Poems: Discover The Hidden Beauty

Unmasked: Reigning Within

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Dive Deep Into Astrology's Sun Signs: Revelations Await

 

Exploring the Zodiac Signs

Snap Shot: Sun Sign Cancer

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Sun Sign and Symbol           Cancer: The Crab. The ability to exist in both 

                                                           the emotional and material realms - the 

                                                           power to drive emotions and intuition

Ruling Planet                              The Moon: The way a person asserts. It

                                                            represents the support system - the home, 

                                                            surroundings, family, and nurturing. Rules the 

                                                            female principle - mother, wife, and other 

                                                            female influences. It deals with nurturing, 

                                                            fertility, pregnancy and receptivity. Governs 

                                                            our emotions, instincts, moods, feelings, 

                                                            habits and roots to past memories

Element                                         Water: Feminine qualities, imaginative, 

                                                           sensitive, intuitive, still and highly 

                                                           artistic. Represents emotional depth, deep 

                                                           empathy and connection

Traits (keywords)                    Positive: Passionate, intelligent, rational, 

                                                           strong-willed, caring, empathetic,

                                                           emotional, compassionate, warm-natured, 

                                                           transparent, easily express their emotions when

                                                           they get swayed by them and nurturing.  

                                                           Negative: Uncommunicative, moody, irritable,

                                                           oppressive, tenacious, insecure and crafty.

Driving Force:                           Deeply emotional, empathetic and intuitive.

(feelings and emotions)        They prioritise their emotional experiences 

                                                           above all else. Cancer signs are in touch 

                                                           with their emotions and feelings and are quite

                                                           sensitive to the emotions of those around 

                                                           them. Their emotional sensitivity can leave 

                                                           them feeling vulnerable and easily hurt. They

                                                           also have a tendency to hold onto past 

                                                           emotional experiences, which can make it

                                                           difficult to move on from negative situations      

Ruling Body Parts                   Breast, chest and stomach                   

 

Compatibility                            Best friends: Fellow water signs and Virgo

                                                           and Leo

                                                           Soul mate/Love: Taurus, Scorpio and Pisces

                                                           Worst match: Aries, Libra and Aquarius

Colours                                        Silver, metallic grey and white - associated with

                                                           the moon and spiritual. Symbolises purity

                                                           and emotional balance. (Secondary: placid blue)

                                                                                                       

Lucky Day and Number       Monday: Nurturing, flow and emotional 

                                                           instinct. 2: Nurturing and caring. Represents

                                                           harmony, balance and the importance

                                                           of relationships overall - family, friendships 

                                                           and partnerships 

 

Other influences                       Flowers: White Rose (Acanthus/Water Lily)

                                                         Gemstone: 

                                                            Modern Ruby

                                                            Traditional Ruby, Pearl

                                                            Mystical Moonstone

                                                            Health and Healing Foods: Recommend

                                                            a fish diet and fruit and vegetables with high

                                                            water content (melons, cucumbers and 

                                                            pumpkin). Turnip, cabbage, mushrooms 

                                                            and lettuce should be taken regularly. 

                                                            Avoid starchy food and pastries and cakes 

                                                            are out.

                                                             

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Coming next is Leo, the Lion Jul 22 - July 21.

Until then, as they say in China, "Zaijian".

Quotes: Edgar Cayce (The Sleeping Prophet)

 

Edgar Cayce (1877 - 1945)

The American medical clairvoyant is the “father of holistic medicine”, the most documented psychic of the 20th century and the founder of the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Incorporated. His abilities include prophecy, mediumship, seeing auras, astrology and dreamwork. Many Academics consider Cayce the founding source of many of the New Age movement's principles and philosophies.

The Mind Is The Builder 

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Baba Vanga: Blind Prophetess and Healer

The Bulgarian mystic reported to have no less than an 85 per cent accuracy rate 

Credit: Wikipedia Commons

Renowned for her reputed ability to foresee major global events

Born at the time of the Ottoman Empire on 31 January 1911, Baba Vanga died on 11 August 1996 at the age of 85 years. Vangelia Pandeva Guseinov, commonly known as Baba Vanga was a Bulgarian Mystic and healer who claimed to have foreseen the future. She is rumoured to have predicted some of the biggest events in world history. Baba died more than a quarter of a century ago and many of her predictions are said to have come true long after her death.

In the realm of mystical predictions, Bab Vanga reportedly made hundreds of predictions in her 50-year career.  The Bulgarian clairvoyant became likened to the famed Nostradamus and known as “Nostradamus of the Balkans”. The gifted seer has left behind a legacy of foreseeing significant global events.  Among others, she predicted the likes of the year of Joseph Stalin’s death, the 9/11 attack, the Chornobyl disaster, the election of the 44th U.S. president, who would be an African-American and the death of Princess Dianna. It is also believed she foresaw Global Warming and the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami when she warned: events of "Cold regions will become warm ... and volcanoes will awaken. "A huge wave will cover a big coast covered with people and towns, and everything will disappear beneath the water. Everything will melt, just like ice." Other sources, even go as far as saying she foretold the rising of the ‘Isis”.

