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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Who Are You?

I am the one who weaves the web. I am the one who puts the pieces together. I am the one who knows the connectedness of nature, and of all things, of all souls, across time, across space, across the Universe and beyond.  I am the one who bursts forth with strength of body and Spirit.  I am the one who is colorful, creative, and yet beyond words.

What do you have to give me?

I give you the knowing that everyone and every living thing is connected.  I give you the gift of connection.

What do you want from me?

I want you to SEE the connections.

I want you to be aware of the connections between you and every other living creature on this earth.

I want you to know that you are also connected to the unseen and that these connections transcend time and space. I want you to pause every now and then, and remember that we are all woven together in one wide and glorious web. I want you to tell others about the Connections.

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I made this card at the annual KaleidoSoul retreat last month and did the interpretation below off the top of my head during a session I was leading there. 

Once again, I am surprised and amazed at how deep this work can take us, and how quickly:

Who are you?

I am the one who carries colorful things on my head.  I am the one who isn’t burdened by what is on/in my head.  I am the one who contains all things.  I am the one who is at all stages of a woman’s life.  I am the one who loves being a girl, and a young adult,, and an older woman.  I am the one who celebrates all the stages of a woman’s colorful life.

What do you have to give me?

I give you color and confidence and the poise to carry many rich and colorful things all at once.  I give you gladness.  I give you the knowing that it is good to be a woman and to “carry” many things.

What do you want from me?

I want you to relax into the “carrying.”  I want you to know that all is good.  I want yo to be proud of what you “carrying.” 

Is there anything else you have to tell me today? We are women. We carry things in our heads and hearts and minds and souls.  It is what we do.  Be proud of this.  Be proud and glad about the many things you are carrying.

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This is one of the first SoulCollage^® cards I made.  I created it intuitively… not knowing what the card was about, just responding to my inner self being drawn to the images.  As it turns out, this is one of my most powerful archetypes, the Survivor.

Who are you?

I am the one who has survived fire and storm and famine.

I am the one who has danced in the flaming forest and wrestled with the fierce wild animals of the night.

I am the one who is so sure of my own inner being that I can close my eyes and be with myself even when the enemy is right beside me.

I am the one who tames dragons and tigers and leopards even when they are looking at me with a deathly hunger in their eyes.

I am the one who knows that these wild enemies will never go away completely.

I also know that they do not have the power to destroy me unless I give them that power.

So I am the one who befriends them and listens to them and allows them to teach me what they will.

I am the one who feels the beating of my own precious heart and knows that that is where my strength and courage come from. I am the one who is in touch with my innermost core of power, who allows that power to burn through my fears until I see them for what they are- proud sentient beings who have been sent to protect me. I am the one who sends you mysterious angels after you have faced down the wildness of your own fears.

What do you want from me?

I want you to hold your hand over your own heart, and feel and hear the rhythm of your own authentic power.  I want you to know that you can call on me to lead you through the flaming forests, to show you how to sit still and befriend the enemy of your fears.

What do you have to give me?

I give you power, and authority and inner strength to face the wild tigers of your night, whatever they may be.

NOTES FROM DAILY READINGS:

March 2006-

I am also about Courage.  It is a courageous thing you do- going to therapy, all your inner work, being in relationships, dealing with your body issues, creating the depths and layers of KaleidoSoul.  I am with you, and my eyes are open.  You can rest easy and go deeper within, because my eyes are open.

August 2006-

I am the one who has survived breast cancer, an emotionally deprived childhood, codependent mothering, difficult stepchildren, an alcoholic love relationship, Jeff’s cancer, the deaths of my parents, an emotionally abusive boss.  I am the one who has brought you through it all.  Today I am saying to you: look at where you are, on the other side of the fiery drama.  In a place of peace and rest, where it is easy and safe for you to sit still and close your eyes and be with yourself.  So remember to do that this week, and every week.  Sit still, hand over your heart, remembering who you are.  Do not mistake the power there is in that.

July 2007-

I am the one whose fiercest, most difficult battles are behind me.  I am the one who has survived everything with my own sense of self intact.  I am the one who is at home with the wild animals.  This one is my sister.  She has been my companion on the journey and she sits with me, rests with me now.  My message for you today is this: The fiery dramas are BEHIND you.  They do not need to define you any more.  Pause now in this resting place that is your life right now… and give yourself time to be with yourself.  This position I am in is the ultimate healing posture.  And you can close your eyes and go within with no fear, because you can trust that the others are watching out for you.

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