On a collective level this will be a much gentler month. Personally, I’m welcoming softer energies! You too?
Check out this month’s animal wisdom as a guide for the month of May. Two potent animals with healing medicine!
You can listen to this month’s message here.
Wishing you a beautiful May!
XO
Barb
This morning I pulled cards for the New Moon in Taurus. Perhaps you also feel this expansion that is happening underneath and within ourselves, though you can’t quite name it or know what it all means? The word TRUST comes up for me time and time again when I feel this. And it was Grandmother Prickly Pear Cactus that brought tears to my eyes.
After pulling cards and writing out my thoughts I felt this a universal message for all of us. So I offer it as a guide for you if you are in need of it with this summary:
Trust in this life of yours that continues to expand and evolve. Stay in connection with your inner self, while also allowing yourself to open more to the truth of who you are at your core. This requires being present and embracing one moment at a time – one step at a time – as the way to being here and now while also moving forward to continually building a stronger foundation underneath, above, and within you. Listen and trust in your own intuition while staying open to the bigger picture to reveal itself. This time and as always, is about valuing and appreciating all aspects of you. It’s no longer comfortable to go with the ‘in crowd’ or shrink away in shyness as a way to protect oneself, but to embrace and love the spectacular you that is you – and that there no one else like you!
Wishing you a beautiful day and being all that makes your heart shine!
Cards used in this reading: Wisdom of the Oracle by Colette Baron – Reid, Animal Reflections Healing Oracle by me, Healing the Inner Child by Nina Mongendre, Cosmic Animal Cards by Tanya Casteel, and Song of the Grandmothers by Kara Simons.
XO
Barb
“Well, Miss Mouse,” I said as I cut her shape out. “I thank you for this lovely insight!”
As it often happens, an animal presents itself to be created into a piece of art. And together as a team we create a bit of magic to be put out into the world.
While cutting around Miss Mouse I heard her say, “Dream.” And so this will be the word that goes on the piece when it’s complete.
But then it went deeper as I realized how art is my own special kind of dream world. A space where my thoughts take a rest and I’m in blissful communion with the animals and natural world. Here, I’m inspired, offered helpful insight, and find comfort, peace, and love each and every time.
When I returned home early April after being gone for seven weeks, I felt uneasy that I might not create again as I wasn’t feeling inspired. Will I get back in the groove again, I wondered? This, along with a swirl of emotions about my Dad progressing in his Parkinson’s and memory loss, and now in assisted living had me moving through many emotions.
But I reminded myself not to put pressure on myself and allow things to unfold organically…
and slowly they did. Deep reflections of how I want to enjoy each precious moment of life while still here and healthy. While also doing some inner work of grief that comes along with changes.
And then just like that, butterfly, snail, and mouse dropped into my mind’s eye asking to be created. And I was called to work on 4 x 4 mini pieces of birchwood panels. Though, honestly, I first found myself resisting the tiny size, but yet, how at peace I find myself in this cozy space away from the big outside world that can often feel chaotic and unsettling.
I know I can’t stay in this dream world. But I can visit and stay awhile and find calm and peace for my heart. And then carry that blissful vibration out into the world not only as myself standing within it, but sharing a part of me through my creation of art I hope will inspire others to feel the same.
XO
Barb