Fairies

Archetypes, Spirit, Surrender and Creativity……

Happy Mystical, Magickal, Marvellous, Magnetic, Manifesting Monday!

How was your Snow Moon yesterday? I did a gorgeous ritual for fertility (and heck no I am not talking about children here! With 5 I think I have that covered), but more about fertility of mind, spirit and creativity.

So here we are in February!

February is such an interesting month. In the Northern Hemisphere one day it is sunny and kinda warm, then the next day it is cold, dark pouring rain or puking down snow.

The perfect seasonal energy to help us nurture those seeds that Imbolc has invited us to dream into being. And by the way, thank you so much for all the lovely emails about how much you have enjoyed the Imbolc Gift of Fi. I love hearing all your shares and stories.

So let’s talk about Archetypes, Spirit, Surender and Creativity, shall we? (And if you have worked with me you will KNOW that I love these subjects!)

You may be wondering how they all weave together, but trust me, they most certainly do.

A quick refresher – Imbolc marks the midpoint between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, so we are in late winter here in the Northern Hemisphere and in the Southern you are late summer.

The Archetype for this Late Winter time is the Maker aka as the Artist, The Alchemist, The Innovator, The Creatrix.

The Maker is the first archetype in the trio of existence – she isn’t intimidated by darkness or by lack. They know that from the void, creation inevitably emerges.

With meagre, minimal, and outlandish materials The Maker reveals a new image. They make an empty room resonate with healing sounds; they generate bounty from the seed that others tossed away.

Though generative this archetype annihilates preconceived notions of what is possible, leaving unexpected openings in the wake of its destruction.

The Maker does this by, first, being absolutely present (embodied) to what is and, second, trusting that a force greater than themselves awaits constant collaboration with each human soul.

A prime example of this archetype is the Goddess Brigid. She is the goddess of hearth, poetry, fire and blacksmith work. She’s a Maker, a Creatrix. She is also the goddess that is invoked and welcomed at this time.

So here with the seasonal energies, we have the archetype that tugs at our bellies and our souls, inviting us to light the spark of something new and different in our lives. However, note that a Maker trusts that a force greater than themselves awaits constant collaboration.

So what the heck does that mean?

It’s super simple (at least in my world), it’s inviting the Divine into your day to day.

To allow Source energy to flood through you even when you are doing dishes, not just for the tricky moments. To do this you have to be willing to Surrender (such a tricky word for most people as they equate that to capitulation).

Surrender means letting go of what, how, when and who.

In surrender, we let go of how we think things have to be and allow the Divine to be in charge of our lives. (In other words we take our Ego out of the equation and Trust).

When we surrender, we give up the obstacles we are putting in the way by trying to take the control out of Divine hands and into our own.

We let go of it all—what we perceive to be good, bad, right, wrong, helpful or limiting.

We let go of the concept of failure and disengage from struggle. We stop beating ourselves up for what we didn’t do or accomplish, and instead allow Divine love to have its way with us, manifesting through each of us in its own perfection.

(A fabulous fun book that may help you with this process is “Outrageous Openness” by Tosha Silver.)

There is a massive bigger picture that our limited ego minds can’t see and when we can surrender it up and invite in the support – it’s frigging amazing. The Divine sees a much bigger picture.

The Greeks used to believe there were Devas everywhere (makes me think of the Borrowers living in the walls). These beings moved through you to create something that had to be created, and created by you. In essence they were Spirit beings, and if you blocked them they would go find someone else to make themselves manifest.

So what do you dream about creating, what are you curious about? What inspiration have you received that you have put in the bin as your ego has said – meh, you can’t do that.

Please don’t tell me you don’t have a creative bone in your body, because that’s bullshit. If you play with the Archetype of the Maker, invite in the Divine (or the Devas) and just get curious – whether it is through dance, cooking, baking, painting, drawing, writing, building, planting or a myriad of other ways. You just may be surprised.

As Elizabeth Gilbert says – “A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life.

So as we move through late Winter, let’s dance with bigger, happier, expanded and a hell of a lot more interesting, yes?

Okay, enough chuntering, when I went to the cards and asked who wanted to come and play I giggled as Fairy Wisdom wanted to be front and centre. Now if these guides are new to you, please let me introduce them.

