real.
29 A tiny, poisonous frog with a brightly colored body.
30 A poetess wearing rings with large gemstones in them. She grasps her book of
poems.
VIRGO
31. Finish What you Start (Lamed Kaf Bet)
Angel: Lecabel (LAY-ca-BEL) Intellectual Talent
1 Late at night, someone comes home and slowly ascends the stairs.
2 A table on which many healings have been performed.
3 A little girl hugs a giant quartz crystal larger than she.
4 A woman boiling clothes in a cauldron with shavings of lye soap.
5 With a loud explosion, a tiny black hole collides with earth.
32. Memories (Vav Shin Resh)
Angel: Vasariah (va-SAH-ree-Yah) Clemency and Equilibrium
6 Talismans buried here and there along a road so that travelers will be protected.
7 A keyboard which plays colors.
8 People dragging a beached whale back into the ocean.
9 In a freshly plowed field, a man searching for arrowheads.
10 A baby fascinated by many differently colored vials of healing elixirs.
33. Revealing the Dark Side (Yud Chet Vav)
Angel: Yehuiah (yay-Hoo-ee-YAH) Subordination to Higher Order
11 The smell of ancient perfume as an Egyptian tomb is opened.
12 To test her fears, a woman takes a walk alone at night in a graveyard.
13 A meteorite with the edges worn smooth.
14 A collection of diamonds of many different colors.
15 A man wearing paper wings jumps off a cliff and soars through the sky.
34. Forget Thyself (Lamed Hay Chet)
Angel: Lehahiah (Lay-HA-hee-YAH) Obedience
16 A woman cutting the thorns off roses.
17 A scientist discovers the secret of time travel.
18 A woman playing the didgeridoo.
19 A procession of dancers and musicians joyously moving through a forest.
20 Worshipers circumambulating a sacred stone.
35. Sexual Energy (Kaf Vav Kuf)
Angel: Chavakiah (cha-VA-kee-Yah) Reconciliation
21 A geologist studying bands of rock in a cliff.
22 A fruit whose seeds always produce a new and different type of fruit.
23 A library is burning. A man therein continues to read.
24 A satyr sleeping standing up. Roots are growing from his hooves into the
ground.
25 A man crawling on his hands and knees through dust keeps finding jewels and
other valuable items.
36. Fear(less) (Mem Nun Daled)
Angel: Menadel (Meh-na-DEL) Inner/outer work
26 Under the full moon, a sagging balcony.
27 A cup made from a skull. It is filled with dark wine.
28 A baby experiments with different sounds its mouth can make.
29 Pagans purifying themselves beneath a waterfall.
30 A man catching a ripe fruit as it falls off a tree.
LIBRA
37. The Big Picture (Aleph Nun Yud)
Angel: Aniel (AH-nee-EL) Breaking the Circle
1 An apothecary shop in which herbal concoctions and other medicines appear as
needed.
2 A vast tract of windmills.
3 A painting upside-down in a museum. No one notices the mistake.
4 By accident, a man finds an invisible tower.
5 A flagpole with no flag.
38. Circuitry (Chet Ayin Mem)
Angel: Haamiah (He-AH-mee-YAH) Ritual and ceremony
6 On a long voyage, many icebergs encountered.
7 The Great Wall of China making a huge shadow.
8 A rare type of honey imbued with magical healing powers.
9 A healer who knows the secret of working with people’s breath.
10 A ginseng root in the shape of a human being.
39. Diamond in the Rough (Resh Hey Ayin)
Angel: Rehael (RAY-ha-EL) Filial Submission
11 In a Tibetan monastery, hundreds of candles burning.
12 A man gathering seeds from a white morning glory.
13 As he matures, a man’s paintings grow simpler and simpler.
14 A storm raging in Antarctica.
15 Young girls harvesting the choicest leaves of green tea.
40. Speaking the Right Words (Yud Yud Zayin)
Angel: Yeiazel (YAY-ah-ZEL) Divine Consolation and Comfort
16 After many revisions, a poem is thrown away.
17 The unwrapping of a mummy.
18 Waking in the night, a man feels an earthquake.
19 An innovative dancer performing a strange ballet.
20 In a lush, dark forest, a unicorn prancing.
41. Self-Esteem (Hay Hay Hay)
Angel: Hahahel (HA-ha-HEL) Mission
21 The sea as still as a mirror.
22 A man avoiding moonlight.
23 A young boy leading a giant ox.
24 Gemstones buried in the ground in the pattern of the constellation Orion.
25 New words magically appearing in a dictionary.
42. Revealing the Concealed (Mem Yud Kaf)
Angel: Mikael (MI-ka-EL) Political Authority and Order
26 Down the side of a mountain, a stream cascading for hundreds of feet.
27 A painting that will not dry.
28 A blind piano tuner.
29 In a spiritual text, a man searches for hidden codes.
30 A small, pale moon in the afternoon.
SCORPIO
43. Defying Gravity (Vav Vav Lamed)
Angel: Veuliah (vay-OO-lee-AH) Prosperity
1 A man suspended in the air watches everything from a great height.
2 A lighthouse is moved inland.
3 A mysterious food, a small piece of which will satisfy hunger for days.
4 An albino woman unaffected by the rays of the Sun.
5 A sculptor creating large, fragile works of art out of paper.
44. Sweetening Judgement (Yud Lamed Hay)
Angel: Yelahiah (yay-LAH-hee-YAH) Karmic Warrior
6 Unaccustomed to high altitudes, a woman breathes deeply and walks slowly.
7 A poem has disappeared from a sheet of paper. All that is left behind is a few
iridescent stains.
