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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!

Why Our Life on Earth Affects Us in the Afterlife, by Kristy Robinett

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

The phrase "Rest in Peace" (or R.I.P.) originated from the Latin, "Requiescat in pace," which comes from a prayer within the Roman Catholic burial liturgy that means "may he (or she) rest in peace." It is an adage we often use when we hear someone has passed away. The acronym R.I.P is appropriately how the living feel–their life, their heart, and sometimes their soul, feeling ripped apart when their loved one transitions to the other side. Death may be peaceful for those on their afterlife journey, but not so much for those living with the heartache.

Just as we all have our own unique birth story, our life, and our journey to the afterlife, and subsequent life after life is just as unique. Through the heavenly signs and symbols that our loved ones share from the afterlife, the mourner is gifted with the assurance that there is an afterlife and a tentative feeling their loved one is okay on the other side. These are reminders that there are no such thing as random coincidences, but instead well-planned, heavenly hellos. But are the souls on the other side truly at peace and are they really resting in the afterlife? That answer, according to the departed, seems to depend upon how well the living did with their lessons of living.

The Other Side can be split up into three sectors: Heaven, Hell, and the In Between (often referred to as Purgatory). Obviously, for many of us, our first choice would be heaven; however, the other two become an option as well when we take our last earthly breath and breathe in the eternal. It's not necessarily a ledger of our good deeds that determine our destination; it's our own soul-set. Create Your Heaven
Heaven is what you make of it. Take a moment and close your eyes and envision the most beautiful sunset or sunrise you've ever seen. Think of the feeling you feel when you are with someone who is aligned to you. Feel the energy of the biggest belly laugh. Imagine your favorite scent, your favorite food, your favorite memory, or your favorite vacation. Those glimpses of experiences are a tiny taste of what Heaven is like. Just as we shouldn't waste our days away waiting for summer, or for Friday, or for someone to fall in love with us, or for happiness, we also shouldn't wait for heaven to find our heaven. The more that those who have departed have shared with us, the more of an outline we can create for our heaven, and the easier it becomes to so-call "build" it.

The In Between
Fear is paralyzing. Some of the fears may not be as abstract as worry over a zombie apocalypse, but they are real and true worries and fears. Those fears start as kids with fearing our parents will die, to worries about failing a class, to fear of the boogie man in the closet. Those fears can continue into adulthood. Will I ever find love? Will I lose my job? If I lose my job will anybody hire me? Will I die before my child is grown? Will I lose my house? The fears and worries escalade as time continues and that stress does something, although most of the time not seen (especially if you have a great hair colorist!), to your soul, your spirit, and your physical body. It puts stress on your system, just as high temperatures do to ice, and can cause an eventual cave in if you don't watch it. The stress also stops the flow of what you do want in your life. By holding on to the fear, the worries, and the what-ifs, you sabotage your true wishes from ever coming true, and this can continue into the afterlife.

There is often a fear of what will happen when one passes away, and whether there's a choice to walk in to the light or to not walk in to the light. Those who have departed have described the In Between differently. Some have felt it was a lonely and fearful place. Others described it as a healing place, much like the recovery room after surgery. All have said that they never felt at home in the In Between, unlike the description from those who walked in to the light to their heaven.

The Dark Place
Just as you create your life, you can create your hell as much as you can create your heaven.

Have you ever met someone who is miserable every day, all day long? No matter what good happens they find fault in something, sometimes everything? They live within their own personal hell, a place of uncomfortable comfort for them. Some are frightened of them and for them, while others offer sympathy and comfort. It's hard for those who only see darkness to welcome in positivity or enlightenment. If they don't know what peace feels like here, how will they discover it on the other side where we are to take our lessons here and use them along our quest?

Nobody is given a map of life, but we are all given the same tools to discover our path. Some choose a less than restful path, while others choose an expansive eternity. There are those who created darkness here in the earthly plane, and most likely carried that darkness with them into their afterlife. The departed have spoken to tell me they don't get a key card to the doors of the dark place, nor do they want one.

Advice from the Departed for a Soulful Life
The souls have offered advice to those in the earthly place so they can actually live and their other side be filled with life.

1. Spend more time with good thoughts.
2. Let go of what isn't working.
3. Be kind, including to yourself.
4. Find time each day to find your inner peace.
5. Bring joy, love, and laughter to each experience.
6. Forgive yourself for failures.
7. You can start over on any day, at any time.

