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"Luck Stones" - Tiger's Eye



Ancient Talisman and symbols of good luck, crystals have been faceted into necklaces, bracelets, carried in pockets and used in every form for healing.

They have adorned crowns on Emperors, robes on Queens and even the breastplate of Aaron. Stones and crystals can be used to help in maintaining balance, focus, centeredness, mental clarity as well as, physical and emotional stability. In honor of St. Patrick's day, I will be suggesting some of the best stone associated with good…

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Added by GrannyMoon on March 19, 2012 at 1:07pm — No Comments

Desert Stones and their Energetic Properties





Desert climates around the world have a powerful and charismatic persona! My allure towards the desert has grown over the years as I discover more and more their illustrious beauty, as well as their treasures. I have learned much about the unique desert plants with curative and healing properties including cacti, the creosote bush, sage, saguaro, desert marigold or the pincushion flower, as well as the palm, elephant and joshua trees. The desert has expressed its beauty through the…

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Added by GrannyMoon on March 19, 2012 at 1:04pm — No Comments

About Leap Year!

There are 12 months in the Gregorian calendar (the current standard calendar for most of the world). A common year consists of 365 calendar days as opposed to a leap year which has 366 days. A Leap Day is added nearly every 4 years to the Gregorian calendar. However, a Leap Day is not added EVERY 4 years - 3 criteria need to be met. For most Leap Years, a popular children's rhyme holds true:



        Thirty days hath September,

        April, June, and November;

       …

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Added by GrannyMoon on February 4, 2012 at 9:46pm — No Comments

How Can A Groundhog Predict The End Of Winter?



It’s Groundhog Day and the furry, kind-of-cute groundhog is in the news.



Groundhogs clearly aren’t related to pigs or hogs—so what exactly are they?



The groundhog (also known as a woodchuck or Eastern Marmot) is actually a large, ground-dwelling rodent and is part of family of ground squirrels known as marmots.



Groundhogs are lowland creatures and are common in the northeastern and central United States, found as far north as eastern…

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Added by GrannyMoon on February 1, 2012 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Quartz is the Master Healer and the "stone of power"!

Quartz is the Master Healer and the "stone of power"! This crystal has the appearance of frozen water and clear quartz appears to look like ice!

Probably the most versatile multipurpose healing stone. Easy to cleanse, store information/energy in, program or amplify energy and is used as a healing instrument. The natural tendency for quartz is for harmony. Quartz can both draw and send energy therefore it is effective for sending/receiving guidance.

Quartz is used for…

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Added by GrannyMoon on January 30, 2012 at 1:31pm — No Comments

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

This is the beginning of the new lunar calendar. In celebration of the Chinese New Year, I will be discussing the many wonderful contributions the Asian cultures have given the world in relation to alternative medicine.

Celebrating Chinese New Year: The Year of the Dragon

Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is…

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Added by GrannyMoon on January 23, 2012 at 12:18pm — No Comments

Crystals for Capricorn

Crystals for Capricorn

 

The Seagoat is duty bound, ambitious, serious with single minded focus. Their drive makes them efficient, faithful, even sensual, yet they tend toward showing the conservative/traditional side. Capricorn are prudent, realistic, formal, methodical, disciplined, traditional, cautious, conventional, hardworking, persevering, self-reliant, businesslike, career oriented, authoritative, conscientious, and competent.

Crystals for Capricorn. Choose a stone…

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Added by GrannyMoon on January 18, 2012 at 11:52am — No Comments

Sound Therapy and Crystals Crystals

Sound Therapy and Crystals

Crystals are formed when water combines with an element under certain conditions of pressure, temperature and energy. As a crystal, the element is able to express itself as a more unified and ordered being.

Silica sand, combined with water becomes quartz crystal. Quartz crystals have many physical properties. They amplify, transform, store, focus, and transfer energy. We see the results in microphones, radio and television…

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Added by GrannyMoon on January 15, 2012 at 7:12pm — No Comments

Color Therapy and Crystals

Color Therapy and Crystals



Color healing, light therapy and chromotherapy are all terms used interchangeably with color therapy, which is a set of principles used to create harmonious color and color combinations for healing. This form of energy medicine is based on the belief that the human body is composed of energy fields. When the energy is properly distributed and circulating freely, the body is healthy. Imbalances or abnormal amounts of energy are believed…

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Added by GrannyMoon on January 13, 2012 at 9:58pm — No Comments

Crystal Cleansing on the Full Wolf Moon

Crystal Cleansing on the Full Wolf Moon



January, amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the name for January's full Moon. Sometimes it was also referred to as the Cold Moon, Old Moon, or the Moon After Yule. Some called it the Full Snow Moon, but most tribes applied that name to the next Moon.



Full Moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. The tribes kept…

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Added by GrannyMoon on January 11, 2012 at 10:16pm — No Comments

Crystal Tools for Intuition with GrannyMoon!

Crystal Tools for Intuition

April 27 - 5:3 - 7PM



The need to understand the power and place of our mind continues to intrigue all those who wish to grow. Intuition is simply listening to how your heart speaks to your mind. Children are extremely intuitive and utilize… Continue

Added by GrannyMoon on April 23, 2011 at 11:09am — No Comments

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