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August 8 through August 14, 2022

It's all work and little play at the start of this week, as the Capricorn Moon insists we get down to business and make things happen! We'll be on the run until Thursday when the Aquarius full Moon insists on a sudden shift in direction, amplified by Venus' move into fiery Leo. This combination will bring out our inventive as well as dramatic sides, encouraging us to put work on the back burner and let our imaginations carry us into another dimension! The trend continues on Friday under the Aquarius Moon, as we surf the information highway looking for confirmation and expansion of our ideas, through the internet, social interaction, and intense research. The weekend unfolds under a karmic Pisces Moon, calling us back to ourselves to spend a few days soul-searching and connecting with our higher source. It's one thing to come up with a great plan, and yet another to empower it by joining hands with spirit to manifest our dreams, so let's make it a point to engage Spirit in our plans for the future, to assure they come to pass in the greatest manner possible!

4 Ways to Practice Dark Moon Magick with Reiki, by Melissa Tipton

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

During the Dark Moon, the earth-facing side of the moon is in shadow (in contrast to the Full Moon when it is illuminated by and reflecting the sun's light). Magically, this is an ideal time for plumbing our inner depths and shadow realms and releasing stubborn patterns hindering our growth. Adding Reiki to the mix helps us maintain self-love and compassion in the face of potentially challenging material. Internal parts that might be hiding from the conscious mind out of fear of judgment and shame often feel safer in revealing themselves to the healing process in the presence of Reiki.

Dreamwork
Dreams are a potent way of interacting with our unconscious landscape beyond the meddling of the conscious mind, which might otherwise try to shape and mold our reality according to the ego's directives. As such, our dreams act as windows into our hidden nature, and we can use the energy of the Dark Moon to assist us in our truth-seeking. To begin, settle on a question to guide your dreamwork. You might be seeking clarity in regard to a relationship, a work situation, your health, etc. The more specific your question, the easier it will be to interpret the guidance you receive. For example, "How and why am I contributing to my conflict with Aaron?" will likely yield richer insights than asking the broader question, "How can I fix my relationship?"

Once you've settled on a question, perform a simple bedtime ritual to pave the way for insightful dreams. You'll need a cleansed quartz crystal and your question written on a slip of paper. Take a few minutes to focus on your breath, allowing your inhales and exhales to lengthen, calming your mind and bringing your awareness into the present moment. Envision your crown chakra opening to receive a clear stream of Reiki, which fills your entire energy body with white light. Hold the quartz in your left hand and your question in your right.

I enter now the land of dreams—
What once was hidden, now is seen.
I call upon the power of Reiki
To guide my dreams in love and truth.
And this question, I pose to you:
[read your question three times]

Close your eyes, and imagine the energy of your question being absorbed into your right hand, diffusing into your energy field and outward in all directions, like a beacon attracting relevant information and assistance. I often see this as an infinite web of light strands, with pertinent energies flashing like stars in the night sky. See these helpful forces traveling toward you, condensing into the quartz crystal where they will be recorded throughout the night, ready for you to retrieve when you awake. Place the quartz by your bedside or under your mattress—sweet dreams!

The following morning, hold the quartz while you mentally review your dreams. Don't worry if your memory seems spotty; just engage with whatever details arise and trust that they will expand as you do so. Feel the energy in the quartz and imagine accessing it, like a computer file, simply by holding and concentrating your awareness on it. If you use Reiki symbols, you can trace one over your palm chakra before holding the quartz, enhancing the energy flow and communication. Ask to be shown the parts of your dream that are most relevant to your question. To further the work, continue with the next technique, ideally as soon as you wake up.

Shadow Journaling
Building on the previous technique, before you brush your teeth or otherwise engage in starting your day, grab your journal and record anything you can remember from your dream. Often, as you write, other important elements of the dream will resurface. Assume that an answer to your question is hiding in plain sight, like a word jumble, and that the more you interact with the dream content, the clearer it will become. If any interpretations jump out at you, jot them down before proceeding with the following exercise.

Who, What, When, Where
Who: Make a list of the characters in the dream, then free write any associations that come to mind with each character, working with one at a time. Don't censor yourself, even if the words seem a bit random and unrelated. What feelings does this character evoke? What memories do they bring to mind? If you met them in waking life, what would you think about them?

