How To Make Everyday GemStone Elixirs

It’s super, super easy. Anyone can do it. Let me tell you how! With pictures!

There are two types of elixirs that I make. The first elixir is the one that I make in my every day life for drinking, which this article will be focused on. Most of the time my water is infused with some type of mineral when I’m not travelling (and whenever possible when travelling). The second are the type that I make for Willow’s Lavender.

The every day elixirs that I drink are made for quick consumption and are less time consuming to make. They usually have just one or two minerals in them due to fast turnover. I don’t keep extra’s of any of the elixir around because if I want rose quartz water instead of amethyst water I’ll simply make it that day, whereas the elixirs in the store a combination of gemstones to maximize the potency of the mineral kingdom for a specific usage created in ceremony. The process is detailed here.

Before we start lets talk about why on Mother Earth would you want to infuse your water with gemstones? I’ll give you three reasons:

1. Every time you drink water you could be sipping magickal crystal frequencies that heal your body effortlessly, with no thought on your part!

2. It’s a simple, easy, effective way to help attain or maintain the level of consciousness you desire.

3. You bless your water, and when you bless your water you change what the water holds. This means that the unwanted chemicals that don’t serve your body are filtered out, and you are drinking “clean” water.

Let’s get you started on making your own everyday gemstone elixirs!

Step One: The first thing to do is research. Ask yourself, what do you want the elixir to do? What qualities do you want to draw into your life? What do you want to become more of? What do you want to release/heal?

Then check out the crystals and minerals that will help you with that.

I usually use a combination of resources when I do my research. They are good ol’google, The Book of Stones: Who They Are & What They Teach and Love Is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals. Sometimes I’ll use the Liquid Crystal Oracle cards too. After a while you’ll get to know the minerals better and will begin to trust when you intuitively pick out the crystals. Often I’ll just ask my minerals “Who would serve me best in my water?” and go from there.

At this point in the journey its important to double check two things: Does the mineral you’ve chosen dissolve in water? Is the mineral you’ve chosen poisonous?

This is the list that I use.

If you find that your crystals is either water dissoluble or poisonous you can still use it, don’t worry, there’s just a couple extra steps involved because you have to use the double jar method instead of just one jar. The double jar method requires a small jar with a lid that easily fits inside the large jar you are using.

I’m a bit picky so I use glass only when making gemstone elixirs. I never touch the water with metals (caps excluded – I haven’t been able to find glass lids yet) or plastics (the worst!). The water will absorb materials from whatever you put it in and glass tends to be the cleanest so I use glass as much as possible.

You may want to make sure you are in a quiet space to better focus until you are well practised. This part of the process takes a maximum of ten minutes.

You are ready to begin when you’ve assembled the following:

One mason jar (or two if you are doing the double jar method as detailed above)
Your chosen mineral(s)
Water (preferably distilled, however, I often use tap/filtered water – do the best with what you have.)

Step Two: Fill the large jar with water and bless it.

If you are doing the double jar method make sure there is enough room for the small jar to fit without overflowing the large jar.

After the water is inside the jar take a moment to pray over it and to it. Thank it for the wonderful blessings it gives our bodies, thank it for healing our bodies, thank it for flushing toxins out of our body. Thank it for the love it gives us, for the nourishment it provides it. Tell it how wonderful it is and how grateful you are to drink it.

Imagine you are sending love to the water. I will typically stand with my feet firmly planted on the ground, head bowed, both my palms on either side of the jar. I spend a few minutes just pouring out love and gratitude for the water. Then I ask it to bless my body and all who drink this water. I ask for it to accept the mineral I’m about to put in for healing, love and light. I will often visualize matching scenes or symbols as I pray over the water like the Violet Flame or Cho Ko Rei.

This changes the entire structure of the water.

Step Three: Activate & program your mineral.

Then take the mineral, or one mineral at a time if you are using more than one, and place it in the palm of your hands. Either roll it between your palms or simply hold it if its fragile. And begin to program your mineral.

1. Connect to the mineral.
2. Ask the mineral to work with your intention, bringing the qualities you want to the water, infusing the water with with its Divine Unconditional love and healing.
3. Thank the mineral.

Step Four: Place the mineral(s) in the water in the large jar.

If you are using the double jar method place the mineral(s) inside the small jar with the lid on tightly and put the small jar in the big jar.

