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Chinese Animal Book

The Black Water Dragon

The Chinese Solar New Year of the Black Water Dragon begins on February 4, 2012 and
the Lunar New Year begins with the new moon on January 23, 2012. The Winter Solstice, on December 21, 2011 actually begins the Chinese New Year and is the transition time between the Metal Rabbit, which will produce the Water Dragon in the generation elemental cycle of 2012.

The Dragon energy is extroverted. We may see a year of victory and celebration with new friendships, new

travels, and interesting adventures. Use this year to travel and see new horizons. Say ‘Yes’ to new

experiences no matter how simple they may seem. Simple can lead to bigger Dragon adventures.

The Dragon Year can a symbol of opportunity, luck and fortune. This combination of Water and Dragon

can bring financial gain to those who chose to be self sufficient and independent. Money grows from the

alchemy of the mind and ideas. Those who are dependent on others will only help the fortune of other’s

grow while theirs stay the same. Use your wisdom and learning from the Metal years and move forward

in a progressive way.

The Black Water Dragon could be a time of great wealth to manifest because of the water (money)

influence with the earth aspects of the Dragon. The earth is synonymous with energy so we may see more

oil, coal, and resources making money this year. Real estate may start to make a comeback as well.

2012 The Black Water Dragon: The Year of Opportunity contains information, prophesy, and fortune luck

showcasing the year 2012. In addition to reviewing last year's fortune aspects, the also features

the fortune luck for the zodiac animals for the year 2012 and the adjustments for the annual and monthly

flying stars for 2012. This simple, informative book can also help you to analyze the fortune luck of

the animals in your four pillar chart for the year 2012. The Black Water Dragon also profiles a four-pillar

chart on the dreaded doomsday of December 21. 2012.

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Black Water Dragon

Year of Opportunity

Part One:

Aspects for The Black Water Dragon

The Winter Solstice, on December 21, 2011 actually begins the Chinese New Year and is the transition time between the Metal Rabbit, which will produce the Water Dragon in the generation elemental cycle of 2012.

The Metal element in Feng Shui symbolizes endings and dyings. The metal years of the Tiger and Rabbit have taken a bite out of a lot of people and literally made change happen whether you wanted it or not. We have seen so much change in the last two years, good and bad, that reeked havoc on the world, families and business.

With the metal years of the Tiger and Rabbit finally behind us and the new beginnings of the WATER DRAGON 2012 and WATER SNAKE of 2013, it paves the path for re-birth and new beginnings. Water is the womb of life and seeds being planted for the future. By the year of the HORSE in 2014 when the elements finally line up--wood and fire--growth and creativity combined with passion will set the world right again.

The Dragon Year can a symbol of opportunity, luck and fortune. This combination of Water and Dragon can bring financial gain to those who chose to be self sufficient and independent. Money grows from the alchemy of the mind and ideas. Those who are dependent on others will only help the fortune of other’s grow while theirs stay the same. Use your wisdom and learning from the Metal years and move forward in a progressive way. Last year we had to “pack’ up like the wolves to survive, however, this year people will become more independent again and individual thinking will emerge. Learn how to become financially independent and plant seeds to grow in the next two water years. I am not saying quit your job, I am saying learn to grow your own garden.

The dragon's character can be an opportunist; one who likes to have others do his bidding. The dragon is also somewhat of a narcissist. In the dragon year we will see more of the ‘me’ mentality again and people stepping away from their safety nets and packs. This year be on the look out for those who try to use others for financial gain. That is why it is so important to become the master of your own destiny. Don't get swayed by the con man this year. A word of caution to you as well: Don't use others either for your financial gain--karma will be attached in the year 2014 when the elements align. Say to yourself now--I now release all people, places and ideas which I have outgrown and embrace new opportunity. I reconcile my karma and release all obligation and vows of the past.

Esoterically, the dragon is of wood and earth nature with fire resources. He is a mystical legend that can survive on the ground, in the waters and in the sky. The dragon blows his smoke and fire and people pay attention. When the dragon appears life becomes unpredictable and the lines of stability are blurred. Fear abounds. This year with the talk of doomsday we may see much fear as people do fear the unknown. They will fear the dragon.

The good news is that the water dragon is somewhat less threatening however this year will not arrive and leave without incident. The fire of the dragon is at the center of the earth. As the fire of the dragon erupts in the bowels of the earth, the earth will shake and the great oceans may cover the earth. This year we may see volcanoes’, earthquakes, floods and tsunamis. The high water element of the year will tend to make the earth unstable and shift.

To start this journey, begin now clearing the old of the past and begin setting your New Year aspirations for 2012. A positive attitude, a smile on your face, and a few ideas in your head is all that is needed for a successful Water Dragon year. Feng shui principles require that you set your mental, physical, and spiritual stage to pave the way for achieving your goals in the New Year.

To engage your inner spiritual powers begin by meditating daily to gain insight into you innermost dreams and desires. Sit comfortably and close your eyes and just breathe. People tend to hold their breath when they are stressed and forget to breathe. Take a deep breath in to the count of 4, hold it for 6, and then exhale very slowly saying the word ah….. to the count of 8. Do this several times and then just breathe normally and LISTEN to the silence in your head. Go deep inside yourself and listen to what thoughts come up for you. The issue that may be bothering you may only be a Band-Aid for what really is the core of the problem. Meditate at least once a day and more if possible or stressed. This will help to relax the mind and body as well as open your highest self to better guide you throughout the day easily and effortlessly.

For mental clarity set goals for the day, week, month, and year. As you empower yourself and cheer others on to their goals, you find you are more fulfilled and your goals begin to take care of themselves. As you do clear the old, you may feel anxiety and panic about the unknown. Walk through the fear. Breathe and move around.

Deprogram all vows of poverty and obligation to it. Stop worrying about the ‘what ifs’ or ‘fear of the unknown’ and ‘ENHANCE’ today. Don’t panic over the small stuff. Fear, hoarding, envy, and greediness stop the flow of prosperity. This mentality never seems to have enough no matter what they do have. This mentality is unhappy at the core, which eventually will affect health and relationships too.

Some people easily relax into the ‘lack’ mentality. As they relax into the ‘lack’ mentality they of course get an abundance of lack because they created it. Some people truly like to struggle and be the victim of their circumstances. It gives them the attention they crave and their story to tell. If you recognize this as you and your struggles with life, say to yourself now--

I RELEASE, AT THIS TIME, THIS PLACE AND THIS SPACE, THE PAST AND ALL IT’S LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS. IN DOING SO, I ALLOW ROOM FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES, NEW RELATIONSHIPS, WONDERFUL HEALTH, AND SUCCESSES. COME INTO MY LIFE, MY BODY, MY MIND, AND MY SPIRIT NOW!! I INVOKE THE WHITE LIGHT OF PROTECTION TO COMFORT ME AND GUIDE ME SAFELY INTO THE UNKNOWN. I REALIZE NOW IT IS AS EASY TO RELAX INTO PROSPERITY AND FORTUNE. I CHOSE TO ATTRACT WEALTH NOW. IT IS DONE, IT IS DONE, AND IT IS DONE.

Chant the mantra—OM MA NE PAD ME HUM – (9X) - OR - if you wish just say—THANK YOU.

This will shift all the chakras of the body to resonate on the same wavelength as your thoughts. Do the mantra slowly and chant in a tone-like way. If you chose to say just the thank you--be sure to say it in a breathy tone bringing air into and releasing from the body.

If you have any hesitancy reciting the affirmations go back into YOUR programming and find who told you that happiness and comfort was bad and the root of evil. You with your thought patterns and past DNA programming made the choice to deprive yourself. You learned it; you were not born with it. You were born to be abundance and have all the good that life has to offer. Don’t scrimp on something you know can bring prosperity to your life. Learn to live abundantly.

However, of course, keep your intentions pure of heart. One must never backstab, cheat, or lie to get what you want. A negative or dishonorable goal in which one hopes to destroy or control others will create more karma and havoc in your year to come. Stay clear and pure of heart!!

Next- make your vision board, which brings physical substance to your mental desires. You can do this easily with masking tape by making a frame on the wall or you can make it as elaborate as you wish with a large canvas or ornamental picture frame. Think prosperity and richness. Even the style of your frame will affect your abundance levels and the vision on it. The vision boards accesses your inner knowledge giving your subconscious mind permission to clear the way to make your dreams a physical reality. As you focus your attention and energy on the objects of your vision board and actively work toward that goal, magic happens. Use your meditation skills and dream sleep time to imagine and create your life. Pay special attention to all psychic messages sent to you by your subconscious mind to use in your waking life.

Each morning, upon waking immediately, write in your dream journal all dreams and visions of the night, no matter how insignificant. Each vision has a meaning, which will unfold little by little in the big picture. Visualize good things and mentors coming to you each morning who can help you in achieving your life plans. State your intentions and find others who can help you achieve your goals. However, again, a word of caution—don’t use or degrade people to find your pleasure or passion. That pleasure will be short lived. I promise!!

Also find a beautiful calendar or day planner that represents you for the year. Each day with your hands on the calendar day, visualize how you wish your day to unfold. Go through the yearly calendar, mark specific place and set goals of accomplishments. Resolutions only mean discipline and direction. Don’t make resolutions you have no intention of keeping or seem far-reaching. If you think you can’t reach it, you won’t. Set reachable approachable goals until you get the hang of it. Then DREAM BIG.

Next- lets set the feng shui of your home for the New Year. Begin by cleaning your home and closets in the energy of the Full Moon. Get rid of all old energy. If you have last year's feng shui symbology adjustments still up, take them down and either cleanse them or throw them away. You can use last year’s items of symbology as long as they are in good conditions and not discolored, chipped or broken. A broken or chipped item has been stressed and its energy weakened. It may hold the energy of the last year. Throw it away or bury it in your yard at least two feet deep in the direction of the annual star in which it served the previous year. For instance—if you have a chipped Buddha that fell and broke in the North direction, bury the broken Buddha in the North sector of your yard.

If you chose to cleanse your adjustments you will need Sun Water, Moon Water, and Salt. Place a pitcher of water in the sunlight for 3 hours and place another pitcher of water in the moonlight for 3 hours; the night of the full moon is an excellent night to do so. Melt some rock salt or sea salt in a third pitcher of clean water.

To cleanse items of metal you may soak and clean with vinegar for a few minutes, dry them, and then sprinkle with each clearing water. Use the Sun water for the active energy and the Moon water to calm energy. The salt water is used to purify. For crystal items, sprinkle with the salt water and then immerse for 7 days in a mixture of moon and sun water.

As you are clearing, repeat the mantra, OH AH HUM meaning to Cast Out Negativity.

After cleansing, run your cures through smoke or spray with frankincense oil and water mixture to invoke spirit and intention in the objects. Use the mantra of Spiritual Empowerment. OM MA NE PAD ME HUM – (9X)

If you wish you may use any of the following mantras for a special ritual.

Recite the following mantras into all crystals for the purpose you wish them to serve throughout the year or write the mantra on a piece of paper and set it under the crystal.

For Gratitude and Spiritual Empowerment Mantra (Jewel of the Lotus)

OM MA NI PAD ME HUM – (9X)

Wealth Mantra

OM PAD MO USHNISHA BIMALE (LA) HUM PEH (FEH) – (9X)

Overcoming Misfortune Mantra

OM HANU PHASHA BHARA HEY YE SVAHA

OM MA REPATANE DE

OM A MITABHA HUM PHAT

Liberation from Fears Mantra (Green Tara Mantra)

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA

Note: As you read about the annual and monthly aspects for the year and set your yearly affirmations and physical anchors of symbology, understand you will need two sets of identical adjustments items for the home. One set of items will remain stationary for the year in the annual star position and the other one will travel throughout your home with the monthly stars, as explained in this eBook. Each month you will clean and clear those items. Annual items must be cleared periodically depending upon the happening and disharmony within your life during those stressful months.

Other preparations for the New Year include buying a pair of new shoes to walk into the New Year. After a bad year, destroy all old shoes. All of them!! They hold the energy of your journeys through the tough times. If you have a special pair for the good times, of course, hang on to that ritual. Take a walk in a new pair of shoes and see where they take you.

Buy new doormats for your front and back doors or any doors you may use throughout the year. A new doormat signifies new travels and new opportunities coming into your home. On the back of the door mat in permanent marker write the words. OH AH HUM to absorb all negativity before it comes into your door. Then under it write the wish fulfilling words-- OM USHNISHA VIMALE HUM PHAT to attract your dreams to your front door.

Before the New Year’s Eve pay off all debts and bills so you can start the year off

with a clean slate. If you cannot pay the bills off, make sure all payments are current or one month in advance. This sets a pattern for the year. Get all financial dealings in order.

Clean off your desk and get rid of all old papers and junk from the previous year that you no longer need--old calendars, etc. Remove all unneeded programs or negative emails from your computer. Clean out the inbox, trash, and sent boxes. This will free your mind and workspace to think clearly. Replace the red envelope over your office or home front door.

Next, Clean and De-clutter your home. Get rid of all things no longer needed. This includes any old food, clothing, unused prescriptions, outdated vitamins, etc. Pay attention especially to the storage and garage areas. Donate to the local homeless shelters. These items can be used to help the homeless set up homes. It is the ebb and flow of prosperity. It also initiates good karma for the year. Start doing this immediately.

