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Ben Commons, B.A. ~ Commonsense Tools ~ Santa Barbara Astrology

 

Ben Commons, B.A.
Astrology (Readings, Monthly Almanac, T-shirts),
Crystals, Alchemy Tools, Qi Gong/Reiki

“Knowing is better than wondering.” – Franklin
“Astrology is the language of the divine.” –
Einstein

Astrology
Get some perspective.
How to work with challenging times.
Work towards manifesting your personal vision.
No sugar coating, no nonsense.
Direct from the intellectual heart.
Always positive about difficult combinations.
No setting things in stone; saying what’s going to happen, just the possibilities.
Always leaving the choices to you.
Discussing how to work with the natural flow.
You can align with the destiny of your highest good.
Understand how things work, how people see you,
how to work on avoiding the downward spirals.
Different perspectives, different choices.
Amazing diagnostic tool.
The planets can help.
All western techniques used.
Any subject can be addressed.
Clear connections between the spiritual/esoteric and the physical/psychological.
Deep and surprisingly revitalizing.
Personality, personal development, relationships, location, astrocartography, choosing appropriate timing and answering any question with the horary technique: All available.
“As above, so below; as within, so without.” Worth understanding.
Knowledge as a Reiki Master, Qi Gong Practitioner and Crystal Keeper combines with astrology to deepen its perspective and add intuitional and energetic clarity.

Ben is available for readings at Paradise Found, 17 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, most Thursdays from 1-5pm. He is also available for private readings, in person and by phone, parties and astrological tutoring. He is available for personal energy healing sessions and instruction and teaching of reiki and other healing techniques. Ben also offers healing minerals and consultations as well as the Sacred Homeopathic Healing Water and Universal Salt Mix Amulet.

Ben Commons, CommonsenseTools.com

info@commonsensetools.com

Energy Work
Ben has intimate experience with healing work after surviving an extensive bout with cancer and who has plumbed the depths of physical illness and learned a lot about working with energy in the process.
He has recovered well and now shares his experiences by helping others through their development.
Working with subtle energy is the perfect complement to the psychological explorations of astrology. It helps integrate one’s psychological shifts and can facilitate profound change.
Ben combines Reiki, Qi Gong, holographic imaging and lots of work with healing crystals and alchemy tools.
Astrological knowledge maximizes understanding of the energetic patterns and shows ways to work with them.
Clear your energy, ground, open, relax, let go, absorb healthy energy. We all deserve some help.
Always for the highest good, never pushing the energy too fast; helping you with your personal unfolding.
Available for Usui Reiki instruction levels 1-3. Learn how to protect yourself and work with your sensitivities. We all deserve some help on our paths.

Crystal Consultations/Readings and Sales
Santa Barbara Crystal Consultations/Readings and Sales by Ben Commons Ben has worked quite extensively with healing crystals and minerals.
Find out what kinds of energies can help and what kinds of crystals would be appropriate.

Get advice on how to fully utilize the energy and the intelligence of the stones.

Simple, straightforward and commonsense perspective on stones: functional, not frilly.

Alchemy Tools: Sacred Salt Mix
The Sacred Salt Mix is a homeopathic blend of worldwide natural salts mixed with many activators, all specifically chosen and integrated in a very channeled manner. There are about five hundred different and special healing minerals, about sixty organic herbs and thousands of different gem essences, flower essences and homeopathic remedies. It has also gone through many blessings. The salt mix has a consciousness, it is truly alive. It helps to protect oneself and eternally processes through negativity. It NEVER NEEDS CLEANSING, due to many special self-cleansing minerals being in the mix. It is incredible for grids and people have been getting great sleep from gridding their bed. Can be carried or placed in one’s environment. Perfect accessory for all healing work. Connects you with the different spirit guide groups from all the crystals that wanted to participate. Responds very potently to conscious dialogue and requests. Can be programmed to perform tasks extremely easily. So much universal energy, personally packaged and accessible for all. Perfect for all healing endeavors.

Alchemy Tools: Sacred Homeopathic Healing Water
This water has been blessed over thousands of layers, often corresponding to astrological events, using a blessing based on the highest holographic good. It has worldwide waters with special structured water as well as thousands of gem essences, flower essences and homeopathic remedies. A small vial can be used to charge all of one’s personal drinking water, used in baths, etc. Very potent to carry or drink, plants and pets absolutely love the stuff. Pets will often choose the Sacred Water. Can totally cleanse and activate crystals and jewelry, or anything else. So soothing and truly quenching on a deep energetic level.

Ben Commons, Commonsense Tools for Living
info@commonsensetools.com

Check out Ben's Real Deal AstroSpiel at
www.Commonsensetools.com



Santa Barbara Astrological Guidance by Ben Commons

Commonsense Almanac - April, 2010
By Ben Commons - www.Commonsensetools.com

“Everything has rhythm, everything dances.”
-Maya Angelou

Tips for almanac use: All the aspects can be felt in advance of the date of occurrence. It is good policy to view these as due dates for various energies and prepare accordingly for one’s context. Some slower interactions can be felt a month in advance, so it's wise to read ahead and ritual up.When we proactively manifest these symbols then the world doesn’t have to do it for us.

