This is your card reading for Monday, December 5th/16. Your card flew out of the 'Universal Wisdom' deck, authored by Toni Carmine Salerno. Your card is 'Return to Silence', and Toni's message for the card is this:
"This card has shown up in your reading today to remind you that the true essence of life exists not in the external world but within. If there is confusion or trouble in your life at this time remember, the clarity you seek will not be found in the outside world. Confusion is a result of scattered energy, the constant thoughts you emanate as you struggle to find answers. Return to the peace and tranquility that exists deep in your heart and soul and all will seem clearer. The harder you struggle, the more confused you will feel. Life is not meant to be a struggle, so stop getting caught up in external events and start listening to your inner voice. Meditate and you will discover a great sense of peace. The clarity you seek is within you."
My message for you today is this:
Toni shares this message as the artist/author in his guidebook for this deck:
"The meanings of these oracle cards lie equally in the messages and the images. The messages appear in the following pages, while the images hold their own messages, energetically, through their vibration. There is no single meaning to each card, for the images contain many layers of meaning. . ."
When I teach my students how to work with oracle cards as a beautiful and accurate tool for divination, I share with them the message that Toni shares above about his card deck. That it is not only the words associated with the card that hold the message. When you are using a card layout that holds multiple cards, the cards also 'interact' with each other to bring forward the message. In a single card reading, because everything is energy, an individual card may hold a slightly different vibration according to the prevailing energies of the time.
Your message for the card today is to trust in your inner voice. Take the time to anchor in your thoughts, ideas, and plans by writing them down...no matter how 'far fetched' they may seem! No need to share them publicly at this time; but by writing them down, you bring your thoughts, ideas and plans from the etheric into the 3rd dimension. Your creative juices are truly flowing at this time, and it would serve you to honour your creativity by jotting down 'what is coming to you'. You don't have to know the 'how' of things yet...merely make record of your inspired thoughts. The message for you today is to take the time to do this. It needn't be in the form of 'sitting in meditation', although it is a great day for this, if you can. It may simply be that you jot your inspired thoughts down quickly, as they come to you, and that you then revisit them and reflect upon them later. You are being strongly advised to pay attention to the voice within today...
Blessed be...
This is your card reading for Friday, December 2nd/16. Your card today propelled out of the 'Return of Spirit' fractal art deck, authored by Cheryl Lee Harnish. Your card is 'Rejuvenated', and Cheryl Lee's message for the card is this:
"The Rejuvenation card is symbolically the same as the calm after a storm---when the clouds have parted and the air is fresh and crisp. You are about to move into a place of calm within your own life. This is rejuvenation of both the heart and the inner spirit.
Life certainly has its ups and downs. You are about to embark on the up cycle for a while. During this time, you will be able to experience a sense of ease within your life. You may even feel that for once, everything is right in your world. The normal stresses of the everyday will not seem so stressful. While your life will always have its demands, it will feel easier and more manageable. You will feel strong within yourself for this upcoming period of time.
During this time of ease, you will find that your sense of feeling good about your life, and who you are as a person, is restored. It will strengthen your feeling of connection to Source, and of being supported and provided for. Somehow, the path ahead will seem clearer and easier to follow.
This will also have physical benefits as well. You will experience being more in sync and in tune with your body. You may very well find that you have more energy to do things and that your body wants to be active. The harmony you feel in your life will be reflected throughout your physical expression too.
Take advantage of this beautiful experience in every way you can. Being brave enough to come down here and wear that human skin-suit all these years says you deserve it. Now it's time to reap the rewards and experience the joy of being a soul incarnated in human form!"
My message for you today is this:
You have likely been feeling as though you have been 'slugging through' certain aspects of your life, recently. Know that what you have been doing is bringing into clarity just exactly where you want to go, even though it may not have felt this way at times. Perhaps you have even experienced some sort of 'breakdown', wherein you simply felt in your frustration, "Why am I even bothering with this?" The answer is, because it is important to you on a SOUL level! Often, just prior to reaching a point of clarity, we feel very frustrated and even hopeless. But if we have the tenacity to strive to move forward anyways, the Universe will support us in ways that we couldn't begin to imagine, and we are able to see past the frustration to the potential and possibilities.
This card presented for you today because you are on the cusp of just that...the 'breakthrough'...the knowing that all that you have gone through was not for nothing. That it was leading you to this. To a time when the vision you held feels attainable, if not in the way that you first envisioned. See past any self-imposed, perceived boundaries and allow yourself to reside now in the energy of POSSIBILITY...be rejuvenated by that! Rest in the
energy of the knowing that ALL IS WELL, and that the Universe is indeed conspiring in your favour, when you strive to live your life consciously and soulfully. Your dreams for yourself are very real and are acknowledged! Be invigorated by this and continue on!
