This post is dedicated to a wonderful woman in my life! My Friend Bridget. What a wonderful Witch, healer, wife, mum etc she is. She is such a beautiful soul and has so much to offer and receive from this wonderful place. I am so blessed to have someone like her in my life. YAY!!!

Once you step upon the path of the cards, don’t be surprised when you start to notice the written meaning and what you actually see in the card to be two totally different concepts. You see, I believe the Tarot to be quite alive and so when you work with the cards, you work with your client, the question being asked, the energy around you and everything that is involved… each card will then shift it’s energy and meaning given the underlying currents it flows with. For example one day you may see the High Priestess as someone who is well versed in spiritual matters but in another reading you may see her as being a right bitch of a woman who doesn’t want to care for her children and only cares for the things that she finds suitable.

So know that when you are doing a reading for someone else and you see a card and expect it to mean something you are accustomed to it meaning but your inner guidance system is telling you differently. Go with the flow, honor what your inner guidance system is saying and know that you can find the balance between all meanings of the card.  Now lets play!!!!

So take your cards out and go through your favorites for now. Take one card and look at it. And say to yourself “One one hand this card could represent this (Insert what first comes to you) on the other hand it could represent this (insert a different perception). On a deeper standing it could mean ____ and on a lighter note it could mean ____. When I am having a good day this card can mean _____ and when I am having a challenging day this card could also mean ____. Turn the card upside down, sideways or any which way you can and see if you notice anything different about how the card looks or feels. Write down all sorts of different perceptions you have.

So what are some of your favorite tarot cards? Tell me about your experiences with this exercise in the comment section below.

Photo Copyright Neola K.

So this lovely post is dedicated to my beautiful Wife (Friend) Neola! She has been in my life (internet) for quite a long while now. She has taught me quite a lot about friendship, interacting with different energies and respecting people. So when I asked to dedicated a piece of writing to her and asked her what she would like me to speak on. So here it goes.

In this post the Three of Pentacles will speak on:

• How to communicate with Spirits through Dreams
• Past Life Memories/Recall
• Discovering Learning more about ourselves through Dreams
• Dreaming/Dreamwork/Dreams as Tools

So you see we have quite a bit to cover now don’t we. Before we go any further I would just like to say that what I provide here is what is passed through me. What the Tarot card speaks to me, what the spirits say and what I’ve experienced. I don’t claim to be the one stop source of all things Oracle but this is what has worked for me and what Spirit speaks to me so enjoy it and use it if you can.

Spirit Communication & Dreams

Communicating with Spirit requires work. It requires you to be a part of the process as well as the spirit in which you are working with and then there is this other force that needs to be considered. This underlying current of energy that need be present in order to connect the two of you together.

It would make sense for people to use their dream time to connect with spirit. The Dreamscape is the perfect place as your spirit is in full when you are in dreamtime. You have no physical limitation, your mind is not going against you when you experience ‘perceived impossible’ things in dreamland. So when you connect with spirit in the dreamscape it’s easier for the Spirit to lower their vibration to connect with you because a part of you thinks it’s not real, that it’s JUST a dream so it’s okay to play this out therefore not met with the resistance as you may if physically awake. The spirits seem to be able to connect easier as well when they enter your dreams since their energy matches easier in that frequency.

When they come to you in your dream you are asked to pay attention to what they say, pay attention to how they look, the smells you may receive. Jot those down in your awareness and enjoy the process. If you wish to speak with a loved one who has moved on to the veil then before going to sleep you are asked to remember them. Hold an item of theirs and call out to them. Place it beneath your pillow and allow the memories you have of them to come forth and smile. Smile and send good vibes. Ask them to present themselves in your dreams. Send them energy to connect with you.  And go to bed knowing that you will receive a message from them in the dreamscape and that when you awake you will remember everything that transpired.

When you are in the dream look for markers, things that stand out to you. Colors, sensations, scenarios, etc.. Remember everything that stood out to you. Sometimes the individual may not show up physically but speak to you through a symbolic nature which is then left up to you to discern. That is why I always say to pay attention to what your awareness zones in on. When you awake be sure to have a journal or notepad close by and write down everything that you can recall. You can even have a digital recorder on hand and record what you experienced. If you have a challenge believing that you are actually making the connection with spirit, you can ask them for signs in your waking life to confirm what you experienced in dreamtime. You will receive confirmation. Be aware and have fun with your dreams.

Dreams & Past Life Memories

I’ve been asked a bit about past lives and memories of them. People having very vivid dreams that seem to be so real but set in a past scenario and feels more like a memory than anything else.

Now I just want to stress here not to get caught up in past life recall or anything of that sort. They are there to experience and to utilize but not to get obsessed with. You may utilize their energy to promote your growth here and now but don’t get too involved with the fantasy about who you were in a different life that you forget who you are in this one.

