Mood:  lucky

     Happy Monday my little Bloglo-ditterers...It's a power packed planetary procession in the heavens today as Fiery Mars in Fiery Sag conjuncts Expansive and Lucky Jupiter the Giant.  This is like putting a magnifying glass to your goals-what is it you really want to get accomplished?  This placement gives us the energy to get it DONE!  It is, however a placement of OVERDOING, so -really-I think I said it before, but I am saying it again-PACE yourself-Slow and Steady wins the race!!! But not without a little fire under the booty, and that is what we've got right now.  This is magnificent for getting all of the Holiday Runaround Run-Around.  We also have Mercury in Sag right now, which can be pretty speedy-Please Drive Carefully-everyone is REVVED!!! 

     Coming this Saturday, Venus moves from Sag, into Practical Capricorn, and it is all about really getting serious about the people and things that you love, and since Capricorn is the house of Careers, Elders and Success---this can give us some much needed support.  This is the house of our Father figure as well---make some time to call the Papa's in your life.  Support form Venus in Capricorn is really great-You deserve it-Make the best of it!!!

Posted by mandalafly at 9:50 AM PST

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Mood:  caffeinated

Today my email contained the important news that according to the rules in Captain Underpants, if I had to assume a new identity, I would be known as Goober Gizzardlips.  Kinda brings me down a rung or two, huh!  Happy Tuesday.  Be nice or I'll forward it to you!!!

Today the planet Saturn...aka Father Time...turns around in the sky and goes Retro(grade).  Yes, it's time to flashback to the year gone by and think about how things have been working for you in your life, and how they have not, and how we are going to fix it in the coming year.  The idea for me is like that of hibernation, and incubation.  Also DREAM, DREAM, DREAM!!!  Saturn is retrograde all the way up until April 19 of next year, and working up until then, we should be plotting and scheming our next moves.  Sometimes it is difficult to dream big when we know we have to start small, but DO IT ANYWAY!!!  What do you want to do next?  Saturn is in LEO right now-the house of SELF.  What would you do if it were ALL ABOUT YOU!!!  Get what you want. (but be nice about it!)  This asks the question "How can you support yourself more effectively?"

Today, Mars enters Sagittarius, and ADVENTURE is the name of the game.  I love Sagittarius...to me it is like a happy go lucky horse, and I love horses!!!  Mars-the planet of War and Action, saddles up in Sag, and off they go to explore stange new worlds...this is also a conqueror setting, and it wouldn't surprise me to see things really heat up in the Middle East during this time, though Christmas may blessedly slow the US down, and give things time to shift...It is important that we send out the vibration of Peace and Resolution.   OMMMMMM.......Now get out there and PLAY!!!

Coming up this Friday (Buddhist Bodhi Day)  the planet of Communication and Short Travel-Mercury (the Fleet Footed Messenger and Florist Extraordinaire) hops over the corral to join Mars in Sag and there will be LOTS to talk about.  What a fine setting to see us into the holiday season...Enthusiasm and Optimism are the hallmarks of this placement (not to be confused with Product Placement in which I would be trying to sell you singing Christmas trees...I assure you, I am not.)  This is a great vibration for Christmas Party Conversation...dust off your Party Shoes...and STEP ON OUT IN STYLE!!! 

See you under the Mistletoe--KISSKISS!!! (I DO wanna Rock and Roll ALL Nite!)

Posted by mandalafly at 10:29 AM PST

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Mood:  caffeinated

Good Monday, My Dears...

     Yes, it's true!!!  More information from the land of Bambi...I was working on an Astrology Chart reading for my Reiki Master who is from St. Petersburg, Russia.  Now if you haven't been keeping up, (because I haven't been keeping up!!!)  or if you are new here...(welcome)...check back with the BLOGLOG for the last few weeks...Deer Magic is still afoot...

So, I am looking up information for Y, who is a Taurus, a Sheep, a Beaver and her Vedic sign is called Mrigasira...which is the "Head of the Deer"...in case you missed it, deer antlers are seen as reaching to the sky for spiritual information from energies one must be attuned to...which is exactly what Reiki is!  How appropriate for a Reiki Master...especially one who is bringing a new lineage here.

As if this wasn't fun enough, when I sat down Saturday night to start writing out the chart information, I turned on the DVD player to watch a movie called BARAKA-(see it)...anyway something on OPB caught my eye...a documentary on Stravinsky and his composition Rites of Spring, which was not very well received his first night out in his home of ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA!!!  The next afternoon I sat down to continue working on it, and turned on the DVD...but was stopped by Ice Skating, which I LOVE...and as I watched the couple dance past the ads on the board, I realized they were in Russian...and when they went to commercial the announcer said..."The ISU Ice Skating Championships from St. Petersburg, Russia."!!!  I only have like 5 channels...what are the chances?  If coincidences are truly an indication that you are in the flow, then I am coming up on the RAPIDS!!!

