Eight of Swords

    

                                               Tarot of the Magical Forest                                              

    Numerical value: 8 represents water element, quality of cleansing, deep understanding, balancing between outer and inner world. Together with cups it gives 2 times water – or the world of another side. The card represents the need of balancing the feminine and masculine energy (Yin- Yang), connection with higher self.

Archangel who rule number 8 are Jeremiel, Raziel.

Eight can mean as number: expansion, evaluation, priorities, movement.

     The representation of 8 of Swords is related to illusion of being caught, being bounded or attached to something. That can be situation or person. The card depicts a girl standing and tied up with a rope of her own illusion, she is feeling trapped, but in reality her feet are free to walk, if she finds inner strength. She doesn’t see her surroundings and she looks inwards. She battles her fears.

This cards can mean being vulnerable and exposing your weaknesses to others. Feeling bound to someone. Waiting for the rescue to come, self-limiting believes.

Its important that she is blindfolded, but her feet are free. If she wishes, she could walk away. That means her mind is creating illusion of entrapment.

Key words: 

   feeling trapped 

   mental imprisonment

   being helpless 

   Stuck in the middle

   Time to look inwards 

   Insights 

   Cocoon wrap around her symbolizes transformation, period of inner preparation, transition, state of mind. This card shows very well feeling of powerlessness, being tied, restrictions, inability to act in a situation. The blindfold of the woman (in suit of Magical Forest -a cat) points out to 1. inability to see clearly the outside environment or situation, feeling stuck; and in the same time: 2. ability to tune into Higher mind and consciousness, to have inner dialogue, time for powerful insights, Third eye opening. That`s how this card brings the positive power. 

She cant see things clearly, lack of information; but also she can look within, and contemplate. The eight swards around her can symbolize fence, prison and protection, as well as restricted environment. 

The card radiates gloominess, depression, and neutrality.

Spiritual message: Take back your power, don’t allow yourself to be a victim. Concentrate on the light, not on the darkness. You create for yourself trap of illusions.

Planets: Mercury (work of Mind) in Gemini - which is in its power. 

Kabbalah: Belongs to the Sephira Hod (Splendor), Mental active force; Lord of Shortened Force. 

Nina Lea-nour *

Angel`s medium 

Reiki master

Marriage and separation -II

 ~ Marriage from spiritual perspective ~

So the main reason of marriage (also from spiritual perspective) is Love, respect, understanding and forgiveness. If just one of these feeling is lost or blocked within the union, marriage wont be possible. As the main reason of marriage is love, it is the feeling we need to cherish and spread every day of life. The wife and husband have to share their love, to show and express love daily, or in cases of negative thoughts, conflicts, they have to share feelings of respect, compassion, understanding, forgiveness. That’s how the marriage is moving and growing forward – as a flower, that is watered and taken care of. Marriage is not a vehicle that moves alone in the street with automatic speed. It has to be taken care of, needs efforts to stay in perfect state. That’s how all positive feelings of love matter.

Something more –for many couples marriage becomes to forceful torture, punishment and institution of “prison”. That’s exactly why I wanted to write this article. Understand, marriage is not a “prison” for the soul, or a chain for the neck of couple. It is supposed be “growing” together, learning lessons from each other, learning how to take care of another, how to be honest, compassionate, loving, how to give more, how to show your truth feelings, how to be yourself. Marriage as spiritual love, has to show the spiritual aspects of Self, reach to freedom of self and discovery of Self, through another, with help of another.

    That’s why – being loved, cherished and taken care of is not enough. You need to give all that feelings back to your partner! That’s what is union of marriage. Love, cherish, forgive, take care of your spouse, every day. Another important aspect in any kind of relationship – is honesty.

(you can read my articles about friendship …and love relationships…)

In marriage everything is possible, if expresses freedom of soul, together with morality and spiritual values of both partners.

Marriage also is deeply intimate experience, connection of two souls in one, in order to reach to higher spiritual growth by many experiences. Marriage union needs to show the perfect mastery of cycle of giving and receiving, of loving and being loved.

Another important statement I want to make is: marriage is created only for the people within it – even if it has social face, it is not existing for approving views of relatives, parents, society. Marriage needs to fit in couples own life style and values, not in one of society. That’s why its intimate – it involves two people and their children.

That’s why it can be canceled only from the side of the couple. Not anyone else. Any couple should not accept interference from outside, its territory is private.