      Credit: Pixabay/CCO Public Domain. https://phys.org/news/2023-06-greenhouse-gas-emissions-all-time-high.html

2024

Already, six months in 2024 and the world has been 'put through the wringer'. Here is what the blind mystic had to say about the year 2024. Some of her prophecies have already come true while others are still materialising to this day. 

A Leap in the Realm of Medicine

New treatments, the prophetess predicted medical breakthroughs for incurable diseases, including Cancer and Alzheimer's. One of the gifted foreseers striking prophecies that might soon materialise is the cancer vaccine development by Russia. According to President Vladimir Putin, Russia is on the verge of discovering a cancer vaccine.

Deeper Economic Turmoil

The prophecy of a looming economic crisis has manifested, especially impacting countries like Japan and the United Kingdom. Japan and the UK are wrestling with an economic crisis as escalating international political tensions and skyrocketing debt levels lead to monetary strain, placing these nations under considerable pressure. In the UK, the country struggles with the aftermath of a recession triggered by high inflation and cost-of-living issues. Meanwhile, Japan's position slide in global standings underscores the severity of its economic challenges. Also, in the United States, millions of Americans are currently experiencing chronic inflation, painting a gloomy future full of financial struggle and hardship. The ‘knock-on’ effects of these downturns echo across the global economy.

Intense Rise in Terrorism and Biological Weapons Testing

The mystic warned of intensified terrorist activities in Europe and intimated the possibility of a "big country" engaging in biological weapons testing or attacks.

Credit:  http://en.wikipedia.org. M55 (rocket)- wikipedia

Radical Climate Changes

Baba predicted a year fraught with climatic upheavals that would grip the world, terrifying weather events and natural disasters.

Rise in Cyber Attack and Warfare

The mystic predicted advanced hackers would target their attacks against critical infrastructure such as power networks and water treatment plants, posing severe national security threats worldwide.

Putin's Assassination

Political conspiracy, an attempt on the life of Russian President Vladimir Putin by a fellow countryman.

Tech Revolutions

A quantum computing breakthrough in technology computing, signifying advancements that could reshape the technological landscape on a global scale.

Into The Future

Ten bold predictions that will cause chaos in the world:

2025 By this time Europe will be devastated
2028 A new energy source ends world hunger and the revival of nature
2046 Cloning is commonplace
2076 Return of Communism
2088 A new disease will appear
2100 The dark side of the planet will be illuminated due to the development of a man-made sun
2111  The difference between humans and robots is undetectable
2125 Signals from outer space received in Hungary
2154 Animals become half-human
2167 A new religion emerges

2168 - 5078 If true mankind is in for one hell of a ride, an almost never-ending list of predictions

End of the World 5079

The Bulgarian prophetess's predictions stop when she predicts the world's end!

The Blind Bulgarian Mystic Baba Vanga

Coincidence or Clairvoyance?

As the year 2024 unfolds and these events appear to fall in line with Baba Vanga's predictions, we are left with a sense of astonishment and curiosity about the inexplicable realm of prophecy. We are also left with little doubt about the effects of the predicted events left behind by this gifted foreseer, her foresight leaves us musing about the unknown and somewhat in awe of her great legacy.

Baba Vanga, a gifted herbalist and healer, is considered by many to be one of the most powerful clairvoyants, particularly in terms of 20th-century political and natural occurrences. She is the most revered and formative figure in the world of mystics.

Our next Legend, Influencer, Renowned Figure and Prophetic Voice will be Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet, America's greatest psychic and most documented psychic of the 20th century.

Until then, as they say in Ukrainian, "Do pobachennya".

The Number One Tarot Card Learning Room: The Empress

 

Divine Oracle: Unveil the Secrets of The Tarot

The Major Arcana Deck (O - XXI) 

(III) The Empress

Number (III)        Harmony

                                     Creation

Arcana                     Major deck represents the cycle in life while

                                     emphasises the importance of the card's meaning and 

                                     timing (i.e., a major life event and currently powerful 

                                     energies are at work)

Card Meaning:     Comfort, protection
                                   Mother (Birth)
                                   Luxury (material gain, productive environment)

Element:                  Earth

Zodiac Sign:          Taurus and Libra

Planet:                      Venus (harmony, beauty and union)

