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August 22 through August 28, 2022

Brace yourself! This week is so packed with astrological shifts that we'll have to pay close attention to the daily changes it will bring. The Sun moves into Virgo on Monday, setting up a month of inspired thoughts and a drive to create more order and organization in our lives. We'll get a short breather on Tuesday as the Moon moves through Cancer, but on Wednesday, Uranus will turn retrograde and have us questioning everything and everyone! Sudden changes and reversals are a hallmark of this aspect, so be prepared to change direction at a moment's notice. On Thursday Mercury will move into Libra and, thank goodness, restore some balance to our thinking. What we thought was a great idea on Wednesday may prove faulty on Thursday, so the trick is not to take action on things too quickly, but to let the dust settle before moving forward. Take advantage of Friday's Leo Moon to stop and attend to personal needs, making sure you aren't letting anything fall through the cracks as you continue through the maze of astrological events. Saturday we will have a new Moon in Virgo and yes, you guessed it, even more brilliant ideas rising to the surface! The fun continues on Sunday as we sort through all we've learned this week, as well as what we are imagining for the future!

Signs of Spirit: The Connection Remains, by Roland Comtois

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

As a medium, my heart always trembles when the plight of one's life is the pain that accompanies loss of a loved one. It often causes me to pause and reflect on the sadness. But, I'm always reminded that telling an afterlife story to the one who lives from the one who has passed is not to be evaluated, but simply experienced. If one message comes bringing a moment of peace, then maybe the person sitting before me can begin a process of stepping through their loss.

At an event, I was touched by several individuals hoping to receive messages from their loved ones on the other side.

A father desperately teetered at the junction of grief and living, wanting to hear that his beloved young son remained a part of his world. The father, in his anguish, wore his boy's favorite Red Sox jersey, hoping that this action creates an invisible signal directly to the heart and soul of his departed boy. He sat, anxious and breathless, in great anticipation of every word that was spoken. He silently prayed that a message would arrive and that the pain that has haunted him for two years will begin to ease.

Across the room sat a woman, barely thirty years old, crying uncontrollably, as she embarked on a journey that will undoubtedly cause her to confront her husband's passing once again. This is the burden associated with everyone who mourns. Hidden within her clutch against her chest was a trinket that he gave her on the day they wed. It was a token of his love. If the pink, bejeweled treasure becomes part of the conversation between us, then something in her will awaken. Maybe she will widen her perspective and realize that he is near. She said, as she sat in her husband's red, immaculate and recently polished Ford pick-up truck, "I wonder if he hears me. Will he know that I brought something special?"

As always, spirit began to seep into my sphere of knowing. They all wanted to be heard. Special messages, loved ones' names, and Purple Papers began to find their way to those in attendance.

Right in front of me sat a woman of some age. Her hair glistened with a bit of gray. Her beauty, like her love of those that have passed, is endless. She was taken back at the sound of a name that is spoken by my voice. Within seconds her bright and cheery disposition stilled in disbelief, and she screamed out, "Oh my God, that is my father’s name." The name was very unique, an old family name passed on for generations, and one that is hardly heard in our era. His name and his story reignited the emotional memories of a father who passed many, many, many years before. She admitted to the audience, a room filled with sixty other message seekers, that, "If my father's odd first name is to appear on a Purple Paper or to be announced, then I would have no choice but to venture beyond my skepticism of what exists after we die." She also confided that in her most secret place she wished that she was still her father's little girl, just as she was the day he left.

Another woman exclaimed, from the top of her lungs, "Where is he? Where is my brother?" Her desperation became her mantle; it was all she felt. What she knew and who she was, with her brother, was gone. She searched through the files of her memories, holding on to each for dear life. She was not just his sister; she was his friend. She summoned me to answer her questions. We sat together and talked. She whispered in my ear that she wanted to go back to the old places they had shared together. She spoke of her loss and her willingness to step into his message of hope. She admitted that his vision came to her late during sleepless nights. It was as if he had crossed some bridge from some place simply to hold his sister's hands.

Present in many other chairs were fathers, mothers, grandsons, brothers, and friends, all asking the same questions. Can they hear us? Can they feel us? Do they know we love them? Do they still love us? How can I connect more easily? Even for a seasoned medium, spiritual conversation and communication during grief is challenging. It requires a surrendering to the quietness beyond time, away from the hustle and bustle of life. During the search for a sign or a message, there are certain steps you must follow. Be gentle and loving to yourself as you seek messages from loved ones. Give each moment of your life special consideration and attention. This will afford you the opportunity to see the signs that are sent only to you. Don't be afraid to ask for a sign. But, you must also be fully prepared to engage when a sign is sent. Most people asking for messages and signs become masterful negotiators, asking, "Is that really from you?" When a sign comes, just accept it for what it is: a sign. You asked for it, so experience it.

What I have discovered is that in the most silent, still, quiet space within is where the message from our departed loved ones exist. Signs of spirit are everywhere. A Purple Paper with a pre-written message on it, like you will see in my book Signs of Spirit, or a blue jay sitting on the window ledge or a butterfly soaring by multiple times or a song on the radio or even a dream that takes you to some far-away place, tell the story that our loved ones remain connected to us. The voice of a loved one will first appear in your mind. It slowly transitions to your heart. A feeling of confidence stirs you. The feeling charges every aspect of your current emotion and sparks a beautiful understanding that your loved one is near.

