Category: Oracle Cards

Today the sun is shining and it is warm, at last! On the mp3 readings you can hear the sounds through the open window, including various bird songs (and at one point, a rather noisy motorbike).

I’ve listened to the recordings three times and looked at the cards again. Further thoughts have sprung to mind and I’ve listed them below the three audios. Totally up to you if you read the further thoughts, or just listen to the audios, of course!

If I sound directive, in anything I’ve written here, I don’t mean to be. I’m really giving myself a little pep talk, reminding myself what I need to remember and remember to do!

This week’s reading is a reminder to be aware of what we are carrying or holding on to. Not just physically (clutter?) but also, energetically (habits? negative emotion?).

And of course, the physical is linked to the energetic and emotional. (Don’t we always feel lighter and brighter, once we’ve cleaned the house, or cleared some clutter?)

I also think this reading is about awareness:

• awareness of what we are creating in our life, through the thoughts we think
• awareness of whether we’re focussing on good-feeling stuff – or not!

In other words, awareness of whether our point of view/perspective feels good to us. And if our perspective doesn’t feel good, do we want to change it, to one that feels better?

The answer is probably, Yes!

The question is, ‘Will we?!’

Card one: The Visiting Angel

Audio One (of four!) with my initial thoughts on the cards and summary:

Card two: Balance Between

Card three: OMG, She’s Riding Me!

Audio two, more thoughts on the three cards:

Audio three – message from my soul and soul family (transcript below):

For the story of how I started ‘communing with my soul,’ you can read this post here.

Soul’s message:

We say, it is always your choice. We say this, many times. Everything is a choice. Even the little boy, lying awake, has choice; whether or not to worry, or whether to think of something more pleasing to him.

Angels bless you all. And your Guardian Angel is depicted here, as blessing this woman as she sleeps.

The girl who carries the container full of (things of) her choosing, is in perfect balance, indeed. But focus is needed, on her part, and she is forward-looking, towards her vision.

And she has created many things, and some are beautiful, and some she chooses to turn her back on and leave behind, and look to new creations and new beauty.

And all the while, she blooms and she grows, like the fragrant rose.

The sky is blue, her way is clear.

And indeed, it is important, as the third card shows, to choose how you journey, and what you carry with you on that journey.

And there are many journeys, within this one journey of life, and it is good to be aware of what you are carrying, and not be taken by surprise!

In this way, when you are aware, and you have chosen certain things that you wish to hold, that you wish to carry, your journey will be easy and you will indeed traverse the waters of emotion and be surrounded by the brightness and clarity of the light.

Remember, to keep your focus, to be aware of your emotions, to take with you only those things of your choosing, and to know you are blessed.

Whether or not you know or realise this, you are indeed blessed.

And with that, we send you our love, as always.

AUDIO of ‘Further Thoughts (if you prefer listening, to reading):

Further Thoughts around the reading

What are we weaving and creating, with our thoughts, words and actions? Are we creating something beautiful and good-feeling?

Are we travelling light, or are we carrying a heavy burden?

Is someone or something, perhaps from the past, still weighing us down?

According to the cards, it’s a good time to choose; to choose to carry only those things we love and care about. Taking with us only the feel-good stuff and putting the other burdens down.

It’s time to ride the waves, and stay in balance as best we can!

And to be aware of what we’re ‘carrying’ or holding onto. (As indicated by the card showing the centaur’s surprise at seeing the woman on his back!)

What’s helpful and nourishing and what isn’t?

Time to dislodge people, things and thoughts (including needless worries) that are weighing us down.

Time to hold our visions and focus on what we want. (Not focussing on what we don’t want, or what we fear.) Because, fretting about what might never happen makes us feel heavy. So, let’s lighten up!

We can call upon our inner courage and strength. Courage of Lion.

Like the big cats, we do know when to rest and when to ‘hunt’ and take action.

It’s not easy to stop worrying when you’re on that worry-train. But it is possible to stop focussing on what isn’t pleasing, or is downright upsetting. I won’t watch adverts showing animals suffering if they come on the TV.

Distracting ourself can be helpful. Personally, gardening tends to stop my worrying mind. When I lived in London, a trip to Richmond Park always helped. Nature is so very healing.

The universe is turning and continuing on (as symbolised by the swirling galaxies in card one), whether or not we are feeling good. Why not choose our visions and our focus,? Change our view and therefore our experience within that universe. Looking for the beauty that is all around us, and focussing on a bright future.