After you clean the old expired food from your cupboards, grocery shop before the new to fill your cupboard new and healthy food. One never wants to begin the year with bare cupboards, it denotes famine.

Cleaning the house preceding the New Year is important, as it clears old, stale energy and bad luck from the home. However, do not clean or sweep after 9 pm on New Year’s Eve Day, as it sweeps all the luck away. After you clean, spray your house with a citrus spray or orange oil to cleanse. You may also clean with the orange oil. Open the doors and windows as you are cleaning to allow old dead chi to escape. Play music, chime, or make sure hardy sounds are resonating in the house to ensure movement of air and chi.

*NOTE: If you cannot get the house fully cleaned, be sure to spray orange oil in those areas you have not cleaned yet. It will help to break up stale energy, and give you more energy to tackle the job.

Go through your home and get rid of all objects that evoke negative feelings. If you have any objects in your home that seem negative to you but you can’t get rid of them, seal it with the following mantra to seal the negativity and infuse it with unconditional love.

OH AH HUM – (9X)

Make a resolution to take care of your body this year. Make a commitment to eat better (part of the reason for throwing out old outdated food), start a walking/exercise program, and commit to getting the proper rest.

Exercise or do your walking program at least 3 days a week, 10 minutes a day. Increase it to 20 minutes, according to what feels good to you. Move the chi of the body. As you commit to this program, you will start to crave the movement, lack of it will make you antsy. (Post hypnotic suggestion)

Clean out the wardrobe of all items, which are worn out, or no longer fit properly. Get rid of all clothing, which no longer fit the personality of the person who you wish to be. Donate extra coats, boots, gloves, hats, and blankets to your local homeless shelter.

Get a haircut or restyle your hair to face the New Year. Get a makeover, facial, pedicure— anything, which says to the body—“I Love You and you are important.”

Chinese New Year’s Eve

The day before the Chinese New Year be sure to re-clean the house and wash all dirty clothes.

Make sure the financial debts and accounts are current. Be sure to have cash in your wallet on New Year’s Eve going into the New Year. This is a sign that money is welcome in your pockets all year. Don’t loan money on those days as it is a sign your money will drain from you all year.

On the Chinese New Year’s Eve, be sure to shower off all energy of the old year. Wash your hair and body thoroughly, visualizing old troubles and stresses going down the drain. Put on new clothing and new shoes. Do your make up and hair.

Set up a feast to promote abundance and good luck in the New Year to your family. New Year’s Eve dinner should consist of 8 forms of auspicious food. It may consist of fish, noodles, prawns, oysters, lettuce or lettuce wraps, nuts, fruits – dried and fresh, Mandarin Oranges, dried Bean curd, bamboo shoots and tea. Cakes and candies should be added to remind you of the sweetness in your life throughout the year. In Spain, twelve grapes are eaten at midnight for good luck in the New Year. Many cultures believe it is good luck to eat food that has been in a circle, such a donut, Brie cheese, round cakes, etc. Eat no white or white meat food this day because white food is the pale color of death or the ‘Pale Horseman of the Apocalypse.’

At midnight on January 23, set off firecrackers or make noise by beating on pans, chimes, gongs, etc., to scare of all evil spirits and welcome in the new energy of the Golden Rabbit. Celebrate with family and friends or those with whom you wish to associate with throughout the year. Kissing on New Year’s Eve is sign of welcoming love and relationships into your life year round. Party!!

For fun on New Year’s Eve write any of the following words on your hand.

CAI . . . Wealth

SHOU . Longevity

FU. . . . Blessing, Good Fortune, Good Luck

XI . . . . Happiness

LU. . . . Prosperity

AI . . . . Love

MEI. . . Beauty

JI. . . . . Lucky, Auspicious

When you awake on New Year’s Day, you already have it in your hands.

Chinese New Year’s Day

Wake up New Year’s morning to good music, friends, etc. Do all things on this day to establish habits for the year. Make plans to do what you wish to do for the rest of the year. Really enjoy yourself and keep a good balance in all things.

A woman should visit or call her mother this day. It brings prosperity to the family. Call, email, or text on those family members or friends with whom you wish to have contact with in the New Year. This will follow you through the New Year.

Wear new clothing and make yourself presentable for that day. Do not dress in solid black or solid white to visit friends, because black and white are funeral colors in China. Last year I wore all black on New Year’s Day and fell and hit my head on a fireplace and required 32 staples in my head. This year—Brightly colored clothing for me!!! Wear Red for fortune, if possible. Do your hair and makeup. (Do not wash your hair on New Years day or you will wash your good luck away.)

Since this is to be festive in mood with a joyful atmosphere, people should not argue with each other. Say only nice things and do not lose your temper over the next 15 days. It sets the pattern of peace and harmony for the year. No swearing.

Limit the use of sharp objects in the kitchen on New Year’s Day. It indicates that evil, anger, and danger are cutting into your luck.

Have money in your wallet or purse!!

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October Newsletter with the Feng Shui prophecies!

2011-10-09T16:05:00.000-07:00

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2011-09-30T21:44:00.000-07:00

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2011-09-14T20:57:00.001-07:00

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SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER

2011-09-06T08:21:00.000-07:00

HERE YOU GO!! ENHANCE THE GOOD ASPECTS AND DOWNPLAY THE OTHERS!!

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Here are you New September Aspects for success. Set your adjustments to enhance your life and set the adjustments to downplay all opposing energy. Enjoy and have an amazing month!!

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2011-07-31T09:10:00.000-07:00

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August Newsletter with articles and Feng Shui aspects

2011-07-31T09:05:00.001-07:00

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Weightlessness

2011-07-29T10:54:00.001-07:00

I have been teaching a Weightless (TM) Hypnosis class and would love to address an issue I see so often in hypnotherapy as well as in my own life. We sometimes and somewhere in our lives we begin packing other people's weight. We become 'less than' so someone else can feel 'more than'. We begin to suck in our power of either common sense, intuition, or knowledge as to not overshadow someone else who may be struggling. With that action, we put on extra layers of protection to buffer us from our desires as well as other's plights and actions of their doings. We literally are HIDING inside layers of fat or emotions--WAITING (weighting) for the right time to show who we really are. When this becomes the issue--it is time to address and, if need be, let go of the ideas and beliefs surrounding all people, place, and ideas which keep us hidden.

I am offering a FREE Weightless Hypnosis (TM) class on September 13 which will address these various issues and how to progressive solve them. See events. Future conference class are being formed. Watch for future postings.

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Location	Lotus 2896 South Pony Express Road(near IKEA) Draper Utah

Created By	Mary Shurtleff

More Info	Weighless Hypnosis Class 2-Hour FREE Workshop July 21, 2011 10 am-12pm Lotus 12896 South Pony Express Road(near IKEA)--Draper Utah 84020 Workshop topics Emotional eating –Why do you eat--Good and Bad Time Management—Tired or Bored Finding Passion vs Loss of Desire Meditation & Body Movement Come sing, dance, and learn For More Info: mary@maryshurtleff.com Testimonial: This last year of stress I have found myself going inside and allowing myself to add some layers of protection to the tune of about 20 lbs!! EEEEKKKK!!! As you all know, weigh is not measured in pounds but in mind burden. It doesn't matter what the numbers on the scale say, it matters how the mind is responding to it. Weight=Burden!! That is how WEIGHLESS HYPNOSIS came to be!! What is Hypnosis? Hypnosis is a heightened state of awareness where the conscious and subconscious mind are focused on a certain topic or function. It is NOT a funny little man with a gold watch who can make you obey his every command. NO ONE can make you do anything you don't want to do. Hypnosis when combined with guided meditation and visualization, theta healing, and prayer, the results are enhanced. Hypnosis accesses the conscious, subconscious, and unconscious mind to help you unlock your hidden talents. The Weighless Hypnosis classes will involve class participation in discovering your personal emotional reasons for eating or not eating, time management, and reconnecting to your passion. There will be a meditation time & gentle body movement exercises. Come sing, dance, and learn. Classes offered by Mary Dillin-Shurtleff , an Author, National and International Motivational Speaker, Hypnotherapist, Feng Shui Interior Designer, Theta Healer, and a Six Sensory Practitioner.

Wind and Fire danger extremely high in July--Be careful with Fireworks

2011-06-29T08:49:00.000-07:00

The month of July, the North, Northeast, Southwest, and Northwest of your home are extremely lucky for Firework activity. It will stir up the good energy. Rock and Roll in this sector this month with lots of noise and activity.

However, this month be extremely careful of firework activity in the West, South, Southeast, and East of your home. It will stir up negative vibes. The energy in this area is really high for fire danger and disaster. The month of July with the feng shui of the flying stars at the center of the ba-gua there is an extreme chance of high wind and fire danger. So be extremely careful lighting fireworks in the wind--DUH!! Be careful as well of personal accident to your body or pets.

With the #3 of yang wood at the center of the ba-gua, we may again see tornado danger, wind damage, and possible tropical storms this month. Lightening could also be a problem this month. Also, since wind fuels fire, we may see an extreme fire danger this month. Be careful with all camp fires. Have a safe 4th of July and be responsible.

For more info on the Monthly flying stars feng shui for insight or just entertainment purposes, go to http://maryshurtleff.com/Newsletters/current.html

Inner Goddess Weight Less Hypnosis

2011-06-27T14:14:00.000-07:00

Greetings and Salutations:

This last year of stress I have found myself going inside and allowing myself to add some layers of protection to the tune of about 20 lbs!! EEEEKKKK!!! As you all know, weigh is not measured in pounds but in mind burden. It doesn't matter what the numbers on the scale say, it matters how the mind is responding to it. Weight=Burden!! That is how WEIGHT LESS HYPNOSISä come to be!!

What is Hypnosis?

Hypnosis is a heightened state of awareness where the conscious and subconscious mind are focused on a certain topic or function. It is NOT a funny little man with a gold watch who can make you obey his every command. NO ONE can make you do anything you don't want to do. Hypnosis when combined with guided meditation and visualization, theta healing, and prayer, the results are enhanced.

Milton H. Erickson, one of the most influential hypnotists of the 20th century,developed an approach to hypnotism, in which a more informal conversational approach and complex language patterns, and therapeutic strategies were used. This method was called "Ericksonian Hypnotherapy." Ericksonian Hypnotherapy is often used to modify a client’s behavior and emotional outlook, as well as stress and pain management, and personal development such as weight loss, self-esteem, and empowerment. Erickson's work continues to be one of the most influential forces in hypnotherapy today.

Hypnosis accesses the conscious, subconscious, and unconscious mind to help you unlock your hidden talents.

The weigh less classes will involve class participation in discovering your personal emotional reasons for eating or not eating, time management, and reconnecting to your passion. There will be a meditation time & gentle body movement exercises. Come sing, dance, and learn.

Weightless Hypnosis Class

2 Hour Free Workshop

September 13, 2011

6:30 pm-8:30 pm

Location

Lotus

12896 South Pony Express Road (near IKEA)

Draper Utah 84020

Workshop topics

Emotional eating –Why do you eat--Good and Bad

Time Management—Tired or Bored

Finding Passion vs Loss of Desire

Meditation & Body Movement

Come sing, dance, and learn

To sign up go

www.maryshurtleff.com

Classes ofMary Dillin-Shurtleff of Design Wisdom-Feng Shui is an Author, National and International Motivational Speaker, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Feng Shui Interior Designer, Theta Healer, and a Six Sensory Practitioner.Mary has taken energy healing into the 21st century using Behavior Modification Methods and Feng Shui in tandem to change the pattern of behavior within the home to facilitate change within body; thus bringing the home and body into alignment with each other.

The July Reconnecting Your Spirit Newsletter has been posted.

2011-06-27T13:01:00.000-07:00

The July Reconnecting Your Spirit Newsletter has been posted

The July Newsletter with the July Feng Shui aspects and other metaphysical information has been posted. The newsletter can be accessed at http://maryshurtleff.com/Newsletters/current.html

I am so excited--Tomorrow night, Tuesday the 28th at 6:30 MST is the first free conference call discussing the July newsletter will at 6:30 MST. The only cost will the long distance phone call. This month only --I am making the phone call public. The phone call number is 1-218-844-8230 access code 122510. Hope to hear you there. Read the Newsletter and bring your questions. The call will last about an hour.

For future access to the newsletter and to continue receiving information on the newsletter, please go to www.fengshuiaspects.comand sign up with Get Response. All email addresses are for my personal private use and are not shared with anyone with your permission first. Thank you

Mary Shurtleff Design Wisdom-Feng Shui.

By: Quantum Mind Feng Shui

Monthly New Letter and Feng Shui Aspects

2011-06-07T16:33:00.000-07:00

You can’t eat an elephant all at once
You have to break it down one bite at a time.

Hello There!

I have been changing the way I do things and like any new technology I am now offering a Monthly newsletter which will include feng shui tips, monthly aspect reports, behavior modification tips, and fun facts on healthy living. If you wish to remain on the list to receive the monthly newsletter complete with asepcts, go to www.fengshuiaspects.com and sign up for the Newsletter. A link will then take you to the Monthly Newsletter.
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The flying stars feng shui and its aspects can be complicated to
understand. However, you can’t eat an elephant in one bite
either. I have broken down this feng shui elephant to eat one
bite at a time.

