And one more thing...
 

Our hearts go out to Gina Thies as she
mourns the loss of her dear sister. We're
sending love and prayers to you and your
family, Gina. May memories of Desmonde
warm your heart forever!
🙏💗🙏


Wishing you joy along the tarot path,

 

 

CROMNIOMANCY





Cromniomancy is divination by onions. It is
usually done by interpreting their sprouting
behaviour, after some kind of ritual to state
the topic of the divination. This often
involves inscribing the onions, dedicating
them on an altar or something similar.
But cromniomancy is/was also done in
idiosyncratic way not involving sprouting
them.

It is not known why the onion was chosen
for that kind of divination, not other
fast-sprouting plants. A look at other
divination methods shows that plants used
for divination have or had some significance
as important food source and/or medicinal
herb. The onion is rich in Vitamin C and was
important because of this, and it was widely
used as medicinal herb against colds and
other infections.

Cromniomancy was historically performed
across Europe, Africa and northern Asia. The
sphere within a sphere of the onion made it
a much-revered symbol of spirituality and
eternity, to the extent that the ancient
Egyptians took their sacred oaths with their
right hand on an onion.[citation needed]
There are many forms of cromniomancy, from
divining the weather by the thickness of the
skin, to gaining inside information.

The earliest written mention occurs in
Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy,
referring to cromnyomantia as a custom of
laying onions on an altar on Christmas Eve
in order to divine when someone will be
married.

One method is to place onions on a sacred
altar to learn about friends and family far
away and out of contact. The names of the
beloved are inscribed on individual onions
and left undisturbed until they began to
sprout. The faster the sprouting, the better
health and happiness was enjoyed by the
friend named on the onion.

Onions also provided romantic advice for the
love-lorn. A woman trying to choose between
lovers would carve out their names on
separate onions. The one that sprouted first
would reveal the suitor most worthy of her
affections. Some sources have it that this
should best be done on December 1.

Answers to any question could be sought by
inscribing yes and no on two separate onions
and planting them to see which sprouted
first.

A method practiced in southern Germany to
predict the weather for the following year
goes like this: At New Year's Eve, twelve
big, sphere- like pieces of onion are taken
and put on a wooden board in a row. They
represent the months from January to
December. Then a grain of salt is put into
every piece of onion, and the whole thing is
left overnight in a room without heating,
but without frost. The amount of liquid in
every onion piece tells how much rain/snow
there will be in the respective month.

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromniomancy

Photo by Karolina Grabowska



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Meet The Reader
SHIELAA L. HITE

By Sharonah Rapseik, Ph.D., CMAP



             

Sheilaa L. Hite is a Tarot Master and
Instructor. She is featured in Paulette
Cooper’s book, The 100 Top Psychics in
America, and is a favorite guest and
consultant on radio and network TV. She also
writes a popular monthly forecast column,
“Tarotscope — Ancient Archetypes for New
World Guidance ©.” In addition to writing,
speaking, teaching, consulting, and working
with her private clientele, Sheilaa leads
tours to the most magnificent spiritual
places on our planet.


Sharonah Rapseik:
Sheilaa, what makes your tarot practice unique
and how do you express it?

Sheilaa L. Hite: 
I am a catalyst of the soul and mind, a
life-skills mentor, a “somewhere over the
rainbow” visionary with a gift for
appreciating and implementing the practical,
down-to-earth processes necessary to make
dreams come true. The Tarot cards aren’t
just cards, they’re prompts from “Source”
that open up an infinite number of universes
of information and possibilities. My
accuracy rate and client retention rate are
high because I tune into that “Source” and
trust that I’m being properly directed by it. 

My Tarot practice is also unique because, in
addition to being a Tarot practitioner, I’m
adept at many other intuitive arts including
Astrology, Intuitive Counseling, Numerology,
Mediumship, Spell Casting, Palmistry, Past
Life Regression I am a Certified Life/Success
Mentor, Healer, and Transformational Guide.
I use all of my skills, gifts, and talents when
I counsel a client. 

I come by my gifts and my methods naturally.
I was born with these gifts and was fortunate
enough to have the encouragement of both
parents, a father who was a union organizer,
negotiator, and marriage counselor, and a
mother who was a psychologist. People were
always coming to us for problem-solving,
healing, and empowerment. It was what
my family did, so it was a natural step for
me to choose helping people as a profession.

I know that if there is a problem or issue,
there is a solution. My job is to use my
intuitive detecting skills and discover that
solution and present it to my client in a
practical, workable format as I empower them
to live in the space of hope and possibility.
When I listen to my client and look at their
issues, I’m interacting with them and their
problem from a 360 degree perspective.
Because I work in this way, I’m able to
weave the usable answer or solution for
them from that experience of them.

Very often the consultation takes the form
of a conversation between my client, spirit
guides, ancestors, and myself. Although I
often lay out a spread (I like the structure),
I sometimes start talking and turn the cards
over as I talk and read the “story” they tell
as they reveal the direction I need to go in
to find solution. Everyone has a story and
the cards help you discover what that story
is and how to relate it to your client in a
way that will help them.

Though I don’t always think of myself this
way, my clients tell me that I’m a no-nonsense
oracle. I like a fairy tale ending as much as the
next person, but life has taught me that you
can’t get to that fairy tale ending if you don’t
apply practical, appropriate actions to the issue
or problem. I take my responsibility seriously
when someone puts the care of their soul in
my hands, and I deliver the information with
empathy, gentleness, and honesty. 

I offer my clients the opportunity to see
what was previously unknown to them. I teach
them how to turn ‘lead into gold’ spiritually,
figuratively, and literally. I guide them to a
deeper relationship with themselves. And
always, I offer them an opportunity to see
themselves as the “Divine Energy” sees them
–– worthy and entitled to a life of infinite joy.  

To live in joy and encourage everyone else
to do the same is the nature of my being. To
work to make that a possibility is my
passion. I love seeing people tap into their
potential and awaken to the realization that
life is a grand adventure and they can live
the life of their dreams. I love my work, I
love that I’ve been chosen to do it, and I
love that I’m good at it. 


Sharonah Rapseik:
Thank you Sheilaa, it’s been a pleasure to meet you!
 

To follow Sheilaa L. Hite:

Website
https://sheilaahite.com
 
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/sheilaa.hite/

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/SheilaaHite

 
Sheilaa L. Hite's Books:

The Infinite Tarot
The Spiritual Hedonist
Secrets of a Psychic Counselor
Power Secrets
The 101 Tarot Spreads Book Series

Available on Amazon and book sellers near you.
 

     
About Sharonah:

 

Sharonah Rapseik is an Artist / Designer,
Author, Tarot Reader, Radio Host and
Producer for Psychic Talk Radio.

Visit her at:
https://psychictalk.net/sharonah/