Treasure Map 2006 - Page 8

[Tracy]

Originally Posted by Momtwice

Is it cool if I draw my own phrases in cool calligraphy letters, with lots of colors etc.? Seems more empowering to me. Can I combine these with magazine phrases?

Can I repeat phrases that worked last year?

Don't apologize for the astrology spinning-off, it has all been extremely reassuring to me. I see a lot of Retrograde stuff going on, old repairs coming undone again, old illnesses in the family returning (that they had a few months ago),

On a positive note, would you say that Retrogrades give us an opportunity to reexamine things that we may have glossed over the last time they came around, and maybe improve things in our life? Can you comment?

Oh and I absolutely positively agree that working on feeling DESERVING is key with regard to the treasure map outcomes.

Thanks so much.

words and calligraphy sound beautiful. One year one of my friends did a lot of words on her map more than pictures and I think she had a pretty good year. I would say that doing calligraphy might be really nice because it would take time to write out each word and I think that would give it more focus as you take your time writing. kwim?

Sure you can repeat phrases. But like I said somewhere, I think the energy heading towards the map is going to morph a bit (since the retrograde will go direct next sat) and I believe the actual day of the new moon many of us are just going to wake up with a whole new vibe and what you think you might do and what you do will be different.

And as Zannalyn mentioned pluto is going retrograde during the new moon so that too will impact the energy.... I think for some of us, the energy might be telling us to go back and get our power and reaffirming our beliefs or philosophies.. my own thought is that by the time pluto is done being in Sag (2008) we really should all be 'walking our talk'....(pluto in sag). Before we have to deal with pluto in capricorn which I am dreading.....a verb I never use in astrology.. but that is a whole other kettle of fish.


frequently during mercury retrogrades I have to look backwards about things I have said or thought about and definitely re-examine them. I think this is one of the reasons why we can often see people from our past during a merc retro...gives us an opportunity to re-examine the past with new eyes....but yes, if we were superficial and it needed more focus now we will usually have to do such. hth.

[Tracy]

Do I get what calls to me? Is there any method to that?

here's what I did in the past. I went to the most delicious newstand in my area. I went after new moon started.
I stood there, I just kind of opened myself up and I comb through the magazines and bought what just popped out to me. I definitely bought magazines that are not part of my normal repetoire.... seriously. I mean I think I even picked up Architectural Digest (which is not my normal) and there was something in there that needed to be on my map. By the way...it is worth noting that the picture from that map did not come to realization until this year...3 years later.

[owensmom]

Originally Posted by eilonwy

I have to say, I do live in fear of giving birth to a Capricorn child, particularly a male one. I'd seriously consider induction or scheduling a c-section if it looked like I might deliver a boy during Capricorn. Isn't that horrible?!

Eep! What does this mean?!

[ilex]

I am really looking forward to doing my map this year. Last year was a complete bust. I tried during the new moon and I just faltered. couldn't physically do it. Then I tried in the next period (was it quarter moon?) on Tracy's suggestion and I did it with my mom, which was loads of fun, but I could not get it. Nothing clicked. I put it up anyway and every time I looked at it I felt bad, felt wrong, my mil and husband had made fun of a couple of things : the whole thing was just wrong. I took it down. It was very frustrating and disappointing. But now I know why. I was very much in transition. I wasn't being honest with myself or my life. I was trying to hold on to things I knew in my heart I needed to let go of, I wanted to move on, but I had the direction all wrong. A few months later, after a disasterous and painful move and a house fire, my husband and I separated, and me and the kids moved back to my home town to be closer to family. I can honestly say that while there are many things I am looking forward to, and would like to work on, I am, for the first time since I started doing these maps (this is the fourth year) sure of what I want, sure that where I am is right, and feeling incredibly strong and excited. So this is going to be a good one.

Thank you Tracy for all your wisdom, guidance, and support. For all the PITA it is, I still really love this time of year.

One thing I have always have a problem with when doing the maps is how to indicate that I need more money. Since this is a pretty big one now being a single wah mama I need to make it good. I don't like the $$$ symbolism, and in the past I have put things on the map that I would like to have (and would necessarily have the money to have them) instead of "thousands of dollars" or something of the like. What do you usually do for this?

I must go back to my decluttering now...which feels soooooo good...

~Holly (a mama happy to be a capricorn )

[Momtwice]

Originally Posted by Tracy

I think the energy heading towards the map is going to morph a bit (since the retrograde will go direct next sat) and I believe the actual day of the new moon many of us are just going to wake up with a whole new vibe and what you think you might do and what you do will be different.

That is so cool. I'm finally getting psyched now.

we have to deal with pluto in capricorn which I am dreading.....a verb I never use in astrology.. but that is a whole other kettle of fish.

I consider you the Queen of Positive Attitude but if you are concerned A) don't keep us in the dark, now I want to know how to prepare! abd 2) Here's one of my favorite affirmations from Louise Hay:

"I'm safe and I trust the process of life."

Speaking of Louise Hay...