So April won’t be pushing us around too hard until the month is almost over. The theme seems to be holding a steady and healthy rhythm. We have to move with it but we shouldn’t be trying to move beyond the natural unfolding: Don’t walk through the door before it opens. This will also enhance our awareness of the opportunities coming to us.

Mercury moves into Taurus on the 2nd, slowing the pace down a bit. The focus is on preservation of progress and keeping the mind steady and practical. It’s very supportive of taking time in nature to enjoy the natural wonders of our world.

Venus squares Mars on the 3rd. This could be extremely productive physically and energetically. However, temptations to squander this energy with frustration and obstinacy may arise. Make sure to do something active to channel this; hiking would be perfect.

Venus trines Pluto on the 4th, giving us space to lighten our load and find more depth of appreciation in the day to day glory. If things still need clearing, then don’t neglect this opportunity.

Mercury squares Mars on the 4th, enticing us towards creative action or threatening restlessness. The crux is to avoid wielding our blades unproductively.

Mercury trines Pluto on the 6th. This would be a good time to keep slogging through the backlogs of our worlds. But don’t push yourself too hard, there’s always time for taking care.

Pluto stations retrograde on the 6th, starting us down another dredge and purge program. This round seems to be focusing on us focusing purely on what we can work with and more deeply releasing the rest. This especially refers to regret fantasies, self-doubt issues and the wussy way of projecting our ‘why nots’ onto others.

Saturn retrogrades back into Virgo on the 7th, for its final passage in Virgo for a while to come. In other words, it’s time to relax our perfection standards, give ourselves some more credit, and cut a little more slack. This also supports solidifying our tendencies towards being of service to those working through their stuff; as well as pulling our own metaphoric weeds up by the roots.

The New Moon is in late Aries on the 14th. This is ideal for planting new seeds, both literally and intentionally. Embrace patience and trust in the natural timing of the world; this is the key to seeing our intentions through. We also can’t really know what’s to come, so free your mind of unanswerable inquiries.

Venus sextiles Jupiter on the 17th, stimulating the need to get out there and join the party. Do something entertaining by connecting with friends, or maybe seeing an interesting film. Relax.

Mercury stations retrograde, also on the 17th. This will be a rather intense retrograde for Mercury as things will tend to go either too slow or too fast and leave us rather exhausted and slightly bewildered. We don’t have to be frantic, but keep in mind that the energy around us is likely to be frenetic.

The Sun sextiles Neptune on the 18th, calling us to be more centered through lessening our attachments to outcomes, especially those involving ourselves. We must follow the currents if we are to go anywhere significant with any fuel left in us.

The Sun moves into Taurus on the 19th, bringing things down to Earth another notch. Tend to the gardens of your life; don’t rest on your laurels. Just remember that some fruits take quite some time to fully develop and then ripen.

Venus squares Neptune and sextiles Uranus on the 23rd, allowing us to reassess our values and reaffirm our appreciations. This configuration could have us wanting guarantees where they don’t exist. Proceed with appreciation for the birds already in the hand; the rest will come in their own due time.

Venus trines Saturn on the 24th, again bringing up the issue of progress and how much our growth is being see externally. However, the world often makes us wait in tantalizing agony for the full embodiments of our efforts.

Venus moves into Gemini, also on the 24th, bringing some shifts in mind and course. The idea of this passage is to love and embrace the middle ground while appreciating the surrounding polarities.

Mercury squares Mars on the 25th, bringing recent issues to a head, hopefully for resolution and undoing of less-than-optimal momentum. As almost always, it is better to selfadjust and work through our own energetic/mental hang-ups without dragging others into the fray, even if they’re already involved.

The Sun trines Pluto on the 25th, asking us to release our fears and externalizations and enthrone ourselves as the centers of our worlds. Just don’t expect that others to view it the same way from their perspective.

Saturn opposes Uranus on the 26th, pushing us forcefully to break out of our oldest and most entrenched ruts. If we don’t make the commitment ourselves, the world will surely create some way of blasting through our resistance. If we’ve had our noses to the personal-maturation grindstone then this could starkly contrast the relative mobility and freedom of our current situation compared to just a year ago. While it’s true that the work is never done, it’s encouraging to move into freshness and feel the accomplishment within.

The Full Moon falls in early Scorpio on the 28th. This could be quite an emotionally intense lunation. As per usual, avoid unnecessary drama and stay focused on learning from the past so that the lessons can evolve into far worthier vistas.

Mercury conjoins the Sun on the 28th. Resolve to undo unhealthy mental programming.

Stop the hamster on the wheel. Get yourself out of the way and smell the flowers. What choice do we have but to follow the rhythm and see what we can make of it.

Well, April is about as mild as things are getting this season so hopefully we are all using it to fortify our positions and strengthen our resolves. It is about rhythm, or maybe we should be calling it cadence: Maybe like biking up a mountain when the muscles should seek to align with the willingness/rhythm of the heart. The smoothness of the transitions is crucial to long-term energy responsibility. More simply, keep on, keeping on.

Ben is available Thursdays, April 1, 8, 22 & 29, 1-5pm, for your personal astro-strategy session at:

Paradise Found, 17 East Anapamu Street • Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805 564 3573 • www.paradise-found.net

Contact

Ben Commons, Commonsense Tools for Living
Email: info@commonsensetools.com

Check out Ben's Real Deal AstroSpiel at www.Commonsensetools.com


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