Due to popular demand, I will now be offering a 1
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The live conference calls scheduled for the last Tuesday of each
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next month. We will also discuss which months will be best for
breaking programming of bad habits and installing good habits.
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Flying Stars Aspects for May

2011-04-28T17:16:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

Hope this month's email finds you healthy, happy, and sassy!! You deserve it!! The Month of May could be a good month for money and fortune but a trying month for stability in the earth energy and grounding. Periodically you may feel off balance and out of sorts this month. Here is the Aspects for May. Remember to make your sun/moon water on the full and new moon to clear your energy.

The tornados which tore though middle America gave credibility to the year's predictions. However, my prediction was off, I thought it may be an earthquake. Humm, who knew!! The instability of the wind and earth this year gives way to natural disasters. The good news is the USA is in the West so the energy of the bagua is in a 9 for expansion, illuimination and celebration.

Here you go for the month's aspects and have a wonderful springtime with lots of new opportunity and fanfare!!

Flying Stars Monthly Aspects for May

The energy of your home does affect your well being. It is easy to enhance your prosperity, health, and relationships by adjusting your home energy for clarity and direction. As you adjust monthly, the recommendations within this article and journal your changes, by the end of the month you will be so surprise at how subtle but inspiring the change. Only do a few adjustments at time if they seem too overwhelming. Work with only one direction of choice and add the next month. As you follow these recommendations monthly in this newsletter, it will change the way you view your home. Discipline yourself and your home to achieve your highest potential.

The month of May finds the Monthly Flying Stars lined up the Flying Stars of the original ba-gua bringing with it exceptionally good energy to some sectors of the home. This month use the directions of the Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast to enhance your career and money prosperity.

The bad news is-- May begins the month with the #5 star of instability flying to the center of the home and world. This can cause a lot of instability in the government, earth energies of the earth such as volcanoes and earthquake, and instabilities within the home. Place salt in the center of the home this month to offset any unstable energy. Keep the center of the home quiet this month. No extra lighting or fire energy should be placed in the center of the home this month. If you are using salt lamps or candles do not light them this month in the center of the home.

The number #6 flies to the travel area of the home bringing with it discipline, logic, and authority to move you forward in your drive to your goals. In the Northwest of your home this month place metal in the form of 6 Chinese Coins or metals items in increments of 6. The monthly #6 coupled with the annual #8 in the Northwest makes the Northwest sector of your home or room the most powerful of all this month for business advancement and promotion. Place water with citrine stone and Chinese coins in the Northwest of your home this month. This energy is strongest for the Pig and Dog and animals friend of both.

The #7 of instability flies to the West this month bringing an unsetting feeling to theWest of the home and the Rooster. Place extra water in the West of the home to downplay and renew the energy. You may also place blue detergent in the West to slicken the metal of the #7.

The Northeast of the home or business can be profitable this month for everyone. The ox and tiger, especially, will see increases in money or promotion coming to them. The monthly #8 pairing with the original ba-gua #8 coupled with the annual #1 of career makes the Northeast also a seriously wonderful area of prosperity and promotion. Place citrine stones and water in the Northeast this year and leave it all year long!!

The #9 of expansion flies to the South this month bringing some negative energy to the south of the home and to the horse zodiac animal. As it couples with the #2 of illness in the South there may be a tendency toward illness and accident. Simply take extra precautions this month with risk taking. Stay away from hospitals and sick people. Be especially careful of burn out this month. Get your rest, eat right, and exercise appropriately. Good health is something to be maintained not taken for granted. Work each day to become stronger physically by eating right, exercising moderately, and getting your rest.

The #1 of Career flies to the North. Place some water in this area to activate. TheNorth facing homes and Rat may see increases in money coming to them. However coupled with the #3 of conflict, you may feel conflicted about some decisions you may have to make about career and money. Use a red Buddha or a rooster placed in the north of your home to offset this energy. Place an elephant on his side with his ear to the ground to remind you to listen to the ideas of others. Remember the story of judgment and behavior. Stay flexible

The #2 of illness flies to the Southwest and the sector of sheep, monkey and woman. Place extra metal and/ or your metal calabash or wu luo in this area to push down this energy. Be careful of burnout. Eat right, exercise appropriately, and get some serious rest.

The #3 star of conflict flies to the East and the place of the Rabbit this month. This coupling with the #5 can bring some unstable energy into all sectors of prosperity, relationship, and health, bringing change and a need to make solid decisions. Place a red Buddha or red Mandela in the East for resolution and wise decision-making. Carry clear crystals for clarity and wisdom. Replace your salt water cure in the East this month.

Place 4 bamboos in water in the South East this month for academic success. For romance place peonies in the Southeast. If trying to get pregnant this month, use the Southeast of your home.

Due to the complexity of the Monthly Flying Stars Feng Shui, I am NOW making available a monthly conference call on the monthly aspects of Feng Shui to further help you to understand how the aspects may affect the energy of your life from month to month. Mid month the information will be posted on www.fengshuiaspects.com with more information.

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Spring and Your April Feng Shui

2011-04-02T09:48:00.001-07:00

Spring and Feng Shui

Spring is the sign of New Beginnings.  The spring begins a new cycle of making the decision to let go of the old and manifesting a vision to welcome the new. This means walking your talk. There is a lot of talking out there but it can only hold power for you when you walk it.  Believe me, when you talk and don’t walk, people quit listening.  When you walk the talk, people notice.

With the Spring Equinox, we move into the sign of Aries of action which this year immediately conjuncts Uranus, a planet of freedom and independence. Aries is a fiery sign, which rebels against the norm and is the risk taker. This is the time, to make put your walk into action.  The economy is stressful; the war disturbing, and the weather patterns are horrible. Everywhere, you hear people blaming and complaining. However, you can choose to react or respond to the difficulties in your life.  You can focus or scatter. You can choose to follow or lead. You can have sour lemons or make lemonade. That choice is always yours.

You can choose today and each day after to step through the fear of the unknown and have faith in your own abilities. Take a deep breath and put one foot in front of the other and make the changes you have been speaking of lately.

April  is an excellent time to start new beginnings. During the month of April the flying stars power number of #6 flies to the center of the home bringing with it discipline, logic, and authority to move you forward in your drive to your goals. In the center of your home this month place metal in the form of 6 Chinese Coins or metals items in increments of 6. Be sure to place the color blue or water in the center of the home as well.

The #7 of instability flies to the Northwest this month bringing an unsetting feeling to the Northwest. Place water with Citrine stones in the Northwest and/or change the water in the fountain already sitting there. At the end of this month, be sure to place the citrine stones from the fountain in salt water to cleanse before resetting for May.

The west of the home or business will be profitable this month for everyone. The Rooster may see changes in money at work or promotion with high profile recognition. The earth element pairing with the creative aspect of the West this month promotes high output or profit. Use the West for all business dealings this month or face the West while negotiating business. P
lace citrine stones in west to activate this aspect or carry citrine stones in your pocket for luck.

The #9 of expansion flies to the Northeast bringing money to career and the ox and tiger. Place extra lighting in the northeast of your home to bring illumination to career. Be sure the annual water feature is in place.

The #1 of Career flies to the South. Place some water in this area to activate. The horse or South Facing homes may see increases in money coming to them, however, the horse house this year needs to be careful of burnout or accident. Place a wu-lou at the front door of the South Facing house. The horse should have a wu-lou by their bed.

This month the Rat and north facing homes are prone to illness and accident. Place a wu-lou at the front door. The rat should have a wu-lou by their bed.

The month may be trying for the sheep, monkey and women. The #3 star of conflict flies to the Southwest bringing change and a need to make solid decisions. Place a red Buddha or red Mandala in the Southwest for resolution and wise decision-making. Carry clear crystals for clarity and wisdom.

Place bamboo in water in the East this month for academic success. For romance place peonies. If trying to get pregnant this month, use the east of your home. Refresh your salt water cure in the East this month.

Place Salt water in the Southeast to calm the unstable energy of the #5.

On the new and full moon place a vase or container full of water on the earth in the moon light to be used in your bath or to drink. This water of the moon creates a balance in the body between the earth and the feminine energy of the moon and the masculine energy of the heavens. It cleanses, balances, and restores calm and peace. It promotes clear thinking when clear decisions are needed. You may wish to cover the container if you plan to drink it. The energy will still infuse through the glass. It is important to remember to bring in the water before the sun comes up.

Next you can make Sun Water by placing more containers of water, exactly as you did with the Moon water, in the sun on the day of or day after the full moon. The Sun water helps to balance the Yang energy of the body. Place the glass container on the ground in direct bright sunlight for about 30 minutes maximum. Too much energy is as bad as too little. The sunlight will infuse the water with the full spectrum of universal light energy--white, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, and indigo-black-- and will nourish the part of the body associated with the corresponding color. This can be very energizing and can help support the body to heal from yin ailments which are cold and damp in nature-cold, flu, pneumonia, intestinal and stomach weakness, etc.

Spring Equinox in Conjunction with Full Moon

2011-03-20T17:56:00.000-07:00

Spring Equinox in Conjunction with Full Moon

Spring is the sign of New Beginnings. Today begins a new cycle of making the decision to let go of the old and manifesting a vision to welcome the new. This means walking your talk. There is a lot of talking out there but it can only hold power for you when you walk it. Believe me, when you talk and don’t walk, people quit listening. When you walk the talk, people notice.

With the Spring Equinox, we move into the sign of Aries of action which this year immediately conjuncts Uranus, a planet of freedom and independence. Aries is a fiery sign, which rebels against the norm and is the risk taker. This is the time, to make put your walk into action. The economy is stressful; the war disturbing, and the weather patterns are horrible. Everywhere, you hear people blaming and complaining. However, you can choose to react or respond to the difficulties in your life. You can focus or scatter. You can choose to follow or lead. You can have sour lemons or make lemonade. That choice is always yours.

You can choose today and each day after to step through the fear of the unknown and have faith in your own abilities. Take a deep breath and put one foot in front of the other and make the changes you have been speaking of lately.

According to Feng Shui principles, the spring season activates the element of wood. Wood holds the energy of new growth and creativity. The wood element and the springtime is when focus and clarity is at its peak, however, the wood element also activates the unresolved emotions of anger. Anger is housed in the liver and gall bladder, thus making the springtime an excellent time to become pro active for cleansing your body and getting your body in shape for the year.

As you are coming off the hibernation of the winter, the body energy is stagnant from lack of sunlight and fresh air. Circulation is sluggish. This is the time to go outside, take some deep breaths and allow the new energy of spring to circulate through the body. Allow the sunlight and Vitamin D to soak through the skin and into the organs. Begin a short exercise program if you have not already done so. Swimming, walking, Tai Chi, or easy yoga is a good way to start warming up the body for summer.

You may wish to add a short liver cleanse to your routine. This cleanse will help the body release the toxins quicker as you are exercising. Apple cider vinegar is a great liver cleanse. One that was recommended to me by a massage therapist is simply one with Apple Cider Vinegar. You take 2 tsp. of apple cider vinegar stirred in water approximately 15 minutes before you each meal your eat or you can eat 2 tsp of Apple cider vinegar with your meals on a salad or in your food. Do this three times a day for three days in a row. You may also take a 20 minutes soak in one quart of vinegar to a bathtub of water.

Disclaimer: As with anything, check with your medical doctor if you are on any medications or in ill health to make sure the cleanse is safe and does not interfere with medication.

During a cleanse you may feel somewhat headachy, tired, or nauseated. You may see skin eruptions as the toxins are cleansed from the liver. This is normal, however be careful of too harsh of a cleanse. They are totally unnecessary.

During your cleanse, remove all alcohol, tobacco, sugar, dairy, and soda from your diet. Try to eat raw fruits and vegetables as much as possible.

The detox foot baths and body massage will also help remove the toxins from your body quicker. You may also wish to use milk thistle as a liver rejuvenator.

After the cleanse you may find a new clarity and focus. This is the time to put vision into motion. Have a plan, start today by journaling your intentions for the things in your life that you wish to manifest. Each morning as you begin your day, get focused.

Enjoy, life is short. Don’t waste it on trivial worry. Life it with passion.

Full Moon Meditation for Peace and Calm

2011-03-19T10:38:00.000-07:00

Tonight is the Full Moon and a good time to cleanse your sun/moon mirrors, crystals, monthly and annual feng shui adjustments, and/or jewelry in the moon light. If you have had struggles in your marriage, this is a good time to clean your wedding rings to dissipate old negative issues and begin a new cycle of positive energy.

Place these items in a glass bowl of water- outside on the earth- and let the moonlight infuse it. Secondly, place another vase or container full of water on the earth in the moon light to be used in your bath or to drink. This water in the moon creates a balance in the body between the earth and the feminine energy of the moon and the masculine energy of the heavens. It cleanses, balances, and restores calm and peace. You may wish to cover the container if you plan to drink it. The energy will still infuse through the glass. It is important to remember to bring in the water before the sun comes up.

Next you can make Sun Water by placing more containers of water, exactly as you did with the Moon water, in the sun on the day of or day after the full moon. The Sun water helps to balance the Yang energy of the body. Place the glass container on the ground in direct bright sunlight for about 30 minutes maximum. Too much energy is as bad as too little. The sunlight will infuse the water with the full spectrum of universal light energy--white, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, and indigo-black-- and will nourish the part of the body associated with the corresponding color. This can be very energizing and can help support the body to heal from yin ailments which are cold and damp in nature-cold, flu, pneumonia, intestinal and stomach weakness, etc.

