The Living Tree

This set of exercises is intended to make you more aware of the impact of holding onto those areas and things within our lives that are no longer productive.

Opening to The Cosmic Rhythm

This exercise begins a study of your astrological blueprint.

1. You want to find out what your Sun- Moon and Ascendant signs are. To gather this information you will need to know your:

• Date of Birth

• Geographic Location of Birth

• Time of Birth

An easy to navigate sight that will generate a free birth chart is Cafe Astrology.

 Journaling

2. In your journal using one full page for each- write down your sun sign, your moon sign and the astrological sign of your Ascendant (or rising) signs.

3. Beginning with your sun sign, do some research into what the energies and attributes of that astrological sign is. Look through several books or sites on the internet, so you can gather as much information as possible.

4. When you have gathered what you feel is enough information, set aside some time to sit in quiet meditative reflection.  Look through what you have written down. Close your journal and then allow yourself to be open to receiving the pieces of that information that you feel most closely resonate to yourself. This is the place of moving from simply taking in and adding more pieces of knowledge and actively experiencing the information, forming conclusions and then drawing from the wisdom or essence of what you have learned.

5. Do this for your moon and ascendant signs. Keeping records in your journal use this information as the beginnings of gaining more insight about yourself. It is not without reason that "Know Yourself" was carved at the entrance to the Temple of the Oracle of Delphi.  Your astrological blue print is unique to you and contains everything you need to know to be effective, productive and and enlivened being.

 Meditative Focus 

Meditation on the Magickal Image of Binah

"A Bearded Male Figure"

Quiet your mind and then allow your consciousness to be drawn into this picture.  As you read the poem, visualize yourself sitting and listening to the wisdom of the Father...

You haven’t dared yet lose faith – so how can faith grow in you?
You haven’t dared yet risk your heart – to what can you see of reality?
You’re obsessed – still! – with the carnal screams of your life.
How do you hope to step into the Mystery of the King?
You are a sea of gnosis hidden in a drop of dew,
You are a whole universe hidden in a sack of blood.
What are all this world’s pleasures and joys
That you keep grasping at them to make you alive?
Does the sun borrow light from a mote of dust?
Does Venus look for wine from a cracked jug?

- Rumi -