Step Five: Pray over the water again (optional).

At this point I place both my hands on either side and do a quick prayer asking that the water be infused with properities of this mineral, and state my intention. I say thank you, and relax.

Step Six: You have gemstone infused water!

Enjoy it! Make a refill any time you want!

Experiment too! I’ve had some crazy experiences with certain minerals, but sometimes that’s the best way to learn. I will say that its definitely a lot of fun with the mineral kingdom.

P.S.

If you decide to make an elixir with moldavite, unless you are the 10% of the population that feels grounded with moldavite, please, please, please use a more grounding stone, too, like amethyst and black obsidian. A pure moldavite elixir should pop up with a “Do not drive after drinking or operate heavy machinery or use sharp objects.”

Five Crystal Must-Haves (For Beginners)

Many people ask me what kind of crystal they should get for their crystal collection when they are first starting out. It always surprises me and I’m never sure what to say because where I operate from now is that each mineral is so individualized to give a generic list seems almost impossible.

The more I thought about it though, the more that I realized that I do have minerals in my collection that I view as a must-have in order for a personal crystal collection to be complete. Many of them are just so versatile that to be without would be foolish, in my opinion!

Here’s the list for those of you new to the crystal realms!

1. Citrine ~ works with the solar plexus

This is one of the minerals I probably use the most. Its one of the few minerals that all humans agree doesn’t need cleansing or clearing ever, and it will cleanse/clear your other minerals. It has a focus on abundance, clarity and harnessing your inner power as it works with the solar plexus. It cleanses and purifies the spaces that its in as well. I’ve kept a small piece of citrine in my wallet for years to help clear the energy in my life around finances.

I have a piece on my alter that I regularly use to clear my crystals. The particular piece I use was gifted to me to be used in clearing of spaces ceremony, and it has attended every single house clearing I have done since. It is invaluable to me, travelling in bags with other minerals clearing them as we move to our next destination. In meditations it has brought healing and clearing to my solar plexus.

This mineral isn’t the fastest working mineral. Effects can be amplified with herkimer or quartz, or by placing it in a grid. Otherwise this mineral works slow and steady. Its persistent and determined with a steady pace, and will raise your frequency to be the same.

I recently decided I was going to work more with citrine on an abundance level. In the Liquid Oracle Crystal book (that comes with the cards) there is an exercise I’ve just prepared for: Take one orange candle and place it above the citrine card (in a candle holder). In between place a piece of paper with what you desire written on it. Burn the candle and meditate on what you want for 7 minutes each day for 21 days. What you want will either have manifested or you will know why not.

I’ll let you know how it goes when I try it!

2. Amethyst ~ works with the third eye

A multi-dimensional purple stone that clears spaces. Amethyst is one of the great transmutation stones and has been found in several different variations over the last fifty years or so. Any of the variations from auralite to super seven are great and powerful. Amethyst is a great mineral to have around because of its transmutation properties: it clears spaces, and helps keep everything at a rather high frequency.

It also works with the third eye, the intuitive center. Meditation with a piece of amethyst at your third eye will activate and open the chakra, if it isn’t already. Meditating simply holding the mineral in your hands and visualizing your energy filtering through the amethyst is an effective meditation of changing, healing, shifting your auric field. If your third eye is overactive meditating with amethyst will bring it into balance.

I have clusters, tumbled, and raw pieces of amethyst and its variations that litter my room and crystal collection. They are invaluable to me, and I usually rotate between the different ones which travel with me.

3. Rose Quartz ~ works with the heart

This one is a must have, especially for our Western Culture. This is a mineral that helps us to learn to love ourselves. When meditating with this mineral one can feel the pure love it emanates. It heals us by allowing us to receive love from ourselves and from others. It softly and gently leads us to a place where we can take care of ourselves first, and understanding that it’s okay to be selfish sometimes if that means you are taking care of yourself.

I worked with a big rose quartz ball for two years that was gifted to me. This past summer I gifted it to a wonderful woman. Rosie and I slept together almost every night during the period we were working with each other. I began a practice of asking myself when making decisions: Is this an act of self-love?

I learned to be okay releasing that which wasn’t serving me, which was challenging at times due to my own neurosis. I learned to recognize and be okay with the neurosis that I carry, seeing that it isn’t me. And the neurosis when expressed by others aren’t them either. It became easier to see the soul of others and myself. It became easier to not identify with my feelings.

