Inspiration

Weekly Reading – December 5th.

Happy glorious Monday! Here the temperature has dropped and it is brrrrrr – frigging chilly! But the sky is blue and the sun is out, so that more than compensates for having to warm up the vehicle and bundle up like the Michelin Man. How has your week been? Are you getting overwhelmed with the holiday season or are you pacing yourself?

Yesterday we lit the second candle in our lovely homemade Advent wreath – this is the candle of Hope (it’s also the celebration of the light of plants – plants that reach up to the sun and in the breezes dance). Now the word “Hope” has never been one of my favourite words as I find it is used far too much i.e. – I hope the kids do their chores, I hope I win the lottery, I hope the cat doesn’t cough a hairball on the clean laundry………. So the word Hope always felt a bit banal to me, so I went exploring and reading and really like this definition, it is one I can get behind:-

“Hope is a feeling of trust, a security, and a reason to keep going. It is a passionate desire of our heart. It is a feeling of expectation and a longing for a certain thing to happen.” – Verity Russell

I love the sense of a feeling of trust, security and a reason to keep going and also that it is heart based, not head based. Test it out this week and see if it resonates for you, so when you use the word Hope conjure up the feeling of trust, security and passionate desire.

So with Hope in mind let’s get centred and ready to pull, okay?

Gently close your eyes down and take a long, luscious slow breath in – hold it, hold it and release it as a sigh – letting any busy-ness, stress or confusion flow out. Keep breathing long and deep and see in your mind’s eye a gorgeous winter landscape. The snow is deep but firm and such a pristine white that it reflects the light of the moon and lights up the landscape. As you walk out on the snow, hearing the crunch under your boots, you can see the trees are all adorned in snow crystals and their boughs are ladened with last nights snow – it’s as if they are all dressed in sparkly white outfits and ready to attend a ball.

Standing in the middle you look up to the night sky and there are stars starting to peek out and the moon is a glorious crescent suspended against the dark night carpet. The air is fresh and crisp and as you breathe it in you can feel it tingle all the way down to your toes. Standing still in this silent snowscape you bring to mind the Hopes you have, those Hopes that you have a passionate desire for. They could be relationships, work, children, water, peace, a romantic love – whatever they are for you. As you think of the first one, cup your hands in their cosy mitts in front of your face and whisper your Hope into them and then throw it up into the air. Keep doing this, whisper each Hope into your cupped hands and then throw it up to the sky. As you release the last one you look up to the sky and you see that each Hope has taken on a different colour and it is as if the Northern Lights have appeared just for you. The colours dance, stretch, expand and move – showing you that your Hopes have been heard and are being acted upon. Revel! Revel in the colours, the validation, the pure joy of the moment and smile. When you are ready take another deep breath in and whisper – Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Take another deep breath and slowly come back to your body and open your eyes.

TRUST YOURSELF

You are wise. You know how to grow, even without knowing how you know.

Like the ancient forests, spectacular galaxies and the acorn that becomes the oak, there is natural intelligence for growth that is beyond logic and reason. It just happens. You are growing. You really are. Don’t doubt it. Even if you don’t see it yet, remember that so much is happening when the seed is still unbroken in the ground. It’s gathering up all its’ might, power and force that it will need to push above the soil and burst up into the light. Trust yourself. You know how to grow. Don’t over think things, it won’t help you. Don’t worry so much, you are doing a great job in this game of life. When you trust yourself, you relax and you can heed your own wisdom, insight and messages much more clearly and easily.

You have a big destiny this lifetime and much to experience. Sometimes you make the error of judging something that is unpleasant as negative or a mistake. It isn’t. It’s just part of your great hunger for experience.

Don’t resist any points of instability in your life. This even applies to your most treasured relationships or creative projects. That instability is just a growing pain because more consciousness, more love and more light wants to infiltrate and pervade all parts of your life. Choose to flow and grow.

THE WORD WANTS TO BE WRITTEN

You might have been taught that creativity is something you have to work hard to access, or that finding your life purpose is so difficult that you must search high and low for it. Or creating a living doing what you love is impossible.

