Starz Amber Cat

PSYCARD OF THE DAY-Nov 3, 2008-THE MESSAGE

2008-11-03T15:26:00Z

Today’s Psycard is The MESSAGE, this card as illustrated by Maggie Kneen, shows a fishnet on the deck of a ship containing both fish and a green bottle with a message in it. The colors are on the card are strong and clear.

When reading for clients, this card most often emphasizes the cards right before or right after it. It is a way the cards of having of saying “This is the MESSAGE!” It signals to both reader and client that the cards on either side may be the most important in the reading and should not be ignored.

Of course the placement of the cards in the past, present, future or emotional positions should help the reader tease out exactly what the message is trying to bring out more clearly. A simple spread with say The Mother card in the past position, followed by The Message suggest to the Reader that a Client’s mother may be at the root of a relationship reading (or mother-in-law) but in a future position during a job reading could signal the Client might do well to look for work where nurturing is important; something like nursing or teaching.

As a single card for the overall energies for everyone in the world during the next 24 hours or so, I think it signals that we are experiencing a very urgent and important period of time right now. In addition to most of the world watching the US elections, there are also other events taking place that will be shaping the future of world for the next twenty years or so.

Economic, Political, National and Geographic events should be paid attention to during the next twenty four hours or so.

Since I was unable to do a card reading over the weekend, I don’t have a direct 24 hour energy card to compare it with.

However, Friday’s was The Beast, the deep, primordial emotions that dwell in the hearts of men and can strike out as a fierce dragon.

This suggests that this is an unstable time, a time when people and nations need to be on high alert, be aware of what their triggers are and try to stay calm and be rational. If you shine a mirror back at the Beast, he is likely to scare himself and go sideways off the card, but if you call out to him and get his attention, he is more likely to run straight at you full fires raging.

So, I believe the message is still pay attention, be alert and continue to be very aware of your surroundings both physical and psychic. Not a great day for new projects, but a good day for completing those already started. Not a good day to ask for a raise, but a good day to look for special announcements that might concern your job. Try to avoid getting into situations you know will be stressful and if you cannot avoid them, remind yourself the entire world energy as it a high peak for explosions over reconciliation. By being aware, we have a much better chance of staying in control.

Remember: whatever the overall energy of the moment, we have the power to choose how we will respond to it. Just because a period of time contains a lot of wild or even negative energy does not mean we have to go with the flow. In this case, it is better to work with the positive aspects of The Beast such as coming to terms with our deepest needs and desires so we can realize our dreams and avoid the more obvious aspects of rage, lust, anger and fear.

Take care stepping through this mine field; I look forward to the energies changing in a few days or week. They always do, life is a cycle and we are all along for the ride...

The cat in the picture looks scary but he's really saying "pet me, pet me now!" Sometimes the messages we think we are hearing are not really what is being said. Listen, watch and think before acting during the next few days. Good advice for any time, but very important right now.

Bright Blessings,

Starzambercat

Psycard of the Day 10/30/08 – The Beast

2008-10-30T14:23:00Z

Today's Psycard of the Day is The Beast. This card, as illustrated by Maggie Keen, shows a large red dragon with golden horns. He is coming towards the viewer’s right from behind an open doorway. His body is pushing against the wall and his mouth is open to reveal a red curly tongue and sharp teeth. He looks cornered and as if he may either spring or run. The overall colours of the card are dark red and gold, with brown floor, walls and doorway.

This card, while not always a bad card, in general represents the deepest inner core feelings that everyone has. Usually, the not so nice ones, in a relationship reading it almost always signals jealousy or rage on the part of the client or her partner. This card almost always shows up when there is a third party complication to the relationship, real or imagined. In a career reading, if can indicate that someone is jealous of a client’s position or perhaps that someone in their workplace is very angry. This can also be true of the client themselves, depending on where the card falls in a reading. In a life path reading, this card often signals a need for self introspection to deal with some deep inner emotion that the client may have buried very deeply because it is just too painful to "let out of the box."

Everyone on earth has been angry, jealous or very frightened of a "dragon" at one time or another. As the card shows, the problem with dragons is, no matter how hard you shut the door, at some point it will escape and you will have to face it. Realizing the dragon is also scared of you, can also help a client confront their situation head on.

