MERCURY RETROGRADE COMING UP SOON!  

A TIME TO STAY THE COURSE & FOLLOW THROUGH 

(or just relax for a little while and let yourself have some FUN) 

from 06-25-2019 Cosmic Newsletter

by Rev. Dr. Cynthia Killion (Psychic Cynthia)

In any case, if you are receiving this Cosmic Newsletter from me, then that means that we are back up on-line & running again!  And just in time, since Mercury recently entered its pre-retrograde shadow, and will soon enter its pre-retrograde storm on this Friday (June 28^th).  Even though the Mercury retrograde proper does not technically begin until Sunday, July 7^th, most of us begin to experience some of the effects of Mercury retrograde as soon as this PRE-retrograde storm begins. 

This next upcoming Mercury retrograde officially runs from Sunday, July 7^th through Wednesday, July 31^st.  But remember that the pre-retrograde storm begins on this Friday, June 28^th!  So basically the ENTIRE month of July is under the influence of the effects of Mercury retrograde, to one degree or another.

And just what are the effects of Mercury retrograde? You could say that when Mercury goes into retrograde, basically the cosmic equilibrium gets knocked around a bit, and there is a feeling that progress slows down or becomes more difficult.  It is a bit like walking through a fog or haze.  Confusion and break-downs are more likely in the realms of communication, transportation, technology, scheduling and traveling planning during the time that Mercury is in retrograde.

This is why I always take the dates of Mercury retrograde into account when planning for major projects or events.  Whenever possible, I don’t start anything completely new during Mercury retrograde, as experience has taught me that starting completely new projects or endeavors during Mercury retrograde can be fraught with many inconveniences, and can sometimes be downright painful.  

Do notice that I said that I prefer not to start anything “completely new” during this time.  This doesn’t mean that I don’t do anything all when Mercury is in retrograde—quite the contrary.

 In fact, some of my finest achievements in life have been completed during a Mercury retrograde time.  Not to mention, I have taught MANY successful classes and workshops during Mercury retrograde.  The key to being successful during Mercury retrograde (and staying at least moderately productive) is in staying the course and following up & following through with something that has either ALREADY been started, OR something that you have been planning for or wanting to do already for some time BEFORE Mercury went retrograde.

This implies that you ALREADY had some kind of plan or vision in place BEFORE Mercury went retrograde that you can now do your best to follow through with.  At the very least, you had a sense of your overall driving interests and the direction you were moving in BEFORE Mercury went retrograde.  If you just do your best to keep moving in that direction, and don’t let yourself get distracted by trying to take on something new that is too heavy right now, well then, you will do just fine for the next few weeks.  (Even with all the minor curve-balls that Mercury might be throwing your way.)

By the way—distraction isn’t necessarily a bad thing during Mercury retrograde.  Especially if it is distraction for fun and relaxation.  In fact, distraction for fun & play is favored during Mercury retrograde, as long as it doesn’t involve you signing a long-term contract or undertaking a major excursion.  Mercury retrograde is the BEST time for taking a break and relaxing and letting yourself cut loose a little from your burdens & responsibilities.  True, it’s not the easiest time to travel (since travel delays are common during Mercury retrograde).  But then again, travel can go just fine during Mercury retrograde if you aren’t on a tight schedule and can release the reins a little and be flexible and adaptable.  (And if you aren’t good at those things—well then, Mercury retrograde will most likely teach you a little something about being flexible & adaptable, lol.)

Keep it LIGHT and SIMPLE if you can during Mercury retrograde—this applies to play, as well as work.  Whatever you plan on doing during these next few weeks, try to keep your expectations loose and open.   Yes, stick to the plan whenever you can (meaning, the plan you had in mind already BEFORE Mercury went retrograde), but then don’t be surprised at all if things turn out differently than you expected, since after all, Mercury is a bit of a trickster sometimes.  (smile)

Whatever it is you are planning on doing (or trying to do) during this Mercury retrograde cycle, it will help if you do it with a spirit of joy, openness and exploration.  Don’t so attached to the results or outcome that you are hoping for.  It’s OK to hope for one thing in particular, but during Mercury retrograde, we also need to be prepared to face surprises or an unexpected turn in events.  This is not a cynical view, since ultimately, whatever happens during this time is exactly what was meant to happen.  (After all, all retrograde cycles do accelerate the clearing and release of karma.)

