tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77667809310189546962024-02-18T17:41:17.228-08:00From Mother to Crone ~ Adventures in PremenopauseWomen have been the Maiden, many become a Mother, and all will become a Crone.
A Pagan perspective and diary of living through 'The Change' that all us women face when getting older.Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11514645505731533197noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766780931018954696.post-40708018810528863582010-04-18T18:03:00.000-07:002010-04-18T18:03:57.800-07:0028 again<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">No....that is not what I am telling people about how old I will be on my birthday.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I could probably get away with it though.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This last cycle was 28 days as normal.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It started a week ago. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I did a write up on the Mercury retrogrades for 2010, and it was very fitting in the business areas of my life. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <br />
While the main focus of the retrogrades this year is one of business and projects, there comes a health and body retrograde coming while Mercury is in Virgo.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The dates for 2010 for Mercury retrogrades are:</div><ul><li>December 26-January 15, 2010</li>
<li>April 17-May 11</li>
<li>August 20 – September 12</li>
<li>December 10-December 29</li>
</ul>In August/September is when the body comes into play. I am a Virgo rising and have 3 Virgo planets.<br />
Just as it was an astrological occurrence that inspired this blog, I see an astrological aspect coming that could mean something.<br />
Mercury Retrogrades have a aspect of '<i>re</i>visiting' energies. <br />
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I am back to my 28 day cycle it seems, pre-menopause in <i>re</i>mission? we shall see. But maybe the 'fluctuation' of my flow will <i>re</i>sume.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </div>Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11514645505731533197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766780931018954696.post-64707532813717338632010-03-04T16:26:00.000-08:002010-04-14T22:57:11.508-07:00Perimenopause SurveyWell it has been a while, but here I am again and this time, the time is shorter.<br />
Only 25 days in this last cycle. Boy was I surprised! I so was not expecting things so soon.<br />
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I found a ‘quiz’ about perimenopause-<br />
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1. My period has been missing or heavier during the last few cycles.<br />
70% said YES I said YES<br />
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2. When I sleep , I wake up hot and sweaty, need to use the bathroom or just don't feel well-rested in the morning.<br />
77% said YES I said YES<br />
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3. My skin has been noticeably drier or more oily lately.<br />
65% said YES I said NO, but I may have to rethink that. My skin has always been a combination so it is hard to say for sure.<br />
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4. I've recently noticed heart palpitations or flutters.<br />
52% said YES I said NO<br />
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5. I find myself running to the bathroom more than I used to.<br />
56% said YES I said NO, but again maybe I should rethink that. I have been consuming a whole lot more liquids lately- but don’t seem to be peeing more.<br />
Hmm, maybe something is wrong with me? -lol-<br />
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6. Sex hasn't been what it used to be during the last six months or so.<br />
58% said YES I said NO, lucky me!!!<br />
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7. My most recent cholesterol reading was worse than my last one.<br />
76% said NO I said NO, but I really do not know for sure and perhaps a lot of people answering this really don’t know either so I am not buying these numbers.<br />
What I do know is that my last physical and the one before that, they told me that what ever it was that I was doing, keep doing it cuz it works. They said my cholesterol was way below the average healthy, but not to the point is was so low that is was unhealthy.<br />
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8. My skin feels like creepy crawling things are on it sometimes.<br />
57% said NO I said NO<br />
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9. I've experienced more irritability, depression or mood swings lately.<br />
81% said YES I said YES, but that could be just life…yea, right, who am I fooling<br />
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10. I've had more urinary tract or yeast infections in the last six months.<br />
79% said NO I said YES, but I extended past 6 months when answering. I have never been prone to UTIs in all my life and I was never a good water drinker, I hold it until the last minute and so on. But never had a problem until about 2 years ago. I have had three UTIs over that period of time.<br />
As for the other people- I think they lied.<br />
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How do you fit in to this little quiz?<br />
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The end results said that I am NOT….what??? Then how do you explain the crazy cycles? I have been 28 days on the dot for over 28 years and now I can’t track time by my periods to save my life.<br />
I guess I am missing some key factors like the things crawling on my skin.<br />
