May June 2022 Snake Oil/BE Afraid Be Very, Very, Very Afraid

Snake Oil  BE AFRAID BE VERY, VERY, VERY AFRAID

As I began to pull out of the parking space I normally park in at my condominium home, a young man in a van next to me motioned me to roll down my window. “I noticed that you sometimes leave your car windows partially open. You may want to be more cautious about doing this. My car was broken into last week, and they took my stereo.” I nodded a thanks for the warning gesture as I drove away. I remembered that the guy who parked on the other side of me had his car broken into weeks before. I felt a wave of panic run through me as I imagined my car being stolen and broken into. What if my car were to experience the same fate? Finances were already tight. What would I do if my insurance rates increased? I remembered the time ten years ago when my car was stolen, and I suddenly felt as if it were happening all over again. I began to feel afraid.

That day, my fear tape only lasted about fifteen minutes as I realized I had nothing to fear. The car that was stolen from me ten years ago was a Chevy Blazer and there are practical reasons why it is more common for car thieves to steal trucks. My car is a Chevy Cavalier with a factory model stereo. I bought this economical car because I wanted a comfortable, inexpensive car that would be less likely to attract the attention of a thief. Even if my car were to be stolen, I would deal with that when it actually occurred. I decided that I would not waste valuable time and energy worrying about something that might or might not ever happen.

Two days before this incident, I received an email from a client who was in a state of panic. Someone had broken into her daughters apartment and rifled through her things. Although nothing seemed to be taken, she and her daughter were terrified that it could occur again. A psychic in the area told her that the perpetrator was the man across the street who had been watching her daughter. I felt this was an accurate assessment. They both felt powerless and could not stop worrying about the situation. What if the unthinkable occurred and he tried again and the daughter happened to be there?

I often remind my clients that what we fear might happen is almost always far worse than any difficult experience we ever actually endure. We waste valuable life force, time, and energy stressing and worrying about possible future disasters. “How will I survive financially if I leave this loveless marriage?” “What if my family disowns me when they find out I am gay?” “What if I never find the right mate and end up alone?” “People are getting laid-off all around me; how will I survive if I lose my job?” “What will happen If I get sick?” The list of things to dread is endless. We all encounter difficulty from time to time. Occasional challenges are part of life in a physical body. Thankfully, most of our imagined worse-case-scenarios rarely come to pass. Real problems and difficulties are never really the issue. Being caught in the grip of fear is the real battle to resolve. 

Fear takes many forms and guises. I remember years ago spotting a bumper sticker on a car that said: “FEAR GOD.” I was horrified by this suggestion. This old school mentality of a vengeful, wrathful God is alien to me. I see no connection between fear and God. Currently, we all are bombarded by fear at a national level. Politically, Right Wing conservative religious groups and the media have reminded us that:

“Our country is going to hell in a hand-basket because we have become morally bankrupt.”
“Gay marriages threaten to destroy the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman.”
“We need to stop the bloodthirsty heathens in the Middle East at all costs. We need to retaliate for what was done on 9-11.”
“We need to act as police of the world.”
“Spreading democracy at any cost will save the world and keep us safe.”

Individuals and groups of people who see things in very black and white terms often feel they have a right to take actions at any cost and the results are often disastrous.The idealist who sees things as “they should be’ can at times be pushed to extreme actions and feel they have aright to do it for the greater good.”

Globally and personally we are constantly sold fear. We pay for insurance for our homes, cars, medical needs, loss of jobs, etc... Fear is so built into our culture that we don’t see how we deal with this by spending tremendous sums of money to protect ourselves from theoretical disasters. Fear is such a hot item that people are buying it in bulk. Will your next letter have anthrax in it? Put tape over your windows to survive a nuclear assault from terrorists. Cold and flu commercials remind us constantly that we will get ill. You must get a flu shot if you don’t want to get sick this year. Allergy season is here again, make sure you have your medicines well stocked. There are endless sources of fear programming all around us.

In Lakota tradition, fear of the unseen is represented by a supernatural sprit called Iktomi (spider). He is the deceiver that weaves the threads of our fears and builds webs that snare the unsuspecting. There are several stories about how Iktomi changes into a human and tricks people, but the spider inevitably makes foolish mistakes and reveals his true character. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why many people are terrified of spiders. Watching a full grown man or woman run screaming because they found a spider in the bathroom is comical, yet at times we do exactly the same thing. When we allow fear to control our actions, we are trapped in an illusionary web of our own making.

In the process of creating our lives, we re-energize what we fear most. Individually and en masse, we literally bring what we fear to ourselves. Until we can become neutral about what we are afraid of, fear will continue to control us. Each time even one person conquers fear and sees it for the lie it is, the world lights up a little bit more. There is nothing to be afraid of except for generating fear-based thoughts and actions. I reminded my client and her daughter to focus on not being afraid of what could happen. If she sees this man who may have broken into her apartment, she should look him squarely in the eye. She will see him crumble when she shows him that she is not afraid, and see him for the spider that he really is. She is a powerful young woman and she is safe. We all have the power to not be afraid. No one, or thing can take away our personal power unless we give them permission.
Jim Ventura 11-2004


“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” Mark Twain

Notes:

I wrote this piece way back in late 2004 and it was first published in early 2005. Geez that’s now 17 years ago! I had a far more liberal perspective and philosophy back then, but have moved more toward the center. Not uncommon for people to see things with a bit more of a conservative perspective when they get older and I am no exception. I simply no longer align myself completely with either side. In some areas I lean more liberal and some more conservative. More importantly I honor everyone their right to their own perspectives, although extremist on either side do seem a bit nuts to me. And that is still okay too!

