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Worth a look!

Hello to ALL!  Well, I finally did it!  I got a BLOG!

http://aartiana.wordpress.com

It became difficult to manage my links here at MySpace, and it is still difficult because of the way it works around here - too clunky I guess hehe!

When you get to my home page, you will notice I have divided my subject matters (i.e. Astrology, Flower Essences, Herbalism, Reiki, etc.) across the top, in a row.  This makes the links that I share with everyone SO much easier to find!

I may post periodically here (if I can figure out how to do it in an automated fashion), but it is my hope that many of you already have other methods of receiving your blogs that you read.

Some of you are on Facebook (and I will get a Fan Page and NetworkedBlogs there, so comment here if you need that info), some on LiveJournal, some of you get RSS feeds, or have it added to your Blogroll in Google Reader, Yahoo, or other place you get your news and read your blogs daily.  I hope to bridge Twitter with Ping.FM and have a way for you to keep up with me that way as well.

If all else fails, you will see you can sign up by email - how can you lose? :-)

I will still be around here periodically, so I may repost after awhile so you can check a whole bunch of entries at once if you wish!

Thanks you guys - you ROCK!!

Lisa (AarTiana/Calantirniel)
http://aartiana.wordpress.com


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I cannot think of a better "category" for this so here goes!

Earendil has created "ElvenSpeak" as a FREE iPhone downloadable App that will help you learn the older Elvish language of Quenya, as well as operating as an Elvish/English and English/Elvish dictionary. It even has the Solar Elven Calendar!

It is hoped that updates will be provided for the newer Elvish language, Sindarin (that is the one used in the LOTR movies). In the meantime - ENJOY!! And ADD Earendil as your myspace friend too!

http://appshopper.com/lifestyle/elvenspeak-a-guide-to-jrrtolkiens-elven-language-quenya-and-culture

Calantirniel
www.ElvenSpirituality.com

P.S. Dave/Aikanar contributed the Calendar material, add him too, and his site: WestOfWest.org

For those of you who know, Llewellyn has published 5 Elven "Spells" in the 2009 Witches' Spell-a-Day Almanac! Yippee!

Very soon, Llewellyn will be offering the printed 2009 Annuals for 75% OFF! To keep track, visit Llewellyn.com and click on the Annuals or on the Sale Items to locate - I think this is the first time this has ever happened so early, they usually do this in August! WEHEW!

In any event, what many of us didn't know is that Llewellyn ALSO publishes these spells ONLINE for us to enjoy everyday! When you visit their website, look on the top olive green bar for "Fun and Free" and then look at the orange bar on the left for "Spell-a-Day!"

So far, only two of the five have made it to the website. Here are the links so you can enjoy!

Isilnarvinye (for Aule the Smith)
http://www.llewellyn.com/free/spell.php?spellid=3581
Yestare (Elven New Year for Vaire the Weaver)
http://www.llewellyn.com/free/spell.php?spellid=3659
Nost-na-Lothion (the Elven Birth of Flowers for Vana the Ever-Young)
http://www.llewellyn.com/free/spell.php?spellid=3715

I will post the others as they become available.

Thanks for everything, and ENJOY!
AND - Happy Venus-Direct!! :-)

Calantirniel
www.elvenspirituality.com

PLEASE call your Senators and House Representatives TODAY and ask them to SUPPORT the "Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009" originally sponsored by Ron Paul - keep America independent and FREE!! The hearing on this bill is tomorrow April 2nd!

Click HERE to enter Zip Code and CALL today!!

Venus goes retrograde (at 15 degrees Aries) on March 6th at 9:17am PT (12:17pm ET), and goes direct (at 29 Pisces) on April 17th. Interestingly, many of us are expecting our tax refunds, but need to be careful to NOT make large purchases until AFTER the 17th! Traditionally, Venus retrogrades are times when we will later be dissatisfied with our spendings, due to our collective re-vamping of our values - so WAIT.

This also translates into relationship issues - many of which surface or intensify during these times. Venus rules women, so issues could originate with an underlying female issue (and for most of us, the first female in our lives is our mother, so look there first). With this being mostly in Aries (and Mars not being well-placed for most of this transit), impatience and argumentativeness and even passive-aggressive behaviors will likely be displayed. Strong relationships will communicate, while those that are not so strong may break up. Re-structuring what we VALUE is what this is all about!

ADDITION: If you decide to BEGIN a relationship during this time, it will likely be a repeat of old issues and not last. Be careful how you invest your heart!

©2005-2008 – including in whole or in part all texts, images, backgrounds, and attached pages, by Calantirniel. All rights reserved!

