Distance Tarot Readings & How They Work

How can you do a tarot reading when you are not face-to-face with the person?

I have been asked this many times. Since the first version of this blog post there has been a plethora of articles written about distance readings. I don’t need to add to that, but I did want to update my blog with my experience.

I’ve provided tarot readings in person, over the phone, through messenger and email. It all remains very accurate because energy is all interconnected. In some cases I have felt more comfortable in a distance reading because I can be as comfortable as I like (as in, in my pjs!) and the information flows more freely. All feedback I have received has been positive.

Tapping into the energy from a distance is just as effective as face-to-face. In today’s digital world receiving distance readings have become quite common place. Heck, if you’re feeling nostalgic, I will snail-mail you a hand written reading and I have great confidence that it will resonate for you.

Maybe you’re still wondering how it works. If their energy isn’t there, how can the reading be done? Energy is all around. Essentially, we are all connected by tiny molecules. The esoteric and scientific communities can agree on that (even if that’s the only thing they agree on). Any reader can pick up on your energy, no matter where you are in the world in relation to them.

Doesn’t the client need to shuffle the cards? No. This is a myth. The client does not need to shuffle the cards. I know many readers who don’t allow anyone to touch their cards, even if they are sitting across the table. This is just a preference.

I hope you have found this information useful. If you have any questions feel free to contact me. If you would like to book an email reading click here for more info.

Brightest blessings,
Christina McCormick Bebee
Phoenix Rose

On-going Lessons: Slowing Down and Healing

I wasn’t going to do another blog post so soon. I wanted to give it some time and thought, possibly a little further structure to what I wanted to post. Yet, here I am writing this post, just winging it.

This weekend is Thanksgiving in Canada. This is also the weekend of the Full Hunters Moon in Aries, and the World Wide Womb Blessing. Busy weekend.

An incident screamed at me to slow down.

Now, with that being said I am not the type to busy myself with all sorts of activities or overwhelm my schedule. I enjoy ME time, I enjoy quiet time, I enjoy all of that. However, lately I have been living in a 10 of Wands energy: many creative endeavors, but not carrying them very well.

Rider-Waite-Smith Ten of Wands


We went to my in laws for Thanksgiving. This was meant to be a nice quiet gathering where we had dinner and did a little celebrating for my daughter turning 1 this Tuesday. All of that went very well. However, as the night was coming to a close my daughter finally went up the one small little step that she contemplated over for quite some time. 

It was a blink of an eye she was up and sitting on it. Which wasn’t a problem at all except that she went to lean backwards and that would have resulted in her bashing the back of her head on the hardwood floor. I stepped down and swooped my hand to her back, bracing her fall, however I was not braced for the fact my socked foot had no traction on the floor and my leg slid. 

My knee bent in a way that the Creator of All Things did not intend a joint to bend. It went sideways. I heard a *pop* and thought, “this is how it all ends.” My life flashed in my eyes and I was transported to some next galaxy. This world of pain is definitely in my top 3 least favourite places. I can only imagine what I looked like because I felt the colour leave my body. I felt my soul leave my body. I had the sweats, I felt nauseous, I felt like my bowels were about to evacuate. 

My daughter and I were both screaming on the floor. My husband scooped up the baby. She was fine, probably just a little scared if anything. I had broken her fall and my knee.

In laws came to my rescue with water, ice and naproxen. Well, the ice was frozen strawberries, but it helped! I had to stay on the floor for a few moments. I thought I was going to pass out. I could move my leg. My leg was not unhinged, knee cap seemed in place. After some deep breathing I needed to stand. Really needed to stand and get to the bathroom. The bowels were no joke. 

Sister in law helped me to stand. I could put pressure on my leg. I could hobble unassisted. I headed for the bathroom and I will spare the TMI parts, but I need to mention when I looked in the mirror I matched the porcelain white sink. Even my lips were pure white. I didn’t look like I’d seen a ghost I looked like I was a ghost! 

