- Weekly Astrological Forecast for June 2 through June 8, 2025Continue reading →
June 2 through June 8, 2025
The week kicks off with a diligent Virgo Moon on Monday, urging us forward to get our lives in order through Tuesday. Decision-making, list clearing, and organization of our current projects will be the highlights of this 48-hour phase. The rest of the work week (Wednesday through Friday) flows smoothly under a balancing Libra Moon, with the highlight being Venus’ move into Taurus, one of the two signs it rules. Venus in Taurus will bring out our tendencies for luxury and beauty for the next few weeks, and we could find ourselves strolling through estate sales or online perusing auction sites in search of that perfect lamp, purse, or painting. With the Moon spending the weekend in Scorpio, this is a great time for us to go inward, touching base with our spiritual sides or simply regrouping and socializing as the Gemini Sun promotes conversation, investigation, and fun interactions with the special people in our lives.
- Discover Your Purpose with Nature’s GuidanceContinue reading →
Discover Your Purpose with Nature’s Guidance, by Kris Franken
(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)
Wildflowers, sunsets, moths, rain, and lizards are all radiant with the same lifeforce that keeps you and I alive… and which keeps all of nature and humanity alive. This lifeforce is also how we commune with each other; it contains the wordless wisdom of all beings on earth.
The insight and clarity around our purpose—our unique way of being in the world—that we receive in nature may feel serendipitous, but it's no accident. As we traverse the wild outdoors and allow our thoughts to drift away, our inner wilderness comes to life, silently communing with nature all around us, opening us to a deeper knowing that this lifeforce carries with it.
The more time you spend in nature consciously witnessing the movement of energy around and within you, and the way your body responds, the more you're able to release the blocks to your natural ability to connect with all of life and dissolve the false separation between you and the aliveness of the natural world.
Purpose is easier to appreciate when you feel this connection. It helps you to know your place on earth as important, unique, and rare. It may seem paradoxical, but losing yourself in the oneness of all living energy can bring clarity to your exclusive, one-off purpose. Like each flower and tree, rock and waterway, insect, bird, and animal, you are also a deeply treasured creature on earth. As you immerse yourself in nature, opening to the wild with your whole body, you feel more at home and on purpose simply being present to the elements, seasons, and beings.
Everyone on earth has an important role to play, and when we strip away comparison between each other, we can focus on our own Soul's evolution and how each life gives us the chance to learn, grow, and serve. Earth provides the kind of opportunities we can't find anywhere else. We live in jungles and deserts, cities and mountains, valleys and towns that look like no other place in the universe. We share this inimitable planet with countless other living beings, and as we adventure through this precious life, we are assisted by these beings—animal, plant, mineral, human, and the unseen realm&151;to discover and fulfil our wildest dreams.
When in nature, we are never alone. Our presence is registered by the richly alive surroundings who offer a fresh perspective on our purpose. As bare feet kiss the ground, we're able to feel more stable and attuned to Gaia's loving support and direction. As fresh air moves through our hair, we gain clarity of mind and can let go of all that is in the way of our heart's wisdom. As we witness flowers bloom in front of our curious eyes, we have deeper access to our own unfolding and how our radiance uplifts others. As we listen with inner and outer ears to the song of the birds, we're able to receive the medicine offered by this ancient music.
In the cycles and seasons around us we sense a similar flow within. We feel when it's time to hustle, play, relax, celebrate, and serve. When we align our mind, body, and spirit to nature's flow, we gain insight into the kind of work and service we're here to offer others through the joy of being.
Rather than knowing what to do with our lives, nature offers us the chance to be completely in each moment; it is here that we realize our purpose. Through the vibrancy of nature, our ego loosens its hold on our life, our heart expands, and we understand deeply how our gifts and talents give us all we need to serve our community in our own purposeful and unique way. We see how valuable our presence, truth, compassion, and skills are.
Nature doesn't judge us on who we work for or what we do; it only ever calls us into deeper authenticity within ourselves and our communion with others. Like every single animal, insect, and bird; plant, tree, and flower; rock, or waterway, we have a place in our community that is as uniquely significant as it is symbiotic.
Our purpose is to accept our innate gifts and intuitive talents, devote to them, give space for them to flourish, and share them with others without hesitation or expectation. In this abundant energy, we are also shown by nature how to receive in full with the same openness. Here lives the symbiotic nature of purpose: to give what we can, knowing that others need our light, and to receive our wants, needs, and desires, knowing we are not meant to live empty, lacking, or alone.
To really find your purpose in nature, notice how you spontaneously interact with the natural world and with the people who live in your wider community. To go deeper into this grassroots inquiry, sit in your favorite outdoor place and answer these questions in a journal.
- What do you enjoy making for others?
- How do you instinctively help in a crisis?
- What rituals connect you to others and nature?
- What act of co-creation brings you the deepest joy?
- How do you like to celebrate the goodness of life?
- Where do you go when you need to lift your spirits?
- What do others regularly ask of you?
- How do you share your gratitude with friends and earth?
- What comes naturally to you that doesn't seem so easy to others?
- What talents have you been refining in this life that can be utilized in a variety of ways and circumstances?
- What feels vitally important for you to share with others in this new age?
