This morning I picked a Tarot card for the month of July. I was quite pleased when The Ace of Wands appeared in the future position.
As chance would have it, a few hours earlier I had been contemplating a new project which I wanted to start this month.The idea came to me as I was walking the labyrinth near our home.
The Ace of Wands card signifies potent, powerful raw energy and can also represent a new awakening on many different levels. When this card shows up in a reading, pay attention to your intuition when making big decisions regarding new projects, ideas, situations or beginning a new enterprise.
The Ace of Wands represents the life force itself and usually indicates a new phase in ones life. Either something new has begun or will begin.
Energize and stimulate your second Chakra with this beautiful video. The Sacral Chakra is located in the lower abdomen and it’s Sanskrit name is Swadhisthana. Physical dysfunctions can manifest as lower back pain, pelvic pain, urinary problems and sciatica.
The spiritual lessons of the second Chakra have to do with creativity, manifesting your dreams, honoring relationships and learning to just “let go”.
When this chakra is too open, we may find ourselves feeling everyone else’s emotions or be over run by our own emotions. If the chakra is closed down, we may feel sluggish, out of touch with our emotions, lack luster and bored. We may also lack enthusiasm and passion in our lives.
Enthusiasm is invigorating. It also helps to counter balance apathy, boredom and a sluggish spirit.
One way to help chase away the blahs is to surround yourself with enthusiastic people. Another is to throw yourself into your projects, goals and dreams. Hold nothing back. Reclaim your passion and enthusiasm for life.
Let the energy of life fill you and inspire you to be enthusiastic about the things that are important to you. When you are filled with enthusiasm nothing in this world seems impossible. So let your enthusiasm for life shine brightly!
thought for the day;
“Do not judge whether what you are doing is impressive or mediocre, spiritual or mundane. Just do it with enthusiasm. Just give yourself to whatever you do with full knowledge: “God is within me. All actions that I perform are an offering to him.” - Swami Chidvilasananda
This weekend, Midsummer magic will be afoot as we celebrate Summer Solstice on June 21st. On Sunday the sun will reach the height of its strength, yet at the same moment the seed of darkness will be born as the nights grow longer and the days shorter. The celebration usually begins on Midsummer eve and continues throughout the next day.
The lady of Avalon was a wise woman and healer. In the twelfth-century the Welsh bard and prophet, Taliesin, describes her as a woman of great beauty who knew the uses of all plants in curing disease and illness. It was also said that she knew the art of magic and shape shifting.
Avalon is derived from the Welsh afal, which means apple, and Morgan le Fay it’s queen.
Midsummer Meditation
Place your hands on an apple tree and meditate on the feel of the bark. Breathe deeply and visualize going into the tree. Experience her quiet soul. Let your inner heart speak to the tree. Pay attention to any thoughts or visions which may arise within your mind.
Become the tree, let the tree absorb you, and you absorb the tree. You are not alone, you and the tree become one, a mirror of each other, a part of everything in existence. When you have finished meditating, ground yourself and give thanks to the tree. - Rose Arizmendi - The Deep Magic of Gaia
“The spell was broken. My uncle learned to laugh, and I learned to cry. The secret garden is always open now. Open, and awake, and alive. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” - The Secret Garden
Here is a wonderful slide presentation created by The Order of Bards Ovates & Druids from East Sussex, England.
quote for the day:
“Every time you wake up, ask yourself, “What good things am I going to do today?” Remember that when the sun goes down at sunset, it will take a part of your life with it.” - Native American Proverb
June is one of my favorite months. The weather is warm and the days long.
June Facts
Birthstone - Pearl is known as the stone of wisdom. It helps elevate your spirits and self acceptance.
Birth Flower - Rose - Associated with healing, spirituality, love, protection and is believed to enhance ones psychic abilities.
Summer Solstice is celebrated on June 21st.
June was named after the Roman Goddess Juno.
Midsummer Eve was known as one of the three nights of the year when the veil between our World and the Otherworld grows thinner. It is said that faeries would join in the festivities, mingling with the human revelers on this special night.
So pull up a chair . . . relax . . . and enjoy this beautiful video.
“Where the water whispers mid the shadowy rowan - trees
I have heard the Hidden People like the hum of swarming bees:
And when the moon has risen and the brown burn glisters grey
I have seen the Green Host marching in laughing disarray”
- Fiona MacLeod
