Sea Shells and Synchronicity

During a channeling session last week, which was not intended, and had quite an interesting outcome, the nursery rhyme of She Sells Sea Shells by the Seashore has been on my mind ever since.  The message, though not intended for me, is still applicable.

Yesterday, despite the chilliness of the day, the boys and I went down to the waterfront with the intention of collecting driftwood for some projects my husband is working on.  I didn’t expect to collect much for myself, until seeing that all the “rocks” and “sand” were actually shells.  My heart warmed me to the core, and I should have expected as much.  With the weather very similar to the northern shore of Northern Ireland’s coast where the Giant’s Causeway lays, the shoreline here was eerily similar: shells.  No sand, just shells.

Everywhere, all along where the water met land, shells, all sizes, and two distinct shapes on this shoreline of Lake Ontario. The seagulls and other birds, must have a feast here!  Walking along, and the crunching and crackling of every foot step, I felt bad destroying such a beautiful scenery.  It was like wintertime as a kid when the snow has that crunchy top layer, where you step lightly, imagining all your weight lifted so you could successfully step on top of the snow with out breaking through.  This is what was going through my head.

I found some amazing pieces and with each shell and random rock I found they solidified in my more and more what I am going to do with these beauties.

A sampling of shells and rocks, I have so much more!
Isn’t this frame awesome?  Created for free at beFunky.com 
For years I have had a travel kit, a portable altar.  Any Pagan, Wiccan, Witch, knows what I’m talking about.  The Earth is our church, the birds are the choir, the trees and all living creatures are the congregation. Though sometimes we just need a few more ingredients to make the magic happen, especially if we are in a concrete jungle, or are on vacation, or just want to stay discrete when out in a public park.  My kit contains a pouch of salt, tealight candle a match book, some other trinkets, and a shell to be used to hold salt, water, or burnings/offerings.  
As I continue to collect the gifts that Mother Earth and Great Goddess give me I will be creating portable altar kits which will be available through my Etsy shop in the coming months.  Stay tuned!

Brightest Blessings,

~Phoenix Rose~

Card of the Day: V The Hierophant

#TheHierophant order, tradition, spirituality, religion, authority, power, responsibility, knowledge

|Hanson-Roberts, Essential Tarot (1984)


Hierophant sits between the two pillars of the material and spiritual suggesting a balanced between the two in ourselves.  As much as this card is about spiritual journeys it is also about learning, knowledge and wisdom here in the material world.

There is great power and authority with this card.  The crossed keys represent intellect and intuition, delicately balanced. The Hierophant holds the staff of the three worlds – physical, astral, and etheric.  Suggesting he is knowledgeable about all existence.

While this card suggests creating order and balance within our world, it also points to hanging on to out-dated belief systems that may be holding you back.  Knowledge and understanding are fluid.  Once we believe we know everything about something we stagnate and no longer grow.  We close ourselves off to possibilities and the natural flow is blocked.

Will you depend on an outside authority to govern your life, or will you take back your power and have authority over yourself?


Much Love
~Phoenix Rose~