8 A woman in a hot bath. Outside, snow is falling.
9 Looking through a microscope, a man sees a woman waving at him.
10 In a field of dandelions, a yellow dragon appears.
45. The Power of Prosperity (Samech Aleph Lamed)
Angel: Sehaliah (say-HA-lee-YAH) Motivation and Willfulness
11 Shadows of trees lying over a vast lawn.
12 A woman with a collection of rocks shaped like hearts.
13 An acupuncturist who activates points simply by holding a needle above them.
14 A white marble foot glows pink as it turns into flesh.
15 Intently and faithfully, a man observes his own breath.
46. Absolute Certainty (Ayin Resh Yud)
Angel: Ariel (AH-ree-EL) Perceiver and revealer
16 A scientist using gravity waves to communicate with other universes.
17 Empty rooms with perfect walls and floors.
18 Something waking for a moment in a cocoon.
19 An angel kisses a man while he sleeps.
20 A man who carries large sacks of books with him wherever he goes.
47. Global Transformation (Ayin Shin Lamed)
Angel: Asaliah (a-SA-lee-YAH) Contemplation
21 The wind whirling thousands of loose manuscript pages.
22 A mountain of old shoes.
23 A man repairing damaged inlays of precious stones on the Taj Mahal.
24 Gold turning back into lead.
25 A composer of simple melodies.
48. Unity (Mem Yud Hay)
Angel: Mihael (MIH-a-EL) Fertility, Fruitfulness
26 A witch dressed in black. Her clothes are turning white.
27 At a country fair, some people are clothed, others are nude, all wear flowers.
28 A man who speaks only in meter and rhyme.
29 Through a doorway, nothing but empty, blue sky in all directions.
30 Former reflections appearing on a mirror.
SAGITTARIUS
49. Happines (Vav Hey Vav)
Angel: Vehuel (Vay-hoo-EL) Elevation, Grandeur
1 A woman who writes so much in her diary she has no time for anything else.
2 Waking at night, a man sees a firefly in the darkness of his bedroom.
3 No one is sure if the journey has ended.
4 A great teacher lecturing in an empty classroom.
5 Psychically attuned to each other's bodies, women perform a spontaneous
dance.
50. Enough is Never Enough (Daled Nun Yud)
Angel: Daniel (DA-nee-EL) Eloquence
6 In a red desert, a lush, green plantation produced by irrigation.
7 A mirror covered with a shroud.
8 Experts arguing over the authenticity of a painting.
9 An invisible burden carried on the shoulders.
10 A man being followed by a spaceship.
51. No Guilt (Hey Chet Shin
Angel: Hahasiah (he-HA-see-Yah) Universal Medicine
11 A woman perceives her seemingly mundane world as beautiful and mysterious.
12 Reaching up, a man writes on the sky.
13 Sitting for her portrait, Mona Lisa feels as if millions of people are watching
her.
14 A man communicates in graceful sign language.
15 Prized possessions are disappearing, one by one.
52. Passion (Ayin Mem Mem)
Angel: Imamiah (ee-MA-mee-Yah) Expiation of Errors
16 A magician’s wand sprouting golden leaves.
17 A flame dancing at the top of a man’s head.
18 A satyr chasing young maidens who are laughing and screaming.
19 An old abandoned garden, everything under a blanket of ivy.
20 A clear, yellow gem fallen from heaven.
53. No Agenda (Nun Nun Aleph)
Angel: Nanael (NA-na-El) Spiritual Communication
21 Deep in the jungle, travelers discover the ruins of an ancient city.
22 A flamenco dancer. As he stamps his purple boots, small clouds of dust are
raised.
23 Strange tools no one knows how to use.
24 A man in his imagination inventing flowers, the seeds of which magically
appear.
25 An old book that no one has ever read.
54. The Death of Death (Nun Yud Tav)
Angel Name: Nithael (NIT-ha-EL) Rejuvenation and Eternal Youth
26 A candle mysteriously undisturbed by wind.
27 In the night, a man uncovers himself to feel the cool air.
28 A man channeling new music from deceased composers.
29 A house full of strange, disorienting angles and perspectives.
30 By time traveling, a man takes a photograph of dinosaurs.
CAPRICORN
55. Thought Into Action (Mem Bet Hey)
Angel: Mebahiah (me-BA-hee-YAH) Intellectual Lucidity
1 A man mesmerized as he reads words glowing with light.
2 A painting which causes those who see it to become silent.
3 A reference book on poisons.
4 As a cliff erodes, a temple is in danger of collapsing.
5 A photographer hand-coloring a landscape.
56. Dispelling Anger (Pey Vav Yud)
Angel: Poyel (poi-YEL) Fortune and Support
6 A woman inventing magical perfumes.
7 A guidebook to an ancient city.
8 A river passes through a deep, narrow canyon full of shadows.
9 A woman thinks of all the things that have died and rotted to make the soil.
10 Many strange and diverse objects are seen floating down a river.
57. Listening to Your Soul (Nun Mem Mem)
Angel: Nemamiah (ne-MAM-mee-YAH) Discernment
11 A gothic novel creates a dark, mysterious atmosphere.
12 Mold growing on a diamond.
13 Singing and dancing in a desert oasis.
14 A woman restoring an ancient textile.
15 An angelologist explains the sacred hierarchies.
58. Letting Go (Yud Yud Lamed)
Angel: Yeialel (YAY-a-LEL) Mental Force
16 An invisible skull reveals a living human brain, its surface flickering with
rainbows.
17 A man stretching slowly and carefully in many different directions.
18 A forgotten painting stored in a vault.
19 In the night, someone peering into a dark window.
20 A host of angels in conference.
59. Umbilical Cord (Hey Resh Chet)
Angel: Harahel (HA-ra-HEL) Intellectual Richness
21 As a woman moves down a passageway, many hands reach out to touch her.
22 Sugar falling slowly through a giant hourglass.
23 While their bodies sleep, a group of people meet on the astral plane.
24 Although he is afraid of heights, a man continues to ascend a flight of invisible
stairs.
25 During a ritual, a living woman is wrapped like an Egyptian mummy.
60. Freedom (Mem Zadik Resh)
Angel: Mitzrael (MITS-ra-EL) Internal Reparation
26 A castle made of clouds appears at sunset.
27 A group of fish at the edge of a pool. They are looking up at someone.
28 A roomful of people busily cutting diamonds.
29 At dusk, a woman in a garden picking lettuce.
30 A crystal made in a laboratory is buried in the ground.
AQUARIUS
61. Water (Vav Mem Bet)
Angel: Umabel (OO-ma-BEL) Affinity and Friendship
1 Deciding to die, a vampire walks into the sunlight.
2 An alchemist trying to capture a spirit in a forest.
3 A man in a boat wakes up just in time to avoid a waterfall.
4 After a long journey the source of a sacred river is found.
5 Gradually, the wind unearths a temple buried in the sand.
62. Parent—Teacher not Preacher (Yud Hey Hey)
Angel: Iah-hel (EE-a-HEL) Desire to Know
6 Seeing a stone lion in a museum, a young girl asks her parents if they are at the
zoo.