After some time of elevating the leg, icing the knee, and breastfeeding the baby we headed home. A 3 hour drive, a 3 hour drive (sung to Gilligan’s Island theme). No, I did not go to the emergency room. We were 3 hours from home and I just wanted to be home.

In the car I sent reiki to my knee and leg. I requested distance reiki from my reiki circle. A wonderful and small knit circle of women who promptly sent healing. I am forever grateful. I truly believe that the mixture of taking care of the injury physically combined with reiki helped keep the swelling to a minimum.

I performed a theta meditation in the car as well as when I was laying in bed. I fell asleep in bed and took this as this is what I needed most to heal.

According to Louise Hay in You Can Heal Your Body, the knee represents pride and ego. Stubborn ego and pride. Inability to bend. Fear. Inflexibility. Won’t give in. And sprains mean anger and resistance. Not wanting to move in a certain direction in life. This happened to my left side, the feminine/receptive side. I have some work to do in these areas and what better time to focus on it than when laid up unable to do much else?

I have plans for full moon ritual and for the womb blessing tonight. Both things mostly entail meditation. The injured knee ensures that I will not be distracted by all the things to do around here, that I will be sitting here anyway, and that’s half of the meditation taken care of. Slowing down. Letting go of ego and pride, the need to control things and have them my way. The receptive energies, asking for and receiving help from my husband and son.

The affirmations, as suggested by Louise Hay, for a knee injury and sprain is:”I AM FLEXIBLE AND FLOWING. I TRUST THE PROCESS OF LIFE TO TAKE ME ONLY TO MY HIGHEST GOOD. I AM AT PEACE.”

As for what I am most thankful for this Thanksgiving, is the small price my knee paid in order to save my daughter from cracking her skull. Thankful for all the family and friends I have around me. Thankful for the deeper lessons I am learning in this process. Thankful for the healing modalities I am familiar using, the healing modalities others are sharing, and for Western medicines. Thankful that I used this time for an impromptu blog post which I never intended.

Brightest blessings,
Phoenix Rose

Read more on the Hunters Moon ritual at North Star Mystic’s latest blog – https://www.northstarmystic.com/single-post/2019/10/10/October-13th-Hunters-Moon-in-Aries

Read more about Miranda Gray’s World Wide Womb Blessing – www.wombblessing.com

Read more about metaphysical causes of illness and injury along with affirmations – http://www.vitalaffirmations.com/health/health_af.htm#.XaNSglMpCdP

Sharing in the Journey: Grapes of Abundance

The Universe works in mysterious ways. We have the most beautiful grape vines. It will one day overgrown this entire house if we let it. The aroma that emanates from the plant is incredible. I wish we had smell-o-vision so I could send it your way!

I had said to my hubby that I would love to harvest the grapes and juice it or make a jam. I also acknowledged how much work it is going to be to do such a thing. We did not harvest any of the grapes last year.

A day or two later an older Portuguese lady comes to our house. She spoke very little English. Her son lives in our neighborhood. She had a bottle of juice and a jar of jelly. She told us she had taken grapes from our plant and as she was making things from them her heart hurt. She felt so bad for stealing our grapes that she “gifted” us what she made from them.

Some people might be upset at this. Some may even say the audacity of this woman. However, we did not have specific plans for these grapes. We previously discussed sharing the grapes. And all things considered this lady just did all the work that I said I wasn’t sure I wanted to do.

Bless that lady’s heart. She was nearly crying, my goodness, I felt bad for her that she stole my grapes! Lol. It took courage for her to steal the grapes in the first place, never mind her owning up and facing us to tell us the truth. For my point of view I was in the position of feeling blessed. I did not feel victimized, or at a loss. I felt blessed and in a position of gaining something.

The juice is delicious. We have not yet tried the jelly, but I have a feeling it will be delightful.