Getting "geared up" for the Montana Herb Gathering next weekend during the Solar Eclipse, and I cannot WAIT!!

Here is a complete list of the Flower Essences (and Environmental Essences) I have made so far. If any of you are interested in trying some of these, let me know and we can arrange a reasonable consultation and a personalized formula (and at this time I am only asking that my costs be covered)!

Flowers:
Black Locust Tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)
Blue Lupine (Lupinus spp.)
Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
Chickweed (Stellaria media)
Cranberry-Bush aka Cramp-Bark (Viburnum trilobum)
Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides)
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinalis)
Filaree (aka Storksbill - Erodium cicutarium)
Goldenrod (Solidago Canadensis)
Horsetail (Equisetum spp.)
Hound's Tongue (Cygnoglossum officinale)
Larkspur (Delphinium spp.)
Lilac (Purple and White Combined) (Syringia spp.)
Mallow (Malva neglecta)
*Mullein (Verbascum thapsis)
Penstemon (Penstemon azureus)
Pink-White Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Pink Rose (Rosa spp.)
Prickly aka Wild Lettuce (Lactuga serriola, L. virosa)
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Saint John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Salsify (Yellow/Western) (Tragopogon dubius)
Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)
Tansy (Tanecetum vulgare)
Thistle (Carduus spp., Cirsium spp.)
Toadflax (aka Butter & Eggs - Linaria vulgaris)
*Trillium (White - Trillium spp.)
White Campion (Silene latifolia)
*White Clover (Trifolium repens)
White Lupine (Lupinus spp.)
Woodland Star (Lithophragma tenellum)
Yarrow (aka Milfoil - Achilles millefolium)
Yellow Dock (aka Curly Dock - Rumex crispus)

Environmental:
Siberian Elm "Branch-Fall" from Wind (Leaves only - Ulmus pumila)
*Sugar Maple (Acer Saccharum) - fallen leaves in Autumn.

The ones marked with an asterisk (*) are ones I need to wait to make when conditions are right. This doesn't even include what is in my yard that I want to make NEXT year hehehe! :-)

I will post more on their properties later!

©2005-2008 – including in whole or in part all texts, images, backgrounds, and attached pages, by Calantirniel. All rights reserved!

On July 10, 2008, after much earlier deliberation with my board members of the astrological group in which (don't ask) I have been the reluctant "Prez," I called the national group's representative (who happens to over time become a good friend of mine) to tell her that our group is "dis-engaging" from the national one, due to the fact that it has been a total struggle to meet requirements, and it has now gotten so hard to do so that it is just better if we continue our group without the national affiliation. That night, we had a heck of a wind-storm, and the Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila - see http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Ulmus_pumila_leaves.jpg/727px-Ulmus_pumila_leaves.jpg) managed to have one of its larger branches come crashing down. I didn't discover it until the next day, after I called one of my best clients to wish him a happy solar return (birthday). Interestingly, he also had a similar experience, as he was leaving his employer to go solo himself!

I gave the tree Reiki - however, this time - the tree "told" me to make an essence with it. Amongst other things that it told me, it said that it was to be used for types of people who have much responsibility, as it would help them with it - and reading "Elm" with Dr. Bach's essences matches that pretty well. However, it also told me it was to help those carrying inappropriate responsibility to not only recognize it, but to release it back to appropriate sources. The tree had directed me to not only use the leaves from the large fallen branch, but also the leaves from the standing, living tree - and also some leaves from the new growth at the base of the tree, to give a very "rounded" essence. I "saw" my square glass bowl (like with the Dandelion essence) instead of the round one that I normally use, and my pendulum told me to start it on the Saturn Hour, which was getting close to the sunsetting time - so I knew the sunlight had nothing to do with making this essence. I allowed it to sit for a full 24 hours - and when I picked it up to process, there were ants around it (yet another Saturn element).

When looking up Elm in my magically-based books, not only did I learn it was ruled by Saturn (which explains the whole responsibility thing), but I was reminded that Elves were have considered to live in Elm Trees. I then decided to look at the Latin name, Ulmus pumila - and I learned that pumila means "Dwarf" - so this essence has a Dwarf energy as well! In thinking about how the Elves and Dwarves are portrayed in the Legendarium, I could see how this essence could be of use to those of us who are drawn to, or work with, those energies! In a way, I also consider the Siberian Elm "Branch-Fall" one to be my first "environmental" essence hehehe! Thanks for reading!

(Coming Later - a complete list of the Flower Essences made so far - there are 18 at last count!)