Interesting Twist on Psychometry
My birthday is Nov. 11, 1982. Ever since I was a little girl, whenever someone holds something that belongs to me and treats it gently or with great care, I feel a strange, warm tingling sensation that seems to start in the center of my chest and expand outward in every direction. This happens whether it’s something I treasure like a favorite stuffed animal or a photograph, or something as trivial as a pencil. It happened constantly when I was young, and it still happens now that I’m an adult, though not as often. For many years I didn’t think anything of it because it was just a normal part of my experience. Since I’ve never heard of anyone else experiencing this, however, I now realize it is probably unusual. What on earth is this feeling? I’m very curious!
– Trudy
Dreamchaser:
You are an empath, which means you can feel the emotions of those around you. This happens most often when someone holds something of yours.
First let’s explore some definitions:
Empathy: n. 1. The ability to sense and/or understand emotion(s) from another person, animal or inanimate object incorporating stimulation to any and or all of the senses (including the sixth sense) without verbally being told and/or without obvious visual clues. 2. The ability to be sensitive and receptive to outside emotional stimuli. – Â adj. empathic or empathetic., v. to empathize
Empath: n. 1. A person who has the ability to experience empathy towards another person, and/or animate/inanimate objects, in part or from all of the above definition. 2. A person who is sensitive to the emotions in others.
I am sure that you can also feel other people’s emotions. If you walk past someone who is sad on the sidewalk, you just “know” it and you feel that sadness inside of yourself. When a friend comes to you with problems, I’m sure you cry with them and feel their pain.
The fact that you can sense how someone feels about you when they hold something of yours is an interesting twist that displays that your heart chakra (located at your solar plexus) is very big. It is probably your largest chakra.
I would like for you to do the following exercise frequently to make sure you stay grounded, which is very important for you.
Sit peacefully and relax. Let the ground or chair support you. Let your muscles go. Take in an easy, deep breath, and then let it out your mouth, parting your lips slightly as you exhale.
Let your arms feel heavy, pulling down your shoulders. Breathe. Let that heavy feeling flow down your torso and legs so you feel deeply relaxed all the way down to your feet on the ground.
Now picture and feel roots growing from your feet into the ground like a tree’s roots going down into the layers of cool dirt, growing around rocks, traveling further and further down into the earth. Let the roots grow as deep as you wish.
Now feel the healing, rhythmic energy of the earth itself flowing up through your roots, slowly traveling up to your feet, up through your legs and quickly filling your entire body. Feel this positive, grounded, earth energy throughout your entire being. Take in a deep cleansing breath, and exhale.
When you are ready, open your eyes and know that this grounded energy will remain with you throughout your day.
I wish you peace and calm.
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Astrea:
Without the time and place you were born, I can’t determine your whole astrological chart, but in your general chart, I do see why you’re having this experience.
You have Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars in Scorpio! Your moon is in Libra (very sensitive), but it’s on the cusp of Scorpio. Uranus is on the cusp of Scorpio and Sagittarius. You have so much Scorpio in your chart! No wonder you feel so intensely when others hold your possessions.
In fact, in 30 years of drawing charts, I’ve never seen one with so much Scorpio. This is extremely unusual.
You are one of our precious indigo children here to change the world. With that in mind, you have been given an unusual ability to go right to the heart of what someone is feeling.
Also, as a water sign, you would be more sensitive to others’ emotions than thoughts, so when someone is having warm and loving feelings about you, and holding an item of value to you, you pick that up and pull it into your harmony.
Your Scorpio sun allows you to feel the emotions others feel for you. In fact, since you have several planets in Scorpio, you must be very psychically gifted all around. With your natural ability, your mind is able to focus on others in a sharp, penetrating way. Even if you’re not consciously thinking about others’ feelings, when they’re holding something of yours, your mind and spirit will resonate with them.
You felt this more as a child because you didn’t think then that you should have to control your natural ability. Education, prejudices and religious pressure probably caused you to block a good bit of your ability. Please try not to do that!
You indigo and crystal kids are all we have to help the world out of the mess the rest of us have made it. We need you to be able to use every tiny bit of ability you were born with. Developing your gift will open up other gifts to you that you may not even realize you have.
Try to practice every chance you get. If you need to be sneaky about it, all that Scorpio in your chart should help. “Subtle” is a key word in describing your personality. Be nonchalant, and you’ll be amazed at how much information will instantly be available to you.
For example, you might hand someone your keys and see what you feel. While I realize you don’t “love” your keys, they’re still very important to you, and they’re metal, so they’re good conductors of energy.
As time goes by, you’ll be able to develop this skill into something very useful for the world. It may take a lot of work and practice, but believe me, it will be worth it.