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Welcome to the business and personal website of me, Jan Burch - aka Jan4insight - owner & practitioner of Geo-Glow Consulting. Call me a “Renaissance woman” > My business aims to be your go-to source for holistic energy work and intuitive readings. My creative side makes (and sells!) gorgeous one-of-a-kind handcrafts and fabulously colorful print-on-demand gifts and more. Here at my site, you can find me on the Web, order a reading, learn more about my energy work services, and check in with my occasional musings. Legal stuff: This site uses cookies, and some posts may contain affiliate links. Thank you very much.

Monday, June 29, 2009
Jan's Zazzle Store Now Open!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Here's a Chance to Win these Cute Earrings!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
The Seeing Eye Sees Clearly: CycleCast for Summer Solstice to Lammas (June 20 to August 2, 2009)
But first, we must see clearly. The trend of this CycleCast leads us towards the Eye ~
We think we're all grown up, don't we, fellow-travelers? That is because we carry with us the energy of the Tree - mature, sheltering, and stable. The Universe laughs - we have to let go! Old patterns get released, like fluid draining down a Siphon, allowing new energies to come in. We're supposed to get out of our tree house, and go mix with others!
In the recent past, we've been focused Inward and gazing at the Moon. Enough with our dreams and longings and moodiness. Now it's time to pluck the ripe Cherry and get involved! If your Crown of inner guidance doesn't slip, and you allow the Mask to come off and reveal that which has been hidden, you'll find that the Eye of perception allows clear vision and true sight. We may have to Wander for awhile before getting there, but that's okay. It's our restlessness that motivates us to get up and go seeking.
This CycleCast puts us firmly at the beginning of a new cycle, yet we're still testing out our attitudes, which allows us to feel in control. It's not an illusion, unless we choose the wrong attitudes! As I said above, the major theme of this cycle is freedom, growth, expansion, reaching for our highest hopes, and surpassing limitation. Even if I weren't as politically-boned as I am, I would still say the Iranian uprising is expressing this theme in a remarkable and perhaps world-changing way. By July 7-8, we should be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. And who knows, by the following week, we may even be in a position to choose quality in our lives. From there it's a matter of nurturing our hopes and resources, and growing them into the mid-summer promise of harvest time.
I'll have another CycleCast around August 2, to take us up to the Autmun Equinox. And don't forget my energy of the Month posts, which always come around the first week of each month. Blessed Be.
Would you like to have a forecast of your personal energy cycles? My intuitive readings will help answer your questions and illuminate your path - and are now available by e-mail!. For information and to request a reading, click here, or send a message to burchjan@gmail.com. Visit my website www.GeoGlowConsulting.com for more information about my intuitive services.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
A Brief Note Before the Summer Solstice
For those of who you haven't heard, a major movement towards f r e e d o m is taking place as I write, on the streets of Tehran and other cities in Iran, and around the globe and thousands join in solidarity, and in the cybersphere via blog posts, twitters, video uploads. I've never seen any thing quite like it in all my years of protest and activism. Two news sources that can catch you up on it: www.HuffingtonPost.com and CNN International.
It is in solidarity with the brave dissenters of Iran that I have changed my avatar. Green is the color of the dissent movement; and the image of Green Tara (Kwan Yin, the goddess of compassion) is, I think, an appropriate entity to evoke at this time. An advance reading of my CycleCast tells me that the quest for freedom - for oneself and others - is strong in the psychic-energy weather right now. May the spirit of freedom and peace eventually prevail, around the world!
I'll have more to say about the CycleCast, which will be posted tonight or tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Notable Quote: The Edges of Science
...long before normal science gets disrupted, we're likely to find, on the edges of normal science, a coterie of scientists who have happened across some observation that won't fit, and it nags at them. Their work becomes increasingly concerned with making it make sense. They develop experimental programs. They establish labs and accumulate research. Meanwhile, normal science proceeds as usual, barely noticing what's piling up at the edges.
~ Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, Ph.D., from Extraordinary Knowing: Science, Skepticism, and the Inexplicable Powers of the Human Mind
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Last Call for Father's Day Gifts!
I've added more items to my Dad's Day gift section at my Etsy shop. Take a look at my newest embellished shirt. I call it Tribal Elegance, and it's my favorite design so far ~
I love the way the tropical flower motifs - cut from a vintage-look Hawaiian shirt fabric - came together in this collaged pattern that's reminiscent of tribal tattoos! I can just see the lucky guy who gets this shirt wearing it at a beach wedding (even better if he's the groom!). There is a smaller motif appliqued to the front pocket, and this ooak shirt comes with its own card, to make your one-stop gift shopping super easy! You'll find more pictures and complete details about this shirt at the link given above.
