posted December 02, 2002 04:05 PM              

This thread has been started for those of you who are perhaps just slowly opening the doors of Lindaland, tip-toe-ing quietly in this forum and asking yourself …what are LEXIGRAMS? How are they “born”? Can I LEXI? What do I need to LEXI? Are there rules to lexigramming?…

Nothing we say here can ever better the explanation given in an amazing book by Linda Goodman: Star Signs (fortunately available everywhere , “used” star signs paperback are sold on amazon.co.uk for about 70pence/50 us cents) I have long ago given up finding words to appropriately express the marvel one feels while reading it + explanations of lexigrams in that book are given with a very proper esoteric-surrounding of chapters before & after.

In brief…

Each word/name/phrase is made of certain letters.

i.e. the word COINCIDENTAL contains these letters: LTNNDCCOIIEA.

Certain NEW (OLD?) words/phrases/names can be created with the use of those, available letters. The new words/phrases that are created with the available letters are… LEXIGRAMS!

However, there are certain (strict) rules with regard to how lexis are “born”.

RULE 1

You can create as many words as you like. Linda’s average was 20-30 words per lexigram. You can use the same letter in DIFFERENT words of your lexi, but not twice in the same word – unless there are two of a same letter available.

I.e. out of LTNNDCCOIIEA

- you may create: I CANNOT NAIL or I CLONED A CAT ( for want of a better lexi?)
- but you may not create I AM AN ALIEN (no M!) or I ADD (only one D may be used per word!)

RULE 2

The word/name/phrase you wish to lexi should not contain all five vowels, A-E-I-O-U. Ideally, it will only contain three of them. Also, the total number of letters should not exceed 15 – this is when you add vowels to the consonants.

It is permissable for the phrase to contain as many “copies” of one letter. I.e. if the original name/phrase/word has less than 15 different and separate letters of the alphabet, it doesn’t make a difference whether it has 3 or 33 Os, or if it has 5 or 15 Bs.

RULE 3

Lexigrams (the new words you form) need studying, they need pondering, they need interpreting… please remember to complete your final lexi IN CAPITALS.

I.e. COINCIDENTAL lexies into NOT AN ACCIDENT.

Lexigramming takes practise… it can also take considerable time, most of it for tuning in to your inner-s-elf, waking your Higher Self up… and soon you shall witness little word druids by your side… opening up amazing new worlds…

I would like to hope this is the essence…

Hopeful, LTD, the panel and the Knowflakes will assist me with their helpful advice and hints… also, any questions are very welcome…

Finally… happy lexigramming everyone!

posted December 03, 2002 06:12 PM              

I know people have different techniques they use for doing the lexi's, but I like to write as many words as I can in lower case letters. Sometimes, I then need to let the words sit. However, often times a phrase will jump out at me and then the lexi spirals from there - in all caps - as Miracle said.

So yes, HAPPY LEXIGRAMMING!

Hopeful

posted December 03, 2002 06:57 PM              

It's so interesting....

I usually first pick out the single words & then let them sit too! (I picture the druids taking the words to the bakery to be baked!)... after a while, I just start noticing connections between them, as if they're being pulled together.... to form little thoughts or phrases...

posted December 05, 2002 01:59 PM              

Now for the count.

Each LETTER is an Alphabetical Symbol.
Each COPY is a REPEAT or Replica of that Symbol.
Our alphabet contains 26 letter / symbols.
Any word or sentence to be Lexigrammed can contain a maximum total of 15 Symbols.
It can not exceed 4 vowel Symbols in that total.
Any letter used in the original word, phrase, name or sentence to be Lexigrammed may have unlimited repeats, but is counted as one symbol.
However, within any one LEXIGRAM WORD the repeat of a symbol is limited only to the total number of times it is used in the original (word, phrase, name or sentence).
You can make as many Words as you like though.
Examples:

abracadabra =
aaaaa
bb
c
d
rr
...
= 5 symbols or letters including 1 vowel.

M
OO
N
L
I
G
H
T
...
= 8 letters incl. 2 vowels.

aaaa
nnnn
u
dd
eee
rr
ss
t
b
l
w
...
= 11 alphabetical symbols incl. 3 vowels
= AN UNDERSTANDABLE ANSWER?
From these three words: e.g.
WEEDED (allowed)
sweetened (not allowed)
AREAS (allowed)
arrears (not allowed)

in Love and Light
imajre

posted December 08, 2002 01:30 AM              

happiness for all!

posted January 06, 2003 10:46 AM              

Has anyone tried Not to Lexi Linda's writings? I find it impossible. Star Signs for example, is chock-full of "Lexi-able" words and I think that her mastery of the language in this way makes her books so profound yet with an easiness of style that makes her appear the artist of simplification, yet she can still hold so many secrets in plain sight!

Now I wouldn't call it a technique as such, but more of a way of life for me as far as Lexigramming goes! I write everything down in lower case longhand, recording the details as the druids are relaying their messages through me onto the page. I simply am not fast enough on a keyboard to keep up with them, especially if they are coming at me from all directions. I also find I have a more personal awareness of them in doing it this way, as I see them in my mind's eye both serious and humorous too, & delighting me often with their antics. I am also aware of the 'heads & tails' of letters as well this way, though when I am finished I find I have automatically written important words in CAPitalS anyway as I have gone along.

Now if I am reading an interesting book, (they stop me maybe a dozen times a page to point out a word,) then I have to delve in and Lexi it which will either explain its deeper meaning or that of the context. It is an amazing journey.
The same if I go into my dictionary (Oxford of course) for just ONE word, the round trip comes up with many unexpected connections because I never know where I'll end up, and I often have to think on what the original word was!

I admit they constantly accompany me which is why my 'story-telling' druids often get full rein to spiral, but if I exert mastery over them on anything, it is that they may not use letters that are not there, though they have their own methods of adding one if it is important.

Whereas Hopeful allows hers to do so, my stance is tougher concerning the rules and has been all through the years I have been Lexigramming.

But anyway....
So now over to U Hopeful to explain the phonetic uses U employ so well.

in Love and Light

imajre

posted January 07, 2003 08:32 PM              

ASTROLOGY = STAR TOOL

KNOWLEDGE = KNOW GOD

ORGAN TRANSPLANT = TO GRANT A PART TO GO ON

DOLPHIN SECRET = PHONE LINE TO LORD, HONEST

CLASSICAL MUSIC = CALMS US

DESIRE TO KNOW = STIR WONDER, SEEK NOW

TRIANGLE = GREAT GIANT ANGEL NEAR IN AIR

MEDICAL SCIENCE = MEDICINE IS IDEAL AID

CRYSTAL PYRAMID = STAR MAP, ATLAS AT CRYPT

posted January 08, 2003 12:55 AM              

Cool elfilosophy

posted January 08, 2003 03:51 PM              

Welcome!!! What a treat your lexis are!

I very much enjoyed reading them - you broke no rules whatsoever - and I actually think there's not too much to add, I prefer them as they are. Crystal clear.

posted March 26, 2003 02:37 AM              

Trying to Lexi two names together doesn't really flow well for me and I try not to do it. Everyone is different though!

posted April 02, 2003 07:21 AM              

I cannot get anything but lists of words!!!
What am I doing wrong??
Your Lexi's flow,
mine are chopped up like fire wood!!
Any suggestions??

posted May 21, 2003 12:33 AM              

Annie I missed that question!!!