Forest is a respected authority in the Esoteric Sciences, including the disciplines of Astrology, Tarot, Guided Meditation, Crystal Healing and Therapeutic Movement.
Forest has studied Classical Dance for decades, and has created performances professionally in venues ranging from the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC to Bar Sinister in Hollywood.
One reason we get psychic readings is that we want to know exactly what will happen, how it will happen, when it will happen, what choices we will make and what choices will be made concerning us. Will I ever...? Does she...? When will he...? What am I supposed to...? This practice seems to be triggered by the urge to be prepared. The challenge is that this urge tends to stem from the flawed belief that we are at the mercy of fate.
The deepest center of our emotional experience begins a new course in its ongoing education. It explores the next level of active communication: the subtle art of listening. This month, the new moon in Gemini sets the tone for advancement in our ability to actively hear one another.
Aries: Choose your actions very wisely at the beginning of the month, as you are the very flame which lights the fuse for all that transpires, later. By the 26th, you will be clearly aware of the consequences. Your warrior spirit is fired up and ready to jump into they fray but, beware of exacerbating an already inflamed situation. This may not be your fight to win.
The healing of our deepest emotional wounds is most possible in this moment, as long as there is a courageous willingness to see the absolute truth in the core of one's self. This can be terrifying. Conquer your fear by speaking it aloud, hearing the sound of it, bringing it deliberately into consciousness. Lies will not survive the intense and penetrating gaze of this Scorpio Moon - and lies are the very things that keep us afraid.
KCAL 9 News featured me in a segment about the haunting of the Coral Cafe in Burbank. Follow the link and take a look.
The Occult certainly has an active presence within Gothic/Industrial Culture. There really can be little doubt about that. One is very likely to find - were one so inclined to take an actual census - that there are more people within the Culture whose belief systems could be accurately classified as “Pagan” than there are in the greater, contemporary Western society as a whole. Perhaps this is attributed to a higher incidence of open-mindedness among Goths. Maybe it is yet another rebellious response to the mainstream.
“If Darkness is, then Darkness is good.”
-- Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest as translated by ethnographer, Colin Turnbull
Planetary influences on our day-to-day lives can be very helpful if you know how to work with them. Take a look at the astrological "weather" that will be affecting all of us through the month of May.
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Bonfire Night arrives to mark the cross-quarter day between the Vernal Equinox and the Summer Solstice. In Pagan tradition, the sacred union of the God and Goddess is celebrated this night with acts of passionate revelry. Ritual fires glow against the night's canopy, cleansing the spirit and restoring purity to man and beast. Celebrants dance. The land is abundant with fruits and flowers. It is a night befitting this divine marriage.
There is a sharp focus on self-worth in this New Moon cycle. Taurus lends to the coming weeks a renewed attention to issues of stability and security. Some of us may experience this as a feeling of being "stuck" or immobile. Others may find a welcome peace has come to replace the volatility of recent, less stable conditions. The most important thing to remember is that this is yet another opportunity for personal growth. Our bodies, our values and our possessions are the current subject of inquiry.
