Amethyst

Weekly Reading October 3rd

Happy Monday! Actually, happy first Monday in October! How is your Autumn going? Are you able to get out and enjoy the glorious colours that Mother Nature is sharing with you? For me every morning when I look out at the mountainside it is like a gorgeous new painting – this is where I really wish I could paint and capture the vibrancy, the colours, the way the sun filters through the golden leaves and imbue it all with the smell. Alas, my paintings tend to look either bizarrely abstract or like stick people have taken over the page. Sigh.

This weekend, even though it was rather grey and rainy I managed to plant 275 spring bulbs. I love those first flowers of spring, the daffodils, tulips, bluebells, lily of the valley, crocus – that dash of colour after a long grey/white winter uplifts me and makes me feel expansive. So yes, I did get muddy, wet and cold – however, the bulbs of grandeur and delight are planted and it may take 6 months until I see them, but I know they are growing and when the time is right they will blossom. Kind of like us. With that in mind, the cards that wanted to come play this week are the lovely Kuan Yin Oracle deck by Alana Fairchild. The gemstones are the peacock stone, rose quartz and amethyst.

So as October is the month of Balance energy, I invite you to come explore that with me. Gently close your eyes down and first breathe out, release and then as you breathe in, breathe in love and as you breathe out breathe out any fear, anxiety, doubt or mental clutter. Let’s do that one again – breathe in deep, deep to the belly and feel yourself filled with unconditional love and as you exhale out through an open mouth – release.

In front of you is an exquisite ceramic bowl and it is filled with all sorts of spring bulbs. You don’t know what any of these bulbs are but you trust that at the right time they will flourish and share their beauty with you. Just past this bowl is a rich, ripe, verdant plot of soil that is gently shielded from chill autumn winds by the drooping branches of multi-coloured trees. As you pick up your trowel and a bulb you set an intention. For the first bulb you sent an intention of BEing, how do you want to BE in this world and you gently place it into the hole you have created for it and pull the earth back over and give it a gentle pat. The next bulb you sent an intention of DOing, what do you want to DO in this world, how do you want to serve and gently place it in the new hole you carefully dug for it and cover it over. The last bulb calls to your heart and soul and asks you to set an intention of NOURISHMENT, how or what do you need to nourish yourself as you find BALANCE in all aspects of your life. Is it having quiet time daily, getting out into the woods, connecting with friends regularly, a long soak in a tub with gorgeous music? Create a lovely hole for this one and set the intention of all the ways you can nourish and love yourself through the day, the week, the month and the winter so that you can fully appreciate your BEing bulb and your DOing bulb. Repeat this process until all your bulbs are planted and as you gently even the dirt out, and sit back on your haunches to look at your work, you take a deep breath in and the air is filled with promise, possibility and peace and a great big smile tickles the corners of your mouth as you know, you feel, you trust – your not alone and it’s all going to be good. Take one more deep breathe and then pick.

Now let’s go look and see what gorgeous guidance and insight is to be shared with you.

REVEAL THE PEACOCK BEAUTY

The beauty of the peacock is breathtaking, with stunning lush colour unfolding in graceful and proud display. You too are a great beauty, beloved. Within you resides a glorious divine being of beautiful light, with an ability to create, as your divine birthright. The Peacock Beauty speaks to you of your creative energies rising to sublime, inspired new levels as you are accessing the power of your throat chakra for higher creation. Your intentions, decisions and particularly your words, are becoming more powerful. Enjoy the wise use of this growing creative potency to express the beauty within you, asking for Divine Blessing on all your plans, projects and words.

There is a stirring within you to create greater beauty in your life, to honour the creative ability that you have to express such sublime feelings that reside within you. You can begin to create divine beauty through your words and actions. As the power of the throat chakra grows, our urge to express ourselves in a uniquely creative way can become strong. This creativity is the voice of the Soul wishing to manifest itself in the physical world. The power of your Soul is starting to flow through your words and plans.