These glorious guides give you needed glimpses into your everyday life and help you see where changes can be made to enhance your life here on Earth. There is so much more to our world than we often perceive.

There exist many dimensions and numerous beings that reside in these realms. All of these elemental beings are interconnected with us. We do not live independent of one another but are interdependent. These wonderful beings are here to help.

They not only take care of the Earth, but they work hard to take care of us. We are familiar with many of these beings, such as angels, faeries, and elves. There are many more we are not conscious of, but they, nevertheless, contribute to the workings of our planet.

Remember as you go through your day, to ask for help from the elemental world whenever you need it. The need is never too small to call on their help. It is through helping us that they advance in their spiritual development. We are their work. We in turn can spiritually evolve through allowing them to help us. To all these amazing beings we say Thank You.

Frigging perfect!

Okay glorious bean, let’s just take a moment and breathe. Breathe all of the pieces of you back to you. Allow your jaw to relax, your shoulders to gently rotate back and drop and your toes to curl.

Then, with the energy of the Maker archetype swirling in your mind’s eye I invite you to breathe a wee blessing to the message and guide you are meant to receive this week.

Ready?

Did you remember to pick?

Let’s go have a look, shall we?

FAIRIES

Spirit Realm

You have a faery within you. You have an inborn ability to tap into spirits of the mystical realm.

You may find that you are enhanced with an otherworldly, magical, fairylike quality. You may come from a long line of faery ancestors, caring the bloodline of these ancients. Others may notice something different about you.

Eccentric might come to the minds of some who are acquainted with you. But do you care? Do you need to care? No! And that is how it should be!

You may see, hear and know things others do not. There is a special twinkle in your eye….these are the eyes that can see faeries, and communicate with all the elementals. It’s time to work with the Heavenly as well as the Earthly spirits. Whether you realise it or not, you are a gifted person….Intuitive and capable of easily channelling the energies of the Universe.

Remember to always use this gift and power for the highest good of all. Always ask that you be guided in its use and no one comes to harm through your ministering.

Remember to keep your ego out of your spiritual work, for therein lies your downfall. Give credit where credit is due….Spirit does the work. Through you.

I joyously embrace my uniqueness.

I embrace all that comes from Spirit.

I allow Spirit to move within my being

And to assist the growth of others as well as myself.

I know that all healing comes from Spirit

And I graciously accept the gifts bestowed upon me,

And as such,

I bring only honour to the name of Spirit.

So be it!

Sprout Your Wings Today!

BLUE FAIRY

Love

This gorgeous Blue Fairy offers up the message of love and peace.

She demonstrates the need for quiet within our daily lives. She shows us that through calmness we realise our connection to Spirit. This connection is always with us.

Concentrate on this cobalt blue and feel what it does to your inner body.

Imagine a blue crystal deep within your heart that resonates to all that is, through the vibration of love.

You are connected to all creation and to the hearts of all beings, through a beautiful crystal blue grid work of light. Feel the oneness of all that is. Sense the infinite being of your soul.

Can you feel your problems shrinking in size? Feel your own divinity! Allow your creativity to flow!

With the oneness comes true understanding of the greater mysteries of life.

They all come down to one thing, Infinite Love.

I am united in Spirit with all creation.

I am a divine piece of the whole.

Infinite Love surround me,

It runs through me,

And flows out to all that is.

Infinite Love enfolds me and in it I am safe.

So be it!

Wear Something Blue Today!

LIGHTING THE WAY

Illumination

We all wish for guidance and help along the way, yet sometimes guidance comes from within. When we connect to the energy of Spirit that resides within each of us, we see clearly what we are to do. Reach for the stars!

Allow that communication with Spirit to connect you to your highest good.

Connecting to Spirit is as easy as recognising that you are already one with the Universal Power. It’s time to trust in your Divinity. Ultimately, you are to be one who shows others the way. You hold the light for them as they climb the path of illumination.

In order to do so you must continue your own journey in learning and refining your own truth.

It is only through example that we can change our world, one person at a time. But if enough people hold the light, in enough places, we can bring about change at a much more advanced rate.