7 Someone turns back and looks again: the mountain has disappeared.
8 A man experiences much pain and discomfort as wings sprout on his back.
9 A medieval cathedral built on the site of an ancient pagan temple.
10 A mechanical man is smiling and nodding “yes.”
63. Appreciation (Ayin Nun Vav)
Angel: Anauel (a-NA-oo-EL) Perception of Unity
11 A man clearing out his own aura.
12 A man struck by lightning is miraculously unharmed.
13 An artist mixes various flower and gem elixirs into her paints.
14 During the rain, a bird is heard singing.
15 A geisha applying her makeup.
64. Casting Yourself in a Favorable Light (Mem Chet Yud)
Angel: Mehiel (MAY-hee-EL) Vivification (invigorate, enliven)
16 Cliffs hundreds of feet high that stretch for many miles along a shoreline.
17 In the distance, a smoldering mountain.
18 A cloud in the middle of an empty sky has lost its way.
19 Suddenly a woman laughs, not knowing why.
20 Wind carving sand patterns in the desert.
65. Fear of God (Daled Mem Bet)
Angel: Damabiah (da-MA-bee-YAH) Fountain of Wisdom
21 A numerologist at work on a tropical island.
22 A master healer is gradually restructuring someone’s body.
23 In a catacomb, a room decorated with hundreds of skulls and bones.
24 A helicopter depositing a man on the top of the Great Pyramid.
25 The muscles of a dancer’s legs quivering in his sleep as he remembers dances.
66. Accountability (Man Nun Kuf)
Angel: Manakel (MA-na-KEL) Knowledge of Good and Evil
26 The sound of the ocean kept in a small box.
27 Love steadies a man’s irregular heartbeat.
28 The entrance to a vast complex of caves beneath a mountain range.
29 An old poetess eating green melon in a shady garden.
30 For many years, on an island, people dig deeper and deeper to find a treasure.
PISCES
67. Great Expectations (Aleph Yud Ayin)
Angel: Eyael (AY-ya-EL) Transformation to the Sublime
1 At sunset, a petrified forest glows with iridescence.
2 From deep in the earth, the sound of a waterfall.
3 Just before a wedding, a purifying rainstorm.
4 Rustic folk gather many types of wildflowers for a celebration.
5 Dyers at work with many vats of different colors.
68. Contacting Departed Souls (Chet Bet Vav)
Angel: Habuhiah (he-bU-hee-YAH) Healing
6 Crystals deep in the earth aware of the sunshine above.
7 An open-air library, the books magically impervious to the elements.
8 Through a microscope, a scientist observes a deadly virus.
9 A ghost peacefully coexisting with a family in a house.
10 A group of people practicing levitation.
69. Lost and Found (Resh Aleph Hey)
Angel: Rochel (ro-SHEL) Restitution
11 Three undines guarding a golden treasure at the bottom of a river.
12 A fantastic archaeological find is being kept secret.
13 A castle so vast no one has ever explored all of it.
14 Unconcerned with how he is going to escape, a man explores an infinite library.
15 On a high hill above a river, the ruins of a castle.
70. Recognizing Design Beneath Disorder
Angel: Jabamiah (ya-BA-mee-YAH) Alchemy (Transformation)
16 A troll living under a bridge.
17 Getting on his hands and knees, a man uses a piece of white chalk to draw a circle around himself.
18 A dressmaker fashioning beautiful gowns for a queen.
19 A man tilling a field of flax.
20 A truck stop specializing in Gnostic texts.
71. Prophecy and Parallel Universes (Hey Yud Yud)
Angel: Haiyael (HA-ee-ya-EL) Divine Warrior/Weaponry
21 In a cold, harsh climate, a woman uses magic to create a lush garden.
22 All sorts of things trying to distract a man as he engages in a creative endeavor.
23 In a museum, paintings are admiring people as they pass by.
24 An empty perfume bottle, the scent completely gone.
25 On top of a high hill, a circle of standing stones.
72. Spiritual Cleansing (Mem Vav Mem)
Angel: Mumiah (MOO-mee-YAH) Endings and Rebirth
26 A writer endlessly revising his work.
27 A spider searching its web.
28 A shy poete in hiding.
29 A book of healing mantras.
30 A dense forest of organ pipes.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
JOHN SANDBACH – ASTROLOGER, PSYCHIC
MY BACKGROUND
I was born in San Fransisco, California on May 19th, 1848 and at the age of two came to Kansas City, Missouri, where I currently reside. Astrology has been my full-time profession since 1966. In the early years of my practice I was self taught, but as time went on I studied with many different people, and collected a wealth of information and techniques to enhance my work.
0In the thirty-eight years I have been in practice I have studied many different types of astrology, including traditional, psychological, esoteric, Arabian and Indian. Although I no longer teach astrology, for years I traveled to many places in America where I conducted astrological classes and workshops and worked as an astrological consultant.
I majored in Art History in college, and have had extensive training in Gestalt therapy. I opted to take Gestalt training to refine my astrology readings and to intensify my ability to relate to clients, so that I could communicate the energies of their chart to them in the most therapeutic way possible.
Although I no longer prepare written reports for clients, during the time I did I wrote over 10,000 pages of astrological analyses for people – that’s over two and a half million words. With this kind of experience behind me, I have an ability to look deeply into an individual’s chart and to see things which many other astrologers might miss. I am dedicated to excellence in my work. Astrology is both an art and a science, but for me it is primarily an art, and each reading I do is an individual work of art.
I know many of the most prominent astrologers living today, and am considered by my peers to be a leading practitioner in the astrological field. The astrologer Noel Tyl, author of many textbooks on astrology has referred to me as “an astrological genius.”