Tonight--in the full light of the moon, meditate, journal, and expand upon the mysteries of life. Say a prayer for those around you in need. I especially ask that you pray for Japan and its people as well as the earth. The earth, the sky and the water have been contaminated with radiation. Pray for its quick recovery as well. May we see one day how important the preservation of the earth and its resources are to man's healthy survival.

I am going to ask for a personal prayer from everyone as well for my great niece and nephew--Addison and Cooper Luth, who have been in a NIC unit on ventilators since they were born on Tuesday. Please send them some healing energy and prayers for their little bodies and lungs. I also ask you to send some prayers of peace and comfort to their parents, Kyle and Lori Luth. They have endured so much chaos these last few days. I wish them peace.

Also, If you have anyone in need who needs extra prayer and energy, feel free to submit their names to the message board and prayers will also be sent to them. Thank you so much for your spirit in my life.

Have a wonderful day and Full moon night!! Bask in the beauty, absorb its beauty and be the beauty. Lv M

www.maryshurtleff.com.

The Year of the Golden Rabbit rears its Head!!

2011-03-10T17:07:00.000-08:00

As I told my students at my Chinese New Year of The Golden Rabbit class--because the rabbit lives underground this will be a year of secrecy and unexpected events which will come out of left field, much like a rabbit darting from his hole and appearing out of nowhere with no warning. This year has already proven to be very secret with government strategies in several states passing legislation which is not helpful to its people. Utah, Idaho, and Wisconsin have all tried to pass legislation which is a direct slap in the face to those who have been support by the congress in the past.

The rabbit is also a community animal so we will continue this year to see people bond together to bring change whether it is via protest, uprisings, or formal meetings. We have already seen the trend this year in Libya, Egypt, and Pakistan. We are seeing protest here in the states as well making known the dissatisfaction with the government decisions to take rights away from groups of individuals who have had protection in the past. Idaho is working on taking a tenure for teachers and Wisconsin is working on dissolving union rights. Utah has implemented a privacy law that press and individuals be blocked from basically the interworking of the state government by blocking access to text and email messaging. This trend may go on all year so people will need to be diligent and stay connected and like the rabbit--stay aware of such secret maneuvers, which come from nowhere.

This is the year though that we may see radical change in units of government or religion worldwide. Good and Bad. People who band together may wield incredible power with commitment and focus.

This may also come to pass in your private life as well. We may see people banding together to bring positive changes to everyday quality of life.

Here is an excerpt from page #5 my Xin Mao-Year of the Golden Rabbit Book which is a big concern this year and we have already seen some of it played out on television. Be sure to place water, water,water in the home to buffer these aspects and calm your energy.

The lack of earth will lend to instability in home, business, government and religion, thus bringing change. This imbalance can lead to a lack of resource and weakened earth energy of the feeling of security and grounding. We may see more mental breakdowns this year due this lack. Use meditation and reach out for human touch. DO NOT ISOLATE!! WHEN YOU ARE FEELING DOWN—REACH OUT FOR HELP!!

Anxiety may run high this year with rapid heart beat again, especially around the full moon cycle. The important thing is don’t panic, but seek to understand what your body is trying to tell you about the direction your life is going and what you need to do to work through it.

With the lack of water for renewal and cleansing, this may also be a challenging year with a continuing pattern of war. Without the presence of water to weaken and rust metal, the metal aspect is still there symbolizing weapons, aggression, and/or war. The yang metal in the day and month pillar will seek to influence aggression. The fire in the emotion pillar will agitate an already explosive situation. We may see more explosions and plane crashes. Use water, water, water in your home and business to buffer this effect. The earth may again cause the water to burst from the skies to balance its own water supply.

To help stabilize your home and the world from some of these disasters place a San Sui, which is a picture of calm mountain with water, in the home either at the back or center of the home. Place water in the center of your home this year.

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Feng Shui Aspects for March 2011

2011-02-23T20:15:00.000-08:00

Feng Shui Aspects for March 2011

Welcome to the year of the Golden Rabbit. With the Golden Rabbit we will see some good months for money and opportunity and bad months for money and opportunity.

The 2^nd month of the Chinese New Year is a Rabbit month and begins on March 6^th. This year, March will hold the energy of the monthly Rabbit in tandem with the year’s energy of the Golden Rabbit bringing a double Rabbit influence to the table. . This month we will have double sectors of good luck and double sectors of instability.

For good fortune, place water and citrine stones in the Northwest of the home or office to enhance money prospects. Place 6 pieces of metal coin in the Southeast of your home or business.

The Southwest of the home is the intimacy sector. For improved relationships place peonies or pairs of items in the Southwest of your home. This month is lined up for romance and pregnancy. If you are wishing to get pregnant, you may be able to do so in the Southwest of your home this month. The rabbit is fertile this year so be careful of any unwanted pregnancies. We may also see more multiple births this year.

We may see more victory and celebration around family this year as well as divorce and hardship. The stars are lined up for infidelities in marriage this year and this month is especially strong. Being forewarned is forearmed. Be careful; don’t play if you don’t wish to pay. Be wise in your choices.

March’s monthly flying stars line up with the annual flying star influences and could be chock full of instability and change due to the #7 of instability in the center of the home, business, and universal ba-gua. To offset this aspect, place water in the center of your home to calm and absorb negative energy. Also place the color blue.

Be cautious of the areas in the South and East this month. Both areas may be ripe for accidents to the limbs or head. To further protect your energy, place salt water in the East, either in the form of half salt and half water mixture and/or even a bowl of salt or salt candle or lamp in this area. The salt also absorbs negative energy. You may also place a sigil protection symbol on your front door if your doorway faces either of these directions. Place a metal wu-lou in the South of your home, bedroom, or office to stave off illness and accident.

This month may also be shrouded in groups jockeying for position of power. We may see more global civil uprising all month. We may see people banding together to get ideas across to those in control whether it is religion, government, private business or home front. Be kind, be fair, be honest and you will be just fine if faced with conflict. Open all lines of communication when possible. Again, place water in the center of your home or business to offset this energy. Also add the color blue to the center of your home. Be aware, you have been warned. Walk away from conflict this month. Next month will be better.

The second day of March begins in opposition with the yin Metal Rooster. The rabbit and rooster, on the zodiac wheel, oppose each other. This day may energetically cause universal conflict. The flying stars for the month is 7 and the day star is 7. Be extremely careful of any foolish risks today. Don’t threaten, don’t aggress, and don’t look for trouble. You will most certainly find it. Save it for the next day. The next day is a calm water dog day. This energy could linger for a week or two so place salt water in the East and the West to calm and offset the metal energy. Take no chances today with any aspect of your life—health, money, or relationship.

This is a month to be quiet and prepare and harvest. Take only calculated risks. Real estate this month could be on the upswing. Sadly gas prices will also continue to rise. However, with that said, money and job opportunities could increase and prosper as well for all.

Be sure to make sure your annual flying stars feng shui is in place.

For more information on the Golden Rabbit year go to www.maryshurtleff.com. The e-book on the Xing Mao-Golden Rabbit 2011 is available by download.

Chinese New Year Celebration Class

2011-01-23T21:44:00.000-08:00

Chinese New Year Celebration

Fortune Feng Shui

The Year of the Golden Rabbit

v Personalized Four pillar Chart and your Fortune Luck for the Year 2011

v Adjustments for the Annual Flying Stars for 2011

v Chinese Lion Dance-Come Feed the Lion for Fortune Luck

v Bring Business Card, Mementos, Pictures for to place on Fortune Alter

v Meditaitons, Class, Fun, Food, and Entertainment

January 26, 2011

New Location:

Lotus

12896 South Pony Express Road (near IKEA)

Draper Utah 84020

6-9 pm

Lions dance at 8:30

Cost: $35 (Advance Reg. requested in advance to prepare personalized four pillar profiles.)

Bring a Friend- $60 per couple (which means any two people-spouses, friends, children, etc.)

Admission includes 2011 Golden Rabbit Book, Personalized 4 Pillar Profile, and Food

$15 discount if you already have your four-pillar profile

Additional $10 discount if you are an International Feng Shui Guild member

To register call: 801-573-4042

designwisdom@yahoo.com

___________________________________________________

Sponsored by: Mary Shurtleff, CHT, FSID—Design Wisdom—Draper, Utah

Mary combines hypnotherapy, Feng Shui and other metaphysical arts to achieve maximum results.

Preparing for the New Year and the December Aspects

2010-12-20T19:51:00.000-08:00

Preparing for the New Year and the December Aspects

The next two months are the transition time between the Tiger Year and the Rabbit Year. The Winter solstice for the New Year actually begins on December 22 and the New Year is starting to form. Begin right now, clearing the old and starting to set your New Year in order. The energy for the New Year is already forming, so start off with an attitude adjustment. Look forward to the New Year with a positive outlook and let go of old humdrum, bah humbug!!

Say to yourself right now—

I RELEASE, AT THIS TIME AND THIS PLACE AND THIS SPACE, THE PAST AND ALL IT’S LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS. IN DOING SO, I ALLOW ROOM FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES, NEW RELATIONSHIPS, WONDERFUL HEALTH, AND SUCCESSES. COME INTO MY LIFE, MY BODY, MY MIND, AND MY SPIRIT-NOW!! I INVOKE THE WHITE LIGHT OF PROTECTION TO COMFORT ME AND GUIDE ME SAFELY INTO THE UNKNOWN. IT IS DONE, IT IS DONE, AND IT IS DONE.

Chant the mantra—OM MA NE PAD ME HUM 9X.

This mantra will shift the chakras of the body to resonate on the same wavelength as the thoughts. Do the mantra slowly and chant in a tone like way.

You should understand by now that you do need two sets of adjustments for the home. One that remains stationary for the year in the annual star position and one that travels with the monthly stars. Each set must be cleared and cleansed. The traveling adjustments can be cleared monthly, especially if you have had a bad month.

In the Full moon energy clean your home and closets. Get rid of all old energy. Take down last years adjustments and either cleanse them or throw them away. If you have had an especially bad year, throw away the pi yao, the ki luns, and the salt water cures. These do hold the energy of the year. If the cures have discolored, cracked or chipped replace them. I have actually had some of my adjustments break this year. Crazy!!

If you chose to destroy your old cures, bury them in your back yard or thrown in a fast moving river. Bury them at least 2 feet deep.

If you chose to cleanse your adjustments you will need Sun water, Moon Water, and Salt.

Place a pitcher of water in the sunlight for 3 hours and place another pitcher of water in the moonlight for 3 hours. Tonight, on the night of the Solstice and the eclipse and the full moon is an excellent night to do so.

Melt some rock salt or sea salt in a pitcher of clean water.

Items of metal-- sprinkle with each clearing water. The Sun for the active energy and the Moon to calm energy. The salt water is used to purify.

For crystal items, sprinkle with the salt water and then immerse for 7 days in a mixture of moon and sun water.

Repeat the mantra, OH AH HUM meaning to cast out negativity.

After Cleansing, run your cures through smoke to invoke spirit and intention in the objects. Use the mantra of SPIRITUAL empowerment.
OM MA NE PAD ME HUM

Last year’s Tiger book has the specific mantras to use for wealth, health, and freedom from fears.

For new money buy yourself a new wallet and /or purse sometime soon. This will attract new money into your life. Always see yourself in luxury and capable of making and spending money appropriately.

Buy new shoes to walk into the New Year with. Take a walk in a new pair of shoes and see where they take. For a bad year, destroy all old shoes. They hold your energy of your journeys through the tough times.

For December Month place a new salt water cure in the south for the monthly #5 star protection. If your front door or main used door faces south, put a salt line at your front door.

Also place a new salt water cure in the Southwest of your home. Add blue food coloring to it for this month instability with the #5 and #7 in the same area at once. Next month you will be empowering this area.

Activate crystals in the East this month. The center of the home holds the #1 career star so is sure to activate water and crystal this month in this area. Use the mantras from the Tiger book to do so.

Keep the Northwest quiet this month. Place your traveling wu lou in this area.

Place 6 Chinese coins in the North this month. This month the North holds success and power.

Have a great month and start preparing for the New Year. Go on now, get those pitchers of water in the moonlight and the sunlight and get these cures in place.

Now is the Time to Prepare for the New Year November Aspects of Feng Shui

2010-10-30T22:43:00.000-07:00

Now is the Time to Prepare for the New Year
November Aspects of Feng Shui

We are winding down the year 2010 and heading into the year of 2011. The Metal Tiger of Aggression is losing steam and a much gentler energy of the Yin Metal Rabbit will soon start to be felt. The next few months we will begin settling into a pattern of community and family. The Tiger, synonymous with the lone hunter, is giving way to the Rabbit, who is more about community, family and togetherness. This is the time that aggression can be transformed into a more compassionate energy of sorts if people allow it to happen. These next two months will the time to start clearing out the old and preparing for the new of the New Year.

To move new energy into your life, you may start by using your home to empower yourself. Start by evaluating your home. Understand that your home can powerfully impact your growth. The atmosphere of a home must, first and foremost, be pleasing to the senses in sight, smell, feel, touch, taste, and sound.

*Right now at this very moment—Look around you for triggers or items in your home which make your feel strong, healthy, and well. What are they? Does your home smell good, look good, sound soothing, and feel like a place you wish to relax and let yourself drift into a place of peace. Itemize your home and be grateful for it.