I am asked to give you a simple meditation to do before bed. Prepare to for your sleep. Get into your bed and relax. Get into whatever sleeping position that you sleep in and then just focus on your breath. Close your eyes. Visualize yourself falling down, feeling a swoosh of air flow through your hair, feel yourself falling and falling but you know you are safe and where you land will be perfect for you. Then you feel that you are suspended in air and you look down at your feet to notice that you are standing on black stone. You look around to notice you are in a space of darkness where all things are silent and mystical. You notice to your right a light and you follow the light. You see a stairway that leads down, and you follow the stairs twisting, spiraling down. You finally reach the bottom and notice a doorway in front of you. Over the doorway you see the words ‘Know Thyself’.. And you know that to enter you must know thyself and to enter you WILL know thyself. You know that this is your mission so you enter through the doorway and once you do you feel shifted, changed and more aware of everything that you are. You walk into a space that is dimly lit by candles and as you walk to the center of the room you notice that there are two others in the room with you. They walk closer to you. Their eyes are quite familiar but they look so different. You notice that their eyes are the same as YOUR eyes. These individuals ARE you but in different bodies, different clothing, different styles of hair, color, everything.. What do you notice about these individuals? Does one shine more than the other? Ask them who they are. Ask them where they are, from what time period did they come from. Ask them what you need to know from them. These individuals are YOU but from the past. Ask them whatever you desire and allow them to answer.

When you are ready thank them and as you walk back towards the doorway you see them retreat into the darkness becoming one with the shadow.. You walk out feeling empowered and walk back up the stairway and out into the darkness. From the darkness you are taken back to your awareness of yourself in your bed. When you come out of this, remember everything you experienced, you can write it down if you’d like but before you really fall asleep make sure you ask for these individuals to have contact IN your dreams. So when you sleep messages will pour through. Pay attention, be aware and when you awake write it out.

Past life memories from what I’ve experienced and have been told come about as a ‘knowing’ and you get this feeling that this is or was reality. Be very discerning with this and no.. My love you were not Isis or Napoleon or Cesar Just sayin’.

Dreams & Discovering/Learning about ourselves

Our dreams are really powerful on many levels. They can tell us so much about who we are if we allow them to. When you are having a bad day or having a great day you can learn more about what makes you tick and what gets you fired up as well as what inspires you through your dreams. Replay the days events before you go to bed, ask for guidance on learning more about how you acted during the day, ask for guidance on if there was a situation that you could of handled better, ask why you chose to handle it that way. Let your dreams speak to you about who you are in the current moment, how you interact with your world and why you do the things you do. Utilize the direct information as well as the symbols that you receive in your dreams to empower you.

So if you don’t know why you do a certain thing you can focus on it before you sleep, ask for the answer to be revealed to you in your dreams and then be aware of what you experience while you dream. Do this for a few days so that you can build a database of answers. Write it all out and then after three days go over everything that you’ve written and put the puzzle together.

Remember that you don’t have to do things alone or figure things out the hard way. Allow your dreams to speak to you. When you have a challenge or a roadblock consult your dreams, allow them to process the information and give you inspiration. It just takes time and awareness.

Dreams as Tools

So you can see with all that was provided above that Dreams are quite powerful. They are amazing tools to empower each and every one of us. We don’t have to go through life alone and unguided with no answers and no help. We dream each and every night so why not utilize that to our advantage. We can use our dreams to be the best humans we can be. We can use them to work through problems, to inspire us and so much more. So take the time to actively engage with your dreams and work at remembering them and honor them each night.

Have fun with them. Get together with some friends, discuss your dreams and even try to meet each other in the dream world. Play around with them and enjoy!

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed the post. If you have any questions please just comment bellow. If you liked the post please tell me in the comment section or when you utilize this or if you work with dreams tell me about your experiences! YAY!!

Michael

I am truly blessed to have the Job I currently have because I love the interaction I receive with my customers. I Love the fun that I have with them, the social skills that I build, the money that I receive that allows me to purchase the things that I love.

I am so Grateful for my Spirit because I am the beautiful individual that I am manifesting it’s spiritual energy.

I am truly Blessed to have a Home because it provides shelter for me and my family, it allows me to have a sense of security and a place where I can keep warm, cool and collected.

I am Grateful for my Healthy Lifestyle because it provides the beauty and energy that I desire out of life. It fuels me and balances me, it gives me a sense of oneness and allows me to show compassion to the world.

I am beyond blessed to be able to read the Tarot and Speak to Spirit because it allows me to connect with others and share the messages that they need in order to uplift and empower them on their journey. It allows me to connect with Divinity and truly embody what I enjoy doing and that is to be of service and to help.

I am so Grateful for Mother Earth because she provides us a place to live, a place to connect and share, a place to plant our seeds and grow. She teaches me so much each and every day and I am so blessed to be here right now experiencing this moment with her.

I am Grateful for my amazing Car because it runs so perfect and gets me to the places I need to be without hesitation. It allows me to reach work at the perfect time.

I am Blessed to have the Family that I do because I have learned so much from them.

I am truly Grateful for the Friendships I have made both Physically and Online because each person has their own unique blend of energies and has taught me so much and has given me new perceptions to life. I learn so much each and every day by connecting with all of you!

I am Grateful for this website because it allows me to share with the world what I love, what I have heart for and what I am here for. To be of service to spirit, to help others help themselves and to express Joy and truth!

