A Change in the Wind

This is your card reading for Monday, November 7th/16.  Your card today floated out of the 'Wisdom of the Oracle' deck, authored by Colette Baron-Reid.  Your card is 'A Change in the Wind', and Colette's message for the card is this:
"ESSENTIAL MEANINGS:  A sense that unseen change has been initiated; preparation for a storm; awareness that your plans are not on firm ground; feeling a shift; uncertainty about which direction the winds will blow.
THE ORACLE'S MESSAGE:  It's human nature to yearn for certainty and resist change---to want the world to remain consistent like a zebra's stripes.  Yet nothing in human experience is black and white, nor will anything remain static.  The one thing guaranteed is change. Now is a time of transformation as outer conditions are temporarily moving out of sync with your desires and expectations.  Stay the course and even storms serve to clear the air, scatter seeds, and nourish the soil for better things ahead.  Life is about to get interesting. Anticipate it with curiosity as you wonder what is coming in on the shifting winds.  The unknown is where the magic lies."

My message for you today is this:
Change is always occurring.  Yet, we definitely go thorough periods in our lives where the change seems to happen at a more accelerated pace than usual.  Typically, the winds of change have been actively happening around us, even if we don't 'see' the shifting of the sands. Then suddenly it seems as though we are in the midst of gale force winds and that massive changes are occurring; when in fact the undercurrents of change were occurring all along. 
We seldom consciously affect change in our lives unless we are uncomfortable in some way. Even if we are unhappy or dissatisfied with a particular aspect of our life, we don't take action to change things consciously until we have reached a motivating level of frustration or even rage, in some instances.  And then, once we energetically get the ball rolling to affect the change we desire, we don't always 'see' the physical manifestation of that change in the time frame we had thought we would, even though there is underlying change occurring. 
You are being advised today not to take on the role of 'victim', but to understand that even somewhat stormy times in our lives serve us, as Colette shares in her message.  I love her analogy to how storms 'clear the air'...we have all experienced this...how lovely the air smells after a rain storm; and how clean and cleared and open to the new everything feels. 
I have shared with you in the past a favorite quote that I fall back on when I am in times of rapid change in my life:  "May my Spirit flow freely down the river of change."  To me this quote is about surrender, while still being the 'captain of my vessel'.  
Change is inevitable and is what keeps life dynamic and interesting.  I took a picture of your card today with a beautiful piece of Petrified Wood that I picked up at Holbrook, Arizona, where there is an incredible Petrified Wood Forest.  Petrified Wood holds a very 'grounding' vibration, and this piece in particular---with the red colors (the color of your Root Chakra, which is the energy center of safety and security)---is VERY grounding.  I share this with you to support you in feeling grounded and centered if you are experiencing some type of shift or change within your life or have that soon coming into your experience.   Even if we ourselves have initiated a change in our lives, it can still feel a little 'shaky' when it happens. Petrified Wood is a powerful stone to support and assist you in feeling solid and connected, rather than that your feet are being swept out from beneath you!  It's all good.  This is POSITIVE movement forward!  While it may seem as though we are never fully in control of what is happening around us; we are absolutely in control of how we will choose to experience and navigate our way through it all!  The Universe IS conspiring in your favour, when you strive to live your life consciously.
Blessed be...