We were only a few years after 9-11 when I wrote this. The collective and individual fears were still quite strong in the U.S after such a horrible event. Yet, there were numerous times people, media, and government used this fear to motivate us by what we should believe or care about. Almost two decades later the circumstances may be somewhat different with perspectives about Covid and other current events, but the extreme fear is equal. I still, from time to time, uncomfortably observe the many times I witnessed extreme actions by friends on social media, news commentators, celebrities etc...of those demanding we “follow the science,“ get vaccinated and boosted or “You are a bad person spreading disease.” “You are morally bankrupt because your refusal to inject yourself repeatedly with pharmaceuticals.”  You are not following the unquestionable science and don’t care about others.” Many “blue states” took this into territory that was quite fear based and extremely arrogant with looks of disdain for those not wearing a mask or obsessively wiping down everything they touched. At times it seemed a bit like a modern equivalent of scared villagers with pitch forks, and torches chasing the “bad ones,” and nonbelievers not being or doing things the “right way.” General scientific consensus (and there were all kinds of disagreements, many at time actually legitimate, that were ignored by media) became as “sacred” as and unquestionable as religious, and political beliefs often are. Many “red states” and people with extreme conservative perspectives went a bit nutty as well in another direction. “Chipping devices are being transmitted through the vaccine.” “They are secretly trying to kill us all and make us subservient.” Even cruel downright denial that Covid even existed at all with ugly attacks on nurses, doctors, hospital staff, and families that lost people. Attacking Flight Attendants, security guards, etc.. for making one wear a mask... Ugh, a sad time in our world history indeed, but this is what historically fear will do.

 

Both sides played on misinformation and obsessive beliefs about right and wrong and demonized the other side. I personally took part in none of it. I even lost friends who found my neutrality somehow being a lack of caring in their eyes. I would remind my readers that both sides and everyone is doing the best they can and just wanted to end the pandemic according to their BELIEFS about how this must be carried out.  While people sometimes took very questionable actions, the intent was still to accomplish good on both sides. Thankfully most of this nonsense is over and we can choose to look back in our rear view mirrors about how this was handled. 

If you live in AZ or a number of other states this spring was a windy one and abundant in pollen counts. I had a three week sinus infection and saw many people around me struggling too. I am writing a column (or it may be a YouTube video- a good reason to subscribe to both!) about how to heal sinus issues, and what they mean both physically, spiritually, and energetically; the multilayers of course to all illness.

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Summer is almost here. it was a long winter and turbulent spring, so hot as hell at times, welcome summer! Cheers, Jim V

“Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.” Langston Hughes

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“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Nelson Mandela

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Fear: How can you recognize fear in your society? First, remember that you assumed human form in order to learn to manipulate physical reality through your conscious, reasoning mind. This reasoning mind is your unique gift among all the creatures of creation. When finely tuned and clear of distraction, it allows you to chart an undistorted course toward your best fulfillment. It can be blunted, however, when crippled by fears that saps it of its logic and reason. Fear being irrational, is the enemy of your conscious, rational, reasoning mind. It can only serve to thwart your attempts at living a life of Divine Grace.

Fear is no open enemy, swaggering about the streets loudly proclaiming its presence. For it knows all too well that one piercing glance from a reasoning mind can reduce it to ruble.
One key characteristic of fear is its ingenious ability to seek legitimacy by latching onto what appears to be rational ideas, thus cloaking its true, bare essence. By hiding itself behind a seemingly rational idea, fear is able to play itself out without ever being submitted to logical analysis.
As we shall see, fear is a chameleon, ever changing its colors to disguise itself like the demons in fairy tales, assuming human or animal form as the situation requires, the better to work their evil. Know, then, that you will rarely meet fear face to face. It is too clever to be caught in the open, where one rational mind could render it impotent.

How then, can you distinguish between a legitimate idea or philosophy and one based on fear? Fear provides two giveaway clues for the discerning mind to detect.
First, it will cause its host to latch onto what appears to be contradictory beliefs. A logical considered philosophy is one that can be reasonably applied to every situation and found to be constant. A philosophy based on fear; however, latches onto a host of different ideas, some of them opposing, in its desperate to camouflage its true reality.  When you speak with someone whose beliefs seem to cancel each other out in a contradictory shambles, know that you are speaking not to reason but to fear.

The second clue fear provides is that if a philosophy based upon it is allowed full expression and played out, it will invariably bring about precisely the opposite result of that which it claims to promote. Why? Because, as we have seen, an impulse that is denied out of fear is energized by the denial, the grid of intent behind it empowered to a much greater degree than the superficially desired goal. Thus, with all the probable yous swirling about, when it comes time for an ‘event’  to slip into your time continuum, the probable you who experiences the ‘negative’ version of that event will find a stronger grid of intent awaiting it at the membrane than that which lives the ‘positive’ version of an event. Thus, inevitably, a policy based on fear will result in the precise opposite of what it claims to desire. Fear is a crafty adversary indeed, as you can see, but one that is unable to cloak itself forever behind a veil of seemingly rational ideas. Played out, it will always reveal itself...”
From Whatever Happened to Divine Grace by Ramon Stevens

“You always act emotionally. You do what you do because it’s what you want to do, and your rationales are nothing but excuses to justify your actions. Make it all right with yourself to act without the internal run-around.” Dick Sutphen

 
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March April 2022 Snake Oil/Past Lifetimes and the Price of Gas?

 March April 2022 Snake Oil/Past lifetimes and the price of gas?