Yet what you are is within you and wants to come out at every available opportunity. You don’t have to struggle so much. It is more about allowing space for it to manifest and to let the energy flow. The effort is in getting out of the way, not in making something happen. As for being yourself, that is the foundation from which your life path and joy will reveal itself. Being yourself becomes easier when you give yourself permission to love, honour and accept yourself in all circumstances, especially the ones where you might be more tempted to reject and judge.

What you are dreaming of or seek to manifest, is actually very natural for you. That is why you want to do it. Now it is about chipping away at the walls of shame, perhaps with a defiant “Who the hell cares, I am here and I am going to love myself anyway.” Release old emotional wounds and break away from any restraints to unconditional self-love.

What you want to write, sing, dance, create or become is you. It is natural. Drop your defences, get into the grit and confront the power than any old shaming has had over you. It’s finished now. It is time for you to be naked with yourself, acknowledge how gorgeous you are and get on with your work. Life is urging you to do so, because the work wants to happen. What you want to create, wants to be created. Step firmly over any remnants of the past that have been in your way and stay on your path.

FOCUS ON THE LIGHT

A tremendous force of light is gathering around you. It is attracted to the purity of your intention to create from your heart. As your intention grows, so does the light. As the light grows, so does your intention. Magic wants to happen for you now! The synchronicity, perfect timing, opportunities and information that are needed will seem to be drawn right to your door. You may start to feel as if you cannot walk outside without stumbling into something helpful, wonderful and inspiring.

It is best to stay focused on your heart and intentions. Just allow all else to happen of its own accord, without making it mean anything too personal. Simply let it be the workings of the great light of love, flowing through a pure heart and touching the world. Even if the light that is drawn to you and flows through you has some dazzling effects, you don’t have to get caught up in it.

Don’t be distracted by other paths around you at this time as you are too close to succeeding on the one you are on now! Diluting your energies, in the pursuit of too much will slow down your success and the world needs your light to shine sooner rather than later! In time you may diversity and explore other ways to express yourself but for now, build what you are working on and know that success is coming swiftly.

What a glorious reading! I loved how all the cards worked together. So remember to practice Hope this week and to be gentle with yourself and others in this holiday season.

Weekly Reading November 14th – Full Moon and Super Moon

Jenny Heston · 3:33 pm ·

Happy Monday. Happy Full Moon in Taurus and Happy Super Moon! Phew, what a lot of things to be happy about today. Today’s super moon is the largest moon in the last 69 years and it falls in the sign of Taurus which represents illumination. In other words “it’s about hitting that bullseye in order to awaken to our fullest potential and realise our goals, dreams and wishes.” – largest moon in 70 years. In fact this moon is going to help us to see things from a more practical and logical point of view as well as encourage us to think about our self worth and feelings of security in the world. Both practical and spiritual.

So I don’t know about you, but after the energy that has been bouncing around this last week, I am going to do some serious energy clearing and so I invite you to come into my “Energy cleaning spa” and let’s get you all bright and shiny prior to receiving guidance this week.

Gently close your eyes down (of course don’t do this if you are driving) and release your breath, let it flow out with a sigh. Feel your body as you breathe slowly in through your nose and out through your mouth and imagine you are sitting by a lovely fire on the beach. The flames dance in every shade or red and orange and throw sparks up to the clear, dark sky. The full moon is in all her glory and lighting up the rocks and water around you. On a log next to you is a beautiful shell filled with sand and on top of the sand is a sage smudge stick. As you gaze at the fire you feel a wonderful, calm, loving presence come sit next to you, it could be angelic or a spirit guide, or an ancestor that has passed. They smile at you and gently light the smudge stick from the fire and under the light of the full moon they swirl the sacred smoke around you, around the space and around the fire – creating sacred space. As you sit and breathe in the sweet smell of the sacred smoke your guide invites you to see all the energetic cords that are attached. As you look down you see a myriad of energetic cords, some thick, some thin, all glowing and heading out into the ether. Some of these cords serve you as they are attached to a loving relationship or person and they nurture you. Other chords don’t, they may be attached to someone negative or needy, perhaps a person who was unkind to you and they weigh you down and drain you.

