2013 Psychic Predictions for the Fire, Water, Air and Earth Signs

Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius):
You are out in the world in some significantly bigger way. Travel is likely, and life offers you expansive new options. Something is taking you higher! You might go through more personal change this year than you ever have. Let yourself and your life change. Then you burn very bright and are more focused. This year your new beginnings represent a higher octave: your plans and your networks come together more masterfully; you are able to produce much more. Take care to stay in good spirits and keep up friendships, even if you don't feel you have a lot of time for relationships. In 2013 you may benefit from past deeds or plans coming to fruition. Still, long-term circumstances are not in focus; you are still negotiating big changes that you haven't stepped into fully.Water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces): You are strongly motivated this year and can stick to a healing, liberating regime. It's good you've got more discipline because the cycles you want to break take time and stick-to-itiveness, at least six weeks. After some kind of purification, your excited self comes back, you have new and inspiring ideas to work on and life is fun. You're more expressive of your love, too. You're going to have more fire and energy this year. If employed, you have the drive and ability to get more money for what you do. In any case, you are likely to have new resources to work with and more ways to do what you want, because of your decisions or others' that impact you.
Air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius): You learned a lot in 2012 that you can apply in 2013. You are better able to cope with everything; you're starting life a few rungs up. Don't be afraid of how magical life can get, or the creative potential that unleashes in you. Sounds hyperbolic, but you can get everything and anything you want this year. Something you wanted in 2007 is more available now. 2013 is a year of high magic, and the spirits will find you to dance with!
Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn): New income streams and roles are available. What's good news is that you end up with more financial stability. One chapter closes and another begins. You could start a new business. Or you could be part of a venture... in some way there's something new about business ventures, and it could get you out in the world also. Earth signs loosen up! They are knowing and acting on things they could never learn before. Life flows much better, and in some area you have arrived at "mastery of subject". Huzzah huzzah for more success, love, and all the rest. However, your first response to 2013 might be to come to some kind of resting point and realization about anything that has to be let go of. Life will be challenging but in a good way this year... stay in the feeling zone, be sure your feelings are in agreement with your decisions.

Elissa Heyman practices psychic counseling and healing by telephone and in person in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In full time practice since 1979, she has an international clientele and travels nationally with her work. Each month she writes a free online newsletter with predictions and psychic advice for the astrological signs. To find out more about sessions with Elissa or to read articles and newsletters, please go to http://www.elissaheyman.com, and for appointment information please call 505-982-3294.

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Feng Shui Aromatherapy

Feng shui literally means 'wind water' and is a term first coined by Guo Po (276-324 AD) in his book entitled 'Zangshu'... "Qi rides the wind and scatters, but it is retained when encountering water".
Wind corresponds to Wood in the five element model upon which feng shui is based, the other four elements being Water, Fire, Earth, and Metal. It is through a system of correspondences that feng shui practice aims to balance the five elements, and in so doing it achieves it's purpose of delivering health and harmony.
Feng shui aromatherapy is all about enabling the essential balance that leads to well-being and harmony. Essential balance is a state of being that we all experience from time to time, to a greater or lesser extent. We can tell when we are balanced when we feel healthy and happy.
We also know that we can avoid putting our health and happiness in danger by doing the right thing e.g. eating sensibly, exercising moderately, getting enough sleep, getting the work/rest/play/family balance right and having good intentions... but the twists and turns of life often intervene to knock us off balance. Sometimes we can even be our own worst enemies and then have to suffer the consequences!
Maintaining a balanced five element energy state or correcting, by degrees, elemental energy imbalances... these are the aims of feng shui aromatherapy.
The origins of feng shui aromatherapy go back thousands of years, to the times of the three legendary Emperors of China. The first of these Emperors - Fu Shi (c.3322 BC) - defined the secrets of energetic life with the 8 Trigrams. The second - Shen Nung (c.2788 BC) - classified the properties of plants according to yin/yang balance and five element correspondences. The third Emperor - Huang Di (2697-2574 BC) - described the internal energy model that creates, controls and sustains physical form and function.
The combined knowledge given by these three legendary Emperors allows us to firstly, determine anyone's five element essential balance from birth; secondly, categorise essential oils from plants according to their yin/yang and five element properties; and thirdly, create blends of essential oils that enable the balance that leads to well-being and harmony.
Blends of essential oils are formulated according to our 'personal energy signature' created at birth. The quality and quantity of this personal energy, created at birth, circulates within our body (the meridians used in acupuncture) to determine how we function and how well we function. Feng shui aromatherapy is, therefore, truly holistic aromatherapy!