As a card for the energies of the day, for everyone on the planet during more of less this 24 hour period, I would say this card indicates that there is a great potential for hidden dramas and fears to be brought to light. It might also suggest keeping a close eye on China, since their symbol has been that of the Dragon for thousands of years. But there's is a lucky dragon and the dragon on the Beast card does not look very friendly.

Given that, I would suggest that this is a good day for trying to maintain self control, not giving into angry and thinking before acting. This is NOT a good day to act on impose or sudden urges.

If you find yourself wanting to scream at your boss or significant other: stop, breathe deeply and repeat

"This is not just me; the energy of the day is encouraging me to lose control"

Followed by,

"Now that I am in control of the situation, what is really making me angry, who is The Beast that is in front of me?"

If you don't have time for the second part of the question, just count to 10 and promise yourself to look more closely at things later. The important thing is not to let the BEAST rule you, even when the energies are screaming for a confrontation; instead you must face the beast, and let him move on to the right side of the card and out of the picture.

I might also add that in the United States, the Beast could also be a reflection of some of the deep emotions a Presidential election always brings to the fore. No matter which candidate one supports or does not support, these situations always bring out deep inner feelings in people. In many cases, the feelings are hopeful but they can also be very bitter and strident.

Again, try to keep yourself calm, even though the energies are raging. The cards can show us what is going on around us, but it is up to us to CHOOSE how we react to it.

So, another day for hot tea, baths but this time keep an eye on your inner child. They may need an extra rubber ducky or two on a day like this.

Take Care!

StarzAmberCat

WHAT IS A SOULMATE?

2008-10-29T23:42:00Z

In this article, I’m going to briefly talk about the popular idea of soul-mates: where the idea comes from, and what many metaphysical experts feel they really are. If you have not gone much beyond the singles ads or Hollywood movies, the answers may surprise you. However, remember, these are still only theories, not hard and fast rules. Every relationship is unique: this includes normal family and friends as well as romantic relationships. Just because your relationship doesn’t seem to fit into one of the following sections, does not mean it will not work or that there is anything wrong with it. Many of the best romantic relationships start out slowly as friendships first. In their own way, they can be the most long-lasting of “soul-mates” for a number of reasons. But first, let us look at the more common ideas about soul-mates.

Soulmates: this one word, especially those who are lonely, can bring up a long-simmering desire for love and romance. They may wonder, “Is there every going to be anyone out there for me?” In recent decades this has become combined with the popular idea of “finding my soul-mate.” You will even see singles pages that suggest they will help you find such a person, if only you will pay them a little money and put up your ad. Notice they don’t say, find someone that shares your interests, your life goals, or even would like to enter the married state. No, they suggest you will find your “soul” mate. This word is never defined and has become one of those words that I think “everyone” just “knows” what it means, but if you ask five different people to tell you what they think that is, you will get five different answers. This makes it a great word for advertisers who want you to desire something so they can sell you something you think will help you get it. For them, it is most helpful if you are not even sure exactly what it is you want. But, for you, not knowing what you are looking for can make things very frustrating and even depressing. After all, if you don’t even know what you are looking for, how can you know when, or even if, you have found it?

So where does the idea of Soul Mates come from?

The origins of the modern idea of having a “soul-mate” - loosely defined in popular culture as that “one and only special person that will complete your life and make it perfect” - may go back to classical times when some ancient Greek writers taught that people were once both male and female in one body. At some point the gods separated them, and ever since people are always seeking their other half. You’ll still see hints of this idea today, and when combined with the concept of re-incarnation (living more than one lifetime) the idea becomes looking for your “other-half” through one lifetime after another. While this idea is an attractive idea in some ways, it does leave a large number of people in the lurch and does not explain everything that comes up in real life. For example, what about those who prefer to have love relationships with members of their own gender? Or if we have only one “better-half” who has somehow gotten “lost”, why do some people have several happy and long-lasting marriages with different partners, during the same lifetime? In recent years, divorce has become a more common reason for separations than widowhood; does that mean that a first or second marriage to someone you thought was your soul-mate was really a case of mistaken identity? What about your current partner, then?

You see how quickly this can get pretty complicated. I would like to put forward another theory of soul mates, one that is not quite as romantic in some ways as the Hollywood idea of the one and only perfect partner, but does fit a little better into a metaphysical world view.

That is the idea that we all have many (or at least several) potential “soul-mates” that we may encounter during our lifetimes.