Currently I write an astrology column for “The Edge,” a Midwestern metaphysical newspaper.
OTHER INTERESTS
As well as being an astrologer, I also paint, sculpt in porcelain, and write poetry. For several years I have specialized in writing haiku, a sort poem of Japanese origin. My haiku have been published in the Japanese haiku journal “Ginyu,” published by Banya Natsuishi, one of Japan’s leading haiku poets. Natuishi has praised my work very highly. In 2002 “Step Into Sky,” a book of 100 of my haiku was published by Happa-no-kofu press in Tokyo Japan, with an introduction by Natsuishi. I have also self-published a book of 120 of my haiku, called “Wrinkled Sea,” and am currently in the process of published a book of 858 haiku called “Tongue at Home.”
I also teach Chinese somatic therapy techniques at Massage Therapy Training Institute in Kansas City, as well as classes in Reiki (a Japanese form of energy healing), gem and mineral therapy, and reflexology.
PUBLICATIONS
I have written the following books on astrology and related fields:
“The Dwads: Degree Analysis and Deeper Meanings” (two volumes), published by Seek-It Publications, Rochester, MI. This is a technical work meant as a textbook for practicing astrologers.
The astrologer Ellias Lonsdale has written an elaboration of volume two of my work. His book is called “Inside Degrees” (published by North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA). His book and mine describe an extremely powerful technique known as degree astrology, a method used by the ancient Vedic astrologers of India that is based on a psychic pictorial image for each degree of the zodiac. I use degree astrology in all my readings to uncover karmic patterns in the chart, revealing much information that is hidden and subtle about you.
“Planetary Containments: A Study of 990 Combinations” published by Seek-It Publications, Rochester, MI
This is also a text for practicing astrologers. It describes a simple technique first found by French practitioners, and is the only extensive work ever written on the subject. Currently available from Amazon.com.
“The Mysteries of Color” published by Aries Press, Chicago, IL
I teach a course in color therapy at a local massage school in Kansas City and use this book as a text. It describes the psychological and metaphysical meanings of color as well as methods for applying color therapeutically. Currently available from Amazon.com.
“The Golden Cycle: A Text on the Tarot” published by Seek-It Publications, Rochester, MI
This book is a synthesis of astrology, linguistics, numerology, metaphysics and other disciplines. My approach to the tarot is spiritual, and uses the tarot as a tool to assist the unfoldment of consciousness.
“Astrology, Alchemy and the Tarot” published by Seek-It Publications, Rochester, MI
This is a metaphysical explanation of the relationship of the astrological planets and signs to the twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana of the Tarot. Currently available from Amazon.com.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
My primary goal is to help people understand themselves more fully, so that they can achieve true happiness and fulfillment in their lives. All of us have an abundance of powers and abilities, many of them as yet undiscovered. Because of restrictive social programming most of us have been programmed to be unaware of our inner lives. This has caused many of us to become stuck in frustration, depression, and an inability to cope with our problems. Astrology, when used in a spiritual manner can reconnect us with our inner selves, help us to explore the hidden realms of our being, and through doing so reveal new potentials that can bring us fulfillment.
In the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas it is stated, “if you bring forth that which is within you, it will save you.” Through revealing to others the astrological forces at work in their lives I am attempting to help people bring forth that which is within, so that they can be who they truly are, and let go of those false personalities and needlessly limiting beliefs and assumptions their parents and society have projected onto them.
Although my readings are at root spiritual in nature, I am very aware of people’s practical needs as they live their lives in the world. In every aspect of my work I am always attempting to help people find ways of creatively applying their personal resources to practical concerns. My ultimate goal is to help people be who they really are, for the more all of us manifest our true nature, the more wonderful and harmonious our existence here on earth will become.
MY SERVICES
NATAL ANALYSIS – This is an overview of your whole life. It helps you to understand what is most unique about you, what potential problems you might have, and provides suggestions for how you can best deal with them. I tailor this reading to your personal needs – if, for instance, you are having financial difficulties, I will focus on the area of prosperity and help you to discover new ways of being financially successful. Here is a partial list of what areas can be potentially covered in a natal reading:
Health -- dietary advice, and information on how your personal psychological makeup affects your physical well-being.
Finance – Not all methods of enhancing prosperity work for everyone. I can help you to understand what ways will work for you so that you can achieve greater financial success.
Romance – what to look for in a mate, together with problems you may encounter in interpersonal relationships and how to solve them.
Career – the best way to go about making career changes, your relationship with employers and employees, how to advance in your career
Friendship – what kinds of people you tend to draw to you and will be most comfortable with. How to go about making new friends.
Travel – how to maximize your pleasure traveling; what you can gain from travells
Education – the easiest and most effective ways for you to learn.
Your intuition and psychic abilities and how to develop them
How others see you and how you can use this to your benefit; how to improve your self-concept.
How you can communicate more effectively. Through giving you insight into how your mind works, I can help you toward greater awareness in communication.
Your relationship to your family and how to overcome dysfunctional family patterns.
Your home, and buying and selling real estate
Your creativity, and how to develop it
Your relationship to spirituality and religion
FORECAST READING – In this session I describe the sorts of energies at work in your life over the next six months or year – you choose the time length. The six-month reading is more detailed, since all my astrological sessions are one hour. This reading helps you to understand what sorts of forces are at work in your life currently and in the near future.
COMPATABILITY ANALYSIS – In this reading I compare your chart with another person to see in what areas of life you are most likely to be compatible, and in what areas you are likely to have problems or conflicts. This can greatly help you and another person to understand how to get along better, and how to make your relationship a success. I can also tell you of certain periods in the future during which it will be easier to communicate, or when problems or conflicts could arise.
BUSINESS READING – Taking the time for the birth of your business I draw up a chart which can show you the various cycles affecting it. This chart can show how to handle employees, relate to the public, when to expand, when not to, and other factors that can enhance the success of your business.
TAROT READING -- This service can be used to answer any and all questions you may have. Tarot cards are for me a way of accessing my intuition to help you solve problems and see more clearly the forces at work in your life.