 

The concept of living other lifetimes and reincarnation can be intriguing and exciting. To many people it may make intuitive and even practical sense. Yet, it can also be a subject littered with misperceptions, confusion and to those who only value logic and tangible in the lab concrete proof, it can seem like malarkey. There are actually many authors, both scientific based as well as metaphysical who have studied and written extensively about this subject from multiple angles. In those circles it is largely unquestioned. A number of movies and television shows about the subject have actually done a respectable job, while of course there is a lot of hyped sensational nonsense mixed in too. I personally encountered a number of people in my early years of metaphysical groups and classes who had very definite opinions to share about the subject. A young woman at a psychic development class I took at age twenty claimed she lived during Pompeii during its fall. I thought this could have been possibly true. In another instance I once talked to another woman who claimed she was Cleopatra in a past life time. This seemed a LOT less likely.

The concept of whether I have lived other lifetimes was never something I pondered. I always knew that this was the case. I remembered glimpses of other selves even as a child. My Catholic education had no outlet for discussing or understanding this awareness, and that may have contributed, in part, to an early rejection of some of the teaching of this religion. When I took baths, which I often did as a child and well into my teens, I would catch memories of being in a bath in other bodies and in different homes, times, and families. Particularly poignant was a memory of being in a female body. It did feel like she was royalty or from a wealthy family. I clearly told my friends when I was about 9 that I was glad to be a boy in this lifetime because it was actually a bit easier. There were many times when I would talk to another person and get glimpses of their face briefly changing to another self. I used to think of it as a bleed-through. All of the significant relationships I have experienced with partners or friends were with people I immediately or eventually recognized as someone I have known before. Much of this awareness took place long before I began to read or study reincarnation.

I really upped my studies though in my late teens and early twenties and have read many books about this subject, and once took a seminar in San Diego by a well known author. Contrary to a popular belief among many people and those uneducated about the subject, quite a few well researched cases have been studied and verified that would be very hard to dismiss. I even learned how to do past life regression when I was about 21. I did regressions for friends and had many notable stories of success. I eventually learned self-hypnosis and actually logged in a notebook about 40 recognizable lifetimes, and guessed there were many more. It seemed the further back in time, or in my baby soul and young soul lifetimes I wasn’t always a very upstanding citizen. Quite a number of people I immediately got into relationships with when I moved to Phoenix at 25 happened in the first few months when I arrived in the valley. I recognized many new friends immediately. I had dreams or snippet memories of past contacts with them both before and after I left New York. Another aspect of many, many reasons why I felt drawn to move here.

There are so many different stories of personal past life contact that I could easily cover them in a series of books, but here are two that truly stood out:

When I was about 22 I did a self hypnosis regression to see what I would consider my “Happiest lifetime.” I saw myself-remembered myself-felt myself as a familiar clumsy man at about age forty. I lived with my mother and some pets that I talked to in a safe environment. I couldn’t recall when it was, or where it was but that seemed less relevant. I was a special needs individual, my focus was less on the intellect and more emotional and intuitive. My mother was not my mother in my current lifetime though. She was an early forties waitress that I worked with named Nicki. We quickly became unlikely friends in this lifetime in a way that may have seemed weird to many of the people around us. She beamed with pride when I was around her. She must have been proud of how smart and funny her son from another time and place now was. I would guess she was proud of me in that other lifetime too for different, yet equally valid reasons. She died in this lifetime a few years ago from complications related to Parkinson’s disease. I will always miss my friend-mom from another time and place and know I will see her again.

Another experience was something I caught glimpses of in dreams as a child. I even remembered actual details of it at different times. I did a regression at about the age of 23 and got more details. I was a Russian Jewish man in my late fifties just before the start of world war two. I fled the area I lived in for fear that things would soon go badly. I pleaded with friends and family to leave also but was mostly dismissed. I lived in England for about twenty years before my death alone in a room with a number of cats. In my current lifetime I was badly allergic to cats until about the age of 33. I think my body associated being alone and sickly when I was around cats, even though I always loved them too. I still feel a sense of responsibility to warn others if I sense difficulties ahead, although I have also learned to allow them their experience and not try to save or control. To this day I still haven’t been able to get through Shindler’s list and similar movies. For a long time I resented the English people and their culture and I seem to oddly know a bit about Russian life and the Jewish religion. I recently realized that the feral cats I now feed and pet that live in our condo complex came back to their dad from another time and place.

People often understandably ask me the question, what good it is for us to know about past lifetimes? In what way does that help in the practicalities of our current life? Yet, in an even more pronounced way like exploring your genealogy, heritage or ancestry in this lifetime, you see pieces or attributes in yourself that aid in piecing together who we are now. Talents, abilities, and even challenges offer insight into why we may currently have skills or struggle with these similar patterns. I bought a deck of past lifetime cards (that I still use when working with clients) and one of the first cards I pulled was the prehistoric Sorcerer. It suggested that I was an ancient soul who had great power. In my younger years in this lifetime I sometimes succumbed to hurting friends who I felt wronged me. Thankfully I got hold of this darker aspect of myself early on in life and decided successfully to focus my powers on good. I still sometimes deliciously think of so many creative ways to destroy anyone who angers me. But I remind myself and my inner prehistoric sorcerer that forgiveness and understanding are far better uses of power. Karmic balance is built into the universe. I need not take on the role of righter of all perceived wrongs. And this has an added benefit of not creating new karma to have to resolve (the old soul focus) and then have to find a way to burn those ribbons too.  

