Jenny Heston

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Spring is Here and this Inspiring Energy wants you to Grow!

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Hippity, Happity, Hoppity Marvellous, Manic, Mizzly, Manifesting, March Monday!

Spring is Here!!!!!

Friday’s Full Moon was the last full moon of the winter, and yesterday heralded Spring Equinox/Ostara, and I have to admit I am piggly, wiggly excited!  (Now if you are in the Southern Hemisphere you just had the last full moon of summer and are welcoming in the Autumnal Equinox).

We made it through the dark Winter months & here we are at Spring’s new beginning. It’s the dawn of a new day, a new season. A new chapter is beginning for you.

Spring is a joyful time, with themes of awakening, rebirth, and new life. Nature is waking up after her long Winter’s rest. Everything’s coming alive; the natural world is being reborn.

This same thing is happening within you – in your life & in your spirit.

With the arrival of Spring it’s time to let your Soul take a deep breath of fresh air and to bring up the visions and creations it has been incubating over the winter time.  

What are those seeds you want to plant literally and figuratively?  

I had epic plans for a glorious Spring Equinox celebration of a massive intense hike along the rugged west coast whilst hiding tiny, hand painted faery doors in the woods for others to find.  But you know what they say about “The best laid plans of mice and men?”  Exactly!

Instead of my epic adventure, I had the joy of a weird upper respiratory thing for the last 10 days that made me feel low energy, grumpy as all get out and just generally unwell (let alone the delicious coughing).  So, it was time to readjust and not cling to “but I planned this.”

Open door number 2 and create a different day, which was delicious!  

I got up before the sun rose and went to an empty beach to watch it rise over the horizon and drew sigils in the sand.  Had a long rambling walk with Danu under the canopy of old, old trees whilst the creek rushed by.  Went on the hunt for White Sage seeds, and found them!  Planted seeds in the garden (even in the rain), and then took time out to get clear on what are my Soul Seeds, what do I want to create more of with this season.  

I then decorated a few eggs with symbols of what these Soul Seeds look like and did the Egg Divination ritual that I shared with you last week.  (Oomancy at its finest!)  Then to top it off I decided I wanted cake – so I made a glorious Black Forest cake to snarfle down in the evening with a gorgeous cuppa tea.

All in all it was a really lovely, mindful, celebratory Spring Equinox.  

How did you spend yours?

Remember, Equinox marks the beginning of Spring, so if you haven’t had time to set your Soul Seeds that you are going to sow and tend, there’s still time.  Grab the Ostara Magickal Guide to help you with this.  And for those who have asked – there are still a few spots left in the Spring Equinox Reading Special.  

Okay, enough chuntering on, let’s crack on with the reading.  The cards that wiggled and jiggled to guide this week are the glorious Sacred Destiny Oracle, guides.  So in case  you have never met them, let me introduce you – and if you have met them before, let me reintroduce you (as not to do so is rude!).  “You have a sacred destiny; we all do.  There is a powerful and profound reason that you are here on the planet.  However, sometimes it may be difficult to understand what that reason is and perceive what is required on your journey into the future.  It may be a challenge to know what the next step in life should be.  This is the time to call upon the energy of nature and majesty of the natural world to provide answers to the heartfelt yearnings of your soul.  In ancient traditions, shamans, medicine women, witches, visionaries, and prophets all accessed hallowed knowledge by observing their natural environment.  These wise beings stepped through mystic gateways into inner realms to bring back meaning to the seemingly random event of life. “

Note the line –  This is the time to call upon the energy of nature and majesty of the natural world to provide answers to the heartfelt yearnings of your soul. 

Your Soul Seeds!!!

The crystals that wanted to show off are absolutely brand spanking new as I went to a Rock and Gem show on the weekend.  (It takes rocks and gems for me to want to be in a crowd of people).  We have the Red Graphic Feldspar, Pegmatite and Pinolite.  Aren’t they quite scrummy?

Okay darling one, settle.  Just allow the cares to slide off and breathe, breathe yourself back into your body.  Calling all of the pieces of you back home.  As you breathe, I invite you to see in your mind’s eye a packet of seeds.  These seeds are very, very special as they are your Soul Seeds.  As you gently shake them into your hand, getting ready to plant them, what are they?  What images swirl up?  When you’re ready pick the card or cards that whisper to you.

Did you remember to pick?

Let’s go have a wee look, shall we?

FULFILMENT

The peach tree blooms early, and because of this, it is often a symbol of Spring and the renewal of life.  It is also the Chinese symbol of a happy marriage and of fertility.  

In some traditions, it stands for immortality.  

Ripe peaches also portend fertility, fecundity, and a great fulfilment.  In Korean traditions, the peach represents happiness, riches, honours and longevity.

Fulfilment is at hand.  No matter what is occurring in your life, put your attention on what is splendid, pleasurable, and luscious.

Find bliss in the moment.  Love fully, deeply, without hesitation.

Cherish your friendships.

Fill your life with people, experiences and places that give you delight.  Let go of people and things that don’t feel empowering and that drag your energy down.  

You no longer need to put the needs of others ahead of your own needs.  If you’ve had any health issues, a ripe peach represents a return to better health.

Savour your life with gusto and with grace.

Experience and embrace life in all its permutations.  If you want to conceive a new baby; or a new project, or start a new relationship, this is an excellent omen for a great outcome.

 TRANSFORMATION

It’s not an accident that the butterfly represents transformation, rebirth, and resurrection.

Remarkably, when the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis, it doesn’t just instantly become a butterfly; it actually dissolves into a kind of soup,

In other words, it liquefies itself…..and out of that emerges something completely different.  It is a true transformation.

In some cultures, blue butterflies are considered very good luck and even wish granters.

