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Ben Commons, B.A. ~ Commonsense Tools

 

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 on Anapamu in Santa Barbara, 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 ~ 805-964-3928

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 compliment 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
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 805-964-3928

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



Astrological Guidance in Santa Barbara by Ben Commons

Commonsense Almanac - March, 2008
By Ben Commons - www.Commonsensetools.com

March arrives with the promise of newness. Things are itching for resolution-- to make space for what is to come. Last month’s eclipse season brought some interesting shifts and now is the time to further actualize what has been brewing. However, this month seems to center around fear issues; so be sure that it is not the fears that are being actualized.
Mars glides into Cancer on the 4th, emphasizing the release of past conditioning, especially from the family. ‘As within, so without’ dictates that everything is here to teach us about ourselves. This doesn’t mean that it’s always a direct reflection, but the inner issues are always there. If annoyances persist, then seek to further release that part inside that is attached and judgmental. Learn the lesson and the class can end.
The 5th is ‘super lunar occultation day.’ The Moon will occult Mercury, Venus and then Neptune. These alignments call for deep acceptance of and centering in the present. The temptation would be towards futuristic visions and ideas, which are totally fine, as long as they don’t serve as an escape from the eternal Now. Bring the visions into the present.
The Sun sextiles Jupiter on the 6th, hopefully fusing practically and flexibility. Keep making those thematic plans; just make sure to leave room for the details to shift.
Venus conjoins Neptune, also on the 6th, so don’t let financial fancy influence those plans too much. This combination supports the release of financial paranoia and the reallocation of that attention to appreciating oneself.
Mars opposes Pluto for the final time on the 7th. This has been an ongoing opposition, but this is the first in Cancer/Capricorn. This stimulates more purging of our worlds: home, body, emotions, people we let in, etc. But ideally, this has already been ongoing and resolutions will be forthcoming along with a deeper awareness of what we really want.
The New Moon is in Pisces, also on the 7th, enhancing the urge to take a break from everything and get some space to contemplate and process. This lunation asks that we keep inactivity/nurture on our list of things to do.
The Sun conjoins Uranus on the 8th, bringing itchy impatience and rebellion up to the surface. We can fight change or just flow with it, but the issue now is speed and timing, we can have our own tempo if we respect that everything/everyone else does too.
Mercury conjoins Neptune on the 9th, leading to strange thoughts and perceptions. Visions and intuitions would be likely now, but watch out for the standard Neptunian rose colored glasses delusion.
Venus moves into Pisces on the 12th, bringing peace and tranquility to the tired nerves. This is Venus’ favorite place to be--getting lost in the enjoyment of the Divine in all its forms. It’s good for relishing music and nature and all things imaginative.
Venus sextiles Pluto on the 13th; once again we are being asked to go deeper into enjoying the ride. However, we must respectfully acknowledge and let go of the fears in order to achieve this; for when they are suppressed, they gain more power over us.
Mars sextiles Saturn on the 14th, requesting a fine balance of patience and determination. Again, don’t let fear be the focus, but respect that it does exist on some level as a natural human condition. Resolve to overcome the doubts and trepidations of experience.
Mercury moves into Pisces on the 14th, initiating an intuition-over-rationality period. It’s much easier just to follow the flow than to try to figure things out. Appearances can be deceiving, so seek the truth of the under layers, which again, could require some space and reflection.
Mercury sextiles Pluto on the 15th, bringing old mental constructs to the surface for release or indulgence. This combination pushes us to respect confusion, both our own and that of others.
Venus opposes Saturn on the 15th, calling for solidification of goodness in relationships. Respect and mutual support are the optimal manifestations; while worry and bitterness represent the difficult side. Intuit how to be practical with those ideals; how to bring the higher level versions further into being.
Venus trines Mars on the 16th, facilitating playfulness, togetherness and romantic enjoyment. Relax, have some fun, put the worries on the back burner and proceed towards pleasantness.
Mercury opposes Saturn on the 17th, stimulating some feistiness and sparring. Exercise, debate and playing games are all good outlets for this kind of energy. Watch out for sharpness but don’t deny the martial tendencies.
Spring begins as the Sun moves into Aries on the 19th. As always, this emphasizes being true to oneself while maintaining respect for others. This particular Aries season highlights how we deal with old versions of the self and how much we tone ourselves down to cater to the fears of others. It’s clearly centered on that fine line of doing one’s thing while avoiding other people’s bubbles--because some might be waiting to burst.
The Full Moon is in Libra on the 21st, featuring a tight square to Pluto. This leaves lots of room for people to project their undesirable aspects onto the world around them, so beware. However, it could also help to undo many of these lingering misunderstandings. Stay centered and don’t take anything too personally.
Mercury conjoins Venus on the 24th, making it a little easier to communicate with loved ones and enjoy the mundane. Remember to reinforce all those loving connections that keep us going through the days.
Mercury sextiles Jupiter and conjoins Uranus on the 27th, pushing all our minds into the higher realms. Where’s it all going? Is it achieving its potentials? Should we really be asking these questions or just hiking the trail? Let the mind travel and consider potentials, but don’t do anything rash.
Venus sextiles Jupiter and conjoins Uranus on the 28th, bringing relationships and finances into this equation of weighing the highest possibilities and visions against the present status. This can be used to infuse the seeds of the epic into ground or squandering on fantastical ‘coulds’ and ‘what ifs.’
Jupiter sextiles Uranus, also on the 28th, giving an extra surreal twist to existence. It’s a funny combination because it wants to know the outcomes before their time; a lust for knowledge really. However, the trick is not knowing, because this can clutter the consciousness with the unnecessary. The key is to understand that which we need to as deeply as we can, without a dependence on external confirmation. Way easier said than done, but isn’t everything? And maybe that’s the point.
The Sun squares Mars on the 30th, urging us even more into the present and out of the emotional past. The word courageous means being in the heart, and that is what is being asked of us. Being brave doesn’t mean living without fear, it relates to living with it.
All in all, March could be an extremely productive month, allowing us to make giant leaps of faith into our purest selves, but challenging us with all the old fears in the meantime. The theme focuses on bringing the future into the present and releasing the limitations of the past. How this is to be done is not easily said; but we can do this work simply by being. Simple is beautiful.

Contact

Ben Commons, Commonsense Tools for Living
Email: info@commonsensetools.com
Phone: 805-964-3928

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


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