Our newest planet: Sedna!!!

For some that don't know we have a new planet that has been discovered. Let's welcome Sedna. Before we discuss this new addition we should celebrate the newest Female Principle energy in the cosmic arena: Sedna! Until now the only primary planet of feminine power was Venus. Venus bestowed her favors upon us with beauty, wit, charm, the arts and the power of seduction. Also known as the evening star she glistened like a fine gemstone against the gilded neck of dusk. As the Empress of the Night, Venus provided enlightenment for all travelers and sailors through choppy and the dangerous waters of life.

Sedna is three times further away than Pluto and was discovered using the Mt Palomar facility in November by astronomers from the California Institute of Technology, Yale Observatory and the Gemini Observatory. They estimate it's temperature to be about -240 degrees Celsius(-400 Fahrenheit)
The significance of this planet being named after a Goddess is akin to the era we live in. This is the story of Sedna. As the legend goes, Sedna was a beautiful Inuit girl who lived with her father. She was very vain and thought she was too beautiful to marry just anyone. Time and time again she turned down hunters who came to her camp wishing to marry her. Finally one day her father said to her "Sedna, we have no food and we will go hungry soon. You need a husband to take care of you, so the next hunter who comes to ask your hand in marriage, you must marry him." Sedna ignored her father and kept brushing her hair as she looked at her reflection in the water.Soon her father saw another hunter approaching their camp. The man was dressed elegantly in furs and appeared to be well-to-do even though his face was hidden. Sedna's father spoke to the man. "
If you wish to seek a wife I have a beautiful daughter . She can cook and sew and I know she will make a good wife." Under great protest, Sedna was placed aboard of the hunters kayak and journeyed to her new home. Soon they arrived at an island. Sedna looked around. She could see nothing. No sod hut, no tent, just bare rocks and a cliff. The hunter stood before Sedna and as he pulled down his hood, he let out and evil laugh. Sedna's husband was not a man as she had thought but a raven in disguise. She screamed and tried to run, but the bird dragged her to a clearing on the cliff. Sedna's new home was a few tufts of animal hair and feathers strewn about on the hard, cold rock. The only food she had to eat was fish. Her husband, the raven, brought raw fish to her after a day of flying off in search of food.
Sedna was very unhappy and miserable. She cried and cried and called her father's name. Through the howling arctic winds Sedna's father could hear his daughter's cries. He felt guilty for what he had done as he knew she was sad. Sedna's father decided it was time to rescue his daughter. He loaded up his kayak and paddled for days through the frigid arctic waters to his Sedna's home. When he arrived Sedna was standing on the shore. Sedna hugged her father then quickly climbed into his kayak and paddled away. After many hours of travel Sedna turned and saw a black speck far off into the distance. She felt the fear well up inside of her for she knew the speck was her angry husband flying in search The big black raven swooped down upon the kayak bobbing on the ocean. Sedna's father took his paddle and struck at the raven but missed as the bird continued to harass them. Finally the raven swooped down near the kayak and flapped his wing upon the ocean. A vicious storm began to brew. The calm arctic ocean soon became a raging torrent tossing the tiny kayak to and fro. Sedna's father became very frightened. He grabbed Sedna and threw her over the side of the kayak into the ocean. "Here, he screamed, here is your precious wife, please do not hurt me, take her."
Sedna screamed and struggled as her body began go numb in the icy arctic waters. She swam to the kayak and reached up, her fingers grasping the side of the boat. Her father, terrified by the raging storm, thought only of himself as he grabbed the paddle and began to pound against Sedna's fingers. Sedna screamed for her father to stop but to no avail. Her frozen fingers cracked and fell into the ocean. Affected by her ghastly husbands powers, Sedna's fingers while sinking to the bottom, turned into seals. Sedna attempted again to swim and cling to her father's kayak. Again he grabbed the paddle and began beating at her hands. Again Sedna's hands, frozen by the arctic sea again cracked off. The stumps began to drift to the bottom of the sea, this time turned into the whales and other large mammals. Sedna could fight no more and began to sink herself. of her.
Sedna, tourmented and raging with anger for what had happened to her, did not perish. She became, and still is today, the goddess of the sea. Sedna's companions are the seals, and the whales that sit with her at the bottom on the ocean. Her anger and fury against man is what drums up the violent seas and storms . Hunters have a great respect for her. Legend has it that they must treat her with respect. Shaman's from the world above must swim down to her to comb her long black tangled hair. This calms Sedna down. Once this is done, she releases her mammals to allow the Inuit to eat from the bounty of the sea. It is for this reason in the north that after a hunter catches a seal he drops water into the mouth of the mammal, a gesture to thank Sedna for her kindness in allowing him to feed his family.