Is it easier for us to imagine bad-feeling scenarios? Some would say, oh yes. But if we are able to imagine the worst, aren’t we equally able to imagine the best?

Is the glass half full, or is it half empty?

“What’s the best that can happen?” That’s a question I’d love to get into the habit of asking, and imagining that best. Maybe at least once every day!

So, are yucky-feeling thoughts riding on our back, taking us in directions we don’t want to go? Are yucky-feeling thoughts creating feelings and situations we don’t want to experience?

If ‘yes’, then it’s time to get that rider off our back!

It may take a bit of practice, but I’m willing to give it a go, if you are 😏

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I wasn’t totally happy when I saw the first card I’d pulled out of the deck. It’s called, Fear of Death, and the image isn’t exactly cheerful!

But, I thought, there’s a reason I randomly chose this particular card, so let’s go with it.

Listening back to what I said in the audio (below), about ‘Big Brother’ and being spied upon, might relate to the unease I’ve felt lately about certain social media platforms and how they gather so much personal information and store it in the unknown ethers (or sell it?).

My unease about such platforms may be why I have (accidently?) locked myself out of Facebook. No matter what I do, I can’t get back in.

After three days of trying repeatedly to ‘recover my account’ and going round in circles, but getting nowhere, I suddenly thought:

‘Maybe I’m not meant to get back into Facebook? Maybe I’m meant to be trying a new social media platform?

I was surprised and pleased to see the second card, which reminds me of my brother. My brother died young, taking his own life after suffering for years with a mental illness. The images in the card represent his new life, beyond here, surrounded by love, peace and clarity.

The third card is about listening to our intuition, asking for guidance and signs that we’re on the right track, and also trusting our own heart and hunches.

So, on to the reading and the audio!

I started by ‘speaking from the images’ within the first card, but wasn’t overly happy with what came out of my mind and mouth.

Even so, (whilst listening to that first bit on the audio makes me cringe a little), I haven’t deleted the beginning of the audio, in case it means something to someone. Y’never know.

First Card: Fear of Death

I am crow, alighting on the skulls, delighting(!) in the feast before me.

I am the child, with my feet bare, eyes wide with fear, scared of what I see before me. Alone, with no-one to comfort me.

I am the face of a being who does not see. I do not have the eyes to see. My face is covered and painted in designs of various shapes, and my skin is pierced. But I choose this (by choice.)

I am the woman who clings to my partner tightly. I am wide awake and he is fast asleep.

I am the eye (‘I am the I’?!) that looks out at you.

(Apologies for the chime-sound on the audio here.)

And I am the being within the eye that gazes at you. You do not see me immediately, and only see me if you look carefully.

Second Card: I Can See Clearly Now

When my brother died I did a lot of crying, and talked to him a lot, even though I couldn’t see him. I felt he could hear me.

One day, I was in the bath with the radio playing, crying tears into the water and saying I was sorry, wondering if I could have done more.

Then a song came on the radio and I knew and absolutely felt it was a message from my brother. Every word was meaningful, every word reached my heart. I could feel his love, and knew he was telling me, he was okay, and that he loved me.

And why wouldn’t he communicate through music? He loved music and read and wrote music and played guitar and bass guitar. I love music too, so what better way to reach me.

The song was, ‘Love is all Around,’ by Wet Wet Wet. And I believe that the ‘wet wet wet’ part was also my brother’s sense of humour coming through, seeing as I was in the bath at the time(!)

Right at the end of this post I’ve shared some of the song’s lyrics.

Third Card: Inner Guidance

Some of the lyrics from the song, “Love is all around,” by Wet Wet Wet:

“You know I love you

I always will

My mind’s made up

By the way that I feel.

There’s no beginning

There’ll be no end

Cos on my love, you can depend.

It’s written in the wind

It’s everywhere I go

So if you really love me, come on and let it show.”

And my brother certainly did show me, with that beautiful song-message.

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AUDIO:

TRANSCRIPTION:

So, this is a reading for the upcoming week, and I’m going to choose three cards, at random, from the deck. I’ve just shuffled. So – one, two, and . . . three.

Okay, so turning over the first one. Now this one is called Aspirations. And it shows – the first thing I notice – is that the little girl, holding the doll in one arm, and with her other hand she is, almost surreptitiously, touching the golden leg of this golden being, here.