These are people whom, before you were born, you may have “chosen” to have an interaction with. If you accept the popular metaphysical theory of re-incarnation, these are likely to be folks that you have interacted with before, as lovers, close friends, or even other family members like a brother or sister. All of you decided together that you had certain lessons you would like to explore in the schoolroom of life, so you set things up so you would meet and interact. How you choose to play out that interaction will be your own choices when the time comes.

Even if you do not believe in re-incarnation, you can form a similar theory around the idea that God or The Creator sends people into our lives so that we can learn love, gain wisdom and generally grow up. And again, he (or she) may send people into our lives, but it is our decisions and actions that will paint the final picture of what that interaction looks like.

In the “multi-soul-mate” universe, things begin to make a lot more sense. If there are at any given time three or four people running around the planet that you have “karma” or “soul-knowledge” of, then basing your life on frantically finding just the one “right” person becomes less important.

It will also put less stress on any current or future love interest you may encounter. This is because it can be a very heavy burden to be thought of as the “only” person in the universe who will fit a certain slot.

Does this mean that some people don’t fall for the “stranger across the crowded room”, otherwise known as love at first sight?

Does this mean that lasting relationships never start out that way?

Of course they do, just as there are some very lucky couples who really do seem to be the “perfect” fit for each other, finishing each others’ sentences and pretty much living happily until death do they part. It is rare, but it does happen, and yet sometimes it even happens a second time.

In fact, a very happy first relationship often leads to a second happy one, probably because someone who has learned how to live comfortably in one good relationship will bring those skills to the next and also be aware of the kind of partner who will share them. Sadly the converse is also true: people with unhappy first partnerships, tend to be unhappy in the next ones, and so on down the line. Could it be that sometimes in our search for a “soul-mate” we are overlooking the people already close to us? And, could it also be that sometimes when the person we have decided is our “soul-mate” proves to be human, we become disillusioned and break off the relationship, feeling we have made some sort of mistake?

If we accept the idea that soul-mates are potential partners in life’s journey rather than solutions to all our life’s problems, we may be more open to the joys of friendship that we find everyday. In doing so, we may also open our eyes to the “soul-mates” we already journey with. As we learn to make friends and enjoy each other’s company, we are more apt to become people that our potential romantic soul-mates are likely to take notice of. It doesn’t matter so much if that notice strikes like lightning across a crowded room, or more slowly over the weekly study group. What is important is that the notice occurs, and, when mutual, becomes the foundation for love, romance, and yes, even soul-mates.

This doesn’t mean that you necessarily want to stop searching for love and dating nice people, it just means it is a good idea to be aware of others and see them as potential friends as well as potential lovers. After all, think about what most people say about a couple they know that they consider to be soul mates. Very often they describe those couples like this:

“They are so much in love, they are each other’s best friend, they are true soul-mates…”

Now think about the middle part of this description….

May you all find friendships along with your romances,

StarzAmberCat from my home in Mystic Ireland

This article is a revised version of one that first apeared in Mystic Living Magazine http://mysticlivingtoday.com/ full copyright is retained by the author Starzambercat 2006.

Psycard of the Day-The BODY-Oct 10, 2008

2008-10-10T17:14:00Z

Each day I am pulling a psycard to find out the overriding energies for the next 24 hours or so, today’s card is The Body.

The Body card, as illustrated by Maggie Kneen, is a picture of a human body, showing veins and arteries like an old medical text. The upper body slowly morphs into a normal looking human male, with one arm raised up in a “stop” position hand fully open and the other straight behind his back. The colours on this card are a dulled red, grey and blue formed into a giant diamond pattern behind the figure. What looks like wrinkles or veins running through the diamond.

This card is bit disturbing to look at (for me at least) but I think that is to make the Reader (or Client) stop and think. It its best aspects this card can signal that a problem is a real-world situation, not a spiritual issue but a physical one. In many readings it may also show a health problem on the part of the Client or someone close to them. Very often, when it shows up in a reading, I will suggest that the Client check with their doctor if they are concerned about anything. If this card shows up in a spiritual or life path reading, it suggests that the spiritual issue may be grounded in a physical situation or overall health and lifestyle.

