@lovendures I am so glad I posted! I love, love, love this! I knew you would have some additional insight.
I completely agree that we may see something significant on those dates, including both western and eastern Easter. I hadn't researched St. Alexandra, so that is really interesting that her name date is April 21st and I didn't know of her connection to St. George (also a big defender...)
"One who comes to save warriors" - that seems very significant.
Thank you!
@cc21, I love your dream! It is powerfully rich and feels significant, both personally and collectively. It’s hopeful. Your dream has created such a feeling of peacefulness in me. @lovendures, I love your interpretation.
@cc21, I am of Polish heritage, and when you mentioned the brown-skinned baby, I immediately thought of the icon painting, the Black Madonna, or Our Lady of Częstochowa. I’ve always been drawn to her. I just researched a bit of the heritage. Here’s a brief summary from Wikipedia:
In 1655 the Black Madonna is said to have miraculously saved the monastery of Jasna Góra from a Swedish invasion. The monks and 180 local volunteers, mostly from the Polish nobility, held off 4,000 Swedes for 40 days, saved the Black Madonna icon and, according to some accounts, turned the course of the war.
Our Lady of Częstochowa is regarded as one of the most popular shrines in Poland. Elderly pilgrims visited the shrine through the countryside at nighttime and at great personal risk during the Nazi occupation.
Ukrainians have a special devotion for the Madonna of Częstochowa. The icon is often mentioned in Ukrainian folk songs from the 16th and 17th centuries.
There are two scars on her right cheek. I love those scars, but never knew the significance. Here’s what I found:
The story of the slash marks on the Madonna's face goes back to 1430, when the monastery was attacked and the painting stolen by a band of Hussites. Legend states that when the Hussities made off with the icon in a horse-drawn wagon, the horses stopped, refusing to go further. The soldiers threw the image on the ground to lessen the weight of the wagon, and one of them slashed it in anger, leaving two gashes.
It is said that attempts to paint over the scars and restore the Madonna's face are never effective—the scars stubbornly remain. It seems they are an integral part of the image. The scars also recall the often difficult and heroic history of the people of Poland.
@deetoo I absolutely love this connection! I had not thought of it. It is really meaningful for the current situation. Yes, so much cultural overlap between Poland and Ukraine and lots of spiritual power and devotion there, esp. Marian devotion. Thanks for bringing that up. I especially love that my dream brought a sense of peacefulness to you. I felt that as well during the dream - very peaceful and calm.
@deetoo there is also another black Modonna in Spain called Our Lady of Montserrat, many pilgrims go there every year. I have always wanted to go. I also have wanted to go to Lourdes too, and also explore other spiritual places in Europe. What got me interested in it all and also the Lady of Fatima was the miracles and the hope some of these shrines and places give to people over many years. As someone who has also been struggling with their health, it really opened my eyes to spiritual healing and helped me to feel less alone and really believe in divine work and intervention.
Last night I had a train dream, too. Everything was dark and gray, except for a bright red rose that one of us held. As I and my fellow passengers looked at it, it opened out more and became even more intensely beautiful. It’s beauty was so powerful that it touched the heart and we couldn’t look away.
Last night I had a train dream, too. Everything was dark and gray, except for a bright red rose that one of us held. As I and my fellow passengers looked at it, it opened out more and became even more intensely beautiful. It’s beauty was so powerful that it touched the heart and we couldn’t look away.
this seems very significant to the collective energies I have been tracking for the past few weeks/months
@gbs, I love your dream! I posted under Random Predictions about a train vision I had during last week's Circle of Light meditation. I agree with @sistermoon about the collective significance of it.
I had a very strange/funny dream this morning:
I had a dream that I was trapped in an apartment with Putin and another woman. He was hitting on both of us. I did my best to think fast to repel him before he got any ideas about trying something with me. I dumped out the entire contents of my purse onto the floor. This seemed to work because he was very uncomfortable, looked horrified and said he needed to take a shower. I called my husband and told him not to worry, if anyone could keep him at arm’s length it would be me. The other woman and I then started thinking of ideas to stop him from doing any more harm. Then I woke up.
I don’t know what this means if anything but I am very impressed/amused that dumping out the contents of my purse and making a mess had so much power!
I had a weird dream I don’t know if it was a prediction or my paranoia. I was watching a tv program and an old woman psychic was on and said basically the vks will launch a missile into Poland and that will start the last forever war. I had no idea what vks was so I looked it up and it seems like it’s the Russian acronym for the Russian Air Force.