CRYSTAL STAR ORACLE CARDS AND STONES FOR MAY 2005 Keystone Card – Home
Area of Responsibility Card – 12th House
Astrological Influence Card – Aries
Color Therapy Card – Red
Crystal Energies – Lapis Lazuli, Snowflake Obsidian, Turquoise
Crystal Star Oracle Interpretation for May 2005:
Many of us Lightworker types want to investigate all the aspects of Spirit, but mostly as they relate to our upper chakras. How often do we hear our Lightworker friends say things like, “My crown chakra opened and I could feel white light flowing in,” “My brow chakra was tingling and I got a message.” “I knew it was true because I could feel it in my heart center.” However, you seldom hear someone say “I really felt that in my root chakra.” It seems as if we often look at our selves as energy beings only from the heart chakra up. So what is so uncomfortable about our lower chakras?
Sometimes I wonder if we ignore them because they are more related to our messier digestive and reproductive bodily functions. Whatever the reason, the Crystal Star Oracle says that it is time to find our roots, our root chakras, that is. It is time for us to find in them the spiritual function that they have, just like our other more aesthetically pleasing upper chakras. If you really think about it… without our root chakras we wouldn’t be able to enjoy exploring our upper chakras because we would likely not have much motivation to survive on the physical plane.
The area of Responsibility Card, 12th House, the Keystone Card, Home, and the Astrological Influence Card, Aries, all suggest that it is time for you to take a new spiritual look at the center of your physical home. Your lower chakras support the “home” you live in, and this home is supposed to be your sacred and safe place. Yet within those chakras you may find that you carry your most deeply rooted fears and your karmic and survival issues. The very chakras that support our existence in this three dimensional form are the ones we ignore because of unresolved fear. It is thought that we carry generations of personal and tribal energetic stamps within the lower chakras and especially the root chakra, which represents our tribal connection.
The Astrological Influence Card, Aries, represents creative survival and pioneering spirit. You have the opportunity to use this Arian energy to take positive action and look at new and innovative ways to explore the depths of your physicality and your spirituality through your lower chakras. As you begin to explore the spiritual aspects of your lower chakras be gentle and easy. It is okay to take it slowly. Impatience and aggressiveness, the less than lovely aspects of Aries, are not likely to be useful in helping you to open to your source of physicality.
The best way I can think of to start this process is to put down imaginary roots and ground yourself into the Earth. Each time you do this take time to FEEL the Mother Earth as a vital part of your existence. You might consider going on some self-guided meditations into each of the lower chakras to learn what is residing there that you are ready to know about and to embrace and/or release. However you decide to approach working with these chakras, it is important to enlist the support of someone you trust who will be available should you uncover deep issues that bring up those feelings of fear, shame, guilt, death, and pain. Once released from these your chakras can function as they were intended to function, to keep your organs healthy and to fill your body with Universal Life Force Energy, bringing you to a new level of happiness and vitality.
To assist in the process the Color Therapy Card for the month is Red, a very appropriate color for working with the root and other lower chakras. The energy of Red will help you to overcome fear, connect with your tribal self and give you the strength to cope with anything you are faced with. So this is a great time to splash some Red around your home and office. Maybe you can find a blooming Red Geranium for your front or back-porch, or a Red pot for your favorite indoor plant. A Red scarf thrown over a lamp shade will help bring the energy of Red into your home. Lying under Red light will help build your energy levels as well as protect you from discordant energies while improving your grounding.
The deep blue of Lapis Lazuli is representative of your ideal physical, mental, emotional and spiritual blueprint and will help you draw yourself towards that perfect state. Lapis Lazuli is an ancient and beloved stone of the Egyptians, who revered it for its alleged abilities to enhance psychic power; clear one's being of discordant energy and induce a state of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual perfection. Wear or carry a piece of Lapis Lazuli on your person this month so you can touch it whenever you have any feelings of insecurity or fear. If you sleep with Lapis Lazuli under your pillow or near your bed it will provide you with sacred subconscious knowledge to assist you in achieving your ultimate goals.