Something in one of my sources struck me as funny...it said that Tauruses (?) often have interests that "border on the eccentric"...such as translating the Bible from it's original Hebrew"...my Reiki Master is currently translating a Reiki Manuscript from Russian to English for us...I just have to laugh...

So for the rest of you project oriented Taurus natives, what is your eccentric hobby?  And the rest of the ZODIAC...what keeps YOU out of trouble?   GET BUSY!!!

Posted by mandalafly at 10:05 AM PST

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Mood:  chatty

HEY!!!  THERE'S SNOW IN THE VALLEY!!!  Leetle Dog LOVES IT...he romps!!!  This is one of the earliest snows I have seen since I moved here...and besides that it is STICKING-and it is COLD OUTSIDE...we are really spoiled here...back in Normal this would be considered "a dusting".  Here it was just enough to make the kids hope they'd wake up to no school, and not enough to make that happen...better luck next time Thing One and Two!!!

Good Morning and welcome back, Deer...Dears, do I dare say,,,If you all look back at the Blog from my best friend's birthday, which was Nov. 6,  (not to be confused with My Best Friend's Girlfriend, which is a song by the Cars,) you will see the beginning of the Deer Magic which is gently appearing on a regular basis at this point in  my development.  Just after I wrote that entry, I was sent an email from a friend (who actually didn't know about MY deer story, yet...) who thought it was very cool.  It was a story of a family who has a family of deer that live in their yard that have made themselves at home with the humans!  You can go there, it's www.pelorian.com and it is really sweet...when you get to the bottom of the page of deer, you can go to their whole site which explores quantum physics and repairing your DNA!!!  I LOVE IT!!!  Thank you Deer Magic!  Then this morning, another auspicious sign, deer on the front page of the paper!!  Yes, Folks, two deer standing in the fresh snow that we actually got here in the valley!!!  Since there are a couple of prominent planetary squares happening today, I am getting the feeling that this is a HEADS UP!!!  (woohoo-I just looked out and it is snowing again!-highly unusual for us here in the mild Pac-NW) 

So-with that in mind, I take you today's planetary forecast, We have Mars square Saturn-AKA "what is real"-and Mercury square Neptune-AKA "what is fantasy">  Today should be an opportune day to stop and consider your options.  It is not a day to move forward, more of a day to take the time to contemplate your next move. The Sun will be squaring Uranus (which I have decided is the Starship Enterprise...another blog...) this Saturday-Dec. 2-and it should really highlight where change is needed.  All of this works together to give substance to our next move...which we will be preparing to make after we get the Holiday Festivities out of the way...Until then-watch the signs, ask the questions, be still in your heart, and get ready to enjoy the Holidays!!!  Here We GO!!!!

Posted by mandalafly at 9:38 AM PST

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Mood:  crushed out

I am sitting here in a cosmic whirlwind at this moment...the events that just occurred from the moment I opened this blogbuilder to write about the film "The Fountain" has me grinning from ear to ear like a Cheshire Cat...Let's just say that I am definately in the FLOW!!!

Where to start...I guess...here:   For those of you who have been experiencing my little world for a while, bear with  me as I catch the newbies up to speed...

Let's start with chakras...

Chakras are energy vortices in our bodies...there is a ton of info on the net, so I won't go into details right here, right now...the important part about this lesson today is that when you are working on the chakras, as we balance each of our energies, as we balance the right and the left(heart) side, and cleanse our energies, we create a chakra fountain and are constantly recharged by our own energies.  Energy is balanced, there is balanced exchange between people and there is no need for power plays, you are not subject to energy drain from inner or outer sources, and you become a light for others to follow...It is alchemy, in tarot it is the temperance card (which reminds us "all things in moderation"), and when TWO of these souls meet, the space time continuum is putty in their hands...anything is possible!

Now, in typical Mandalafly fashion, I will tell you how this is all playing out in my life in it's coincidental life lesson type way...and maybe by absorbing it through me, you can also see how it applies to you...(feel free to share your insights with me too...)

Once upon a time, in a land far from Normal (IL ...where  I lived) I met Mr. Wright...a cosmic April Fool...HA HA HA.  Love is a funny thing. Back in Normal, Three Aprils later I met Mr. Hart...early morning April 4.  I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that they were angels come to earth to teach me to recognize true love when I found it...and that it was unconditional, uncomplicated, and infinite...and that the seed for it was in our very souls, under our own control...until we actually try to control it...then all bets are off!

Another three Earth years go by and I meet a man named Mr. Fountain (do you see a pattern here?)  At this point I can see that this is no coincidence, and it has all of the makings of an EPIC LOVE STORY...which we are in our 7th year of...Love has triumphed over a number of challenges, and we continue to grow together every day...and in the spirit of the season...I am Thankful...