Symbolism: Archetypal Worlds and Key

Symbols

The Garden World

Pomegranate: Unity, fertility and reproduction

Fruit: Abundance

Plants-Wheat: Fertile, abundance, life and fertility

Trees: Life itself, evolution-experience and awareness

Water: Formless experience…emotion, and ending of ego

Waterfall: Subconscious and psychic activity

The Spiritual World 

Holy/Solar Cross: Spirit of the higher plane, union of positive  and negative

Crescent Moon: Cyclic phases, divine light, mediation, reflection, imagination,

instinctive and contact with a higher source

Heart-Red: Warmth, love, and centre of harmony

The Human CreationWorld 

Eagle on a Sheild: Immortality and superior forces of nature

Gown - flowing: Purity of motivation

Colours

Blue: Water, balanced and spiritual understanding
Light Blue: Devotion, inspiration, peace, blessings, tranquillity and innocence

Green: Nature, renewal, vitality, harmony and fertility
Yellow: Air, mental-intellect, imagination-creativity, skill and balance
Pink: Love, gentleness and spiritual fulfilment
Red: Fire, passion, intense desire, eagerness, courage and health

Story Line: Reading the Card

'I lovingly nurture myself, nature and all life'. I am at one. I see the beauty in all creation. I use my feminine, loving energy within me. 

The Empress often appears in a reading when we need encouragement and 

support…nurturing and positivity in our lives (blessings). Represents 

abundance, well-being and good foundations in the home, material matters, feelings, and thoughts. It can also indicate pregnancy, motherhood and the 

growing of ideas.

Coming next... (IV) The Emperor

Until then, as they say in Greenland, "Baaj".

Poems: Dreams - Langston Hughes and Walt Disney

 

Hold Fast to Your Dreams

"All our dreams can come true, 
if we have the courage to pursue them."

-  Walt Disney -

Intriguing: The Viking Runes

Ancient Norse Language, Symbols 

and Mythology

Powerful symbols inscribed by the mighty Odin

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“Rune” comes from the ancient Norse word for “mystery. Runes are artifacts, stones with runic inscriptions. They have both factual and mythological roots. From Germanic tribes to Vikings and Odin to New Agers, Runes have played an influential part in times gone by.

Runes are said to be an ancient form of writing. They are letters of the alphabets of the Mediterranean peoples of the first century CE, between 100 B.C.E. to 1600 C.E. It is also believed that some Rune symbols may have been borrowed from the Greek, and the Early Roman alphabets. 

Folklores says that Odin (known as ‘Father of the Runes’) discovered the runes when he hung himself from the Tree of Life ‘Yggdrasil’ to learn wisdom and secret knowledge.

The runic 'Futhark' has played a significant role in the development of the English language, both in terms of vocabulary and spelling arrangements. Its ancient origins and mystical associations make it a fascinating aspect of linguistic history. There are two primary Runic alphabets, the Elder and the Younger Futhark. The Elder Futhark (consisting of 25 rune stones, including the blank rune) is associated more with ancient mythology and is more commonly used today for readings.

The runic alphabet's letters (symbols) can be found etched in stone, wood, glass metal, plastic and bone. 

      credit: Elder Futhark Runestone. So 32 in Skaang, Trosa municipality Sweden. Berig, CC BY-SA 3.0          <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

 

Evidence suggests that in addition to being a writing system, Runes were also carved on war weapons as an aid for protection and strength to gain triumph in war.

Further, Runes historically served purposes of magic possibly due to their association with the god Odin, the main god of many of the Germanic tribes. According to narratives, runic inscriptions held magical powers. With the aid of inscriptions, one could predict the future, protect a person, instil different qualities, or write down curses, and spells.

Many historians believe that each Rune represents an ideographic or pictographic symbol of some solar or astral principle or force, and to write a Rune was to invoke and direct the force for which it is denoted.

Unlocking Ancient Magic and Deciphering Hidden Messages 

Today, Runes are more commonly used for magic and as a divination tool.

Translating the Ancient Oracle: The theory behind interpreting the Runes is that each Rune represents a word or a phrase whilst signifying ideas and beliefs important to the early peoples who used them - representing the forces of nature and mind. Each Rune is said to have an esoteric meaning and property associated with it, beyond its mundane language meaning: hinting at a more philosophical and magical significance. In addition, each Rune has a story attached, a connection to a Norse god.

credit: the codex Runicus, a vellum manuscript with one of the oldest and best preserved texts of the Scanian law (Skanske lov), written entirely in runes, circa 1300 AD. Public Domain

Rune casting: There are many ways to use the runes. While Runes are powerful tools for divination and ritual they can also be used as talismans or amulets and as powerful additions to rituals or meditations. Reading the runes is similar to doing a tarot reading. The Rune stones are placed in a bag; shaken up to mix them;  then drawn out one at a time; put in a rune spread, and then interpreted based on their meanings and position in the spread.

This ends our quick-fire introduction, fact find to the mysterious and checkered world of Runes.

Check it out, if this article has whet your appetite, we recommend visiting  https://www.ifate.com/runes.html (a renowned and reputable esoteric website offering free online Rune readings).

Our next topic will be ‘Reading Tea Leaves’.

Until then, as they say in Turkey “Gule gule” or ‘Hoscakal”.