This faery holds the lantern for all to see, so that anyone who wishes to climb the path can better see the footholds and avoid the pitfalls. She has reached the highest peak. Her face shows that she takes her job seriously.

Guidance can come in many forms…the words of a friend or loved one, or of a professional counsellor. Guidance can come from a book or a stranger’s words.

Listen to what information comes your way, then sit with it. You will get a sense as to whether it is valid for you or not, if you are open and willing to hear your truth.

You may be destined to teach, support or counsel others.

Each step of my journey is illuminated and sure.

I move with trust and confidence.

I welcome the chance to light the way for others.

I hold the light high.

So be it!

Light a Candle for Someone Today.

Oh my giddy Aunt, love the guides for this week! How did they feel for you? So gorgeous bean, I invite you to play with the Archetype of Maker, allow the Divine to walk with you and think about the seeds you are dreaming into being and what you want to create in your life. Big hugs and see you next week.

When the heat cranks, Divisiveness comes into play! So where do you find a sense of peace?

Jenny Heston · 4:37 pm ·

Happy Magickal, Marvellous, Melting, Magnificent, Melodic Monday! The last Monday of June (can you believe it?) So let me ask a super boring question – what’s your weather like? (See I told you it would be boring).

Here we are in the midst of an unprecedented heat wave – I mean it’s frigging hot with temperatures we don’t normally see here, such as 41C! Which totally ties in with what Lena shared about the Shamanic monthly energy for June as Shake Up being internally, externally and mumma nature flexing her energy as well.

I will be honest, as a ginger I don’t do super well in extreme heat to say the least, I’m more like a wilting flower that looks to hide in dark cool places. However, it has been fascinating to watch and just observe people around me as I move through my day. A lot of anger flaring, tempers are short and words are flying left, right and centre. It’s as if with the external heat being increased, the internal heat has been cranked up and people are pissed. I had a client who is the most gentle, kind, sweet person stating very clearly how she just wanted to “throat punch” people! I get it, lol.

There’s a lot of anger swirling around and heightened energies that are in play, which in turn are really exacerbating that sense of divisiveness I’ve been witnessing, for the last few months.

Now what do I mean by divisiveness? The separation mentality. The Us vs Them mentality. The sense of I’m right – You’re wrong kind of thing.

So for example. With the heat I try to get out the door as the sun is rising (because seriously by 7am it’s already 28C). I take Danu down to one of the beaches so she can cool her paws and walk in the water. So yesterday, at about 8am I took her to a local rocky beach and had 2 different people screaming at me about having a dog there. Hmmm, tricky as it’s a beach that allows dogs.

Their level of anger as they sat sweating on the driftwood shouting at me and trying to make me “wrong” (whilst they were dumping their food garbage all around them was so intense I had to laugh. Seriously?

But this sense of entitlement, there being only one way to do things and good/bad energy seems to be pervading all different types of arenas and I find it so sad.

When Covid first hit 16 months ago and the world went into a tailspin one of the side effects that came into play was people realising that community, humans, helping each other was important. That we were all connected, no matter where we lived and that we were all in this together. I was soooo delighted and thought to myself – Yes! Yes! Change is happening, the reset button has been pushed and we will create a better global community.

Then the vaccine was introduced and all of a sudden it created that rift again, that split, that separation. As I don’t know about you but one of the first questions anyone seems to ask these days is “Have you got the vaccine? Which one did you get?” Goddess forbid you say you are choosing not to, or you haven’t got it yet.

The other morning I was standing in a line up for the local market and there was a woman ahead of me with no mask on and she turned to the person behind her “I’m not wearing a mask as I’ve had two doses of the vaccine, which one did you get? This poor person looked a tad stunned and advised the woman “Actually, I’m not sure I’m going to get it.” (Bold on her part). Then all hell broke loose. The maskless woman went into a tirade about how irresponsible she was, that it was her duty and on, and on. Basically implying she was wrong, less than and obviously selfish and stupid. Wow! Divisiveness in play. Us vs Them.

I appreciate with Solstice we entered the energy of Fire, the intense energy and very masculine energy. Throw on top of it the outrageous heat and all the rest of it, but do we really need to revert back to how the world was? As in my humble opinion, it didn’t seem to work so well.