Blessed be...
This is your card reading for Thursday, December 1st/16. Your card today revealed itself in a unusual way from the 'Universal Laws of Conscious Creation' fractal art deck, authored by Lara Solara, Dana Da Ponte and Marlene Chapman. Your card is 'Universal Law of Vibration', and the author's message for the card is this:
"The Law of Vibration states that everything in the Universe--in it's purest and most basic form--is vibrating energy. Your thoughts and feelings have their own vibration, or frequency. Emotions of fear, such as guilt, anger, resentment and anxiety, have a certain type of vibration, whereas emotions of love, such as happiness, joy, and gratitude, have another type of vibration. As a result of the Law of Attraction, the vibration of your thoughts and feelings will attract into your life the circumstances that correlate with that vibration. You have the power to change your vibration by changing your thoughts and feelings. Once you do, a change in your external circumstances will inevitably follow. The Universe is asking you to be who you want to be now. Align your thoughts, feelings and actions with your ideal self. Change your inner vibration by holding your posture, moving your body, and speaking and acting in accordance with your ideal self. Assume the vibration you want and you will become it."
My message for you today is this:
I so appreciate how the author's didn't designate certain emotions that they listed in their message as either 'good' or 'bad' emotions. Panache Desai shares the message that emotions are 'energy in motion', and are therefore neither 'good' nor 'bad', but simply are 'energy', and can serve a guideposts in our lives. Having said that, different emotions DO hold different vibrations, and are therefore experienced differently. We innately ENJOY the experience of the higher vibration emotions, such as joy, gratitude...and the highest vibrational emotion, which is LOVE. Yet we abide in this world of duality, wherein we are meant to experience a multitude of vibrational experiences. The Law of Vibration states that we draw into our experience what is a 'vibrational match' to us. You CAN ABSOLUTELY shift your own personal vibration, in order to draw to yourself the experiences that you desire. One powerful and highly effective means of shifting your vibration is through your breath. For example: when you are in a state of high agitation, your breathing becomes faster and more shallow. You can shift this and calm yourself by consciously slowing down your breathing and deepening it. Where do you think that the age old advice to 'just breathe' came from? This advice has been carried forward through time, because is works, even if the 'why' of it wasn't understood many years ago. Do not drop into fear that because of the Law of Vibration, you must now deny and avoid any 'lower vibration' emotions (fear actually being one of them)! Panache Desai claims that when we deny and squash such emotions---which are naturally part of the experience of being human---we actually store them in our body and create energetic blocks that do not serve us. He says that we must acknowledge the presence of these emotions; allow ourselves to experience them; and then they will flow through us, rather than take up residence in us. In allowing them to flow through you, their vibration doesn't STAY with you. The Law of Attraction doesn't work instantaneously---that would be too difficult in this 3D world that we live in! We are going to experience disappointment and sadness and grief in our lifetimes, but this doesn't mean that doing so will draw more of the same constantly to us, unless we choose to RESIDE in the vibrations of those emotions. Do you see the difference? That's what the quote 'Choose to be BETTER, not BITTER' refers to. We are vibrational beings. Knowing this implies some responsibility in how we will CHOOSE to represent and present ourselves vibrationally. It was a PIVOTAL moment in my life--almost 2 decades ago---when a shaman revealed to me that EVERYTHING IS ENERGY---it was absolutely life changing to have what I had been experiencing all of my life be affirmed, having been extremely sensitive to the energies around me! Today, sit with the understanding that you are first and foremost, a vibrational being. Contemplate the 'energy' or 'vibration' that is now representative of YOU. Are there ways you wish to shift that vibration at this time, in order to better represent who you are authentically? No judgment here...this is about being CONSCIOUS of the vibration you now hold, and to striving to shift it, if it isn't in alignment with how you desire to share your energy. As vibrational beings, we are always 'in flow' and shifting our vibrations, even if only minutely. Today, do so with intention. This is a beautiful aspect of self-care and self-love.
Blessed be...
Sorry that there was no card reading posted yesterday (or today!)...I have had something in the works that I am now ready to 'put out there'!
You may know that we hosted our son and daughter-in-law's wedding celebration here on our farm this past July. We constructed some decks and a reception building and generally really 'cleaned up the place' in preparation for this important family event!
In talking as a family recently, it came to mind that we now have the perfect set-up for hosting a spiritual market here on our farm! I FEEL SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT!!!
