My mom and I had a lot of
conversations in the year before she passed. Mom was a firm believer in past lives and as the end grew near, she was already planning her next life - a cottage by the sea in England, she said.
We were close, probably more than most mothers and daughters. Although it’s been six years since she left, I have heard her calling my name and am aware of her presence. Just a month ago I had an aura reading from astrologer/psychic Denise Siegel and among the starry beings around me, she saw my mom there, floating in a blue ball.
Sometime last year I read a book (can’t remember the title) about asking for signs. As a practical Virgo, I experimented by asking to see something outlandish - a lion, but not one at the San Diego Zoo. A few days after asking for the sign, I saw one. While playing with my 6-year-old great-nephew, he pulled a toy lion out of a box and held it up for me. Sign received.
Since moving into our new apartment, I’ve asked if mom is around to let me know by showing me a coin on the floor. So far I’ve picked up more than a half dozen.
Which brings me to the topic
of recognizing signs. Around Christmas there’s a tradition of going outside on December 26 (Boxing Day) and asking for a sign or omen. You can just stand in your doorway or maybe take a walk or just be aware during the day of a meaningful sign. Repeat each day through January 6 (Epiphany).
If you don’t miss a day, you will receive twelve omens. Whatever sign you saw on December 26 will correspond to the energy of January; on the 27th to February, and so on. This way you’ll have a sign for the energy of each month. Somedays you may hear birds chattering, neighbors arguing, or dogs barking. Those count too.
But that’s just one way to ask for a sign or omen. If you read the Romans and the Omens, you’ll learn about Roman augers and sheep entrails readers. Looking for signs has been around a long time. Babylonians divined from celestial events, Greeks from the Oracle of Delphi. In China the casting of yarrow stalks brought guidance via the I Ching, and in indigenous cultures signs were sought through animal behavior, weather patterns or natural phenomena.
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