Gemstones For march

Gemstones for March are Aquamarine, Jade, and Quartz Crystal.

Aquamarine is derived from Latin, meaning seawater and is said to embody the spirit of water. It enhances communication skills, and promotes peace, tranquility, and good health. It also provides a protective field around the body when worn and attracts good luck.

Aquamarine is a good stone for activating and cleansing the throat chakra, facilitating communication with the Divine. It brings a sense of peace and serenity. Some people also believe this stone helps one to commune with the spirit of the Goddess.

Jade is considered a stone of good fortune and divine blessing, which not only served as a bridge between the two realms of heaven and earth, but also served as a direct link to the ancestors. It is said that in ancient times Emperors used it in sacred ceremonies believing that direct messages from heaven came through the stone.

Jade is also known as a “dream stone”,  and helps one remember dreams  and assists with the process of dream – solving. It is said it can be used to help release suppressed emotions, and disturbing dream images during dream time, and recommended to place the stone beneath your pillow before going to sleep.

Jade bangles are believed to be able to bring peacefulness to the wearer and protect them from negative energy. The ancient Chinese  believed that the bending shape of bangles were similar to the rounded body of the dragon, therefore one would be blessed with good fortune and prosperity.

Jade promotes courage, love, health, wealth, wisdom, mercy, justice, longevity, balance, and love.

Quartz Crystal – It has been used extensively by ancient cultures around the world as a universal stone for meditation, spiritual development, healing, and communicating  with spirits.

Many North American Tribes have been using crystals as healing and spiritual tools for thousands of years. The Hopi believed specific crystals were imbued with the powers to divine the cause of illness, and the cherokee used crystals to portend the future.

“The quartz crystal is considered the strongest power object of all among such widely separated peoples as the Jivaro in South America and the tribes of Australia. Peoples as distant from one another as the aborigines of eastern Australia and the Yuman-speakers of southern California and adjacent Baja California consider the quartz crystal “living,” or a “living rock.” The widespread employment of quartz crystals in shamanism spans thousands of years. In California, for example, quartz crystals have been found in archaeological sites and prehistoric burials dating as far back as 8,000 years.”
The Way of the Shaman Michael Harner p. 109

Full Moon

Today’s full moon occurs at 10:37 pm EDT.

Here are some ways to celebrate the full moon

• Spend the evening at the seashore and watch the moonlight dance on the ocean waves.
• Take a walk as the full moon lights up the sky.
• Invite your friends to a full moon party in your backyard and serve moon shaped foods to celebrate the occasion.
• Fill the bath tub with hot water and add rose petals. Enjoy a nice relaxing rose petal bath.
• Offer a water blessing to a friend or loved one in honor of the full moon. Place spring water or sea water in a bowl and capture the reflection of the moonlight in the water. Use this water to bless loved ones, friends and family.

“When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator”.
– Mahatma Gandhi

Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us. – Rose Arizmendi

Monday

With all that is going on in the world, we could all use a little inner peace …

Soothing …  Inspiring …    Relax & Breathe

Saturday

I lived in Hawaii for several years and visited the Big Island volcano sites often and it was an amazing experience to witness the raw primordial power of the Mauna Loa volcano.

Legend has it that the volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea connect Hawaii to the center of the earth, and many consider Hawaii to be the point of creation on earth, where new earth is being made each day, which makes the living breathing Pele goddess the mother of the Earth.”

During certain times of the year sacred chants, hula and prayer are given as a sacred offering of mana to the sun. For without the sun there is no life …

Sunrise Ceremony at Haleakala Volcano … Maui

Daylight Savings Time

Get ready to spring forward one hour this weekend. Yes, it’s that time again. Remember to set your clocks one hour ahead on Sunday.

This excerpt from “The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks in 1947: written by Robertson Davies, pretty much sums up my feelings about the daylight savings time issue.

“I don’t really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some agreement about it, but I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind. I even object to the implication that I am wasting something valuable if I stay in bed after the sun has risen. As an admirer of moonlight I resent the bossy insistence of those who want to reduce my time for enjoying it. At the back of the Daylight Saving scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves.”