And during that two years I really got to know myself well. And accept most of me.

Rose quartz is such a gentle, loving presence that subtly works on your energetic fields you will hardly feel it. If you do it will feel like you’ve fallen into a soft love cloud.

4. Selenite ~ works with the aura & all chakras

This is a soft white mineral who’s energy is equally as soft. It is a self clearing mineral as well, and I’ve worked with it in various forms, but mostly wands. This is an epic aura cleanser, and balancer of the energies in your chakras. It is the mineral to grab for healing work if you are unsure which one to use because its so versatile.

I’ve used this mineral to extract and reduce pain, to clear the aura, to clear the chakras, in dream work, to open up my intuition and to faciliate communication with my guides. I keep a selenite wand beside my bed always to clear the dream space to allow me to have good dreams, similar to a dream catcher.

5. A grounding mineral ~ works with the root/sacral depending on mineral

I couldn’t decide what to make the fifth mineral. There are so many amazing ones, so I tried to imagine that I had a back of these four minerals, what would make it feel complete? A mineral for grounding! But which one? That depends on the person’s frequencies!

This last mineral I would say would need to be one of the following: Hematite, Black Obsidian, Black Tourmaline or Carnelian. All of these minerals can be used for grounding from a different frequency and a different way. It’s up to you to use the one that is most effective for you.

Some minerals I find too heavy for me and get headaches, slow and a lack of clarity. Other minerals don’t seem to affect me, while some minerals are just perfect for me, like carnelian.

So if I were to give you or sell you a bag of minerals as a starter set to the mineral kingdom that’s what I would put in the bag, with whichever grounding crystal you would prefer. This gives you ample minerals to explore and get you used to their energies and the way they work without overwhelming you. The minerals are powerful and versatile but gentle, so its a beautiful introduction to the mineral kingdom in my opinion.

The 4 Most Intriguing Crystals of Summer 2013 Part 2

Welcome back! Are you as curious as I am excited to share these next two crystals with you? Be prepared to be amazed!

3. A.R.C.rystal or ARC Vogel Crystal

What a beauty. This crystal is perfectly cut to a knife sharp point. It’s tiny, orange, and there seems to be no defect whatsover. This crystal was gifted to me during my travels on a RV named Grace, that literally ran on grace. The man who owned and drove the RV is a Soul Brother of mine. My friend and I caught a ride with him and at some point on the trip he gifted myself and my friend each one of these beauts.

He told us that they were very, very special crystals, and that he felt we would use them well. I had never seen anything like them, as I held it up to the sun looking at the dust-filled hole. The dust is made of approximately 26 different minerals crushed up into fine dust. The dust then fills the hole, capped with gold, so that the vogel amplifies the mineral mixture.

The vogel is cut to vibrate at the same frequency as water which causes a resonant reaction to your body. This reaction allows the crystal and your body to exchange information effortlessly. Vogels are known to be able to transfer geometric patterns to the body in a process called piezoelectric resonance. The transfer of geometric patterns with a Vogel cut crystal allows for the DNA to be altered in our bodies.

On top of all of this, one of the crystal keepers that I met over the summer and I got to talking about this crystal. I wanted more information on it and I was wondering if he had any. He knew exactly what I was talking about when I mentioned it to him because he had a friend who worked at actually creating these minerals – cutting them and the composition of the mineral dust. There are only two machines in the world that can cut a mineral to the exact dimensions that it must be to even be considered a vogel.

There are also a wide variety of technologies that he mentioned that are being created using vogels. Marcel Vogel is the genius behind this potent crystal, and also the most knowledgeable on it. There is a series of videos on YouTube that he made.

Another vogel entered my life earlier that summer but I hadn’t thought the two were similar until the end of summer. That vogel was one kept by a powerful priestess. It was unlike anything I had ever read before in my life: the power that emanated from it, the consciousness from which it spoke, the information it contained for her to unlock. These vogels are something else.

ARC Vogel Crystals

4. Yeh Ming Ju or Yeh Ming Zhu

While I was travelling around I kept running into the same people who were travelling a similar circuit. Throughout the summer, until the last festival I attended I kept hearing about a mysterious crystal called the Yeh Ming Ju (pronounced Yeh Men Jay). I had been hearing about this mysterious crystal all summer, and on top of it all, it apparently glows!