That suggests to me that she really wants to Go for the Gold, she wants to go for something more, something higher. And the golden being, the golden person, is sitting almost in a star shape.

So it could be about . . . not fame, it doesn’t have to be fame, but – yes, Shining!

Being the shining star, shining your light. Shining your true light.

It’s almost as though she’s doing it very quietly, almost as though she doesn’t want people to see, what it is that she’s aspiring to.

Especially not the figure to her left, the woman wearing black, who seems quite staid, quite serious, and she has this very obvious backbone.

So you can almost hear, almost imagine her saying, ‘You need some backbone here! You need to knuckle down. You need to work hard and do the right thing – according to me!’

So, quite a strict and almost regimented authoritarian figure/influence. And that could be an authority figure of some kind. It could be someone from (childhood) – that you’ve grown up with, a parent, an adult, a teacher, a boss even.

Or just Authority in general, maybe she represents authority in general.

Structure. The System. Upright. Very upright.

But she doesn’t look as though there’s much fun about her. There’s not much joy about her.

So, the little girl, despite that, is aspiring to something more, something greater.

And she has a blooming flower behind her, so she’s wanting to bloom. She’s wanting to shine her light and she’s wanting to bloom.

And the large crystal there, the amethyst crystal, which also seems to be encased in gold, will give her the clarity and the, I would say, protection, that she needs (in order) to do whatever it is that she wants to do.

I’m not quite sure of the significance of the other figure here. As with all the cards I’ve made, I just place the images randomly, in a way that feels somehow ‘right’! Or looks, somehow, complete.

And, looking at this figure now, the one behind the (grave?!) stone – she almost looks like a zombie figure – coming out of a grave! Which, in a way could be a metaphor for waking up and coming back to life, and – make of it what you will really, that’s all I can think of it, at the moment.

And there’s a lovely green energy in the background – could be like a vibrant, verdant kind of energy – like the colour of new grass in the Spring.

As to the large white head, well, I would say that is probably a soul-self, or a spiritual-self, kind of ‘watching over,’ just to show that she’s not on her own. She’s watched over, and probably guided. 

Okay, that’s that one.

Now, the next one. Ah. Okay, I’m just going to check what I called this . . .

I called this card, ‘Ready to Lead, Lioness.’ It’s similar to a card I made a long time ago, that I called ‘Leading Lioness,’ that was (and still is!) in my SoulCollage® deck – and I wanted to do a similar card for my oracle deck.

And they’re very different ‘beasts’: the decks, the SoulCollage® deck and the oracle deck. I’ll probably do a blog post about the difference, as I see it, at some stage.

(Apologies for the slight distortion on the audio.)

But, anyway, this is called, Leading Lioness, (or, Ready to Lead Lioness!) and it appears that the lion is looking to the girl on the left there, who is reluctant to lead, she’s reluctant to step up, she’s reluctant to take the lead, go first.

And she has like a shining ball, almost like a halo around her head, but it hasn’t quite settled, settled down onto her shoulders. She hasn’t quite taken it on, taken on the commitment or responsibility to do whatever it is she’s being called to do – probably by her soul, probably by her destiny. But she’s very reluctant, so she’s looking a bit kind of, ‘Ooh, I don’t really want to do it. Don’t ask me!’

Then, the other girl, or woman, on the right-hand side, who has an angel whispering in her ear, she looks calmer and more – to me, she looks as though she is ready.

And the halo around her head is well and truly settled. It’s settled around her. So, she’s taken on that mantle, as it were, she’s taken on that task, that role, that role to lead, to perhaps go – do something in a new way, do something new, step forward, be seen.

And the lion is well and truly behind her. Well and truly with her, well and truly with the strength and the courage and the power really, personal power – empowerment. Feeling of empowerment. That she needs, in order to do whatever it is she is being called to do.

The third, the final one – oh how interesting. Okay, now, this card is called, The Writer.

I made two cards called, The Writer – very similar cards, with very similar images. But this one refers to writing publicly.

So, whether that be blog posts, whether that be books, articles, magazines. I think Substack is quite up and coming. I haven’t explored it, really, at all, myself yet. But that kind of thing, or articles on LinkedIn or . . .

It’s the public face, the writer with the public face. The other card I made called, The Writer, was about writing, but personal writing, like in your journal (diary) and not (the kind of) writing that you show to anybody.

It’s quite ‘busy,’ this card. But that’s what it’s talking about. So, I’m just going to pause this (audio) a minute . . .

