Month: October 2018

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Dumb Supper

Halloween is upon us. It’s called Samhain if you follow The Wheel of The Year.  And it’s a time for reverence of our ancestors.  Our friends and family who have passed on from this world to the spirit world.

And there are countless ways to celebrate this.  An easy way is to create an ancestor altar.  A space or place in your home (or work space) that is dedicated to them. Their picture, food or drink they liked, candles, incense, flowers….the list goes on and on.

Another way to practice this day is the dumb supper.  Dumb meaning, silent. To not speak.  When you eat dinner that night, you set a place at the table for them.  The plate, the glass, the napkin, the fork and knife and you invite them to dine with you. To share the meal with you. And you don’t talk.  Which may be hard for people who live with other people or who eat with others. If you live and/or eat alone, it’s probably not that difficult.  But it’s a moment to invite the good kind spirits (emphasis on good and kind) to share a meal with you.

I leave the setting out until the next morning.  Time is a man-made construct. So dinner time in my world may not be dinner time in theirs.  Wink wink. I try to be mindful of that. A quiet, respectful way to honor your ancestors and to invite them to share your home and your space with you.

Be open to what calls you…

OracleIndigo

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Oracle Card Reading of the Month – November 2018

This is from the Oracle of Mystical Moments by Catrin Weiz-Stein.

This is a two card spread.  The first card is where you are now. The second card is where you are heading. The first card is Elixir of Life. A card of healing. Being healed, or experiencing healing. And it can be healing through nature in some way.  Being healed “through or by nature” can mean a lot of things. It can be a holistic approach to medicine or healing.  Something as simple as drinking chamomile tea before bed to relax. Or dabbing lavender oil on the corners of your pillow to calm anxiety and help with sleep.  Or, it can be making a deliberate decision to spend some time every day outside.  Even if it’s cold or the weather isn’t ideal. It doesn’t have to be for a long time, either. Literally, one to two minutes of time outside can be amazing for increasing our energy and even improving out outlook on things.  But there’s healing. And it may come through nature or some experience with nature.

The card of where you’re headed is Abracadabra.  One of my favorite cards in this deck. This is about magic.  It corresponds to The Magician in the traditional tarot. It’s about creating magic, manifesting your reality. Having the ability and the power to do that. And we all have it, we just either don’t know it, lose sight of it, or don’t know how to use it.   But magic is ahead.  Or, you could be experiencing a magical moment.  That amazing moment when you wish for something or want for something…and within minutes or days…it happens. A beautiful card.

Be open to what calls you…

OracleIndigo

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Tarot Card Reading of the Week – October 28, 2018

All three cards are major arcana cards. So this could be an intense week ahead.  Intense doesn’t have to be bad or hard or difficult. It could just be that some pretty interesting or exciting or life-altering events take place.

The card in the past position (the energy we are leaving) is The Star upright.  This is the “wish fulfillment” card of the major arcana.  It represents a wish being fulfilled. Or just a feeling of being blessed. Or, actually BEING blessed. That feeling you have when things in your life and within yourself seem to flow with ease.

The card in the present position is The Magician upright.  One of my favorite cards (so is the next one after this). This is a card of manifestation. It’s a card of the power to create.  You have all the tools you need to create the thing or the event that you want.  They’re all right there in front of you. This is card of realizing that, and using them to manifest your desire into reality.  And it may just have this “magical” feeling to it.  Like when you think about wanting something or, “it’d be nice if I could find a parking space on the first floor of the parking garage instead of the seventh….” And it happens.  Get ready for some magic to come into your life – if it isn’t there already.

The future card is The High Priestess upright. She’s an oracle, a source of wisdom and knowledge. People seek her out for her guidance and insight.  So this can indicate an actual person that you go to (or who simply presents in your life…like magic, as if you manifested them) for some advice. And she (or they, it doesn’t have to be a female) lead you to the exact place and/or decision you need.  It can also be you. YOU are becoming this person.  Maybe you’ve been trying to work with your own intuition or you’ve been spending more time practicing meditation and you start to “see” (no pun intended) the results of your efforts.  Or maybe you just have an interesting experience with the other side.

This is a time of year when “the veil is thinning.” Meaning, the veil between this world and the spirit world.  The few weeks ahead of Halloween (also called Samhain). It is not uncommon for people to experience or have ghost stories or to experience these unexplainable experiences with their loved ones who have passed over. Not in a scary way. Sometimes, the experiences can be funny.  Most often, they’re just reassuring.  That card could indicate that there will be an experience with an ancestor or with a guide or angel. And maybe that’s exactly what you need to validate to yourself that your intuitive gifts are real and that you have the power to manifest them.

Good cards and they’re all upright.  An exciting week, or at the very least, maybe some interesting (good) experiences ahead.

Be open to what calls you…

OracleIndigo

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Tarot Card Reading of the Week – October 8, 2018

The card in the past position is the Nine of Swords reversed.  All caught up in your head with worry and anxiety.  Losing sleep, in fact.  Good thing this card is in the past and it is energy we are leaving.

The card in the present position is the Page of Swords reversed. The spy/gossip card.  Pages can be children or people who act like children.  With this particular page, it could very well be an adult who is acting like a gossipy middle school child. The suit of swords also corresponds to the air signs (Libra, Gemini, Aquarius) and to the mind, communication, intellect. So there may be some gossipy energy around you now or as the week progresses.  It could be YOU that’s doing the gossiping. Or, somebody around you. And it may not have anything to do with you, but it’s energy around you. It’s like every time you go to the water cooler, that person is there and they want to tell you about so-and-so or this thing that they heard happened.  So even though it’s not you or about you, it can be negative energy all the same.  It could also be somebody spying on you.  Maybe not hiding in the bushes outside your window at night, but maybe through social media.  They’re “checking up on you” so to speak. Without you knowing or really consenting to it.  Or they may be asking others about you. Trying to get information about you through others.

The future card is the Two of Swords upright. A choice needs to be made. A decision. And whatever the two options are, you are protecting your heart. So it could be that making a choice has an emotional pull with you in some way. Or you’re afraid a specific decision will affect you emotionally. Or affect something (or somebody) near to your heart. But a decision has to be made.  It may be in relation to something the Page of Swords says. It may be completely independent of that.

Venus just went retrograde and will stay retrograde until the middle of November. It could be that the message you receive is concerning a romantic interest.  Maybe somebody from your past. Or, the choice or decision that has to be made concerns this person or this issue in some way.

Be open to what calls you…

OracleIndigo