I.                   Separation. What is separation, when it is needed?

Separation (or in social perspective “divorce”) is highly needed and recommended in many cases. I have to say, with help of angels, that in today societies and cultures, multiple people suffer from “unreal marriage”. That means these couples are aware of their “broken” relationships, but Still continue to resist Separation as normal outcome. This resistance, delay and compromising is wrong, and its usually due to many socially based fears. As we know, anything on base of fear is doomed to collapse. That’s why such kind of marriage is “fake” marriage. Some of the well realized reasons for such continues “self-prison” are said to be:

-         the married couple have children and they are fear from their reaction and affect from divorce;

-         one person from couple is financially dependant from another

-       one person if co-dependent from another due to sharing the same property (home, flat)

-     the couple has “addiction” to their routine life-style (including sexual addiction)

-      one or both people from the couple have fear to be alone, due to lack of stability – emotional, bad heath, financial; fear of being alone;

-    one person from the couple is afraid to lose his –home, children, job, security.

These are some of the basic reasons why phenomena of “fake” marriages exist. Here I don’t mention any Karmic relationships or abusive patterns, which are very common. My focus is on how such relationship can become “impossible” and prison of souls for both partners. In such way, both will have huge energy discharge, they will tend to feel most of the time tired, exhausted or have frequent health problems when together.

This all will be result of wrong understood social fear of judgment, of being isolated, neglected by others, as well as fear of losing safety, and most of all fear of change. 

Thank you for reading the second part of my article, feel free to share it, like it, post a comment below! Continue to part 3 ...

nina Lea-nour *

angel`S medium 

Ajna chakra -relationships, aspects -II

    One of strong aspects of Ajna energy is also a foreign land, being attracted and pulled by specific foreign culture and even being attracted to have relationship with foreigner. Here I want to say, as my husband is from land of Egypt (my country of Karma) – no relationship with foreign is by chance”. That is also valid for all relationships, but specially with foreign will mean one of these things:

-        you have Karmic relationship with this foreigner from the past, regardless of the place and county.

-       You had Karmic experience with the land (country) where you meet your foreign beloved

-        You have both Karmic experience with the land and with the foreign person that you love there;

All of these versions are true and totally possible. Believe when you go to the place that was your home in past life, you will feel that in amazing way. You feel thrills, joy and love. You even don’t notice the negative sides of the place, but as if swimming in the waters of past memories.

That’s why my advice is (also to myself) to make a travel diary and notice all feelings that I have in the places I go. It will reveal many things about me.

I want to speak about trips to the mountain and Sacred sights. This is the second aspect of Ajna. When you feel pulled to the mountain –as so many people are – and to just spend time breathing the mountain air, to walk or to lay down on e meadow, then you are in need of Spiritual awakening or 2. in need of soul purification. The same is valid for visiting Sacred sights –like monasteries, shrines, churches, mosques, or any sacred place. That means simply – you need to grow, your spirit needs to be awaken, your mind needs expansion. You can see that all people that go to such place are somewhere in their spiritual development. No matter what they believe, or if they are sensitive! In their sub conscious mind appear new patterns of spiritual desire and need for expansion. This is what happens when you visit old places, churches, cultural sight, (pyramids in Giza for example), archeological sights…There is connection between your desire to grow and change your mind, and visiting such places. Exactly the same happens when you travel to mountains. You feel the immense power of the universe –specially if you love hiking or reaching the top of the mountain with groups of people. This is amazing experience that many enthusiastic people do, and it is also deeply Spiritual. If you climb a mountain by yourself, you will know; if not ask one of these people who are hiking, what is the feeling when you look down from the top? The truth is…not always you can have words to describe it. It is huge feeling of love to the world, love to all planet and all earth, feeling of expansion. Doing that can give you keys to your spiritual expansion and links to the next path where you need to go. People who climb often, will be sure about what is their desire in life and where to go.

This is because the energy of the mountain is opening the Third eye, and Crown chakra. If you stay just 2 hours, this will be equal to 4 hours meditation in closed space. That’s why many people prefer to meditate outside in the mountain. It has amazing benefits for the brain.

II. Another important aspect of Ajna is connecting with spirit guides and Higher Self. I want to clarify these aspects first, because of many misunderstandings.

It`s obvious that energy of powerful Third eye is related to: dreams, imagination, positive thoughts, creating in thoughts and pictures, ability of visualizing, meditation desire, and connection with another levels of invisible reality. Many of the aspects of Ajna are invisible for human eyes. But they are real and can be sensed in many ways. You need to use your intuition and inner guidance. Exactly that you study and understand by connecting with your Higher Self.