Beautifully Black and shiny, Snowflake Obsidian balances its energy with small white patches that look like scattered snowflakes. This is a wonderful stone to carry on your body while you are working with the lower chakras, especially the root chakra. So find a piece to keep in your pocket or in a small bag around your neck. If you have a piece that is tumbled and you are female, you can tuck it in your bra to have it in direct contact with your skin. You can also sometimes find jewelry made with this lovely stone. Snowflake Obsidian will shield you against negative energy and negative environments. It will also help you to stabilize your energy bodies and improve your ability to ground easily. And one of the great things about having Snowflake Obsidian around this month is that it will help you bring up those Root chakra issues to be healed and released so that you can find more resourceful ways of coping with the job of living.
Now this is getting weird. For the fourth month in a row I have pulled a Turquoise from the Oracle bag. I even put it back and tried again with the same result, so there has to be something very important that Turquoise is doing for us during this period of time. I suggest you continue to keep Turquoise nearby in a purse, or pocket. Wear your favorite turquoise jewelry so that you can take advantage of its strong shamanic healing power. Your Turquoise will connect you with heavenly energies and help you connect Father Sky and Mother Earth. Turquoise will provide for peaceful healing of your spirit, clearing and alignment of your body’s energy systems, and at the same time keep you grounded in the real world.
The process of spiritually exploring your lower chakras may bring up some heavy stuff for you to deal with, but if you persevere and treat your lower chakras with the same importance and respect as you give to your upper chakras you will find your life more balanced and peaceful, and fulfilling in ways you may have never imagined. We go up through our crowns and connect with Source and say we are One, and we go down through our Root and connect with the Mother and say we are One. As it is above so it is below.
Crystal Star Oracle Reading © 2005 by Carol Holaday
If you want to see the Crystal Star Oracle Overview for 2005 you can view it at my website www.wisdomcrystals.com where you will also find links to past Crystal Star Oracle Readings, articles on crystals and minerals, and a link to purchase your own set of the healing stones used in the Crystal Star Oracle and other crystal items. You may also contact me directly at Joysprite@....
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FREE ARTICLE SECTION:
Moonstruck May by Yvonne Hanson
“May, with a day devoted to celebrating Mothers, has five phases and the New Moon coincides with North America’s Mother’s Day.”
The Voice for Those who Cannot Speak by Vivianne Nantel
”…animals are spiritual tools of the Divine to help open people’s hearts and help us reconnect with the oneness of this universal creation and nature, and help us revive lost human values such as compassion, love, kindness, honor, worship, and respect.”
The Movie Mystic: The Upside of Anger by Stephen Simon
“Anger is indeed a powerful force that can literally sweep us up in its fiery grip and deposit us into a world where everyone around us reflects our own anger back to and at us.”
The Universe is a Circle by Egan Sanders
“A belief is like a blueprint. It is the plan or pattern to which all the materials needed to flesh it out are drawn.”
FEATURES:
A Case for Buoyancy Amy Jin Schmelzer
"If something is broken, then yes, fix it. But if something has served its purpose, then for Pete’s sake, let it go and get jazzed about creating something new.”
Adventures of a Palmist: Switching On the Ability by Terry Stokes
“Alone in my bed at night, my room came alive with visitors my parents and siblings could not see.”
Who Do You Think You Are? by Terry McBride
“I was so busy owning up to my human frailties and shortcomings I had no clue about my divine magnificence and authority.”
Developing Emotional Muscle by Mary Allen
“Just like our physical muscles need to be exercised, stretched and pushed to achieve maximum strength, maximum use and maximum pleasure (having well formed muscles is a nice feature, yes?), emotions too, need to be exercised, stretched and pushed to achieve maximum strength, use and pleasure (fulfillment).”
Shaking the Tree by Julia Tuchman
“I find that when I hold onto what is falling away out of fear that is when I experience pain.”
Answers from the Brotherhood of Light by Athene Raefiel
”True visioning is when a person is able to call upon their inner sense to see the vision and is open to receiving and interpreting the visions that are part of their learning and teaching.”
SERIES:
Meeting Papaji by Gangaji
“He was telling me that the way to discover my true self, my Self, is to drop every idea of myself, including every idea of success and every idea of failure.”
Gilding the Chalice - Excellence & Generosity by Marianne Weidlein
“… public education has failed to teach children basic cause and effect reasoning that is applicable to survival and everyday living.”
The Science of…: Beyond the Perception Horizon by Dr. Munchie
“Physicists realised that there was not enough time for light to get from one side of the universe to another at the speed we think it travels.”
