Surrender, Alignment and Today’s New Moon in Cancer!

Happy Miraculous, Magnificent, Magickal, Musical, Moony, Manifesting Monday!

How are you?  The weather has been stunningly gorgeous here and hot (which is not the norm), so I have been enjoying exploring the shore line and feeling the sun beaming down.  However, I will admit I have been feeling restless and out of sorts, there has been a niggling from deep inside (actually not a niggling so much as a pounding on the door!)  Funnily enough I made a commitment to myself last week to sit down and write out everything in my head that needed to get done, and another list of everything that really fulfills me.  

Guess what?  The “to do” list got done, but I still haven’t written the fulfillment list.  Why?  

Because I feel out of alignment with myself, my higher power and the Divine.  

There is a huge level of grief whirling up around me at the moment as every day this month I have reflected on what I was doing with my sister last year.  Also, the fact it is her birthday in a week (and that was the day she started withdrawing) and then died on the 30th.  Along with that, the niggle (or pounding) is reminding me that I made a soul contract with myself a few months ago and haven’t honoured it.  

So now I know I need to.  As there is something far deeper and richer that I am being called to align with, create and then share with you all; and also to give myself the compassion and space that I advise others to take to process and honour grief.  With the help of this New Moon and also stepping back from quite a few things for the next month, I will be honouring what my soul has been calling me to do for quite a while now.  

Thus, a heads up that this will be the last reading coming out on a Monday for probably the next 5 weeks.  I am still going to be doing Private Readings, and may pop in for Lammas (August 1st), with some yummy suggestions but I won’t be showing up weekly for a little bit, and I hope you understand.

Today is a glorious New Moon in Cancer and this is our second Cancer New Moon of the year. The first fell on June 21st and was a New Moon Solar Eclipse and now we have a regular New Moon on July 20th.  This second Cancer New Moon may feel like a continuation of the energy that was happening around the June 21st Eclipse. 

With the New Moon falling in the feminine and watery sign of Cancer, it asks us not to make spreadsheets and set goals, but rather to focus on aligning ourselves.  When we align with our highest truth, our highest self, and our highest power, we need not worry about what unfolds next.

When we live life from this place of surrender, rather than trying to control, we can tune in and connect with our own guiding star, with our own true north, and even when we feel lost, we can hold this sense of hope in our heart that all is well and all is as it should be.

Which interestingly enough (and of course) ties into the Shamanic energy that we talked about at the beginning of July – Revisioning, Revising, Resetting.

I appreciate that that space of surrender can feel really tricky for some as we so desperately want to control everything.  But let’s be honest – we can’t, nor should we.  This is where Trust and Faith are called in.  And when we do align with our higher self, surrender and trust – it takes us to a place of expansion. Whoot!

When I went to the cards and asked who wanted to share this week I nearly cried.  What perfect guides for this time.  Blessed Be.  Please let me introduce you to Blessed Be as these guides may be new to you.  “May these cards and guides offer you ways to enter into deeper appreciation of your life and its manifold blessings.  May you have hope, understanding and kindness.  And most of all, may you know deep within your soul, that thou art blessed.”

Oh my gosh, positively perfect.  Funnily enough though 4 of them insisted they had to share with you this week, which made me grin!

The crystals that insisted on being present are Morganite, Fluorite, Rhodonite and Amethyst.  And of course Selenite for amplification.   

So my gorgeous one, let’s settle for a wee bit shall we?  Take some time to allow yourself to really drop into your centre and breathe.  There is a glorious guided visualisation below to help you with this.  When you are ready and in that place of surrender – pick the card or cards that call to you.  

Did you remember to pick?

Let’s go have a look, shall we?

A BLESSING ON YOUR INTUITION

A blessing to create a trusting relationship with your own inner guidance.  

In this world, many will seek to guide you.  They will hold a torch aloft and show you a road that they will promise you has a destination that is heavenly, or healing, or a home for the spirit in which you will be loved, in which you will finally belong.  

May this blessing light the torch of your own inner guide, who alone knows the truth of your soul.  May you begin to sense out what is best for you – without pride, or vain public deliberating, may you just simply connect with a light within, and from that light shine out and with that light – the glowing radiance of your own intuition, the guide of your own spirit – may the road you take be softly illuminated .

May you trust when it takes place, but not force it on another.  May your own intuition grow in its light, until it glows bright when needed, and softens when you feel ready to walk steadily into the direction of your own soul.  May you trust that you are becoming who you were born to be, and never who another would make you.

May this intuition not be shaken by mistakes, or misinterpretations, but may you open up the senses you were so gifted with by the Spirit that guides us all, and may your own inner wisdom that will be expressed through that innate gift of intuition be given room to blossom.