I ll answer the question now, what is Higher Self? Many people think that this is projection of “me” in another plane, or that this is the energy, situated above my head – (3-4 inches) in the place of Soul Star chakra. This is not truth. In reality higher Self is little complicated concept that we use, in order to clarify our connection with something “invisible”. In the place of Soul Star is the energy central of our Spirit, in this place is situated the “engine” that spread energy in non physical chkacras and send stream of energy to our physical body. This engine is the so called “Merkaba” (chariot) of the soul. Merkaba has special geometric shape and color, according to the spiritual level of each individual. It is usually very bright and has form of multi dimensional star; This Spiritual star is connected with fine cords with all our subtle bodies and with our Astral body – which is in place of “rest” and peace. If we connect with our Astral body (some call it Astral twin), we can feel amazing visual moments in meditation. Our astral body has all imprints of the soul and Karmic lessons of past. We can understand much about our reality, to increase our intuition and ability to see things “beyond” by just connecting with the Astral body. This body is like our living Self in higher realms, and it is activated by our Merkaba. So our physical body (which is on earth), and our Astral body (in ethereal plane) use the same engine of energy –Merkaba. The way of connection between all this elements, or the treat between our Crown chakra – Merkaba and Astral Body is called Higher Self. This is our ability and benefit to channel information and connect with spiritual realms (of angels and elementals). This connection can be created or Not. As not everyone realizes this connection exists, not everyone is aware of his “astral body” or Merkaba at all, so the connection with Higher Self will not be made. That means people, who don’t believe” or not aware of their energy, astral body or spiritual guides, still will have the attributes – like Merkaba, but they simply wont “make a connection. I`ll give you an example. If you are in a room and have phone – or mobile phone, but you don’t understand how it works, you will still have the opportunity to connect, but connection wont happen. Only the person who understands what is the use and function of this mobile will be able to use it and connect with others. That’s is the same simple principle of energy body and Merkaba. You cant use something that You are not aware of, or doubt its existence. Here the only difference is the level and “visibility” of the object. Its clear that mobile is “tangible” and visible object, while Merkaba is still “invisible”. From that comes the main difficulty for humans. But I want to tell you, that (words of my angels now) – even if all humans could see the Merkaba and prove and see existence of Astral body, still there will be misbelieve and negative attitude about how these can be used!

This is the nature of humans in this particular level.

That’s why you are given the power of Ajna. It is the source of information “beyond” your physical knowledge and observance. Ajna is your door to the invisible angelic realm. If you can use it, you will see miracles and world beyond your imagination. 

nina Lea-nour *

angel `s medium 

Kabbalah portions V

Binah – Understanding – Reason – Intelligence

    Binah is the feminine energy sephira, situated below Keter (Crown) on the left side of the Tree. Binah planet is Saturn. (Supernal mother, the Womb). Binah is the first sephira after the abyss, beginning of Spiritual realm. Binah forms a triad with Khohma and Keter balancing aspects of three forces: Spiritual awareness and love (Binah), Spiritual will and purpose (Khohma), and infinite realized Self (keter).

   Binah is sephira of unconditional love (of angels and God);

Angelic realm in Binah – Azrael, Seraphiel – archangels of transition.

Binah is situated in the primary world of Briah (Creation) and represents the divine intellect and feminine power of the creation. Binah is the initial Breath, it implies good and little evil potential.

Potentials of Binah: developing self-control, control of feelings, silence, seeing things in their real light (objectivity), compassion and understanding.

Binah manifest itself as rational intelligence, science, research, rational philosophy, writers; developers; In Binah hidden pattern of the universe reveals and achieves form, while the sephira Khohma is still formless.

Binah color is light, or absence of light (darkness); white and black.

Fragrance of magical associations of Binah- Myrrh

Gods – goddesses of Binah are: Maya, Shakti, Juno, Virgin Mary

Binah human organ is: left eye, left part of brain – heart

Binah is linked with intuitive understanding, palace of “mirrors”, that reflects the pure wisdom of Chohma, giving it new form. It increases and multiplies the wisdom in many different ways. Binah gives a shape to the formless.

In Bahir (book of Illumination) is stated: “For you shall call Understanding a Mother.” Binah has two partzufim (aspects) – the higher is “Imma Ila`ah (the higher mother) and lower is “tevunah” – comprehension.

The name of God in Binah: Jehova Elohim

Angelic hierarchy: Aralim (Thrones)

Quality that human need to achieve in power of Binah is: full repentance

(acc. to Rabbi Moses Cordovero in “Tomer Devorah”)

Binah is conceptual analysis and reasoning, inductive and deductive.

This sephira is quite important in understanding the truth and recognizing the falsehood in any idea.

Binah is derived from the Hebrew word “bein” meaning “between”. That’s refers to distinguishing between different ideas, between true and false; positive or negative.

There is eternal union between Binah (higher Mother) and Khohma (higher Father) that are never separated.

The spiritual state of Binah is that of Joy (simchah).

Binah is the mother, giving birth to all down sephirot from the Tree of Life, giving form, thought and distinguishing in all levels and worlds. 

nina Lea-nour *