In Native American tribes, it is believed that a wish whispered to a butterfly will be granted when it flies to the heavens.  The Native American shawl dance, which celebrates renewal, is derived from the butterfly dance.  

Also, the colour blue represents calmness, peace, and spiritual attunement: and the blue butterfly is thought to carry all these meanings.

This is the time for change, reinvention, or a rebirth into a new way of being.

If you’ve been plodding along, it’s time to take measures to shift everything.  Don’t resist change.

The blue colour suggests a spiritual renewal or initiation.  

Transformation doesn’t mean taking something old and remodelling it or rearranging a few things: it means becoming something completely different……or doing something completely different.  

Change is often uncomfortable, but it is usually for the highest good.  

FLOW

A meandering river is a waterway that cures, bends, turns, and seems to swing side to side as it flows forward.  Viewed from above it looks sinuous and even snakelike.  

Meandering rivers are dynamic as they wind their way across valley floors and bring life-giving sediment to new habitats.  

The word meander was derived from the ancient Meander River, which flows into the Aegean Sea.  The Greeks created symbols for “meander” that have been described as some of the most important symbols for ancient Greek culture; they represented the fluid movement of water and the eternal flow of all life.

The twisting patterns were also thought to represent the serpent, which was the symbol of healing, hence our present day symbol for doctors is the caduceus.  It is also the symbol for the Shakti energy that resides at the base of the spine.  

There are times to hold on tight to the shore, and there are times to enter the flow.  Notice where life is going and move in that direction.

Watch for signs and follow them.  Don’t resist.  When you go with the flow, your life-force expands and healing on all levels abounds.  This is also the time to release old, limiting patterns, forgive and let go of the need to be right about your beliefs.  

If you aren’t feeling the smooth currents of life, it might mean that you’re being self-critical or judgmental.  When you enter the flow with gratitude and love, you will find blessings surrounding you.

You will enter into a state of grace, and healing will abound.  

Wow!  Those were amazing messages for this lovely time.  How did your cards feel?  Remember to take some time to plant your Soul Seeds and honour your soul yearnings.  Next week we will chat about a healing circle that we are all going to create, as I feel we all could do with some of that, let alone the rest of the world.  Sending you big hugs and squeezes.  Happy Spring!

Spring Equinox and the Worm Full Moon invite in Balance and Ritual!

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Happy Marvelous, Magnificent, Magickal. Merry, Musical, Moony, March Monday!  

There is so much to natter about this week it’s fabulous!  We have the glorious Spring Equinox (Ostara) coming up on the 20th/21st, as well as the Worm Full Moon on the 18th and how Ritual provides a delicious space amidst shifting energies.

Many of you have been reaching out asking if you can still take advantage of the Spring Equinox reading special and if it is still available.  You bet!  Until Monday March 21st at midnight you can take advantage of two new readings to help you set your seeds of intention for Spring.  And yes (to all the questions), the Ostara Magickal Guide, filled with lore, card reading spread, rituals, spellwork and yumminess will be available until that time as well.  Phew! 

Okay seriously, I have to ask,  who doesn’t want to celebrate Spring?  

As a kid Spring time was filled with woodland flowers and baby lambs popping out everywhere and bouncing like mad fiends over the grass.  Thus, I think that really nailed down the fact that I love Spring Equinox!  

When I did this reading, there were glorious birds in my bird feeder, Fat robins hopping all over looking for luscious worms, and crows doing very vigorous mating dances!  I took a wee wander around the newly dug garden and saw that the broad bean shoots were pushing up as well as the sweet peas!   Everything is starting to reach, expand and grow!  

After a wet, gray winter, the idea, the knowing and the full Trust that Spring is going to come is amazing.  To me it is about NEW.  New plants, new ideas, new ways of moving in the world and releasing the blaugh.  This is the best time of the year to start new projects, focus your goals for the year, and plant the seeds for what you want to achieve.  Don’t expect rapid movement, though, since things have to get going at their own pace (which could be fast, since many plants in spring seem to just appear from nowhere, but could also be slow, like a tulip poking its head gradually from the ground.)

Spring Equinox (also known as Ostara), after the goddess Eostre, is a fertility holiday, which celebrates the resurgence of life with such symbols as rabbits, cute little chicks and lambs (seeing any similarity to Easter symbols?) 

This is a time when the goddess is the Maiden in all her youthful glory, the god is reaching manhood, and energy abounds.  So why not tap into that energy to bring the light into your own darkness, if  you have any?  For example spring cleaning is not just about your home, it’s about removing old or negative energies accumulated over the dark winter months to prepare you for glorious growth.  It’s about planting seeds of intention, seeds of growth, seeds of food – it’s about shedding that heavy winter coat and picking up something a tad lighter and a bit more fun.  

Equinox is about looking at the Balance in your life. 

Where are you over giving?  What is out of alignment?  In The Creatrix Circle this weekend we had our Equinox Gathering and it was magnificent!  And there was a beautiful exercise of looking at what you receive with your left hand and what you give with your right – and are they in Balance.  Are you in Balance?

This energy also ties into the gorgeous Full Moon in Virgo that happens on Friday, March 18th, aka The Worm Moon.  

Why the Worm Moon?  It’s called this because the earth is thawing and robins are greedily pulling up lovely fat earthworms and gobbling them down!  (Now if that doesn’t conjure up the image of Spring for you, lol!)

March’s Moon cycle is considered the final Moon of Winter. The Spring season is upon us and with it, new life and excitement. 

The Worm Moon spiritual meaning reflects the fresh starts taking place everywhere you look!

Tiny buds are pushing their way up through the earth, filling your heart and soul with pure joy. Birds, squirrels, and other critters scurry about and you wonder if they feel the same hope and anticipation you do.