~☆~

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On-Going Lessons: Eliminating “Try” and How it Exposed My Own Passive-Aggression

“No, try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.” – Master Yoda, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Thank you to Yoda for these words of wisdom. While most of us have heard this time and again, did we fully grasp what Yoda told Luke in the swamp? Recently, I see the power these words have in our day-to-day life and just how much wisdom Yoda imparted on Luke with that simple statement. This is not an essay on the philosophy of Star Wars, sadly, the Yoda quotes end here.

One of the books I committed to reading in 2019, Make It Happen: Motivation. Meditation. Manifestation, by local hypnotherapist Rev. Janice Chrysler. I’m thrilled I included this book, it’s small but mighty. In one chapter Chrysler recommends completely removing the use of the word “try” from our vocabulary. The word implies that on some level we know we will fail. Well… I can tell you since reading that and making a life without “try” a priority it has been quite a thing to watch unfold.

As I adjust my vocabulary I’m finding an empowerment that wasn’t there before. A level of doubt and uncertainty within me loosened its grip. I am truly releasing something that is no longer serving me.

The biggest thing that stood out to me is that I would say, “I’ve been trying to say…” at the beginning of sentences. A lot. Do you know anyone who does this? Do you do this?

Was I actually trying to say anything? Did words or sounds come out of my mouth prior to saying “I’ve been trying to say…?” No. Inspecting my own thinking process I wasn’t trying to say anything at all. In some cases I was only waiting for my turn to speak, waiting for an opportunity to bring up what was on my mind, other cases I had been thinking about something I didn’t have words for yet. However, none of that was me actually trying to say anything at all.

Truly reflecting on beginning a sentence with “I’ve been trying to say” I realize is passive-aggressive. Flat out passive-aggression. It is implying, even if unintentional, that the other person has somehow not let words be spoken, has interrupted, is somehow stifling or upstaging the conversation. There is no real need to announce that you’ve been trying to say something. Just say it.

There are exceptions of course. In the example that you’ve been teaching someone 2 + 2 = 4 and you explain why 2 + 2 = 4, but they aren’t getting it. You’ve explained it three different ways, and then suddenly your student gets it! She explains it to you in her own words, and boy does she finally understand. You respond with, “that’s what I was trying to say!” In this case something was trying to be said. It is not the opening of a sentence, but rather the ending (however, there are reasons not to use “try” in this scenario either).

Making an announcement before saying what needs to be said comes from an unhealed part of one’s self. It is an attempt to remove ownership of the belief of feeling unheard. Read that again. It is an attempt to remove ownership of the belief of feeling unheard. Furthermore, it’s not that we *are* unheard, it’s that we *feel* unheard.

Making passive-aggressive statements such as “I’ve been trying to say…” (when in fact you haven’t) is an attempt to put the onus on the other person. In these terms it is disconnecting behaviour that gets us further from what we want: to be heard, or more correctly stated, to feel heard. Once we’ve shifted the responsibility if we don’t feel heard then it’s okay because we have preemptively told ourselves that we were only trying to say something. Since trying is tantamount to failing we remain right and true in our own sub- and unconscious minds – that we are unheard – and we do not have to face the negative feedback loop we created for ourselves.

As I noticed and altered this about myself I would cringe at anyone else using this language. This is the thing about learning and growing. There is that moment after we kick a bad habit that we reject the exact thing we were just doing. 

There is a valid reason for this necessary, albeit hypocritical process. As we accept our flaws and negative behaviors that deep seated self-hatred has to surface so that we can finally deal with it. If we face our thoughts of self-disgust head on this journey to self-acceptance becomes easier. Disgust is a natural part of self-discovery. My cringing at others using “try” is only a reflection of the disgust I had for myself in using self-defeating language.

Now when I catch myself using the word “try” I analyze and rephrase. I feel as though I am rewiring my brain with this simple act. Do I feel eliminating “try” has removed blocks or opened doors for me? I absolutely do believe that it has evolved my perception!

The journey of self-discovery requires a level of awareness that can put some people off. This is understandable. You have to face and take ownership of the toxic behaviours that you perpetuate. It’s scary, it’s shitty, but it’s liberating when you can finally step into your power. We can never shine light into shadows if we refuse to accept those shadows exist.

