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So my Outer Court ritual is based off of a NROOGD ritual.

I asked my HP what was meant by "Three from me, of five alive, by nine makes mine" as the HP sprinkles me with consecrated water (it has water, oil, salt, and herbs in it). He told me to meditate on it. I had zero idea.

So I'm looking up some things about the numbers.

Three: Wikipedia talks about it in the numerology article as "communication/interaction and neutrality." In Qabalah, it is represented by Gimel, which means "camel" or "to couple" or "to team up." The author of the Chicken Qabalah says that "the camel is exploited in the cause of communication," as camels were used as "ships of the desert" as "vehicles of life and commerce." The HPS of the coven says these words, and 3 represents the High Priestess (according to Lon Milo DuQuette). Associated with the moon.

In my reading about Qabalah, the first "letters" uttered by YHVH were three in number, representing the three dimensions and the elements air, fire, and water.

Five: Wikipedia says "action, restlessness." The Emperor. Qabalah--> Heh, "window" "to breathe" "to exist" "to become" "to desire." Aries.

Nine: Wikipedia--> highest level of change. Qabalah--> Teth, "serpent" "to be wise as a serpent." Leo. Strength.

While the number 5 makes sense, 3 makes vague sense, and I am utterly confused by number 9, I cannot figure out why it is said when it is said (during sprinkling).

HALP.

One of our budgies, Indigo Shelly died.

I've never really liked the birds because their care got foisted onto me when I had nothing to do with buying or wanting to buy them, and they didn't like being handled, but it's sad that our other one, Chuck Norris doesn't have a friend anymore.

...Despite the fact that most of the time Chuck Norris would just round house kick Indy in the face (which is how she got her name) until Indy learned how to tackle her.

But still. emo

ADD makes everything ******** hard. I always wondered why everyone had an easier time than me doing basic tasks.

squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I are graduate!

To whomever decided to lend me energy/gods/spirits/well wishes/whatever else, THANK YOU! biggrin

Congradulations! Do you have to take a board exam now for your lisence or does your state count graduation from the program enough to issue a lisence?

I wish I didn't have to write another exam, but yeah - NCLEX RN for me sometime in Jan or Feb, probably.

As it stands, if I apply for a special permit I can work as a grad nurse until then...but there's no point in applying for that as I'll be moving in mid January and by the time they okay it (and it needs a sponsor of sorts from where I'd be working) I'd have to quit.

The big thing for me is that I actually finished school for once - I'm kind of notorious in my family for starting college educations and not finishing. I've got half a theatre tech degree, about 2/3 of a humanities, some bits and bobs from a science major...and finally, a nursing degree. biggrin

Hot damn, I took much longer of a break from Gaia than I thought I would.

I'm on meds now, and they're helping with my depression and ADHD, so that's a good thing. And the kid is doing better in school, and better behavior wise since we started him on the gluten/casein free diet.

I'll also be starting college (again) in the spring, at ODU. Getting an International Business - East Asian Studies major, and a Japanese minor. Things are about to get rather hectic after the holidays, with that.