Is Astrology Evil? The Shocking Truth About Spiritual Horoscopes and Mediums

Is astrology evil? Does checking my horoscope constitute a religious violation of some sort? If so... how so? And what about psychic readings, or speaking to a medium or spiritual advisor before making an important life decision? Is that okay... or is that something that is frowned on by organized religion? Any of these questions sound familiar? If you are anything like the thousands of people who have asked EXACTLY this prior to seeking out astrological or spiritual advice, this article was written with YOU in mind! Curious to know more? Continue reading as we take a closer look below!

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You don't need me to tell you that ALL organized religions have "commentaries" about all sorts of common cultural practices. In biblical times there were many different types of oracles, prophets and "seers", who used a wide variety of different tools and techniques to "divine" the future.

And while some of the MOST famous people and prophets in all religions were those that used prophecy (and astrology) to divine future events, these very same leaders, and their followers often made rules that prohibited their followers from doing the same thing.

Hence, today... you'll hear very literal Bible interpreters of ALL religions claiming that seeing a psychic is wrong, or that seeking out spiritual guidance, especially when it comes to communicating with a loved one who has past, is to be avoided. (Even though these are the very same things that our religions want us to believe are possible, and can be the MOST healing and helpful activities we can all do to align our actions with our life purpose and passion)

The good news?

A spiritual psychic or astrological reading can do far more GOOD for your life, and your belief in a kind and loving universe, than years and years of blind faith ever could. I have a close friend who is a Rabbi, and who laughs and "officially" makes no comment about psychics and mediums when asked by his congregation.

And yet... in a small study group in which we participate together of spiritually likeminded seekers from all religious denominations, we all practice and learn Kaballah together in the hope of being able to explore spiritual realms, and see future events, and connect with our own karma and life purpose along the way.

You'll find similar truths in most spiritual organizations these days... and ALL religions have very deep practices that celebrate psychic abilities, spiritual communication and learning the TRUTH about reality by exploring non ordinary states of awareness as well. (There is Christian Mysticism, and Sufism in Islam, Kaballah in Judaism, and of course... all of the far East mediative practices are ALL about karma, prana, energy and spiritual realities that can be accessed through developing psychic powers).

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A Roadmap for Life: Numerology at Work

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More and more people are taking on the challenge of orchestrating and directing the shape of their lives. We’re applying all manner of clever plans, living with purpose and focusing with intention. Yet, a natural consequence of this self-determination is that people are feeling not only increasingly responsible for the outcome of their lives, but also pressured to prove they are equal to the challenge. You are told that if you visualize with intention and believe in your goals, you will attract what you want. Your success is in your hands. Abundance is just a thought away!

Well, not quite. Suppose you’ve been diligently focusing on attracting the things you want into your life. You’ve hired a coach. You’ve produced a dynamite, fail-proof plan. Yet, unforeseen circumstances arise and trends change, getting in the way of your progress and eventually diminishing your feelings of satisfaction. Your confidence falters. You wonder what went wrong.

In your planning, do you consider timing? Is it the right time to focus on business? On relationships? On money? On creativity? You would if you had a crystal ball, but you don’t, right? Well, actually, you do have one, and it is found right in your birth date. Numerologists have been using it for centuries, and it’s called the 9 Year Cycle. This information alone will add such a powerful backdrop to your planning and goal-setting activities that you’ll wonder how you managed without it all these years.

Each of the 9 Personal Years can be used as signposts along a roadmap of sorts, indicating trends that last one calendar year. To calculate your Personal Year number, first reduce the numbers of your birthday and month and the calendar year to a single digit, then calculate the sum of these three numbers. For example, for a birthday on June 12th, calculate the Personal Year for 2008 as follows:

1. Birth Month: June, 6th month
2. Birth Day: 12, 1 + 2 = 3
3. Calendar Year: 2008, 2 + 0 + 0 + 8 = 1
4. Add the results for the Month, Day and Year: 6 + 3 + 1 = 10.
5. Reduce the total to a single digit: 1 + 0 = 1. The Personal Year number for 2008 is 1.

Each of the 9 years has its own climate and tendencies. Much like planting tomatoes in June is more likely to produce a harvest than planting them during a January frost, choosing activities that are appropriate for your current trends will increase your chances of success during that year.

The 1 Personal Year This is a time of new beginnings, filled with enthusiasm and renewed energy. It is the ideal time to make adjustments to outdated areas of life, especially if events in the past have lead to loss of direction. The 1 Personal Year is often experienced as an important crossroads.