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Elemental Magic Spells

Elemental magic spells are based on, and gain their energy from, the main universal elements. These power spells are based around water, earth, fire, air or the spirit - channelling the raw energy and enabling you to use it as an instrument. The type of spell that you choose will depend on the effects you want to achieve as each element has unique characteristics. To help you find and perform the right elemental magic spells I have put together some information on what each element offers and how you can benefit in your spell casting.
Fire Spells
One of the most popular areas of elemental magic spells, fire is powerful, energising and potentially destructive. But it has a very primal feel about it and is therefore a wonderful element for you to use to build your skills and test your potential. Spells to control fire, such as moving the candle flame, take practise and patience but will really show you what you're capable of.
Water Spells
Water spells are amongst the most flexible of all elemental magic spells. Think of how water is around us in so many varied forms and states and you will see why - it carries the force of the sea, the gentle flow of a stream and is of course the giver of life. So water spells can bring calm to your life, help you to get things developing and moving along or inject the necessary power into your spell (and life!).
Air Spells
Air spells can be very cleansing and are therefore perfect for new beginnings and banishing spells. They can be used to carry away your problems and rid yourself of the negativity of every day life and others around you. They are often very simple elemental magic spells, involving placing herbs or powders in the palm of your hand and blowing away the issues.
Earth Spells
Earth spells are for more every day matters, so spells that relate to money, that require a 'down to earth' or common sense point of view or even for protection. Use ingredients such as herbs, or things grown in the earth to invoke its power.
Spirit Spells
Spells of the spirit should be personal to you - this element is essentially you. Wherever possible, perform spells that you have written yourself. You can also include and make use of your psychic ability to help you visualise your spell's purpose or fix on the future outcome. You can also use meditation to help ground yourself, which will help to both preserve and focus your energies. You may wonder at why spirit spells are classed as an elemental magic spell here. But remember that spell work should centre around your relationship with the world around you and you are always firmly at the heart of all your work.

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Blessings,
Francesca x

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History of Fire and Evolution