Thank You! Thank You! Thank YOU!!!

So let me ask you this, What are you grateful for? I want at least ten things you are grateful for listed below in the comments section and tell me why you are grateful for them! Count your Blessings today and share the love! Let me know

Before we delve into this post i’d like to invite you to read the post before mine and for those of you who came from there, welcome to my devious abode!

I’ve put this blog post off for the longest time! Now its due in 2 days so I best get my ass into gear. It is perfect energy for the topic though. You see we are entering Ostara which means we are entering spring time! It is time to get rid of the winter persona and put on the springtime energy.

So why don’t we discover what it means to Paint a Journey with new life. You see the cards speak clear to me tonight about what it is we need to be working on. You may have a lot of goals for yourself, you have some unfinished business that you’d like to take care of before you do anything else or you buried some things for newfound goals because you felt like certain things were unrealistic. Let’s go ask the High Priestess for some insight shall we? Don’t be rude though or else she’ll bitch slap you like you’ve never experienced before! This bitch be crazy! No seriously… She will smite you!

The High Priestess

You have all the tools in your toolbox to get where you need to be and yet you keep doddling around, so you have to ask yourself why? Is it because you have changed a lot yet you are still looking at your goal from the old you rather than this new you? Let go of your expectations on HOW you think it should play out breathe a new vibe into it. When you have something that you’d like to achieve and that is the constant in your life and you work so hard at it on a daily basis, it can get so repetitious that you get distracted by other things. NEW things that you feel you could get in to and be far happier with. But you are never happy with it because you really want to achieve your initial goal. That is why you have to actively engage in your life from different view points. Re-evaluate where you have been and where you are at this moment. Look at that big goal you wanted to achieve for yourself and write down what you’ve done so far to get closer to it. Now look at it in a different way. See everything you’ve accomplished. You see when you first decided you wanted to bring this to reality you just started with that intent and nothing else. You didn’t have all those things on your list that you can now check off. Okay so you are closer to attaining your desire! So now write out a few more action steps you can take to get you farther down the road. What is your vision? How do you wish to see things going? Start actively changing your reality, start seeing things differently and allowing them to take form. Each day play it out and send to it good vibes and allow it to manifest for you.

Well what are you waiting for? You aren’t going to get that promotion by sitting on your ass now will ya? Well…. Unless… No! Get up and get gone, time to move to your next experience. Go talk to that Fool over yonder! See what kind of nonsense he will get you to do.

The Fool

So many wonderful options at your disposal! You’ve acquired so many skill sets that will benefit you in the long run. It’s time to take what you’ve learned already and customize it. You know you want to get Bling happy. So why don’t you? Look at where it is you really desire to be and create a customized template for it. Take some time to really sit in meditation, get creative and make a collage of everything you’d like in this template. Or get a shoe box or some sort of box and start to add pictures in the box of what it is you’d like to bring about. Now is the perfect time to state your intent to the multiverse. Does what you want to produce require a certain type of look? Start to role play and put on clothing/makeup/jewelry that will put you into this persona and start playing it out. Act as if you already have it and have fun with it. Keep your inner child fed and allow yourself to enjoy the steps that you take to get to your final destination. See your current situation from the end result. Put your awareness to where you already have what it is you wish to achieve and look at the current placement and see the progress that you have made/will make.

I’m going to play dress up a little while longer but it is time for you to move on. You must not stay in the same space for too long otherwise you may get hooked into going back. But this will not be allowed amongst Fools! You carry on and if you see that dog hanging on will you be sure to give him a Scooby snack? Go see the 6 of Wands to get revved up!

The Six of Wands

You’ve been well prepared by The High Priestess and The Fool but now it’s time to put on a different suit and get down and dirty with life! You have the inner guidance system built up, you have the tools and the knowledge as to what you desire but now you must put it into action. Take everything you’ve learned thus far, take it all and place it around you. You may feel like you have this new-found passion about where you are headed but you must take it further than just basking in your perceptive glory. You must see it through. Take charge and start to act on the doorways and opportunities that are coming your way. Don’t sit still and give in to stagnation. You must learn to honor the choices that you do have. When a door opens ask yourself will it align with what you desire to achieve? Is it a step in the right direction? If so then move forward but if not allow some time to pass and decide to stay where you are for a little longer and allow a new opportunity to come forth and it will come forth. I know it may seem a tad scary at first but you have this new outlook on life remember? Out with the old, in with the new; breathe life into a deep rooted goal so that you may manifest it with excitement. Remember to celebrate the smaller victories as you go forward on your path. Don’t get too serious about life, allow yourself to enjoy it at the same time be serious enough to not lose sight of the original intention.

So dust off, get on the horse, armor up with all your knowledge and wisdom and move forward with the expectation that you will get many opportunities and you will achieve the end result. Be cautious not to let all the amazing energies that are aligning with you to get to your head. Nobody likes a snoot prick! Just sayin’ Now go talk to that 7 over there waiting to slap you something fierce… Oh I mean give you a good talking to. Yes… That’s right…

The Seven of Wands

Gosh I feel some sort of Fortune cookie chit coming on! ‘The Student has now transitioned to Master’ is all I keep hearing. This card is freaking me out ahaa but it’s a good thing. So let’s take a looksy as to what this lover is saying.

