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June 26 through July 2, 2023

Mercury will move into the sign of Cancer today and we can finally step back from all the lightning-fast thinking that's been a hallmark of the month! Combined with the easy going Libra Moon on Monday and Tuesday, we'll all take a step back to re-balance and regroup. Things could seem a bit ethereal under Wednesday and Thursday's Scorpio Moon, especially with Neptune (the epitome of ethereal!) turning retrograde on Friday. For the next five months the planet that rules spirituality, soulfulness, the occult and the unseen will travel backward through Pisces, the sign it rules. This cycle will bring new visions to life, reveal the answers to questions we haven't been able to answer, and clear out any illusions or misconceptions that have been holding us back. Fun times are the theme of the day under Saturday's Sagittarius Moon, while Sunday's Capricorn Moon will give us a choice; do we want to clean out the garage and have a rummage sale? Or do we want to drop on the couch and catch up on our streaming or napping?

Setting Intentions

An Excerpt from Soul Searching by Bill Philipps

One of the most underrated superpowers most of us don’t even realize we have is the ability to manifest our desires into reality by setting intentions. An intention is a mental commitment to something that matters to us, a deliberate focus of our energy that presents opportunities to create a physical manifestation. We are such powerful beings of divine light that we have manifested ourselves into human form, projecting our intent from the other side like a lightning bolt into this world. Incredible, right? Imagine how transformative life could be if we use that same focused energy in our daily lives.

I state my intentions throughout my day, from the moment I awake. Sometimes I do it while I’m on the move, but most times, I try to find a quiet place and moment where I can pause and focus on what I want to bring to fruition. If I can, I light a candle. This helps set the mood and creates a symbolic manifestation of the intention in the physical world. Before I go into a reading, I state my intention to be of service as a clear vessel of validation and peace for my client. For a one-person private reading, it might take me a minute or less. For a larger group, like an audience reading, I may spend ten minutes visualizing the people present in the room with their hearts wide open, capable of receiving Spirit. I create a feeling of healing within myself and surrender to Spirit so that I may become a vessel for others.

At the start of each week, I write what I want to create that week, an energetic platform from which to launch. I might focus on trust, healing, or peace. When I enter that intention-setting space, I’m making mental deposits to create energy and an atmosphere that will set events into motion. Some might refer to an intention as a prayer. I see it as what is within my soul that I want to bring to the world, usually something that I have a significant passion for creating. While the two practices are similar, I see prayer as an active dialogue with our spiritual web, and intention-setting is the force behind that active dialogue that summons the energy to create the atmosphere of manifestation and attraction for what we seek. While our spiritual web certainly assists us in how our intention manifests, the intention is the origin of the desire itself. I may not know how it will happen, but that is the beautiful mystery of intention-setting. Setting the intention is the “what.” The “how” will manifest as I continue to focus on what I want. By creating the atmosphere, the elements I need for my intention to manifest will eventually appear at the right time.

It’s important to visualize the outcome of our intention. By seeing our desire as if it has already happened, we create a mental space from which it will manifest. The excitement we feel from conjuring up our intention is the vibrational force necessary for it to manifest. It can be so powerful that whatever we choose to focus on can become our reality and attract more of the same. If we put forth the effort to set intentions for what we truly want, we can transform our lives.

DAILY PRACTICE
The Crystal Ball of Intention
This visualization exercise practices intention-setting by calling upon the white light to assist in charging the intention for manifestation.

Find a safe and comfortable space with privacy and no distractions. Sit upright with your palms faceup. This places you in both a receiving and a sending position. As you inhale, close your eyes and focus on your breath. As you exhale, say to yourself out loud the word relax. Repeat this process and
take your time; keep going until you reach a relaxed state. You’re stripping away the outside world as you focus on the stillness within.

Visualize a crystal ball in front of you, a bubble of white light. Focus on the entire ball. Hold it in your hands. You may feel a buzzing energy from it. This is the creation energy of the Universe, from where possibility is born. It is a window into your future, your desires, and all that is you. This is your magical intention oracle. If you need to refocus at any time, repeat the breathing exercise above. Allow the light from the crystal ball to envelop you. As you blend with this pure white light, focus inward on this bright space where anything is possible.

Now, visualize your intention playing out in this magic window in your life. Play it repeatedly, studying the formation of this intention down to the details — who’s involved, what’s involved, the actions taking place for it, the setting where it plays out. Become immersed in this intention. Notice how this scene makes you feel as it brings positive feelings of success, happiness, and peace. Allow your feelings to fuel your desire and visualization. As you inhale, the white light becomes brighter and brighter until all you see is the light. Visualize the light flowing out of the top of your head as it connects to the larger Universe. This light is your energy charger, like plugging into the main grid. Charge your intention with this pure energy source while surrendering all that no longer serves you to the light for transformation. When you’re ready, snap your fingers three times to return to the room and open your eyes. Thank the Universe for delivering what you seek through its limitless bounty of energy.