Our farm is located one mile east of Crossfield, just off the #2 highway, and we are very easy to get to. It is a lovely country setting where those who come out to the market could enjoy what the vendors have to offer, as well as just relaxing and hanging out here in the country. Our deck is the perfect venue for speakers and we would offer the opportunity for the vendors to schedule a time to speak about what it is that they offer (or any other agreed upon topic). Our thought is that we would offer both outdoor and indoor booths, with the indoor booths being housed in what was once our calving barn (that I have pictured here).
The outdoor vendors would be responsible for providing their own tents. All vendors would be responsible for providing their own tables, etc., but we would provide the chairs for the audience of the speakers on the deck, as well as the microphone and audio system for the speakers.
Our concept is that we would host this market once a month for the months of June, July, August and September. I am including some photos of our farm here...just imagine that it is summer!
If you would be interested, or know of someone who would be interested in taking part in this gathering, private message me on my Facebook page: Conscious Connections With Linda; or email me at ccwithlinda@gmail.com. I would love to connect with you and to provide you with more information. I have had the blessing of being a vendor at such markets in the past and found them to be a beautiful means of sharing and community!
Please forward this and/or 'share' so that we can get the word out there!
(DID I MENTION HOW EXCITED I AM???)
Love and blessings,
Linda
This is your card reading for Friday, November 25th/16. Your card today dropped out of the 'Awakening of the Divine' oracle deck, authored by Velva Dawn Silver-Hughes. Each card in this deck is aligned with a goddess and an accompanying crystal. Your card today is the goddess 'Artemis ~ Protection'. Velva Dawn's message for the card is this:
"Artemis ~ Protection
Crystal: Arrowhead Black Obsidian
Do you feel others aren't honouring your boundaries? Are you planning on traveling and could use that extra support? Are you going through a situation in your life where you could use that extra support to make that move? Are you in a toxic relationship or marriage? Are you very empathetic and are feeling every lower energy around you? Do your children need extra protection? Do you not feel safe in your home?
Artemis is a Greek goddess who carries a bow and arrow at her side, waiting to protect herself and her loved ones. She's a warrior spirit inside and out, ready to defend the ones she loves.
You may have drawn this card a you are in a toxic relationship in your life. This could be an intimate relationship, a marriage, a friendship, family or a co-worker. Artemis is stepping forward to assist you in protection so that you can gain clarity on what you need to do in order to maintain healthy boundaries in this relationship. Is it time for you to leave this relationship? Is your karma healed with this person? Close your eyes and ask Artemis to give you a clear sign. If you feel a sense of expansion within your body when you ask these questions the answer is most likely 'yes', and it's time for you to close this door and await the miracles that will present themselves to you.
Are you an empath? Do you pick up what everyone else in a crowd is feeling? Do you have anxiety? The first thing you can do when you feel a pain in your body or a sensation that appears when you are in a large group of people is to ask your body, 'is this my pain or my sensation?' If you hear an internal 'yes' then that's your affirmation that there is something that you need to release within yourself. But if you hear an internal 'no' then you can send that energy back to the person in the crowd with love and light, and usually the pain or sensation will leave your body immediately upon recognition that it's not yours.
You can also call upon Artemis to protect your auric field when you are going to be going into a space where there are other people and you will feel her strong energy expanding around your auric field.
If you are going to be traveling you can call upon Artemis to energetically be by your side with her bow and arrow expanding your auric field and keeping you safe from energetic pollution as you move through airports and travel to your destination with safety and support.
Affirmation: I am a powerful, wise, loving person who creates healthy boundaries in my life."
My message for you today is this:
What I am getting for you today is that Artemis has stepped forward to assist you in feeling empowered in standing in your own brilliance... Many of us have a history of keeping ourselves 'small' and of being reticent to shine our Light, in fear that others will then strive to dim it...and that we will be hurt in the process. You have grown to a place where you now understand that it is in sharing ALL that you came here to be that you illuminate the world, and also inspire others to do the same for themselves. Yet...understanding this is not the same as enacting it. You have been wounded in the past by the words and actions of others and so there is still a part of you that is fearful to fully share your Light with the world. Yes...you have learned and incorporated strategies and techniques that serve you in taking care of yourself energetically. You are being reminded of this today. When others judge you, it says more about them than it does about you. Allow the energies of the goddess Artemis to surround you in that knowing. Be your own greatest advocate, but also know that you are so supported in being the fullest expression of who you are!
Blessed be...