The 2 Personal Year Personal and business partnerships typically come to the fore in a 2 Personal Year. This is a time for cooperation, teamwork and receptivity. A certain amount of flexibility is required as new projects begun last year begin to take shape. Discernment is required.

The 3 Personal Year Energy explodes, possibilities abound, and what seemed previously guarded and tentative, now begins to bubble to the surface. New projects and ideas that emerged over the past two years are seeking expression. There can be much social activity, optimism and luck now.

The 4 Personal Year There are three keywords that accurately describe the 4 Personal Year: work, work and more work! Attend to the details and responsibilities of home, family health and work. This is a foundation period, time to set down roots, focus on essentials, and be organized.

The 5 Personal Year The routine gets a little shaking up in the 5 Personal Year. With a strong foundation in place, this is a great year for travel, expansion, innovation and new experiences. This is a great year for marketing and promotion. Much growth is possible now.

The 6 Personal Year The focus is on family and home life, and in particular, on all responsibilities for others, whether at home, in the community or in the workplace. This is a time for balance, peacefulness and service to others. This can be a happy time for love and relationships.

The 7 Personal Year This is a period of temporary withdrawal from the hustle and bustle of worldly and material existence. You feel the need to take time out, gather up inner strength and be better prepared to go all out in the big 8 Personal Year coming in the next year.

The 8 Personal Year This is the big year, the peak of your cycle, the culmination of all that hard work! Now you reap the fruits of your labours of the previous seven years. This is an excellent time for career, professional, business and financial activities and projects.

The 9 Personal Year This year wraps up the cycle, and is often an important year in that it can mark the start of an important transition period. It is a time of completion, wrapping up and winding down. Consider future possibilities without making long-term commitments.

By keeping the 9 Year cycle in mind when planning and goal setting, projects flow more smoothly. Knowing what to do and when to do it gives a greater sense of control and confidence, generally leading to a more positive outlook, all of which naturally contributes in increased success and more satisfactory results. The 9 Year Epicycle clearly indicates the what and the when.

Adapted from The Power of Time: Understanding the Cycles of Your Life's Path by Pauline Edward ©2007. Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd, 2143 Wooddale Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125. All rights reserved.

Pauline Edward (Quebec, Canada) is an astrologer-numerologist and speaker. She is the founder of A Time for Success, a consulting business specializing in Trends, Cycles, and Lifestyle Planning offering counseling, coaching and workshops for individuals and businesses worldwide. A Time for Success is the proud winner of a prestigious Chamber of Commerce Accolades award for excellence in business practice. Pauline is the author of The Power of Time: Understanding the Cycles of Your Life’s Path and Making Peace with God : The Journey of A Course in Miracles student.

With a background in the sciences and a fascination for all things mystical, Pauline’s journey has been enriched by a wide range of experiences from research in international economics, technical writing in R&D and computer training, to studies in astrology, numerology, meditation, yoga, shamanism, the Bach Flower Remedies, herbology, healing and Reiki. Her lifelong quest for truth and an understanding of the meaning of life eventually led her to A Course in Miracles, a study which has now become an integral part of her life.

When not working with clients, Pauline can be found indulging her passions for writing, renovating her home, gardening, or hosting dinners with family and friends. Learn more about her services, scheduled events and upcoming publications on her website: paulineedward.com.

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The Power of Your Emotional State

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“To be blind is to miss out on so much beauty but most of us waste this valuable gift by only choosing to see negativity.”

We all perceive the world through our senses, primarily the Visual – Auditory – Kinesthetic senses. In NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) we add in Olfactory (smell) and Gustatory (taste) and call these VAKOG. These are our internal representations of which we have one which is more active than the others in terms of how we feel about the world and the language we use. Some people’s primary representation changes according to the situation or their mood. We also refer to a sixth sense we call auditory digital which is self-talk.

Our experience of an event depends on our internal representations, or I/Rs for short. Through our filtering system, we delete, distort and generalize information received based on our attitudes, beliefs, values and experiences. No two people will give exactly the same account of an experience eg a traffic accident.

Alfred Korzybski noted, “The map is not the territory” meaning the map only represents the territory. A map of your country is not your country, only a graphic representation. The mental perception of a memory of an event is only our personal perception, not the event itself.