If buying a shirt seems like too much of a project at this late date, I've also added some bookmark sets to my gift section. The set below is called Jewel Tones, and it's made from a recycled silk necktie ~
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Take Me to the River: a walk to the Rio Grande - with a mission
- Aldo Leopold, Sand County Almanac
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
The Essence of Slate Blue
Here's the link to Charan's blog post: Creative with Clay.
Enjoy!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Fashion Frenzy: Dad's Day Gift Shirts
This summery shirt is currently being featured on the Apparel & Shoes page of IndieSpotting.com ~
Back and front views of this fabulous piece. It's a quality all-cotton shirt, well-washed for softness, and made ooak with the addition of colorful appliques ~
Perfect for casual days at the office, don't you think? This ooak shirt has been called "awesomely cool" in the Etsy forums; coming from a top seller, I take that as quite a compliment.
So that's what I have in shop right now - but tonly wo items in a section looks rather sparse, I think. Besides, I'm addicted to the process of putting appliques on shirts - it's so much fun! So today, I went off to the thrift store, and came home with more basic button-downs to make into new listings (I also bought up a stack of cool CDs for $1 each, and got some much-needed refreshment to my music collection :). My goal is to have another shirt posted by the end of this coming week - just in time for Father's Day - plus a few smaller items like coffee cozies and such.
That, dear readers, will be my celebration of Dad's Day for 2009. I'd love to hear you're doing in your shops for the occasion. To keep me busy after the 21st, I've got a bunch of women's shirts to embellish with my special touch. With the ladies' gear, I can go wild and use gem embellishments, ribbons, metallic paint, etc - now that's really going to be fun!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Notable Quote: On Wit
During a heated argument, Montague scowled at Wilkes and said derisively, "Upon my soul, Wilkes, I don't know whether you'll die upon the gallows, or of syphilis."
... Unfazed, Wilkes came back with what many people regard as the greatest retort of all time: "That will depend, my Lord, on whether I embrace your principles, or your mistress."
~P.M. Forni, The Civility Solution
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
It's the Pearl: Energy of the Month for June 2009
The energy of The Pearl represents, among other things, a turning point. If you are ready to close out one phase of your life and begin another, this is the month to consolidate all of that hard-won experience and wisdom. Like the pearl in nature, which develops its lustrous coat through small, daily accumulations, this Pearl represents the riches - both spiritual and otherwise - that we gain through lifetimes of daily acts of caring. Remember ,another word for "experience" is karma - the sum total of our soul's resume, experience put to good use, leading us to self-assuredness.
The Pearl's nearest neighbors on the Star+Gate card pattern are:
The Handle ~ urging to us to create our own opportunities - to start things, rather than wait for life to happen to us.
The Rod ~ taking command of one's life.
The Wind ~ the challenge of how we adapt to change: be like the tree that sways in the wind.
The Cave ~ a place of refuge and connection with our inner resources.
The Coffin ~ reverently putting to rest the old, so that we can make way for the new - shamanic death leading to transformation, regeneration, and rebirth.
Significant themes this month will center around seeking harmony and balance; practicing the lessons of give and take; and feeling the power that comes from combining with others. At the same time, we may see a breaking-up of old patterns - which may be painful to those who hold onto them - leading to a (perhaps welcome) softening of rigid positions. This is the opening that allows the new to come in. What that might be lies ahead for a future reading.
If this sounds rather dense and heavy, well, it is ~ but let's call it profound, shall we? For there are indeed deep currents moving through this reading. This month will be a fruitful time to tap the riches within. Some of us may have powerful, even turbulent, epiphanies of understanding. Most of us will most just buckle down and get serious about this journey along our soul's path. And it's a good, too, because these energies form a smooth current rolling us onward, and it's best to go with the flow.
These energy transformations will develop and build throughout the month, culminating in the last days of June (the 28th to be exact) and extending into the first few days of July. Before then, I will be back with a new Summer Solstice CycleCast!
Would you like to have a forecast of your personal energy cycles? My intuitive readings will help answer your questions and illuminate your path - and are now available by e-mail!. For information and to request a reading, click here, or send a message to burchjan@gmail.com. Visit my website www.GeoGlowConsulting.com for more information about my intuitive services.