animal reflections healing oracle

Animal Wisdom for October

Sandhill Crane family visiting our backyard a few weeks ago. plus Sandhill Crane card from my upcoming Animal Reflections Healing Oracle.

This month I’m heeding my own advice and that of Sandhill Crane and have decided to not record a general animal wisdom oracle reading for October.

Instead, I hope Sandhill Crane will serve as just the guide you need until next time.

While the world continues to shake with uncertainty which can feel unsettling to our own beingness, I share Sandhill Crane’s message with you:

Sandhill Crane, with Butterfly delicately balanced upon its beak, invites you to engage in the enchanting and exquisite dance of life.

While it’s most magical to see a Sandhill Crane flying high above, they spend most of their time on the ground. Sandhill Crane asks whether you are lost too much in thought and need to spend some time grounded. It reminds you that balance is required in order to move through your days with grace, focus, and clarity.

As a mother, Sandhill Crane is quite protective of her young; however, she only rears them for their first year of life, after which they are left to thrive on their own.

If you find yourself feeling uncertain or rattled about your future, it’s time to partake of Sandhill Crane’s medicine and nurture the part of you unsure about stepping out into the world on your own.

Sandhill Crane is known to call out loudly to forewarn others that it is near. As you devote time to finding your center again, her presence is reminding you to let those around you know this is what you are doing and its importance. This keeps the lines of communication open while also serving to honor and respect your need for alone time.

The call of Sandhill Crane is beckoning you back to the ancient wisdom that lies inside you but may have been forgotten. That tuning inward, listening deeply, and finding joy in transformational moments is what guides you to stay in balance.

As you acknowledge inner conflicts and learn to release them, you will find yourself dancing through life, and with others, with joy and wonder.

Transformation can feel scary as we step into unknown territories.  But this is a reminder to keep ourselves in balance – whatever that looks like for each of us individually – while also actively remembering what is good and positive in our lives.

And most importantly, staying in tune with what feels true in our hearts.

Wishing you all the best for the month of October!

P.S. Update on my Animal Reflections Healing Oracle deck! The final edits are now complete and the booklet has gone into the design phase!

XO

Barb

    

 

More Reflection on Firefly Symbolism from an Intuitive Art Experience

Firefly sure seems to be flying alongside me these days!

I recently shared the cover reveal of my Animal Reflections Healing Oracle deck and how firefly is represented in the design and why.

Then early last week someone by the name of Hello From the Cocoon left a comment on a post I shared about my donkey card from my upcoming deck. One thing led to another quite quickly and with many synchronicities, and I ended up taking the self-paced online workshop to do a firefly painting facilitated by an inspiring and sweet woman named, Laurie who is from Hello From the Cocoon.

After painting the top half and then the bottom section with most of the reflective pond I turned off the light, closed the Victorian screen door to Joyful Pause Cottage studio, and went into my house for the evening.

Early the next morning the painting was on my mind. I could hardly wait to get out to my studio to work on it some more!

Shining the ott light onto the painting once again I realized how small I’d made my reflecting pond. Huh. That is interesting, I thought.

My Animal Reflections Healing Oracle deck is about helping others deepen their own insights and heal parts of themselves that need attention. It’s also about reflecting on situations and issues they feel challenged by and doing the inner work to discover why.

So why had I made the reflecting pond so small? This was an intriguing clue for me to ponder about. But one thing I knew was I needed to make that reflective pond larger. What was it I didn’t want to see as a reflection?

While Laurie’s tutorial was all about painting, I felt called to add elements from nature as I like to do in my own artwork I offer for sale.

After adding dried florals I collect on my walks plus a few stones, it was then I intuitively felt called to add a frog to sit along the water’s edge and a moth to hang out around the flowers.

When the painting was complete I know that Firefly is about continuing to shine my light out into the world (even when at times I wish to stay too long in my cocoon out of fear) and helping others do the same. While frog for me represents change and moth speaks to me about letting go – as in the sense of the death of something.

While I don’t have complete clarity about this yet, I will continue to simmer in the healing waters of that reflective pond and pay attention to any additional insight.

For now, I’ve hung the painting on a wall in my cottage and look forward to what may be revealed next.

XO

Barb