What we say or hear in our mind, or feel, will affect the behaviour we produce and our physiology. This in turn affects our emotional state. If someone is thinking unhappy thoughts, seeing someone in their mind whom they miss, their shoulders will droop, their mouth muscles will turn down and their whole physiology will become that of a depressed person. The more they hold that stance, the worse they will feel. But put a wide grin on your face, stupid as it may feel, pull your shoulders up and back and it is virtually impossible to feel depressed, regardless of the circumstances. Just a change in physiology has affected the emotional state for the better.

So, to control and direct our behaviours, we must control and direct our emotional state. To control our state, we must consciously direct our internal representations and physiologies.

When I attended a seminar which included the firewalk ie walking on burning coals, my prior belief was that I would not do the firewalk, indeed I could not. No way. Yet at 2am on the first night, I was standing barefoot on a tarmac carpark mentally preparing myself to reach the other side of the challenge to my limiting belief. It was 15 years ago and I do not remember what I did or said to myself but I do remember that I did it and so did another 2,000 people. When we release a limiting belief which does not serve us, we release other chains which have been holding us back. The firewalk is not an end it itself as it provides a new model for belief, allowing new areas to open in our life.

"A domino effect of potentiality."

The internal representations which produce a state that tells us that we cannot achieve are totally different to the new ones we can take on to empower us to produce positive results.

Sometimes we do not know what state we need to produce, what beliefs and attitudes to adopt and here we can model successful people. What do they say? What messages are they taking on board? How they do feel? We identify what is making them successful and then make those traits a part of us.

The kind of behaviour people produce is the result of the state they are in. How they specifically respond out of that state is based on their models of the world.
Most people turn on the TV to change their state. Watch a comedy, lose themselves in a drama or incomprehensible to me, choose to watch a dreary programme about people doing negative things, making them feel even worse than before. Or they turn to alcohol, drugs or more positively, exercise. All of these affect our state temporarily.

We can learn techniques which lock in positive states and recall them whenever we need a boost, without resorting to external stimuli or artificial substances. This is the power of NLP.

For more information, I recommend chapter 3 of Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins entitled "The Power of the State":

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Why Forgiveness is Important for You

One of the most important elements of my hypnotherapy practice is helping others understand the need for forgiveness. Many times, become wrapped up in the results and symptoms of our personal issues that we forget to look closely as to the cause of these problems. For example, one may be distressed with an over-eating problem, however, that person may not understand that the over-eating may be caused by an underlying issue. And that’s understandable, because all they may really b looking at is the image in the mirror and say to themselves, “I have to stop eating so much”. They begin to look at ways to correct this problem and the first thing that comes to mind is finding a diet that will help them to lose weight. The diet might work, at first, but the weight keeps coming back. This only makes matters worse, since they now have escalating feelings of failure to add to the weight problem. Of course, eating right (combined with physical activity) is an excellent approach to weight control, but what if the problem is rooted somewhere else?
We are told that in order to be “good” people, we should practice forgiveness. This is a fundamental concept in just about every faith and we know that it’s better not to carry around animosity as part of our personal baggage. But to truly understand the value of forgiveness, you need to learn to forgive yourself, as well. This something that I look for, when working with my clients. Because hypnotherapy is a collaborative affair, I work along with my clients to discover the underlying root causes of negative life scenarios. You would be surprised at the number of times a problem has stemmed directly from a lack of forgiveness, either for themselves or towards another individual. Dealing with this discovery is simplified due to the fact that, at no time, is the client not in complete control of their thoughts and actions. This also means that are no lapses in memory throughout the entire session .This is contrary to what some people may think, but hypnotherapy is not just standard hypnosis. This means that the issue is completely explored as opposed to a hypnotist who merely exerts their will over a subject, thus and “solutions” are short-lived at best.
After a hypnotherapy session, the client can come to more fully understand why it’s important to be able to forgive. So often, we are able to bring ourselves to forgive another person, but we can easily forget how to forgive another very important person – that’s you. If you find yourself facing a difficult issue, such as; depression, smoking, weight gain, career stalls, etc., it would certainly be worth your time to investigate the issue from an internal perspective through the use of hypnotherapy.

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Magical Associations Of Numbers

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People have always looked for symbols to humanize our feelings, our ideals, and our dreams. We are able to find a universe of knowledge in the smallest of tokens. Throughout our history, we have sought magical properties in planets, stones, plants and flowers, the character of animals, and in the ephemeral meanings of dreams and omens. We have searched the heavens, molding the stars into constellations to tell stories of our heroes and the magic that helped them fulfill their quests.