What: Make a list of any memorable objects (e.g. a white dress, a bucket of fish) and occurrences in the dream (e.g. flying a kite, losing your keys), and follow the same process of free association for each. What feelings or memories do these things or events trigger? Do they have any parallels in your waking life?

When: How would you characterize the time period of the dream? Does it remind you of a time from your past or does it feel current?

Where: Describe the environment of the dream. What feelings or memories does this place evoke? Does it remind you of anywhere in your waking life?

Take a few moments to focus on your breath, once again opening your crown chakra to the flow of Reiki, and ask that Reiki assist you in understanding what is most relevant for you to know right now. Reread your dream question, and go over your Who/What/When/Where notes, looking at them with the assumption that they contain answers to your question.

For example, using one of the dream characters, how might you imagine this person responding to your question? What would they do in your shoes? And how do you feel about this potential course of action? A dream character might illustrate aspects of something we want to do but aren't giving ourselves permission to explore, or they might show us something we're doing, perhaps on a subconscious level, that isn't in our best interest. Look at your question through each of the characters' eyes to see different options and understand how your whole self, not just the parts you are conscious of in waking life, feels about the issue.

Following a similar process with your "what" notes, how do they relate to your question? For example, if you jotted down, "chewing gum loudly in school," and you free associated this with rebelliousness and being disrespectful, this could trigger an insight that an inner rebel part is being triggered in your work conflict, causing you to say and do things that are blocking communication and distancing you from your colleagues. Your "when" notes then lead you to a time when you were ten and you were wrongly accused of cheating on a test by a teacher. Lo and behold, these feelings bear a lot of resemblance to your experience with your co-worker, whom you feel has been taking credit for your contributions in work meetings. Through this process, you see that it's important for you to openly and non-combatively discuss with your colleague other ways to present your team's work in meetings, rather than allowing your inner rebel to take over and damage your work relationships.

To bridge the gap between waking and dream life, look for one concrete action step you can take based on the dream material, no matter how seemingly insignificant it may be. In the above example, talking to your co-worker would be a great action step, but if nothing that concrete is coming through, try bringing something from the dream into your waking life by, for example, wearing a white dress or adopting some of the mannerisms of a dream character. Pay attention to how you feel when you engage with the dream elements and notice how the world around you responds, all the while staying open to guidance in regard to your question. Over trying to come up with a single, static interpretation of your dream, which can be frustrating, especially with dreams that seem completely nonsensical, view the dream as merely the beginning of a conversation, the meaning of which will become clearer the more you engage with it.

Hidden Tarot Layout
Using this tarot spread during the Dark Moon is a potent way of revealing unseen aspects of yourself and your situation. While this material can be challenging, approaching it with gentleness and compassion will help you integrate long-lost parts of yourself into your conscious awareness, availing you of the gifts these parts have to offer, while also healing the self-destructive side effects of shoving them under the rug.

Before performing the reading, connect with the energy of the Dark Moon, using the following incantation, ideally outside or near a window.

By the darkness of the Moon
I see myself in all my parts.
With Reiki guiding my every step
I expand awareness with my breath.

Throughout the reading, use your breathing, steady and calm, as a touchstone to keep you centered and in a slightly altered state of consciousness. Open your crown chakra to the flow of Reiki, and at any point during the reading when you feel stuck or triggered, pause and re-establish a connection to your breath and to the flow of Reiki.

Shuffle the cards three times while concentrating on your question, then lay down a single card, face-up. Place a second card on top, face-down so that it is covering up half of the first card. You will be left with a fifty-percent view of the first card's image. The partially visible card represents aspects of your situation and within yourself that are partly hidden from conscious awareness, yet are strongly influencing your situation. Take in any insights from this card, exploring how your perception of the card changes with half of it hidden. For example, perhaps the character's arm is held aloft, so you cannot see the sword in their hand. You might associate this with feeling vulnerable and "unarmed," or the hidden sword feels related to backstabbing behavior. Perhaps without the weapon visible, the character appears as if they're throwing their arms out with joy or in an embrace. Check in with your breathing and the flow of Reiki.

Flip over the second card. This represents aspects of your situation and within yourself that are trying to conceal, block, or otherwise impede the flow of energy represented by the first card.

For example, a fear of being vulnerable and unarmed is being concealed by the Devil card, which might be an indication of addictive tendencies being used to mask uncomfortable vulnerability. Once again, check in with your breath and the flow of Reiki.