As the father, who bravely sat in the room alone wearing his son's favorite shirt, understood that a communication began the moment he put on his son's shirt. The wife who sat in her husband's newly polished truck, understood that if she could foster the courage to ask him for a sign, then one would come. The daughter whose life was patterned after her little-known father, left her skeptical thoughts behind and looked through a newly colored lens of possibility. And, finally, the sister who lost her only friend, her nighttime dreams became a welcomed experience of love from beyond. The afterlife is a world not beyond, but really within our grasp. The connections that exist between all who we love, start here with us.

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2019. All rights reserved.

I was born February 21, 1985. For a while, I was around a powerful coven of witches. They turned against me and put a spell on me. I don't know the name of the spell; all I know is that I don't have my mind and thoughts to myself anymore. I am able to hear them invading my mind and harassing me with their voices everywhere I go. They recently brought in regular people to have fun with them. The witches left and went back to Petersburg, but left the regular people in the area and thus the spell in effect. What can I do to reverse it? This has been going on for two years now; I feel cursed! How can I break free of this spell? I need something powerful. I am going crazy and am so sick of them invading my mind. Please help me!

Astrea:

I had some experience with things like this before your question came to me. It's an ugly group that still wants to plague you two years after you left them. You need to banish these people from your life, from your mind, and from your neighbors, and you may need some help to do it.

Don't be afraid to ask for help from the other people you know to be suffering. They may or may not be experienced in magick, but they are probably experienced in prayer, which is all the same when you get right down to it.

Banishing spells are readily available on the internet, but you need to choose carefully and be aware of everything the process requires. Learn whichever one you choose by heart, but keep a written copy with you too in case something unexpected happens or your adrenalin is too high for you to remember all the words and steps involved.

Be sure to cast your circle TIGHTLY and release it only when you feel the time is right. Take your time. Take hours or all night if you need to; the important thing is to be thorough.

If you have the names of these people, write them down on a sheet of paper and carry it into your circle to burn at the end of your ritual. I find that Banishing Spells that contain all four elements are the most effective; Air, Earth, Water and Fire all have to be included for spells like this to work.

It would be great if you can find other humans to help you with this, but if you can't, you can enlist all the Divine help available to you. Worship these Deities in your own way before you start, and never forget to give thanks to them when you are finished. They pay attention to everything we say, but in order for Them to help us, we have to engage their attention.

I find a little fruit is pleasing to Them, especially in winter. Cut up some fruit and place it on a white plate before you cast your circle, and take it into the Sacred Circle with you.

Since you were involved with this powerful coven, you know lots of their practices. If you take back your own Free Will and quiet your mind for a while, you'll realize that you already know what you must do to break free: You simply have to reverse the energy they are sending you and return it to them.

If they've persisted in sending this negative energy for two years, you must seem very powerful to them. For you to draw this much attention from them tells me that they are afraid of you, and what you can do with that fear is limitless. I say you use it to get rid of these emotional vampires once and for all.

*****

Susyn:

Most negative spells depend on fear to be effective. When the recipient of a spell or curse feels victimized, it increases the spell's power. You believe that this coven transferred the curse to another group of people who now maintain it, and they are relying on your fear to keep it going.

First you must rid yourself of the belief that these witches are more powerful than you. Call upon your higher power and ask for its protection and help in bringing this to an end.

Make sure you don't have any writings or possessions of this coven that you received during your involvement with them. Often, these sorts of curses depend on an item the victim is in possession of to direct the spell. If you find anything of this nature, burn or dispose of it immediately.

Purchase a turquoise, malachite or amber stone in the form of a ring, bracelet or necklace that you can wear at all times, for these stones are known for their protective powers.

Next you'll want to perform a freezing ritual to stop this coven dead in its tracks. Gather together a white candle, sea salt, a piece of brown paper (brown paper lunch or grocery sacks work well), and a sandwich-size Zip-loc baggie.

Light the candle and meditate for five or ten minutes, discussing with Spirit the trouble this coven has caused you and how you would like to freeze them from bothering you. Tear a piece of brown paper about four inches long off the lunch or grocery sack. On the paper, write this phrase:

I ask that this coven and all its members and affiliates (you can list the names if you know them) be frozen from affecting me on any level, spiritually, emotionally or physically. Stop their energy cold in its tracks and return it to them tenfold.

At the bottom of the paper, sign and date it. Fold the paper three times and place it in the Zip-loc baggie. Sprinkle three dashes of sea salt into it, and add water until the baggie is two-thirds full. Seal it and place it in your freezer. Plan on keeping it in your freezer indefinitely, for if you defrost it, your troubles may return.

Although this ritual won't harm the coven, it will return to them any negative energy they send your way. Once this process starts and they realize they are creating trouble for themselves, they should cease and desist altogether. It's important to remember that, as spiritual beings, it's better to ignore evil and send it back where it came from than to actively combat it.

This should eliminate the problem and allow you to move forward without fear or worry.

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.