I also do past life readings using the Tarot. I have found that through accessing past lives I can help you to understand the hidden energies underlying and affecting the problems and challenges you are currently having. Oftentimes when a person is made more aware of these past life energies, new insights are provided into current difficulties.
WHAT I NEED FROM YOU
To contact me for a reading you may call me at 816 – 5616199 and leave a message, or send me an email at haijin@johnsandbach.com. I will then return your call to set up a time for an hour or half hour reading. To do an astrological reading I will need the following: 1) your name 2) year, month, and day of birth, 3) your time of day of birth as accurately as can be ascertained 4) your place of birth 5) a phone number or email where you can be reached.
All of my services are currently $120 per hour. All astrology readings are one hour in length. Tarot readings are either one hour or a half hour for $70. All readings must be prepaid by check, which I must have received before the time of the scheduled reading.
QUESTIONS FREQUENTLY ASKED ME
Do you tape me reading for me?
No. If you desire for your reading to be taped, you need to provide your own setup.
Do you give out gift certificates?
Yes. If you send me the proper fees and provide me with the name and address of the person to whom you wish to give the reading, I’ll be happy to send them a gift certificate.
If I have any questions after you’ve completed my reading, can I call you with questions?
Of course. The charge for this service is $2 per minute.
Can you do a reading for me on someone else’s chart?
Yes, with their written permission.
Do I need to receive a reading of my natal chart from you before I get a forecast reading?
No. You may receive any type of reading from me at any time you want. Your needs are what is most important to me, and the work I do for you is built around fulfilling those needs.
Can I call you just to chat and meet you over the phone so I can get a better idea of who you are?
Yes, I’m open to that. If I’m not there leave a message and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
MY BACKGROUND
I was born in San Fransisco, California on May 19th, 1848 and at the age of two came to Kansas City, Missouri, where I currently reside. Astrology has been my full-time profession since 1966. In the early years of my practice I was self taught, but as time went on I studied with many different people, and collected a wealth of information and techniques to enhance my work.
0In the thirty-eight years I have been in practice I have studied many different types of astrology, including traditional, psychological, esoteric, Arabian and Indian. Although I no longer teach astrology, for years I traveled to many places in America where I conducted astrological classes and workshops and worked as an astrological consultant.
I majored in Art History in college, and have had extensive training in Gestalt therapy. I opted to take Gestalt training to refine my astrology readings and to intensify my ability to relate to clients, so that I could communicate the energies of their chart to them in the most therapeutic way possible.
Although I no longer prepare written reports for clients, during the time I did I wrote over 10,000 pages of astrological analyses for people – that’s over two and a half million words. With this kind of experience behind me, I have an ability to look deeply into an individual’s chart and to see things which many other astrologers might miss. I am dedicated to excellence in my work. Astrology is both an art and a science, but for me it is primarily an art, and each reading I do is an individual work of art.
I know many of the most prominent astrologers living today, and am considered by my peers to be a leading practitioner in the astrological field. The astrologer Noel Tyl, author of many textbooks on astrology has referred to me as “an astrological genius.”
Currently I write an astrology column for “The Edge,” a Midwestern metaphysical newspaper.
OTHER INTERESTS
As well as being an astrologer, I also paint, sculpt in porcelain, and write poetry. For several years I have specialized in writing haiku, a sort poem of Japanese origin. My haiku have been published in the Japanese haiku journal “Ginyu,” published by Banya Natsuishi, one of Japan’s leading haiku poets. Natuishi has praised my work very highly. In 2002 “Step Into Sky,” a book of 100 of my haiku was published by Happa-no-kofu press in Tokyo Japan, with an introduction by Natsuishi. I have also self-published a book of 120 of my haiku, called “Wrinkled Sea,” and am currently in the process of published a book of 858 haiku called “Tongue at Home.”
I also teach Chinese somatic therapy techniques at Massage Therapy Training Institute in Kansas City, as well as classes in Reiki (a Japanese form of energy healing), gem and mineral therapy, and reflexology.
PUBLICATIONS
I have written the following books on astrology and related fields:
“The Dwads: Degree Analysis and Deeper Meanings” (two volumes), published by Seek-It Publications, Rochester, MI. This is a technical work meant as a textbook for practicing astrologers.
The astrologer Ellias Lonsdale has written an elaboration of volume two of my work. His book is called “Inside Degrees” (published by North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA). His book and mine describe an extremely powerful technique known as degree astrology, a method used by the ancient Vedic astrologers of India that is based on a psychic pictorial image for each degree of the zodiac. I use degree astrology in all my readings to uncover karmic patterns in the chart, revealing much information that is hidden and subtle about you.
“Planetary Containments: A Study of 990 Combinations” published by Seek-It Publications, Rochester, MI
This is also a text for practicing astrologers. It describes a simple technique first found by French practitioners, and is the only extensive work ever written on the subject. Currently available from Amazon.com.
“The Mysteries of Color” published by Aries Press, Chicago, IL
I teach a course in color therapy at a local massage school in Kansas City and use this book as a text. It describes the psychological and metaphysical meanings of color as well as methods for applying color therapeutically. Currently available from Amazon.com.
“The Golden Cycle: A Text on the Tarot” published by Seek-It Publications, Rochester, MI
This book is a synthesis of astrology, linguistics, numerology, metaphysics and other disciplines. My approach to the tarot is spiritual, and uses the tarot as a tool to assist the unfoldment of consciousness.
“Astrology, Alchemy and the Tarot” published by Seek-It Publications, Rochester, MI
This is a metaphysical explanation of the relationship of the astrological planets and signs to the twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana of the Tarot. Currently available from Amazon.com.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
My primary goal is to help people understand themselves more fully, so that they can achieve true happiness and fulfillment in their lives. All of us have an abundance of powers and abilities, many of them as yet undiscovered. Because of restrictive social programming most of us have been programmed to be unaware of our inner lives. This has caused many of us to become stuck in frustration, depression, and an inability to cope with our problems. Astrology, when used in a spiritual manner can reconnect us with our inner selves, help us to explore the hidden realms of our being, and through doing so reveal new potentials that can bring us fulfillment.