It is wonderful to note that she is above all a survior against all odds and was vigilant to fighting agianst the wrongdoings of women. Yemanya, a Yoruba orisa of water correlates to this story as well for the protection of women against maladies and evils of the world. This is a goddess from the Native peoples . Inuit are a people who live near the Arctic. Their homeland stretches from the northeastern tip of Russia across Alaska and northern Canada to parts of Greenland. Inuit refers to the people formerly called Eskimos. The term Eskimo comes from a Native American word that may have meant 'eater of raw meat'. They prefer the name Inuit, which means 'the people' or 'real people' and comes from a language called Inuit-Inupiaq. The singular of Inuit is Inuk, which means 'person'. These are a strong and spriritual people who rule with morality and compassion. This new planet signifies the coming of the feminine principles to balance and create harmony. This is needed to subside the turbulant actions of tyrants and despots currently in or wanting power.

Only those with spiritul maturity can approach her such a Shamans and Medicine Women to appease her anger and unrest. Muck like OLOKUN, Yoruba orisa of the bottom of the ocean she is a great mystery and treasure.

March Into the New Year!!

With the secular new year here it brings to mind resolutions. Do we make them, keep them or simply use them as coasters? The Chinese New Year will here in a few weeks. The Mayan calendar had 13 months instead of 12. Do we really need to base our plans on a policitcally constructed calendar ? The answer depends on you. Time is relative but thoughts and deeds in momentum are unstoppable. With that in mind I offer the gift of projection. Simply visualize with detailed aspects where you want to be and how you want to get there. Pick a month for it to manifest itself in. Now that is done. Whew! This is most important setting the steps in motion. Consider the time frame you are in and how long will it take. For everything there is a season! Cultivate the best aspects of the Winter, Summer, Spring and Autumn seasons. Winter is the time to draw on internal spiritual and psychic strength. Work on networking with those in the field you want to be in and make physical connections with them through parties, meetings, planning a project, anything to established the physical connection.
Image a magic carpet that defies gravity . You are moving to defy any obstacles in your way. Assess yourself and your current associates. If they are not conducive to your goals and development then release them and cultivate others. No one can bring the owo to you but through your own actions and good thoughts. Begin to wear colors that will attract positive aspects to you. Orange is success, Gold and Yellow usher in the blessings of solar and divine energy, Purple brings in royal status and the power of a monarch, and Silver to invoke balance and charm. These are just a few colors but the impact of one's actions can catapult you into a higher stratosphere.
Use sound moral and spiritual actions in your actions and thoughts.

Old Time Charms!

If anyone ever doubted the use of charms then they don't know that they actually do work, combined with will and focus. I had a example happen to me. I was trying to open the office and the keys you not open the door. I tried several times and even had some of the staff try with not success. Eventually I stood back and remembered that some doors need the right word to open them. I knocked on the door three times and said Abracadabra! The door opened to the shock of everyone. No one heard me say the magic word. Once in the next door was closed as well and the keys just would not open it. I had two staff try and no success. I said the words again and it opened. Sometimes you just have to rely on the old magic to get things done.

Mystics

Metaphysics is filled with clever and wise figures and the contributions of African- Americans should not be eclipsed. Noted astronomer and mathematician Benjamin Banneker published a series of best selling almanacs, The Old Farmer's Almanac, first published in 1792. It is the oldest continually published periodical in North America.
Most people think the almanac is just a guide for agriculturaist, but many people have depended on it for its accurate weather predictions. It's farming advice is based on astrological knowledge to include lunar phases, retrogrades (backwards planetary orbits) and the seasonal equinoxes. Many are exposed to the legitimacy of astrology by Benjamin Banneker" a man of science and occult knowledge" He was also a Mason and was studied in the methodologies of occult wisdom and architecture.

Almanacs introduced the public to useful information such as clips of humor, when to plant , harvest and prune crops and when to expect inclement weather. All this in a innocuous little book that farmers used for their crops to indicate favorable and unfavorable days. Looking a bit closer one can see the true implications.
The modern English work almanac comes form hermology, which are magical calendars for each day. They can serve as a guideline to side step a less than auspicious day or to one of great fortune.