HAH oh gosh these cards have a sense of humor. ‘Sometimes you gotta put the beat down on some bitches” … I mean really? You must remember though we are dealing with wands here. Okay back to it!

When you make the conscious decision to enter a doorway, when you do take on that new opportunity that brings you closer to your main goal, you go through a rite of passage in a sense. You must keep your passion and enthusiasm for this new aspect in your life very close to you. You may be challenged by others who have been doing this longer than you and since you may be the new energy in the mix you will be tested. Keep your inspiration within your heart and let your light shine and meet these individuals head on. You are in control of what YOU do and HOW you do it so be the best at it. If you shine brighter then those who have been at it for years, well, amazing for you! Don’t allow the influence of others to taint your joy for the next step in progression. You will have to fight for what you believe in and old situations may come back to try and weigh you down. It is up to you to stand your ground and meet these head on. You know who you are, so don’t allow anyone else to define you.

Now take those biddies head on and blast the hell out of them with your shiny ass light! DO IT! Move on and go talk to the 3 of Wands will ya? It’s time to get some real juice going.

The Three of Wands

How absolutely splendid it is to have you here at the conclusion or is it just the beginning? Whatever it may be it is an honor! You’ve come so far on your journey and it is time to bask in the light of the many changes you have made. It’s time to honor all that you have worked for at this moment and illuminate the path so that all that you have worked towards will see you in the fog. You must act as a lighthouse now so that you can guide what you’ve created and called for directly back to you. Stand tall and allow the winds of change to embrace you. Allow your daily activities to inspire you to embrace what it is you’ve waited so long for. Once you’ve went through the initiation of the previous cards you will get here and you will be forever changed because of it. Now is the perfect time to blast those flares up and allow the abundance to find you!

Ostara: Paint a journey with new life!

The cards speak clearly and in order to paint your journey with new life you must honor where you have been and where it is you are going. Stop looking at something from a past point of view and start looking at it from your current moment with your current tools and actively engage in your life to produce exactly what you want. In order to give something new life in this situation you must remember to detach from the past and root in the present moment so that you can see with clarity and with the newfound skills and insight you have gained since initially creating your journey. It’s all a matter of perception. Seeing things as the current you vs. seeing things as the person you were a month ago or 2 weeks ago.

So go on now, get those seeds you’ve been hesitant about planting, re-evaluate them, give them some good loving and put them into the earth so that they may grow and you may grow with them!

What are you going to use to paint your journey with? Where are you headed?

Now please go read the next Blog in this Blog Hop Adventure!

::Note:: The Lovely Deck being used here is the Legacy of the Divine Tarot by Ciro Marchetti!

Michael Banuelos
Modern Day Oracle

So I finished my Insanity/P90X Hybrid (a few days early) and after that I just stopped. I felt like my body was just done. I was emotionally fucked (excuse my language peeps) physically run down and spiritually sensitive.

Well last Friday I cast a spell and created a Mojo for Self-Love which was a project for a forum that I am on. I also incorporated healing work and took a list of names which I am so glad that I did. It was a great success. This is when I started to feel like I needed to slow down a bit and re-evaluate myself. I had completely forgot about the work that I did. I found myself looking at my body, mind, spirit and honoring the progress I have made, honoring where I have come and loving myself more as a person and spiritual being than I have in the past. I put off doing a couple readings that I had promised to do which is not like me. I do my best always to get them out asap! I just was really told by spirit to sit down and be still. Do nothing and truly listen. I was told to experience the stillness of life and to learn what it will be like after I reach my physical goals. I had this fear within me that if I stopped for even a second my body would return to what it was. But that’s also a lie, truly, when I dig deeper and get to the core it really is not about the physical body for me. I know I can get rid of this weight but what scared me the most was being the person I was when I was at my heaviest. I don’t ever want to be that person again and I had this little seed in the back of my head that was thinking if I did stop then every day that passes is a day that I would get closer to that negative and depressing person. Not truth at all.

I have taken up my healing path again. I pushed a lot of my passions away for a long time to focus on the physical world, To focus on my body and to get where I need to be, where I desire to be and I just needed that refreshing energy again. My passion is to be of service to Spirit, to help others help themselves and to bridge my passions for the Physical and Spiritual and bring them together. I’m learning that right now.

I’ve spent enough time as the Hermit this past week and it’s time to pull out of that and push myself back into the physical world as a spiritual being. It’s time. I’ll be working out regularly again, incorporating my Yoga Practice full force and definitely making up for the time I spent in contemplation.

I feel rejuvenated and ready to get back into the swing of things. So the message here is this. When Spirit says it’s time to take a rest then please do listen. If it’s time to rest then be still and rest and accept that it is a part of the whole process. Go with the flow baby. You’ll learn so much and be so much more prepared for the next part in your journey if you listen!