Radical Dreaming: Sexual Dreams Are Not What They Seem by John D. Goldhammer
“Dreams are ruthless and often shocking in exposing influences from others, from society, from family, from groups, from ideologies, that threaten our ability to live our own lives.”
NEW SERIES: The Song of Creation by Michael Sharp, Ph.D.
“And Spirit thought and from that thought did spring crystal palaces and lush gardens, beautiful music and exalted art.”
Talking or Tying Shoes? by Robert Rabbin
“… wisdom and right livelihood are not two separate things, but one thing, without separable parts.”
Starting a Holistic Business Part 2 - The Legal Aspects of Business by Jennifer Hoffman
“As a holistic practitioner, you will be expected to adhere to certain ethical guidelines that include how you manage your practice, treat your patients and offer services.”
Heaven Letters by Gloria Wendroff
“The world is changing its clothing. It is coming from a new place, a higher place, where ideals are lived and where only ideals can be lived. The highest ideals.”
What Now My Love? - The Art of Conscious Relationships: If I were you.../You should... by Chick Moorman & Thomas Haller
“When you give advice, only two things can happen. Your partner can take the advice or reject it. Either way, the result is resentment on the part of one partner.”
Human Design System – A New Beginning: The Demise of the Catholic Church by Chetan Parkyn
With the passing of Karol Wojtyla, (also known as Pope John Paul 2, Bishop of Rome, it is my heartfelt and great delight to proclaim the imminent demise of the Roman Catholic Church.
Feel Good Guide to Prosperity: Part 2 Your Role in Attraction by Eva Gregory
“One of the challenges we face when we begin doing things differently in our lives is that it upsets the balance those around us feel.”
The Key to Light: Let There Be Light by Judy Beebe
“The SUN is the fiery furnace which is dedicated to transforming this planet into a spiritually loving and joy-filled home for spiritual seekers.”
COLUMNS:
Wisdom of the Rainbow Serpent Nakia as channeled by Maria Yraceburu
“How can you be lonely or feel that no one cares, when the flame that burns within you is filled with Ancient One's prayers?”
Music Box by Tony Tolin
“When we transcend duality, we come to see that the two sides of the coin are still the same coin.”
From the Heart - Keeping up with the keys by Alan Cohen
“Good things are wanting and trying to happen to you and through you.”
MONTHLY CYCLES:
Numbers by Design May Numerology by Kathleen Jacoby
Check your number for the year in the Numbers By Design column for insights and suggestions to assist you in making the most of the possibilities presented.
Planetary Cycles: May - 05 Astrology by Carolina Eastwood-Parkyn
“Taurus often bestows physical beauty, but can also bring a tendency to inertia and an innate stubbornness that can be frustrating to those in relationship with our Taurus brothers and sisters.”
DIRECT REFLECTION:
Amara Multidimensional Symbols by Omar and Nichole Antila
“The focus of this whole symbol is the human, our physical form. All that is around the form is radiated/reflected from within… and all that is around it merges back into it.”
Losing Faith in Fairies, Angels & Spirit Guides by Skye Thomas
“If you’re expecting your angels and guides to behave like perfect saints, then you probably are going to get mad at them.”
VISION QUEST:
Paintings: Within the Small of Me by Ronni Ann Hall
“Within the small of me lies a writer, a prolific writer in love with words and poems and visions of light.”
Clay Sculpture: The Power of Angels by Judith Kajiwara
“Be not so concerned as to whether or not you have the perfectly fit and lithe body of a trained athlete, but rather invoke the spirit of joy, and find organic _expression through the body you have now.”
Photography: Conscious Waters by Avenescent
“Today, life is clearly about being, rather than doing. Today, life is clearly about giving, rather than learning.”
BOOK EXCERPT:
The Invisible Garment: 30 Spiritual Principles that Weave the Fabric of Human Life by Connie Kaplan
“When we feel ourselves unraveling, we want to be reminded of our connection to something greater than our small, separate realities.”
BONUS BOOK EXCERPT:
It’s Only Temporary by Eric Shapiro
“If men and women were to exist in a few hundred years, and if they were to take pen to paper and write of legendary things, I expect that they would write about me and The Wolf.”
COVER:
The Violet Flame by David Gilmour
1978 was my last year of high school, and I was at a crossroads.
EDITOR’S LETTER by Sandie Sedgbeer
Did you ever stumble across something that has such a great impact on you that you feel compelled to share it with everyone you meet?”
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