Without judgment look at all the chords and within the circle of sacred space bless them all. Then if you are willing, invite your guide to cut all the chords cleanly and send the energy back to where it belongs blessed, healed and transferred. See those chords dissolving and dispersing being drawn into the fire and then released as beautiful sparks up into the moonlight. As each chord is released you can feel yourself getting lighter and lighter and as the last chord is cut the sense of joy, light and expansion floods through you. So much so that you tilt your head back, smile at the moon and say Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

Your guide smiles and blesses you and then gently departs. As you hold your hands out to the fire knowing that energetically you are cleansed, you breathe in the last wisp of smudge smoke and as you breathe out you gently open your eyes and find yourself back in your glorious cleansed body.

Ready to see the guidance, support and love coming to you?

AGAINST THE GRAIN

You want birds to able to fly underwater. You want love to trump power. You want humanity to relate to each other as equals and to recognise the sacredness in you and in the world around you. You want to unleash the beauty that hides in even the ugliest of scenes or sentiments. You want to make possible what others say cannot be. You are a radical dreamer, a sacred rebel, and you bring the light of a more positive future to this world.

However, this can have its burdens. Deep within you may feel that you don’t really fit in with the rest of the world. Perhaps your sense of how things can be and how they really are, is so different to the smaller minds or more fearful hearts of many others that you are rarely received for all that you offer. This might make you feel frustrated, thwarted or lonely at times.

You are someone who lives and breathes in the depths of creative waters. You need to lose yourself to the flow of music, nature, dreams, imagination and fantasy, through art and literature, meditation, dance and in sensual surrender to the sacred waters of the ocean, the river, the lake – or the bathtub! You must go against the grain. It is just your way. You are not one of the followers but one of the agitators. You are a loving catalyst and by simply being yourself, you constantly remind people that there is always another way. You are meant to be exactly as you are. You are meant to be the black sheep, the rainbow sheep or even the wild wolf in the flock of sheep! When we are who we are in truth, we attract the support, protection and energy that we need to thrive. Your power comes from aligning your outward self with your inner truth, not with the general consensus. You will then find other dreamers, other wild butterflies and atypically coloured sheep to join you in conjuring better visions for our world.

NEW BIRTH GUARDED VIGILANTLY

In every creative process, in every birth, in every opening of a new cycle of life, there is a time of vulnerability. This vulnerability is natural and appropriate. It is the foal learning to become steady on its legs Those legs will become remarkably powerful in time, but the process of growth and maturity has to take place, and that requires some wobbly first attempts. It cannot be any other way.

Within you, there is fresh new life emerging like a vibrant green shoot rising up from the earth. This new life is in need of your attention and your care. This could be a new relationship that needs tending with interest and kindness. It could be a new idea that you need to nurture into fullness, because it is going to hold special purpose for your life path. You will not always need to cloak that which is young. Soon enough it will be able to stand up for itself, but for now, your vigilance and care is most certainly required.

Hug your ideas to yourself as though they were a new lover you cannot bear to share with another. In time the world will be the lover receiving the love in your idea. For now, it is for you to love, for you to hold and for you to observe. Keep your sanctuary pure, this may be your room, a sacred place you visit, your own body, into which you retreat in relaxation or meditation. Sometimes you will find that others have taken up residence in your sanctuary. It is time to focus on the purity, light, love and compassion that dwells within you. Everything else will come and go, and that is just fine. But the purity within your sanctuary is eternal. Firmly denounce any intrusion upon the new life by doubt, fear or sabotage.

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.

Also, it IS possible. 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. You will attract great helpers to you and the Earth will support the success of this project, idea or vision, because it is about helping the greater good, as well as your own growth and development.

Allow inspiration to fill you with enthusiasm, an expectation of magic and marvelous synchronicity, as people, situations and opportunities fall into place to help bring your inspiration into reality. This idea has the potential to flower into so much more than you realise. 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!

Weekly Reading October 10th

Jenny Heston · 10:16 am ·

Happy glorious Thanksgiving Monday (here in Canada we celebrate it in October). It has been a glorious weekend filled with family, friends, exploring, turkey and pumpkin pie! We love pumpkin pie soooo much in this house that when a friend says – “I will bring a pie.” I look at them rather askance and say “1 pie for 12 people? Try 9 pies for 12 people!” My boys can happily snarfle down a pie all unto themselves – did I say we love pumpkin pie?