     

We are given an ego for a reason. It is to help us navigate effectively in this life and this body and tangible world around us. Still, we can learn to put our ego aside from time to time to catch glimpses of other selves. Our practical sides, our ego will remind us that it is bunk to think we have other aspects or lifetimes to consider. It does its job well and reminds us of things like; what do knowing about past lifetimes have to do with dealing with the real world and the price of gas? What good is it? Often, even when the information comes through it will try to convince us that we are making it all up. Yet, if you choose to open this door it is useful. Not as an escape from the demands of this life, but to aid in understanding why we are made up the way we are. We will likely be disappointed when we realize we probably weren’t George Washington, Attila the Hun, or Joan of Arc. More likely we were a woman who was sold to be a concubine at a young age. A shaman people loved and feared in Africa, 600 years ago. A man who had a gambling problems and added karmic ribbons to burn when he sold off two of his daughters to cover gambling debts. A soldier who deserted his fellow comrades because he feared and struggled with not feeling right about killing. A jealous sister in ancient Greece who seduced her older sister’s husband. A madame for a bunch of younger prostitutes in the old west with a heart of gold... We gain insight when we are willing to tune into who we truly are and why we are drawn to certain people, events or situations. I believe we do this in between lifetimes, so it’s not a bad way to get a head start or to integrate a bit of this in our present. And best of all, we realize the part of us that fears death or worries about things like eternal punishment is simply inaccurate. We know that we carry on and develop as a soul in different stages. This is not only a valuable deeper truth, but a doorway into enjoying what this current life has to offer secure in the knowledge that we lived before and will live again.
3-2022 Jim Ventura 

 

Notes

It looks like we just lived through the adage “March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb.” Here in Phoenix we had some beautiful 75 degree days, followed a few days later by low 60s, windy days,  and then a few days in the 80s. The nights have been cold (well our version of it anyway; 40s and low 50s). The temps could climb or drop 15 degrees in just a day or two. My friends around the country have reported similar experiences with radical temperature changes. I like to remind my readers that weather patterns to some extent mirror the collective of the people living in the area. Extremes of emotions, frustration, anger, fear, and confusion contribute to the formation and experience of weather patterns, both what we would perceive as good or bad ones. Turbulent weather often cleans the landscape too...

Recent inflation in many areas coincided with the peak of the Covid experience this winter. January and February had some high numbers of people testing positive for Covid. Partly due to more people testing, but also because it was like a collective experience for most of us to just get it (whether one gets sick or not varied from person to person) over with! Lock downs, masks, lack of human contact etc... can only go on for so long without disastrous side effects. The losses of life were horrible too for many families and my heart goes out to everyone impacted by this difficult time in our history. I said that this would likely be the course before it was over almost two years ago with a Walking Dead TV show on AMC analogy when everyone realizes they all basically have “it.” My Old Soul perspective of course angered a few people around me. Jeez, what else is new lol. I reiterate an important point: “There are hazards on the physical plane.” The positive side of this collective experience of everyone getting it, is that the perspective of a herd immunity seems to have finally arrived and while I don’t think it is gone forever (guessing its stays around like another form of lousy flu), it seems the extremes are at least over. 

The perspective of how I view world events and personal ones will resonate with some people and others will find it uncomfortable. This is how things are and I have gotten far more comfortable with the occasional rejections I experience from others. I only speak or write about subjects I have researched and am knowledgable about. Ask me about air conditioning repair, or surgery and I go blank, but I am impressed by those who are knowledgable about that subject and that's why I listen to and pay them when needed! It works the same way with clients that I work with one on one; some love my perspective and insights and others would prefer a different perspective. There are excellent psychologists and psychiatrists for people to work with. There are of course, a number of people in those fields that are lousy too. There should be no shame in working with a counselor to talk things out or get another perspective or insight. We have been going through some heightened turbulent times in the last few years. Whatever course my friends, readers, clients choose I would support the idea of adding a bit of this to the hopefully other important ways we take care of ourselves like exercise, eating healthy (for the most part!), sleeping well, etc...
Many of my long term (or short term of just a few years) regular clients have been checking in with me regularly for years. I offer quarterly, monthly, and every other month options. While we may do astrology updates, Tarot card readings, Rune pulls, angel cards etc...Many of my regular clients just like to talk about what is happening in their lives (while I typically take notes) and then I catch areas of blocked energy, limiting beliefs, and potentially healthier viewpoints both physically and energetically to consider taking. I am especially good at helping to see the emotional, energetic limitations that may contribute to disease. This can be hugely beneficial whether one takes a western medicine approach to solving it or uses alternative medicine. Working at solving it at multiple angles is likely to prove more successful. While insurance won’t cover sessions with me, the Regular Client program is discounted for those who use the service and sessions  can run as little as $50 a session with prepaid option. Request information about this program if interested.

Jupiter is going to conjunct Neptune in Pisces in early April. the 12th to be exact but we will feel the effects far sooner. This is actually a positive mass transit that will influence everyone. Its placement in your chart can get even more specific. Request an astrological transit update if interested in your next session (in-office, phone and face-time are all options) and I will be doing a radio show in early April to explain it’s larger effects.

I posted a video last month on YouTube.com about understanding soul age and in early April I will post part two. A deeper look at Old souls. Subscribe to my channel to get updates once a month when I post a new (approximately 10 minute video): J Ventura Snake Oil
Wishing everyone a-happy start to the spring! Cheers, Jim V

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” Anatole France

“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” Agatha Christie

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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein

 
Channeled corner. I read many, many books from different trance channelers in the 80s and 90s. Unfortunately many of them are now out of print, but I still have a huge collection and will share some of the best material I have collected over the years.