Brightest blessings,
Phoenix Rose

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Sharing in the Journey: Spiritual Awakening Part 1 Recognizing the Ride

I see many people in the spiritual and new age communities talk about their spiritual awakening as one significant event. For some this is absolutely true. It’s that one Ace of Swords “ah-ha” moment otherwise known as an epiphany. This is the pasture just on the other side of the cognitive dissonance fence. When we, by choice or by force, shuttle through the barrier of what we believed to be true, learning it is actually false and we know nothing at all – and that’s okay!

For some this is not the case. If you are like me there was no single one moment to attribute to the awakening of your spiritual Self. Rather a series of moments, little ah-ha!’s that felt more like I-knew-it!’s. A path that has breadcrumb trails rather than flashing signs that smack you in the head.

This is what my journey has felt like. No flash of realization that there is something bigger than us all, that all this is an illusion, that we are all One and that the government, corporations, and media lie so much that if we knew the real truth our heads might explode. For me, and maybe for you too, it’s been a more subtle uncovering of layers that have spanned many, many years.

For the record, those who do have a defining awakening moment, that is only the first, the tip of the iceberg. You do not awaken once and that’s it. There is always more. For everyone. Life is an onion; a great addition to most dishes, but will also make you cry… oh and the layers, don’t forget the layers.

But if I did have to put it down to any defining moment, I would like to give credit to the moment 12-year-old me saw Bill Hicks on the comedy channel late one night. His rants have always stuck with me. He spun things in a way that would illicit a chuckle, but sometimes they were observations of things that weren’t actually funny, and that Hicks’ ire on stage was most likely very real.

At this point I had not heard George Carlin’s stand up (he was still Mr. Conductor and Rufus to me), a few years later I would hear Carlin and realize that some comedians might actually be prophets in disguise sent by God herself to wake us up to this crazy ride.

“The world is like a ride at an amusement park and when you choose to go on it, you think it’s real, because that is how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down, and round and round, and it has thrills and chills, and it is very brightly colored, and it is very loud. And it is fun for a while.

Some people have been on it for a very long time, and they begin to question, ‘Is this real, or is it just a ride?’ And other people have remembered, and they have come back to us, and they say, ‘Hey, don’t worry, don’t be afraid, ever . . . because this is just a ride’ . . . and we kill those people. ‘Shut him, up! We have a lot invested in this ride; shut him up! Look at my furrow of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family . . . this just has to be real.’  

It’s just a ride. But we always try to kill those good guys who try to tell us that. You ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. But it does not matter, because it’s just a ride, and we can change it any time we want. It’s only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money, a choice right now, between fear and love.     

The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as One. Here’s what we can do to change the world right now to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defense each year and instead spend it on feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human excluded. And we could explore space together both inner and outer forever in peace.” – Bill Hicks

Have you had a defining moment, slowly removing the layers, something in between, or something else I haven’t considered? I would love to hear your experience on your spiritual awakening path.

Brightest blessings,
Phoenix Rose

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Tarot Talks: World Tarot Day 2019 Experience

Truth be told I forgot this day even existed despite it saw its 16th annual celebration this year. Typically I refrain from global social media challenges such as Tarosophy Association’s High Intensity Tarot Training (HITT) workout challenge.

Using only the 22 major arcana draw a card at random and follow a task list that’s based on the card drawn. Once task is complete pick another card and so on. See full challenge here.

I managed to complete 3 tasks. Each time I picked a card I felt the double-edged sword; one side told me to keep it simple, the other side felt it needed to be a grandiose achievement. I opted for the K.I.S.S (keep it simple, stupid). Sharing to my social media I actually wondered whether anyone would consider my completed tasks a cop-out. Really? Thoughts can be strange and funny things.

Looking at the cards I drew throughout the day – Strength, The Magician, The Tower – as a reading onto itself makes a heck of alot of sense for me.

“I am stronger than I think. I have all the tools I need. Clear out the old to make room for the new.”