Whether physically or metaphorically, it’s time to plant seeds that we can harvest and reap the rewards of later this year. What hard work and energy can you do now to help out your future self? This is the time to get deeply detailed on what your goals are, and harness focused energy towards your specific goal.

As the days continue to grow longer and brighter, earthworms begin to make an appearance as the soil warms and softens. Birds, enthralled with new feeding opportunities, descend upon them. More evidence that Spring is close at hand. During these spirited days in March, we celebrate the Full Worm Moon.

These small signs indicate the dark cold days are ending and a new season is now beginning. Earth is awakening from its deep Winter rest.

March’s Full Worm Moon spiritual meaning is full of optimism, hope, and new beginnings.

Thus both Spring Equinox and The Worm Moon are glorious times to set strong intentions and anchor them in with ritual.  

I often get asked how to “do” rituals and why they are important.  

To me a ritual is an intention made manifest, it’s that place of connection with the Divine, Universe, God/Goddess or however you chose to name it.  In other words, a ritual takes an idea, thought or emotion and gives it a physical form in the world.  

It’s important as the teutonic plates of our life shift, to take the time to mark that point. That point of change, that point of pause, that point of celebration or grief.

So for example when I invite or suggest that perhaps at certain times there are things that you might want to write down, release and burn – guess what?  That’s a ritual.  When you sit down at New Moon and write your wishes/intentions out, guess what?  That’s a ritual. 

All it took was a brief moment of time, paper, pen and something to light either a candle or the paper with.  When you consciously put your crystals into the moonlight, on fresh dirt or in a bowl of salt water and whisper a blessing over them – that’s a ritual.  

When you gather various herbs together, cast a circle of salt, call in the directions, offer up a spell or prayer – that is ritual.  Are you with me?

To me ritual allows your body, your cells, your essence to understand your intention.  Does that make sense?  

Remember energy follows intention and where your energy flows, results show.

 Can you feel it?  Can you feel the energy beginning to surge and inviting you to move forward (or I like to think of it as Springing forward)!

When I went to the cards and asked who felt impelled to guide this week and help us with the gorgeous Spring Equinox and Full Moon energy I was surprised to see the Oracle of the Shapeshifters.  

For a brief moment I was perplexed as to why they were adamant to come and guide and then I remembered and nearly laughed my soxs off!  If these glorious guides are new to you, let me please introduce them (as that is the polite thing to do)!  “These are the magickal familiars, once the companions of shamans, witches, wizards, and wise ones – and now they are here for you.  Now is the time for you to undertake a great quest – to rebirth yourself within this lifetime and this quest of evolution does not need to be faced alone.  We change and we change again.  We fear change.  Yet it comes.  For us to fear change is as foolish as winter crying for the coming of spring.  Change is.  Fear corrupts.  These guides are here to support, encourage and help you through transformation and to teach you to let go of fear.  True , deep change must take place for you to fulfill your soul contract.  You may have turned from possibility to what you have convinced yourself is probable:  You diminish your possible self, reduce who you are, and dilute your spirit.  But even when you have sought to remain invisible and hidden away, and said  yes to everyone else, life will find you – and transform you.  You are never alone with these beings.” Phew!  So there we have it, are you ready?

The crystals that wiggled and jiggled to come and play are Apatite, Angelite and Chrysocolla.  And of course with Equinox just days away the lovely Spring flowers wanted to participate, so we have  a cheerful pansy, a dashing daff and a gentle grape hyacinth!  (Who could ask for anything more).

Ready?  I invite you to breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth for a few deep, long breaths.  As you breathe, see in your mind’s eye gorgeous roots pushing down into the earth as it warms, connecting, grounding and supporting.  Breathe this way for however long you have and when your shoulders have relaxed away from  your ears and your jaw is loose, pick the card or cards that resonate for you at this time.  

Did you remember to pick?

Let’s have a look shall we?

A LOYAL GUARDIAN

This sweet faery being holds within her arms a fierce, loyal, and very strong Rottweiler who will keep all predators and bullies at bay.  He is unwaveringly devoted to protecting his faery friend – and to protecting you.  The Loyal Guardian is so powerful that he is unable to be hurt, and he will stand guard and watch, growl at, fight, and even kill any who attempt to harm you at this stage.  There is fierce, protective magick surrounding you or another one with you who is fragile.

Think of yourself as a newborn:  Babies are at their most vulnerable after transitioning from the sea of the womb to the world of breath and air.  You are making a huge change, and this makes you vulnerable. When you are rebirthing, changing your life, you need mentors and strong, calm guardians to assist you in moving into a world that seems full of danger.  With my steadfast, calm, confidence, you will be safe.  You can face the changes and the threats without becoming overwhelmed or rushing back to the familiar, less sensitive state because it seems safe.  

You will have with you energetically at this time a very protective guardian.  There may be some new people or situations in your life that make you feel threatened, uncertain, and uncomfortable.  This wariness has been noted, and this shapeshifter in the form of a large, devoted, and very powerful companion will be at your side, sniffing out danger, sounding an alarm at any threat, even readying to fight for you, should it come to that.  If there has been bullying or behaviour that has intimidated you, you have someone on your side who will not let you down and who will not let you face this alone.

DEEP DARK SEA MERMAID

This mysterious magickal companion will help you to find out what lies beneath the stories and beliefs you hold.  She will show you the Universal laws that are being played out and the truths of situations that may have been hidden by the detail that can sometimes cloud our wisdom.  She also will indicate some new and interesting ways of producing energy, growing food, receiving energy and nutrition and renewing yourself.  She will take you deep and show you dark jewels of the self, help you to take certain things seriously and fearlessly, and show you that the monsters you feared can be rendered harmless.  