Seth on creativity and play
“Most people, however, are so utterly serious that they suspect their own creativity. They expect that its products will be unreal or not valid in the physical world. Yet there is a great correlation between what you think of as creativity, altered states of consciousness, play, and ‘spiritual’ development.’

When you create a poem or song or a painting you are in a state of play, of enjoyment, of freedom. You intend to make something different, to produce a new version of reality. You create out of love, for the sake of experience. At one time or another almost everyone has that kind of experience, but children have it often. They compose songs and music and paintings in their heads. They alter the focus of their consciousness frequently. They do not stop to ask whether or not the play is real or pertinent. Physically, play develops their body mechanisms. It also flexes the great capabilities of their minds. 

When you think: ‘Life is earnest,’ and decide to put away childish things, then often you lose sight of your own creativity and become so deadly serious that you cannot play, even mentally. Spiritual development becomes a goal that MUST be attained. The goal is to be achieved through hard work, and as long as you believe this you do not understand what the spirit is.
I keep returning to natural analogies-but plants do not work at developing their potential. They are not beautiful because they believe it is their responsibility to please your eye. They are beautiful because they love themselves and beauty. When you are so serious, you almost always distort the nature of your own spirit as far as your understanding of it is concerned. You cannot let your guard down long enough to discover what it is. You keep looking for new rules or regulations, or methods of discipline. You keep searching for a new ‘ascended master.’ or guru, to keep you in line and point out THE WAY...”

The Unknown Reality Volume Two Jane Roberts Channeling Seth.

Highlight session:
PAST LIFE READING

 
This session focuses on uncovering some of your past lifetimes. My abilities combined with the Phoenix cards, will help you to reconnect with the lessons and themes of other lifetimes and other selves. By understanding our past we become more clear about who we are in the present. We can see threads of abilities and challenges that we are currently working with and where they may have other faces. the Phoenix cards will also point out areas of this world and era’s where you may resonate with! 

You probably wont be surprised by the outcome of your past life reading. Most of us have dim and ghostly ideas of who we were. “Return me to the faraway places and times I once knew." This reading can powerfully jar your own memories of your past lifetimes.

Clients currently receiving my every other month newsletter receive $5 off listed rates for 45, 70, or 90 minute sessions (all formats that work with this session) and in-office clients who pay by check or cask receive and additional $5 discount. Phone or face-time, Zoom sessions are also available for out of area clients or locals who prefer a session from home. Email me at Venturasag@yahoo.com to book.

“Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that.” Ellen Degeneres

“Spring is the best life coach; It gives you all the energy you want, all the positive thoughts you wish and all the boldness you need!” Mehut Ildan

Snake Oil Radio

 

Thursdays at 3:30 pm (there will be two live broadcast this period)
My next live broadcast of Snake Oil Radio will be Thursday, March 31st at 3:30 p.m. mountain (Phoenix) time. I will follow an extra broadcast on April 7th to focus on the Jupiter Neptune conjunction. Usually one Thursdays each month you can catch a new show. Each 45 minute show will expand on my current column’s subject matter. It will also offer an opportunity for you to chat with other listeners in the chat room with comments and your thoughts about the topic of discussion. If you miss the live show, you can catch any of my previously recorded shows on the web site’s archive. You can also catch Snake Oil Radio on I-tunes (download my pod-casts there).

To hear a live show, all you need to do is be at a computer and tuned into: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jim-Ventura  You may also access it by going to the site and type “Snake Oil” into the search option. You can also go to the shows that are currently “On air” at that time and find me. The call in number is 646-200-3966 for questions and comments.

Here’s my contact information to make an appointment for a session, or information on current classes: Email: Venturasag@yahoo.com (best method for contact).
Phone calls: (602) 957-3035 text only: (602) 349-0746

Information about the different sessions and types of readings and services, past Snake Oil columns, and how to order my books and audio CD’s can be found at my website: Http://JimVentura.com

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All sessions/readings for 2020-2022 are: Full (70 minutes) $115.00; Shorter session (45 minutes) $90.00;  Extended session (90 minutes) $135.00 (two people can split an extended session back to back with an added fee of $5 for $70.00 each, although no other discounts will apply). Mini phone session 20 minutes $40. Email me for information about my Regular Client Program for even bigger discounts on session prices with the added benefit of monthly or quarterly check-ins. Purchasing 3 pre-paid sessions also brings sizable discounts. Some examples; 3 pre-paid 45 minute monthly sessions is $150 total or $50 a session. 3 pre-paid quarterly 70 minute session $240 or $80 a session.

January February 2022 Snake Oil/Karen Carpenter Wizard of Oz and Neptune

Karen Carpenter Wizard of Oz and Neptune

 

YouTube now has quite a few videos with young people playing Carpenters songs. Many of them are hearing them for the very first time. The look of disbelief from young rappers to professional voice coaches is priceless. Stunned, moved to tears, and just simply blown away by pure talent. Her voice was nothing short of extraordinary. In a similar way most everyone who has watched the movie The Wizard of Oz is instantly captivated. Typical reactions move back and forth between elation, awe, to sadness, fear then and back again. They are both great examples of powerful collaborations that touch upon something deeper in all of us. While we have practical needs we also long for magic and the extraordinary and how miraculously things can sometimes come together. Life can be enchanting at times, yet this aspect can also at times walk hand in hand with illusion and even tragedy. In astrology this aspect of humanity, a part that exists in all of us can be explained by the energy and movement of the planet Neptune. 

