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Today, I’m going to highly recommend that everyone take a great, big time-out. It feels high time to get more in tune spiritually, physically, and emotionally. Protecting our overall health and well-being from burnout seems to be the order of the day. Because frankly, we’re being inundated from intense negative, toxic energy on all sides. It has been an onslaught since January of this year, and I think most of you know what I’m talking about. It has been relentless, and in order to keep fighting the good fight, it is imperative to keep our wits about us and our strength up. Sloshing around in the cesspool with people that prefer it will not help us in the long run. We need to band together and recharge in healthy ways so that we can be sharp. Notice how a certain group of individuals keep making really sloppy, careless, big mistakes because of this? They’re never taking a breather. I’m going to keep it short and sweet and to the point.

Take Time for Healing

Take care of yourselves and those close to you (that are good for you to keep close). Set up strong boundaries with those who aren’t. Partake in as many pampering activities as you can on the weekend, and those that you can feel great about. Many neighborhoods are holding Earth Day cleanup activities this weekend–get involved and take pride in doing something loving for our Mother Earth. She needs it right now, believe me. Relax with a healing podcast, like this latest episode of, “Women Who Howl at the Moon.” Local Tarot Reader and Counselor Susan Sigl joins us to talk about the concept of the wounded healer, for her new book. Take refuge in anything kind you can–giving and receiving. By all means, if you need to take a couple of days off from the news, do so. Channel the energy of the New Moon on Sunday. Then you can take a deep breath and deal with it on Monday. Blessed be to you all.

A great relationship can be cultivated, literally. By planting and carefully tending flowers that have special properties—like night-blooming jasmine for heightened sensuality, or lilies for lasting commitment—you can nurture your relationship. During a new moon in the Venus-ruled signs of Taurus or Libra, plant an assortment of flowers that will surround you with the beauty and energy of sweet devotion.

Before you place your hothouse posies or seeds into pots or flowerbeds, bless the ground with a prayer of health for your plants, yourself, and your relationships.

You can cleanse all of your jewelry by placing it into a bowl of sea salt for seven days to make sure nobody else’s energy is permeating the pieces. This is especially helpful if you own antique or estate jewelry.

If your passion is making art or music, throwing pots, or growing an artful garden, you are an imaginative person, and you need to stay in touch with your muse. Call her to you anytime you are feeling blocked or uninspired. You can make a very special tool that will draw your muse to you with sweet-smelling smoke.

You’ll want to keep a pot of the hardy and sun-loving herb sage on your windowsill so it is handy at all times. Here is a simple way to use this herb to create a wand for instant inspiration: Combine a long stalk of fennel with a twisted bundle of sage and long sticks of your favorite incense, such as cinnamon or nag champ (my personal favorite). Braid the materials tightly together into a wand using purple (for power) and gold (for money) string or thread. Before any artistic endeavor or meditation, light one end of the wand with a candle and wave it around to clear your environment, allowing the smoke to clear your mind in the process.