In an overall energy sense, that is in the strongest overall energy in the world right now, I’d say this card (like the previous day’s cards of The Home and The Cave) show a continued preoccupation with personal needs. Those can include those needs of you family as well as you own, but in general people’s concerns are about themselves, their loved ones and their continued health and well being. The STOP part of the card, indicates that forces are trying to slow things down or at least force a break in the current pattern. For the individual there may be a lot of energy focused on stopping for a minute, taking a deep breath and then seeing where the land lies. Nations may be in a mood for doing the same thing, the current economic crises talks between the major world powers show both a concern for national “health” and a desire to stop things from getting any worse. If you can’t stop a ball from rolling forwarding, making it stop for a moment may seem the next best thing.

Other ways in which this energy flow may play into your personal life may concern your own personal spiritual, mental and physical health. This is a GOOD day for doctor’s appointments, starting a diet or exercise program, or working on your relaxation techniques. It is probably NOT a good day to ignore your body’s symptoms if you feel ill or push yourself too hard at work or the gym. It is also not a great day for networking with others, though if you must do so, try to keep the relationships on calm and reality based level.

Finally, if you have a partner, you may wish to take time to enjoy the other really good aspect of The Body card, as it is a good day for doing all manner of physical activity. Including those best appreciated behind closed doors. Just remember, it is a day for the physical, but not a day for romance or new beginnings. Long term partners can relax by enjoying each other, but if you have a choice, this may not be the best evening for a first date. And if you are on a first date this Friday evening, beware of the desires of the body, overwhelming those voices you hear in your head. Enjoyment is possible, but take care and be wise about it.

Take care and have a good weekend everyone!

Starzambercat

The Psycard of the Day-THE CAVE-Oct 9, 2008

2008-10-09T11:01:00Z

Psycard of the Day –THE CAVE- Oct 9, 2008

Each day I am pulling a psycard to discover the overall energy that will be affecting everyone for the next 24 hours or so. Today’s card for Oct 9, 200 is The Cave.

The Cave card, as illustrated by Maggie Kneen, is a blue and purple card, tinged with shades of grey. It shows a cave mouth in the upper left hand corner that leads out of the main cavern shown below. At the bottom of the cavern is a human figure, folded into a ball with their hands over their head. They seem to be seated on a small ledge with a rock separating them from the entrance of the cave. From the cave entrance light streams into the passageway, but it grows darker near the kneeling figure. The person has their head turned away from the light and is forcing their head down on the rocks with their hands.

As seems obvious from the picture, this is not a particularly joyful card. When it shows up in a reading, it can often show a Reader that a Client may be depressed, in despair or withdrawn. It can also indicate that a Client is choosing to avoid being “enlightened” on an issue, preferring to hide inside their cave instead. On the positive side, and this card does have one, the cave can simply indicate a time for withdrawal, a need for solitude and a time for reflection. There are also times, such as after a death or other loss, when the cave is a perfectly normal and safe place for a Client to want to be. They will look up and find the way out when they are ready; the Reader’s job is to help them realize that they can leave when the time comes, that they are not stuck there forever.

On a worldwide energy sense, having this card for today’s energy suggests that while yesterday people were getting ready to hunker down in their Homes (see The Home Card Oct 8, 2008) today they may be inclined to dive under their bed covers and hide there. The air is heavy with so much gloom, doom and information overload that a natural reaction is to run away and hide for a bit, which I suspect is exactly what many folks will be doing today. For some, this will be a healthy retreat, but there is the temptation to give in to the darker side of this energy and fall down into the pit of despair.

As I pointed out yesterday, the overriding energy of any particular day does not have to rule your life. Rather knowing that it is there, and affecting everyone on the planet to one degree or another, can give you a helpful tool on how to manage it. Knowing that the energy for today is driving people inward, both in a physical and spiritual sense, you can try as much as possible to go with the energy flow as you life and career permits.

This is a GOOD day for seeking inner insight, meditation and general spiritual or physical recharging. Mild exercise is good, but this is not a day to try to top your best performance; reading is good, but deep study may increase the sense of information overload.

Remember, if you suddenly feel a sense of deep despair, worry or desire to flee and have no obvious reason in your life to feel this way; you may just be picking up on the Cave Energy over shadowing everyone.

You can tell yourself, “this isn’t me, this is the Cave energy being generated by so many people worldwide feeling overwhelmed and wanting to hide.”

Then, be as nice to yourself as your life and career permits, and choose to flow with the enjoyable aspects of the Cave. Make time for YOU, a hot bath, some candles and a glass of mulled wine or tea. There will be other days where the energy will move you to celebrate life with others; today is the perfect day for celebrating YOU.