Whatever project, plan or purpose you have been contemplating is in alignment with the higher creativity of your Soul. Don’t worry if the details aren’t unfolding as you thought they would. Be clear with your intention and surrender the details to the Universe so that they can unfold according to a vision greater than your own. Don’t give up, but do let go.

NECTAR OF THE LOTUS

The Divine Mother wishes that those who are meant to feed others be well fed too! Your devotion to helping others has the effect of squeezing the cosmic heart chakra of the Divine Mother. From her heart drips nectar, sweet, sustaining, life affirming energy that feeds you and allows you to nourish many souls. Like a sacred chalice that overflows, when you are full, well and and vital, the feeding of others happens effortlessly. There is an endless supply of energy, joy, peace, bliss and love for you. Yet sometimes we may experience limitation instead of endless supply. If that’s the case it is time to shift and trust. Any limitation we are feeling could be a sign that our mind and emotional life could use some help shifting from scarcity consciousness into consciousness of abundance.

A limit or restriction in our energy might indicate that we have been so focused on giving to others that we have forgotten that we are a part of the divine heart we are seeking to embody and we need to gain more balance in our lives by taking some time out and attention for ourselves.

Divine Nectar is our vital energy, it is life force and the fuel for growth of all kinds. It is peace, it is power, it is abundance and it is love and divine grace. When our chi energy or life force is replenished we feel creative, happier and more content, accepting of ourselves, others and life and more in flow. Chi comes from connection. What part of you needs more connection? Taking a few moments to consider what you need strengthens your self-awareness and increases your ability to consciously meet your needs. The Mother Divine wants to help you and you can assist her by helping yourself too!

THE YIN EMPRESS

The Yin Empress brings peace, prosperity and success to her beloved devotees. Your Soul Purpose includes Healing and Empowerment of the Divine Feminine, the Yin Empress herself. You gain power, assistance and untold blessings in following you Soul Purpose. You are lifted and supported in your Sacred Work now.

You are a spiritual leader and pioneer and part of what you are here to do for the planet on a soul level, whether you are male or female, is to empower the Divine Feminine. You may feel you don’t fit into current culture. You are not meant to, because you are meant to help it to grow and change! Your Soul yearns to make a real difference in this world, to help it be free of fear that leads to competition and domination and power struggles and instead to live from a place of love and peace.

Men and women who are in touch with their feminine power are able to love, to have compassion, have fierce gentleness, live their heart truths and to be truthful and to honour what really matters to them, whether it fits with contemporary cultural values or not. Living in this way not only feels better and more truthful, it also leads to a successful life with much creativity, positive contribution, personal empowerment and satisfying relationships, not to mention inspiration for others to draw from so that they too may grow. You are being asked to live into your feminine power now, to be true to who you are and not give in to social conditioning that tells you feminine power is not enough, that you must compromise your beliefs or your compassion to ‘get ahead’ or ‘come out on top’. Live from your heart and realise that this is not only enough, it is a blessing for all.

So gorgeous one, I wish you a stupendous week filled with autumnal beauty, heart based living, laughter and peace.

Weekly Reading April 25th

Jenny Heston · 5:23 pm ·

Happy glorious Monday! How are you? How was the Full Moon energy of last week for you? This reading was done outside today whilst the rain was falling, but I had a huge brolly (umbrella) and was purging papers and things that no longer served me. Thus, had a roaring fire at my back. Also very fun and cool thing for me – I received a tiara in the mail from an unknown sender – so I wore it and felt regal, calm and blessed!

I’m so glad you are here and I invite you in this moment to drop into your body. Can you feel yourself here? Can you feel your feet on the ground, can you feel your breath coming in and out – is it at chest level, or deeper? If you are open to it, put your hands palms together and place them at your heart centre with gentle pressure on the sternum. Can you feel your heartbeat under your thumbs?