There are alternative energy sources.  There are solutions to your every dilemma.  There is a truth beneath so much of the mystery.  There is so much undiscovered in the world, in the great beneath.  Just as the world has so many creatures and beings that walk among you undiscovered, you, too, have deep, hidden potentials.  I am here to show you that there are places you must go that you have feared exploring – that you must go deeper, dig down, down into your own self, and explore alternatives in the world.  

New discoveries about your own capabilities are happening now.  The energy you send and receive becomes known to you; you see the relationship between what you feel, send, and create in your own life.  It all becomes; where once it was frightening, now you can see the beauty of this responsibility.  A radical truth.  You are responsible.  It’s time to play with the wise wizards like Nikola Tesla and Albert Einstein and know that you are fully supported, growing, expanding as you explore and create a new way of being for yourself.  

THE DELICATE FAERY AND HER FERRETS

Sometimes the transition between one cycle or stage and another is easy, fluid, flowing, and smooth.  At other times it is rough, harsh, cruel, and painful.  It is inevitable that, if we are truly alive, we will experience discomfort and challenges when confronted by the unfamiliar.  This is no curse – it is evidence of wisdom being taught to us.  

We change.  We alter ourselves.  We adapt.  We choose.  We become.  You are now being shown a way and the gifted magickal tools to strengthen yourself while you develop your skills.  You are also being sent a trusted companion to guide you through the deep forests of change.  You feel very vulnerable, and there is fear in your heart.  But why would there not be?  Life is full of transitions, shifts, and epic moments when we can choose between our best self and the tired, conditioned, most often deflated self.  In these time of change, there is no map, no guidebook, no previous knowledge to comfortably fall back on.  

One cycle has ended.  When a cycle changes or when we choose to create change courageously be challenging our limited self-beliefs, questioning our attachments to “truths”, or releasing our attachment to the way in which our lives “should” manifest, we are, either by choice or by contract, undergoing an initiation.  A new friend, advisor, or piece of information will empower you.  You must now shift the focus from what you fear to what you wish to become and face what it is that is frightening you needlessly.

It will not kill you.  It might hurt a bit, but results will make it worth it!

Wowzer!  Well there we go delicious lovely, what a fabulous reading for this glorious Equinox and Full Moon energy!  Wishing you a stupendous week filled with bright Spring flowers, sunshine and ease.  Remember if you want to create a memorable Equinox, grab the amazing Ostara Magickal Guide, and if you want to go deeper you can join us in The Creatrix Circle, or take advantage of the Spring Equinox Reading Special.   Have a glorious week, remember to smile and laugh often and don’t forget to practice gratitude!  Huge hugs and squeezes.  

Finding Your Centre in Dark Times and How the New Moon can Help You.

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Happy Magickal, Marvellous, Melancholy, Majestical, Maddening, Merry, Manifesting Monday!  

It’s the last Monday of February, this month has flown by fast, unlike January!

If you have worked with me, you will know that I am blunt, speak the truth as I am told it, and am also highly compassionate.  So you ready to go a bit deeper?  As quite frankly “fluffy” conversations bore the snot out of me.

So let me ask.  How are you doing?  I mean really doing? What’s happening in your body?  Your energy field?  Your heart and soul?

Do you feel that the world is going to hell in a handbasket?  Because let’s be honest we are still in the middle of a massive pandemic and I know quite a few people who are struggling with the choices of what to do around that, or the effects of it. 

We are advised “everything is going back to normal”, but let’s be honest – WTF is normal right now?  (Normal is a delicious palette to create something better in my opinion).

And now we have Russia invading Ukraine!

I will be honest, when that happened last week my heart hurt and there was a sense of really, WTF!  I’m sure you share the heaviness in my heart at what’s happening in Ukraine and in so many places around the world. We humans know how to make a mess, don’t we?  As always, whenever I feel powerless I redouble my efforts to put my work out into the world to help people live more empowered lives so they can pass on that healing. 

Quite a few of my clients and friends shared all the feelings they are having at the moment.  Ranging from anger, fear, grief, confusion, overwhelm and anxiety, and ancestral memory which is in your bones and your DNA.

A  few of them wanted to normalise all of those feelings and stuff them into a box and put them in the bottom of the closet. All of which I totally understand.  

But let me ask, what do you do when things flood up like that and knock you sideways? When things feel dark and not comfortable?

It’s normal to dive into the fight, flight, freeze response, or more commonly the overwhelm, shut down and tune everything out.  Yeah, those work for a wee bit, but they aren’t the solution.

More than ever this is the time to ground, to feel your feet on the earth and release all the sticky, icky bits down to turn into cosmic compost.  This is the time to connect to a daily practice that nourishes and supports you – whether that is prayer, meditation, journaling, walking in nature.  It’s the time to reconnect to your light.  That gorgeous spark inside you that burns strong and true.  

This is the time to be gentle with yourself and not try and “logic” your way out of the feelings, but do things that bring you joy and allow that dis-quiet and dis-ease to flow through you.   And to breathe into them and allow them to be transmuted in the flame of your inner light.  

When we stand with our feet on the earth, grounded, heart up and open, realise we are all in this together and welcome in support, magick and miracles happen. 

Because remember – we are all interdependent and interconnected.  

We are all part of a Divine EcoSystem and Community.  

And when you feel like you have no control over what is happening around you, remember the Serenity Prayer.  “Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to change the things I can and the Wisdom to know the difference.”

This all ties into the energy of the New Moon in Pisces that happens on March 2nd.  

“At the time of the New Moon the sky goes dark, not even a small crescent of the Moon can yet be seen. Darkness has always been synonymous with the creative feminine that lives within all of us. It is in the darkness that creative energy is at its highest. It is in the darkness that we often feel safe enough to become our true selves and where our deepest emotions are often set free.