So how do you find peace when it feels like the world is a tad off kilter, and the energies are very aggressive?

For me I have been making sure that daily I ground and center myself (sometimes multiple times a day). I go places that nourish me and are cooling (the woods has been a lovely one over the last few weeks), and I surround myself with music that soothes, sounds that soothe, colours that soothe (so no, I haven’t been wearing a lot of red and orange at the moment!)

I’m also sensitive about what I allow in in the way of news, information, conversations etc. So for example I have been listening to “Outrageous Openness” by Tosha Silver on repeat. As the message is very clear – we are all part of the whole. We are all connected, we are all little sparks of the Divine and not better than, less than any other little spark.

And last but not least I send Blessings galore to any fractious situation, person, place or thing that I encounter. (Don’t get me wrong, it may take me an hour or so to come to that place lol, as I’m still human!) Oh yes, and daily epsom salt scrub showers (cold at the moment).

So I highly encourage you to do things that nourish you on every level, and if necessary stay the heck away from people who are caught up in their entitled, anger driven state of mind.

Okay, I have chuntered a ton (not a surprise), so let’s crack on with the reading. When I went to the cards and asked who would like to guide this week, the glorious Faery Forest Oracle were adamant, which made me smile a lot. If this deck is new to you please let me introduce your guides (as that is always polite). “Let us enter the wild green world together, friend, the faery forests where the great trees speak with us, the moss soft underfoot, the light pure and gentle. The homes of the once Sacred groves of the Celts, the Saxons, and the Vikings…and to the people who were here long before we had names with which to call them to us – the faerie people. May the wild green world and the wondrous beings of this Faery Forest heal us, inspire us and urge us all to become more who we truly are meant to be.”

Okay delicious lovely, let’s ground and centre. Come back to your body (it’s safe) and allow your breath to soften and slow. See a delicious cooling pool in your mind’s eye. A pool of calm, cool, still water – inviting and deep. Allow your hand to trail through it, cooling your fingertips and then place them on the back of your neck. If you want a bit more extra support there is a lovely guided visualisation for you. Then when you are ready pick the card or cards that caress your soft soul energy.

Did you remember to pick?

Let’s go have a look.

THE ANCIENT

The Ancient is so old she is almost beyond time. She is able to speak the truth without compromise – as are you. She is so old, has experienced so much, learned and taught so many lessons, that she has become powerful and influential, just as you are becoming, too. So too are you growing older, coming into wisdom. She knows that while others are now going to come to you for advice and guidance, she sees your humanity – your faults and your flaws and your feelings of unworthiness. She wishes to reassure you.

Others will come to you, seeking knowledge, awaiting a blessing, an initiation, and oblivious to the consequences of the path they wish to walk. Wisdom, true wisdom, understands complexity, and you have developed this quality. The Ancient is honourable and human, and yet more than human, and she is courageous and has made sacrifices – as have you. She sees straight through comforting illusions – as do you.

She represents ancient tradition and the challenge of defining the self, yet remaining with a tradition that you value – and this too is one of your challenges. So take responsibility in your life. You will face the battle of choice, and you will be the antidote to gurus and dominant personalities who claim to have all the answers. The Ancient recognises the challenge of being a teacher. This immersion in a world to learn the ancient arts and venerate wisdom and old ways can be expressed in many forms, but everything you are now learning has value. She is the repository for ancient secrets and the contact between worlds. She is wise – and she has learned to consider every word that falls from her lips, even as she longs to call out for freedom.

ISA

Winter has descended upon the Faery Forest. You have ceased struggling and fighting to change what is outside of yourself. Because you have relinquished the battle, you have won the war within yourself. You are now suspending activity and being in the moment. Through this stillness and inner consciousness, you are beginning to understand so much of where you have been and where you will go – and because you are fully in the present and allowing, you can also come to a deeper, more peaceful understanding of what it is you want, value, and desire.

This is a moment of complete stillness and simply be-ing: a long moment where you are completely present. You are as still as a chrysalis, hanging seemingly static from a branch, fragile and mysterious. Like the chrysalis, you will “do” nothing – nothing at all, except become yourself. Your transformation is being worked invisibly, on the inside, and when the time is right, you will share it with the world.

