For eons, attuning to nature's rhythms, incorporating planetary cycles into ritualized practice, and creating community through ceremony has strengthened our connection to Self, Source, and the Earth Mother. Each month, as reflected in Sumerian mythology, Venus meets the Crescent Moon to create an energetic gate. These "gates" subconsciously resonate our energetic/chakra system, serving as portals through which the creative, intuitive, healing aspect of consciousness may empower and activate our energy bodies.

The Dance of Venus: Inanna's Descent

I began communing directly with planets after Venus came to me as Aphrodite in association with the Judgement card from the Shadow Scapes Tarot. I was guided to create the Self as Sacred, so Venus, the archetype of the feminine, might manifest through me.

…I had an incredibly difficult time accepting I was “talking” to a planet, as the intuitives around me shared personal experiences with Spirit Guides, Angels, Deceased Loved Ones and Ascended Masters. Once I began studying the movements of Venus, a 19-month cycle where the Queen of Heaven meets the Sun

Solar Plexus Empowerment with Black Tourmaline

Black Tourmaline is an E, which resonates the solar plexus and Sun.

to empower the solar plexus, become mindful of where you spend energy. choose to establish boundaries where it is leaking or siphoned. perhaps make this an exercise in understanding what is valued, both consciously AND unconsciously: we PAY attention.

Aquarius Full Moon

“Shatter my heart so a new room can be created for a Limitless Love.” ~Sufi prayer

Venus (beauty, harmony, the feminine) opposed Jupiter (expansion, cosmic wisdom), while last nite’s Full Moon at 1 Aquarius sandwiched between Saturn in Aqu and Pluto in Capricorn.

Moon feels; it is the heart chakra, astral/emotional body. Pluto is about surrender and our connection to the Earth Mother. Lord of the Underworld, Pluto is the crucible of transformation; he resonates the Earth chakra.

Alchemical Sound Meditation: Venus + Neptune

Astrology, consciousness, Crystal Alchemy, Quantum Healing Hypnosis, Sound AlchemyBeck ShanksMarch 17, 2021sound healing, sound therapy, sound bowls, crystal singing bowls, singing bowls, Venus, Neptune, Pisces

Commanding Presence

i don’t talk about my one-on-one practice here a whole lot. or really at all. ...probably bc Presents of Mind has undergone such a massive transformation that i’m no longer identified as a #hypnotherapist.

although i am that. and a quantum healer, astrologer, sound alchemist, starseed, tantrika, cosmic consort, channel... here to serve an awakening collective.

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