Under the March 2nd Pisces New Moon, we may be feeling close to the darkness. We may find ourselves journeying through the shadows, or coming face to face with whatever has been dwelling in the hidden corners of our heart, mind, and soul.

It is easy to be afraid of the dark as it can often stir things that we don’t wish to confront. But this confrontation is often necessary to lead a richer and fuller life. This confrontation is often necessary to discover ourselves on a deeper level and to move past our blocks and barriers.

There is a strength that can be found when we allow ourselves to sit in the dark. Just think of the seed. As it is submerged into the dark soil, it really has just been positioned to grow and flourish into something new and grand. The same can be said for us.

Darkness is also the foundation for the magical energies of creation and manifestation. It is in the darkness that energy can be morphed into something. It is in the darkness that new life takes hold.

Under the energies of the March New Moon, we may feel gently guided to sit with the darkness within. This may require us to confront something deeper, or allow us to connect with the energy of magic and creation.”

There is a strong emphasis under this March 2022 Pisces New Moon to take the time to think about our past and what we can learn, or what we need to move on from.

So when I went to the cards and asked who wanted to guide and share this week, The Earth Warriors Oracle stepped up front and centre, there was no doubt.  So if these guides are new to you, please let me introduce them.  They are frigging perfect for this time!  

“Earth Warriors are the healers and transformational leaders for a more beautiful world.  They destabilise the status quo with their innovative attitude and higher consciousness, defying convention and living from the heart…….they seek love as their leader and wisdom as their guide…..they know what is true in their own hearts, and they refuse to be conditioned by mass consciousness into fear, apathy, complacency or overwhelm and despair. 

There is a river flowing now very fast.  It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid.  They will try to hold on to the shore.  They will feel they are torn apart and will suffer greatly.  Know the river has its destination.  The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above water.  And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate.  At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves.  For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.  The time for the lone wolf is over.  Gather yourselves!  Banish the word “struggle” from your attitude and your vocabulary.  All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.  We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”

Phew!  Okay my gorgeous bean, I’ve chuntered on enough (if you’ve read this far).  Let’s crack on with the reading.  

Take a big exhale out through your mouth, let that old energy just flow out of your body.  Then a glorious slow inhale through your nose, long and deep – let it fill all the cracks and crevices within you with cooling, soothing darkness.  Then exhale with a sigh.  Keep breathing this way as you invite into your mind’s eye the sense of release and the sense of a glorious tapestry that is a web connecting us all together.  Let this whisper into the cracks and crevices in your being and when you are ready, pick the card or cards that tickle at the edges of your mind.

Did you remember to pick?

Let’s go see, shall we?

CIRCLE CROSS OF TENAN

Rare Intersection of Heaven and Earth

Your plans and purpose are in alignment with greater cosmic forces.  Whether you see it coming or not, things will fall into place and what you have been working towards will come to fruition.  A rare intersection of heaven and earth will result in a precious manifestation of grace.  The Divine shall correct a situation that is in need of realignment.  Fear not.  Pray boldly and be faithful.  All is well.

Your soul is a facilitator of sacred union between the spiritual realms and the earthly worlds.  Whether you do this as an artist, a healer, an activist, a priestess or shaman or in some other way, honour your path and your purpose.  Take care of yourself and prioritise your spiritual life according to the practices and methods that help you remain open, connected and grounded, with your heart open to Great Spirit and moved by love for our earth.

There are times when heaven and earth align and the power unleashed is considerable.  People rally and situations fall into place.  As if by a miracle, patience, persistence, effort and energy finally come together and a creation of tangible goodness takes shape in the world.  It can be unexpected.  You may even have almost given up hope.  Then suddenly, everything comes together. 

The Circle Cross of Tenan is a sign of such a happening in your world, a moment of powerful grace, where Spirit makes its presence felt upon the earth.  

ALAKOA

Spirit of the Warrior

Though you yearn for peace, you recognise that, without truth, genuine peace can never be.  Even if it triggers an upheaval of transformation, the need to set things right is strong in you.  This is the inner drive of the spiritual warrior, the compelling soul need to uphold truth, goodness and justice.  You will fight for these things because that is your way, Spirit Warrior.  Trust, see and feel the positive impact that you are making in the world.  You are relentless and the Divine is within you.  

Do not give up.  If you feel hopelessness, despair, defeat or frustration, and you wonder if it is really worth it, place your mind in your heart and your heart in awareness of what it is that is inspiring you.  Do you feel alone on your quest?  Look for the legions of beings in spirit and upon the earth that fight alongside you, fearless and ferocious with love.  Be uplifted by your fellow Spirit Warriors, beloved one.  Feel the joy of their love and unity with you.  You have access to the divine power that conquers any obstacle, wins every battle, and secures every victory.

The Spirit Warrior doesn’t have a violent soul, but does have a powerful energy and a great need to put that energy to good use as an effective action-oriented presence for higher consciousness on earth.  The Spirit Warrior within you needs to feel that your life is dedicated to something meaningful and magnificent, to witness the positive difference that you are creating through your actions.  Don’t allow others to stop you from unleashing this beautiful divine masculine spirit power in your mind, your soul and our world.  We need you!!

AMUATA

Sage of Higher Knowledge

Seek what feels true, even beyond the logical.  If something doesn’t feel right, challenge it and dig deeper.  Educate and inform yourself on matters of importance to you.  Trust tat your mind is strong and bright enough to do this.  Enhance your self-esteem by researching for information and trusting your intuition to help you discern what is useful and true.  Have faith in your own mental abilities.  If others have criticised you or made you feel inadequate in understanding, cast that off as belonging to the past and not relevant to you now.  You will become immune to manipulation by others, who may be convincing but not necessarily accurate or helpful.  Trust the power of your mind to receive and recognise the answers that you need.  You will find your way.  