I feel good It’s time y’all. What is spirit asking of you? Are you ready to listen?

That’s right bitches! Oh gosh pull your head out will ya? I’m talking about Crystals of course you goof. Why you may ask? Well think of a candle flame. Lets say you have a Birthday Candle lit and its flame is 1/2 inch but you have another candle that’s quite a bit bigger and it’s flame is thicker and longer than your Birthday candle. Which candle would you choose to illuminate a bigger space? The Bigger Candle right? Well same thing applies to Crystals. If you need to charge a space with some big energy and the space is large you may desire to use a larger crystal. So with that being said lets get to it!

Oh Shoot! One more thing. I just have to express my deep gratitude for Hibiscus Moon for re-igniting my passion for Crystals. I’ve worked with some basics for a while but nothing like this and nothing compared to what I am learning now. So what you receive here are some things I’ve been utilizing for a while and then some things that I’ve just started to implement.

Black Tourmaline

A new favorite of mine! Black Tourmaline is absolutely amazing at transmuting energy. So if you know that your list of clients is going to be heavy and you are going to need that extra protection or just to keep your energy rooted and balanced this is the crystal to use. It really clears the space and keeps it tidy so when any (perceived) negative juju gets thrown your way (be it consciously or just from clients worries and emotional turmoil) the crystal will transmute that before it even reaches you. It can also be used to release anxiety and suffocating feelings. So now let’s get crafty!

You can place a Larger Black Tourmaline at the center of your reading space so that the energy that you give off is not over-powering your client and the energies that they give off are not tainting your reading and over-powering you that you do not work up to your highest and best. It also helps to keep each individual in their own space and the reader to bring the information forth without feeling disoriented.

If you are like me and don’t have a space to do Physical readings then you can do what I do. Place the Black Tourmaline in front of your reading area. I actually read at my computer since I offer readings via internet so I will place the Black Tourmaline in front of the Monitor. This one actualy acts as even more of a blessing as it can help to filter the EMF’s being thrown at you from all the techno-demons (OOPS I mean goodies).  So Rock-star Status!!!

You can place it at the four corners of your reading room, you can put it in a pocket or wear it on a necklace. Get crafty with it!

Pyrite

Now this baby is a lovely bit!  Shinetastic! So Pyrite is great for many things but lets just keep it a tad simple here. First of all a benefit for those who do on-line readings is that Pyrite also helps to filter out or act as a shield toward EMF’s entering your space. Now it can also be used to get the job done, to give you that pep in your step and help you to take on your fears and really succeed. 

You can use this while doing your internet readings to protect you from those pesky EMF thingers or…. If you have a client who is coming to you for a change and in your reading you discover that they have a big fear of change and they just cannot get over this fear. You could have them hold the Pyrite while you do the reading and allow the pyrite’s energy to help them ease a bit and it will give them the courage and that extra boost to do what they need to do. You can place the Pyrite out on the table or wherever it is you read and allow it to just be in the presence of the energy that is being exchanged. If you do distant readings you can just talk to the Pyrite (yes TALK) and ask it for assistance on behalf of your client (with their permission of course) and incorporat that with your reading. The reading will give you the tools to help your client but the Pyrite is an added boost to help transition the client into making the right decisions for them and feeling empowered even more. I don’t know about you but if I can have a tool that will benefit my clients even more then I’m open to it!

Chrysocolla

I’m so excited to post this! YES! This is a beautiful one ooh joyous crystals!! Okay enough of that. So here’s the business. Chrysocolla is associated not only with the Throat Chakra but with the Heart and Root Chakra’s as well! Freaking awesome right? I know! So can you imagine what its amazing for? It’s great for clear communication, at expressing yourself in a gentle way but with strength. It really unearths the sacred feminine within. So for this one I’d definitely say wear it close to your heart or your throat chakra. To really help you bring the divine inspiration from what you receive to your client in a safe and effective way. If you have trouble expressing certain things, this will help you to easily and gracefully move through it and say what is needed to be said in a way that will be gentle enough for the client to digest. It will help you to remain grounded but also express yourself through your heart center. This crystal really helps to keep things fluid.

Now I do suggest to wear this one! I think it makes sense to do that. But Also if you can have a few laid out on your table that would be fun as well. If your client wants to hold em while you read, you can explain to them the properties and just keep it light and fun. This can be an added benefit if the client is in a real deep mood and needs that lighter, watery energy to clear things but in a way that they wont be in shock from.

Black Obsidian

Now this is a tricky one. Before I get in to it I just want to put a little cautionary note out here. I don’t suggest working with Black Obsidian and your Tarot Reading if you are fairly new to working with your cards or even working with energy. Black Obsidian is something fierce and powerful and beautiful of course but quite potent and can have some major effects on your clients and even yourself if you do not properly handle it.

Black Obsidian is what I guess how most view the Swords cards in the Tarot. Bitches to no end but definitely receive a lot of insight and healing after all is said and done. It has the ability to take you really deep within yourself and dig out some powerful emotions, memories that stem from not just this life but others as well.  So you can see why you should be a little cautious when working with this crystal and a client.  It’s also good for deep cleansing of (our perceived) negativity as well as spirit communication. So how can you benefit from this?