If you can, have a SOFT HEART towards yourself and others too during this time. It is my observation that Mercury retrograde can bring up unresolved emotions and feelings—sometimes these unresolved emotions are from situations far in the past (childhood or past lives) and these feelings coming to the surface can cause a person to revert to childish or irrational behavior.  

If you feel any of this coming up in yourself, or observe it in another, do your best to step back and just witness it, and hold a safe, loving and non-judgmental space in your heart towards yourself or the person experiencing the unresolved emotions and energies of the past.  

Hope you found this newsletter helpful, dear one!  I am sure that I will be in touch with you with more Mercury retrograde guidance at least one more time in the next few weeks.

In the meantime, I recommend checking out my Mercury retrograde related video on You-Tube called Mercury Retrograde Is NOT the Enemy--it will help you understand a bit better about what is REALLY going on during Mercury retrograde, and the best attitude to have for the best results during this time. 

Until next time... Bright Blessings to You All! 

Rev. Dr. Cynthia Killion, Psychic Cynthia

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR OF

EARTH (BROWN) PIG!

By Rev. Dr. Cynthia Killion (Psychic Cynthia)

February 5th 2019

A TIME OF CLOSURE & ASSIMILATION

OF PAST EXPERIENCES

        Happy Chinese New Year of Earth Pig to You All! In Chinese astrology, Pig is a gentle, loving and hard-working creature who also loves to relax and enjoy the finer things of life. Yes, it's true that sometimes Pig can be lazy, but actually as a rule, Pig is the last one to come in from the fields for the day, so he/she can be a really hard worker.   Pig years are great for going after you want in a steady, consistent way, and working quietly behind the scenes to do what needs to be done.  

       The Earth Pig is also known as THE MONASTIC PIG.  This is the elemental version of the Pig spirit that has ALREADY gone out into the world on a great quest and achieved what she set out for.  Now, she withdraws from the rat race (so to speak) for a time of rest, recuperation, and contemplation, in preparation for the NEXT journey, quest or adventure....  

   The idea with this current year's cycle is that it is a time to ASSIMILATE and digest all the experiences & knowledge that has been gained since the Fire Pig cycle that occurred 12 years ago (2007).   You may even find yourself revisiting issues or patterns that were very active in your life at that time.  (If so, hopefully you can now see them with a more clear & higher perspective.)  

      Keep in mind too that Pig is the LAST of the animals in the 12 year cycle.  Therefore, for most of us, this will be a wonderful year for getting closure & endings.  I know for some it may sound strange & unfamiliar to hear me speak of endings as being "wonderful" (since there almost seems to be a taboo or great fear around death & endings in our modern society).  But the endings that take place in a Pig year cycle can break negative karmic ties & clear the way for new beginnings.  So for some, this will be a year of clearing out, cutting cords, letting go, and tying up loose ends. 

    However, Pig is a positive year for new beginnings in the spiritual, psychic, creative or social realms.  The more humble you are in this Earth Pig year, the mroe successful you will be.

       Pig is gentle, gracious, social, loving and kind.  In a Pig year such as the one we are now in, you will get along better by taking on some of these qualities of the Pig (even if your own Chinese animal sign is different).  This year has more of a feminine, yin quality to it.  You will meet with greater success in this year of Pig if you focus on internal or spiritual matters, rather than just chasing outer success or being obsesses with worldly results.  Even when dealing with worldly matters & achievements in 2019, it is better to lead with your heart or your intuition, rather than your logic.  

      Pig is inherently a watery sign, so even though 2019 is an Earth element year, we can expect a strong watery energy to this year, which might lead to FLOODS or HURRICANES, both in the literal outer-world, as well as in the inner world.  People are extra-sensitive in a Pig year, for better or for worse.  Also, this combination of water & earth can sometimes create MUD, clouding matters, generating confusion, or making a situation sticky or difficult to proceed in.  But at least the Earth energy of this year will help to soak up some of the extra flood waters of Pig, so to speak.