Test all opinions, advice, research and alleged facts according to your own intuition and instinct.  Select that which is helpful for you and notice that which is best case aside, even if just for a time.  Seek information and assistance from those that you feel can assist you – and yet place no human advisor above the ultimate, divine authority, which will guide you on how to proceed through a deep inner knowing.  There is always new knowledge beyond existing boundaries of thought.  We simply need to be open and willing to receive it with patience, discernment and trust in the greater guiding power.  

An answer is coming, an important piece of information, and that when you are centred in your heart you will recognise that for what it is and and know how to proceed  If you have ever been put down or judged as not being clever enough, or if your intellect has been worshipped and encouraged at the expense of the intuitions of your heart.  There are many ways of knowing, and we are all unique in our particular combinations of intellect, instinct, intuition and insight.  You have been created exactly as you were meant to be for sacred purpose.  The judgement of others – for better or worse – are meaningless.  

What matters is that you find your own best way of sensing truth, honouring when something doesn’t feel right and moving forward when something rings true.  

Wow!  I don’t know about you, but that was an amazing reading.  So delicious one, take this gorgeous reading and energy with you as you walk your path this week.  Remember to practice loving kindness and a neutral mind.  Huge hugs and squeezes and remember to breathe into that glorious heart space! Oh and for all those who have asked if there is going to be a guide for Equinox, you bet! It will come out later this week.

Awakening, Discipline and what Birds can Teach you!

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Happy Miraculous, Magickal, Majestic, Mellow, Momentous, Mystical, Merry, Mischievous, Marmalade Made Manifesting Monday!  (Had to slip Marmalade in as for me marmalade on a glorious piece of fresh bread toasted – nom, nom, nom!)

So how was your Imbolc, New Moon and Chinese New Year?  

What wee seeds are asking you to pay attention to them?  What stretching and awakening is happening for you?

I have to say for me, Imbolc was really, really nice!  We had a massive feast on the Saturday prior and played Killer Bunnies (all the boys, girlfriends etc) and then on February 1st the time in ritual, making glorious food, really dreaming into the seeds of desire was stupendous!  And unlike January, this week flew by!

Quite  a few of you have emailed or messaged asking “Is Imbolc the DAY of awakening and stretching?”  

Imbolc is the first day of the Season that walks with you until Spring Equinox.  

So let me give you a personal example.  Over the winter time I cocooned, and hibernated (and the weather most certainly complied).  The food I ate was richer and heavier (I hadn’t had a salad in months!), and there was a sense of conception, conception of ideas, thoughts and new ways of being.  But like a good chili, the burbling allowed a gentle melding. 

As Imbolc arrived, that burbling has come to a boil, I can see what the pieces are -ish, and now they are coming to the surface.  Yet it’s still not time to take full frontal action, it’s  time for patience.  It is a time of putting the back pieces into place that will support all those wonderful seeds growth.  Does that make sense?  It’s an awakening.  This is what it means to walk with the Wheel of the Year, or the seasons – your body and soul know far, far better than your mind!

Another example is the garden.  We have had a few days that have been sunny, coolish, but no snow.  I live on the coast so our climate is very different to the interior, or other places.  Yet, I know, the planting of the seeds can’t happen for a wee bit, but what I can do is prepare the space and place for them.  So over the weekend, under a cool winterish sun I have been digging up sod, finding it a new home, and beginning to prepare the beds for what they are going to burgeon with over the summer and into the harvest time of Fall.

Yes?

So to loop back – Imbolc is when you allow yourself to gently awaken.  To dream into place the seeds you want to plant for this year (irrelevant of what the news is spewing at you).  What is your Truth?  What are your Desires?  Work with the seasons to bring them into being!  

That’s what we do in The Creatrix Circle and when you are grounded and connected, magick and miracles happen.

So let’s talk about Discipline, shall we?

(Yes Discipline and Awakening do walk together).

The Shamanic energy shift for this month is “DISCIPLINE”.  

As Lena shares – Hang in there…..be patient…..wait for the right timing…..stay in your own lane.

This month is all about taking your commitments to the next level of responsible action, staying out of other people’s drama, and trusting the integrity of your intentions to manifest the perfect opportunities when the timing is right.

Preparedness requires the discipline of staying positive and in your truth no matter what. You can go down the rabbit hole of feeling irritated, self-deprecating, impatient with yourself and others, or simply critical and judgmental about everything. Or, you can be disciplined about being your best self; optimistic, generous, kind, compassionate, accepting, and in gratitude. Not everyone will have this outlook on life, so it is best if part of your discipline this month includes being discerning about where and whom you spend time with.

The distractions of drama, addictive behaviors, overthinking, ambivalence, obsession, blame, and wishing it were different than it is are all part of ego’s determination to keep you from moving forward into the opportunities you can create for yourself. The discipline is much about not listening to the negative voice that wishes to keep you small and limited………..

So do you see how that ties in with the energy of Imbolc?

To add to that, I acquired about 120 new friends this last week!

No, I am not talking about humans, but crows.  

Now, if you have been with me a while, you will know I normally get one crow who hangs out, scares away unpleasant people and brings me gifts.  Well………. This week I have had over 100 crows visit everyday.  The noise is huge!  

They come swooping in in drifts and march around over the garden, the lawn, the railings, you name it!  They chunter away, hop around, come natter from the back deck railing and then fly up to the sky in a swath of black, swirl around and come back.  I have to say – I love it!  (Yes, I could happily wander around with a crow on my shoulder lol).