And let me tell you – that last festival was filled with glowing crystals from the rainbow moonstone blue opal on my forehead (long story) to the man who used magic to make crystals glow from the inside out to the yeh ming ju’s.

Finally I approached the man selling them, demanded it really, to see the yeh ming ju, since he was always so busy with the many people that were in and out of the tea house he sold crystals at.

Silently, before all of us, he took out a large wooden box filled with various yeh ming ju of all sizes, shapes and colours. “They come in three colours,” said he. “Blue, green or purple.”

He selected one, and walked over to the lamp lighting the tent. He stood for about thirty seconds with the yeh min ju held up to the light. Then he flicked off the light and the tent fell to darkness as completely as it was dark outside. A chorus of Ooooo’s and Aahhh’s sounded by all in the tent as the mysterious mineral was glowing in his hands.

He turned back on the light and wordlessly passed the mineral to me. Wide-eyed I took it and placed in in my hands. I had to focus hard – normal conversations had returned – I knew it might be a long while before I was able to work with the mineral one on one over an extended period. I closed my eyes and tuned in.

I was walking down a path, the mineral guiding me down a dark tunnel. We went through a doorway with two massive wood doors, and I was welcomed by the Beings that work through this mineral. They didn’t introduce themselves; they just simply asked if I was ready to accept the mineral.

Part of me wanted to say yes but I said no. They asked the question and I could see vines growing around me desiring to bind me with this particular yeh ming ju. I declined the offer, and walked away. The words of another crystal keeper replayed in my head: yeh ming ju’s bond with their keeper just like moldavite does. They are life long companions.

I opened my eyes and my whole body came back alive as I looked at the man who had let me hold the mineral. “How much are they?”

“One hundred and fifty dollars.”

I looked down at the pea sized yeh ming ju with sadness in my heart. It would not be coming home with me today. I gave it back to the crystal keeper and thanked him before bounding out of the tent back into the night.

It was an amazing experience that has left me intrigued beyond belief. I am so excited to share this mineral with others, even though I have yet to work with a piece deeply.

The yeh ming jeh comes from China where legends abound about it. It is a very rare mineral and there are three varieties. Ancient Yeh Ming Jeh which were owned by the royal families of China. There are the counterfeits often sold in the Chinese markets. And there are Modern Yeh Ming Jeh, which was the one that I experienced.

The Modern Yeh Ming Jeh are lab created making them much more available to people worldwide. They contain the same rare earth elements as the Ancient Yeh Ming Jeh and are alchemized in a specific way to recreate the mineral.

Different colours do different things, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot written about them yet. I can’t wait to work with them further!

Yeh Ming Zhu Blog
Yeh Ming Zhu Supplier/Writer
Picture Source

The 4 Most Intriguing Crystals of Summer 2013 Part 1

This past summer I went on a journey, a pilgrimage if you will. It wasn’t planned on my part. I simply dreamt that it was time for me to go travel, and when I woke up the Universe had already constructed a plan to get me travelling and out the door. I was gifted the chance to meet many magical crystal beings and fewer but equally as magical crystal keepers throughout my travels.

I’d like to share with the four most intriguing minerals I came across this summer, a few of which I have the privilege and joy of working with, in no particular order.

The Andara I’ve been working with. It has an angels wing on the other side. 🙂

Woah! Can I just say, wow! The first pieces of Anadara I encountered in the Crystal Room in Mt. Shasta. If your unfamiliar with the Crystal Room it is actually an eight room crystal store tucked around the corner from the main drag of the town of Mt. Shasta. I cried the first time I went in because of the overwhelming love inside the store, which tells me the crystals are well loved and taken care of.

I wandered all the way to the last room in the shop and on the floor were sitting two huge chunks of aqua-blue Andara. I had never seen anything like it before. They were just like glass, but different. I touched one and tuned into it, someone playing a crystal bowl in the background.

Instantly I was transported underwater to Atlantis. It opened up its doors and I saw all sorts of mystical fish and sealife including mermaids. Entering cave up to dry land we stopped. I began to witness a scene. I could feel myself being pulled in very deep and I didn’t have time to sit at the moment so I pulled myself out of it. I queried the shop workers, but they didn’t know too much about it except for the name of the crystal.

