Serenity Reiki Healing

20/07/2025

In the stillness of this struggle,
I feel the weight of what I’ve lost,
and I honor the ache it leaves behind.

I won’t rush it, deny it, or silence it,
this pain is real.
But so is my strength.

I may be hurting,
but I am growing.

Each day I rise, I grow.
In every moment I choose to keep going,
through the tears,
through the doubt,
I grow.

I may not be who I was before,
but I am becoming someone
deeper,
wiser,
stronger.

My roots are stretching beneath the surface,
unseen but steady.
I am healing in ways I can’t yet explain.

This chapter may be heavy,
but it is not the end.

I am not just surviving,
I am growing through it,
slowly,
gently,
with grace.

~ 'Growing Through It'' by Spirit of a Hippie

~ Art 'Blooming Grace' by Elara Monet

20/07/2025

Get ready for an incredible cosmic event on July 20th!

On this day, the waning crescent Moon will move directly in front of the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters.

As the Moon travels across the sky, it will gradually block each star, creating a breathtaking visual display. It’s a cosmic game of hide and seek that you won’t want to miss.

The event will be visible just before sunrise across much of North America. If you're in the U.S., Canada, or Alaska, look toward the east for the best view.

No binoculars or telescope? No problem! You can still enjoy the event with the naked eye, though extra equipment will offer a better view.

Can’t make it outside? Don’t worry – the event will be streamed live by several astronomy organizations, so you can watch from home.

This lunar occultation is part of a series that will continue until 2029, giving you plenty of opportunities to witness the Moon’s path across the stars.

Don’t miss the chance to watch the Seven Sisters disappear one by one – it’s an unforgettable experience!

17/07/2025

15/07/2025

Strength isn’t always loud or celebrated.

Sometimes it looks like holding yourself together when everything feels like it’s falling apart.

It’s the quiet decision to try again, even after failing.

It’s saying no when it would’ve been easier to say yes just to please others.

It’s healing from things you never got an apology for and still choosing to move forward with grace.

Those small acts of resilience add up.

They shape you into someone who keeps going, even when no one’s clapping.

So be proud of the unseen moments.

The progress that didn’t get posted.

The battles you faced in silence.

Because real strength isn’t proven when people are watching.

It’s built when no one is.❤️

@ Entrepreneurship Facts

12/07/2025

The Princess and Her Brothers.

Here is a very interesting story from the folklore archives which has echoes of symbolism and archetypes that recur in more famous tales like The Children of Lir.
You can also see that it includes aspects from non-Irish tales such as Snow White or Little Red Riding Hood.
There are also shamanistic subtexts of transformation and change.

Some of the elements are easily recognisable, including the wicked step-mother, the wolf, the changeling brothers transformed into animals and their magical retransformation at the end.
In this context it is a story that to my mind may have parallels within other mythologies, and may be a survival of a much older story because it includes such archaic motifs.
This story is categorized in the ATU index of folktales as one which is found throughout Europe.

Some theories suggest that the Snow White tale is based upon the character Chione from Greek mythology and there are certainly some parallels to this Irish story as well.
The story of Little Red Riding Hood has been traced to many world myths including a North African version, a variant from Norse mythology in the Elder Eddas and much older variants of Greek myths also.
There are versions of this story by Hans Christian Andersen, as well as The Grimm Brothers.
In some cases the brothers are swans or even blackbirds.

This version of the story was transcribed in 1938. The text has some transcription and grammatical issues but it is still easy enough to follow.

Long ago there was a king and queen and they had twelve sons and no daughter.
One day the queen was looking out the window.
She saw where a calf was had been killed. It was a snowy morning and the blood was on the snow. Shortly after a raven alighted on the snow.
When she saw them she wished she had a daughter with skin as white as the snow and cheeks as red as the blood and hair as black as the raven.
Just then an old woman stood before her. She told her she would have a daughter but her twelve sons would be taken away. The queen was satisfied and when the daughter was born the twelve sons were taken away.

The girl was twelve years before she knew she had any brothers. After that she always wanted to get her brothers.
After a while she left home to seek her brothers.
She kept going 'till she met an old woman. She told her she would get her brothers but she must make a shirt for every one of them and she must make them from bog-cotton and she must pick it herself but she can never talk or cry.
She started to work in a lonely garden. She had half the work done when a prince saw her and he asked her to marry him. She made no answer but nodded her head. After a while he took her away and married her.

His mother did not want her as she said she was only a woodcutter's daughter but he knew by her she was of noble birth. After a time twelve geese were often seen in the trees and flying over the house.
After a time a baby was born.
Her mother-in-law hated her and she was trying to make her son and his wife disagree.
One day she was out and she saw a wolf. She brought out the child and gave it to the wolf and smeared the mother's mouth with blood so that they would think she ate the child.
During this time the mother was asleep.

When she had all done she called the prince and told him his wife had eaten his child.
The princess had all the shirts made to half the sleeve of one.
A big fire was made to burn the princess. She was brought to be burned and she was after finishing the shirts.
Just then the twelve geese flew on a tree and she threw a shirt to each of them and they turned into twelve beautiful men.
The princess spoke and said she was innocent.
The wolf was the woman she met the day she set out to seek her brothers.
She gave back the child to its mother and instead of burning the princess it was the old woman they burned for her cruelty. The young prince and his wife lived together happily ever afterwards.

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5044663/5030070

One final thought that occurs to me here is might the twelve brothers even represent pre-Celtic Irish astrology and the divisions of the sky?
I think there is an interesting argument there, one way or another.

(C.) David Halpin.
Image: Three Swans in Flight by David Lloyd Evans.

12/07/2025

Hubble captured a stunning nebula in a nearby galaxy. But are the colors real? We break down the science behind this amazing new image. Read on! https://www.freeastroscience.com/2025/07/is-this-cosmic-candyfloss-real-hubbles.html

06/07/2025

Moon faces Fang tonight, July 6

On Sunday night, the gibbous moon will cover the star Pi Scorpii, for much of the country. Here in Duluth, Minn. the occultation occurs at 11:32 p.m. along the left side (dark edge) of the moon. The star pops out the other side at the moon's bright edge at 12:12 a.m. In Minneapolis, it disappears at 11:29 p.m. and reappears at 12:15 a.m.

Go to lunar-occultations.com/iota/bstar/0707zc2287.htm for times for your city. Note that the times shown are Universal Time. Subtract 4 hours for Eastern Daylight, 5 for Central, 6 for Mountain and 7 for Pacific.

You'll need a small telescope to watch the coverup happen. If you don't have one, you'll still be able to see Pi very close to the moon earlier in the evening with a pair of binoculars.

Pi Scorpii also goes by the Chinese name Fang, which in ancient China meant "room." Fang refers to four bright stars that outline the head of Scorpius the scorpion. They're marked Beta, Delta, Pi and Rho on the map. Fang is the 4th of 28 lunar mansions (rooms) the moon resided in during the its monthly course of the sky. Mansions were the Chinese equivalent of our zodiac.