Turning Over a New Leaf ~Autumn Equinox

As we enter the natural rhythm of life... 

known as autumn equinox and begin to slip deeper      

into the fall season and holidays, many of us face a quieting within our spirits 

that we don’t know how to deal with. 

It is a time of... introspection and compromise but with the pressure of the holidays, 

family gatherings and limited activity due to the weather we find life becomes a challenge to balance. It is no wonder with all the pressure of society’s beliefs and religious rules that we lose touch with the true meaning if this season. The cycle of life is asking us to rest and prepare for new beginnings and there are some stones and herbs that can help us through this cycle of life.

Many find it hard to balance their emotions during this time. 

It is not uncommon for many people to find this season depressive and gloomy. We have so many social perceptions about how things should be that it creates stress on our emotional bodies. With the expectations of meeting family obligations and providing acceptable holiday gifts only adds to insecurities of the self. 

I believe many of us are earth empaths, feeling the changes on a deeper soul level than most humans. As the vibration of the planet slows, so do we internally. These changes affect us by causing increased sleep, over eating and dulled senses, mimicking and mirroring depression. This makes it hard to distinguish the difference between others feelings versus our own. 

Depression is sneaky and once it takes hold in a person’s spirit it can be a challenge to find positivity in any situation.  This could forcing someone to go so deep into the self that they lose touch with everything around them, resembling a death of the self - much like the season. Depressive emotional energy can be found hidden in the human soul under layers and if left unchecked could become something that eventually consumes the human completely. 

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is often the diagnosis that starts to make its debut during these months. People who experience this knows how physically painful and emotionally destroying it can be, making it a challenge to turn over a new leaf.

The most powerful emotion we feel during this time is fear. We have the fear of rejection, death and the end of situations. The second one that seems to creep in is loneliness; this is due to the media hype about families, our own insecurities and the earth’s vibration. These two emotions alone can stop anything dead in its tracks. By adding some of the healing tools below to your life, you will be able to weather the changes and turn over the leaf. 

Remember eating a balanced diet with proper water consumption will do miracles for you.

These are some gemstones that can be added to your environment or pocket to help you lift the fog of this season and help you adjust your vibration.

Andalusite helps you overcome loneliness and the fear of isolation. It assists in sealing all your own energy leaks and tears, thus decreasing anxiety. It starts by activating our upper charkas and creating a barrier around your will chakra, protecting you from psychic attacks.

Epidot assists you with recognizing the destructive behavior patterns that you have created. It helps you acknowledge them and gives you the inner strength to want to change or remove them completely. This stone is known as the “backbone” to the heart charka. It makes a soul walk its path of destiny but offers the lost or disenchanted souls the best of the path they must follow.

Blue Holly helps connect the body to the spirit, offering protection from negative influences and vibrations. It assists in leaving past poor choices behind and focusing on a fresh clear future. You are able to embrace the small destructive thought patterns and stop them, leaving room for more constructive thinking and easing the pressure on the focus of your shadow side.

Pink Tourmaline is a high powered heart chakra cleanser useful for debriding the self of old love scars that have left emotional marks and inhibit honest communication. It is used to fill in the holes and tears of the spirit, offering relief from becoming emotionally numb. It offers refuge to the inner child that has been hidden and gives it support to come out of the shadows and feel alive again.

Herbs that have been converted to oils are best used if placed directly on the body, depending on where the body’s dysfunction is coming from. These oils will channel the body’s energy and unblock the life force so it can flow freely to open the spirit’s growth pattern, aiding with the emotional ups and downs of this season.

Cypress is an herb that helps you relax but opens our senses. It takes away the anxiety and the fear of the unknown. It eases emotionally painful scars and the negatively abusive thoughts that are the chains holding you in place. It can bring emotional upsets to the surface of our consciousness.

Neroli offers happiness on a subtle level. It sneaks in on the unbalanced life-force of the body and pushes that energy to a new level or moves it completely. It acts like a flush or rush that gives you no time to second guess the notion of continuing the healing process. 

Petitgrain helps with the body’s physical response to the emotional work needed. It is known to offer ease by reducing or alleviating the anxiety. The symptoms that often subside are nervous over thinking, racing heart and rapid breathing; it works closely with your sympathetic nervous system. 

* First Published in Paranormal Underground Magazine November 2013