Oh well, time will tell.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-family: Tunga; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span>Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11514645505731533197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766780931018954696.post-89168094488655395202010-01-12T16:53:00.000-08:002010-04-14T23:10:00.801-07:00Now Back to Your Regularly Scheduled Programming<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, mark my words!....I started when I was 'supposed' to start based on setting the timing back to 28 days, December 24th, like clockwork!</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Was this a matter of just getting back on track and premenopause is not quite here yet?</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Maybe this was some twisted joke that the Universe played on us? Well if it was, we got the better end of that because it did not stand in the way of anything, hubbies hangover took care of that!!! Also it made things to where, on MY birthday that everything had come and gone and I was in the clear. (giggles)</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, now what? Now I am looking at the 21st as a start date. With my cycle being off, coming early when it never does since July, I am not sure what will happen now. Time will tell!</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Astrologically, there is nothing significant that I can see as far as transiting planets. The Moon will be in Aries which would conjunct my natal Saturn and Mercury is approaching a return.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am going to pull up a progressed chart for both last year and this year and give them a good looking over and see what is happening in those charts…..see you again soon with my findings.</span>Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11514645505731533197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766780931018954696.post-13229511638577713052009-11-29T16:08:00.000-08:002010-04-14T23:26:31.260-07:00Stellar Cycles & the Moon<style>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Moon is known for its gravitational pull and how it affects the tides.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Police and hospital personnel will tell you that times are a bit crazy during a full moon.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Menstruation is called a woman's Moon time. Is it any wonder why it is called this?</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The average (normal) menstrual cycle is a 28 day cycle. </span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Moon is also on a 28 day cycle.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When a woman is able to sleep under the light of the Moon and without the light pollution of the city, her cycle will synchronize with the Moon phases.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ovulating during a New Moon and menstruating under a Full Moon.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For a few it is the opposite.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">One of the things that led me to start this blog is obviously menopause. </span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But why the timing? </span></span><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: small;"><a href="http://mother2crone.blogspot.com/2009/09/bit-of-me-in-metaphysical.html"><b></b></a></span><span style="color: #f8b2d5; font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJfwXs8AX9XWCaQE4lz1NXn2QQNpUhapwAnOL-8uXHdssp1SZeWNg-XbdH2H2AkAC2uzzguth4COi4EuEXPv-1r8n4ai0Wvf8FMux7hqu8RorkDm-krMOWEEddWMxyELr7q8Ad6IhxX8/s1600/Moon+in+phases.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJfwXs8AX9XWCaQE4lz1NXn2QQNpUhapwAnOL-8uXHdssp1SZeWNg-XbdH2H2AkAC2uzzguth4COi4EuEXPv-1r8n4ai0Wvf8FMux7hqu8RorkDm-krMOWEEddWMxyELr7q8Ad6IhxX8/s400/Moon+in+phases.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In</span><span style="color: #f8b2d5; font-size: small;"> </span><a href="http://mother2crone.blogspot.com/2009/09/bit-of-me-in-metaphysical.html"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: small;"><b>A bit of me and the Metaphysical</b></span></a><span style="font-size: small;">, I spoke about my connection to tarot and touched a bit on my astrological details. That was a small introduction of what is to come.<br />
</span></div></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Back on July 22 2009 we had a total solar eclipse. <br />
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The eclipse was in Caner, meaning the both the Sun and Moon aligned in the sign of Cancer. This was also a New Moon, as when ever the Moon is in the same sign as the Sun, it is a New Moon.<br />
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In the study of Astrology, the Sun represents the self, the ego, ones internal flame and the Moon represents emotions, needs, and is maternal in nature.<br />
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Again, at the time of the eclipse, the Sun and Moon where in Cancer. <br />
This is the opposite, by sign, of 3 stellar bodies in my natal (birth) chart. <br />
The Sun, Moon and Mercury are all in Capricorn. <br />
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However, the exact position of the eclipse was 29 degrees Cancer.<br />
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My natal Moon is at 25 degrees thus it is within an aspect orb for both transiting (planets on the move) Sun and Moon. This creates a separating energy, a pulling out of sorts.<br />
And, I was born under a New Moon.<br />
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*Interesting note is that on my birthday, this year, there will be a lunar eclipse, which happens during a Full Moon.<br />