As light beings in human bodies, we really are heaven on earth. We have the capacity to heal karma, trauma, and ancestral pain, so that we may draw on our Soul's ancient gifts and the talents we have cultivated in this life to share of ourselves abundantly. As we do this, we empower ourselves and others with worthiness, confidence, hope, and purpose.
There is no one on earth quite like you. Mother Nature lovingly created your body, Source Energy created your Soul, and the expression of both, along with your sage mind and spirit, is a treasure to your community and to the nature beings who meet you.
Live as though your life and your voice matter, because they do. Live as though you are heaven on earth, because you are. Live as though your mindful presence is purpose enough. Live as though there are no right or wrong choices, only a heart that shows you the highest and brightest way in every moment.
Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2023. All rights reserved.
- Double Vision: Phantom phone ringing when she’s upset?Continue reading →
I seem to be very sensitive to those I care deeply about. My question is, every time something major or even just upsetting happens in my life, I get jolted awake by my phone ringing in the middle of the night. When I go to answer the phone, there is no one on the other end. My caller ID display also doesn't even register the call, but the ring is so real and sounds so identical to my real phone that it wakes me up. The other night a close male friend of mine and I worked out some serious issues that left me feeling peaceful but also very drained. Around 1:00 a.m., I woke up to the phone ringing, and assumed it was him, but no one was there when I picked up, and no number registered. I then lay in bed thinking and praying for my friend. I often know and feel what he's feeling when we are apart, and I am learning to either turn this off when it gets to be too much for me, or send some loving energy back to him if I feel he needs it. This is just one instance of many. What really baffles me is how I can actually hear the phone ring if it's not really ringing. What is this? Or who is it? And is this truly connected to upsetting experiences in my life?
Noelle
Dreamchaser:
You're actually dealing with two separate things here, so I'm going to break them down. The first is the phone ringing. As I have said many times here, spirits are REALLY great at manipulating the telephone. You hear your phone ringing because it really IS ringing.
When you get down or troubled, every being/ entity around you wants to help, but they can't until you ask for that help. Once we ask, they are like little worker bees scurrying around DOING for us. You said you were laying in bed thinking and praying for your friend and your phone rang. I think that is an amazing example. That is Spirit's representative saying, "We hear you and we are on it." I think that is FABULOUS!
Often people can find LOGICAL explanations for events like the phone ringing, the TV turning on or off by itself, the radio turning on or off, lights flashing, etc. In my opinion, it is very hard to see a logical explanation for continued phone activity with no call displaying on the Caller I.D. and no voice on the other end. Spirit wants to give us signs and that is what is happening here. We can try to find logical reasons for it, or we can just accept it for what it is.
The other thing that you are dealing with is the energy transference that you described that is happening with your friend. We CAN feel someone else's emotions when we are emotionally tied to them (or even when we are not - but that is another column).
You are doing really well in seeing that you can protect yourself from this sometimes draining energy, or turn it around and send LOVE back. That is a VERY important lesson. When we have people who are tapping into our energy in any way, we need to learn how to protect our energy. We can choose to wrap ourselves up tight and not allow anyone to access our energy. We can also choose to go into a bubble so our energy can get out, but no one else's energy can get in to access ours.
Finally, we can be an open channel that just is free-flowing LOVE. I am glad that you see the difference, and are learning how to gauge your energy levels. Your situation with your friend did NOT make the phone ring. It was not him and it had very little to do with him. You were in bed praying for him and sending him LOVE. Your spirit workers simply wanted you to know that they heard you and they were carrying out your requests.
You can ask them to chill with the late night phone calls! They have no concept of human time.
I wish you more wonderful signs from Spirit!
*****
Astrea:
Most of us try to be sensitive to those we love. I can easily accept why you think your caring nature can run deeper than other people's. When you love someone, it's always true and deep, and the level of understanding you feel with those people does seem "MORE" to you in some ways than what other signs allow themselves to feel and communicate.
The phone is probably just ringing in your head, because you don't have to hear the telephone actually ringing to get the message. This is a SIGNAL for you to pay more attention to something that you've either just experienced or just chosen. Somewhere in your past, an elderly aunt or grandmother told you a story (or more than one!), and at the end, she said, "And then I heard a little bell go off in my head, and that's when I knew..."
Your subconscious registered this phenomenon as a small child or young adult, and now, whenever you are facing a difficult problem, situation, or event, YOU hear "that little bell go off in your head." This alerts you to something that is actually going on that can affect you - something you need to pay more attention to.
Everyone gets these "messages" differently. I usually get hit on the head literally, because I'm too stubborn to recognize something as subtle as your telephone sound! I know other people who see a certain item when they are supposed to be paying more attention, such as a color or a feather, or the wind blowing around them in a certain way. To others, these messages come in dreams or visions. Those people are VISUAL, where you are more AUDIAL in the way you receive your messages. "Hearing" the telephone ring alerts you to something you should be examining more closely.
Your Guides have given you a form of communication that seems REAL and CONCRETE whenever you need their help and guidance. It even works for you when you don't know you need to ASK for it. The telephone ringing reminds you that you are never alone, that you are being watched over from Spirit, and that there is always a place where you can get information and understanding about any situation you might find yourself in.
You're lucky! The phone ringing (whether in actuality or in your head) is something to clearly alert you to the fact that you may not have seen every angle of a certain situation. It gives you the opportunity go back and view all sides of a problem. Expect this to happen and use this "alert from Spirit" wisely!
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.