Bright blessings and take care of yourself today!

Starzambercat

Starzambercat is a member of the Planetstarz psychic reading group here on Keen. For more information please go to

www.planetstarz.com

Psycard of the Day-THE HOME-Oct 8, 2008

2008-10-08T13:01:00Z

The Psycard of the Day- THE HOME – 10/08/2008

I do most readings using Psycards, as set of cards which is like the tarot, except that many cards are more modern and are easy for people to understand. Psycards are fantastic for sorting out the energies around a situation, such a romance, career choice or even day of the week. Often there are energies out there that are so strong they influence nearly everyone during certain periods of time. So, I thought it might be fun to introduce folks to these cards for today and seeing what comes up. So, I shuffled the cards and asked, “What is the best card to describe the energies for Today” and pulled:

THE HOME

The Home card, as illustrated by Maggie Kneen, shows the picture of a bright and cheerful fire blazing in on old fashioned fire place. In front of the fire is a lovely patterned rug with a sleeping white kitty on it. On the left, is a table with tea pot, sugar bowl chair and two cups. Behind this is a wall with a basket of what could be bread or other good things on a small table, and above them hanging cups with the family china displayed on a shelf above them. Two spoons hang by the fire, they like the two cups on the table suggest two people are about to have tea, though only one chair is shown. Thus, the home card covers both those who live alone and those who share their lives with others.

But what does it mean?

The Home card’s basic meaning is a person’s physical or spiritual home, the exact meaning will vary depending on the reader’s question. Depending on where it occurs in an overall reading, it can be a signal that all is well or that “yes, this is a person you could settle down and make a home with.” When it shows up in the emotion cards, it can refer to the desire to make a home or find a real spiritual path. Or, if it shows up in the midst of cards full of conflict and anger, it can direct the reader to the source of the client’s situation i.e. in the home as say opposed to their job.

So what does this mean as “today’s” card?

Well, having pulled the card that best represents the energies of today, that is overall worldwide energy that will be felt to some degree by everyone. These sorts of “over-all” energy can be seen when a reader does a lot of readings during one shot period of time. On my radio show, I often get the same cards showing up over and over again for different clients and I will often stop and explain that these are the seem to be the “energy” cards for the day, the stuff out there that is so strong that it seems to affect nearly everyone one way or another.

It looks like for the current 24 hours (more or less) the energy most strongly being focused on right now in the world is The HOME. This makes perfect sense given the current world climate of fear and worry from Asia to Washington DC people are worried about their jobs, their futures etc., however, deep down what they are really concerned about is their home and family. After all, that is why they are working and saving, to provide for them. Also, the Home card also represents the worries and concerns worldwide (but especially in the US , UK and Ireland) about home ownership. People are asking questions like: “Can I keep my home?” and bankers are asking, “How many homes will be lost?” while other people just wonder, “should I just stay home tonight, enjoy my family and not go out?” In other words, in so many ways, a major concern on the minds of many people is centred on the home, which shows up in the energy picked up by this card.

Now, for the more personal parts of this card. What does this mean for you, the reader? It means that today is a good day for going with the flow of this card. Rather than concentrating on outwards events and problems, concentrate on the place you can do something about. Your home, your personal space, both spiritual and personal. This may not be the best day to plan that amazing vacation in the Amazon, but it is a perfect one for going home and enjoying a homemade meal.

In a spiritual sense, it is also a perfect day for reflecting on your inner world, finding your special place in it and meditation. Inner growth as opposed to outer action is the flow of today.

Finally, sometimes life forces us to do things that are not in touch with the overall energy flow of a given day. Perhaps your vacation is starting today or your job demands that you give outwardly to others. Your home may not be a sanctuary for you, but a prison and you feel forced to leave for a time. Do not despair, the energy cards of the day just show you what overall energy is flowing at any given time which makes some tasks easier than others. Just being aware that what you must do on a given day may not be in synch with the overall picture, may help you deal with some of the frustration that is likely to occur when you must buck the tide. At times like this, it is helpful to combine a sense of humour with an inner knowing that it isn’t just you! After all, the universe is going one way today, and you are being forced to go another.

Still, on a day like this, when you’ve been swimming upstream all day, it will be nice if you can go home, sit down at the lovely table shown on the card and make that old fashioned up of hot tea.