In a situation where you seem to have no control, no power, you are learning the most valuable form of power there is – self mastery. You pause with dignity and strength, and simply by doing this you create the right conditions for the right change.

This time will ultimately bring great peace, wisdom, and choices that enrich your life, others lives, and the healing of the world.

THE WILD HUNT

There is, for all of us, a moment when excitement and nerves fuse, when we prepare to journey and do something we have anticipated for a long time. In the faery realm, this sensation is created by adventure known as the Wild Hunt. This is a gathering which takes place not only within the realm of faery, it is one where the faery king and queen lead faery hounds and faery horses on a hunt throughout the countryside, dipping into and out of the faery lands, surfacing in the human worlds from time to time, cleansing toxic energy, allowing natural forces to begin to flow through the cleared energy paths, awakening the wild world to brightest life once again, and leaving a trail of ecstasy and bliss after the frenzied storm of their ride.

The Wild Hunt is fierce, powerful, a little frightening, and thoroughly thrilling – and this faery queen is preparing herself for the joys and challenges of this great springtime event. So too you need to prepare yourself for some chaos – a wild time, when change tears through and upends all the order you have attached yourself to. You may need to pack, travel, find ways to move quickly, stop planning and organising for a moment and just go on an immensely enjoyable ride of your life.

The time coming for you is delirious in its excitement, and you fear this loss of control and order. But truly, it will refresh you, just as it sears the very edges of your nerves! Dress up, show up, and prepare to be amazed! Take a deep breath, find your voice, and begin to cry out at the top of your lungs. You are alive my friend, and will feel so more than ever before when the wild hunt touches your life!

Ah yes! Glorious guides for this fractious energy! Wishing you a stupendous week. There won’t be a reading next week as it is a holiday weekend. Oh yes, and quite a few of you have emailed saying that you missed out on the Solstice reading special, so I have opened up 3 more spots. Stay cool, drink water, do things that soothe and nourish you and remember – you are a glorious spark of the Divine! Big hugs and squeezes!

Faieries, Magic and Miracles – oh my! Weekly Reading May 29th.

Jenny Heston · 2:31 pm ·

Happy fabulous Monday and for those of you in the States and the UK – Happy Long Weekend! Whoot! Whoot! We had our long weekend last weekend and it was quite delicious to have time in the sun (it is a balmy 32C here) and play, garden, sleep in and just relax. I did feel rather like a lizard, shedding layer upon layer of clothes and basking in the sun whilst gardening (which is not the smartest thing to do for a redhead – tad crunchy at the moment). However, with the weather being lovely, the tools came out and a new planter has been built, some seeds are planted, the heritage tomatoes are still debating exactly where they want to be and lovely new perennials have been put in. Oh yes, and then everything got a glorious compost tea (incredibly stinky, but oh so delicious and nutritious).

I did experience a couple of first world, single parent problems. First, when your kids are out and you come home in a fitted dress with the zip up the back – how do you get out of it if you can’t reach the zipper all the way? (Paperclips is the answer, linked together!) Second, when the kids are out and you want to spend the whole day digging, moving rock, talking to the plants, how do you get sunscreen on your back? My sister suggested that the dogs could do it, but with them not having opposable thumbs, it makes it a tad tricky, plus they drool a lot!

I have a gorgeous new deck that I was sure would want to come play, but nope – still acting rather shy and wanted to just hunker down and watch, so the delicious and edgy Divine Circus hopped up loud and proud and insisted they were the ones for the job!

We moved about 9 months ago and right before winter I built a fairy bench around a massive stump (10 foot). As I have spent the majority of the weekend and the day outside it felt totally appropriate to do the reading on the fairy bench, because trust me – it is a gorgeous spot to sit and watch fairies dash in and out (ask my cat, she sees them all the time). It’s a gorgeous place to reflect, to sit and watch the changes that occur in nature and to celebrate miracles. Also at the top of this stump was where I fed the birds during the winter and I noticed a glorious sunflower growing up through the bench, so it had to happen!