I was fascinated since that day. I saw various pieces, and noted that the prices were rising over the summer to $183 for a fairly small chunk at one of the mineral stores in Shasta I was frequently – way over priced, over double what it is at cost.

I also came across arguments: are they real? What are they? How do you tell real ones from glass?

If you can’t feel the difference it would be a challenge I would guess. I was in Ashland, Oregon going for a massage when I came across a woman who was selling them for her friend. She hadn’t sold very many of them. For the same sized chunk as mentioned above, it was only $40. It was all I had in my wallet but I knew one was coming home with me.

Mine is rose pink, and I’d love to work with the aqua blue. I was also able to work with large smokey andaras over the summer. I channelled that they each align colour-wise with the chakra system, expanding, balancing and anchoring in higher levels of consciousness. They work fast and are potent for the people working with them. They are gifted to us at this time to help us raise consciousness to the true level of where we are supposed to be.

Research states that they come from only one place in the world, found on Nellie’s Land. They are composed of prima matra and are not volcanic glass even though they look like glass. They are currently gaining notoriety in the metaphysical world as fast consciousness expanders, powerful healing tools, and gateways to other realms.

I’ve just begun working with mine in deep meditation, and wow. It’s amazing. I would love to work with more of different colours. Each Andara is connected to an Ascended Master aligned to the colour of the Sacred Flames.

You can find more info about Andaras at this links:

Nellie’s Website
Blog about Andaras
Channel about Andaras
Sciencey View

The Azeztulite I’ve been working with. The white wand from Mt. Shasta and two pieces from a client.

2. Azeztulite

I collected a few pieces over the summer: white, rose and gold. The rose and gold were chosen by a client of mine who knew I was looking for this mineral due to its properties as an ascension mineral. It, too, came to the planet at this time to help with the consciousness and to help us grow faster. It is also a questionable mineral, many people wondering how to tell the difference between quartz and azeztulite.

I was in Shasta when I had a dream that told me to go to Soul Connections, a crystal store in Shasta. I woke up and told my friend that we have to go to Soul Connections today. We walked in and I was guided to go to the azeztulite section which I had been watching all summer long for a piece that called to me and I could afford. Sitting on the top of the pile was my piece, the most beautiful piece of azeztulite I had seen them carry all summer (as shown in the picture). My friend bought the crystal for me that was out of my price range, thankfully, and I’ve enjoyed it every since.

The minerals contain a soft frequency that unfold into transcendence and uplift. It elevates one to the joy and happiness that are our birthrights, allowing us to release all that doesn’t serve. Each one works on a ray with a specific being, similar to the Andaras. If you are familiar with the Sacred Flames you can match both the Andaras and Azeztulites to the various flames I feel. Azeztulite work in a more well round way instead of having a laser-like focus. They are just generally more soft and feel like a loving grandmother to me.

In meditations they have proven to be potent. They connect to higher realms with a softness and overflowing love that just holds a person in a place of peace and joy, allowing the world around them to go by. It’s not a passive allowance, but a surrender to the flow, a lack of attachment. Its time to just be.

If you have the opportunity to work with these guys, do it. I’m still exploring their gifts. The white one came to me to be used on others, combining amazingly well with the ametrine wand I often use. Together, used on the hands, they bring others to other dimensions and provide an experience of synaesthesia. If you can sit with a piece of ametrine and a piece of azeztulite I highly recommend it.

If you want to read more about this mineral look it up in The Book of Stones: Who They Are & What They Teach. They have quite an extensive section on it, the best place to read about it actually.

Apparently I have a lot to say about these minerals! Stayed tuned for Part Two next week! You will not be disappointed!

The Difference Between an Oracle and a Card Reader

I’ve been working in this field for a few years now establishing myself and what I do. My main clientèle has been friends or friends of friends that are walking a similar path with similar goals: they desire to know about their soul, they are interested in their evolutionary and ascension processes, they want to learn about themselves and the world around them.

Last year I decided to take my business to a new level in a couple of different ways.

First I decided to get a job as an online psychic. I thought it would be great because it would allow me to establish an online and location independent source of income which furthers my life goals and gives me practice doing what I love. I had an image of giving powerful card readings to people who wanted to receive the information.

Second I went around to local businesses and gave them proposals to see if I could offer readings in partnership with one of the businesses. I figured that this would establish a local clientèle faster and would get my name out there as a reader.

