2020 - The Year of Clarity and Discernment
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We’re already well into the new calendar year, and we both know that 2020 is the year of CLEAR VISION! This is a time to see our way into a bright and shining future. It’s our task to fill that future with joyful light, for ourselves and for others. It also is the year to ask for, and implement, the gift of discernment in our lives. We know this is no easy task! But there is hope and there is help!
I mentioned in last month’s newsletter that the darkest, dreariest days of winter are yet to come, and we will survive them with hope, promise, commitment, and connection.
This January 2020 newsletter is filled with information that I so hope will help you through the dark time to come. I’ve created some new courses and meditations. I’ve recharged my Deb & Friends Quest for Connection Podcast and the first NEW episode is live on iTunes and Blogtalkradio. AND I’ve added free information to this newsletter about crystals and books that I hope you’ll use – so keep reading!
My 2020 NEW YEAR GIFT TO YOU is an MP3 meditation I’ve recorded entitled “CLEAR VISION: The Gift of Discernment”.
I want this newsletter to be informative and helpful to you, so please let me know how I’m doing! I’m so grateful that you have taken a course or workshop with me, listen to my podcasts, have emailed me, had a reading with me, or subscribe to my blog. I’m so excited to connect with you!
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Upcoming Courses & Other Exciting News
Deeper Mysteries of Tarot: Your Journey Continues
February 2020 – Register Now!
Three-Session Course
Tuesdays, February 4, 11, 18, 2020
8:00 – 9:30 pm EASTERN time
Prerequisite: Completion of “Unlocking the Mysteries of Tarot”
This course is not only a continuation of “Unlocking the Mysteries of Tarot,” but offers more depth to your working knowledge of Tarot. Please note that you must have completed my “Unlocking the Mysteries of Tarot” introductory course in order to enroll in this course.
In this course you’ll learn how to:
1. Strengthen your intuitive skills in working with the keys
2. Incorporate other psychic tools into your work (crystals, pendulums…)
3. Work with additional spreads
4. Use the keys for prompts in writing, story-telling, and more
5. Work with the keys in meditation and more!
6. Examine legends and myths associated with Tarot that are still relevant today
Deeper Mysteries of Tarot is taught via teleconference. All you have to do each session is dial a telephone number, and you’ll be connected to me and your classmates from around the globe! We meet for one and one-half hours each week for three weeks.
Register NOW for Deeper Mysteries of Tarot. Course enrollment is limited, and this course always fills, so register early!
https://debbowen.com/product/deeper-mysteries-of-tarot-february-2020-register-now/
NEW E-COURSE!!!!
Creating a Spiritual Garden: (There's more to talking to your plants than you think!)
Do you know that plants themselves will teach you how to communicate with them and how to care for them? But you must ask! This fun course teaches you how to connect with the Devic energy of the plant kingdom, and well as offers hands-on practical tips for planting, tending, and harvesting plants. Everything from a window sill flowerpot to working in large landscapes is covered.
In this PDF-format course, you’ll learn:
The concept of stewardship of the land
The concept of a non-hierarchical way of relating to all beings, including plants
The basic idea of the Gaia Principle and how it applies to your garden
An understanding of the Devic Realm
How to enlist the assistance of the Devas in your garden
How to plan your space for your garden
How to work with the cycles of the Moon to enhance your gardening
How to work with the energies of the cardinal directions
How to address “pests” in the garden
Ideas for your harvest
How to choose helpful crystals
All you need do is click on the link below, order the course, and I’ll send the PDF to the email from which you place your order!
https://debbowen.com/product/creating-a-spiritual-garden-an-e-course-to-bring-you-joy/
NEW E-COURSE!!!!
Moon Magic and More: Working with Moon Cycles To Enhance Your Daily Life with Moon Energy
Do you want to learn to work with the cycles of the Moon and her energy? Then this course is for you.
Deep down inside, you know you feel the pull of the Moon as she courses the sky. But do you know why? The cycles of the Moon throughout a month and a year offer us a looking glass through which we can assess what we really need and want in our lives. Then, we can work with Moon energy to manifest what we need and banish that which no longer serves us.
In this PDF-format course, you’ll learn:
The cycle of the Moon through its nine monthly phases
How to work with each phase for manifesting or banishing
Moon energy in its feminine manifestation
Lunar names and their meanings from many world cultures
Myths and legends about the Moon and how they affect us today
How to work with Moon energy and your Chakra system
How to create New and Full Moon Rituals
Ways you can work with Moon-infused water for many magical practices
And so much more!
All you need do is click on the link to order the course, and I’ll send the PDF to the email from which you place your order!
https://debbowen.com/product/moon-magic-and-more-an-e-course-to-enhance-your-daily-life/
The Quickening of the Land and of the Moon
The full Cold Moon, also called the Wolf Moon, has recently passed, and it feels as if the land in the Northern Hemisphere has settled into slumber, while fires rage in the summer of the Southern Hemisphere. (Please do all you can for Australia!)
The new Moon on January 24 heralds the Chinese New Year, as it is the first New Moon of the calendar year. It’s the perfect time to set into motion all those goals you created on New Year’s Eve. This night is yet another opportunity for a new beginning.