When I have a client who comes to me and while a part of them wants a reading and needs that insight the other part is so skeptical and doesn’t want to hear a thing you say and is just trying to test you and you get no real work done, I’ll use Black Obsidian. What the Black Obsidian does is helps me to ground and re-focus my energies as well as to filter out the junk the client is sending my way and to give me the ability to dig even deeper past the barrier that they are putting up and into what spirit wants them to know. Yes there are other ways to do it and I’ve done so since I’ve been reading but I love the fact that I have another tool up my sleeve and working with this crystal has really helped a lot! Not just me but my clients. I’ve had them in shock wondering how I knew what I knew and how I was able to really get to the core of things even when they were focusing on something to throw me off. (Rolls Eyes.)

Rose Quartz

LOVE! You know what though, I rarely bring out the Rose Quartz when I do love readings. I usually bring it out when I do readings that concern the exact opposite.  This crystal we all know is the epitome of love, self love and divinity. It has this ease and grace energy and is a truly gentle spirit.

If you wish to add some compassion and fluid love energy to your reading space then get out some Rose Quartz! I find that this crystal tends to put most in a better mood. It helps people to relax a bit and ease their tensions. Now if you are doing a reading and there seems to be a lot of anger or tension in it you can bring out the Rose Quartz and place it on your tarot cards or at the center somewhere and ask for it’s healing energies to help transition the reading, to help bring about the highest and best for all involved.

Gosh I feel like I’ve been writing forever! Y’all can see how fun this can be and how beneficial working with Crystals and Tarot can be. Now let me know your experiences with Crystals and Tarot work! I’d love to hear from you. Comment Below let me know what you think.

Resources:

The Book of Stones by Robert Simmons & Naisha Ahsian
Hibiscus Moon Crystal Academy: Certified Crystal Healer Course (In Training)
Personal Experience/Meditation with the Crystals

AHH! I’m like totally freaking out ya hear me? lol Seriously! I have had so much shit to do so much on my plate and I don’t know how I got any of it done. I’ve even had 5 days off work to get things done and jeepers does it seem to go by fast. I am writing this today (the 30th) and it is my Birthday which I find fitting for what is about to appear below. I just wanted to share a little bit about my day before we get into the actual post. For some reason I think it has a lot to do with what I am to say.

I woke up feeling great and with a mission! I was going to do Yoga before I did anything else. I said a few affirmations, got out of bed and popped in my Yoga CrossTrain DVD and boom fluid movement.  Went to the movies with my Mom (Underworld: Awakening in 3D), ran a few errands, home for lunch and then back to my exercise routine. Now I’m here settling in for the night to get my posts completed and some meditation time in. Now now enough of my jibber jabber let’s get to the good stuff!

So I was called to use the Celtic Dragon Tarot which I have recently re-acquired after YEARS of being without it. I just opened the deck to do this exercise as I felt it would be most interesting to start my re-connection with the deck as well as the first experience with Tarot Blog Hop!

How Can I Be A Better Candle?

I’ve decided to use the Influence of Elements spread that comes with the deck for this. I focused on this question and allowed the spirits and the dragons to speak through. Automatically I heard spirit say “Well don’t burn out too quickly without accomplishing your mission.”

A Candle is a Tool of power regardless if you are a practitioner of magick (consciously) or not. A Candle can illuminate the darkness, can add to the atmosphere when saying your prayers, can literally burn down a house and do so much more.

Spirit Speaks: Seven of Swords

Quit worrying about what your neighbor is doing and start focusing on yourself! To be the best you can be you need to put in the work and there is no cheating and short cut to it. This is at the center of being this represents the wick which in a candle is the center of all. A  bad wick can determine much of how the candle will burn.  So let’s not beat around the bush okay? The Seven of Swords is clear on it’s message it says to stop trying to steal from others, stop trying to get out of doing the work that is necessary and start making an active effort to engage in your life to produce the results that you seek. I know that you have big plans for your life, that you have something in mind that you’d like to do but you are scared that you may not have enough time or the education or may fear that you will fail at it. So you are not sure it is something you fully want because you fear you may not be successful at it so you desire to bypass all of the work, half-ass it and see if you like it that way. Well if you half-ass this and you don’t put in the initial blood, sweat and tears that it requires for these things then you won’t appreciate it, you wont enjoy the journey and networking that comes with such effort.  This is actually a warning that if you go down that path you’ll be burned and burn out before you even get started. Watch your step, be honest and walk with integrity. Don’t cheat yourself out of your success!

Spiritually speaking it’s time to begin a regular practice (whatever your choice of religion is)… Some of our strongest inspirations and decision making can be rooted in our spirituality. It gives us a strong sense of self, it helps us to understand who we are as well as have faith that what we do has purpose and happens all for a reason. Meditate, practice Yoga, start morning prayers, do what inspires you but make sure to nurture your spirit.