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Why is all this significant to this blog?<br />
In my youth, when my Moon time settled in I had a 28 day on the dot cycle. <br />
On occasion my cycles would shift, that was due to living with other females, stress, as well as if I was or was not sleeping under the light of the Moon.<br />
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During the eclipse (not just the day of) and very close to it's apex, I started my Moon time. Form and astrological perspective, it is not much of a surprise.<br />
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I'm being pulled by an opposition of my natal planets and the Transiting planets during an eclipse as well as the separating aspect. <br />
But what IS a surprise is that my Moon-time came 6 days early! <br />
If I am ever out of my cycle, it is late and not early! <br />
This was not the norm for me. <br />
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I wondered about this, did the planets play gravitational pull on my uterus?<br />
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I could also throw into the mix the feminine planet of Venus which is in Scorpio, at 29 degrees. (both Cancer and Scorpio are Water signs). With that, the eclipsing Sun Moon pair creates at Trine aspect that is exact. <br />
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In some studies of astrology, any planet at 29 degrees is considered fatalistic. <br />
So is all this indicating the 'death' of my fertile-mother days?<br />
Perhaps this was an actual milestone for me; I am about that age after all.<br />
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As I pondered this over a few weeks, the topic of menopause was popping up everywhere. This was not a case of drawn to notice it because it's on the brain. People where sending me funny emails, bringing it up in conversation, and such. It came to me, I did not find it.<br />
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I see the coincidence, the synchronicity, as some confirmation that, yes, this is what you think it is. I have always looked out to see the messages that the Universe has to offer when someone is looking for them.<br />
At that time, I had no 'Proof' that it was. I had one early period, big deal.<br />
Ah, but now here it is, 4 months later and things are not so on the dot as they had been.<br />
I have been between 2 to 4 days early each cycle.<br />
I was supposed to start on the 1st of December, a Full Moon.<br />
If I count 28 days from the start of my Moon, I should start again on Christmas Eve.<br />
Won’t hubby like that, it is his birthday.<br />
My Moon could come early, but either way, poor hubby.<br />
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</span>Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11514645505731533197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766780931018954696.post-15524080174486488102009-10-03T21:54:00.000-07:002009-10-03T21:59:23.733-07:00Chocolate - Part 1<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghM_h0Kfmm31187RF_jNQKAksccPVw9bpodPRw9fND0l-X3Fzl53eJ061Fs7qkAxJwUtDqwccuAwBWxxtAEsvr7txgfwYs8-77a5UOXmW0eCl3J71As3KpnvCL7hh1ydxh_BoZQ5LsYoE/s1600-h/CacaoPods2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghM_h0Kfmm31187RF_jNQKAksccPVw9bpodPRw9fND0l-X3Fzl53eJ061Fs7qkAxJwUtDqwccuAwBWxxtAEsvr7txgfwYs8-77a5UOXmW0eCl3J71As3KpnvCL7hh1ydxh_BoZQ5LsYoE/s200/CacaoPods2.jpg" /></a>The first people known to have made chocolate were the ancient peoples of Mexico, the Maya and Aztec. They mixed ground cacao seeds with various seasonings to make a spicy, frothy drink.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">2,000 years ago the Spanish conquistadors brought the Cacao seeds back to Spain and new recipes were created. The chocolate drink spread throughout Europe. <br />
</div>Today, Chocolate drinks and foods are found all over the world.<br />
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Chocolate come from the Cacao (kah KOW) tree. The pods are collected and cut open. The seeds are removed and put into pile that contain the seeds of hundreds of pods. They are put under banana leaves and ferment for 5 to 7 days. Then they are dried and roasted.<br />
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This is the first of many processes that these seeds go through before they end up in some beverage or confection.<br />
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2 years ago a study was done and it was found that there is a specific metabolic signature in 'chocolate lovers'. This metabolic profile involved low levels of LDL-cholesterol the so-called 'bad' cholesterol and marginally elevated levels of albumin, a beneficial protein. <br />
It would seem from this study that chocolate lovers love chocolate because it helps to keep their body chemistry balanced.<br />
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There is a down side to chocolate. To ingest chocolate on an empty stomach creates a rush form the caffeine and sugar that has a hard crash. One has teased the body with something that does not provide the nourishment the body is needing. <br />