May you be guided, but never against your own intuitive will.  And may you come to understand that the price of walking this way of truth to the self may sometimes be high, but never as high as the giving up of will and spirit and guidance to others.  Let yourself be open to the messages from within, first, and then, allow the world to speak to you, through the filter of your most pure intuitive gift.

BLESSED BE.  

A BLESSING TO LIFT SADNESS

A blessing to lift the sadness that cloaks you, yet retain the wisdom and lesson it has come to teach you.

Sadness is a strange friend, a gloomy mist of feelings that moves through you slowly, softly stilling the growth and dampening the fire within.  It can feel like a death, this farewell to joy, yet within its sorrow there await for you great gifts.  So, when the time comes for sadness to move on, we ask for this blessing to allow it to slowly, softly lift from you, a diver who has been down deep beneath the oceans, nd as you rise, may it be slow enough so you can adjust to the happiness that will begin to flower again in your heart.  

May your breath become deeper, your smile begin to light up your face again, may your eyes widen and sparkle with the wonder of all that is about you, and may your limbs find joy in movement once again.  May you rise, and with that rising, bring with you the teachings of the sadness you have experienced, yet be free from the heaviness that has weighed you down so far below that you seemed apart from other people.  May you re-join others, and find pleasure in company once again, and find solace in the sharing of your experiences.

May you not hate the sorrow that came to stay while, but know its presence brought you something holy – a lasting compassion for the sufferings of others, and the sure knowledge that as you once went below, you shall surely rise.  And if it comes to stay again, you will not fear its permanence, for it is temporary in its companionship, and you will again become a creature of gladness, to balance the time you have spent within the cave of sorrowful knowledge.  

Be blessed as the sadness lifts, and when the morning breaks and you feel light, and glad, and laughter bubbles up from within, remember that the wheel turns, and take the joy, and shine it out to the world.  Your candle is relit friend.  It is time to brighten all who meet you with the presence of your light.

BLESSED BE.

A BLESSING ON YOUR DAY

A blessing to bring awareness, to shape and set the energy of the day, and to frame it with light and the possibilities of healing, adventure and gratitude.  

May your soul feel called by the song of the day.  May this day be gentle and good, clear and sure, filled with grace and gentle reminders of your own divinity.  May the people you meet this day show generosity of spirit, be hospitable and welcoming, and open and candid in all their dealings.

May the sky be filled with blue and white, may the green beneath your feet be solid and soft to walk upon.  May the rain fall soft and nourishing, and trees whisper to you the secrets that you need to know.

May any challenges you encounter find an answering strength and courage within you, and when you come to your rest this night, may you remember the many blessings this day held, and account for them with the Gods, and be thankful for each of them, no matter how small.

BLESSED BE

A BLESSING FOR PEACE OF MIND

A blessing to help soothe the mind at storm with itself, and bring about calm and peace once again.

When you awaken, and trouble is sitting there, with you, right on your shoulder, speaking to you of all you must fret and be fearful of, let this blessing come to you, and be felt truly in your mind, where the turbulence has reigned for too long now.

Let the quiet of the natural day steal in, let the soft call of your spirit whisper to you that you have worried too long, and that it is time to set down your burden and let the angels and spirit beings deal with what cannot be unravelled by the labyrinth of thought.  

Let it go, and let it be, for it is not for you to do what others will not, cannot, or remain ignorant of.  It is for you now, to care for you.  Let peace, that quiet blessing, softly take up residence in your mind, and speak calming words to you, soothing every objection your mind at war with the world creates.  

Let the nurturing of the Mother, the planet herself, who loves  you so and cares so much for you, take hold, and take root within your mind.  Let yourself do only what must be done this day, and be very kind and very gentle all this time with yourself.  

Speak softly, remove yourself from anything that provokes the disquiet unnecessarily, and calm yourself through the taking of moments to soothe yourself.  Let your mind release, one by one, those terrible thoughts that have tortured you.  Let your body relax, and move, and in the movement free yourself from the stress and tension.  Let the idea of being at war with the world, isolated and alone, go, and for a time, seek out only those who show kindness and sensitivity to you.  

Be patient with yourself, and in this patience, let the blessing of deep peace be yours.  

BLESSED BE

Oh sooo gorgeous!  Well delicious lovely, I wish for you the surrender and alignment of this New Moon, and a week filled with grace.  I will see you in a month.  Remember, you can still have Private Readings at this time.  Big Blessings, hugs and squeezes.  And can’t wait to share with you what is being created! See you on the other side.