*Now--look for triggers or items in your home, which make you, feel weak, sad or nervous or bring sad memories to your body. Ask yourself now-- does my home or this room hold too much baggage from the past? Get rid of these items-NOW. They make the body tired and bring an unsettling feeling to the mind and spirit.

*Understand now--the home does affect your physical, mental, emotional, & spiritual well-being. Take these steps today to assure yourself that your home holds the best possible message it can to convey your message to yourself, your peers, and your family. Your are an extension of your home and your home is an extension of your body. It tells the story of who you are. What does your home tell you? Look for the metaphor in what your home is saying to and about you.

*This is the moment to become pro-active in changing your environment, which will in turn change your life. Start with one room at a time. If that seems overwhelming, do one closet at a time. Donate, throw away, or give away anything you have not used in the last year. DE-CLUTTER, DE-CLUTTER, DE-CLUTTER!!
If you do not know where to start, start with your bedroom and go room to room from that anchor point.

Be sure to also set your monthly November Feng Shui adjustments to allow optimum Chi flow into your home. This month the aspect of illness is in the center of the home. This may affect the stomach or heart energy causing the heart to racing or the stomach to upset easily. Emotional upsets may be prevalent this month. Take care to meditate and keep stress levels balanced. Place still water in the center of the home with the metal calabash or wu-lou. Take special care with your health this month. Get your rest and eat right. Don’t overindulge in alcohol or drugs and DO NOT drink and drive. Aspects are high for accidents.

Allow the NW to remain calm this month. You may place a golden Buddha or Jesus to initiate peace in the NW this month.

Make sure the water in the West is clear and clean. The aspects are good for promotion and advancement in business. Do your writing or homework in this area this month.

Place bowls of salts or salt water in the NE. The ox and tiger need to lay low and not still up trouble this month. If you home faces NE, place a salt line at your front door to stabilize energy. [Don’t laugh, it works!! I laughed at one point, got desperate, placed the salt, and the problems dissipated as quickly as they arose. I am now a believer. MS]

Place 6 Chinese Coins or regular coins in the South and place extra water and a plant in the North. Both directions can be used to enhance promotions, visibility and career. Place yellow citrine in the SW to also bring in money. These directions, this month, are somewhat auspicious even though some inauspicious flying stars are present. Make sure your yearly adjustments are fresh and in place.

The East has expansion energy in it this month, so just place your yearly adjustment of the 6 Chinese Coins with lighting in this sector. In the Southeast, make sure the yearly water/detergent adjustment is in place and then add more extra still water for a career and money boost as well. A little bit of conflict in this area but can overridden if applied properly.

This is, of course, the month of Thanksgiving. Give thanks everyday for your healthy body, your arms, legs, voices, hair, etc. If any aspect of your body feels negative, reframe the way you look at your world and give thanks for the fact of what is good.

Give thanks for the food and shelter in your life. Give thanks for family and friends. Always remember, no matter what your struggle, there is someone else out there with a larger struggle. Count your blessing first and the struggles will dissipate into thin air becoming less and less important with each breath you take.

Have a blessed November!!

NEXT MONTH: Holiday Decorating the Feng Shui why!!

October Aspects

2010-10-08T09:25:00.000-07:00

THE FENG SHUI WAY
Booooooo…..Happy Hallooowweeen!! Tis the season of ghost and goblins and witches and full moons. However, with that out of the way, entities and negative energy invade our space, our lives, and our bodies more frequently than you know. The season of the fall is a good time to clear all old energy and clutter clear your home to usher in the sleep of winter and the new beginning of the spring in February.
Entities may arrive into our lives in several forms. They are classified as energetic forms that become attached to the energy fields of people, land, and buildings, sometimes-even neighborhoods. Removal of these entities from an individual or building is the focus of ghost busting or space clearing.
Some entities may be actual spirits or ghosts of those who have died, but failed to pass over due to trauma, worry, or strife. They are actually frightened, wandering souls whom we are harboring until we can help them find their way back to the Light.

While other entities are made up of energetic patterns or rituals created by our decisions about past-life or this-life experiences. These experiences have attached to us like a magnet, affecting our decisions, beliefs, and motivation in and around our life. We use rituals in everyday life, such as blessing the food we eat or a ball player wearing his same socks for each day. Our life is full of rituals if you think about it. Think about what rituals you have incorporated into your life. It may be as simple as brushing your teeth every night or doing laundry on a certain day of the week. This ritual becomes habit and habit is behavior. This behavior becomes an energetic life form, which haunts you if you fail to do it on a regular basis.

The energetic habit life form then will attach to us in the form of our speech, our thought patterns, our dress, our homes, and our actions. As with all energetic patterns, once created, these patterns take on a life of their own. This energy becomes disturbing to us only when they become "out of sync” with that which is no longer whom we are or what is going on in our lives today. This energy begins to feel like a ghost of our past watching and waiting for us to turn around and accept it again. Like white noise in our head, this energy interferes with our clear reception of what is happening in the now. We become torn in decision and/or lack of decision. That is when the need for space clearing or ghost busting of the physical body and environment begins.

Use the techniques described in my books--The Alchemy of Quantum Mind Feng Shui and Reconnecting Your Spirit to break up these patterns and space clear your home. Go to MaryShurtleff on Amazon.com.

Feng Shui placement for October-- place a red Mandela in the center of your home to bring in peace and harmony this month. With the high metal this month, it may be a conflicting month. Also, place a bowl of salt water in the West to stabilize the high metal energy. Running water in the North and/or East will help with career aspirations and job promotions or hunting. Place water in the South to calm the instability of the South this month. Place the number 6 or 6 metal coins in the NE to promote money and prosperity.

Mary may be heard every other Thursday Night on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/journeyintothelight
Happy Halloween!!

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Classes starting

2010-10-08T09:18:00.000-07:00

Shirley Allred, NLP practitioner and I will be offering a class called Developing your Six Sensory of your Senses starting on the 26th of October at 6 pm. This class is a feeler email to see who may be interested in on site class vs. a teleseminar or skype class. Offering the tele-seminar class gives those out of the area the chance to study and learn this work without the expense of travel. We hope to be able to offer both styles of classes.

The class will be a six week class on developing your six senses--touch, hearing, smell, taste, sight, and six sense of knowing and feelings. The classes will teach you aspects of how the senses work and how you can develop them to enhance your psychic awareness and well being thus increasing your perception of your relationships, business foundations, money, and health. The class will cover the aspects of each sense as well as the feng shui for each sense, oils and/or stones, which can enhance and change your perception of events in your life, chakra meditations, and mudras to release energy. Each class will be organic and tailored toward the class needs.

The 6 classes will be offered for $120 as an introductory offer. You do have the option of taking each class individuality at the price of $30.

Classes will feature: October 26--Sense of Touch--First sense to develop and is connected to the nervous system through the heart and skin
November 2--Sense of Hearing--Harmonic connection to the womb from the outside world-Heartbeat
November 9--Sense of Smell--Strongest connect to past
November 16--Sense of Taste--Strongest connect to desire
November 23-Sense of Sight--Strongest connect to instincts
November 30--Sense of Intuition and knowing--Feelings or emotions connected from the body to the mind to its direct connection to God, Spirit, or source. (Fill in your own word)

Please let me know if you will be interested in this class and which style. Thank you so much.

Blog Talk Radio

2010-10-08T09:10:00.000-07:00

I will be interviewing on Journey into the Light blog radio on October 14th at 6 pm PST, 7 pm MST, 8 pm CST and 9 pm EST. It is a call in show. Feel free to call in with questions or just come to listen. The topics of the evening will be breaking down blocks of fear. Come listen.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/journeyintothelight

Energy Transition

2010-03-24T12:38:00.000-07:00

Energy Transition
Hey everyone, With the passing of the Health Care Reform bill and the energy leading up to it, the economy, and the weather patterns, there seems to be an energy in the air of anxiety and panic in the air. There is a sense of change and it is making even the most grounded apprehensive. Stop it, all is well!!

Please understand that this has to happen to usher in the new energy of change and consciousness. The earth has to adjust and move to accommodate the polarity of the universe and it inhabitants. We are shifting into a higher, more, God-like consciousness of the Age of Aquarius and this lower vibration of fear has to leave our bodies through vibration. That is why we all feel anxious and nervous. It is sloughing off the negative emotions and programming of the past and healing. Believe it or not!! Sometimes as I heal, my body actually does experience shaking and gets very cold. As I talk with other healers they are experiencing the very thing or similar to what I am.

However, if you are wondering about your health, visit your health care provider. I visit my acupuncturist sometimes weekly and take vitamin B's and fish oil daily to offset the adrenal exhaustion and overload. I have recently visited a doctor just to make sure I was okay and not blowing off something I should be paying attention to.

The economy has been on a downward spiral for years. What goes up must come down. It is the Tai chi of movement. Things could not keep moving the direction it was going without a more serious disaster. Yes, bad things did happen to people but we also have to look at how we were instrumental in allowing it to happen at well. Stop blaming. As a society, we got lazy. It was easier to let someone else take the helm and do all the work. At one point in our evolution we have to take back our own sense of power and control from whoever or whatever we gave it to, whether it was an individual, company, government, or organized religious body.

The last few weeks I have experienced prejudicial emails and heard comments by people about our president and illegal people, which make my stomach turn. These comments are the buried feelings of prejudice or past programming finally coming to the surface for all to see. Once on the surface, fortunately they can be reconciled and reprogrammed if that is what they want to do.

At one time in the history of our nation there was slavery. The powerful whites did own slaves and treated their animals better than people. Some people do have that memory and tribal programming in their DNA and this is the time of our life to allow it lift and heal. The God consciousness is making it come to the surface to be seen and healed. When we stop accepting it as part of our being, it will stop. Look how far we have come today.

We have a part black/white president. With these message, I pray for an end to all prejudice of race, sex, and religion. We are all one of God and until we can honor that in each other there will be contention and conflict of self. We hate in others is what we hate in our self. Clean up self and you will see others differently. Choose to see the positive and movement of all that is. You will always have those who are fear-based however to balance you will always have those who think clearly. We need the intellectual with the intuition to give a balance clear picture. Sadly the two need to learn to work in tandem with each other instead of in conflict and ego. No one wants to lose and everyone does believe their point of view is correct. So be sure to remember that when trying to find or understand the compromise. COMPRISE is the word of the day.

The energy this year is one of movement and change and metal Tiger energy of the intuition and wisdom. The change is coming whether we want it or not so you may all well figure out how it can work for you to its biggest advantage, because it can and will. The Metal Tiger coupled with the energy of the planets move, whether you believe it or not.

Retrograde since December 20, Mars again begin moving direct, on March 10th bringing with it 'plans put into action', as we have seen with the Health Care reform bill. Things and plans laid out last year will start to take fruition. Go back and remember what it is you wanted to spring forth into action.

The Water signs of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces will prosper with money making ideas put forth into action with the Mars direct.

The Air (wood) signs of Gemini, Libra and Aquarius, will find their plans have started moving forward at a faster pace as well with Mars Direct.

The Fire signs of Aries, Leo and Sagittarius, will feel as though as though they are flying through space at warp speed and can't get their foot off the accelerator. Try to slow down and think clearly. You may find yourself at Corner post D when you really wanted to be at Corner post A.

The Earth/Metal signs of Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn will move slower and more methodically than the other signs however stay diligent in your goals. It will happen while Mars is direct.

On Wednesday, March 17 Sun conjuncted Uranus bringing with it energized surprises, yet adding one more level of excitement. Uranus brings with it earthquakes and other natural disasters. If you recall Uranus, the planet of change and rebellion presides over the Aquarius, as in the Age of Aquarius bringing with it more change and excitement as well as panic, confusion and disorder. The body doesn't know the difference between nervous anxiety, and excitement. It is all felt the same way by the nervous system. The mind is the one which deciphers if it is good or bad excitement. So bring it all together as GOOD!!

Freedom from restriction and conquering new horizons can be your outcome if you move out of your safety zone. As with anything, change will bring chaos, confusion, and back tracking. As you become brave and stick your toe in the water you may quickly pull it back before you choose to immerse completely. Expect a few steps forward and a few steps back. However, the key is to keep taking those steps forward.

Another caution is the body has to purge all old habits and programming to move forward. As you purge you may feel the exact emotions that put you in bondage the first time. Work through those emotions and anxiety this time. Don't give in to them. Face the "Eye of the Tiger". This is the year to do so. It is just the body recalling and sloughing off the buried memories.

Even with weigh loss, as you loss the excess weight or burden you may feel the exact reasons and emotions which caused you to overeat in the beginning. However, this time deal with the emotions. Don't stuff them with food, SPEAK up. We stuff to avoid expressing what is really going on inside of our emotions for fear of REJECTION!! When in fact what we are rejecting is our value of who we are and what we think and replace it with what someone else may think of us and our value. The only person whose business your value is-- is YOU!!!

The body as it purges toxins may become somewhat nauseated and ill feeling. Just rest and journal those emotions. Don't stuff with food, alcohol, drugs, whatever. SPEAK UP AND THROUGH THEM! Scream, yell, be a nut case if you have too because at the end of the day, you will be clear and feel foolish for even believing those silly thought patterns to begin with.

I will get the April Aspects to you on April 7th. Be calm, be cool, find inner peace and leave the panic to those who love to stir trouble. That is their deal and their attention getter. Move above it and beyond it. You know the universe will always provide exactly what you need at exactly the right time. M.