This brings me to the movie...The Fountain"-created by director Darron Aronofsky, (Requiem for a Dream)-The movie which "follows three couples, in different times/periods, all played by the same two actors...Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz."...is a must see for me, for obvious reasons!  It may be receiving so-so reviews, but I can tell you from experience that there is a deeper wave, that not everyone can understand from the outside...but we are all aware of it inside...it is what keeps us going....

Meanwhile, the cherry on the sundae came as I sat down to write this entry...I opened the page and entered the title, mood and song, and there was a knock on the door...the mail-woman with a package for "Rogalio" and "Misha" Fountain, (as if we were already married...instead of just living in SIN!!!) and an unrelated postcard with a special offer of a wedding magazine addressed to me...do you think the universe is trying to tell me something?  I wonder if Babboo is getting the same message...Guess we'll see-when the time is...all good things...

Meditation for the day:  repeat as needed "I am  the Fountain Flowing Deep and Wide..." and may the love flow freely through you too!!!

Posted by mandalafly at 6:25 PM PST

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Mood:  caffeinated

Good Morning my patient little pretties.  I spent some time this weekend doing some more computer-housekeeping so that I might be able to log in again...this baby had slowed to almost a standstill...can't blame all of it on  the constant downloading this thing endures having Thing One and Thing Two at the helm...what exactly did we listen to before there were iTunes?

Anyway, HI!!!  I can't believe I am this alert on a Monday morning, however I kid you not when I say that I am going through a profound stage of healing and growth.  It doesn't hurt either that when I took Leetle Dog out for his morning Frisbee and Chuck-It run (can I get paid for a little "product placement?")  the sun coming up in the East was bouncing rainbows off the rainclouds to the West...sigh---I love it here...

Is it just me, or did you all feel the positive shift as Mercury came out of retrograde on Friday.  In addition to the power of that, the Sun Squared Saturn which is in Leo-shining a light on the inner truth that gives us our ROAR>>>then we had Mars squaring Neptune pointing directly at our ideals and showing us where we might not be living up to them...hmmm, what to do about that?!  When Mercury goes direct, we can again move forward...if we have been paying attention during the retrograde, we will know exactly what needs work next...think about what has been the major focus of the last few weeks, the opportunities to take care of these issues will present themselves during this next cycle...

Today we have a new moon in Scorpio, and it is time to unpack your baggage, shake out what is not necessary, clean up what needs it and get it ready to go again.  As the moon waxes toward the full, pay attention to the signs, because we are receiving clear instructions as to what needs to be done next.  Uranus goes direct today as well, and this can bring the element of surprise to your day.  This highlights independence and change...how it affects you has everything to do with whether you fear change, or embrace it!!!  

Wednesday the Sun heads into happy-go-lucky Sagittarius and it's ruling planet Jupiter does as well.  This is the sign and planet of LUCK AND EXPANSION!!!  The last time Jupiter transited Sagittarius was roughly the year 1995 and before that 1988...who remembers what went on then...I can tell you these were two of the most power packed years of my life...whatever you are thinking, don't be afraid to THINK BIG!!!  It's time to RAISE THE VIBRATIONS of as many as we can...what is the love you have to share???  Bring it ON!!!

Posted by mandalafly at 9:41 AM PST

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Mood:  don't ask

RAWWWRRRR!!!  I am just now getting things purged from my cyberspace so that my computer will actually allow me to log onto my blog again.  Ugh-stupid Mercury Retrograde-car is in the shop again too...brake line-thankfully relatively inexpensive as repairs go-but inconvenient all the same.  Thankfully Mercury comes out of retrograde on Friday, and some other aspects will make it a high energy, coming out of the fog Friday.. WORKS FOR ME!!!  I'll be back soon...

My Mantra for the day:  "I continue to attract radiant health and wealth to myself every moment....of every day...."   OOOMMMMM....

Posted by mandalafly at 10:28 AM PST

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Mood:  party time!

Today is the birthdate of my Mother's Father-GrampaK.  He has never really had a grasp on exactly how old he is, and this year my mom said he might be 89 or so...there is some sort of confusion over whether he was born in 1917 or 1918.  He was old enough to serve in WWII as a tank mechanic and was on the beaches at Normandy on DDAY...he said the thing that saved him was that he HID.   He says he is no hero, I beg to differ.  I think it is fitting that Veteran's Day is the day before...because actually they ARE honoring my Grandfather!!!

My Grandfather is a small built man, of strong German heritage.  Brought up during the depression the youngest child of my amazing Great Grandmother Lillian.  She was a businesswoman and storeowner in Chicago during prohibition...and played a mean hand of poker till the end.  She lived to 97.  Grandpa's oldest sister lived to 96, and I figure he's still got a good bit of life left in him.  I guess that's a by product of a hard working, honest and upright lifetime in which he was always known as Earl the Pearl, the man who could fix anything with a small motor, or that needed a flawless paint job...and made sure his three grandaughters were taken care no  matter what.  

