Birthday March Madness!

Happy Birthday Week to ME! Yes, that’s right, I am going to toot my horn because I deserve this birthday of cancer free markers, weight gain, and my rising energy levels to physically and mentally participate without delay.

Alignment, awareness, and focus are highlighted with our March card of Eight of Pentacles, it’s association with the zodiac sign Virgo and healing crystals, and the Blood Moon Eclipse tomorrow on my birthday, March 3^rd, starting its totality (blood moon moment) at 4:04 AM MST (since I am currently in AZ.)  

AND I am turning 63, born in 1963, offering a discount on all my readings through the month of March for an amount of you guessed it, $63.00. The number 3 has always been my lucky charm and look at all the combinations of 3. Crazy huh!?

I need to buy a lottery ticket tomorrow!

Let’s start with our Eight of Pentacles card. As a representation of the physical self of life, there may be competition with self-development, obstacles to overcome, bringing drive and growth to complete something. As we work towards something greater, we gain an inner wisdom, a sense of pride and self-confidence from our ambitious achievements. There is a determination to learn more, invest more.

Do you have a masterful skill and want to be isolated from others to improve and perfect with patience and practice? Let's buckle down and focus on our goals and reap the rewards from our accomplishments. This is a time to become the best version of OURSELVES!

Be mindful of balancing work with rest and pay attention to your health and what your body needs in your pursuit of perfection to avoid burning out and illness.

The Eight of Pentacles is connected to the sign of Virgo where there is a laser focus on dedication, hard work, and skill development … a spotlight on details to contribute to the larger picture. Virgo is in the element of Earth where stability and foundation are necessary for long-term growth.

Crystals to enhance Virgo energy –

• Green Jade, birthstone for Virgo, encourages taking accountability for our own happiness, finances, and goals. Bringing a balance to our physical, mental, and emotional places surrounding family, work, and relationships. Providing peace and serenity for our life, a push of attention to detail.

• Amethyst is a spiritual stone that reveals our uniqueness to other people. It’s all about embracing who we are – not how others wish to view us. Holding calm and soothing qualities, there is a high vibration to improve motivation, enhance intuition, bring protection and balance. Encourage selflessness through a raised sense of consciousness.  

• Moss Agate provides a combination of nature’s nurturing presence and enhances honest communication. A calming crystal energy to support seeking a connection with heartfelt emotions and feelings.       

• Peridot, a crystal to support overcoming life’s roadblocks to move forward towards our goals. Meditate with this crystal to rid ourselves of past mistakes, self-criticism, or emotional baggage that no longer serves us.

• Red Jasper is a nurturing crystal that loves nothing better than to bring comfort, tranquility and wholeness to our current Virgo energy vibe. We are able to cultivate our organizational skills and problem-solving abilities, and tap into our strength, stamina and focus on a given project.  

As with all these crystals, healing properties can be emphasized by wearing as jewelry, Fung shui inclusion, meditation, or carry in your pocket!

Our Blood Lunar Eclipse opens, you guessed it, in VIRGO!  A sign noted for precision, discipline, and logical thinking. It’s exact opposition to Pisces, is threaded into intuition, surrender and spiritual awareness. This alignment brings a representative shift from command to letting go, from egoism to submissiveness. It is seen as a karmic cycle closing that has spun around productivity, usefulness and self-criticism over the past 1 ½ years.

Themes intertwined into this full blood moon: let go of control, overthinking, self-doubt and the constant push to always “do better.” A time to increase our internal stories around improvement and obligation and tap into Pisces’s opposite energy of flowing surrender, compassion and faith. Step out of the box of a rational mindset and promoting external action, to begin a journey of self-reflection around your spirituality, and emotional cleansing.  

One simple way to harness this transformative and renewed energy is to write down aspects of life that you are trying to obsessively control and ask whether these efforts bring protection or add to your exhaustion. Picking one behavioral or mental habit to verbally release, followed by mindful breathing can suggest a figurative gesture of surrender during this Lunar eclipse interval.

Let the March Madness begin and don't forget to share how it unfolds for YOU!

In gratitude, much love & light

Crystal 🤍