Chinese New Year Celebration Class

2010-01-28T07:48:00.000-08:00

Chinese New Year Celebration Class
FORTUNE FENG SHUI
THE YEAR OF THE WHITE TIGER

• Personalized Four pillar Chart and your Fortune Luck for the Year 2009
• Adjustments for the Annual Flying Stars for 2009
• Chinese Lion Dance-Come Feed the Lion for Fortune Luck
• Bring Business Card, Mementos, Pictures for to place on Fortune Alter
• Fun, Food, and Entertainment
•
February 9, 2010
New Location:
Lotus
12896 South Pony Express Road (near IKEA)
Draper Utah 84020
6-9 pm
Lions dance at 8:30
Cost: $35 (Advance Reg. requested in advance to prepare personalized four pillar profiles.)
Bring a Friend- $60 per couple (which means any two people-spouses, friends, children, etc.)

Admission includes 2010 White Tiger Book, Personalized 4 Pillar Profile, and Food
$15 discount if you already have your four-pillar profile
Additional $10 discount if you are an International Feng Shui Guild member
To register call: 801-573-4042
designwisdom@yahoo.com
___________________________________________________
Sponsored by: Mary Shurtleff, CHT, FSID—Design Wisdom—Draper, Utah
Mary combines hypnotherapy, Feng Shui and other metaphysical arts to achieve maximum results.

January Feng Shui Aspects

2010-01-09T16:23:00.000-08:00

Feng Shui aspects for January—Disclaimer: These aspects are strictly the opinion, research, and observations of Mary Shurtleff and are no way to be used as fact but only insight. Use you own common sense to discover what is right for you.

This month we are preparing for the arrival of the Golden or White Tiger that arrives on February 14th. As I researched the previous year of the Metal tiger I was surprised at what I found. I don’t choose to dwell on the negative but rather focus on the positive. In these aspects I could give you the dire downside of each aspect but like the media and post hypnotic suggestions they will come to pass. Our news channels are the biggest hypnotists we have in our country. They literally control what comes into our homes in the evening and morning at times of the day when our bodies are either waking from sleep or preparing for sleep. Someone’s idea for that time slot was ingenious. That is the time when the body will most readily accept what is being told to it as fact.

This next year I ask that all of you discern what you are watching. Is it fact or fiction or just a spin for a story? I watch the news very rarely because I get too upset. I check the headlines on the Internet and if there is something interesting like Tiger Wood’s affairs or Tom Cruise being shorter than David Beckham then I will read them. If it is about war, health care reform, and death, I chose not to view it. I can’t listen to those people fighting and back- stabbing all the time. I have better things to do with my time. I have people all the time, my husband included, tell that I am not informed on the issues facing us daily.

Well, I have to differ. Half of what is on the news is only half-truth. When I have a question about an issue, I research personally either by calling someone who is an authority on the subject or read articles that don’t have a personal biased spin in it. No, I am not the most informed person on the planet but I check in with God daily and ask if everything is okay. Each day I am told, ‘All is as it should be.”

I can’t fix the economy I can only fix me. I can’t fix the war; I can only fix my prayers to God to find an awareness and solution to stop it. I can’t fix you; I can only fix me.
And on and on and on.

When we learn to be the change we hope to see, it will come to pass one person at time. When fear, panic, and talk of money loss, unemployment, death and killing are the topic of conservation it becomes the focus of your attention and more energy is given to it. When the news broadcasts all the anger, hate, mistrust, and resentment in the world, it comes to pass and fear and panic runs rampant. Stop it. Focus and say to yourself, ‘what in my life can I fix’, and then fix it. Don’t be the victim of it or someone else. Take control and walk through the situation.

If money is an issue in your life, become resourceful figure out ways to increase revenue. Money is the alchemy of ideas and creative thought. Get a second job or even a first one if you need to—to get by until you can get squared away. There are jobs out there. Maybe not the one you want at this time but a job and income is better than no job and no income. Settle for less if you are down and out until you can work you way back to the place you want to be. None of us want to be low man on the totem pole but the Tai Chi turns and everyone get a turn.

I am so glad mine came when I was younger. I worked three jobs at one time to support my daughter and myself. My mother raised my daughter for me because we had no money and I worked my butt off to pay the rent and car payment and that was all I had money for. There were no bells and whistles for any of us, my mother included. My father died while I was in high school and she was just trying to survive herself. No one ever goes it alone. We all need each other to make it.

We all have to do things, which we don’t want to do to get by sometimes but it makes us humble and appreciate what we do have. I will never forget that place that I came from but pray I stay where I am.

This last year has been a great year for me contrary to the polls. I got both my books up to par to point where I am proud of them and I re-published with a new publisher. My third book is being fine-tuned. I am thrilled at the way they have worked out. My health has been good but challenging this year dental-wise. Teeth symbolize decisions.

I have had so much trouble making decisions that my husband will approve of. I finally stopped TRYING to get his approval and did it anyway. Forgiven is easier to get than approval-- is what I have decided. The decision to close my business and go back to school in Behavioral Science has been knocking on my door for two year. I listened to the naysayers who told me I was on a track to success why would I want to jeopardaize that or the fact I am 56 years old going back to school. The main remark was, - Why do you want to do that?’ I listened and got scared of the change. I worked through it and now I am so excited for the next chapter to become the student again.

My dream has been to get my bachelors degree that I don’t have because I can’t pass math for even an associate’s degree. I have the credits, just not the 1050 math credit. I am dyslexic and the numbers and symbols move all over the page. I have found a tutoring company in Provo who will walk me through it and guarantee I can pass 1050 by next fall or they give me my money back. What a deal. That policy may change after me, but I am going to give it a big fat thumbs up and git’ r’ done.

I am excited and terrified of changing gears right now. I hope though in two to three year to be back in this field with more knowledge and success than I ever thought possible. I will always be a part of the intuitional art field. I want to bring the intellectual credibility back to it with me. Yes, my hubby is freaking a little bit but he will get over it like everything I have done to him for the last 27 years. God love him!! He is more worried that I won’t be as free to travel with him.

This metal tiger year I want all of you to go for your dream. It is a year of change and confusion but action and success. Eye of the tiger baby. Dare to see the eye of the tiger. The reflection in the eye is YOU.
For January 2010, the #3 of conflict moves to the center of the ba-gua. Place a bright light and a red Buddha in the center of the home to shed light on the conflict. Work through it diligently. Don’t stuff it or you get to do down the road. Be the change you want. You may also place bamboo flutes in this area to symbolize peace. Remember, conflict is good. It creates change.

The #4 of prosperity, romance and opportunity flies to Northwest of the home this month. Place 4 bamboos in the NW of your home to enhance the #4 star. You may also place crystals in this sector for travel and study luck. Display a pair of Mandarin ducks or peonies here for Romantic luck.

The #5 of instability moves to the West this month joining the annual star of #2 of illness. Since it is in the West which rules lungs be especially careful of asthma, bronchial stuff and pneumonia. Keep your face covered in the cold and take your vitamins. Emer-g-cee and Airborne are great. I love them and take them at the slightest hint of a sniffle. It keeps me healthy along with a twice-monthly massage to rid toxins. Place salt water in this area with the metal wu-luo to keep that #2 under control as well.

The #6 of power and authority moves to the NE of the Tiger and Ox bringing unexpected money to this sector. Activate this sector with the wealth Gods, Fuk, Luk, and Sau, a metal or gold money toad, or a ship bringing you gold ingots. The #3 of conflict is still in this area so make sure this area is brightly lit. You may place the bamboo flutes in this area as well.

The nasty #7 of instability flies South of the ba-gua. Place the color blue or a moving water feature in this area to weaken the metal sword of the #7. If your home faces the South use the moving water at your front door, to the left side as you are looking out.

For conflict issues or lawsuits at your front door, write on a blue piece of paper, “ I pray for a quick resolution to all conflicts this month. I pray that all legal situations be solved to my highest good.” Place this blue paper in the West under a bowl of WATER!!!

Use a blue rhino or elephant with a raised trunk in this area for protection.

The #8 of money flies to the North or the Rat bringing money luck. However with the annual #5 already here, be sure your salt water is in place to protect your money. Make sure your annual salt water cure is active and full. If it is looking yucky, toss it and make a new one. Salt is cheap. Place a moving water feature in the North of the home to enhance and encourage money to arrive. Use citrine stones and topaz.

The #9 Star flies to the SW this month to energize the #6 of power and authority. Use a 6 or 8-rod metal wind chime in this area. Place your traditional six Chinese coins. Since it is a metal-fire combo be careful of disagreements between sexes. Use still water to soften. Good month for woman and new decisions.

The #1 of career flies to the East of the Rabbit bringing with it Career luck. Place running water in the East to bring prosperity to your home. Also place a wooden laughing Buddha in the East to welcome in the prosperity and to remind you to laugh as you are enjoying your bounty.

However, remember the East Rabbit still has the three killings in this area until February 4. Place extra wood and water to buffer the three killings. Make sure your ki-luns are placed properly. Be careful of your limbs, muscles, and nerves. Liver may also be affected. Place a bowl of water and blue soap in the East to weaken this aspect. Keep all lighting, noise, and movement minimal this month. Place a blue rhinoceros in this area if possible.

To buffer the #7 for conflict issues or lawsuits, write on a blue piece of paper, “ I pray for a quick resolution to all conflicts this month. I pray that all legal situations be solved to my highest good.” Place this blue paper in the East under a bowl of WATER!!!

The #2 of illness flies to Snake and Dragon. Place the wu-luo or calabash in this area this month. Pregnant woman and elderly woman should take care in this sector this month. Eat right, exercise and get your rest. Wear magnetic hematite or tourmaline to protect the body. This 2/8 combination forms a sum of ten, which make this area very auspicious for money. Place the moving water in this area to bring money luck to you.

Next month is the Chinese New Year. Start preparing now by decluttering, getting your financial debts taken care of, and starting a healthy body program.

Disclaimer: Don’t get caught up in the dire aspects. Use the appropriate elements to balance. That is what feng shui is about. Balancing out those areas, which fly out of balance through out the year. If you ignore it or poo poo it you may be affected. Just place the adjustments, go about your business, and enjoy your life. Give it attention/no.

Reminder: Manifesting Class

2010-01-02T21:25:00.000-08:00

Intuitive Development and Manifesting Course!!

Only class offered this year

Learn the basics of the Metaphysical Arts to achieve your heart’s desire in relationship to money, health, relationships, weight management,

self-esteem and more.

Class begins:

January 12, 2010

Includes Chinese New Year Celebration with Lion Dance

Every Tuesday Night for 10-weeks

2 1/2 hours a week

6:30 pm -9:00 pm

Each class builds upon the other. Classes are subject to change depending upon discussion content and class interest.

Cost:

$35 a class or $300 to commit to all 10 weeks

Course includes 25 hours class time, book & a personalized 4-pillar profile mini reading with Mary

Classes may be paid weekly or Visa and MasterCard accepted.

New Location:

Lotus

12896 South Pony Express Road (near IKEA)

Draper Utah 84020

Classes will include beginning intuitive development, meditations, and learning how to trust your psychic vibes. Learn how to use physical anchors to develop insights and feng shui positioning of your home for manifesting. Learn to remove negative thought patterns and replace them with more appropriate ones for your development and requests. These classes will involve the basics of feng shui, self-hypnosis/behavior modification methods, theta healing, meditation skills, oils and stones, chakra work, and development of the intuitive insights and psychic development all geared toward awareness of Reconnecting Your Spirit to your higher wisdom.

For More Info call:

Mary Shurtleff, CHT, FSID

www.maryshurtleff.com 801-573-4042 designwisdom@yahoo.com

New years Eve

2009-12-30T08:14:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow evening is the blue moon. This full blue moon on the evening of the New Year's can symbolize the violet flame and your ability to manifest thought into reality.

Today, slug off all unwanted aspects of your life--negativity, doubt, fear, etc.

Tomorrow, be especially positive in thought and action. Make a list of all things you would love to see manifest in 2010 and meditate upon it throughout the day. Be sure to add to that list -- prosperity for the country and world, preservation of the earth and animal species, and world peace.

May all your dreams manifest into physical reality. Have a wonderful year of 2010.