Not enough thought has been given to the concept of fire with respect to our ancestors and the impact this acquisition has had on our evolution. No animal in the world has ever adopted, as a survival mechanism, a chemical reaction that it could lose and not be able to reacquire. The potential for fire to drive our evolutionary journey is almost unlimited. There can be little doubt that we use fire long before we could make it. The selective process engendered by such a situation is what would lead directly to Homo Sapiens.
Many years ago, Rudyard Kipling wrote a story about a boy named Mowgli. As a baby, Mowgli was lost in the jungle. The child was raised by wolves and came to think of himself as just another animal of the forest. More recently Walt Disney made a movie of Kipling's story calling it The Jungle Book. The movie may be animated, but its truths are real.
Early in the story, Mowgli is kidnapped by monkeys and taken to their leader, an orangutan named King Louie. The crux of the kidnapping is that King Louie would like to know, in some of the finest jazz lyrics around, man's "secret of fire." Alas, Louis is to be disappointed. Mowgli never came into contact with other humans. He knows no more about the secrets of fire than the wolves he was raised with. Louie wanted fire. Louie knew that fire would make him human. The secret of fire separates man from animals in the movie just as it does in real life.
A small group of aquatic apes (or should we by now say homos?) occupy a stretch of beach fronting on a large mixed woodland/grassland plain. There are six males in the troop, ten females, and fifteen offspring of various ages. The males are about five feet five or six inches tall and, maybe, one hundred twenty- five pounds. The females stand at four foot eight to ten inches and around ninety pounds. These Homo Erectus are powerfully built and fully capable of running, climbing trees, and swimming in the water. They make their living mostly on land. The sea in their territory was almost entirely sand bottom and little marine life grew in the area. The sea did have one advantage for our ancestors, however. About 50 yards off shore was a small sandy mound which the troop used as a refuge at night.
These early humans lived by foraging and scavenging. They were equipped with stone tools including small fist-sized rocks used as projectiles. They also carried short, pointed sticks used for digging and for flipping over porcupines so that they could get at the soft underbelly with their flint cutters. These H. Erectus flourished on insects, grubs, lizards, fruits, roots, and scavenged meats and the occasional porcupine. The troop prospered along their length of beach and life was good.
The alpha male in the group was largely responsible for this prosperity. He was a genius. Through trial and error he had discovered that some stones make better tools than others. Now, most of the males had good, sharp flint hand axes. The other males also knew how to form the desired shape from raw stone by watching the alpha male. Even a few of the females carried flint tools, mostly cast-offs from the males, but a few made from scratch. These tools made life marginally easier for the whole troop. The male also made a discovery that contributed substantially to the success of this group of H. Erectus.
Periodically, fire swept the plain and, in the course of burning, the fire would sometimes incinerate the base of a particular shrub. The shrub put out long, single branches from a short gnarled base. The fire would char through these branches when it traversed the plains. Because the branches were green, only the bases would burn through. The alpha male found that these branches made perfect pointed digging sticks. Because they were green, they were more flexible than dry wood, and yet at the base the fire had hardened the wood to such a degree that it held a point very well.
The group liked fire. Of course, it had not always been so. Animals flee fire for the very good reason that fire doesn't care. It will burn anything that gets close to it regardless of size or strength. Over the millennia, those that ran from fire survived. Those that didn't, didn't.
Our Homo Erectus ancestors at one time also feared fire. Caught on the open grasslands, fire would sometimes overtake the entire band and even climbing trees didn't always allow for survival. If the flames were hot enough and high enough, the climbers would perish.
But this troop actually looked forward to fire. They knew that the beach didn't burn and when smoke appeared on the horizon everyone made a beeline for the shore and the safety of the water. It was after the fire had passed that the real fun began. There were insects singed by the fire or even cooked and clearly visible in the ashes. There were lizards, rodents, all types of goodies and best of all no predators. Always with the fire they ran, always. They ran, even from their own kills, which made scavenging that much easier.
It was the alpha male that made the first connection. In the beginning it was difficult because the red dancing flowers could hurt quite badly if one wasn't careful. But fire was fascinating, also. Was it alive? It gave the appearance of eating wood but not like normal eating. It was warm but only up close. It was now red, now black and then white. It grew and died quickly. It only affected certain things. Dry wood it ate, green it sometimes ate and sometimes not and stone it ate not at all. It was truly fascinating.
The male liked to play with fire. At first, he would only poke at it with his digging stick, turning over the burning wood, prodding the ash to see where the fire was. He would wave a smoldering brand in the air to make the red flames jump out of the black char. He would place small twigs on top of burning branches to see the red devour the wood. The big male found fire to be the most fascinating thing in his life.
The problem was that the fire kept going away. A wall of flame would traverse the plain, black smoke rolling and animals fleeing, then it would be gone. The plain would be black and quiet. Here and there a small plume of white smoke would life from a stump or a downed tree but the vast wall of red would be gone or clear over on the horizon and way beyond reach. The male could make the stumps erupt into red but only as long as he fed the fire with wood. Then one day, he had an idea and everything changed.
The shoreline occupied by the troop as well as the small sand spit used for sleeping was littered with driftwood. A river six miles to the south dumped lots of downed trees and well as branches and limbs into the ocean. The currents brought all of this detritus north and, sweeping in shore, dumped a lot of it on the beach and sand spit. The male would use this wood to keep the fire alive. One evening after a fire on the plain, he brought a burning branch back to the shore and thrust it into a pile of driftwood. Almost immediately the dry tinder caught fire and soon the whole troop had to back away from the blaze because of the heat. The troop watched for a while then made their way out to the spit to sleep.
In the morning, the male came ashore and looked at the ashes left from the driftwood fire. Here and there wisps of smoke drifted up from the burned wood. The male turned over a log and red sparks snapped and popped. Quickly he grabbed a handful of twig and put them on the log. A small tendril of smoke drifted up, then more, a twig snapped and charred, in a minute the pile burst into flame. More twigs then branches and soon a roaring fire was burning.
The chill of the water and the coolness of the morning was offset by the heat of the fire. It was nice to wake up wade across to the shore and make up a nice warm fire to start the day. And that is exactly what the troop did. Each evening they would use the ashes of yesterday's fire to start another. Over time, they learned just how much wood to ignite and how to arrange the logs and what burned well and what not so well. One day it rained and they lost their fire. But they remembered and when the next lightning started fire swept the plains they took part of it back to the beach and again looked forward to warm mornings.
One evening as the group was preparing the evening fire, a pack of hyenas showed up. Normally the whole bunch would have dashed into the water but the hyenas seemed reluctant to attack. One of the males picked up a flaming branch and threw it at the pack. Sparks flew and the hyenas scattered. Another brand and the animals fled. It wasn't just fire on the plains that predators feared. It was any fire. .
Homo Erectus learned. They learned to keep fire, first brands, then coals in large clam shells, shells filled with punky wood and two or three coals. Fires that would keep when the two halves of the clam shell were bound together. Fires that had to be protected from water not just rain but anything wet. Even a heavy damp would permeate the punk and snuff out the troops survival mechanism.
There is no doubt that the subjugation of fire put enormous strain on our intellectual capacities. Those groups that could do a better job of holding onto fire prospered. Those that lost fire or were never able to master it, were selected out. Brain power prevailed, Homo Erectus prevailed, and became the first primate to radiate out of Africa. Our ancestors had arrived.

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