That is your Prana, your life force energy pulsing in you. Release the day for a few moments and breathe past your hands and feel your belly, ribs and chest expand and as you exhale through an open mouth do it with a sigh. Gently feel your shoulders relax and if your jaw is a tad tight place your tongue on the roof of your mouth. Let’s take another breath in and feel that gorgeous oxygen nourishing and charging all of your cells and then sigh it out. One more time – breathe in deep, deep into your little toe and sigh it out.

For the last few weeks I have been using a little prayer when I work with my cards, and if it feels comfie for you, I invite you to try it. “Allow me to see clearly, the solution or guidance that I need. So I no longer need to worry I am doing the wrong thing.”

The lovely stones that are working with us this week are Aventurine, Amatrine (see the band of Citrine in the Amethyst?) and Red Jasper.

Have you picked? Then let’s go look at the guidance you are meant to receive.

SOFTLY, SOFTLY, THE TENDER TOUCH

The feminine wisdom of gentleness can assist you now. When we are at a point in life where we want to attain greater things, but don’t necessarily have a proportionally greater supply of energy at our disposal, it is time to work smarter rather than harder. This is the way of feminine wisdom.

The feminine way is not about force. Nor is it about driving, striving, pushing or grabbing at what we can in order to create. It is about inviting what we wish for to come into the space we have provided for it – internally and in our lives. This method cultivates more energy, causes less stress and attracts what is desired. It is manifestation by invitation rather than by will or force.

You don’t need to push quite so hard to receive what is naturally coming to you. Your “push” comes from a place of uncertainty over whether or not you will succeed. You need to relax and have more faith in yourself. All things come in time – rightly and according to a great loving wisdom. Rebel against any voice of fear; within you or around you, that tells you otherwise. You have been working very, very hard. You have learned much and accomplished much but it now time to change your approach. Let go of any force in your approach to creation now. Everything serves a purpose and learning the benefits and limitations of the more forceful way of manifestation through effort and willpower was a useful lesson. You are now beginning to create on a far grander scale that is beyond what an individual can manifest through willpower alone.

DEFEND TO THE END, THE WORTHWHILE

Beneath the lies and illusions, pretty as they seem, you know what is worthwhile. All that is genuinely and truly essential for the heart to throb with life is worthwhile. Anything that dulls it or suffocates its vibrant aliveness, must be questioned, challenged, and more than likely cast aside, for the heart is our key to living an authentic life.

You are a sacred warrior – a defender of the heart. You have cried genuine tears of your own grief and also the grief of the world. You have felt the need to protect the presence of love, for whilst it is exceptionally powerful, it can too easily be smothered under lies and fear.

The sacred warrior is vigilant that the presence of love is not chipped away by fear, criticism, doubt or untruths. The darkness will be intelligent and sneaky. It will tell you that it doesn’t matter, that this one time you can forget what you promised, that you are just one person and that you can’t make difference. The sacred warrior within will fight with love and honour to be true to what has meaning, and never, ever allow it to be cast aside – even if it seems easier in the moment. You’re being asked to stay strong and stand your ground. What is happening, or soon will be happening is worthwhile. So hold tight. Ask for help to heal.

RECEIVING

You are so loved. Your every need is witnessed and responded to by the universe. However, you sometimes forget this. You become swept up in the momentum of habitual consciousness, and you forget to take a moment to stop, breathe and be. In that moment you can receive the love of the universe that is receiving you. It will nourish you with contentment and energy. You have not done this enough so your soul is parched and drying out.

Energy has been going out of you but there is not enough coming back in. It is time to bring something back in for you.

Do you know how much joy the universe gains from being able to give to you? When you delight in what you receive, when you openly embrace a gift and are so happy with it, the universe is fully received by you. In this space there is joyful communion between you and life, energy flows more freely and magic happens. You are a radiant sun in human clothing. An exquisite life experience is your birthright. Enjoy it! Soak it up. All of it. Including the restoration of sacred rest. Forget your worries for a while. Switch off. Do something else. Let it all go and it will all flow.

Wishing you a fantabulous week and know you are exactly where you are meant to be at this moment in time and doing frigging awesome!