Yeah. I’ve just had a quick look at all three cards (together) and it certainly resonates with me, in many ways! Because I’ve just started this blog again, and it’s new/it’s not new – I’ve done it before (blogged about other things), but it is a commitment. And it is something that, once you make the decision, you have to go all out, really.

So, it’s like wanting to do something different, wanting to show and share, what you’re doing. But there is a reluctance, there is a slight reluctance. And all that is, I think, is lack of confidence, or – yeah, just lack of confidence.

But I think, with practice, keep doing it, keep doing something, keep putting yourself out there, keep sharing.

And even if you’re doing it and you’re (just) speaking to yourself and no one else is really bothered! It’s still a good practice, I think. And it’s something I’m interested in doing (sharing the cards and the readings) and it’s something that I enjoy! So, why not?

I hope that the readings that I do, and whatever I share, is of some use! Some help, some interest, to somebody.

And then of course, the third card, with the public face, the public writing – the writer who is out there, in the world, showing their stuff. Yeah, that mirrors, to me, the blog.

But it could be something else for you. And so, there might be an area that you’re thinking of going into, but you’re not sure whether or not you should, whether or not you want to commit long-time (long-term) to it, whether anyone will be interested, whether it’s worthwhile . . .

But, somehow, you can’t not do it.

You might tentatively be ‘touching that gold,’ tentatively be aspiring to something new, something different, something better than you’ve perhaps got, at the moment.

And it isn’t all clear (to you, now), it isn’t totally clear, as to what it’s going to look like. But you’re doing it anyway. Step by step, you’re doing it anyway.

And you’re just seeing how it unfolds – and that’s interesting in itself – just to see what happens, and see what works and what doesn’t work.

So, I would say, yeah, Courage of Lion – be the leading lion or the leading lioness, and hear those whispers, the angelic whisper in the ear, the call of the soul.

There is a reason why you feel that you want to do this. It’s not something that you’ve logically thought about. It’s an idea that’s come to you and where has that idea come from? And it’s an idea that can be explored. It’s just (about) having a bit more confidence, I think, rather than courage. At this stage, confidence, yeah.

So I’m going to leave that there for now, and I hope that has resonated in some way, and if not, maybe next week! Or maybe, as the week pans out, it might have some resonance to you.

So, not (necessarily) going with what is learned, not going with how you’ve been trained – with this backbone, this stiff upper lip and backbone. To be a bit more free and easy, and try things, and go with the flow and see how it unfolds.

And that’s it for this week. Okay, bye!

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Have a great week!

A three-card reading.

In Audio 1, it takes me a little while to get in the swing of things, but by Audio 2, I’m more ‘in stride’.

I originally posted this at the bottom of the previous post but it was a bit lost there! So I’ve created a new post here.

AUDIO for Card One:

AUDIO Card Two:

AUDIO Card Three:

Final Note: I had drawn the ‘Waiting for Love’ card before, and featured it in a previous post. Go here to see that post:

Have a great week!

I did an audio reading for The Week Ahead. Then I started having second thoughts about posting it.

This first audio (below) is me wondering about committing to weekly readings – and asking the cards for clarity as to whether I should.

For the reading about The Week Ahead, and the 3 cards I drew for this week, click here.

This blog post is probably way too long. So feel free to scroll and skip as it suits you!

AUDIO:

TRANSCRIPT:

So, I’ve just . . . today, I did a reading for the upcoming week, the Energies of the Week. And now, I’m thinking:

Ooh . . . if I do that, I’ll have to do one every week. And I’m not sure that I’m ready to commit to that.

I thought I’d shuffle (the oracle card deck) and ask the question, ‘Am I ready? Is this a good time to do that?’

I’ve shuffled, and a card has fallen out. It’s the one where people are asleep and dreaming, and there’s a big giant, with a playful angel on his head. But his arms are tied behind his back – with garlands of flowers – but still, he is bound.

He doesn’t seem as though he’s in any pain, and the little cherub is certainly having fun(!) riding on top of his head, and holding, loosely, the garland of flowers.

But even so, it still speaks to me of the commitment and the feeling of duty, that once you start a weekly reading you have to do it, literally, every single week. And you have to do it on a certain day. And you really have to post it on Saturday, Sunday at the latest, given the time differences around the world. And . . . in Australia . . . they are many hours ahead (of the UK).

