Artist Muse

I made this card years ago and after looking into the woman’s challenging eyes, I claimed her as my Muse, not just of all things creative, but specifically my urges towards and passion for creating art.

Who are you?

I am the one who is staring at you expectantly.  I am the one who opens new windows of possibility for you and to you.  I am the one who is Queen of the Paint Tubes. 

I challenge you to JUST DO IT- just add art back into your life, a little bit at a time, and see/notice/feel how much pleasure it gives you. 

The orange flower blooms behind me- all things grow and come into full blossom, full growth, and then turn back to seed and die.  As will you.  Someday.  Not now. 

Now is the time for open windows with sunlight pouring in.  Now is the time to dig in to the rainbow possibilities of all the artist tools that you have in front of you.

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Season- Spring

Here is a card that showed up a few weeks ago in one of my daily readings, very appropriate since here in New England, everything is bursting into full greening spring.  In journaling with this card, I learned something about spring on the INSIDE as well!

I am the one who is new growth, pushing up out of the ground.  I am the one who is pure and new and vibrant and clean.  I am the one who is leaving the icy snow of winter behind and warming to the new spring sun. 

My message for you today is this: you are like this new flower sprouting, pushing up through the dirt/soil and into the new light of spring.  Your time of darkness is over.  Your time in the coolness of the underground was necessary and healing.  Now is the time to burst forth and revel in the sun’s warmth and the beauty that is all around you.

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Divine Child

As some of you know, I have had an emotionally and physically tumultuous summer (and that’s putting it mildly).  At the end of August I finally started doing my Every-Other-Daily readings again and here are the  two cards that showed up for me.

Very comforting and enlightening!

Divine Child:

I am the one who is full of simplicity and joy.  I am the one who is held by the Mother.  I am the one who brings gifts.  I am the one who is comfortable in my nakedness.

My message for you today is this: Smile. Notice what gifts you are carrying in your arms.  Allow yourself to be held by Great Mother.  Rest. Go to the ocean and sit. Smile again.

Journeyer

Journeyer

I am the one who moves forward, no matter the weather.  I am the one who sometimes sits and rests and thinks about the Journey.  I am the one who makes my own trail. 

My message for you today is this: Journey is not always about movement. Sometimes you need to pause and rest and give yourself time and space before moving on.

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I made  this card years ago and always thought of it as my “sacred space” card, but then I listened to Kathryn Antyr’s KaleidoSoul Tele-Class this month and learned quite a bit about the many Goddess archetypes.

I took the Goddess Quiz on the site that she recommended, and discovered that my own top three personal goddess archetypes, expressing themselves in my life right now are: Persephone, Artemis, and Hestia.

After reading more about Hestia on the recommended site, I suddenly realized that I already have a SoulCollage® card for her, and this is it!

I am thinking that I MIGHT have one for Artemis as well, but I have to sit with that a while longer before sharing because I’m not entirely sure.

NOTE: If you are a Kindred Spirit Member, you can listen to Kathryn’s tele-class in the Members Only Audio Library.  If you’re not a Member yet, what are you waiting for? Visit this page for more info.

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Here is a perfect example of how a card can change its meaning and message, over time.  When I first made this card, she seemed to be all about Authenticity. You can read my original writing about her here.

Today I drew her in my daily card reading, and as soon as I saw her, I said to myself “Ahh… Authenticity!”  But then I reminded myself not to label her. And I let her speak to me, right now, today, in this moment. Here is what she said:

I am the one who is standing strong and golden against the backdrop of the setting sun. The last time you saw me, the sun was rising, but right now it is a sunset you are seeing. Soon darkness will cover the earth and we will survive the darkness because we will remember this blessed golden light.

I am the one who presides over endings and beginnings.

My message for you today is this: pay attention to what is ending in your life. Pay attention to that which is beginning.

This is EXACTLY what I needed to hear today!  And it so comforted and warmed me, to see this familiar face in my reading this morning, and to hear her speak to me in this moment, instead of continuing to repeat what she has told me before.

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