I have been shifting on an internal and external level, which is reflected in these cards. I am looking at Strength as taming the wild beast that lives in us all. To me this currently is reflected by all my old social programming. The mind and behaviour conditioning and patterns that, when left unchecked, can cause a host of problems for me including anxiety, unmet and unrealistic expectations, insecurities, and more.

Magician is the will to do so, creation, making it happen. This is the action that is backed by the Strength card. The actual *doing* and facing of the fears. I also see this as journaling; gratitude journal, bullet journal, and personal journal. These tools have allowed me to take greater control by crystallizing the abstract thoughts into an actionable course.

Tower is the shifting moments. I have metaphorically and literally been clearing out all that no longer serves me, all that no longer “sparks joy.” The paradigm shifts and “ah-ha!” moments that come with it are all happening through doing the work of examining my own thoughts and beliefs. In a physical sense my house appears to be in shambles as we declutter (hubby and I both reformed hoarders).

All-in-all today was a good experience with the HITT challenge and am pleased with outcome. Was a great reminder that I have been facing fears, seeing the magic in the world, and making room for the new.

Brightest blessings,

~☆~Phoenix Rose ~☆~

Tarot Talks: Apophenia Tarot – The Chariot

The Chariot.
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This comes from the Apophenia Tarot by Steven Archer. The deck’s stark imagery is captivating, in my opinion.
When I was gifted the deck I did not know much about Archer. The deck had no guide book and on his website the artist said there would never be a book. I admire his brazen honesty. Archer stated that he only created the deck because his fans kept pushing for it, that he himself is an artist and not into tarot at all. The cards are a fan bit and nothing more. The title, apophenia, makes so much sense given his statement. As someone who has read tarot for half of my life I can see how, as an artist, Archer did a great job with this deck. I feel artists have a way of channeling things and end up with something they didn’t know they knew.
One card in particular struck me. The Chariot. Pictured is JFK, the First Lady is not with him, but the Lincoln Continental, the grassy knoll, and arrows imply his assassination. What does this have to do with the traditional image and symbolism of The Chariot?
I began my search on the now defunct Aeclectic Tarot forum to glean an ounce of insight into this deck. I was not surprised to see many complimenting the artistry, however I was shocked that this deck is a deal-breaker for some readers because of the Chariot card.
Some could not find the correlation between JFK and the Chariot meanwhile others found it in poor taste. A few non-Americans were not fazed because their patriotism lays elsewhere. Some even went so far as to say they would never buy this deck, would not even want to be read using this deck because of the Chariot card. Some were truly offended.
As a Canadian, I am well aware of JFK’s impact and lasting reputation, however I feel no offense to his image being used; I just want to know how I can correlate the seemingly unrelated symbolism. 
First things first, the traditional meaning of the Chariot. This card is about victory and success, not the dumb-luck kind, the kind that comes of hard work and perseverance. Having an almost aggressive attitude towards achieving goals. Being a bit self-involved. This card can relate to the military and leadership. This card is about making decisions between obedience and rebellion. Indicates travel and movement. Balance between masculine and feminine, as above and so below, to achieve success. It also has an adolescent energy about it; the part of the Fool’s journey where he’s gaining sight of his ability, honing skills, and striving towards mastery.
Photo credit: Google images
Now let’s take a gander at John F. Kennedy. He experienced much illness throughout his short life (perseverance for success against the odds). He was the US’s youngest elected president (adolescent to mastery energy). He climbed the so-called ladder to success through his school career, had a stint in journalism before getting right into politics, served in the Navy (perseverance to achieve goals). He has great leadership skills; was a lieutenant in the Navy (leadership and military energy). As a president he had his share of scandals, think Marilyn Monroe, he also made decisions that were not favorable to other politicians and powers-that-be (self-invloved, as well as rebellious, and tough decision making energy here).
I can really see how JFK ties in. Now I’m looking at it like how can he not be on this card, it’s too appropriate. The arrows threw me. As previously stated, I figure they imply his assassination. 
Or does it? Let’s look at arrow symbolism. Arrows symbolism speed, travel, movement, and swift action, which aligns with The Chariot. Arrows signify thoughts and nothing moves faster than a thought. They also indicate piercing the outer layer to get to the heart of the matter. In the card the arrows are shown piercing the outer layer. This goes with the energy of decisions, making choices that may change our current situation, or at the very least change our perspective on our current situation. In Christianity arrows are also related to the hunt, lightning, and divination.
Arrows can also be a sign of love when considering Cupid’s arrows. Could this point to JFK being known as a ladies man? His known and unknown adultery? Another aspect I see with these arrows of love is the romanticizing of him as a president. The historian, Carl M. Brauer, in 2002 said that the public’s “fascination with the assassination may indicate a psychological denial of Kennedy’s death, a mass wish … to undo it.”