Air (East) Speaks: King of Swords (Fire)

You can pull your head out of your ass anytime now! You will definitely experience blockages on your journey to achieving your goals. It’s not how the journey ends that matters to be honest but how you interact during that journey that will definitely set the tone for the next phase in your life. This card definitely is quite delicious! It acts as a premonition of sorts. You gotta get your head in the right space and to do that you have to be aware of your surroundings. You have to keep your cool and get your emotions under control. There will be people that come into your life that will piss you off and there will be people who act like they are above you and it is through your interaction with them that will set you apart from the rest. You must learn to not give in to their head games. To effectively work the situation to your benefit. Part of getting the most out of something you desire is to get your thought patterns in control. Getting your mind to support your passions and your passions to support your mind. You have to be in sync and if there is something you wish to accomplish you must learn to be aware of what you think about these subjects and if you have something negative blocking your way, you must learn to obliterate it! You can work with the Air (intellect, wisdom) and the King of Swords (In this deck Fire, Passion, Aggression, Lust) to produce amazing results just learn to balance it out.

Fire (South) Speaks: Eight of Wands (Air)

As a Candle you know that you will eventually burn out. You will do what you are programmed to do and there will be a time where you must change and adapt to your surroundings. You must in a sense evolve and move on to a different path and no longer be a Candle but something else entirely. It’s almost like the cycle of life. When the soul enters the world as a physical being it begins it’s physical journey and when the physical body is shed it begins yet another journey. It is not gone forever but different and has a different purpose. This fits here. The Eight of Wands speaks of rapid movement towards the future. Once you’ve done the prior work that the other cards have laid out, once you have aligned with your highest and best and have clearly set your intent things will move quickly. So quickly that you must make sure to have your foundation straight. For when the time comes that your candle is spent you must be ready for the journey that lay ahead of that. So take the time to look back for a second and ask yourself if you’ve done what you’ve set out to do thus far, look back at the foundation that you laid out. Is it sturdy? Are there any loose ends that you need to take care of? Now is the time to really make sure that what you want is truly in your heart.

Water (West) Speaks: The Moon

Now this is a very strong energy. This is a card that needs extra attention. You will make tremendous amounts of change on this journey to becoming a better candle! That being said there are people who do not like change. You see when you change you shift the energy around you and the world around you will feel that change. Your friends and family and some of them may not be able to handle it. They may look at you and communicate with you in a way that no longer matches your vibration or perception of things. They may try to bring you down to their wavelength but you must remember that to achieve your desires, to live fully for yourself you must dance in this world AS yourself. You cannot live for them. You have trained yourself to effectively engage with the world as you’d like to be. You’ve surrounded yourself with energy that aligns with your desires, you got rid of blocks along the way and now you are living in the moment as you should! Let go of the past, let go of the gossip that will make it’s way to you and trust your instincts. Trust your intuition and go with the flow of things. As the flame on a candle moves with it’s surroundings so to should you! Don’t fight against the current but move with it and be strong. So be extra cautious of how you allow people to effect you. You see when you start to live an amazing life and start to create amazing changes bitches will be bitches. People will be jealous and will try to tear you down on some level and so you can feel attacked a lot during this phase and separate yourself from society but that’s not beneficial to you. Learn to work through this, learn to surround yourself with people who support and uplift you and know that when people speak like this they speak from their own limitations not your own!

Earth (North) Speaks: King of Wands (Air)

You have come full circle. Your body is strong because you are strong in all other aspects of your life. When you do the work the benefits will follow. This card represents so much about what you have transformed in to. You took that scared idea, that fear-ridden energy and you have shaped it into something most beautiful. A strong willed and powerful human being. You are capable of anything. The Journey has led you to balance out your life, to get your thoughts and emotions under control and to learn to interact more intuitively with your surroundings. Know that through this self discovery process, through the intention to get your goals achieved you have creating a sturdy being.

When the wick is spent and you are about to finish your journey a time of reflection is needed. Remember all that you have accomplished. Know that this is not the end but only the beginning.

So How Can I Be A Better Candle? Create a sturdy foundation for everything around you to hold on to. Work on your mental capacity, your thought patterns, your beliefs and allow your spirit and passion to guide you. Take yourself out of your comfort zone knowing that you will reach your end eventually only to produce a new beginning. Trust that when the flame is out you will move into a new essence of awareness and that everything flows with purpose. Know that no matter what people say or do to you, you are the one who dictates your reality and you know that what you do now determines how you will spend the next phase in your journey.

Many Blessings to you and yours! I’d love to hear your thoughts on this post so leave me comments!

And now to follow on with this Hoppin Blog experience. I encourage you to check out Morgan Eckstein’s Post here!!

Yep I feel that good So today we had Vitality!