We have a glorious new deck that has done a lot of work this weekend for others and really wants to participate, definitely for the month of October, which I feel is exceptionally appropriate as it is called The Divine Circus, and Halloween is approaching. This is a brand new deck from Alana Fairchild (she created The Sacred Rebels that we have been using) and I love the description of these Oracle cards. “This deck is for those who find it hard to follow rules, conform, bend to authority and generally ‘do what they are told’. May your rebel heart always be bold. May your spirit always be free. May you remember to live the Divine Circus and have fun doing things the way you aren’t supposed to, whilst living your most creative and unique divine destiny.” AMEN to that I say! This deck has a bit of a “darker” feel to it which I find quite interesting as often when we think of those darker aspects of ourselves we tend to stuff them back into that spot they arose from, but by embracing them and celebrating the lessons they can show us allows our light to shine even more brightly as no part of ourselves is being left behind or shamed.

So if you are willing, let’s go on a little journey. If you want to do this with your physical body – great. If you just want to see it in your mind’s eye – great. So I invite you to close down your eyes and take a big exhale – release, release, release. Now take a large inhale, nice and slow as far as you can go, hold for a moment, then exhale with a sigh and release. Let’s do that one again, inhale deeply, deeply and when you are so filled up, pause and hold, then release with a huge sigh. Imagine you are curled up in a tight, tight little ball, you are surrounded by darkness and there is a sense of fear rising up from your ego telling you you should panic. Don’t, just breathe and as you breathe imagine that this little ball you are all curled up into is like a stupendous seed that starts very small and in the darkness. Then as slowly as you can, see your spine start to straighten as you uncurl yourself. You start to open up and your chest feels open rather than concave and into your heart pours a glorious gold divine light. This light is calling you to stand tall with your shoulders back and as you start to move into that position you can feel, sense and see that you are surrounded by light and like the small seed at the start – you have become a strong, healthy plant reaching for the light and stretching out in all directions. As you look down at your feet you see they are covered in darkness and that’s okay, your roots are safe and being nourished. Place your hands on your heart and breathe in the love and protection of the Universe. Feel it course through your body and remember that as the darkness holds the seed of new life safe, until the moment for birth is upon it, new life rises. You can embrace both the darkness and the light. Breathe the glorious light in again and as you release shake your feet and slowly open your eyes.

So have you picked?

RED COUNTESS

Deep within, you know what is true and what to do (or not do). Yet there is so much noise and distraction in the world, and even at times in our own minds, that listening for our inner wisdom can seem like trying to hear gentle birdsong in the midst of a rock concert. Even so, you are hearing an inner truth, and deep down, you know it. Can you trust that it is safe to not only hear your inner voice but act on it too?

Give your truths value. Hold your feelings and insights in high enough esteem to pay attention to them, to give yourself time to process what you think, feel and sense. Know that they’re worth acting on, even if that action just means to trust more and stop worrying.

VOICE OF AN ANGEL

You have something to say. There is a unique voice within you that wants to be expressed creatively in the world. Whether it is a conversation you need to have, a truth stated, a song to be sung or a book to be written, honour your voice. Know that it is inspired and can help not only your own spiritual growth, but support others on their path too.

If you do not allow inspiration to flow, you will feel blocked,a s though something that needs to happen naturally is not happening. It is an uncomfortable sensation that can lead to feelings of depression, self doubt, lack of confidence and eventually wear away at your self-esteem. Have trust, courage and confidence in yourself and to follow through on the gift of an idea that has been given to you. This is not a time to keep quiet, play it safe, hold yourself back, or allow others to step up and speak for you. It is your time to speak your truth, to express yourself, to have confidence in your own ideas and inspirations and in your own voice.

DIVINE DISGUISE

Some blessings are obvious – the door that opens, the person who says yes and the instant success of an idea. But not all blessings are instantly recognisable. Some blessings are so veiled that at first you might consider them to be an unwanted development. A concealed blessing is either already at work in your life or on its way. Don’t worry if you feel like things aren’t working out as they should. Soon enough, the disguise will be dropped, and the blessed unmasked in all its beauty.