There was one thing I was not expecting to learn: the difference between a card reader and an oracle.

I received what I wanted, both an online job as a psychic and work in a local cafe.

Neither were what I was expecting. The local cafe was a low paying gig with a possibility that if I were there long enough I would gradually gain clientelle. It was a positive experience overall, I just know that now I would not lower my prices again by as much as I did even to gain clientelle. I wasn’t receiving my favorite clients, the ones that let me go deep into my own soul for answers.

The online psychic job really was what made me understand who my clientelle really is. Online I was being asked what I consider fluff questions: When is the girl I like going to text me? My husband is coming over; we are separated, do you think it will go well? Tell me the name of my next lover. And so on. These are just a few examples of questions that were asked.

I hated it. I wanted to go deeper. I wanted to go into the soul of things. These clients would pay the shortest amount of time they could to get the answer they wanted and then off they would go. I wasn’t allowed to go into depth with these clients which gave my interactions a surface level of feeling.

I’m not saying that to worry about love in your life is a bad or negative. I’m saying that when it is your obsession it is not healthy, and when I tuned into these clients it is an obsession with love because there is nothing else to focus the mind on. There are more important things to worry about than about your love life. What about the life of your soul?

And then one day I realized that was the difference between a reader and and oracle.

A reader is good at giving you the more superficial stuff. They are happy to tell you who your next lover is going to be, where you will next, and all of that jazz. In fact, that is more of the focus of the reading because that’s what most people want to know. Readers can go deep into your personality and into what is going on in the past and future. In my experience they often do.

All of this is extremely useful. It helps a lot of people and is not a bad thing. It is just different from what I do.

Oracles may touch on all of those things but they are far from the focus of the reading. A reading with an oracles is something that goes deep, goes all the way to the depths of the soul, takes you on a journey. It is honest.

And the honest truth is that sometimes we can’t tell you what the future is going to be because of all the probabilities. Sometimes we are going to tell you tough things you don’t want to to hear. An oracle focuses on where you are in this present moment and what will serve you best to know.

Oracles will help you listen to what your soul is craving to tell you and what to do with that information at times. An oracle will give you guidance on what steps to take to create the life you want to live and opens up to allow Spirit to come speak through them.

I realized that is what I do.

I don’t want an online psychic job any more.

Nor do I want to work at a cafe or restaurant.

I want to find clients who make me excited to go to work and do a reading because I know I’m going to use my gifts fully.

I want to develop long-term relationships with people who are on a spiritual journey and path, people who are willing to go deep.

I want to find clients who challenge me to expand, to be a better reader and who ask me hard questions.

Raising Funds for Tuscon Gem Show Adventure!!

Hey there,

I’m pretty excited to be telling you that I’m going to be at the Tuscon Gem Show this year! I’m raising funds through an Indiegogo Campaign, and would love it if you could donate and/or share the campaign with your friends and family!

You can find out all about it at the Indiegogo website. Thanks for your support! YAY!

Manifesto of an Oracle

Just for fun! I’ve always wanted to make a manifesto so I decided to start out the new year with them!

A collection of my beliefs, frameworks, and what I operate with as truth and do my best to embody. Printed it out and posted it on my wall as a daily reminder. Do you have a manifesto? What is it?

It’s My Birthday! It’s My Birthday!

And I dance around and around and around because I’m excited to enter into my twenty-fourth year of living on this planet! I did a little research to find out what this next year will hold for me and this is what I found!

Astrologically

Every twelve years Jupiter returns (ages 12, 24, 34, 48, etc.). When Jupiter returns it is usually a lucky and positive year for Jupiter means abundance (YES!) and opportunity flows into your life. The more positive you are the more you are able to see and take the opportunities that flow your ways. It is a time of expansion. It encourages us to take risks and be bold, knowing that we will be taken care of (do I need more risk taking?) and gives us confidence that we many not have. It is important to not let the ego get over-inflated and to not over extend ourselves when Jupiter returns.

I really liked this article about Jupiter Returns.

Birthstones

Whaaaaat!? Tanzanite Shoes!!!??? Worth 2 million dollars!