Finally, shuffle the deck three more times and lay down a third card above the first two, representing a way to integrate the energies of the original cards in a productive manner, supportive of your growth and expansion. How might the influence of this third card change the dynamic of the other two? For example, the three of cups might invite you to practice expressing vulnerability with close friends or get help for a substance abuse issue.

The Dark Moon is a powerful time for self-reflection, and using this phase as a monthly reminder to dialogue with our unconscious keeps the bridge between our inner darkness and light vibrant and productive. Over trying to eradicate our shadow aspects, we partner them with the light of consciousness, granting us deeper access to our unique gifts and a greater appreciation for our whole selves. Learn the seven steps to creating a life you love with the power of Reiki in my book, Living Reiki: Heal Yourself and Transform Your Life.

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

I see and feel a white wavy shadow on my right side. It tries to communicate with me, touch the right side of my face, change the temperature of my body, and mostly try to possess my body or take me to the spiritual side. This started about three months ago, and now I'm able to see it, though not perfectly. I'm wondering what to make of all of this. Thank you!

Mehrzad

Astrea:

Each of us fears the unknown. While this being is a stranger to you in this dimension, it may be well known to you in another. It seems to be a Being of Light rather than Darkness, and is probably here to help you with something you're facing now or in the future.

A specter, shadow or spirit that appears on or behind your right side is usually benign, so there probably isn't reason to worry. The right side is usually the good side, which is why many children were discouraged from being left-handed in the 1950s. In many superstitions, the left is the so-called bad or evil side, while the right is the good or positive side.

Believing this entity is something positive will help you discover its purpose. This is probably a Guide or an Angel, trying to come through to inform you of something in your future or help you change some negative energy or feelings around you now. When you feel it wants to possessyou, it's simply trying hard to communicate what it needs to tell or show you.

Touching you also tells me that this Being doesn't mean you any harm. Creatures who want to possess us don't gently touch the sides of our faces. This Being is trying to get in your face so you'll notice that it's trying to communicate with you.

Since it's been around for three months, off and on, it is patient. If by take you to the spiritual side you mean it's trying to kill you, that won't happen. You can only let evil in by opening the door, and based on your question, this entity hasn't done anything evil.

Now that you see it better and more often, the best way to find out what it wants to tell you is to meditate. Whatever you do in order to get into a calm, quiet state, do it now. Make time at the same time every day to concentrate on this new friend. Protect yourself by surrounding yourself with White Light to keep it from completely invading your person, and find out what it has to give you.

Though it's probably a friend to you, and will come through to you with a positive message or a warning of things to avoid, to be on the safe side, don't let your protection down while you're in that calm, open state. Over time, you'll be able to use its friendship whenever you want to, not just when it wants to communicate with you.

*****

Susyn:

My first thought is that this may be the spirit of someone you know who has recently crossed over. I sense it is longing to become one with you or bring you to the place where it now resides too. However, I don't believe that this entity has the best of intentions, whether it is familiar to you or not.

This could be a friend or a mere acquaintance, but it is probably not someone you would consider a loved one. With more research, you might be able to recognize who it is.

Whether this is the spirit of someone you know from this lifetime or another, or a discarnate entity who has lost its way, it seems that it wants to be as close to you as possible. I recommend you investigate further to discover what this is so you can get rid of it before it begins to influence you in negative or harmful ways.

You might learn who this entity is and what it wants via a guided meditation. To perform this guided meditation, sit in a quiet place and breathe deeply until you feel calm, centered and surrounded by light. Visualize this entity in your mind, and invite it to come in and talk with you.

Ask it directly what it wants. If it confirms that it wants to possess you or take you to the spirit world, respond in a strong, confident way that it cannot have you or your body. Then ask it to leave.

There is also the possibility that you have attracted a negative spirit, and it has attached itself to you. These discarnates or lost spirits select an unwitting person to attach to in an attempt to find a host for their souls. They are afraid to go towards the light and completely cross over, so they try to stay connected to the earth plane via a living human being.

If this turns out to be the case, you will want to seek out a psychic or Spiritualist medium to communicate with this entity and implore it to go towards the light or return to its place of origin. Having a professional by your side will empower you to rid yourself of this entity more quickly and effectively.

These experiences appear to be occurring more frequently as people grow spiritually and become more aware of other dimensions of existence. The good news is that as we develop new awareness, we simultaneously gain new skills for ridding ourselves of spirits who may try to negatively influence us.

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.