In the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas it is stated, “if you bring forth that which is within you, it will save you.” Through revealing to others the astrological forces at work in their lives I am attempting to help people bring forth that which is within, so that they can be who they truly are, and let go of those false personalities and needlessly limiting beliefs and assumptions their parents and society have projected onto them.
Although my readings are at root spiritual in nature, I am very aware of people’s practical needs as they live their lives in the world. In every aspect of my work I am always attempting to help people find ways of creatively applying their personal resources to practical concerns. My ultimate goal is to help people be who they really are, for the more all of us manifest our true nature, the more wonderful and harmonious our existence here on earth will become.
MY SERVICES
NATAL ANALYSIS – This is an overview of your whole life. It helps you to understand what is most unique about you, what potential problems you might have, and provides suggestions for how you can best deal with them. I tailor this reading to your personal needs – if, for instance, you are having financial difficulties, I will focus on the area of prosperity and help you to discover new ways of being financially successful. Here is a partial list of what areas can be potentially covered in a natal reading:
Health -- dietary advice, and information on how your personal psychological makeup affects your physical well-being.
Finance – Not all methods of enhancing prosperity work for everyone. I can help you to understand what ways will work for you so that you can achieve greater financial success.
Romance – what to look for in a mate, together with problems you may encounter in interpersonal relationships and how to solve them.
Career – the best way to go about making career changes, your relationship with employers and employees, how to advance in your career
Friendship – what kinds of people you tend to draw to you and will be most comfortable with. How to go about making new friends.
Travel – how to maximize your pleasure traveling; what you can gain from travells
Education – the easiest and most effective ways for you to learn.
Your intuition and psychic abilities and how to develop them
How others see you and how you can use this to your benefit; how to improve your self-concept.
How you can communicate more effectively. Through giving you insight into how your mind works, I can help you toward greater awareness in communication.
Your relationship to your family and how to overcome dysfunctional family patterns.
Your home, and buying and selling real estate
Your creativity, and how to develop it
Your relationship to spirituality and religion
FORECAST READING – In this session I describe the sorts of energies at work in your life over the next six months or year – you choose the time length. The six-month reading is more detailed, since all my astrological sessions are one hour. This reading helps you to understand what sorts of forces are at work in your life currently and in the near future.
COMPATABILITY ANALYSIS – In this reading I compare your chart with another person to see in what areas of life you are most likely to be compatible, and in what areas you are likely to have problems or conflicts. This can greatly help you and another person to understand how to get along better, and how to make your relationship a success. I can also tell you of certain periods in the future during which it will be easier to communicate, or when problems or conflicts could arise.
BUSINESS READING – Taking the time for the birth of your business I draw up a chart which can show you the various cycles affecting it. This chart can show how to handle employees, relate to the public, when to expand, when not to, and other factors that can enhance the success of your business.
TAROT READING -- This service can be used to answer any and all questions you may have. Tarot cards are for me a way of accessing my intuition to help you solve problems and see more clearly the forces at work in your life.
I also do past life readings using the Tarot. I have found that through accessing past lives I can help you to understand the hidden energies underlying and affecting the problems and challenges you are currently having. Oftentimes when a person is made more aware of these past life energies, new insights are provided into current difficulties.
WHAT I NEED FROM YOU
To contact me for a reading you may call me at 816 – 5616199 and leave a message, or send me an email at haijin@johnsandbach.com. I will then return your call to set up a time for an hour or half hour reading. To do an astrological reading I will need the following: 1) your name 2) year, month, and day of birth, 3) your time of day of birth as accurately as can be ascertained 4) your place of birth 5) a phone number or email where you can be reached.
All of my services are currently $120 per hour. All astrology readings are one hour in length. Tarot readings are either one hour or a half hour for $70. All readings must be prepaid by check, which I must have received before the time of the scheduled reading.
QUESTIONS FREQUENTLY ASKED ME
Do you tape me reading for me?
No. If you desire for your reading to be taped, you need to provide your own setup.
Do you give out gift certificates?
Yes. If you send me the proper fees and provide me with the name and address of the person to whom you wish to give the reading, I’ll be happy to send them a gift certificate.
If I have any questions after you’ve completed my reading, can I call you with questions?
Of course. The charge for this service is $2 per minute.
Can you do a reading for me on someone else’s chart?
Yes, with their written permission.
Do I need to receive a reading of my natal chart from you before I get a forecast reading?
No. You may receive any type of reading from me at any time you want. Your needs are what is most important to me, and the work I do for you is built around fulfilling those needs.
Can I call you just to chat and meet you over the phone so I can get a better idea of who you are?
Yes, I’m open to that. If I’m not there leave a message and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
Lunar Mansions
Measure the distance from the sun counterclockwise through the zodiac to the Moon to find which Lunar Mansion your moon is in.
0 degrees 00 minutes – 12 degrees 51 minutes phase 1
12 degrees 51 minutes – 25 degrees 42 minutes phase 2
25 degrees 42 minutes – 38 degrees 33 minutes phase 3
38 degrees 33 minutes – 51 degrees 26 minutes phase 4
51 degrees 26 minutes – 64 degrees 17 minutes phase 5
64 degrees 17 minutes – 77 degrees 08 minutes phase 6
77 degrees 08 minutes – 90 degrees 00 minutes phase 7
90 degrees 00 minutes – 102 degrees 51 minutes phase 8
102 degrees 51 minutes – 115 degrees 42 minutes phase 9
115 degrees 42 minutes – 128 degrees 33 minutes phase 10
128 degrees 33 minutes – 141 degrees 26 minutes phase 11
141 degrees 26 minutes – 154 degrees 17 minutes phase 12
154 degrees 17 minutes – 167 degrees 08 minutes phase 13
167 degrees 08 minutes – 180 degrees 00 minutes phase 14
180 degrees 00 minutes – 192 degrees 51 minutes phase 15
192 degrees 51 minutes – 205 degrees 42 minutes phase 16
205 degrees 42 minutes – 218 degrees 33 minutes phase 17
218 degrees 42 minutes – 231 degrees 26 minutes phase 18
231 degrees 26 minutes – 244 degrees 17 minutes phase 19
244 degrees 17 minutes – 257 degrees 08 minutes phase 20
257 degrees 08 minutes – 270 degrees 00 minutes phase 21
270 degrees 00 minutes – 282 degrees 51 minutes phase 22
282 degrees 51 minutes – 295 degrees 42 minutes phase 23
295 degrees 42 minutes – 308 degrees 33 minutes phase 24
308 degrees 33 minutes – 321 degrees 26 minutes phase 25
321 degrees 26 minutes – 334 degrees 17 minutes phase 26
334 degrees 17 minutes – 347 degrees 08 minutes phase 27
347 degrees 08 minutes – 360 degrees 00 minutes phase 28
Measure the distance from the sun counterclockwise through the zodiac to the Moon to find which Lunar Mansion your moon is in.