     I myself am partial to the energy of Pig, as this is my hour sign in the Chinese zodiac. (Hour, not year--you actually have four different Chinese signs in your chart--eight if you count the elemental types too.)  Last year was a DOG year, which wasn't so bad for me personally (as I am a Tiger year sign, and they are compatible). However, Dog years aren't usually very peaceful and are often full of conflict and turmoil.  Pig is a much more peaceful energy that lends itself well to people like us who are into the spiritual psychic, artistic, creative, and more refined sides of life.   

       Many people will find peace, harmony, love and joy in this fortunate year of Pig, and some may even find greater wealth & financial abundance!   

        P.S.  Are you curious to know more about YOUR OWN personal Chinese astrology chart, and how you might PERSONALLY fare in the year ahead of Earth Pig???? Then you may be interested in having a private Chinese Astrology reading with me.

2019 SPIRITUAL THEME:  COURAGE

By Rev. Dr. Cynthia Killion (Psychic Cynthia)

January 10th, 2019

      Dear Psychic Friends, hello there!  Tonight I tuned into my main spirit guides, the Atlantean Teachers, and asked them if they would deliver a channeled message regarding the spiritual theme or lesson for the year.  Here is the message that I received directly from them:

       “COURAGE.  Courage is the keynote of the year.  Courage to step out on new paths, take risks and carve out new experiences and niches for yourself.  Courage to step up and out and answer your calling.  No excuses anymore—you can do this!  Relax.  You don’t have to be afraid. 

     At the start of this new cycle, you may still be feeling a sense of fear, loss or lack from before.  Gradually, your past struggles will be converted to fuel for new inspiration.  Out of your need will come the impetus to change, and out of your challenges and constrictions will come that deep desire to breakthrough and excel. 

     And breakthrough you will—if you choose COURAGE, the courage to change and do things DIFFERENTLY than you ever have before, the courage to step out and live your higher purpose.   Courage is a crucible that will re-make and reform you, and it will re-make and re-form your life, if you are willing to give yourself over to it and to sail out into uncharted territory.”

Companion Affirmations:

—I choose COURAGE.  I now boldly step out and step up my game.  I answer the call.

—I choose to approach life with a spirit of openness, curiosity, and adventure.

—I face each day with a spirit of courage, knowing that my strength comes from the Divine within me.

—From deep within, I now find the courage to _____________  (whatever it is you have been afraid of doing before but feel called to do).

—Whatever happens today, whatever struggles or triumphs I may face, I face them courageously, and with the heart of a spiritual warrior.

—I choose courage over fear, faith over hopelessness.

—I now bravely embrace my higher destiny, and live, love and serve with courage.

      Hope you enjoyed this channeled message & its companion affirmations that I brought through for you for 2019!  May you & yours be blessed in the year ahead, and may you find the COURAGE to shape and create the life that you seek in 2019.

Bright Blessings,

Rev. Dr. Psychic Cynthia (Cynthia Killion)

AWAKEN MORE OF YOUR PSYCHIC POTENTIAL

BY LEARNING & USING A DIVINATION TOOL

By Rev. Dr. Cynthia Killion (Psychic Cynthia) 

Dec 30, 2018 

      DEAR FRIENDS, I’ve been enjoying my annual month long holiday reading break, which will soon be over.  (I’m back to readings starting January 5^th and after.)  This is the time each year that I rest my gift a bit (by not doing readings for others) and give my psychic battery time to re-charge.  Even though I do take the month of December off from doing formal readings for others, I don’t stop tuning into the energies or getting guidance for myself.  In fact, I usually spend MORE time than usual meditating, tuning into the energies and opening to the guides when I am on this annual reading break.  I also usually use this time to practice & brush up on one or two divination tools.

Since one of my goals for 2019 was to reacquaint myself with the runes and begun reading on them again, I have focused much of my free time during this holiday break on learning the runes and doing practice readings for myself and my closest friends and family only. 

In case you aren’t familiar with the runes, the runes are both an ancient system of writing and a divination & magical system used by the pre-Christian northern Europeans.  The system evolved over several hundreds (if not thousands) of years.  The end result was a magical alphabet used both for writing and divination with 24 different characters, plus an optional blank rune for divination purposes.  When used for divination (or psychic reading), the runic symbols are usually etched onto wood chips or stone. 

