The energy of the thumb (your will) pulls your index finger (power/influence) out of its normal alignment. Meaning you’re imposing your will on your expression of power or influence.)

Who is he? Hephaestus (also known as Vulcan) was the husband of Aphrodite in Greek mythology. He was the finest, most creative craftsman ever but she thought he was a bore who worked too hard.

Are [...]]]> The next advanced hand shapes class with Richard Unger is today.
Time: 11am Pacific. 7pm Central Europe. Elsewhere.

Who is he?
Hephaestus (also known as Vulcan) was the husband of Aphrodite in Greek mythology.
He was the finest, most creative craftsman ever but she thought he was a bore who worked too hard.

Are you creative, playful and outgoing or serious, disciplined and introverted?
What happens if you are all of these, all at the same time?

Each of us is a delicious mix of conflicting flavors.
That’s what makes us each unique.

Are you Hephaestus?

If so, what does that mean?
Join us for the next call in this fascinating series.
Register here.

Creativity vs discipline

I used to think that you couldn’t be both creative and structured.
But actually, nothing could be further from the truth.
It’s a dance that requires both partners.
A bit more about Hephaestus?

Hephaestus is a delicious internal blending of two opposite types:
Fire plus Saturn.
Here’s a free call I did recently with Richard on several hand shape archetypes.
Hephaestus was discussed 15 minutes into the call.

The reference document.

Join this monthly series.
here.

I’ll be offering 2 workshops this month: one in Aarau on 15 March 2012. and one later in the month, on 20 March in Oberwil, near Zug.

We’ll be focusing on how your hands can help [...]]]> There’s workshop fever in Switzerland at the moment with
workshop week in two cities – both Zurich and Aarau.

I’ll be offering 2 workshops this month:
one in Aarau on 15 March 2012.
and one later in the month, on 20 March in Oberwil, near Zug.

We’ll be focusing on how your hands can help you in relationships.

Book here Bewusst Leben Woche for Aarau on 15 March, 2012.
Or email Martin for Oberwil on 20 March. Phone: +41 41 711 92 68

Both courses are all morning. 9am to 12 noon.
In Aarau there’s also a deepening process in the afternoon.

More information.

Every partnership is a spiritual collaboration.
We’ll explore how our hands can help us get in touch with our own
needs and our partner’s needs at a deeper level.

We will focus on how to use information from your hands as part of a daily practice
for more love, mutual understanding, appreciation, respect, vulnerability and trust.

More info about all the courses offered in Aarau next week:
Bewusst Leben Woche download pdf
More info about courses in Oberwil: www.oberwilerkurse.ch

If you’re anywhere in the region, come play.
If you can’t make these dates, I also do private consultations in Zurich. Simply email me.
Wishing you an inspiring week.

What’s your special gift? The one thing you bring into [...]]]>
Each of us has a different spark. Different roots and shoots and things that turn us on or off or make us special. A different way of shining.
And also a differnt way of offering love to someone we share our lives with.

What’s your special gift? The one thing you bring into a relationship without any work at all – just by being yourself?

Is it your romantic heart? Do you know how to create ambiance and make others feel special?
Or is it your sensitivity? You’re a nurturing type always tuned into your partner’s feelings.
Or your Loyalty? You’re reliable and honest and can be trusted to be there through thick and thin.
Or your vivacity? There’s never a dull moment when you’re around.

As you can see – each type has it’s own magic
Sometimes we try to hard to be something we aren’t and that’s when the wheels come off.
For example, we try to be the sensitive caring type when actually our real gift is vivacity.

Later today I’ll be interviewing Dr Kacie Crisp on how to create a relationship that’s fun and easy.
Kacie is the author of the little Black Book on Relationships.
You can join this free call here or access the replay.

So what emotional type are you?

Your hands can tell you which type you are.
If you’re not sure exactly what comes naturally to you, look at your heart line.

Take a pen and draw a cross on your hand, like the one above drawn in red.
Draw the vertical line between your index and middle finger.
Then draw the horizontal line midway between the base of your index finger and lifeline.
You’ll have 4 areas where your heart line could end.
Where does your heart line end? (In the example above it curves up towards the middle finger).

Which line is your heart line?
One of the three main lines in your hand.
The one closest to your fingers (marked here in purple.)

Does this line curve up to the index finger? If so, your gift is sensitivity.
Does this line curve up towards the middle finger? (Like the example above.) If so, your special gift is vivacity.
Or is your heart line flat and long – ending in the bottom left grid on the image above? If so, your gift is romanticism.
Or is your heart line short and straight? If so, even though you need freedom, your gift to others is loyalty.

Like to know more about your hands? Take a foundational course or join us every week in Earth School.

What happened? I imploded internally but [...]]]>
Six years ago my husband told me he was in love with another woman.
This was the start of journey into hell that I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
The pain and the shame were so deep, it’s taken me 6 years to even write about it openly.

What happened?
I imploded internally but externally kept a brave front not letting anyone know what was really going on. It took nearly a year to tell my parents and close family. I went home for Christmas but couldn’t find the courage to tell them. A nephew and his girlfriend came skiing for a weekend and I pretended we were still living together.

What helped me heal and what would I do differently?

In the beginning what helped the most was pure emotional release of my anger.