Photo credit: CNN archive 
The Chariot is a card of self-discovery, and in the reversed position it’s about overcoming obstacles to achieve success, but at what cost? The reversal indicates riding for a fall; overconfidence, rash in actions, car troubles, problems on the road, delays, easily deflected from your course. I would say Kennedy had one hell of a set back during his travels to Dallas on that tragic day. The reversal speaks of the conflicts and opposing views. JFK had very much opposing views when compared to other prominent political powers. He scrapped Eisenhower’s methods in the White House. He did not allow the false flags that the Chief of Staffs wanted to play out on American soil to win favor in the war on Cuba. Among many other things which link to the meanings of the Chariot.
The more I read about JFK the more I can see the relation to The Chariot. This isn’t even touching on the conspiracies that surround him and his assassination. However, the arrows could suggest the theory of more than one shooter. The two hidden arrows might point to the unknown, and questionable, information surrounding his untimely death. 
Photo credit: Google images
Kennedy in his role of president and all he went through to get there is absolutely in line with Chariot energy. Archer could have chosen JFK speaking at a podium, or the inauguration with Kennedy’s famous line, “ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” However, Archer chose not the moments of leadership or critical decision-making, instead he chose to show the result of those actions. 
As I stare at the image of Kennedy’s missing hair and gaunt complexion I wonder if this a zombie, JFK persevering even in death. His decisions in life, his actions and behaviours live on, despite all he was up against. His spirit pushes forth and 56 years after his passing his story is captivating, the more I learn the more I want to know. He was a man who promoted world peace in the midst of wars. This is the spirit of the Chariot, perseverance, making decisions and taking actions, even if others disagree, pushing forth in the face of adversity. Haters gonna hate.
Alternatively, this points to understanding there are consequences to our actions. Whether positive or negative, we take action and we get results. When we make rash decisions or act in haste we may wind up taking some hits. Should we let that stop us? Probably not. We should recoup and regroup, change course if necessary. Keeping with the self-discovery energy of the Chariot, only we can be responsible for ourselves and our path in life. We could be asking ourselves not what others can do for us, but what we can do for ourselves.
Brightest Blessings,
Phoenix Rose
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Recommendations and resources:

Learn more about Steven Archer here:
http://www.egolikeness.com
Buy the deck here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935738267/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_smhvCbBHKTSG7

https://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=250261

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy

Mary K. Greer’s Complete Book of Tarot Reversals
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1567182852/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_urhvCbFM9ZJAB

Sharing in the Journey: The Number Four for A Balanced Beginning

As taken from Llewellyn’s Spell-A-Day Almanac today’s blessing is The Number Four for a Balanced Beginning. 

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It’s a very simple ritual that involves lighting four candles while reciting a blessing.  Earlier this week I felt I wanted to do this as it is easy enough to fit into the day of my busy mom-life.

As I was doing my usual daily routine I kind of forgot about my desire to do this blessing.  I made an impromptu call to one of my friends during my little one’s nap.  I’m a walk-as-I-talk-on-the-phone person.  As I saunter from the living room to the kitchen the book caught the corner of my eye and I wondered to myself whether I should do that ritual.  Upon entering the kitchen the time on the microwave is 4:44.