The Quickening Moon is full in Leo on February 9. This is the full moon closest to Imbolc, the cross-quarter day when Mother Earth awakens from her rest in the northern hemisphere. Because the Moon is full at 2:33 am, goes void of course at 11:08 am, and then moves into the sign of Virgo at 6:38 pm (all times are Eastern zone), it’s best to use the Leo energy of the night prior (February 8) for offering up powerful gratitude for the gifts you’ve been given, and are waiting to receive. Remember that universal time is not necessarily our time, so you may need to wait for fruition of what you’ve set in motion.
New! Crystal Meditation for the Month
Just before New Year’s day, I cleaned every stone in my house, including stone jewelry. Believe me, that’s an undertaking. I mean I physically cleaned them. All the ones that can be safely submerged in salt water were soaked, placed in sunlight, then rinsed and dried. All the ones that aren’t safe to put in water (the “-ites”) were placed on beds of sage and covered with sage for a day or so. I wanted to begin the New Year with stones ready to be charged in the Cold/Wolf Full Moon later in the month.
As I touched and spoke with each rock, I contemplated my history with the stone, work we’re doing together, and the jobs the stone has agreed to take on as its “mission” in universal energy. I also asked the stone to speak to me with suggestions about working together to create a new grid for my intentions for 2020.
This process reminded me that sometimes I need to go back to basics. I pulled out my trusty Love Is In the Earth encyclopedia by Melody, and read the many pages about Quartz. Quartz and its work are often overlooked, and shouldn’t be. The family of Quartz is amazing!
Clear Quartz is basically an amplifier. It undertakes whatever you ask it to do (I never use the term “program”!). Clear Quartz provides clarity of thought and emotion, and is able to work with you so you are focused on a goal or task.
When found with points in a cluster formation, as in the picture above, clear Quartz acts as a catalyst for cooperation and clear communication. You might try putting a cluster on a table in your family room. The specimen shown also is a self-healed stone, so it acts as a reminder that old, unproductive patterns of behaviors and communication among friends and family can be healed.
Clear Quartz is easy to find, and don’t think bigger is always better. My first crystal was a Quartz point about an inch long and thinner than a pencil in circumference. That stone and I worked together for more than 25 years, until it finally broke. I think it was just exhausted. I buried the pieces in Mother Earth after offering much gratitude.
So, get to know your stones and sit with them. Messages will come!
Tarot Meditation for the Month: The Emperor
Seated firmly on his royal throne, the Emperor is an imposing figure. His number in the Major Arcana is Four, the number of a solid foundation, logic, and stability. As you know, this year – 2020 – resonates to the number Four as well, so The Emperor is a fitting correlate to the energy of this year. The number Four in this key brings much significance: there are four cardinal points on a compass (east, south, west, and north), four elements (air, fire, water, and earth), four seasons of the year, and much more. Four really is about balance, as is the Emperor.
In the Waite-Rider version of the key, the Emperor is surrounded by rams’ heads on the corners of his throne and on his left shoulder. This indicates his relationship to solar, active, energy. He wields an Egyptian ankh in his right hand. The ankh is a symbol of Venus, and it is in the interest of balance that a symbol of the divine feminine is present on his right side, while he holds a globe of dominion in his left hand.
While some see the Emperor Key as a war-like authority figure, he also represents controlled, analytic power that indicates he is thoughtful and careful in his decision-making. He also is a father figure, the consort of the Empress, benevolent and generous.
As we move more deeply into the Four year, may we focus our attention on the balance and stability of which the Emperor reminds us, coupled with careful, kind, analytic thought.
New! Book Recommendation of the Month
Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess
By Courtney Weber
The first stirrings of the year toward spring occur around the cross-quarter day of Imbolc, celebrated on February 1-2. The holiday honors the Celtic goddess Brigid. She is the goddess of holy wells, healing water, poetry, smithery and fire, early lambing, and milk. So beloved was Brigid by the Celtic people that, when Christianity came to Celtic lands, love for her could not be squelched, and she was Christianized into Saint Brigid. Her name is spelled many ways.
Courtney Weber’s wonderful book recounts Brigid’s varied histories and legends. Weber brings Brigid up to date with guided meditations and exercises that assist the reader in connecting with Brigid and her blessings. There also are spells, recipes, rituals, and blessings throughout the book that are sure to deepen the reader’s connection to Brigid and to bring the message of hope that Imbolc gives us year round.
This book is sure to propel you more deeply into the mysteries of Brigid, the Goddess of the quickening of Mother Earth, and so much more.
Deb’s Podcasts
We will celebrate our 10th anniversary on-air in March! We have great surprises coming for you, so be sure to listen to our upcoming episodes for gifts and more!
Our PsychicTeachers podcast outlets continue to grow, and our Android listeners can now hear us on Podcast Addict. We’re also on Google Play, iTunes, iHeart Radio, Spotify, Spreaker and more! Remembers, listening is FREE!
Do you know that PsychicTeachers podcast is consistently in the top 20 podcasts in iTune’s Society and Culture category? Do you know it’s often in the iTune’s “What’s Hot” category? Do you know it’s downloaded by more than 15,000 of you EACH WEEK and has been downloaded more than 4 million times since its inception?
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psychicteachers/id361910564
Deb & Friends: Quest for Connection podcast is BACK ON AIR!!! After a crazy year of hurricanes (two of them!), job loss, moves, illness and more – the podcast has returned.
The focus of our discussions is the intersection of culture, spirituality, and science, so please join us for thought-provoking and interesting episodes.
This podcast also is broadcast FREE! Don’t miss a single episode by checking out both our archives and upcoming offerings on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/deb-and-friends-quest-for-connection/id1330237467?mt=2
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