I remember standing in my pajamas under the other woman’s bedroom window at midnight in the howling snow screaming at her, threatening to kill her and smashing a flower pot on her front door step instead.

I wouldn’t recommend this behavior to anyone. I was lucky she lived in the country I might have got locked up. Still it was like lancing the boil. It halted the inner implosion that was going on.

Intellectually what helped me the most was hand analysis, Richard Unger’s fingerprint system combined with Byron Katie’s 4 questions:
Is the thought true?
How does it make you feel?
How would you feel without the thought?
Where’s the mirror? How can you turn this round?

This simple four step process helped me see that my husband was simply being a faithful mirror of my own self betrayal.
Looking through the lens of hand analysis, particularly knowing our fingerprint patterns, I could see the broader picture, the spiritual collaboration going on.

I wish I’d had Richard Moss’s Mandala of being to help me take this one step further. This is a process of coming down out of your head and into your body, to stay present with feelings, instead of creating more pain with one’s thoughts.

If this were today, what would I do differently?

I would allow myself to be more vulnerable and cry on my mother or sister’s shoulder.
Also, it took me two years to give myself the “luxury” of therapy. I would recommend seeing a therapist right away.

The path out?

Hand analysis is the starting point and the map but you need more than a map. You need friends, guides, encouragement and the right gear.
This is a long journey with many stepping stones.

You can learn the basics in Earth School or contact me for a personal or couple’s consultation online or in Switzerland.

Are you the power behind someone else's throne?

Sometimes one sees multiple Jupiter stars, or 8 pointed varieties. These, according to Unger, indicate the capacity to [...]]]> A Jupiter Star is a gift marker indicating leadership and high achievement, according to Richard Unger, the man who first identified this gift marker and 16 others.


Are you the power behind someone else's throne?

Sometimes one sees multiple Jupiter stars, or 8 pointed varieties.
These, according to Unger, indicate the capacity to be a leader of leaders.

Only a few percent of people have this marker and even fewer have multiple stars.
If you have a Jupiter star it's a big deal.

As with all star formations ask yourself:
What lines make up the star?
Are any points missing? If so, which?
What quadrant of the Jupiter mount is the star positioned in? This indicates what type of leadership.

The shadow side of the Jupiter star appears when these qualities are not fully owned and occupied.

The danger?
You're built to take a leading role but instead of finding your own throne and sitting on it, you help someone else by playing second fiddle.
You take a supporting role in someone else's mission.
The problem is, often this other mission is not your mission nor your purpose.
Then you're in danger of losing the spark in your eyes.
You're succeeding at the task but it doesn't feel satisfying.

Jupiter star on a sunny day:
you have found your own particular throne and are sitting on it.
- the project resonates with and is driven by your purpose and passion.

Shadow scenarios:
• A constant feeling that one is underachieving, even when this is not the case.
• Attempting to be the power behind someone else’s
throne: president's wife syndrome.
• Bringing out one’s ambition through another.
• Power plays or giving away one's power.
• Trying to control the person who is in charge.
• Diminishing oneself to please others.

If you recognise any of these scenarios, don't feel shamed.
You can't have the light without the dark, and the dark serves the light
to add contrast and show you what you have.
Instead focus on the sunny side - the magnificance of what you have -
a powerful gift that's begging you to own and fully inhabit it.

You'll notice as with any marker, there isn't just light and dark.
There are two shadow poles.
One is too much of a quality and the other is too little of it.
In this case, power.

This is what Unger calls his "Goldilocks principle" :
too much, too little, just right.

Action steps you can take right now?

Be gentle on yourself when you err in either direction.
And keep making small corrections. Like an aircraft going from A to B.
90% of the time the aircraft is off course but through small constant
adjustments it reaches its target anyway.

In last week's advanced threading call with Richard Unger we discussed this marker and its shadow side in relationships. We also discussed this marker during our first threading call earlier this year on knowing what you want.

In the hand we discussed during last week's call, this marker was on a man's hand
(see image below.)

These days this gift marker is found far more frequently on women's hands than on men's. Richard says this never used to be the case when he first started reading hands over 40 years ago.

I find this fascinating.
Why? Is it an indicator of the new spirit sweeping our planet? humanity re-owning its feminine power?

When I work with clients who have this marker in their hands I give them a picture of Imperia. The formidable statue by artist Peter Lenk that stands on the end of the jetty in Konstanz, Germany.
She's magnificent albeit highly controversial. Full of positive female power, holding in one hand the pope and in the other the kaiser, both wearing crowns. Two little old naked dissatisfied men. They're in stark contrast to her happy spirit and lythe female vibrancy.

Why do I give them this image?
It's a good reminder to own and embrace this inner friend. Both the positive and the negative sides of her.

If you have a Jupiter star, Imperia is both an inner friend and an inner enemy. Acknowledge her and give her space to reign.

What does a Jupiter star marker look like?

Do you have a Jupiter Star?

You'd like to know more about this marker?

Why listen to what other people have to say about this gift marker?
Why not listen directly to what Richard says?
Here's the link to the calls with Richard. Jupiter star was discussed in the first 2
advanced threading calls

I have a Jupiter star in my hand. Oops!

Like to know more about other gift markings?
What do they mean? How to identify them. What if you have no gift markers?
Download my free report on gift markers here

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