[Momtwice]

Originally Posted by bellasmum

One thing I have always have a problem with when doing the maps is how to indicate that I need more money. Since this is a pretty big one now being a single wah mama I need to make it good. I don't like the $$$ symbolism, and in the past I have put things on the map that I would like to have (and would necessarily have the money to have them) instead of "thousands of dollars" or something of the like. What do you usually do for this?

Although I have trouble walking the walk one of my favorites is
"My income is constantly increasing." ~Louise Hay

Another Louise Hay favorite I'm going to put back in my sig.

[MamaMonica]

Originally Posted by Tracy

By the way...it is worth noting that the picture from that map did not come to realization until this year...3 years later.

That is reassuring, Tracy. I know sometimes events have their own timing. Something I put on last year's map (and continued with on this years) came true but it did take two years. Good to know there is still hope for the other stuff from last year.

[lucimomster]

About money (and pardon me if I've already said this one this thread or one of the previous years' threads):

The first year I did a Treasure Map, I put lots of photocopies of pictures of stacks of hundred dollar bills and stacks of gold coins in the Wealth Corner. Response from the universe: nothing noteworthy.

The second year, I had just gotten a hundred dollar check from my father for my birthday, a couple of weeks before Treasure Map time. This time, on the new moon, I took the check to the bank and cashed it in for a pretty, crisp hundred dollar bill. I took it home, stuck sticky notes to the back, then glued the sticky notes to my Treasure Map in the wealth corner. The following January, my husband got a TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR bonus from his work! Whoo-hoo!

The third year (last year), I was still under the glow from January's bonus and under the impression that he'd be getting a sizable bonus again this year because the company had a HUGE influx of business ... blah blah blah. I took the lovely hundred dollar bill off last year's map and spent it on myself along with the birthday check I got last year, instead of putting a new bill on the map. The only reference to money in the wealth corner was a photo of a nice minivan, which I've never really wanted, so I wasn't really invested in the idea. This January? No bonus. (Not because my husband's a slug, but because the business made a LOT of errors and barely broke even, so they didn't give anybody a bonus.)


Last week I got my birthday check from my Dad again. You can guess where it's going.


And one other thing that I picked up from a book called MoneyLove that I read several years ago. It says that every time you write a check or spend money on something, you can affirm for yourself:

Every dollar I circulate enriches the economy and comes back to me multiplied.

For awhile, I had "E$ICETE&CBTMX" printed on my checks to help me remember.

I've got to place a new order for checks: maybe I'll put that on them again.


Thanks, everybody, for the thought-provoking posts.

[Zannalyn]

Lucimonster, I really appreciate your post about asking for money. I've been thinking about this a lot, too, and wondering how best to do it. I wonder if putting the $100 on the map worked especially well since it was a gift? Love the affirmation, too!

Last year I got together with a good friend to shop for magazines and make maps. It was really fun. He put a lot of money symbolism on his. He said he figured if he had money everything else would follow. This didn't seem right to me, but I wasn't going to argue about it. In the past year, he hasn't had much money and has gotten very depressed about it. He has used that as an excuse, repeatedly, not to get together with me, even though I cheerfully offered to drive, provide food, etc. He never mentioned the treasure map once he took it down (after a couple months) but I have often wondered if he somehow is upset with me about it. I think he got a hard lesson in how money wasn't really the key thing he wanted. I haven't heard from him at all for a couple months.

But I miss him and it has been like a cloud dampening the excitement I feel about doing the map this year. I am getting tons of food for thought from the posts about money, deserving, forgiveness, etc. Thanks everybody!

[Apryl Srissa]

I had the same problem, couldn't think of how to visually show that what we need most is money. But what I am thinking is to show what it really comes down to. Stability, safety, balance, sucesss, growth. Not that it is easier to show lol. But when it comes down to it, I don't really care about the dollars, just the end result, that the utilities are on, car is running, home to live in etc.

A few years ago, my mom did a big visualization excersize. She was unemployed and beyond broke. But instead of working at her needs met, she was specific about the exact dollar amount (it was huge, but she swore all needed),and she even picked out exactly how to spend every dime, down to how much to each family member. Never got a dime. Not even a job (well, eventually, but it took a LONG time). I really though then, and now, that the problem was focusing on the money. So I really try to focus on the result, more than the cash. Though some times it's hard, as I sit here having just repaired our van, and our car parked, who knows when I can get it fixed, just as it only has 5 payments left to be mine.

[Tracy]

Gosh, all this money talk is so interesting. I know I probably started it with my little off-topic past life thingy....