But what does that mean?  For me, you never mess with Crows (they remember your face!).  The Crow for a long time has been a symbol of Magic.  It’s said that the Crow holds within its mind’s eye the three realities: past, present and future.  For me, Crow energy is potent and very clear.  So what are the birds that resonate for you?  What are their messages?

So as I allow the gentle stretching and awakening I feel very thrilled to have Crows coming and hanging out!  

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.”

So mote it be.

I have created a guided visualisation for you to really see this energy coming to you. If that doesn’t resonate then just Breathe.  Breathe into your toe nails, breathe into the roots of your hair, breathe in all the promises, the blessings and opportunities and sigh your exhale out, letting go of anything that feels a tad sticky or tacky.

When you are ready, I invite your inner wise knowing to pick the card or cards that call to you.

Did you remember to pick?

Take a breath and let’s go have a look!

BEFORE THE GATHERING

For you, dear one, a celebration is coming – a time to acknowledge the markings and passing of the great turns of the wheel, and for you to gather together with friends, relatives, and significant beings and ask them to uite in a common cause of joy for what has been achieved.

It is time to look forward, to anticipate, and to prepare – for this event may even be taking place simply on an energetic level, as all the beings who have long wished for your wellbeing now gather together to applaud the place where you are right now.

This will be coming for you, and it is in the future, so this is a great omen for you.  It is time for you to put on your finest garments, take the very best goblets and chalices from their dusty hiding laces, and raise a glass of bubbling faery energy to the wonders of life.  

Whatever it may be, it is essential to mark the impending time with joy, applause, and an expression of bounty.  Prepare, be ready, and enjoy, dear one.  You deserve all that this exciting and exhilarating occasion heralds, for after the effort, comes the reward.  Soon it will be yours.

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!

THE GOLDEN UNICORN

Everyone deserves to have another person in their life to whom they can turn for protection and care.  When this card comes for you, the Golden Unicorn is showing you the path to a person, advisor, or mentor who will assist you through the challenges you are now facing.  When the Golden Unicorn appears, it is a beacon of hope, for with the right guidance, what seems to be impossible can be achieved, and you will no longer feel so raw, vulnerable, and unable to go on.

If you are facing unjust circumstances – you will be shown, step by step, how to get through this time, when it seems that all friends have fallen away, and the world is no longer a safe place.  The glorious golden unicorn leads with reason, intelligence, and intuitive brilliance.  With their guidance you will come to a safer place within the world, and be wiser in choices regarding friendships, alliances, partnerships.

You are wiser now, and will never be quite so hurt again.  There is now protective energy about you, and it is safe for you to leave the current circumstances and create a new path.  The judgment you have sensed about you will now dissipate, and true, good people enter your life to help heal the pain of friendships that have fallen.

Well my delicious lovely, I hope you heard the message for you and are paying attention! I would like to express my love and thanks for all your glorious messages, emails and comments!  Wishing you a glorious week of stretching, awakening, touching into the earth, and allowing the messages that show up around you to be seen and heard.   Massive hugs and squeezes for you and see you next week.

Imbolc, New Moon and Chinese New Year!

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Happy Magickal, Mystical, Magnificent, Majestic, Meaningful, Miraculous, Manifesting Monday!

How are you delicious lovely?  It feels like we haven’t connected for ages, but in reflection it has only been a month!  But thank you so much for all your wonderful emails, sharing your stories, and asking if the readings were coming back.  They were all read and greatly appreciated!

I don’t know about you but January has been playing with time in weird ways.  One moment it feels as if it was zipping by, and the next moment it felt as if it was dragging on for nearly a year!  (Most discombobulating!)

Tomorrow (February 1st) brings us Imbolc, a New Moon and Chinese New Year, lots of delicious energy to invite you to gently awaken and plant new seeds, and to support you with this I have created a gift for you!  (Think of it as a spiritual gardening guide lol).  

And I want you to ask yourself  – what are your seeds going to be?

What is your Truth?  What do you Desire?  (This isn’t about what your mind says you “should do”, it’s about what your heart and soul are calling you to do).  Those are two powerful questions to ask yourself and then listen to the whispers that arise.  

I love the energy of Imbolc, it’s gentle, inviting and nurturing.  It’s a time of AWAKENING.

Not a TO DO Awaken, but a gentle stirring, a slight flexing and a big stretch. 

From the hibernation of Winter we oh so gently move into the hope of a spring to come, something new and delightful.  From the dark cocoon, we peek to see if things have changed.  

Spiritually, this is a time of new life coming into manifestation. We may only be seeing the tiniest hints of life above the surface but things are really beginning to stir in the darkness.

So come back to the questions – What is Your Truth?  What do you Desire?

It occurred to me the other day that I haven’t written about Imbolc in depth before and so that got things perking and I created a gift for you!

I have named her Fabulous Imbolc (fondly referred to as FI, in honour of my amazing big sister).  

FI will walk you through this delicious energy, invite you to awaken and guide you with a very easy ritual to allow the seeds of your soul to come to life.  I hope you enjoy it.  

Imbolc Blessings to you gorgeous one.  

May the sun shine on your face, your desires rise to the surface and the seeds that you dream into being flourish throughout the year.  

Imbolc also ties into the New Moon energy that we have.  This is the New Moon that welcomes in a new Lunar Year (Year of the Tiger!)  

This is a time illumination – the illumination that comes with waking up. But this illumination still has a very sleepy quality about it. And your consciousness is still very connected to spirit right now. Your dreams, your subconscious, Spirit – these are all really accessible this month.

Being open to all this spiritual energy can bring up a lot of intense emotion. This is a month of blustery winds & they’re swirling all kinds of things up for us this month.

It may feel really chaotic & out of balance.