Winter Solstice

2009-12-22T09:45:00.000-08:00

Winter Solstice

I have heard so many people saying that they are not ready for Christmas this year. This simply means your rhythms with the seasons of the year are out of balance. Your created the chaos, now uncreate it. Simplify your life and get your rest so you can think clearer--Inner Feng Shui. Life is a journey, not a destination. Slow down. Stop, reflect, and breathe. The Winter Solstice is the longest night of the year and is the season of hibernation and inward reflection. The sun is farthest away from earth and the air and ground are cold, causing our bodies and minds to turn inward for conservation. The winter season is a time of freezing water as it evolves to beautiful reflections of frost and ice crystals. Life seems to stand still for a moment with the beauty of purity, quiet, and peace. Take a moment and breathe in and honor this beauty. Winter is a time of slumber and rebirth. The winter is naturally a time to conserve energy. As the body and mind slows with the cold allow the body to rest and rebuild. Limit your activities to honor the natural bio-rhythms of the season and its compatibility with the body. Set priorities of what you can and can't do. AND do it. Delegate if you must. Put unnecessary things on hold. Hire others to help you, if you are too far behind. It will be the best money ever spent. The cold and dark days can cause a Seasonal Affect disorder within the body. In the days of old, people would go to bed, rest and honor their body rhythms. Our society, today, doesn't do that. We feel as though we have to squeeze every drop of activity out of the day. Life and times have changed and so must our approach to it. I know first hand about seasonal affect disorder. It can cause the body to become very tired and somewhat depressed emotionally. The desire to sleep is increased as the melatonin increases and serotonin decreases. Instead of fighting this natural rhythm, do like the bear, and honor the body's natural rhythms. Get more rest and relax your schedule. Don't take life so seriously, this time of year. Exercise, light therapy, and increased exposure to plants, fire, and running water can reinvigorate the body and set it on a more even keel by creating a more stable sleep pattern. Sleep is needed the most during these month for good health, however the life force of chi must still circulate appropriately. Eat earth foods during the winter to conserve body energy and warmth. Earth foods involve meat and potatoes. Digestion slows and these food fill you up. Find winter festivals and celebrations with music and warm fire to invigorate the mind. Ski and sled in the sun. Make sure you are home by dark, so the body can wind down and rest in the darkness. Be secure in the knowledge the spring time of creativity and growth will come soon enough. However in the mean time use this dark time to reflect upon the rebirth of the spring and the Solar New Year which will occur on February 4th. Rest, but begin planning and manifesting your next move. Organize your new year accordingly. The spring of the year, February 4th is the beginning of the Chinese Solar New Year and opening yourself up to new possibilities. The summer season is a full swing of activity. You are in full bloom with maximum activity. The autumn is a winding down of energy. A time to prepare for the harvest and to begin preparing for the winter rest. The cold winter is the time of slumber and renewal. Start organizing your life to meet that natural cycle of the year's cycle. Your body and mind will thank you. You will find you are better prepared for the holiday season's next year

Holiday Rituals

2009-12-16T12:52:00.001-08:00

Holiday Rituals

Holidays are a great time to celebrate as well as take the opportunity to the clear the old from your life out and start all over again in the New Year. I tell people to prepare their house for Christmas by doing a little holiday ritual for Earth and Heaven Luck to enter their home and life.

Start your ritual on the New Moon, if possible, between Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you miss the evening of the New Moon, do the ritual between the New Moon and the Full Moon. This year the New Moon arrives on the December 16^th, 2009. If you do miss the December New Moon, you can use the January New Moon for the Chinese New year. Substitute Christmas items for fresh, new household items.

Each day, chose an element and place it within your home with a prayer for good fortune and health coming to your home and all who enter there. Leave your elements in place until after the Chinese New Year. This allows the energy to build and flow. After the Chinese New Year you can replace or renew the ritual for another 12 days.

Start your ritual preparation by a thorough house cleanings getting rid of all old clutter, boxes, items that you no longer need. This is a good time to donate to a homeless shelter or Salvation Army. Be brave and clear it out.

Before decorating, remove all objects to be stored until after Christmas and an create open space for the holiday decorations. Keep the holiday in a natural motif with lots of wood energy.

Outdoor lights may be hung along the pathway and at your front door to draw energy to the front door. Melodic sounding wind chimes or ornaments may be placed at your front door to resonate energy coming into the home.

Choose colors and a Christmas theme that are attractive to you. Brighter colors lift energy, muted colors calm energy. Design items should be in pairs or multiples of 3, 5, and 7. Use colorful ornaments, lights, and icicles to lift energy.

Use power strips instead of extension cords. Visible electrical cords are draining and symbolize too much going on which can cause anxiety and a feeling of being spread too thin. Plugged into TOO much!!!

Decorate your bathroom with cheerful holiday towels and scented soap. Make the bathroom as inviting as possible. When guests wash their hands in your bathroom it makes them feel prosperous and helps to bring money to your home.

For peace of mind and serenity, place a pot of oranges and apples in water on the stove and simmer through the holiday season. Also, serve a good spiced wine. Mulling spices are available at most fine grocery stores. This yummy warm beverage gives feeling of peace and comfort.

Play Christmas music in your home to set the stage for peace, joy, and giving. .

Once you have cleared and set the stage of your home, you are ready to place the first element.

First day of Christmas Ritual-Water Element- Renewing and Cleansing-Bringer of Life.

Place water at your front door, either in the form of a fountain or still water, to renew and cleanse all energy coming into the home. Place orange and frankincense oil in the fountain or water. Around or under the water feature, place object or photos of all things, you wish to renew or heal the coming holiday season and year. Place a prayer with the water for healthy, wealth, and happiness connection for all family members and friends.

Second day of Christmas Ritual-Wood Element-Growth and Creativity:

Place your Christmas tree and garland. If you have already placed your tree, you may place a Poinsettia place or fresh flowers this day. The beautiful wrapping paper also is synonymous with the Wood element. Light the tree to bring in the opportunity for new growth and creativity. If you do not celebrate the Christmas season, you can still put up a tree symbolizing something in your life of great importance and decorate it appropriately. Rename it _______________ Tree.

Third day of Christmas Ritual-Fire Element-Passion and Transformation

The Christmas tree lights are the best form of fire energy at Christmas time. In addition, create an alter which consists of frankincense and myrrh bulk incense and real gold in the center of your home. Real Gold is preferred to symbolic gold, to symbolize wealth. You may also place a Buddha, Jesus, Nativity Scene, or other spiritual deities on your alter to balance the energy of the home with peace and unconditional love. You may also add rice, salt, and berries to the alter if you so desire for abundance. Salt is used to clear all negative energy.

Place a white candle of Spirit on the alter. Place a smaller candle symbolizing all members of the family or friends who you wish to honor. Spray the essential oil of cinnamon, myrrh, and frankincense around the entire home to clear the home. Light the candle and say a prayer, while visualizing your desires for all. Leave the alter through the holiday season, replacing the candles as needed. Be extremely careful of all fire dangers. Electric candles can be substituted if small children or animals present a danger.

You may also burn Cinnamon or Bayberry candles in your Helpful People (NW corner) or Wealth area (SE corner) to bring prosperity to you, your family and all who visit. Candles need only burn for an hour or two each day for great results.

Fourth day of Christmas Ritual- Earth Element-Grounding and Security

Place sea salt or rock salt in small saucers in each corner of your home.
Using the ousting mudra (flicking the middle finger against your thumb in an outward motion) command all negative energies and spirits that no longer serve the household to depart, while perceiving in your mind's eye ensuing peace.
--After nine days throw the saucer contents to the wind, from each corner of your property and replace with new salt. Do this every nine days until the Chinese New Year, knowing that you have established a strong foundation for the future.

Fifth day of Christmas Ritual-Metal Element-Wisdom, Discipline and Logic-Closing Metal

Metal is symbolically the end of a cycle--in the life cycle the body dries up and gets stiff as it ages. Age is associated with Wisdom. Consciously choose rocks, stones, natural crystals, gems or Chinese coins that speak to you and help to open your pathways to wisdom. These stones contain the electromagnetic energy of the earth. Place your chosen metals in each corner of your property (or apartment), with a spoken personal affirmation to create a blessed environment. Leave the objects to hold and solidify the strong sacred energy you've declared, for months to come.

May you have a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Marry Shurtleff

www.maryshurtleff.com

designwisdom@yahoo.com

December Feng Shui Aspects

2009-12-08T13:44:00.000-08:00

Feng Shui aspects for December—Disclaimer: These aspects are strictly the opinion, research, and observations of Mary Shurtleff and are no way to be used as fact but only insight. Use you own common sense to discover what is right for you.

Almost to the Calendar New Year, 2010. Can you believe it? This year has flown by and not just for me but also for others, who have felt like they were surfing on fire being pulled in so many directions with so many changes. Changes of jobs, residences, family (lots of celebrations and endings), and attitudes.

If you recall Uranus, the planet of rebellion, turned direct on December 1^st. Uranus is retrograde for more than five months out of the year. This direct movement of Uranus will free you from those things that have been restraining you. You will no longer feel the desire to live within conventional way if they are not working for you. With this influence, we may see again changes of job, residences, family, and attitudes. If you recall Uranus rules electricity or electromagnetic energy and creates that chaos of a lightening storm in order to clear the air. Once the air is cleared and refreshed, new pathways are blazed. Independence thinking and freedom are heightened in the New Calendar Year.

This influence will also be present during the Chinese New Year, which arrives on February 14, 2010, when the Golden Tiger appears. The Golden Tiger will arrive with an entrance fitting of the Tiger. The Tiger is steely, independent, confident, stealth, quick, and powerful. The golden or metal tiger will be sharp, courageous, determined, and prefers to work hunt alone. This can make 2010 a tumultuous year with rebellion emerging bringing with it chaos and confusion. Things may turn on a dime with the quickness of the Tiger energy. The Tiger will roar and be heard. Remember to look into the eye of the Tiger. What do you see in the EYE of the TIGER—it will be the reflection of you. Will the tiger eat you or will you ride the back of the Tiger. The Tiger's influence will offer courage, bold actions and risk taking to achieve your goal of independence and the right to live your life the way you wish.

This will give way to the beginning of the New World Consciousness. People will begin to think for themselves, not blindly following government, religion, or society’s rules. We will see more rioting and backlash against establishment. We will see people, who have blindly followed in the past, questioning authority.

The New World Consciousness of 2012 is not the end of the world, but the beginning. I have to laugh when I see people panicking over the demise of the world. The 2012 will be a change in world consciousness from the patriarchal control and conquer approach to a more intellectual, maternal approach based upon intuition, spirituality, and compassion. It will be the beginning of man finding his own power of being connected to Cosmos force or God. It will also signify the return of the woman as a Goddess. Women around the world are already feeling the new energy and are aggressively starting to reject oppression at any cost. They are stepping up and into their power.

The one true Spirit of God will be felt and the false prophets and institution will have to adjust or fall. The fear, guilt, and shadows of doubt will no longer work as the key to control. People have moved beyond that limitation.

A new impendence can emerge but probably not without the tenacity of the Tiger. The tiger is feminine energy in the Chinese Form School feng shui so with that we will see women emerging fast and hard. If the trend does continue we could see a woman in the White House in 2012.

In this revelation of World Consciousness, wo/man will take on her/his own power of deeper thinking to be able to take the steps needed for her/him self to manifest all that he desires. But there will be a tricky part. With the thought continuum of collective consciousness the force of good vs. evil will struggle. It is important to always focus on the positive because the negative is definitely easier to manifest. It is easier to be angry and fight for war instead of being vulnerable and patient and press forward for peace. The Metal Gold element of tiger will bring logic, discipline, and tenacity to accomplish your goals. Be diligent-be wise.

The Metal Tiger will be a year of personal independence and freedom. However with independence and freedom comes responsibility and accountability. Those who have prepared will prosper. Those who have been co-dependent or victims of their own doing will struggle with the idea of taking responsibility without blaming others. The year of Tiger will expose those weaknesses, bring them to light, and make them accountable whether they wish to be or not. It is a year of reckoning for all of those who have been manipulated or felt controlled by others. Balance can be found. The struggle may come to an end, if that is what they wish.

For the month of December, the #4 of prosperity, romance and opportunity flies to the center of the home this month. Place 4 bamboos in the center of your home to enhance prosperity. You may also place crystals in this sector for travel and study luck. For romantic luck in your home place your peach blossom animal here. If your year animal is a rat, dragon, or monkey, place a golden rooster; if you are a tiger, horse, or dog, place a green rabbit ; if you are a snake, ox, or rooster, place a red horse; If you are a rabbit, sheep, or pig, place a blue rat.

The #5 of instability moves to the NW of the father, Dog, and Pig this month joining the annual star of #1 career, possibly bringing instability to career. The #5 of instability is not always a bad thing. It sometimes forces the change of things that we are procrastinating about but know that we need to change. The #5 pushes it to happen so new opportunity can be exposed. Place salt water in this area. Place your wealth deities in NW to stabilize career. Also be careful of health when the #5 appears. Place your metal wu-luo in this area especially if your bedroom resides here. Place a Longevity God in this area of Heaven of the NW to keep good health flowing.

The #6 of power and authority moves to the West of the Rooster. This symbol of power and authority may activate the male’s needs for ideas of war. The West Wing of the White House and the symbol of the Eagle (Rooster) indicate that the United States will be involved more deeply in war this month. We may see more aggression with weapons and war like behavior this month. Place still water to calm any male aggressive behavior in the home as well as a prayer for the safety of the troops and for a solution to find world peace.

To activate your personal authority and power place 6 Chinese coins in the west with small water. This will activate windfall luck. If you home faces west, place it at the front door.

The #6 pairs with the #2 of illness and weakens the #2 of illness aspect. However, be sure to leave all annual adjustments in place.

The nasty #7 of instability flies to the NE of the Ox and Tiger and meets the #3 of conflict. Place the color blue or a moving water feature in this area to weaken the metal sword of the #7. If you home faces the NE use the moving water at your front door, to the left side as you are looking out. Leave a light on in the NE sector of your home to calm the clash of the #3 wood and the #7 metal. Also be sure to place the Red Buddha in the NE to symbolize happy home and good fortune.

For conflict issues or lawsuits, write on a blue piece of paper, “ I pray for a quick resolution to all conflicts this month. I pray that all legal situations be solved to my highest good.” Place this blue paper in the West under a bowl of WATER!!!