I think I'm probably one of the older mommies here at MDC. It seems to me most of the people here are in their 20's and 30's and I"m at the ripe age of 48. sigh.... but being around this long one gets to learn a lot of things..and I'm not immune to money stuff... gosh no...but let me tell you you guys if you can get your deserve issue together...your money will come together. I promise. Heal it. Take the next 9 days and really take a look at how you think about money. And look at the crowd around you... if there are people around you who refer to others as "rich bitch" or other somewhat derogatory terms... don't hang out with them on new moon! Gosh, don't even take a call from them for those 3 days... are there others who might not be derogatory about money but are down..down..down because of it or lack of it? Again, watch how much time you spend with them especially on new moon.

and for heavens sake look at your house, poke around on the feng shui thread if you can..but please get rid of anything broken down in your house. Take it to the trash or take it to be repaired. Get rid of "lack".... listen, I had a beautiful poster of Lenin and I told DH last year..we have got to get our money going again..we can not do it with a picture of Nikolai Lenin (father of communism) on our wall! DH did and man did our money shift. No kidding..but that is a different thread.

anyway, one of my closest friends on earth has never, never had a lack thought in her head. She has got her deserve issues totally resolved especially around money. And I have known her when her money is down but you never heard her bitching about it..or being overly negative, just a small vent but she moved on with her brain and just didn't hang out in negative thinking.... well, to make a long story short, she is very taken together now. When she married a second time she married a venture capitalist who made sure she was well taken care of...she even got a title (you know duchess etc) but the point is that it was her thinking that brought wealth. And like I said, her deserve is totally entact. And this is someone who I felt blessed to have in my life. Her thinking is so abundant and her deserve is so together...I have gained so much from it. Figuratively and literally.


And like so many of us have already said, gratitude is the place to start. I think when we are grateful for what we have we can expand on it. But we have to kind of plant the seed and then get out of our way.

one other small note:

I had a spiritual counselor who reminded me how important thoughts are in our lives...and he used to remind me with an image.

A ship is leaving San Francisco. It's direction is southwest. It is heading out to sea and the captain decides to Steer the ship Portside (left) two degrees. It is a very subtle move and none of the passengers on the boat would even note the difference. But the difference is immense because at the end of the journey instead of the passenger arriving in South Vietnam they are now in Tahiti.

Change your thoughts now. Look at your world. Who are you hanging out with? And make a shift.

It is just the thinking...

And I hope every area of your map has abundance not just the money corner.

[ilex]

Wow, thank you Tracy. I was actually feeling a little silly for asking that money question (deserve issues? ) But now I am so glad I did because everything you said in your last post resonated so deeply. Those deserve issues are huge...

[eilonwy]

I've been reading a bit about the money stuff and I have to say that money has not been primarily on my mind lately. Don't get me wrong, I could definatley use more, but it's other things that have really been driving me crazy and few of them are actually money-related. I guess I feel like if I could get everything else straightened out, the lack of cash-flow wouldn't bother me nearly so much.

Originally Posted by owensmom

Originally Posted by eilonwy

I have to say, I do live in fear of giving birth to a Capricorn child, particularly a male one. I'd seriously consider induction or scheduling a c-section if it looked like I might deliver a boy during Capricorn. Isn't that horrible?!

Eep! What does this mean?!

It means that I am a Libra, and have had trouble with male Capricorns for literally my entire life, starting with my father and working down to, most recently, my sister's ex-boyfriend. I always try to go into things with an open mind, and for years I told myself that I was being superstitious and silly, but over the years I'd learned that regardless of what may or may not be rational, Capricorn men and I just don't mix.

[Emmama]

Tracy, where is the Feng Shui thread you mentioned?

[Tracy]

it is here in spirituality. I just bumped it up.

[Tracy]

I consider you the Queen of Positive Attitude but if you are concerned A) don't keep us in the dark, now I want to know how to prepare! abd 2) Here's one of my favorite affirmations from Louise Hay:

"I'm safe and I trust the process of life."

Yeah, I am pretty much of the school that the 'stars impel not compel' meaning I don't get too scared. But I gotta say when Pluto makes a move into a new sign and then begins its trek down it...well, it is always bumpy. And the nature of Capricorn is so very much a part of the capitalism system and so I do not under any circumstances think Pluto in Capricorn is going to be easy for this county's citizens. But, having said that, Pluto is still in Sag and it will be for a couple more years so I have got a couple years and I am taking the time to process out any fear (around pluto in cap) and capitalize on sag energy which like I said before can be, "walk your talk" and also, I believe, Descartes quote, "I think therefore I am" can be learned during these last two years.... so, hopefully I'll dig in that way and be ready for Pluto's next journey.

[OakdaleMama]

Tracy--
Can I tell you, mama, that you're making me a little worship-y ? I am so enjoying this thread, can't wait to Treasure Map, am diggin' the astrological stuff. And then I read your post about money. I tell you, that little square of space for your post just couldn't hold all that wisdom in--so much fantastic stuff about money thoughts, just oozing out all over the place. Thanks for your time with me here! Developing a girl-crush--Nancy

[owensmom]

Is it ok to put something on the map that is for me, but deals with dh? He hates his job so much that it has infected his entire being, and our household happiness. I'd love to create a fake letter stating something like
"Congratulations _________!! You have landed your dream job!! You are making as much as you did at your last job, your commute is much shorter, and your boss treats you as the exceptional programmer that you are! Enjoy!". Seriously, him being happy will make my life much better.

[Tracy]

Oakdale,



not sure I'm that awesome..I think I might just be old!

[Tracy]

"Congratulations _________!! You have landed your dream job!! You are making as much as you did at your last job, your commute is much shorter, and your boss treats you as the exceptional programmer that you are!

I think I might say,

______ is working at his dream job, making as much money or more than at ______, his commute is short and his boss treats him with great respect.