Remember to be so gentle with yourself this month. Just observe whatever emotions are coming up for you. Try to ride the wave of whatever changes you are facing.  

“If you want to make some long-term commitments in your life, this New Moon would be the perfect time to set some intentions. Then after Mercury stations direct, that would be the perfect time to take action on them.”

Do you see the theme that is running through all of these events?  I hope so!

Okay, I have chuntered on long enough (if you managed to read this far lol), so let’s crack on with the reading.  

So please let me introduce you to your new guides – Love Your Inner Goddess Oracle.

“These guides have come to help you awaken and express your divine feminine spirit, to live from your heart, to empower your true self – and to discover your sacred rebel within, to say no to the voices of fear and hate and become a voice for love, truth and spirit on the earth.  Living as a soul, with truth, takes real courage in this world.  We are often taught to follow the rules and be a good boy or girl – and that if we do this, everything will be OK.  Your inner goddess thinks that is a bunch of nonsense.  She wants so much more for you.  She wants you to live a beautiful divine destiny.  She will show you how to be a loving rebel, breaking the rules that go against your heart and soul, changing the game and playing from the heart.  She’ll show you how to live the life that is meant only for you.  You are meant to stir up healing change and be a voice for what is wise, loving and true.  There are issues in our own lives and the world that need to change, that need to be healed.  Your inner goddess knows how to bring about healing change with love, playfulness, courage and dignity.  She is a fearless minx who will help you dance, love, storm and laugh your way into a more beautiful world, created from the heart. “ 

Seriously, the perfect guides for this time.  Woosah!

Okay gorgeous one.  Settle, just breathe yourself here into this moment.  Breathe long and deep and allow the whispers of your soul to come to the surface.  What is your Truth?  What do you Desire?  Then, when you’re ready, pick the card or cards that whisper to you.

Did you remember to pick?

Let’s go meet your glorious guides!

FREAKING BEAUTIFUL

You are here to march to your own beat.  You can be happy and free, whether the world looks at you with awe, admiration, confusion or love – or all of these at once.

Normal is not for you.  Don’t be afraid of that!  Deep down you are the good kind of crazy, an individual.  You would never be happy trying to be the same as everyone else!  You have an inner sense of justice and a need to question authority when it doesn’t earn your respect.  This may make some people uncomfortable, whilst it inspires others to think for themselves and not automatically assume that everything they are told is correct.  We need more of this in our world!

You are a free thinker with a different point of view to most people.  This isn’t a sign that something is wrong with you, but a sign of something special – a gift to see and express things differently.  The world needs much more of that too!

Your weird streak is a proverbial breath of fresh air, preventing unimaginative collapse into the boredom of sameness.  It also makes you a divine poster child for others who want to break free from conformity and unapologetically be truly themselves.  It means that you get to dream up your own destiny, and you don’t have to worry about what anyone else has to say about it.  The Universe will support you every step of the way – because it so enjoys you just being you!  

CREATRIX

Your soul is a divine creative fire.  She wants to break free from what has been and give life to something new.  You may experience this as feelings of restlessness, of being confined or as a craving for something more that you cannot quite articulate.  Your soul doesn’t want you to push that new life away.  She wants you to embrace it.  When you let go of your inhibitions and freely express yourself, stagnant situations will be cleared out by the powerful release of your energy, which creates openness.  Let  your inner artist  out to play in whatever way feels fun, raw and honest for you.  It’s time to experience something new.  

You have the need and the ability for creative self expression.  Whether it’s your look, your room, your art, your altar, your journal or your life, you need to be free to let the inspiration within find a way to take shape in the world.  Some ideas will come together beautifully, straight away, and some will need to be revised or released completely, until you feel satisfied by the expression.

Your creativity is most powerful and healing when it is true.  It is not about someone else getting it, or reaching some imaginary standard of perfection or making a million dollars.  The Universe has a beautiful plan for your life.  When we honestly and creatively express ourselves, we are playing with the Universe and helping that beautiful plan to unfold.  

You know that the world created from our hearts is more valuable, beautiful and real than any world created from fear.  Creativity is such a gift; it is worth the price of being different and not always being understood.  You are an inspiration.  Don’t hide your creative fire away.  Let it burn and light up the world.  

ON YOUR OWN TERMS

You are not the person you once were.  You know it, but others might not always be ready to let the old you go so easily.  Do not allow yourself to be shoved back into patterns of behaviour that are not true to who you are now.  You have worked hard to grow and become this new self.  Believe that she is more real than the old you, even if she is less familiar to others (and maybe even to you) at this stage.

All that will change, and what is new now will become familiar and easy for you to sustain in the near future.  Be stubborn in a good way whilst you – and others around you – come to realise that the new you is the real you.  

Others may offer their input, but when it comes down to it, it is you alone making your life decisions.  Your choice may once have been to meet the expectations and honour the opinions of other people – but you are aware now that the best choices for you actually honour your own heart, irrespective of whether others understand your reasons or feelings.

You might have to practice not feeling guilty or selfish about choosing to live your life in the way that suits your soul.  You might have to be patient with those around you who need some time to get out of the habit of expecting you to do as you are told.  It may take some time for them to adjust to the way you are now, behaving and thinking based on your own inner guidance.

You now know that you don’t have to wait for permission.  You get to choose how you want to feel, how you want to live, and who you want to be.  You’re ready for the responsibility and sweet reward of living your life on your own terms.  

Woosah!  How fantabulous!  So gorgeous one, please claim your free gift of Fabulous Imbolc, dance with your soul and your magic, allowing your seeds to come to light.  Remind yourself  how fantabulous you are and how so very loved you are.  Wishing you a stupendous week, be kind to yourself, be gentle with yourself and in the way that fits for you – Awaken – we need your light.  Big hugs and squeezes! 

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