I decided to do a monthly reading using my Magic Mantras cards. As usual, they often precisely pick up on global issues that also give personal guidance. This reading immediately struck me as connected to #familiesbelongtogether. Here's a breakdown of each card. Energy: TOGETHER. This is a master switchword calling for us to stop working against each other and to start working together. Challenge: WATCH. Staying observant and paying attention may be a challenge this month. This switchword can also show a challenge with learning new skills. In this case, the new skills are probably learning how to work together. Embrace: WOMB. We're being called to increase self-care and self-nourishment, and to reconnect with Source. Perhaps that's why we're having so much trouble getting along. Release: TAKE. This switchword relates to power and leadership. It suggests we need to release the hold powerful leaders have on us and our ideologies. Guidance: ATTENTION. Similar to the WATCH card, we're being called out to pay more attention to what's happening...not just in the world, but inside us too. After all, what we see in the world is merely a reflection of humanity at this moment in time. This card is saying we need to notice the details, not just the big picture. Overall, this month appears to be a time of learning to work together, to replenish our selves, and to release the the power our leaders have in influencing what we notice about the world. Download the guide to the Magic Mantras Oracle on the FREEBIES page.
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Mars is retrograde from June 26 to August 27. Retrograde is when a planet appears to be going backward because the Earth is completing its orbit around the Sun faster than other planets outside its orbit and it appears to outpace them. The areas of life that a retrograde planet rules can become weak, challenging or troublesome. We can use this time to re-assess our lives and learn from past mistakes. When Mars is retrograde, it's a great time to reflect on how to handle pressure, frustration and conflict. I pulled some cards for quick insights on how Mars retrograde will express itself through an important lesson and what guidance is needed. AWAKE-DOOR-REACH suggests gaining clarity (awake) about new opportunities (door) but being unable to grab hold of them (reach). I'm starting to feel the frustration of this energy already.
My guidance card is CRYSTALS. This encourages me to break through the struggle using my crystals and crystal grid as a manifesting tool. I've been working on some manifesting grids for my Make This Magical Playbook class. I guess I'll be making another one soon. Every month on Instagram you can find new divination challenges. A challenge is a list of prompts usually based on a specific theme. The purpose of challenges is to help you engage with your divination tools and to promote personal insights. If you love journaling prompts, then you'll enjoy the diverse prompts from these challenges. They are also a great way to engage with your Magical Playbook. I've recycled a prompt from August 2017 Divination Challenge @graemoonmystic and used my Magical Playbook Stichomancy Scrying Board and Paper Poppet to get insights for the current month of June. The prompt: Theme/Departing Energy/Incoming Energy/Advice I gently tossed the poppet onto the scrying board and looked at what she pointed to with her left hand for the answer. June's Theme: A little bit of righteousness. Righteousness means the quality of being morally right or justifiable. I can feel some self-righteousness rearing its ugly head this month and need to investigate the source. I think social media is to blame lol! Departing Energy: The sunflower dress was soaking wet. This one I understood right away because May was a particularly soggy month. It rained every day, several times a day for the last 2 weeks. The rain has a deep influence on my mood and it kept me from walking outside which helps my mood. Every time you thought the rain was through, it would begin again. I even had two client cancellations as a result of all the rainfall. Incoming energy: Harvests reaped. This sounds promising for closing out projects that began in May. Advice: It was the first day. As advice, this line may suggest it's time to start fresh. Begin something new.
In April, I hosted an Instagram challenge to write a 30-day poem. We wrote one line each day. I used my Haiku Oracle because it lends itself so well to this. I find that this deck resonates extremely well with the moon phases, even when I'm not aware of them. At the new moon, the card, spring, appeared, suggesting the fresh energy of that moon phase. At the full moon, I pulled the end of autumn, which reflects the harvest energy of the full moon. Here's my 30-day, 30-line poem: the oil freezing the oak tree a field of cotton not interested leaking from the roof flecked with mud a cuckoo crying had flowered the voices of the wild ducks this deep in fall on the half finished bridge still not a butterfly a flash of lightning drills into the rocks one or two inches utterly away spring in cherry blossoms a horse peeing above the dead grass spring rain first day of spring against a cool wall as if the moon and sleeps awhile sick, falls from the sky falling winter solitude the end of autumn goes the heron's cry Purchase the Haiku Oracle Make This Magical Playbook is my latest art-meets-oracle class and Instagram challenge. If you enjoyed Create This Oracle Deck 2018, I'm sure you'll love this one too. WHAT IS THE CLASS ABOUT? The class explores divination, magick, and a variety of intuitive guidance systems. We'll make an interactive grimoire with pages full of your favorite spreads, pendulum charts, crystal grids, a scrying mirror, finger labyrinth and much more. Each lesson explains the concept of the page and topic, gives a video walkthrough of how to use the page and provides steps to make it. The goal of the class is to give you ideas to fill your Magical Playbook. Use the ideas to spark your imagination to create the Magical Playbook of your dreams! WHAT DOES THE CLASS INCLUDE?