Enjoy the fireside!

Starz Amber Cat

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Blog Update for Oct 7, 2008

2008-10-07T13:12:00Z

Hi everyone,
Well, the blog ate my article introduction so I'll post another blog bit here just to let folks know that I thought on days when I'm too busy to do a long, personal blog about kitty cats and my latest knitting project that folks might enjoy reading some of my past articles from Planet Starz's Mystlic Living Today Magazine (www.planetstarz.com or www.mysticlivingtoday.com) or my upcoming book "A Beginer's Guide to the Unseen World" ...

I may also drag up a few other articles from other places, and while are copywrited to Starzambercat, please feel free to share the material as long as you mention my name. I hope everyone finds these interesting and helpful. And I look forward to your comments!

Meanwhile, it is a rainy, gray day here in Ireland but the sun is expected out later...I can hardly wait!

StarzAmberCat
Oct 7, 2008

Two Exercises for Basic Psychic Self-Defence and Shielding

2008-10-07T12:58:00Z

This article presents two exercises designed to help you learn basic psychic self-defence or shielding. Anytime you start exploring the Unseen World, you will want to learn how to take of yourself while you are there. Remember, while there are many wonderful things out there to explore, there can also be some rather nasty things you want to avoid as well. Learning to relax and Shield are the first steps towards making sure your journey is a safe and pleasant one.

Relaxation:

[This exercise is presented in two forms, the long form with lots of description and explanation and a shorter review form that’s just a basic outline of the steps]

First, forget everything you heard or read in popular articles on meditation that gives you the impression that you must “blank your mind.” First, that just isn’t going to happen to and you don’t want it to anyway. A blank mind is an empty mind. You are going to give it something to do, Watch This Space!

The first thing you are going to ask your mind to do is to tell your body to relax. This is the time to shift to a comfortable position, if you have not already done so. Later you will be able to do this on a crowded subway train or stormy boat ride, but its better not to try and start there. Now think about breathing. Yes, that’s what you do when you IN-HAIL and EX-HAIL….you can even think the words in rhythm as you do this more slowly and deeply than you normally would. Don’t worry, no one is around to laugh and no one will see you. Even if you cats do, trust me, they won’t care…so it’s back to IN-HAIL and EX-HAIL. Remove cats if they bounce in your lap, shut door and continue breathing.. Like this:

INNNNNNNNN-HHHHHHHAAAAIL, STOP A MOMENT, EXXXXX-HAILLLLLL

Repeat this at least six or seven times, up to a minute or two if you are having fun. Those who have done martial arts or studied music will likely be familiar with this sort of deep breathing. It is used in almost all sorts of relaxation exercises, even by people having medical tests or by women giving birth. And its use a lot why? Because, IT WORKS, that’s why!.

You can experiment with different forms of breathing, holding one nostril closed or breathing in the nose and out the mouth are common variation, but the main thing is to keep breathing deeply, slowly and repetitively. This will focus your mind and quiet your body. It’s a natural reaction if it is done right. You do not have to DO anything else at all to make it happen.

OK, so what’s next? You have now breathed yourself into a state of light relaxation and possibly light trance all on your own. If relaxation were the only goal, you could stop here by just opening your eyes and getting on with life. But it’s a good idea to take just a few more minutes to create a psychic shield. Shielding helps to protect you from any contacts that may form from you now slightly heightened state of awareness (or as a result of it later in the day). This is important when first starting to do any sort of psychic work. Because while there are many good things out there, there are some nasty things as well, and you want to make sure that only good energies are allowed to surround you.

One of the first exercises I ever learned was called The Egg Exercise and I think it is still one of the best basic exercises for maintaining good psychic health. Below, it is first with detailed instructions, followed by an outline of steps you can memorize for doing the exercise on your own.

Eggs

After your breathing exercise, keep your eyes closed, and let your breathing return to normal. Again, we give the mind something to do. You are going to think about an egg, it needs to be a pretty large egg because you are going to imagine yourself in the centre of it. This is imagination time, just like you did when you were a kid. Don’t worry about it if you can’t really “see” the egg or “feel” the egg, just think about an egg and think about what it would be like if you were inside it. Now think about how you would see through it, if it sides were like pearlescent, frosted windows. You could see out, but no one outside could see in. Tell yourself now that you are inside this egg, that you can see out, but that others can not see in, unless you want them to. You can extend the invitation to include the good thoughts and wishes of others (Seen and Unseen) or you may wish to specifically block something that has been bothering you.