 

Neptune represents our dream life and the subconscious. Named after the god of the sea it is the aspect that triggers mystical things that appear in this world; the bleed-through from the Otherworld. It represents inspiration, poetry, glamour, things that captivate us, and when life appears in technicolor. Think of the appeal of epic movies, special effects, and the allure of movie and television stars often created in “Tinsel Town.” Marilyn Monroe was a country girl who became a superstar and a legend. Sometimes the fantasy and larger than life tales are even more epic than the actual people or events. Often a strongly placed Neptune in an astrology chart will show a disposition toward spiritualism, artistry, musicians, and people who seem to have a little or a lot of personal charisma. 

Neptune takes approximately 14 years to move through a sign. The sign it was in when you were born is part of your generations ideals. The house of life it was placed (and where Pisces is on the cusp of a house) is where it gets more personal and specific. In the second house for example, it can do with how you make money and how you create security for yourself. In the fourth house it can be the search for an ideal home or family, often triggered by a missing parent. In the 7th house it can be both a place of soulmate experiences, illusion and the search for the ideal mate. In the 11th house you are the kind empathic friend, who may at times see your friends through an overly idealistic lens. Any of the twelve houses where Neptune lives point to areas where you have experienced profound stories in your life that changed you. This area of life can also show where we may have at times wore rose-colored-glasses and the “Angels Weep.” We are inclined to reach for something greater than ourselves, and this is where we may lose our way and the ideal cannot match tangible reality. 

 

 Neptune is connected to our compassion, kindness, selflessness, and sacrifice. It rules the sign of Pisces too. The compassionate, empathic part of us is beautiful, a bit angelic, and without it we would be dry and sterile if we only relied on our intellects. The search for our personal ideal and our kindness, devotion and lack of boundaries can at times lead to suffering. The negative aspects of Neptune are deception, confusion, fraud and scams. An afflicted Neptune (badly aspected in a chart) can lead to preferring fantasy over reality. In extreme cases the seeking of release can lead to drug or alcohol abuse, criminal tendencies, and other forms of escapism. We yearn to dissolve the pain and find ecstasy. When we can’t reach our ideals, or give to much of ourselves we can splinter and feel pain. A lack of healthy boundaries can trigger the negative aspects of Neptune and wreak havoc. 

 I have Neptune in Scorpio in my 7th house of marriage and partnerships in my natal chart. I can truly say I have been in love (like head over heels, clouds parting, trumpets blaring connections) five times already in my life. And a few more that came awfully close. Some were good, even great and a few - especially in my younger years were a bit nightmarish. A criminal, and a few other lost souls in other ways painfully dotted my landscape. I played the victim and saviour archetype out a few times. My heightened empathy at a young age for other young men and women who were dealing with abusive parents or conditions made me want to help alleviate their pain. To be the big brother, the good one they seemed to need. Age and a healthy dose of Saturn (the responsible, sobering part of us that gets wiser over time after many tests) have helped me still keep the Neptune ideal while paying attention to what is actually real. People abused in their past can at times become the abusers themselves. Unrequited love can be common with Neptune in the fifth, seventh, or eight houses of personal relationships. A frustrating experience but weirdly useful too for performers and all kinds of creative people. 

 

 In the Wizard of OZ a young Dorothy wants to escape her home and the pain of her life and after a tornado lifts her home she finds herself in a magical world. She makes amazing new friends, confronts monsters, good witches and bad ones over the rainbow. In all of its colorful, jaw dropping, epic, and fascinating scenes she longs to go home. The smoke and mirrors of the powerful Oz are exposed. Yet, eventually she realizes she could go home all along and that “there is no place like home.” Karen Carpenter (Sun in Pisces in the 10th house of career and status in the world) searches for an ideal love. Millions of people have used the song “We’ve only just begun” as a wedding song. I dare you not to tear up a little or a lot when you hear it! It represents the ideal of starting a life together with a significant other. Her songs were both uplifting and sad. A wide range of emotions in her voice and a large catalog of hits and popular songs are now etched in history. After years of incredible, moving music she sadly passes away from Anorexia. The love she looked for outside herself needed to be found within. The sadness of this loss shook the world and for many it is still difficult to grasp after many decades. Yet the legacy of what she left behind is awe inspiring and has never been duplicated. All of this is truly a picture of Neptune. 

 What does Neptune ask of us? We are reminded to experience the colorfulness of life. To allow a bit of glamour, idealism, inspiration, and remarkable things be a part of our world sometimes. We can be inspired both by real tangible things and times when the Otherworld slips into our backyard. These aspects of life aren’t necessarily at cross purposes. There are times when things are truly magical and do we really want to miss out on a bit of enchantment? Neptune asks that we remember kindness and compassion. Everyone is wounded is some ways, and when we understand this, we can tap into the higher energy of Christ and the beauty of sacrifice. This path can lead us to feel a deeper, higher form of love. Neptune will help you inspire others in a world that longs for insight and healing. Along the way blind faith may leave you in real pain on occasion. When this occurs we need to shore up our faith again. A little pain and sadness can also be beautiful. We may have to look at where we got lost and relied too much on an ideal or fantasy; where we put on our rose-colored glasses. Did we connect to a deeper truth or was it what we wanted to see? Either way later when the story is told it will be a wondrous one, even with some moments of pain. It is one of the fantastic part of being human and this is why the Neptune part of us matters. And why the Wizard of Oz and The Carpenters songs and similar Neptunian things will endure for a very, very, long time. Jim Ventura 1-2022 

Notes

 

We made it to 2022! While our personal years actually begin on our birthday there is always some participation from all of us in the vibrations of the universal year too. 2021 was a 5 year (you can check out my short video on this subject on Instagram last month if you choose) key aspects are change, adaptation, physical sense highlighted, and movement. Agitation, uncomfortable change, arguments, and disruption can also be themes of the 5 year. 2022 is a 6 year which is more about home, family, service, grounding, giving, and responsibility. Negatives to the 6 year can be subservience, being overly sentimental, uncomfortable family themes, and trouble with receiving. Still overall the energy of the six is more grounded so I suggest a better year ahead in 2022 for many. Our personal numerology new year will be even more specific. This is why I often get a lot of requests in the new year for a session about the themes of the year overall (also a good session to do on or around your birthday!) with a look at your animal totem, tarot archetype, Rune stone, Lakota Indian message, and angel message. Just request a new year theme session when you email to book.

