Emerging from the Shadows

Oracle Cards: 

✨Stars in the Sky: The Shaman's Dream Oracle by Alberto Villoldo & Colette Baron-Reid

🌀Waking the Lion: Oracle of the 7 Energies, Colette Baron-Reid

✨Moonlight Enchantment: The Sacred Forest Oracle by Denise Linn

🌀Forgiveness: Sacred Destiny Oracle by Denise Linn

Since 2014, I've had a morning ritual of using oracle cards as a way to connect to the energy of All That Is.  It began as a way to intentionally access with my then sporadic intuition, to bypass my intellect and allow a different intelligence to evolve.  Nearly a decade later, the cards are somewhat secondary to the process, serving as beautiful touchstones in a ritual that begins each day as a sacred conversation with Spirit.  I find now that I am deeply engaged in this dialogue, with intuition and intellect flowing in a gorgeous co-creative dance.  It is a seamless part of my existence, as natural as breathing.  

Although I no longer need the cards to anchor me into a different expression of consciousness, I delight in working with them each day.  The beautiful artwork, the colors, the symbolism, the numerology - all aspects offer a facet to work with, a subtle layering of what is available to me.  I view them as a story - each day's layout representing a sentence in a paragraph in a chapter in the unfolding of my Soul's Story.  What began as a private and deeply personal ritual has broadened over the years, first by sharing with a dear friend each morning, opening a space for the meandering conversation of our spiritual essence, and deepening the bond of our soul sisterhood.  When another dear friend began to explore her own integration of intuition into her work life, the circle grew.  Witnessing her process, her trust in her inner Knowing strengthen, was a gift to me, an affirmation of the power of the space I hold for another soul to be fully seen.  I was always struck by how different our perspectives were, what "popped" for one of us brought another dimension to each other's insights and understanding.  Our intuitive gifts are unique - how I experience the Knowing that emerges is often spurred by something quite different from what sparks my friends’ connection to the Sacred, yet there is always a point of intersection, a meaning both personal and collective.  Colors, words, imagery, numbers - all woven into a tapestry that holds a deeper meaning.  It is a daily conversation that I cherish.  

Interestingly, I've been reluctant to share this experience in a broader way until now.  Perhaps it is the preciousness of the daily conversations, or the lingering vestiges of my own "witch wound" that has held me back from coming out of the "woo" closet fully.  In a conversation with three of the amazing women I travelled with to Egypt recently, I realized that I had rarely spoken to them about this aspect of my life.  I spoke of my day job, but only hinted at the "work" that is my Soul's calling.  That I am a Dream Midwife, one who can see a soul's yearning and bring it from the ether to the earth, to awaken a dream and birth it into reality, had remained unspoken.  And my Egyptian sisters were not having it.  Why was I not telling everyone about my work, or my top secret website that is beautiful and unseen?  Their reaction was the kindest WTF I've ever heard.  And a few days later, these cards emerged.  So I share now with you what I shared with them.  

I’m a little bit in love with the cards today.  Having the courage to not let the past limit the present and future, and the magic of forgiveness. The longer I sit with these the deeper the layers which emerge. It is a gray, damp morning here, feeling more like October than June. Yet the stillness is deeply comforting, the plaintive call of the mourning doves quietly filling the air, and the staccato of the woodpecker foraging piercing the quiet. I love that this place offers me so many ways to return to present, and step through the gateway from ordinary to the mystery of All That Is. Feeling richly blessed this morning. 

Each of the cards literally leapt out of the deck as I was shuffling and speaking my daily invocation.  In some way they all reflect a deep message of being present to what is, to not being caught in the past, and standing fully in the now with courage and integrity.  I’ve been feeling incredibly focused on completing tasks that have been lingering for too long, and at the same time being overwhelmed by all of the possibilities and potentials of what I “could do”.  I’ve also been feeling that sense of overwhelm diminishing as I commit to one path for now.  Choosing my voice, and how best to express it, with courage and integrity, not holding back because of the ghosts of old hurts and persecution - this is my stake in the ground, and my way forward.  I don’t have to know where I will end up, only what next step to take, and enjoying each one for what it offers.  

There is a deeply personal message of not letting what was dictate what is or is to be.  Stepping into the unknown with courage and in integrity, allowing a space for miracles and grace to emerge.  And yes, magic. 

With my deepest gratitude to Lisa, Lisa Ann, Julie, Robin, and Sarah, I emerge from the shadows.  Thank you for being with me on this path.