Example, “I am surrounded by my egg, I can see out but others can not see in…I now invite only those things which are positive and good to find me, but I thicken my shell against all that would do me harm…I am surrounded by my egg…”etc..

If that sounds a bit wordy or artificial, you can come up with your own version, just be careful to keep it either very simple or very specific. Your inner self is very open to suggestions when you are in this relaxed state, so you want to make sure what you suggest to it is positive.

Finish by viewing your egg once more, breath in and out at least a couple of times as you did in the beginning of the exercise, then let yourself return to normal. If at all possible come back slowly to yourself and don’t move until you’ve opened your eyes and looked around. At first, people may feel a bit dizzy or disoriented after this exercise. This is normal, but it’s a good reason to try it at home either first thing in the morning or just before bed.

To make it easier to remember the exercise is condensed below:

Egg Exercise – Outline Form

Sit in a Comfortable position

Breathing ..IN-HAIL, STOP, EX-HAIL (for up to a minute)

Return breathing to normal

Imagine (Visualize) EGG

Imagine you are inside the EGG

Instruct yourself that the EGG is protecting you from harm

State any instructions you wish to use to specify the type of protection provided (optional)

Once more just imagine the EGG surrounding you

Breathing… IN-HAIL, STOP, EX-HAIL (four or five repeats, up to 1 minute)

Focus attention away from yourself and back your surroundings

Open eyes, stretch your limbs and get up slowly

That’s it…if you do this at least once a day, you will start building a deliberate, internal shielding system. Like any exercise program, it’s important to start slowly and built up gradually. If you practice, the egg will become second nature and in times of fear or stress you may only have to think the world “EGG” and feel its warmth and protection surrounding you.

Remember: Good shields can help protect against most of the really nasty side effects of early metaphysical or personal psychic studies. There are many other things to learn, but shielding is the foundation stone on which they are built. Start here and your spiritual journey begins on a safe and comfortable footing.

Bright Blessings,

StarzAmberCat

This article is partly taken from the book "A Beginners Guide to the Unseen World Part" by Starzambercat, and is copyrighted 09/30/2005 . Please mention Stazambercat if you quote thie article anything - thanks!

Hi from Mystic Ireland-My First Keen Blog!

2008-10-06T13:11:00Z

Hi everyone,

This is my first post on my blog here at Keen, I’m looking out at the windswept clouds outside our Irish farm house and thinking about my first reading...did I do OK, did they like me? I hope so, as I really enjoyed doing it. I’ve been reading at www.Planetstarz.com for years and doing radio shows but that was the first telephone reading I’ve ever done, except for close friends. When Planet Starz decided to join Keen as a group I was very interesting and modern technology makes it very easy for me to sign up with US phone number but really be chatting with folks from here magical Irish midlands.

A bit about me and our household, I’m a middle aged Scorpio lady who moved to Ireland about 12 years ago with my husband. We live in a 200 year old rectory/farm house and have six acres of land, including a small amount of woodland and gardens. My personal hobbies are spinning, weaving, knitting, reading and cooking. Our main social life is in the Society for Creative Anachronism http://www.sca.org Where on weekends I can pretend to be Sagadis the Viking Lady Trader www.vikingladytraders.com selling hand-woven trim and cheering my husband on as he dresses up in armour and hits people with sticks.

We also have an Irish house-mate, with whom my husband has a Celtic Jewelry design business that I help with when I’m not reading on Keen or out making hand-woven trim.

One of the many delights of living this far out in the country side is being able to have many cats; we have about nine at the moment, two dogs, two horses and a newt pond. The newt pond used to be an old swimming pool that didn’t heat anymore, while we were deciding what to do with it an endangered Newt population moved in and now we have a small medieval garden with a “Newtatoriam.” My husband takes care of that garden, while I try to grow tomatoes, squash and other things we miss from growing up in the United States. Most years we don’t get very much, but we enjoy what we get. Some things, like blueberries grow very well here, and of course potatoes are a staple.

Well, that’s an introduction for you, so you can know me a bit better. I’m looking forward to knowing more about you, so why not try me out for a reading? I’ll try to keep this blog more updated than past ones, and let you know how things are going with the floor loom, the husband and all the little barn cats...

Bright Blessings,

Starzambercat