This is your card reading for Thursday, November 24th/16---the American Thanksgiving. Your card today catapulted out of the 'Divine Guidance' fractal art card, authored by Cheryl Lee Harnish! Your card is 'New Direction' and Cheryl Lee's message for the card is this:
"Energetically, your life is ready to move in a new direction, but you have to allow for this to happen. Have you noticed that you do the same things each day---that you've fallen into a routine? It's time to break free from the daily patterns you have created in your life. It's time to be spontaneous. When you do this, you open your energy to the possibilities of something new and revive your passion for living. The energy of the Universe is ready to flow and by consciously breaking free of the routines and patterns you have created in your life, you allow space for the NEW and DIFFERENT to manifest."
My message for you today is this:
In truth, we have been moving toward the NEW for sometime now, and this has left many of us feeling 'off-kilter', rather than 'in routine'. Your message today is that it is now time to take that forward movement to the next level as we draw toward the conclusion of this '9 completion year' numerologically. You have energetically started the ball rolling, it is gaining momentum and your role now is to step into this forward momentum, rather than to fight against it. The status quo no longer serves you or feels comfortable to you; even though some of you will be stubbornly holding onto it, because it is familiar! The current energies are propelling you forward in a GOOD way---remember this! Embrace your worthiness and courageously allow in those circumstances and opportunities that may leave you feeling tested, yet excited at the same time. Procrastination will not sit well in the current energies. Yes, great shifts are incoming for you...choose to see this as the positive movement forward that it truly is! The perceived challenges that you may encounter along the way are meant to serve you as guideposts---sit in your heart center and be authentic about what 'feels right' (even if it also feels somewhat scary) for you. This is YOUR life...live it on your terms!
Blessed be...
This is your card reading for Wednesday, November 23rd/16. My apologies for not posting yesterday without notice...it became a very busy day!!!
Your card today flipped out of a new deck I picked up recently---the 'Crystal Oracle' deck authored by Toni Carmine Salerno. Your card is 'Kyanite', and Toni's message for the card is this:
"~ Intuition ~ Ideas ~ Dreams ~
Pay attention to your intuition and to your dreams over the coming days for you are being guided towards deeper spiritual understanding and insight. Through this process, much of which occurs on a subconscious level or in your dream state, a rather ingenious idea will surface that will radically change your views on life, particularly your career.
Kyanite will help you ground this idea as you discover ways of practically applying your idea in your everyday life and work. However, do not try to force the process. The idea will surface when you least expect it. Simply relax and allow yourself to be open to new possibilities and insights. Know that they already exist within you in an abstract spiritual form."
My message for you today is this:
Kyanite is a beautiful, powerful crystal that resonates with your Third Eye and Crown chakras, thereby aligning with your intuition and Higher Self. It's vibration supports us in knowing that 'the Universe is always conspiring in our favour', when we strive to live our lives consciously. This means being aware of the underlying energies at play and that there is no such thing as 'coincidence'...only 'synchronicity' (one of my own personal core beliefs). We may not always 'know' in the moment why a certain person has been reintroduced into our life, for example, and Toni's message today is that we need not 'know' the 'why' right away---we must only acknowledge that this has happened and then look to how this reacquaintance impacts aspects of our life. I use this example, because in the intense and impactful course that I was involved in this past weekend, one of my fellow students was a former teacher that I had taught with back in the late 1980's!!! She is now an intuitive numerologist who has published a book on the subject and has traveled internationally speaking and teaching about her passion for numerology! We were both shocked that our paths crossed these decades later and at the 'turn' that our personal lives had taken! She truly served as a beautiful mirror for me that I had 'come so much further' than I was giving myself credit for; and I believe that I did the same for her. We have reestablished a connection on a whole different level and are very excited about spending time together sharing our spiritual gifts with one another (I bought a copy of her book and I am LOVING it!). I had no way of knowing that this would be one of the benefits of taking that course...I only 'knew' going in that this course would be significant for me in my spiritual growth and in how I am meant to move forward in sharing my gifts. Reacquainting with Vikki was one aspect of that, and I know that Spirit scripted it!
How has the Universe been conspiring in your favour? What signs have you been given that have been inspiring you to live your life from an authentic and purposeful stance? Have you been paying attention and utilizing the situations that present so that you can grow (even if doing so makes you feel a little uncomfortable)? Call upon the crystal Kyanite to support you---it has a gentle, yet strong vibration that will allow you to open yourself to the guidance being offered while not forcing the guidance to come. Relax into it, but be aware. It would serve you to carry or wear Kyanite over these next few days in these empowering, inspiring energies that we are in...
Blessed be...