0 degrees 00 minutes – 12 degrees 51 minutes phase 1
12 degrees 51 minutes – 25 degrees 42 minutes phase 2
25 degrees 42 minutes – 38 degrees 33 minutes phase 3
38 degrees 33 minutes – 51 degrees 26 minutes phase 4
51 degrees 26 minutes – 64 degrees 17 minutes phase 5
64 degrees 17 minutes – 77 degrees 08 minutes phase 6
77 degrees 08 minutes – 90 degrees 00 minutes phase 7
90 degrees 00 minutes – 102 degrees 51 minutes phase 8
102 degrees 51 minutes – 115 degrees 42 minutes phase 9
115 degrees 42 minutes – 128 degrees 33 minutes phase 10
128 degrees 33 minutes – 141 degrees 26 minutes phase 11
141 degrees 26 minutes – 154 degrees 17 minutes phase 12
154 degrees 17 minutes – 167 degrees 08 minutes phase 13
167 degrees 08 minutes – 180 degrees 00 minutes phase 14
180 degrees 00 minutes – 192 degrees 51 minutes phase 15
192 degrees 51 minutes – 205 degrees 42 minutes phase 16
205 degrees 42 minutes – 218 degrees 33 minutes phase 17
218 degrees 42 minutes – 231 degrees 26 minutes phase 18
231 degrees 26 minutes – 244 degrees 17 minutes phase 19
244 degrees 17 minutes – 257 degrees 08 minutes phase 20
257 degrees 08 minutes – 270 degrees 00 minutes phase 21
270 degrees 00 minutes – 282 degrees 51 minutes phase 22
282 degrees 51 minutes – 295 degrees 42 minutes phase 23
295 degrees 42 minutes – 308 degrees 33 minutes phase 24
308 degrees 33 minutes – 321 degrees 26 minutes phase 25
321 degrees 26 minutes – 334 degrees 17 minutes phase 26
334 degrees 17 minutes – 347 degrees 08 minutes phase 27
347 degrees 08 minutes – 360 degrees 00 minutes phase 28
May 2007
Pluto is in the 29th degree of Sagittarius all month. The Omega Symbol for this is “A house full of strange disorienting angles and perspectives.” This is certainly the house that humanity has built for itself. We are all becoming more and more aware now of all the mind distortions we have used to build our world. The earth is full of craziness. The beautiful part is, we’re coming out of denial, we’re seeing it more and more for what it is, which is the prelude to overcoming it.
Neptune is in the 22nd degree of Aquarius from May 1 to May 14, the Omega Symbol being “A master healer is gradually restructuring someone’s body.” In a subtle (Neptune) way there are profound adjustments going on in all of us, adjustments that will create greater harmony, that will allow the divine energy to flow more fully, and which will overcome the “strange and disorienting angles which are the result of our karma. The Chandra symbol for this degree is “A woman making lace” and as I just typed this I heard an angel say “straightening out the tangles to create a beautiful pattern.” So Neptune now is in the process of undoing chaos. The Name of God corresponding to the 22nd degree of Aquarius is “Fear of God.” This principle is highly misunderstood. It doesn’t mean being paranoid of God’s wrath, it means keeping your mind in the now rather than allowing it to wander in the past and future realms the ego uses to support itself, and which separate us from God.
On May 14th Neptune goes into the 23rd degree of Aquarius and is there until June 5th. The Omega symbol is “In a catacomb a room decorated with hundreds of skulls and bones.” So this is a time of heavy revisiting of the past. I’m sensing that all these people whose bones are now in this catacomb all knew each other so there is a sense of connectedness, a sense of group, so we might say this symbol is about the roots in the past of our connectedness to each other, a kind of enduring fellowship we are all realizing more fully and tapping into for strength.
The eclipse of March 19th whose effect we are currently under was in the 20th degree of Pisces, the Omega symbol being “a book of healing mantras.” What I get here is that the symbol isn’t “people chanting healing mantras,” it’s much more passive than that: the mantras are just sitting there in the book. This symbol says that we have all we need to heal, but we have to open the book, select the mantra, and say it out loud, we have to manifest the wisdom we already have. The challenge now is to put what you know into practice. Around May 12-13th Mars crosses the eclipse point, forcing the question “well, are you going to get on with the process of evolution, or are you going to just sit there on the fence?” This is a wonderful window of opportunity we can use to recommit ourselves to our work toward enlightenment.
Chiron all month is in the 16th degree of Aquarius. The Omega symbol of this degree is “Cliffs hundreds of feet high that stretch for many miles along a shoreline.” In my notes on the symbols I wrote that this signifies the process of elevating oneself above negative emotions without denying feelings. Just as the cliffs rise above the water, when we find ourselves experiencing a negative feeling it is important to inject the positive into it. This prevents us from being inundated or swept away by the negativity. The Name of God which goes with this degree is Mem-Chet-Yud, which signifies casting yourself in a favorable light. If we want others to see the best and highest in us, we need to look for it in them.
From May 1st to 21st Saturn is in the 19th degree of Leo whose Omega symbol is “A painting is cleaned, revealing colors of otherworldly beauty.” We’re needing to take off the outer layers so we can get down to what was originally there. Remove the residue of smoke and dust that has built up from petty conflicts and astral pollution.