Latest YouTube video about themes of 2022 at    J Ventura Snake Oil

We have an interesting conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune coming up in early April of 2022. This is in the sign of Pisces so this is a lot of water! But Jupiter tends to expand and enlighten and is usually a lucky influence so there will be positive influences from this in the world.  This conjunction in your natal chart can show where this expansion will occur more specifically to you. I will talk about this aspect in more detail in March on either YouTube (subscribe at J Ventura Snake Oil) or my radio show at blogtalkradio.com.

Information about joining my Regular Client Program and taking advantage of my skills as a life coach and Navigational consultant (also Regulars pay notably discounted rates on sessions) would be a good way to start of the new year!

The death of so many significant people took place in 2021. On the last day of the year actor Betty White passed. Understandably many mourned the loss of this talented, lovable human being. She was just a few weeks away from turning 100! Rather than see this as sadness. I see it as a marker for a life well lived. She was strong, continued to work (Capricorn Sun sign), humble, and immensely talented. She passed in her sleep. Well done. Cheers to a life well lived and all the best as you head back into the Otherworld Betty!
Commit to making the new year ahead a good one and you will in your own life and create a path for others to follow if they choose. 

 

“In the life of spirit you are always at the beginning”    Cheers, Happy New year Jim V

“I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.” David Bowie

“The ‘success’ parts of life look good to others, but the best parts are actually in the simple, daily experiences. This is true whether you’re an actor or a teacher or a waitress. I know because I’ve been all three.” Lauren Graham

 

Channeled corner. I read many, many books from different trance channelers in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. Unfortunately many of them are now out of print, but I still have a huge collection and will share some of the best material I have collected over the years.

"Much of your mental experience daily is based upon the proposition that there is something wrong with each of you, for one reason or another. Again, it is difficult to say what I want to while still trying to avoid contradictions at your end—and yet it seldom occurs to you that you might just possibly be doing exactly what you were meant to do, or that you are in exactly the right place and time and circumstances."
Jane Roberts Channelling Seth

Regular Client Program 
My Regular clients enjoy working with the many different types of oracles I work with for enlightenment. But a good portion of them work with me in the form of an enlightened counselor, and life coach. Discussing what you are going through or working on at each time is definitely healing but also allows added insight from my many years of navigational consultations and the wisdom of working with a very old soul!
One of the best programs I have been doing for 24 years now is my Regular client program. The program is designed to benefit my clients at multiple levels. Clients who enroll in the program come in every three months for personal sessions (monthly, or every other month sessions are also an option). This can also be done for out-of-area clients by phone. Session prices are discounted for Regular clients. The focus of the program is on consistent work in developing your intuitive abilities, learning how to navigate more effectively through life by using the signs and signals that are all around us, and conquering fear-based programming permanently. We also get to work with all the many different oracles I currently work with! My Regular client program has resulted in some tremendous spiritual evolution for hundreds of people over the years. Some of my Regulars have gone on to do spiritual counseling, or similar types of work and some are healing and guiding others personally and professionally. The progress I have seen over the years among the majority of my Regular clients has been phenomenal. It is wonderful to see the spiritual, physical, and emotional progress I have assisted in motivating. So many of my Regular clients have dramatically changed the way they now view life and are enjoying a more enlightened point of view. You too can join this program as well, just ask.

More about the Regular Client Program... This program was designed to create an easy, cost effective way for my clients to progress in their spiritual development.
When we are consistent at attending to our body/mind/spirit, we naturally move through life with more harmony and greater joy. When our spiritual awareness is heightened and fine tuned we are often happier which helps us to enjoy all aspects of our lives, including occasional personal challenges because we see them as inevitably beneficial. We can truly assist the people around us. Human beings learn by example. Your intimate partnerships, friendships, family, and children benefit when you are in a good space.
The Regular Client Program makes it easier to prioritize keeping your spiritual, emotional and even physical “garden” free of weeds. In China, the professional soothsayer is a reverent and dignified calling.  It does not attract the sort of suspicion it does in the western world. In fact, in most eastern cultures, seeing an oracle reader is a sign of wisdom, success, and prestige. If you have an interest in increasing these attributes and working with a highly skilled navigational consultant then the Regular Client Program may be right for you.