Blessings are the mysterious workings of the universe, there to help us along our unique life path to live our truths and fulfil our potential. The universe has the knack of knowing just what it is we need, even when sometimes we might think we need something altogether different. This is how it can be that something we resist and reject in our lives can become the very thing we’re most grateful for later on. The real beauty of a situation isn’t obvious to you yet. But trust and have peace of mind and a realisation that the universe does really know what it’s doing. It’s in your corner, on your side, cheering you on and helping you avoid unnecessary pitfalls, even if you don’t know they exist.

So my delicious lovely I wish for you a fantabulous week of expansion and adventure. There will not be a reading for the next 2 weeks as I am heading to the UK today! (Very excited and even more impressed that I managed to squeeze everything into one suitcase!) Take care and see you soon.

Weekly Reading August 29th

Jenny Heston · 3:58 pm ·

Happy glorious Monday delicious lovely!!! Can you believe we are at the end of August, this month has just whipped by in what feels to be a tower of boxes, a wall of heat and a pile of sawdust! We have had tons of baking, energy sapping hot weather and the other day as I was shoveling out a truck full of horse manure to create a gorgeous garden bed a huge flash storm hit. One minute it was sunny, the next it was torrential rain and I was getting covered in horse shit (which I didn’t mind) and it was exceptionally refreshing and cleansing. After the storm passed there was a delicious sense of freshness, newness, unfolding possibilities and calmness in the air.

So with that thought in mind (the storm, not the horse shit), let’s take a moment to drop into ourselves, calm the mind and connect with our gorgeous, strong, loving intuition.

Imagine that you are standing at the silent centre of a great cleansing storm. The wind is whipping around you, you can feel your hair lift with it and there is a sense of wildness, change and unknown. All aspects of your life are rained upon, blown about and even messed up a little. How do you feel?

The storm slowly passes and in its wake you are left with soft sunshine, hair in disarray and slightly soggy feet! Some parts of your life will have been washed away. Some other pieces will be strong and stable, a bit messy perhaps but still there nonetheless. How do you feel?

Underneath your soggy feet you see a pattern forming in the cleansed earth, as if it is rising up from the damp, slightly disturbed soil. A golden gleaming geometric pattern of the flower of life glows. Sense the perfection of the form, see how each flower feeds into the next, in symmetry, harmony and balance. See the golden flowers all interlinking spreading off into the distance and as you raise your eyes from this wonder before you there is a gorgeous rainbow shining brightly in the sky.

So in your gorgeous cleansed and grounded state, trust yourself and pick the card(s) that call to you.

Did you pick?

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.

INSPIRATION

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 marvelous 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!

THE PERFECTION OF YOUR LIFE

Have you ever seen a storm pictured from above? It can appear to be so beautiful and elegant. This Is certainly different to the ground view which can be quite a violent experience. So too, there is great beauty in your life now. However,at this point in the natural process, you may be experiencing it as anxiety-inducing rather than beautiful. You may sense it as internal chaos. You may feel it is something that is waiting to erupt from within, as a restlessness or an anxiety that you cannot quite articulate but sense vaguely nonetheless.

Whether the chaos seems subtle,strong, internal or external, this oracle brings the same message for you. All is unfolding according to a perfect higher order. You are currently enduring a cosmic, spiritual storm which is having an impact on you. It is clearing things out, ruffling feathers and preparing you for that lovely, super-fresh, uplifting feeling that one experiences after the storm has finally passed.

No matter what appears to be, in truth there is only the unfolding, creative genius of the universe. You are not forgotten. You have not been looked over. You have not been denied, found wanting or rejected as unworthy. Express whatever is needed, however is needed, this will call on the powerful perfection of your life path, as it aligns for the next creative turn of the spiral of life. Trust and directly experience the flower of life unfolding within you and around you.

Have a glorious week, and don’t forget it is New Moon on September 1st. A great time to hit the reset button and get clear on what you want in your life.

Inspiration

jennyheston

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