Know that after each repetition of this exercise, intention-setting will become second nature to you. It will only take a moment to visualize your intention and send it into the Universe for creation.

Psychic Medium Bill Philipps is the author of Expect the Unexpected, Signs from the Other Side, and most recently Soul Searching: Tune In to Spirit and Awaken Your Inner Wisdom. His life’s mission is to help people deal with the grief of losing loved ones by bringing through validations, evidential information, and beautiful messages from Spirit, which heal and bring a sense of peace. Visit him online at www.billphilipps.com.

Excerpted from the book Soul Searching: Tune In to Spirit and Awaken Your Inner Wisdom ©2023 by Bill Philipps. Printed with permission from New World Library.

Can an inanimate object sometimes act as a guardian? I had a car that actually saved my life one time by refusing to move just before another car ran a stop light at high speed. How does that happen?

Dreamchaser:

I am so glad that you asked this question because lots of people ask the same thing.

Can an inanimate object save our lives? No. Can a higher power, angel, spirit guide, etc. use an inanimate object to save our lives? Yes. You used a car as an example. The car itself does not have a mind or a soul. It cannot say, "I think I will save my owner's life." A spiritual being of some kind, however, COULD make the car not move.

When annoying things happen, I often wonder how much of it is to prevent something "bad" from occurring. For example, if my car will not start or I get a flat tire, it very well could be to delay me so that I stay safe from harm. We can't see the whole big picture all the time. We tend to be rather short-sighted. If we could see all the action going on below the surface and behind the scenes, we would be AMAZED. We have beings of all kinds helping move things into or out of our paths accordingly.

One example that keeps popping into my mind is a story from my own life. My daughter had been born approximately three weeks earlier. I wanted to take her to my father's house, so I hit the road. We were traveling on a four-lane divided highway, and I was in the right lane. I heard a horn honk blaringly and I looked to my left. There was a man in a car staring at me, and I realized that I had nodded off. The ONLY thing I saw when I looked at the car and man as a whole was this man's eyes. They were very big and brown and looked strangely liquid-like. I was heading for a rather steep drop off that would, at best, hurt us both very badly. As I shook the sleep off and looked around to get my bearings, I looked back to wave to the man - and there was no car.

I looked behind me and in front of me on the road, and I was the only car on that stretch of highway. I realized that some higher power had saved our lives that day. Spirit made that car and that man manifest to wake me. I guess someone could have come into my car and shaken me awake, but this was a much kinder and gentler method, as it didn't freak me out too badly.

So you see, we both had "cars" save our lives. I wonder how many of our readers have similar stories. I would venture to say MANY. Next time something "bad" happens, like a postponement of any kind, stop and think. MAYBE something is trying to help you in some way. If you change your thinking about delays, at the very least, it will make it easier to deal with the wait!

I wish you all safety!

*****

Astrea:

All my life, my Daddy has always bought Ford cars. He drives a Ford now. When I was about three, we traded "Josephus" in for another Ford, and I went nuts. I didn't want to have a DIFFERENT CAR! Daddy explained that it was STILL Josephus. He even started the car so that I could hear the engine and said, "See, he's still right here!"

No matter what car we had, the SPIRIT of Josephus transferred into our new one when Daddy signed the papers to buy it. Whether it is the SPIRIT of Josephus (the car, not the historian), or A SPIRIT that enters every one of Daddy's new cars until it's not his car anymore, I always feel safe when we're driving. Daddy has been driving for more than sixty years, and has never been in an accident. He has had ONE ticket, and I think he might have been driving my mother's car that day.

Perhaps thinking we have Josephus in the Ford gives us more confidence to drive to where we're going safely. Maybe we're just more careful because of Josephus - we want to be careful not to HURT him, after all. 🙂

I don't really believe that INANIMATE objects can have Spirits of their own, but they can be well inhabited by Spirits both Good and Bad. A car that is a LEMON might have an EVIL Spirit living in its motor. A SPEEDY car might carry an IMPATIENT Spirit, but it isn't a Spirit that is built into the car, in my opinion. It may be that when we NEED extra protection when we're driving, we dig around and summon permanent Guardians to inhabit our cars!

There is a simple protection spell for those of you who do NOT have a protective Spirit living in your cars. When you get ready to go on any trip, load up your car and then in your mind, create a net of blue stars and wrap your vehicle in that net. This also works to protect your home while you're away. It's such a habit with me, I rarely go to the store without throwing my net over the house and car. It just takes a second, and driving through THIS world, I need all the help I can get.

I can't say for sure whether the CAR has a Spirit or whether a GUARDIAN Spirit you carry with you settled itself into your car. It is one thing or the other, but you certainly WERE protected in that car in that MOMENT. However you choose to perceive it, you DID receive protection when you needed it the most. What difference does it make where it comes from as long as that protection is THERE? Just be sure to remember to take it with you when you go to buy your next car!

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.