Well then, I guess it’s settled.  I took that as my higher self affirming the ritual.  Took 4 tea lights and recited the blessing as I lit them one by one.  It’s little ways like this we can all add magic into our daily lives without it being an intricate or daunting process. 

See the spell here: https://www.llewellyn.com/spell.php?spell_id=7314

Brightest Blessings,
Phoenix Rose
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On-Going Lessons: Nov 25, 2018

Earlier this year the need for inner child healing work was screaming to be done.  Last year (2017) brought many unhealed wounds to the surface.  I erroneously thought these were no longer an issue, as it turns out they are huge issues begging to be healed.  I was pregnant for most of 2018 and I refrained from diving too deep to inner work because I was very hormonal and emotional.  I didn’t want to cause myself undue stress or anxiety facing the roots of my stress and anxiety.

I am now 6 weeks post partum at the time of writing this and the inner work albeit minimal has finally begun. My husband suggested a couple useful journal prompts for self reflection.  I also incorporate tarot into my self-work, more on that later.  It’s quite interesting when the synchronicities start happening on these inner journeys we take.

I knew journaling would be a part of this process. It’s always been a way for me to get to know the true, inner me. A theme that has come up for me specifically is soul purpose / life path.  I will start the string of synchronicities when I began to declutter our copious amount of paperwork in the house. It was stashed in various locations and we had several out of date and useless pieces of paper. Everything is now centralized and old documents shredded. Can a house lose weight? Because it felt lighter after that clean out.

I came across an old journal with entries dated 2006 – 2008. Seems I was unknowingly using it for the same process that I am embarking on currently. It was interesting re-reading some entries and how they are parallel to current events. Many entries written in pencil I decided I’ll just erase them and use the journal for my current journey. It was a process erasing the entries, but I went through and anything I wanted to keep I typed electronic copies.

I was chatting with some friends online and I had mentioned twice, once to each of them, the word “transformative.” It feels to me on a microcosmic scale to be true and I see this reflected in some of my friends’ experiences also.  The same night I caught a Facebook live broadcast of a friend and psychic/medium, Allison Boswell, was pulling some cards.  Lucky me, though this was no coincidence, a card was pulled for me: Transformation.  Everything Allison said was hitting the nail on the head.  This was confirmation that I am heading in the right direction.  I continued to listen to her broadcast and reading for others in the background as I worked cleaning this journal.  She mentioned in the next reading, as I was literally doing this task, erasing the past and rewriting your story… another BAM.

Screenshot of reading Nov 2018

I finally get my book ready to be re-written in.  I plan on using tarot as a tool for further insight as it will show me things in an undeniable way.  I have several decks and I was having a hard time choosing which one I should use.  I was thinking Dark Carnival Tarot or Tarot of Sex Magic.  They are very specific decks, while they felt right they also felt as though they didn’t quite fit my purpose.  My son came with me to the tarot shelf.  He mentioned the Golden Tarot.  I told him the story about this deck and how I forgot I even owned it and just recently found it in this bag.  I lift the bag up, take the deck out, and hand it to my son.  As I’m telling him that he can have the deck if he wants it I noticed a little baggie and a tissue paper wrapped thing in the bottom of the bag.

The baggie has two small blue-green obsidian pieces and the tissue is wrapped around an aragonite piece.  It took a moment but my son and I remembered getting these things.  The obsidian was his and the aragonite was mine.  This is great as I’ve been working to get all the crystals in the same spot.  When it came to the tarot deck selection I input all the deck titles into a random name selector.  Dark Carnival Tarot popped up first.  I decided to do a top 3.  Mythic Tarot was number two and lastly Tarot of Sex Magic; 2/3 ain’t bad, another BAM.

Photo credit: Echoside Phoenix Rose 2018

I will leave this entry off on this note, as it is already quite wordy and there is so much more.  Just so many synchronicities I can’t possibly list them all!
You can find more about Allison on her webpage: https://allisonawakened.com/ 

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