My current rates for 2020-2022:
Full session (70 minutes) $115.00. shorter session (45 minutes) $90.00. Extended session (90 minutes) $135.00. 15-20 minute short phone sessions $40
Regular client program discounted rates for 2020-2022:
Quarterly (every three months) Regulars:
Full 70 minute sessions $90.00 shorter 45 minute sessions $65.00 Extended 90 minute sessions $110.00. 15-20 minute short phone sessions $20.
Every other month Regulars: Full 70 sessions $85.00. Shorter 45 minute sessions $60.00. Extended 90 minute sessions $105.00. 15-20 minute short phone sessions $20.
Monthly Regulars:
Full 70 minute sessions $80.00. Shorter 45 minute sessions $55.00 Extended 90 minute sessions $100.00. 15-20 minute short phone sessions $15.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PREPAY 3 OR MORE SESSIONS YOU RECEIVE AN EVEN BIGGER DISCOUNT.
Prepaid three quarterly sessions: (3) - 45 minute sessions $175. (3) - 70 minute sessions $240. (3) - 90 minute sessions $285.
Prepaid three every other month sessions: (3) -45 minute sessions $165. (3) - 70 minute sessions $225. (3) - 90 minute sessions $265.
Prepaid three monthly sessions: (3) - 45 minute sessions $150. (3) - 70 minute sessions $210. (3) - 90 minute sessions $250.

* Regular clients get to choose whether they will come in for a full, 45, or extended session. You may vary the length of each session each time you come in for your appointments, and still keep your discounted rates.
* I will contact you a few weeks before your next appointment by email or phone for scheduling. If there is a need for a few weeks delay or to come in sooner or for an extra appointment this is also an option.
* Sessions can be used for all of the different readings I offer, transformation sessions, reality change sessions, or personalized instruction on how to read oracles yourself.
* Regular Clients can purchase gift certificates for sessions to give to friends and family at their discounted rates.
* If at any point you decide to come in more often or less often, or even exit the program, simply let me know. I have worked with clients who have come monthly for two years, then switched to quarterly, etc... Clients who exit the program can still come in randomly for sessions, although they will be required to pay current non-regular client rates.
“There are more people doing good stuff and moving us forward than there are people sowing division. I surround myself with people who have faith.” Maria Shriver

 New Client Special 2022 
January 1st thru July 31st 2022 Special:

 

$10-15 off listed rates for your first 45 minute session, 70, or 90 minute session! Debit and credit card payments get $10 off for 45, 70, and 90 minute sessions. Local in-office clients can get an extra $5 off for cash or check payments for sessions. If you want to buy a new client a thoughtful gift of a session for a friend or family member you can also take advantage of these rates! 

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” Helen Keller

 

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end.” Seneca

Snake Oil Radio

 

Thursdays at 3:30 pm (there will be two live broadcast this period)
My next live broadcast of Snake Oil Radio will be Thursday, January 27th at 3:30 p.m. mountain (Phoenix) time. Usually one or two Thursdays each month you can catch a new show. Each 45 minute show will expand on my current column’s subject matter. It will also offer an opportunity for you to chat with other listeners in the chat room with comments and your thoughts about the topic of discussion. If you miss the live show, you can catch any of my previously recorded shows on the web site’s archive. You can also catch Snake Oil Radio on I-tunes (download my pod-casts there).
To hear a live show, all you need to do is be at a computer and tuned into: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jim-Ventura  You may also access it by going to the site and type “Snake Oil” into the search option. You can also go to the shows that are currently “On air” at that time and find me. The call in number is 646-200-3966 for questions and comments.

More detail on one of the many sessions I currently offer:
Viking Rune Stones session

 

The Viking Rune stones are a language, a pathway, and a navigational aid for the Spiritual Warrior: someone who understands that the battle of the Spiritual Warrior is always with the self.

The Runes are an instrument for learning to listen to the will of our Higher Self. They are a means of listening to that part of ourselves that knows everything we need to know for our lives now. They are part of understanding that in the life of Spirit we are always at the beginning.
The Runes are markers for knowing what right action truly is.

The Runes are an oracle that I repeatedly go back to, they are a wise reminder that “The starting point is the self. Its essence is water. Only clarity, willingness to change, is effective now. A correct relationship to yourself is primary, for from it flow all possible right relationships with others and with the divine...” Rune of Self-Mannaz

“Prepare then, for opportunity disguised as loss...” Rune of strength Uruz

“Seeking after wholeness is the Spiritual Warrior’s quest. And yet what you are striving to become in actuality, is what, by nature, you already are...” Rune of Wholeness Sowelu

While a bit stylized of course because it was made for television..., there was some aspects of this discussion that I did early last year (in this case geared toward finding love for a Valentine’s Day episode) for the List TV show on ABC that are still quite good.

https://www.thelisttv.com/the-list/find-true-love-with-the-ancient-tradition-of-casting-runes-2-11-21/?fbclid=IwAR3O03y_1O4mMS1B6Ml6VXDRVoTrI9CkT95NBcjKh7ztEogX8_4bDjoCilY

 

Here’s my contact information to make an appointment for a session, or information on current classes: Email: Venturasag@yahoo.com (best method for contact).
Phone calls: (602) 957-3035 text only: (602) 349-0746

Information about the different sessions and types of readings and services, past Snake Oil columns, and how to order my books and audio CD’s can be found at my website: Http://JimVentura.com

“Friend” me on Facebook to get other extra offers and in between column extras! Signing up for my fan page will get you even more extras and first shot at reading specials. Simply click on “like” on the fan page and you will automatically get my weekly updates.
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Subscribe to my YouTube Channel (approximately once a month 6-10 minute videos) at
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All sessions/readings for 2020-22 are: Full (70 minutes) $115.00; Shorter session (45 minutes) $90.00;  Extended session (90 minutes) $135.00 (two people can split an extended session back to back with an added fee of $5 for $70.00 each, although no other discounts will apply). Mini phone session 20 minutes $40. Email me for information about my Regular Client Program for even bigger discounts on session prices with the added benefit of monthly or quarterly check-ins. Purchasing 3 pre-paid sessions also brings sizable discounts (example 3 pre-paid 45 minute sessions is $150 total or $50 a session...)