The planets, stones, and colors associated with numbers offer a bit more symbolism to associate with each number. There are many stones associated with each of the planets. The stones listed here were selected based on their color and healing qualities.

One: Beginning, Individuality, Leadership
Planet – Sun – your life force and will
Color – Red – ambition, enthusiasm, physical energy, and courage
Stones – Ruby – energizer, stimulator, raises self-esteem

Two: Duality, Partnership, Union
Planet – Moon – your emotions and inner life, that which makes you happy
Color – Orange – to seek companionship, sexuality
Stone - Carnelian – focus, to turn the internal idea into the external form

Three: Creativity, Expression, Growth
Planet – Jupiter – expansion, search for knowledge
Color – Yellow – joy, enthusiasm
Stone – Citrine – increases cheerfulness, sociability, warm feelings

Four: Process, Stabilization
Planet – Saturn – boundaries, mastery
Color – Green – growth, nourishment
Stone – Bloodstone – (heliotrope) reduces insecurity, increases stability

Five: Change, Freedom, Sensation
Planet – Mercury – movement, communication
Color – Light Blue – creative stimulation
Stone – Aquamarine – calms nervousness and tension, soothes

Six: Sharing, Family, Community
Planet – Venus – money, love, relationships
Color – Indigo - responsibility
Stones - Lapis Lazuli – to gain wisdom and good judgment

Seven: Rest, Truths, the Mysteries of Life
Planets - Uranus – sudden disruption, insight / Neptune – spirituality, idealism
Color – Purple – relaxation and inspiration
Stone – Amethyst - stone of sobriety

Eight: Success, Power, Achievement
Planet – Mars – energy, motivation
Color – Brown – power, strength
Stones - Petrified Wood – strength, durability

Nine: Compassion, Selfishness, Completion
Planet – Pluto – transformation, death and rebirth
Color – All colors
Stones – Geodes – progressive thinking, visualization

CJ Wright has been a numerologist for 15 years and is the author of "Year~Seer: The Nine Year Cycle of Life." She hosts a beginning level astrology group, ChartTalkStudy, on Yahoo Groups. You can read her article "The Victorian Language of Flowers and What It Revevals about the Bach Remedies" at: www.floweressencemagazine.com/aug07/languageofflowers.html

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The Subtle Arts of Covert Hypnosis

Covert hypnosis is commonly known as the art of persuasion or the subtle way to alter another person's views and beliefs and replacing them with a totally different thought. It has a lot of diverse forms and manifestations when there are times that people use it unconsciously.

It is also known as conversational hypnosis that can be used in different industries. This is usually applied in normal discussions wherein the user aims to get the conversation focused on him, which eventually will end up in positive results.

The subtle art of covert hypnosis is frequently beneficial in the business world. There are just some people who have become experts in the process of negotiations and there are those that excel in implementing marketing strategies. Salesmen must always appear credible in order to be successful in their fields. They may seem talkative at some points but the way they act is just a part of it. They would try to make clients agree with what they want by creating the rapport to close a business deal. Sometimes we look at salespersons as people who need us. It may be true, but when you analyze everything, during the entire process of the sale, you are the one being influenced into believing that you need them to give you the product. This is simply the subtle way of making another person to think the way you do.

Covert hypnosis is of course also used by psychologists for therapeutic treatments for certain conditions like; mental stress, insomnia and phobias. This is used to create a bond with patients by listening with what they have to say and what concerns those most as well as in making sure that the patients clearly identify their beliefs and ideas. Once the patient starts feeling that the therapist is listening and agreeing, they start to build trust, and the treatment will go smoothly.

Covert hypnosis is also used in monologues, which can come in different forms like; advertisements, announcements or speeches. Use of this technique allows the speaker to capture audience attention at once. The way the monologues go from beginning to end should be as effective as the start in order to keep the audiences' attention from wandering away from the speech. In TV advertisements, companies use voices that are deep and commanding. They do not use comforting voices because they want the viewers to watch and listen and get the message within the few allotted minutes. In most cases this is a very effectively advertising technique.

The subtle art of covert hypnosis is the way to manipulate and persuade, no matter what we call it. People use this technique to control the minds of other people to give in. Salespersons use it to make potential buyers make purchases and maybe return for more. Psychologists use it to make the patients think that they are safe, and it is alright to discuss anything. Speakers need to use this technique to capture and maintain audience attention. It is not a way to deceive but rather just an art of making other people think the way you do.

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