I always was aware that Turquoise is a birthstone for the great truth seeking Sagittarious, but Blue Topaz? I did some more research and Wikipedia informed me of the following:

In the 15th – 20th century my birthstone was: Heliotrope and Ruby
In the US in 1912 it was: Turquoise and Lapis Lazuli
In the US today it is: Turquoise, Zircon and Tanzanite (I will tell you that I have a love affair with all three of these stones, especially Tanzanite right now!)
In Britain today it is: Tanzanite and Turquoise (YAY!)
In Hindu culture it is: Topaz (perhaps that’s why I’m drawn to it)
In the tropics: Topaz Topaz is sometimes defined as blue topaz.

I’ve never heard of Zircon or Tanzanite or Topaz being a birthstone of mine. I am quite happy they are!

I’ve yet to work with blue topaz.

Turquoise is a stone of good luck and fortune, one that matches the free-spirited sagittarious inside of me.

Lapis Lazuli I fell in love with a few years ago when I saw a ball of it. When I held the ball that looked like the Earth with its oceans and clouds I was projected out of my body and circled it, knowing I could land anywhere I wanted to on the Earth and check it out etherically. I’ve wanted to work with a lapis lazuli globe ever since – that was at a gem show I went to! This summer I travelled with a piece in my drinking water. I love Lapis.

You can read a channel about Lapis Lazuli here.

Zircon I worked with early this year in conjunction with Morganite. It really helped me to open up to the changes required to open my heart to Divine Unconditional Love. Zircon helps us go through major shifts in life, grounding us as these shifts occur and a more expansive truth becomes our truth.

Tanzanite is well, tanzanite! I fell in love with this crystal this year at its beauty and grace. It unites the mind and heart and helps to develop the psychic senses. It is a protective stone that allows one to open up fully to the psychic and meditative realms. It uses the violet flame and heals the throat and heart chakras while speeding the process of spiritual growth.

Blue Topaz heals depression, increases self-worth and helps to keep one aligned to their truth. It aids in healing the eyesight (a goal of mine at some point!). It is often used to draw in abundance and wealth. It releases fears and anger, and all sorts of related things while bringing clarity on our souls path and what we have to do and how to do it, why we wanted to do certain things and why they weren’t fulfilled.

Sounds like a powerful stone to make an elixir with, eh?

Numerology

For me the next year of my life is a 9. Well, starting in two weeks, in 2014. This year is about death, rebirth and transformation. From what I gathered from reading several websites on the matter (the first one I read was rather negative) this year can be a challenge or it can be a really good year depending if I’m willing to allow my focus to shift from myself to service of others, and if I’m willing to release those things that aren’t serving me. It’s time to step into the joy of life and allow myself to be taken away by creativity, enjoying music and community. It’s time to realize my dreams and complete the projects that I’ve been working on, and also time to reflect, learn from the past, and share those lessons. It is time to reap the harvest of your journey thus far before entering into a new cycle.

And my birthday number from one of my favourite go-to numerology websites!

Sounds like a powerful year. I’m already feeling that it will be a year to remember, with a lot falling into place. It feels like it is a transformative time in my life as the last few pieces of self-empowerment fall into place and become clear.

I feel like I’m going to enter into a space of working on things that I love and resonate with to create a source of income and I’m really going to learn how to manifest my own wealth and abundance on multiple levels.

It will be a potent year for me, especially doing the Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training at YogaWest combined with the personal work that I already do.

I’m excited! Yay birthdays!

What to Expect in A Card Reading with Serafina Christine

My card readings are a little bit different.

My readings are aimed at empowering you.

Whatever information comes through me will be a gift to facilitate your empowerment.

I am not interested in telling you about the small things. And “I” don’t receive that information.

I am interested in telling you about your soul and the world from that level.

“I” am going to tell you the best way for you to step into your eternal power as a soul being in this present moment about whatever topic you choose to discuss.

“I” am going to draw out the belief systems, the ideas, fears and anything else that is holding you back.

“My” readings are not for those that do not want a deeper understanding of the self.

And my readings are not for those who can’t take a look a themselves.

In a reading with me you may ask about finding love but the cards and information channelled will be about you and what you can do to draw the love to you. The name of the person doesn’t matter because in the world of the Soul who you become a partner with changes based on probabilities and free-will. Being given the name of the potential partner will dis-empower most of us because when we get stuck on a name we shut down to probabilities and opportunities that could happen with other potential people.

In a reading with me you may ask about what to do for you career. I will tell you what I see and tell you that the most important thing that you need to do is follow your heart.

