Happy Year of the Fire Horse!

Happy New Year!

It has been a while since I have written and not made a video. I have many updates to share with you, but first I'd like to reflect on some of the changes we are all experiencing recently and in the new year. You don't need me to tell you that AI is now everywhere. This is to be expected as the north eclipse point of the moon, Rahu, entered Aquarius last year.

The thing about Rahu is that it brings so much excitement wherever it goes that it can encourage addiction. Aquarius is all about technology, so you can see where this is going. Rahu shows us how far something can go, even though it can be out of balance, and reveals the downsides of taking things too far.

I have mentioned before that the data centers needed to support AI and other technologies require swimming pools of water every minute to cool the generators needed to run these servers. The water is not of good quality when they are done with it. But also, keeping the batteries and devices close to our bodies for more than a few minutes can progressively dehydrate us in a way that drinking more water cannot alleviate, leading to inflammation and many other health problems, including with our nervous systems, which accommodate electrical signals all too easily.

Dr. Ibrahim Karim, founder of BioGeometry, talks about the quality of the electrical energy we use being akin to the dessicating aspects used for mummification near the Sahara desert. He also talks about them lending themselves very much toward left-brain thinking. I have noticed people wearing smart watches acting increasingly as though they can only ever see things in the most linear, black and white ways. This sort of one-sided thinking makes it exceedingly difficult to advance diplomacy in any situation.

So, what are some solutions? There are tools that have been shown to decrease, block, and transform electro-magnetic fields to protect life, both from BioGeometry and elsewhere, and I would strongly encourage everyone to look into them or feel free to ask me for recommendations. But today I would like to focus on what we can do to promote a more harmonious life force in our lives, espcially as we approach eclipse season with a solar eclipse on February 17 and lunar eclipse on March 3 according to my sidereal calculations, and as we near these dates, we will notice more and more binary thinking and dry, aggravated relations.

I have revamped my website and, even if you are already on my email list, you can get 3 tips for creating your haven if you sign up again at AmyCarynJohnson.com. I am offering services geared more toward harmonizing our environs, mostly outdoors but also indoors. But I am also pursuing a masters degree at the moment, so I will not have a lot of availability yet.

People in Colorado where I live and those also in arid climates have recognized the decreasing availability and increasing price of water, though they may not understand how much AI and other technologies have impacted that. Many have sought to "xeriscape" their yards, though they often think and say "zero-scape." The problem with "zeroscaping" is that your trees are unlikely to survive it. Some water will still be needed for the trees and some other plants, especially when we have warm dry autumns and winters as we have so far in Metro Denver.

I also advise against using too much rock, and especially against weed barrier. The latter, because it doesn't work and requires the use of herbicides. Rock can make things hotter and drier, but there are places where its use is still appropriate. The best thing for pollinators like bees, butterflies, and birds, as well as to keep out weeds, is to plant xeric groundcovers, preferably blooming.

This is because getting plants you want to grow vigorously will mostly choke out the weeds. Then you don't have to use herbicide which is bad for trees, the plants you want to grow, bad for you, your pets, and bad for pollinators. Getting plants established at first requires a little extra water, but if you choose xeric plants, they will not need a lot of water for maintenance.

I really like catmint for this purpose, though it is not native, but it grows pretty well even in rock, blooms nearly all seasons (spring/summer/fall), and requires little to no water now that it is established. The rock I have is on the north side of my home, so I am also growing columbines, yarrow, phlox, sunflowers, and borage there. The sunflowers do best at the west end with more sun, but the columbines, borage, and phlox would need more water if they were on a southern or western exposure and especially on rock, though the columbines are native.

"Natives" are not necessarily xeric or low-water plants, you see. They may be native to northern aspects in the mountains, or river banks, or wetlands, like cottonwood trees. There are native junipers that are xeric, but usually the native juniper shrubs are not used, and care should be taken to keep them trimmed away from homes as they can increase the fire danger. Varieties of Rocky Mountain juniper trees are soemtimes used, but care must be taken with them too.

I do have a meetup group for those interested in checking out the kinds of activities, education, and guidance I may provide relative to landscapes: https://www.meetup.com/xeriscape-havens-meetup-group/​

DISCLAIMERS *I am not a healthcare professional. This guidance is given only to support a healthy connection with nature. If you have any health problems, mental or physical, please seek professional help.