All the crystals are citrine, the sunshine and manifestation, magical crystal.

Lets go, I invite you to take a minute to just settle into your body, if possible put your feet as close to the earth as possible and just breath. If you feel like a little visualisation to help, there is one for you here. When you’re ready, pick your card(s) and see who wants to work with you this week.

Shall we go see?

THE GOOD GEISHA

You are clever. You know how to play an impressive game of strategy to win approval and gain allies. Even without always noticing it consciously, you can sense what people want. Sometimes you are so good at showing others what they want to see that you forget how beautiful you are when you are just being you. But your time has come, the time to unveil the one true real you and attract the allies who are not interested in what you can do for them, but who love your for who you really are.

Any promise of success, love or wealth that begins with you contorting yourself into something you are not is a false promise. It cannot deliver anything worthy of you. You are not one of those fearful souls, but you know what it is like to have been caged in an invisible prison, a way of thinking and being that is not good for you. In times gone by, your soul has been shackled, your voice silenced, your true beauty hidden under more “appropriate” and “acceptable” guises, your intentions misunderstood and your words misconstrued. You’ve been like a beautiful wild creature, captured as though somehow you could be tamed and changed!

Be unafraid to discover the depths of your own being coming to life. If you do not, you shall bind yourself to a life far too bland for the colour and majesty of your soul. Being what another wants you to be is a false promise of love, and you are destined for love, real, wild, pure and true. Make sure you start by giving it to yourself, then you can share it with others and receive it from others too.

CONFETTI

You will soon have cause for celebration. Whether a big win or a token gain affirming that the best is yet to come, sweet success is headed your way. Prepare to celebrate! It’s time to find the celebratory spirit within. Maybe you already feel it, or maybe it’s the last thing in the world you can imagine feeling right now, but whether it’s on your radar or not, a cause for celebration is imminent.

It’s time to spend your energy in playfulness. If you want more success, happiness and celebration in your life, you can enhance that right now by being happy for the success of others around you. Do you know that success is like a wave? When you genuinely congratulate another and feel happy for their happiness, your own energy field gets a jolt of that same energy. You attract it into your own life. You deserve success for all you are and all you’ve accomplished just as much as anyone else.

So be happy for another – even if a part of you wonders if there is enough to go around, if maybe they have taken your piece of the pie, or if you wonder if their success is really served. Let such thoughts be without adding to their power for thinking such a way. Just take charge and choose how you want to respond. Be happy for them and be happy for you as the universe is giving you notice of a party – and you are most definitely meant to attend – and it’s heading your way.

DARK HARLEQUIN

Bells are ringing from deep inside. Something that once had to hide is seeking your attention. It want out! It wants to be free! As you release what was once shut away, your discomfort shall turn to glee. You are a spiritual adventurer! You are not afraid to go to the edge of what you know, of who you have believed yourself to be. Even when before you there lies the darkness of unknown worlds, of undiscovered parts of you, even when you feel uncertainty, discomfort or doubt, you are still willing to figure out what it’s all about,

So you’ve come to a place in you, and in your life, where you don’t know. You don’t know what’s happening. You don’t know how to work through it. You don’t know who you are (well, not all of who you are). You don’t know what you don’t know. You are at the point of not knowing because you are growing. There will be surprises. There will be discoveries. You’ll feel awkward at times, like you are trying to see in the dark.

Don’t be afraid to let there be some inner rattling and rampaging. You are at a time when you are naturally diving into the darkness for a healing purpose. So ask the difficult questions. Do things you wouldn’t normally do. Experiment with thinking in ways you wouldn’t normally think. Be willing to let everything change for the better by first letting go of how things are now. The messier your inner world seems to be right now, the more you can expect complete and utter transformation as a new order comes into form. Expect the unexpected, for you were born to grow into what is happening now. It’s time to let the wild thing out!

So my gorgeous faerie of fabulousness! I wish for you sun filled days, cool evenings and time to tap into the magic, miracles and wonderment that surrounds you – you just have to be willing to see it. Oh yes and if you have an answer to either of my first world problems, would love to hear it! See you next week and you are always welcome to contact me.

Fairies

Surrender means letting go of what, how, when and who.

jennyheston

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