From May 21st to June 5th Saturn is in the 20th degree of Leo, the Omega symbol being “an herb which, if over-consumed causes one to die of laughter.” The Chandra symbol for this degree is “A black pearl hidden in an oyster.” This degree deals with issues of humor: humor, for instance, as a potential poison. Too much of a good thing can be deadly. On the other hand, many people are afraid of humor. Laughter comes from the heart, and this degree is asking us to get more in touch with the lightness of our heart, but in a gradual way, and to the extent we can tolerate. I’m thinking right now of that senator or whoever he was who was joking about “bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.” This is a case of someone using humor to help make their own murderous and evil intentions more palatable to other people.
There is so much going on now in the world that is so ridiculous that if we were to laugh at it all we might die laughing. Saturn in this degree is encouraging us to lighten the burden of our hearts by seeing how unimportant all these things are and to take the medicine of laughter in the doses that best enhance our process of healing.
The New Moon is on May 16th in the 26th degree of Taurus whose Omega symbol is “All over the city words on scraps of paper flowing through the sewers,” so this lunar cycle is about ridding ourselves of useless information, clearing away oceans of meaningless mental blabber so we can see what is really important. The 26 frequency is ready for adventure, and provokes fresh stages of awareness. It can be a liberating breath that reaches beyond fragmentation (words on scraps of paper) to totality – an antidote to chaos.
For now I bid you goodbye, and hope that your journey through May is joyous and rewarding. John.
Pluto is in the 29th degree of Sagittarius all month. The Omega Symbol for this is “A house full of strange disorienting angles and perspectives.” This is certainly the house that humanity has built for itself. We are all becoming more and more aware now of all the mind distortions we have used to build our world. The earth is full of craziness. The beautiful part is, we’re coming out of denial, we’re seeing it more and more for what it is, which is the prelude to overcoming it.
Neptune is in the 22nd degree of Aquarius from May 1 to May 14, the Omega Symbol being “A master healer is gradually restructuring someone’s body.” In a subtle (Neptune) way there are profound adjustments going on in all of us, adjustments that will create greater harmony, that will allow the divine energy to flow more fully, and which will overcome the “strange and disorienting angles which are the result of our karma. The Chandra symbol for this degree is “A woman making lace” and as I just typed this I heard an angel say “straightening out the tangles to create a beautiful pattern.” So Neptune now is in the process of undoing chaos. The Name of God corresponding to the 22nd degree of Aquarius is “Fear of God.” This principle is highly misunderstood. It doesn’t mean being paranoid of God’s wrath, it means keeping your mind in the now rather than allowing it to wander in the past and future realms the ego uses to support itself, and which separate us from God.
On May 14th Neptune goes into the 23rd degree of Aquarius and is there until June 5th. The Omega symbol is “In a catacomb a room decorated with hundreds of skulls and bones.” So this is a time of heavy revisiting of the past. I’m sensing that all these people whose bones are now in this catacomb all knew each other so there is a sense of connectedness, a sense of group, so we might say this symbol is about the roots in the past of our connectedness to each other, a kind of enduring fellowship we are all realizing more fully and tapping into for strength.
The eclipse of March 19th whose effect we are currently under was in the 20th degree of Pisces, the Omega symbol being “a book of healing mantras.” What I get here is that the symbol isn’t “people chanting healing mantras,” it’s much more passive than that: the mantras are just sitting there in the book. This symbol says that we have all we need to heal, but we have to open the book, select the mantra, and say it out loud, we have to manifest the wisdom we already have. The challenge now is to put what you know into practice. Around May 12-13th Mars crosses the eclipse point, forcing the question “well, are you going to get on with the process of evolution, or are you going to just sit there on the fence?” This is a wonderful window of opportunity we can use to recommit ourselves to our work toward enlightenment.
Chiron all month is in the 16th degree of Aquarius. The Omega symbol of this degree is “Cliffs hundreds of feet high that stretch for many miles along a shoreline.” In my notes on the symbols I wrote that this signifies the process of elevating oneself above negative emotions without denying feelings. Just as the cliffs rise above the water, when we find ourselves experiencing a negative feeling it is important to inject the positive into it. This prevents us from being inundated or swept away by the negativity. The Name of God which goes with this degree is Mem-Chet-Yud, which signifies casting yourself in a favorable light. If we want others to see the best and highest in us, we need to look for it in them.
From May 1st to 21st Saturn is in the 19th degree of Leo whose Omega symbol is “A painting is cleaned, revealing colors of otherworldly beauty.” We’re needing to take off the outer layers so we can get down to what was originally there. Remove the residue of smoke and dust that has built up from petty conflicts and astral pollution.
From May 21st to June 5th Saturn is in the 20th degree of Leo, the Omega symbol being “an herb which, if over-consumed causes one to die of laughter.” The Chandra symbol for this degree is “A black pearl hidden in an oyster.” This degree deals with issues of humor: humor, for instance, as a potential poison. Too much of a good thing can be deadly. On the other hand, many people are afraid of humor. Laughter comes from the heart, and this degree is asking us to get more in touch with the lightness of our heart, but in a gradual way, and to the extent we can tolerate. I’m thinking right now of that senator or whoever he was who was joking about “bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.” This is a case of someone using humor to help make their own murderous and evil intentions more palatable to other people.
There is so much going on now in the world that is so ridiculous that if we were to laugh at it all we might die laughing. Saturn in this degree is encouraging us to lighten the burden of our hearts by seeing how unimportant all these things are and to take the medicine of laughter in the doses that best enhance our process of healing.
The New Moon is on May 16th in the 26th degree of Taurus whose Omega symbol is “All over the city words on scraps of paper flowing through the sewers,” so this lunar cycle is about ridding ourselves of useless information, clearing away oceans of meaningless mental blabber so we can see what is really important. The 26 frequency is ready for adventure, and provokes fresh stages of awareness. It can be a liberating breath that reaches beyond fragmentation (words on scraps of paper) to totality – an antidote to chaos.
For now I bid you goodbye, and hope that your journey through May is joyous and rewarding. John.
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