And then I will tell you how. I will give you the starter steps to release what blocks the heart from speaking.

I will NOT tell you your future.

And I will tell you that your story doesn’t matter.

Because at the level of the Soul neither the future nor the past matters. All that matters is the present moment.

And “I” will tell you only what is relevant to where you are in this exact present moment.

And “I” will invite you to let your soul guide you.

And “I” will invite you to be you.

Because when “I” am in a reading “I” am only a channel for what you need to hear. “I” facilitate a way for your inner guidance that’s often lost to be heard by you.

“I” will listen to you compassionately with an open mind of non-judgement and non-attachment. We will discuss what it is you want to know and then “I” will shuffle the cards for you and create a spread to answer allowing the guidance to flow through me to be gifted you.

Each reading is unique in the sense that there is no standard way of reading the cards. The cards are chosen and then placed in the sequence and order that they will best tell their story, their words, their love story to you.

My job in a reading is to step out of the way and allow “me” to speak. “I” and “me” refer to the Source, Universe, whatever you would like to call it, your Highest Self. Your job in a reading is to listen carefully and ask questions.

The more you ask the more you receive.

My readings are not for the faint of spirit.

They are for the independent souls carving out a life for themselves according the destiny and journey of the soul.

If you want to be inspired at the soul level this might be for you. If you are willing to truly look at yourself this may be for you. If you want to hear from your soul, this is definitely for you.

A Job Description: Oracle & Crystal Priestess

I have a thing I’ve been doing for the past two years.

I make a job description for myself and hang it on my wall or stick it in a notebook I look at daily.

It’s not a job description for your normal everyday job.

It’s a job description for what I feel to be the job that the Universe, my Highest Self, has given me.

Many of you might wonder about what an oracle and crystal priestess is. I was wondering myself when I accepted the role. I would like to share with you what happened.

One day in meditation in front of my alter after travelling for around three and a half months I went into a deep trance. I experienced the sensation of falling deep within myself. Then words that seemed to come outside of myself, from my Highest Self, came to me. They said:

“Your soul has chosen to take the roles of Oracle and Crystal Priestess this lifetime. Do you accept?”

I was surprised. My heart felt never-ending love from the words. I felt the honour of the roles. I saw all the people whom I encountered in my travels who had recognized and called me these things, and the people before them. “Do you accept?”

“Yes”, I said aloud.

Immediately I felt a sensation of lifting up with a feeling of graduation. I felt layers drop away, and I returned to my body. What do these roles entail, my mind wondered. Instantly I received the information that the way and the path would be shown to me. For now, just meditate at minimum one hour a day.

After a few days I made a job description for myself I would like to share here. Perhaps it will answer your question of what it is I do (also check out my services!). Perhaps it will not. Please note that the job description changes as my ability to function in the world changes.

Job Description: Oracle and Crystal Priestess

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Daily meditation minimum one hour
Do yoga daily
Eat as organic as possible, vegan and high alkaline as possible
Work through all internal blockages, humbly inviting help as required
Give generously; Practice gratitude daily for that which has been gifted to me
Be fearless; stand up for what is right
Keep the heart open, consistently and courageously, as best I can
Enact all my intuitions and wisdom
Allow my authentic self to be seen as best I can
Honour the moon
Learn the Sacred Blood Mysteries
Gift my services to the world as best I can
Listen fully and honestly to all beings
Empower others; self-empowerment is the true way to freedom

In Exchange the following will be received:

A beautiful happy home with a fabulous partner and children
All of the abundance and more that I desire
All that I need to give my gifts to the world without holding back
All my dreams coming true
Attainment of a state of consciousness of enlightenment
Deep and true happiness

It’s quite a metaphysical internal thing it seems. However, it is reflected out into the world. The best way to lead is by action. This is me learning to be in integrity with the things that I think, feel and believe to be true. This is another layer for me to experience, express, and release so that I may be closer to what we all are at our core: unconditional love.

This job description reminds me of what I do and why I do it. It reminds me that what I do is having a ripple effect on the energetic matrix of this world. That what I do is a service to all of humanity. And that is a great honour.

What is your job description, in the sense of the role that you are meant to play? How and want do you want to be paid in? Would love to hear about your “soul jobs”!

Words on Awakening the Priestess (external site)

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