Thank You, Grampa.

Posted by mandalafly at 5:21 PM PST

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Mood:  surprised

Okay darlings, Maybe it was the moon in Gemini that I was gifted with such an odd dream as this...as Gemini extends the analytical side of one's thoughts...they gave me one to analyze!  So here's what happened:  I was wearing a tee shirt with no sleeves, or a tank top or the like, and I was flexing the muscle of my right arm.  I had a really strong shoulder and my muscles were really toned.  As I was looking at it, I noticed a tear in the flesh of the inside of my forearm.  There was no blood or anything, it was just like kind of jagged edged, but elastic, and I opened it up to see inside of my arm (kind of like-for those of you old enough to remember-the Steve Austin 6 Million Dollar Man doll...) anyway, when I looked inside the opening, there was a CRAYFISH (or CRAWDAD if you prefer) inside of my arm, restricting the movement of my radius!  SO, I showed it to the person next to me in the dream and then I picked it up between my thumb and forefinger and removed it from my arm and examined the bone.  The radius needed some work, but I was able to know it would be okay...and I closed it up.

You really got to wonder some times if all that Grateful Space and Drums isn't still working it's way through my DNA and tuning me to my tribe...anyway...flashback or not, I looked up Crayfish in my dream dictionary but it was not there...so I went to Lobster and it said that it was "someone who had armored themselves against the light."  As this creature was in my right forearm it had to do with recieving and it seems that it was affecting my ability to tune into the more subtle energies...I have been able to channel light, but have not been able to focus it specifically.  Hopefully now that I have been able to perform psychic surgery and remove it,  I will be able to hone my skills and begin some really amplified healing for myself, my family and friends, and anyone else who needs it...

 So for today:  Think good thoughts....should be easy seeing these ELECTION RESULTS...I am praying that we can take this opportunity to really work for the higher common good.  We should be a light for others to follow...not a lamp shining down on an interrogation...SAVE THE CHEERLEADER SAVE THE WORLD (Oh-that's a different story...)  TTFN.

Posted by mandalafly at 7:56 PM PST

Updated: Wednesday, November 8, 2006 10:21 AM PST

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Mood:  special

Well, Hello again my patient little patients...I have been out and about gathering blogfodder in order to feed your insatiable appetites for tales of the tame, the lame and sometimes insane ramblings of a fellow Amoebite...Welcome back to our program...

Before I get too deep into the forest, I need to give a BIG BIRTHDAY (NOV.6) BLOG-HUG to my BESTEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE AMOEBA...Hottie Samadhi Soul Sister GinaScorpina...OOOOMMMMMMMMM...many blessings are coming your way, from this very day until time far away...you shall be BLESSED....I love you...

This weekend I spent Friday and Saturday getting my second degree Reiki RE-attunement...this means that the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd chakras are now attuned and I also had the symbols placed in my feet...This completes the circuit and the energy flow is more steady and strong. 

Tonight we had our class and afterward I was talking to another initiate about mandala workshops.  I was talking about reading the symbols that come to you in the environment, and how they tell you things about the energy you are drawing.  I said to her something to the effect of..."for instance you see a deer, first in a dream, then a billboard, then you trun on the tv and there is one in a commercial...and you realize that you keep seeing this "sign"...this is when I look up what "deer" means from a couple of different sources...a dream book, an animal totem book, and maybe a book on symbols...Then I told her that in the workshop if a deer came to her in meditation she could draw a mandala about it to visually remind her of those qualities...etc...

We finished up with group and while I was driving home, about half way between my house and the group meeting place...I saw a deer!!!  and then as I was laughing at the irony...about 6 blocks farther up the street-there was ANOTHER DEER!!!  just walking down the street at 11 o'clock at night...(Deer One and Deer Two...silly cosmic comedians...I love ya!)

Just for the record...my sources tell me that Deer teaches the qualities of gentleness, keen observation, and sensitivity.  Deer is in tune with nature and a carrier of peace...it teaches us to open our hearts and love unconditionally.  Deer have acute senses and understand the deeper symbolic meanings of things.  People with Deer in their Totem are gifted with Clairevoyance (second sight) and clairaudience (spiritual hearing).  Deer teaches us to honor childlike innocence, and the male deer's antlers are antennae that connect it to higher forms of attunement...which is EXACTLY what REIKI energy IS!!!   OOOOmmmm...feels good to be goin' with the flow...

Love to you all...Oh and happy Taurus Full Moon...we'll talk about that later...

Posted by mandalafly at 12:27 AM PST

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