Many people associate casting the runes (as it is called when you do a runic reading) with the ancient Vikings.  However, the alphabet itself most likely goes back MUCH further than the Viking age, and many scholars now believe that the runes have their origination point in ancient Greece.  (The city of Troy, to be precise.)  Of course, when you are dealing with a divination system of such great antiquity, no one can really know for sure when or where it began.

The runes were actually the first divination system that I learned to do readings on way back in the day (way back in the day in THIS lifetime).  Learning (and mastering) a divination tool was a requirement of my early earth-based spirituality training.  I was no good at shuffling at the time, so the Tarot was out of the question.  (Luckily, my shuffling skills have improved since then.)  I also began studying astrology at around that same time, but that takes quite a while to become proficient enough to begin doing readings for others (years, actually).  It seemed to me back then that the runes were my obvious ticket for advancing quickly on the magical and psychic path.  Besides, there are only 24 runes (25 if you read the blank rune).  That seemed a whole lot more doable to me at the time than learning the meaning of 78 tarot cards!

Since I first worked with the runes so many years ago, I have progressed on my personal psychic and spiritual path, and learned to read with several other divination systems.  In fact, the more I developed on my personal spiritual psychic path, the less and less I found I needed divination tools to read for others.  Most of the readings I do now for clients do NOT include the use of a divination tool.  Not that I am opposed to using divination tools in readings—not at all!  In fact, some of the best psychics and mediums that I have ever known used a divination tool as part of their readings, and in no way did I feel that it took away from their awesomeness as a psychic.

I personally only use a divination tool in a formal reading when I feel it is needed to introduce another layer of meaning into the reading, AND when I feel that it will not be confusing or distracting to the client.  And of course, I use astrology (technically, a divination system) to do the reading when clients specifically request an astrological reading.  Also, if a client specifically requests it, I will also use tarot, the I-Ching or the runes in the reading.  (Depending on which one she requests of course—these systems have very different energies, so generally they should not be mixed with each other in the same reading.)

Of course, I enjoy being able to do a reading for another person going only on my gut-instinct and natural psychic awareness.  After all, that’s mostly what I do when I read for others!  (Well, that and open to spirit guides, angels and passed-on loved ones.)  An experienced psychic seer doesn’t usually require any tool to read on in order to do an excellent reading.  However, if an advanced psychic seer masters (or even, just becomes proficient with) an ancient and powerful divination system such as the runes (or the Tarot to the astrology), well, then how much more DEPTH, accuracy, and meaning her (or his) readings will have. 

For the beginner (as I once was those many years ago), the divination tool is a primer or a pump to get the stagnant psychic juices flowing.  But for the advanced psychic (whose psychic juices are already flowing quite well) the divination tool is a gateway to greater meaning and depth.  In the hands of a beginner or baby psychic, the divination tool initiates the psychic conversation and keeps it flowing.  In the hands of an experienced psychic, the use of a divination tool is more of a two-way conversation, and adds subtle layers of meaning and communication.  For both the beginner & experienced psychic alike, the use of a divination tool in a reading holds the potential of opening pathways of guidance and communication that would otherwise not be accessible.

This is why I continue to practice and hone my skill with various divination tools, even though technically I don’t require a divination tool to do a reading.  (Goddess knows I have done THOUSANDS of psychic and psychic medium readings without the use of any tool whatsoever throughout the years.)  I find that the study and use of a divination tool really keeps me sharp and clear as a psychic, and helps me to access layers of psychic meaning & information that I otherwise wouldn’t have the pathways to reach.

Wherever you are at on YOUR journey of psychic awakening and mastery, learning & working with a divination tool is one of the best things you can do to strengthen your psychic & intuitive awareness.  Sure, it takes some time and effort to truly learn a complex divination system such as the runes, the tarot, or astrology.  But it is well worth the effort!  Even more experienced psychics and psychic students can benefit from delving deeply into a divination system, for each of the major divination systems holds unique energies and ideas that can be accessed more easily by reading with that system.

If one of YOUR own personal goals in the year or cycle ahead is to be more psychic or awaken more of your psychic potential, then I would greatly encourage you to begin learning and regularly working with a divination tool of your choice.  You might be surprised at how much easier the psychic insights begin to flow for you once you are in the practice of using a divination tool to regularly open to guidance!