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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!

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!

Lapis Lazuli – Mother of Earth Magick, Father of Luck

Its like a whole ‘nother world!

Magic is the birthplace of this stone that seems to provide all who carry it luck that otherwise would not have been. This stone is one of transformation and with its beauty it does indeed seem like magic. In truth this stone is able to help the wearer perceive that which was once hidden and transmute easily and effortlessly the inner thoughts that were once blocking ones desired success.

This stone carries with it the energy of the dragon because of the transmutation magic qualities and ethereal connection to other realms. It provides grounding while remaining open to users who choose to visit these realms. It always ensure they will come back from their journey so as long as the user desires it.

Flecks of silver-gold line this deep blue stone reminding us of the night sky magic of old that still comes alive today in each place far from man kinds daily touch. In those deep quiet recesses of the planet you will find that Lapis Lazuli will teach you the ancient arts of past while providing firm grounding in the present world. The stone guides you to bring it to any nature spot that will not be disturbed so it can being its work with you.

Keywords: Masculine, Mother Earth, Teacher, Magick, Dragon, Blue, Luck, Transmutation, Nature, Grounding, Other Realms, Travel

With the Gods

Lapis Lazuli has strong ties to both royalty and the Gods and Goddesses of various societies. Often it was though tin the past that members of Royalty were directly connected to the numerous Gods and Goddess and Lazuli was thought to help facilitate that connection. It was worn by many of the rich and ruling classes, and has been found in many royal tombs including Tutankhamun’s.

It was a pricey stone that was highly sought after, but that didn’t stop a Sumerian Queen from dressing in a robe of Lapis Lazuli and Gold. Can you imagine? How heavy was it do you think? In Sumeria, it was thought that Lapis contained the spirits of deities.

Ishtar travelled to the underworld wearing Lapis Lazuli, and the moon-god Sin, a powerful bull had a Lapis Lazuli beard. It was believed whomever carried the gem worked with the power of Sin.

King Solomon was given a Lapis Lazuli ring by an angel to control demons.

Egyptians highly regarded Lapis, saying it was the stone of Gods for two reasons: it reminded them of the heavens, but it also improved eyesight, when worn as an Eye of Horus amulet, or powdered around the eyes. In “The Book of the Dead” it is stated that Lapis cut in the shape of an eye, and set in gold is a powerful amulet.

Healing Properties

In the ancient world Lapis Lazuli was popular with alchemists. It could be used to cure sore throats. Albertus Magnus saw it as a cure for melancholy and quartern fever”. The ground powder could be mixed with milk and used to relieve ulcers and boils as a compress.

In the Middle Ages Lapis Lazuli was said to keep the skeleton in a healthy condition and keep the spirit free from fear and jealous for the dead, and for the living it would keep the body healthy and soul free from error, envy and fear.

In the 17th century it was used to prevent miscarriages, epilepsy and dementia. 

Metaphysically it has often been believed that Lapis Lazuli can guide one to enlightenment and is an excellent purifier. It can aid in the opening of the third eye, and will give the user success, Divine favor, and ancient wisdom.

The Romans used Lapis Lazuli as an aphrodisiac, while in Ur, kings would sharpen their swords on it believing they would become invulnerable on the battlefield.  

In The World and In Art

Lapis Lazuli often comes from Afghanistan, from some of the oldest continually worked set of mines in the world. Those same mines were supplying this stone to the pharaohs, and are several thousand years old.

Lapis was used for jewellery, amulets and talismans by the Greeks and Romans.

Ground up Lapis Lazuli was mixed with oil to produce ultramarine, which is used in the blues of the Renaissance paintings. It was very expensive, but beautiful, and this pigment has been made synthetically since 1828.

Astrological Signs: Sagittarius, Aquarius

Chakras: Brow and Crown

Key Sources:

http://www.bernardine.com/gemstones/lapis.htm 

http://www.controverscial.com/Lapis%20Lazuli.htm

http://www.thaigem.com/gemopedia/lapis-lazuli.asp

http://articles.directorygold.com/Article/The-Lore-of-Lapis-Lazuli,-December-s-Birthstone/192548

 

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Serafina Christine is a creative free spirited cyclist and mystic who has committed to learning how to best Follow Her Bliss. She is the creator of Willows Lavender, where she specializes in readings and gemstone therapy, including gemstone elixirs.