In the class, you'll find a list of art supplies and tips for organizing your Magical Playbook. Bonus pages are also included and there's a private Facebook Group for sharing ideas, art techniques, and intuitive discoveries. HOW MUCH DOES THE CLASS COST? Just $33. And the class is self-paced so you can enroll today and make your Magical Playbook at your own pace, whenever you like. This LINK will take you to the landing page for more info and enrollment. WHEN DOES THE INSTAGRAM CHALLENGE BEGIN? The IG Challenge begins May 1 and runs through May 31. We're using hashtag #magicalplaybook so we can share our pages with each other. We'll do 3 pages of our Magical Playbook per week. Here's the schedule: May 1 - 5
Have you ever thought of creating your own oracle deck? Have you been tossing ideas around but don't know where to begin? Would it be helpful to follow prompts and join a community of folks who are also creating an oracle deck? Create This Oracle Deck challenge is back again this March! Last year we had a blast creating our own oracle decks. Check out over 2,000 posts on Instagram from last year's challenge HERE. THE CHALLENGE I realize there is a bit of creative paralysis that interferes with ART-ing sometimes so I've developed a challenge to get past that obstacle. It's called #createthisoracledeck2018 challenge and it runs during March on Instagram. It's a way to create a unique, personal oracle your way. I hope it will also help you understand how to translate a symbol into meaning. For some of you, this might be the first step to creating an oracle deck you're ready to share with the world. In fact, there are several decks now published and available to the public that began with last year's challenge. Shown below: Inner Queen Oracle, Dark Moon Damsel Oracle, Inner Landscape Oracle, and Untamed Truth Oracle. THE PROCESS There will be a prompt each day for each card. Join in by following the daily prompts to create your own personal oracle deck. You can draw, collage, use photos or apps to create your deck. We'll do a total of 30 cards. On March 31st, you can show your entire deck! Please use #createthisoracledeck2018 so we can find your posts on Instagram. The intention of this challenge is to create a usable oracle deck without getting hung up on the details. That's why there are prompts and a time limitation of one day per card. WHAT YOU NEED ✨Cardstock, blank cards, index cards, etc. You can find blank card decks on amazon and makeplayingcards.com ✨Pencils & non-bleed pens and markers for drawing (rubber stamping is also a great idea) ✨Magazines, stickers, scissors and glue stick for collage ✨Apps like Tayasui Sketches, Enlight, ArtStudio, to make digital drawings ✨A journal for your guidebook THE PROMPTS Here are the prompts for Create This Oracle Deck Challenge 2018! I'm calling this year's challenge the mystic version because there are a few prompts related specifically to the divining and mystical arts such as life path, astrological sign, and tarot cards. You can also enroll in my FREE Create This Oracle Deck course too. It's where all of the challenge information will be compiled along with a few extras for inspiration. We begin March 1, 2018.
Take your deck on a date and ask it some questions you might ask on a first date. It's a great way to start discovering your deck's personality and a fun way to practice your intuitive reading skills. Here are some of the date questions I've asked a few decks. Most of these questions are from the article, 160 First Date Questions. The only list you'll need. Who are your kind of people? TOWER. Tall, mysterious people you look up to. When do you feel most out of place? SKY. When looking at the vastness of the sky. Best advice you've been given. SIGNS. Signs are everywhere. Pay attention. What's your favorite place? ACE OF OYSTERS. The oyster bar. What skill or ability would you like to learn? THE EMPEROR. Alligator wrestling. Advice for your younger self. THE MAGICIAN. Life is like a gumbo. Embrace different kinds of experiences to draw out the best flavor. What is your silliest fear? PROTECT. I'm deathly afraid of rose bush thorns. I don't even like to look at them. What wrong assumptions do people make about you? CLARITY. That I have eyes in the back of my head and I can read your mind. If you won the lottery, how would you spend it? WISDOM. Books, books, and more books. If you'd like to take your deck(s) on a date, join my Date With A Deck Challenge on Instagram and in my Over The Moon Academy Facebook group. Each day between February 11 and 17, post a card with an answer to the question. You can use a brand new deck or any deck with an intriguing personality. Use hashtag #datewithadeck so we can find all the posts on Instagram.
I'm offering the Inner Queen Reading performed with the Inner Queen Oracle by Laetitia Casano. Here's the card layout: Card 1: Your Inner Queen. This card describes your inner Queen. Card 2: Desires. This card reveals what your inner Queen really wants. Card 3: Challenge. This card shows what blocks your inner Queen from getting what she wants. Card 4: Solution. This card offers a solution to the challenge. SAMPLE READING
Card 1: INNER WHORE. Your inner Queen is the Whore archetype. This archetype relates to the need to birth and refine self-esteem and self-respect. She enjoys her body and her femininity. Card 2: I AM A GODDESS. What she wants is to be seen not as a whore but as a goddess. This is also an affirmation card so it suggests that your inner Queen wants this message to be repeated. Card 3: SURVIVAL. Your challenge is survival. You may not think it's possible to live the inner whore archetype and survive and thrive in this society and you may fear the consequences. Card 4: I LOVE MY BODY. The solution is to practice self-love and focus on loving your body. This card also offers an affirmation. Repeat this daily along with the previous affirmation: I Am A Goddess. I Love My Body. Questions about love and relationships are the most frequently asked questions. If you're a professional reader or aspiring reader, it's important to know how to answer these questions with confidence and accuracy. This course teaches you how to deliver enchanting soulmate readings to answer love and relationship questions for yourself or others. Using an ordinary deck of playing cards, you'll discover how to answer these questions:
Prompt: What am I saying NO to so I can say YES to myself?
The Empress: I don't have time to rest. I'm trying to run an empire. The High Priestess: Gurl....you need to put down that shield, relax, and read a good book! Bottom line: I'm saying NO to running my empire so I can say YES to some "me" time. |