This card shows other people sleeping, dreaming. Some with smiles on their faces. There is a woman who is kind of ‘floating above,’ with her eyes open.

Then there’s a witch-figure. She’s with a woman who is holding her clothes to her. She’s taken off her dress, or is taking off her dress, and looking quite shamed, quite ashamed to be showing her nakedness.

So this is probably partly what it is . . . it’s (about) feeling I’m revealing aspects of myself and – as I was listening back to the recordings that I’ve made, on the readings of the cards, I was feeling:

‘Ooh, I don’t like that, I don’t like this, and I could have done that better, and there are lots of ums and ahs in there’.

All kinds of criticisms of the recording, and myself, and how I was doing the reading, and could I be more concise. And on and on and on.

So, what would the message of this card be telling me?

That I would feel bound? (That) I would feel . . . I would feel bound.

And, I need to be joyful in this.

***

So, let me choose another card and see what comes up, for clarification. Another card, for clarification.

I mean, it doesn’t mean I won’t do weekly readings. It just means, perhaps, not just yet.

If I start with the monthly readings, card readings, and then just do other readings as-and-when, and other different kinds of posts as-and-when.

Okay, so what’s this one?

Ah, this is a goddess one.

There’s a little boy. He seems to be hugging himself (comforting himself?) He’s got his head down. There’s what looks like a crown on his head, and a massive jewel at his crown chakra.

There are goddess images here. And there is a little girl, who is gazing at a stone, and almost as though she’s communicating with the stone, and getting messages from the stone – which is possible.

You can get messages from anything, and insights. And work with the imagery and metaphor, as you look at anything.

So, what can this so-called card of clarification(!) be telling me?

***

A crow caws in the background, as if to say, ‘It’s obvious’!

And as I listened to the audio later, it did seem so clear:

Being ‘bound,’ or committed, can be fun. And I am always free. The choice is always mine.

There’s a figure there, who . . . it’s like – she’s like a network. She’s made up of a network, or a weaving, an inter-weaving of . . . parts. Maybe . . . that reminds me of SoulCollage®, really.

Yeah. It’s not really meaning much to me.

So, let me do ‘I Am One . . .’ which is a SoulCollage® process.

So, start with this one (the giant).

“I am one who is bound with garlands of roses.

I am one who could break free of my bonds, as I am strong. And yet, I allow the playful cherub to have fun, to play . . . and she delights in the game, in the game of pretend.

For I am not truly bound. I can free myself, at any time.

I close my eyes and go within. I close my eyes and allow myself to dream. Allow myself to imagine.

And let’s do the woman, sort of floating above:

I am one, looking down from above, seeing those who are asleep, deep in sleep. And I can tell by the smile on the face of one, that her dream is enjoyable.

We are the birds that fly. We are the cooing pigeons, who soar, in the blue sky. Free. We are free.

And I am the shadowy-witch, revealing you in your nakedness.

Revealing you to all.

You cannot hide, for you are naked. You cannot hide. You are seen.

And we are the blooming flowers, in the cloudless sky. The flowers opening up to the sun, blooming in all our glory.

Yeah. Well, what’s this one?

I am the goddess, with my arms raised in gesture of love, forming a heart shape.

I am ancient.

I am old as the stone.

As old as the Earth.

And I am one who turns, I am one who spirals, who dances, who turns in time and space.

I am the Little One, who covers my heart and bows my head, so I cannot be seen, and cannot see.

And yet, I wear a crown, to show my sovereignty, and my strength and power.

I am the one who speaks to the stones, who gains the messages and hears the silent words. The silent messages.

I am the one who is woven intricately. And I am the one you can see through.

***

And that’s probably it.

So I’m going to listen back to that. Don’t know whether it will help me at all. But, it’s a thought. Okay.

***

It did help me. And I’ve also posted the reading with the three cards, for the Energies of the Week Ahead.

By the way, if you come across any of the video readings at a later day/date in time, just know, the reading may well be relevant to where you are right now – and that is possibly why you have found it, now.

So, I hope this reading for the week ahead is insightful for you, today, or another day!

***

As to when I might commit to a weekly reading, well, maybe as soon as next week! After all, if I adopt the cherub’s attitude to it all, it could be fun!

And, as the giant, bound with garlands of (blooming) roses, says:

I am not truly bound. I can free myself, at any time.

One thing I do know. When I commit to anything, I commit fully and joyfully. Enjoyment is vital, in everything I choose to create.