The Ox and Tiger need to be especially careful of burglary. Do not walk alone at night, lock your doors, and be aware of your surrounding. Carry the Tui Sai amulet with you for protection. Also place a Blue Rhino at your front door or in your car. Be careful of saying and doing the wrong thing this month. Use water to calm. Don’t make yourself a target.

The #8 of money flies to the South of the Horse bringing money luck to the horse and South facing home. Place a moving water feature in the South of the home to enhance and encourage money to arrive. With the #4 and #8 combination, there is a chance of literary success and completion. Place 4 lucky bamboos in this area as well.

The #9 Star flies to the North of the rat this month where the #5 annual of instability reside for the year. This enhances the #5. Because of the #5, place peacock feathers to protect you and your home. Make sure your annual salt water cure is active and full. If it is looking yucky, toss it and make a new one. Salt is cheap. If you house faces North, I always recommend a salt line at the front door. The #5 brings health issues so be careful of kidney, bladder, stomach and blood pressure or heart issues this month. Place the wu-luo to protect health.

The Southwest is the luckiest sector of the home this month. The #1 of career flies into the SW of Woman, Sheep and Monkey. The #6 of the annual star is still powerful in this area, so be sure to have your 6 Chinese coins or metal coins already in place with a moving water feature. If your home faces the SW put water at your front door with the coins in it. Place a laughing Buddha in the Southwest to welcome in the prosperity and remind you to laugh as you are enjoying your bounty.

The #2 of illness flies to the East of rabbit. Place the wu-luo or calabash in this area this month. Pregnant woman and elderly woman should take care in this sector this month. Eat right, exercise and get your rest. Wear magnetic hematite or tourmaline to protect the body.

Remember the East Rabbit also has the three killings in this area. Place extra wood and water to buffer the three killings. Make sure your ki-luns are placed properly. Be careful of your limbs, muscles, and nerves. Liver may also be affected. Place a bowl of water and blue soap in the East to weaken this aspect. Keep all lighting, noise, and movement minimal this month. Place a blue rhinoceros in this area if possible.

To buffer the #7 for conflict issues or lawsuits, write on a blue piece of paper, “ I pray for a quick resolution to all conflicts this month. I pray that all legal situations be solved to my highest good.” Place this blue paper in the East under a bowl of WATER!!!

The rabbit may feel especially vulnerable this month emotionally as well as physically. Wear magnetic hematite, labrodorite, or kyanite to push back energy from your body. Always focus on the goal. Be in the now!! Don’t get distracted by other people’s drama. Place a rooster in the East to deflect gossip and tongue wagging.

The #3 of conflict flies into South East of the Dragon and Snake this month. Remember conflict is a catalyst of change so embrace it if it should occur. Place a red Buddha in the Southeast to remind you of peace, joy, and good fortune. Added lighting in this area helps to shed the light on situations of conflict. Also place a raw crystal in this area to activate the subconscious mind and its depths of wisdom.

I wish you a month of miracles. Have a Merry Christmas. Remember all your blessings and help those who may need a hand out or leg up. I ask that each one of you reading this donate a turkey, some food product, or their time to their local food bank or adopt a child off an Angel tree. There are many struggles out there right now and a random act of kindness moves forth ten fold. Thank you. Love M.

Disclaimer: Don’t get caught up in the dire aspects. Use the appropriate elements to balance. That is what feng shui is about. Balancing out those areas, which fly out of balance through out the year. If you ignore it or poo poo it you may be affected. Just place the adjustments, go about your business, and enjoy your life. Give it attention/no.

Feng Shui and Hoarding

2009-11-24T06:18:00.000-08:00

Did an interview on a Detroit station this morning about Feng Shui and hoarding. About 5 minutes, easy listen.

http://www.am800cklw.com/themorningdrive

Reminder of Free Feng Shui evening

2009-11-16T17:02:00.000-08:00

You are invited to a free evening of Feng Shui

You are Invited

by Mary Shurtleff and Wisdom House Books

to a

Free Evening of

Feng Shui

Tuesday

November 17th

6:30 – 7:30 PM

LOTUS

New Location

12896 South Pony Express Road

(Frontage Road),

Suite 200 - Draper, Utah

Presenting the release of the updatedAlchemy of

Quantum Mind Feng Shui and the second book in

the series, Reconnecting Your Spirit: Seeingthe

Possibilities. The evening will include a short class

on the use of the books in Feng Shui, Theta Healing,

Self-Hypnosis, and Behavior Modification.

Books are available at most bookstores, ask them to order it in.

maryshurtleff.com or amazon.com.

November Feng Shui Aspects

2009-11-07T19:27:00.000-08:00

Feng Shui aspects for November—Disclaimer: These aspects are strictly the opinion, research, and observations of Mary Shurtleff and are no way to be used as fact but only insight. Use you own common sense to discover what is right for you.

Here we are again, the beginning of another month—WOW-- is it just me or is time flying by??? I can’t seem to keep up with all I need to do.

That dog gone #5 star of instability, last month, in my Snake wreaked havoc on my health, nervous system and emotions. Because I am so right brain thinking about faith and natural healing, I got paranoid and wondered if perhaps I did need to think left brained and see a medical doctor in case something was indeed wrong. Well, I had a battery of blood tests done and an acuscan done and guess what—I have the blood work of 15 years old and my acuscan showed nothing except a lesion on my thyroid. I had an ultra sound done on my thyroid and they found nothing worth worrying about. They want me to retest in 6 months, but said it seems to be a normal abnormal. (Whatever that means??) So after thousands of dollars worth of tests, I came up healthy!! Thank God, however, that darn #5 was playing with my head and made me question what I already did know. Once my emotional mind went out of balance, everything else went out of balance—physically, mentally, and spiritually.

I seconded guessed myself all month long. Finally I am feeling somewhat in control again, whatever that means!! However, in hypnosis, we call confusion good because it means the belief system is challenged and when the belief system is challenged is when change does occur. It means that perhaps the way I was doing things was not getting me the best results. I did make some huge strides last months in attitude and boundary setting. I felt like I had one nerve left and when someone stepped on it, there was no holding back. I let my emotions fly on a few occasions and found people started to respect my stance on a subject. Those that did not see my value seem to have been removed from my life and I have not even missed them. Needless to say, it wasn’t pretty. I decided to lie low the last two weeks of the month because I seemed to have the right to remain silent, just not the ability. Last month was a tricky one for me-glad it is over and onward!!

The warning to this being: That darn #5 moves to the center this month causing instability in all aspects of life this month, especially health. It joins the already #9 star of expansion, so it will be more powerful than usual. Since the #9 is associated with health and blood, take care with added stress this month Place salt water cures and water in the center of your home and business this month to stabilize. Also, take more baths and swimming this month to relax the raw nerves. However, stay honest and true to yourself. No one else will, if you don’t set those boundaries. I found that out myself last month. I feel more grounded and focused than I have in a long time. The #5 of instability is not always a bad thing. It sometimes forces the change of things that we are procrastinating about and know that we need to change.

The #6 of power and authority moves to the NW of the patriarch and Dog and Pig. This symbol of power and authority may activate the male’s needs for ideas of war. We may see more aggression with weapons and war like behavior this month, as Fort Hood already exhibited. Use still water to calm any male aggressive behavior in the home.

However, the good part of this aspect is that it pairs with the #1 of career and becomes very powerful when applied for the correct reasons. And yes, I am saying the war reasons are not the best intentions. Stay in the light. Karma bites back!! Place moving water in this sector to activate career promotions or moves. You may also place 6 Chinese coins or the gold Sacajawea coins in this area as well. The statues of Fuk, Luk, and Sau may also be placed here this month. The Dog and Pig should be very successful this month in career if their cards are played right. Pay attention to opportunity and allow fear to fade into the sunset.

The nasty #7 of instability flies to the West of the Rooster with the already #2 star of illness. We careful of accidents and violence in the West. If your bedrooms are in this sector of your home, place the salt water cures under the bed to weaken the energy. If your bedrooms are not located in this area, place the color blue or a moving water feature in this area to weaken the metal sword of the #7. If you home faces the West, use the moving water at your front door, to the left side as you are looking out.

The good news is that the #2 and #7 is a Ho Tu combination for business ideas and creativity. Place a rooster in the west for successful closure to the deals and signing papers. Also, place business intentions in this area this month.

The West energy could go either way this month, be prepared for both.

The Ho-Tu Combination of 3-8 flies to the NE of the Ox and the Tiger this month. Great money opportunities and business dealing. Again, use moving water and citrine to activate. Life is good this month for the Ox and Tiger and those who live in NE facing homes.

The Ho-Tu combination of 4-9 flies to the South of the Horse. This is good for writing, directing, and studies. Place 4 bamboos in still water in this area to balance the wood and fire heat. Enjoy!! Life will move fast this month if you reside in or face the South. Be careful of the wood/fire combo of too much fire—use small water to cool.

The #1 Star flies to the North this month where the #5 annual of instability reside for the year. Because of the #5, place peacock feathers to protect you and your home. Lift the energy of the #1 of the North with a tortoise, fish, or water feature. You may also use small sound this month such as a small metal wind chime or Llama bells to offset the #5 chi. Make sure your annual salt water cure is active and full. If it is looking yucky, toss it and make a new one. Salt is cheap. If you house faces North, I always recommend a salt line at the front door.

The #2 of illness flies to the Southwest of woman, sheep, and monkey. Place the wu-luo or calabash in this area this month. Pregnant woman and elderly woman should take care in this sector this month. Eat right, exercise and get your rest. However, remember the #6 of the annual star is still powerful in this area, so be sure to have your 6 Chinese coins or metal coins already in place. Wear magnetic hematite or tourmaline to protect the body.

The #3 of conflict flies into the already conflicted Rabbit and East this month. Remember the East Rabbit also has the three killings in this area. Place extra wood and water to buffer conflict. Make sure your ki-luns are placed properly. There is a strong possibility with this combination of serious violence with weapons. You may also place a curved sword in the East to capture the energy and throw it back to the source. Also, be careful of your limbs, muscles, and nerves. Place a bowl of water and blue soap in the East to weaken this aspect. Keep all lighting, noise, and movement minimal this month. Place a blue rhinoceros in this area if possible.

The rabbit may feel especially vulnerable this month emotionally. Wear magnetic hematite, labrodorite, or kyanite to push back energy from your body. Always focus on the goal. Be in the now!! Don’t get distracted by other people’s drama.

The #4 of prosperity flies to the SE of the Snake and Dragon. Use lighting and crystals to activate. Romance and fertility is heightened in this sector this month. If you are wishing to get pregnant, place your peach blossom in the appropriate area. The term peach blossom is used to enhance love activity. Too much peach blossom can result in sex or extramarital affairs, so one needs to be careful how it is applied.

If your year animal is a rat, dragon, or monkey, place a golden rooster in the west. If you are a tiger, horse, or dog, place a green rabbit in the east. If you are a snake, ox, or rooster, place a red horse in the south. If you are a rabbit, sheep, or pig, place a blue rat in the north. However, have your sexual relations in the SE.

You may also activate the peach blossom by placing rose quartz, a pink rotating crystal, pink lotus, pairs of birds such as ducks or lovebirds, and pink peony flowers in your bedroom or peach blossom direction.

I want to remind you all that Uranus being is still in retrograde until December 1^stbringing unexpected news and developments. Go back and read the July post for further info.

On October 13, Jupiter, the planet of luck, grace, favor and fortune, which has been retrograde since June 15, begin moving forward again. Since Jupiter brings abundance and prosperity, you may have felt the hold back of money and successes during that time. The world should start seeing prosperity moving forward again in a civilized manner. Jupiter also governs that which brings us happiness, as well, as how challenging our life journey may be. Focus on the positive. Jupiter will bring it to you.

On October 29, Saturn, the planet of discipline, moved from Virgo into Libra impacting our relationships and love life. For the next three years the focus of relationship energy will be towards balancing peace, honesty and compassion in our lives. Saturn in Libra will break up relationships that are no longer working and create those that will. You will discover your self worth and find peace and harmony in your life. You will hear of many breakups but many marriages as well during this time period. Marriages during this time should be based on honesty and respect. If not, they will not survive. This will also apply to politics and what is happening now in the world with the jockeying of power and position is destined to happen to bring about change and eventually peace. This is an excellent time for our world to come to terms with each other.

The planet Neptune of Spirit and Faith, retrograde since May 28 turned direct on November 4^th. This planet controls our dreams, imagination, spirituality, but also our delusions, confusions, and addictions. Neptune can dissolve our limitations and lead us to a higher purpose or spiral us to the depths of despair. The retrograde period was a time to escape from real life and reflect upon ‘what was’ instead of ‘what is’. Anxiety, depression, and addictions may have set in. Neptune in retrograde connected us to our emotions and spirit of our regrets and what if’s. Now that it has becomes direct it will ask us to implement the required changes that the reflections of confusion and regrets brought to life. This is a time to act upon past regrets with clarity. It helps us break our programming, which keep us stuck in the past. Set and focus on the goals of what you want in your life.

All in all, this is a good time to implement change and get rid of anything or anyone not working in your best interest. It is a time to move forward into your dreams. If you can dream it-you can be it!!! God will show you the way if you just ask.

Have an amazing Thanksgiving. Remember all your blessings and help those who may need a hand out or leg up. I ask that each one of you reading this donate a turkey, some food product, or their time to their local food bank. There are many struggles out there right now and a random act of kindness moves forth ten fold. Thank you. Love M.

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