Weekly Reading April 18th

Jenny Heston · 2:09 pm ·

Happy Monday delicious lovelies! We have been quite blessed here with unusually warm weather so I am taking advantage of it by taking my work outside and sitting in my gorgeous sanctuary garden.

I love this space, it is designed as a circle and so you sit in the center surrounded by plants, roses, herbs and in the corner there is a gorgeous waterfall that falls into a pond guarded by my lovely gargoyle Grenville. The tulips are all up and gently bobbing their heads as the breeze caresses them or as a butterfly gracefully lands on their fluted petals. The plum tree is in full bloom and the bees re in their glory diving in for the succulent nectar and pollen.

If I sit very quietly small sparrows come darting in and stand on the rocks surrounding the pond and when they think no one is looking they dive in and start splashing around in the water! Should you they happen to catch you looking at them they look a tad askance that I would be so rude as to watch their bathing routine. I can feel my whole body tuning in to the gorgeous performance around me and all my muscles relaxing. Aaaahhhh. So now let’s see who is coming to support you this week and offer you guidance. Ready?

Have you picked?

We have amethyst, a gorgeous shell from New Zealand and Citrine working with us this week. So now let’s see who came to help.

Inspiration

An idea has captured your attention – or will do so very soon. It may be a grand vision or the vague sense of something that could be. You are being encouraged to accept the vision, the idea or the inspiration as it is important to your creative and spiritual growth. The bee is bringing you healing medicine-wisdom from nature to aid the message of the oracle of Inspiration. The bee is a powerful spirit totem. Bees are able to fly with wings that are significantly small in proportion to their heavier bodies. Your idea, even if it seems like a big, substantial plan that might be difficult to “get off the ground” and up and running, can succeed. Allow inspiration to fill you with enthusiasm, an expectation of magic and marvellous synchronicity, as people, situations and opportunities fall into place to help bring your inspiration into reality. You are meant to think and do things differently . Your inspiration comes direct from the universal creative source and you are being asked to believe and recognise the signature of great intelligence within your inspirational ideas and creative urges – and to act accordingly. Bee-lieve!

Visions of Life Beyond Death

Sacred vision is awakening within you. You’re becoming blessed with the ability to truly see. To see what is real rather than what appears to be. This is true insight. What was once considered consequential may soon be found to hold little consequence after all. What was once dismissed as an irritation or irrelevance may be seen to have great spiritual significance. If you have been wondering about your life path or whether you should take action on a project or you need inspiration to really move you out of a slump you have fallen into, then this oracle brings you a message of hope. You will receive your vision. You will be graced with a way out of the stagnancy. You are leaving behind a smaller view for a more expansive one. You are watched over in life and held in protection. Shift your perspective and look at an issue of concern a little differently. Your ability to be inspired and see the light in all things is unfolding. It must be nourished in your heart with loving acceptance because you are going to help others through your vision, your art and how you choose to be in the world.

Restore and Replenish

You are in need of something so much deeper than rest. You need restoration, replenishment and revival. This will not necessarily come from lying about somewhere taking a moment out of your day or evening activities. You are more likely to gain what you need by breaking with your routine completely and doing something different. You need some variety, some spice, some change to bring fresh energy into your body, mind and heart. You need to restore and revive yourself by changing the usual flow of energy through your being. You could stimulate this process by going to a different place, meeting different people and taking different action to what you would usually do. However, it is now time to move, without pushing yourself, beyond what is known, comfortable and familiar. Life is telling you that it is time to put down the paintbrush, the pen, the endless lists and the thinking mind and get into your body. You are in an important transition phase between one level of experience and the next. If you feel as though you are treading water or are in a sort of purgatory – somewhere between your old life and your new life then this especially applies to you. Soon you will have the power and energy you need to reach for the next level – and succeed.

Have a delicious week, and remember to laugh, trust, stay open and play!

Sacred Rebels Oracle – Alana Fairchild

Amethyst

jennyheston

Release Anxiety And Claim Your Power