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Part 2 Preview: My relationship with ChocolateSuzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11514645505731533197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766780931018954696.post-60363268539726273612009-09-13T01:22:00.000-07:002009-09-13T01:32:33.863-07:00A Bit of Me in the Metaphysical<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">I am a 40 something mother of 3. </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">The fact that I am a Mother of 3 is amusing in itself from a metaphysical perspective.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrbz3PNKThIH1Tdz_QVHlXQVL84StRJOJ96o0JPmmen5Vyf-79RvI8PjkWTRjqBIO9nKF6d3c_BoVA45vuzRoqzJZKYqQR0j4aXkGHnXYq9hhnLGRc-7VW6WFVynTjFFY_HOTZPKmB1Y/s1600-h/h2pw3fey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrbz3PNKThIH1Tdz_QVHlXQVL84StRJOJ96o0JPmmen5Vyf-79RvI8PjkWTRjqBIO9nKF6d3c_BoVA45vuzRoqzJZKYqQR0j4aXkGHnXYq9hhnLGRc-7VW6WFVynTjFFY_HOTZPKmB1Y/s320/h2pw3fey.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">Be it tarot or numerology, if you take the numbers of my birthday, the sum is 3. In tarot there is a method of determining your soul and personality card or cards. Some will have the same card for both and that is me. That is the Empress in the Major Arcana and she is a Mother. Traditional images of her show her very pregnant. While she is a mother, she is so much more. She is compassionate, understanding and nurturing and she is a leader, full of wisdom and direction. She is co-master of the home, runs the castle and cares for the children. <u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">Much of what the Empress card is all about is reflected in my thoughts, feelings, life and spirituality.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">As goes the Empress representing my Soul & Personality, I fit the build very well.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">Many people come to me with their issues, for they appreciate the feed back and advice I have to offer. Even my mother commented on my wisdom when going through a divorce.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">My ability to listen and understand with compassion have allowed me to help others and in helping others, I feel good because I have been through many hard times and had always wished that I had had someone that I could talk to. I believe that everyone deserves happiness and our silly selves put ourselves into situations that keep ups from that happiness.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">I have found my peace and I want to help others find theirs.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">Of all the <st1:place u4:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Queens</st1:place></st1:place> in the Minor Arcana, the Queen that I relate to the most on many levels is the Queen of Pentacles. She is also the Queen that is most like the Empress.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">Why I relate to this particular queen over the others, we have to look at me from an astrological aspect.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">Of all the placements in my chart, I am a very heavy load of Earth and Pentacles is the Earth suit. But there is more to that. I have a Virgo rising, Pars Fortune and the 3 (there is that number again) planets in Virgo; Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto. Then, and here is that number 3 again! I have Sun, Moon and Mercury in Capricorn. These are both Earth signs.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">The nature of this combination of placements makes for a hard worker, a multitasker, a leader, one who has goals and is self motivated, multi-talented and very skilled.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #b7dbff;">In just about any work place that I have been in, if there was some sort of administrative or management position open, I ended up with it whether I sought it out or not.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #ffbbff; font-family: Aniron;"><span style="color: #ffbbff; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Now I could go on for much longer about how these pagan/metaphysical, occult things relate in my life, but they will be expressed at some point within this blog, for my whole life has been spent within these realms, that of the occult, psychic awareness, being close to nature and Universal magic. </span><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><u1:p></u1:p>Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11514645505731533197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766780931018954696.post-79188145278841842682009-08-23T23:41:00.000-07:002009-10-05T11:59:15.989-07:00This Blog<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFzyxQNsCH-ej7gb2ZJlMD6vTLzEDiX05z3wMwSZuFy6_iekvBBxPu4FRACJmUiSQqc-BjhL9AJx-1v9lzjYL8QmR_wKKJBftpjxqrHRI6ussXdWfJ6iXP7vgNj6S0YyNU0T7p0cfngA/s1600-h/painted+flower.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373424664326040418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFzyxQNsCH-ej7gb2ZJlMD6vTLzEDiX05z3wMwSZuFy6_iekvBBxPu4FRACJmUiSQqc-BjhL9AJx-1v9lzjYL8QmR_wKKJBftpjxqrHRI6ussXdWfJ6iXP7vgNj6S0YyNU0T7p0cfngA/s400/painted+flower.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 265px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<div style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The last two of my Moon times and the manner in which I had them has inspired me to start this blog. I do not know for sure if I am truly in the stage of making the change that all women make, but my time is coming soon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Either way, I am getting ready.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">In my blog I will touch on the bits and pieces that inspired this blog and have lead up to this moment. I will also speak in the here and now and I will probably even reminisce to time long ago now and then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I will also relay good information I find along my journey as well as anything else that is of interest and could be helpful.</span></b></span><br />
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