Death is not a wall, death is a doorway. Lessons aren't punishment, but enlightenment. We first must be able to find our peace here on earth so we can rest in peace in the afterlife.

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2018. All rights reserved.

While I was talking with my mother on the phone today, she told me that last week while she was watching TV, a lady's voice yelled out her name. This voice came from behind her. When it happened, the family dog came out of the bedroom, barking wildly. Though my mother's name was called out loud, no one was seen to be there. We are both wondering if this was a good spirit or a bad spirit, if there is cause for concern, and if something needs to be done in response to this event. Thank you!

Lee

Astrea:

I could discount this whole experience as something your mother imagined if it wasn't for the reaction of the family dog. Dogs react to energy as well as things they physically see, so there was something in your mom's house that called out to her.

Often spirits who have suddenly found themselves disembodied will focus their energies on calling out to living beings. They don't know yet that they have left the physical world, so they expect for us to be able to see and hear them normally.

I'm sure your mother actually heard her name being called, but that doesn't necessarily mean this was a person she knew in life. While sometimes we do hear our departed loved ones calling out to us, it's more likely in this case that what she heard was a lost or trapped spirit who is earthbound for now.

Many places act as conduits for such spirits. The stairs in my house get positively crowded at times because those stairs in that peculiar location draw spirits who are not quite ready to move on into the Light.

Because your mother heard this voice just one time, it's doubtful that this is the case in her home. If she was hearing stuff like this all the time, or low, constant murmuring or mumbling, then I would assume that her house was attracting spirits.

Her dog's reaction also rules out the home as conduit theory because he isn't barking all the time at things no one else can see. Because animals are far more accepting of spirit energy than we humans tend to be, they can actually see the entities that pass through our homes or come to visit us. Since your dog had a violent reaction to this one, it's best that it doesn't hang around.

Since there haven't been any more incidents like this one, chances are that this spirit has already moved on to another place. If this kind of thing continues, you can either clear the energy there yourselves or call in a professional to do it for you.

Even if this was a one-time event, once that door is opened, other spirits are more likely to use it. Cleansing and clearing your home four times a year can keep unwanted spirits out, so go ahead and do your winter ritual.

If you don't have one, invent one or smudge the home with a sage stick. (Be sure to open the windows a bit!) Waft the smoke throughout the dwelling to be sure that you're rid of anything that might want to annoy your mom or her dog in the future.

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Susyn:

It sounds like your mother had a paranormal experience, especially considering her dog's reaction. You don't mention if she has had other experiences in the house, so I'll assume that this was an isolated incident.

There is no way to tell if this was a good spirit or a bad spirit based on the information you have, but it is interesting to note that the spirit knew her name.

Spirits are becoming more and more adept at making themselves heard these days, as evidenced by the growing popularity of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). While finely-tuned equipment has recently been designed to pick up spirit voices, since the voice heard was loud enough to startle the family dog as well as your mother, you may be able to capture the spirit's words with a common tape recorder.

Your mother could set up a tape recorder and leave it running throughout the night. In the morning, she can listen to the recording to see if she hears more from this woman. This should help determine whether this is a good spirit or a bad spirit, as well as what she is doing there.

In the event that you learn enough to determine that this is a spirit your mother does not want in the house, you will want to perform a smudging of the house and ask her to leave.

To perform the smudging, purchase a sage smudge stick from a local metaphysical shop. Light the end of the stick and as it smolders, walk through each room in the house and ask in a commanding voice that all negative, unwanted spirits vacate the premises immediately.

Be sure to smudge around windows, doorways and especially electronics, for televisions, phones, computers and wall outlets are favorite hangouts for these entities.

On the other hand, your mother may discover that this is one of her angels or spirit guides, though they are not generally known for yelling. It could also be a loved one who has crossed over and has been trying to get her attention.

I recommend your mother begin keeping a journal to chronicle any future events. In the mean time, she can monitor the situation with the tape recorder. After gathering more evidence, the two of you should be able to figure out who this is and if any further action needs to be taken.

If you discover that this is a negative spirit, and the smudging doesn't send them on their way, you may need to call in a professional psychic or shaman to take care of the matter for you.

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.