This class is all about life force. Vitality is the key to distinguishing the living from the nonliving and this class will develop the power of endurance. We lead healthy lives when we have healthy spines and this series of backbends will keep your spine strong and flexible. Incorporating a hybrid of martial arts movements, enjoy a unique approach to increasing your life force through physicality, focus, and determination. -The Ultimate Yogi

I think I scared my dog when I was doing the breathing technique lol cuz she started whining and looking at me like something was not right. Anyways that made me chuckle which totally took me out of my zone but I quickly got back to it. I really enjoyed this experience. I was able to really center myself in the poses, in my body and feel the flow of energy rush through me. When doing these practices I make sure to connect with my spirit beforehand, to check in with myself and each time I do a pose I can feel that energy being expressed. Today was really beautiful for me because when opening up the chest and leaning back I could feel the heart center truly open up. A lot of the Chakras were activated during this process, I could feel a lot of them being cleansed and the junk that was stagnant inside my body, emotions, patterns etc just melting away. During these poses I could really feel my body being restored/replenished and this Source of Gratitude really start to build up within me.

What I also love about this program is so far I am not bored, so far I have not lost interest and I don’t even know how Long the program is I just make the time, pop it in and boom get on with it. It doesn’t seem like a long period of time until after I finish and notice it was longer than I expected. It feels good. I honestly love everything about this. The wisdom through the poses, the words expressed, the teaching style, it all adds to a wonderful experience for me.

Watching (when you are not twisting like a pretzel – kidding) each individual on the program is really inspiring to me as well. The brief moment that I do get to look up you can really see each person in the class expressing their own vital energy, their own way of being in Yoga and it really is captured. I’ve experienced other Yoga training where the people doing the class look so dry, they look very robotic and that they don’t get the energetic alignment, the spiritual alignment, physical alignment that is or at least should be expressed (in my opinion) when it comes to the practice. Maybe it is a challenging thing to express or capture? Regardless though, the essence is definitely expressed here and it makes me want to go deeper, to find that place and express it as well.

Another day of amazing Yoga!

LOOK! The Human Pretzel! Yep that’s what I learned today lol how to twist my body in all sorts of ways to promote healing! But we’ll get back to that. Today I woke up with a mission. To take care of my body and to give it a real good workout. So I started with P90X2: X2 Total Body + Ab Ripper and then I did P90X: Back & Biceps (still energized from my workouts) I hit the Elliptical for what was supposed to only be 30 minutes which ended up to over an hour (Lost track watching the Biggest Loser).. I finished the day with Detox and HardCORE.

I really loved Detox! I love the twisting and learning to breathe through the uncomfortable stage. My challenge today was the Reversed Triangle Pose, oh dear lordy! (I think it’s called Reversed Triangle Pose)… Jeepers I can’t think of the names for the poses now! Well I’m getting better at them. One pose that kicks my ass every time is BOAT! Or anything that requires me to lift my legs and hold em in the air out in front of me while my hands are off the ground trying to balance that and on my arse is a pain! I get all kinds of funkified! Falling on my back, to the side, gosh don’t look at me! Luckily the only audience I have are my two dogs. At the end of my Yoga I was spent! My body was tired but at the same time energetic. I had an appointment with a client after and my communication, my ability to express my creativity and artistic perceptions were far more fluid than had I not done yoga. It seemed like everything just aligned perfectly and what I needed to say, how I needed to say it and express it just came right out of me.

This experience with Yoga has really got me interested in taking it further. 108 Days yes but it makes me want to learn more about Yoga, the history, the names for the poses and everything else. First things first though, Get all my other certifications finished, 108 days through and then re-evaluate my stance on everything.

On my way to work this morning I had this loud thought that said.. Michael ‘never again’ blog when you are so bothered/tired like you were lol. I don’t even know if I made any sort of sense and I really don’t feel like going back and reading it either. So I do apologize if it was a painful read! Yikes! I had so many thoughts running through me yesterday. It’s funny how these things set up isn’t it? Today’s Yin Yoga was absolutely perfect after yesterdays Strength. It was as if yesterdays practice really stirred a lot of stuff up, brought a lot of patterns to the surface and today’s practice released it all, calmed it down and got rid of the excess garbage. Holding the poses for 3-5 minutes while challenging was perfect. I was like a child being told to sit still and don’t move and all I wanted to do was move all over the place! I perceive a lot on energetic terms. So that’s really how I know to express myself. As I was experiencing one pose a minute would go by and I would be fine.. After a minute I would start to struggle with breathing and then lose focus and then I’d re-gain focus and push through. Each pose was like this but towards the end I re-wired my brain enough to follow through without losing focus. I link it to having all those patterns and beliefs that go against what I am achieving here. They are in me and Yoga allows me to express that energy, to clear and heal that from me and so while I am shifting and changing my body wants to hold on to these things because it’s what it knows. So there really is a sort of inner battle going on and at one end you have the jitter bug that wants to move and squirm because he does not want you to free yourself of his chains and the other hand you have that calm essence of your divine self that is collected and calm knowing the process will be as it should and at the end the body/mind will be better of it.

So really it’s only been four days with The Ultimate Yogi and while four days may seem like nothing, what I’ve experienced with it so far has been absolutely beautiful. I am really excited to flow with each aspect that comes day to day with this program. So another day completed and another day to be Grateful! YEAH!

What did you do for yourself today? Did you make time to take care of your body, your mind and your spirit? Remember to give yourself some time to check in with yourself daily. You deserve it.