Sacred Roar

“There is force in the Universe, which, if we permit, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.” ~Mahatma Gandhi

I feel a lot of frustrated energy with these three cards. There’s a new opportunity or new journey/path you’ve decided to take. You have a picture in your head of what that will look like and what your result will be at the end of it. It’s wonderful to have dreams and wants/needs for the final product, but it can also limit yourself. You become dependent on that vision, and it ends up binding and blinding you.

Release your need for control or your need to know the outcome. This is where trust comes in, and you begin to flow with the Divine currents. Your outcome can be something you never ever thought up, and now it feels just perfect. Release your shoulders, unclench your jaw, take a deep breath or two – and free yourself. Keep doing the work and do your part. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at what the World has offered you.

~Aimee

Deck Credit: The Light Seers Tarot
Chris Anne

“I took it off. I did not want to carry it with me anymore.” ~AVA

What is it that you’re needing to let go of?

Sometimes we’re blinded to whatever is holding us captive – make no mistake, those are self-activating blinders. There are so many reasons for putting them on, but for whatever reason, we’re “comfortable” and “happy” where we are. We shield ourselves from the light and the truth – that’s our human brain taking over and running the show. Sometimes we don’t know why, but we’re aware of the fact that we’re miserable, and not thriving. That’s a start! Self-awareness unlocks all kinds of answers.

You may be holding on to something because of fear – being afraid of what will happen if you do let go. Shift your perspective for just a moment and ask yourself instead, “what will happen if I don’t release this thing? What happens if I stay in this spot?”. Well, I can tell you that you’ll eventually grow mushrooms, and I don’t know about you, but I only like the fun kind. And those don’t grow on humans!

I’m being challenged to release a belief and way of thinking that I’ve carried for 20+ years. It’s also taking my path and journey into a 90-degree turn. In my heart and spirit, I know this is right and what I’m supposed to be doing, but I need to let go of a lot of beliefs that I created for myself. In retrospect, I see it was a guard around my heart in certain areas. Now, it’s only making me try to doubt and question myself. It no longer serves me, but I appreciate the protection it gave me.
Now, I ask again – what is it that you’re holding on to? Once identified, honor it, grieve it, and say your goodbyes. Focus your energy on what does serve your growth and is here to water your heart.

~Aimee

Deck Credit: Rainbow Warrior Activation Deck
Tracee Dunblazier & Justine Serebrin

To listen is to love.

This statement is so true on many different levels. To listen to a loved one or a friend (or a complete stranger, for that matter), without judgement and with an open heart – that is love, and that is listening with your heart.

The same way you would connect and listen to another, do that for yourself. Have you been feeling the call to pay closer attention, and listen to your heart? What is your Divine Self trying to show you? Connecting with love is the surest way to all of those answers. Sit in silence and take some deep breaths. Connect to your heart chakra and see what bubbles up.

The message today is very powerful, yet simple – just like the Elephant. They also represent honor, empathy, responsibility, and justice. Exactly what we’re all needing down here on Earth today.

~Aimee

“There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” – Rumi

Deck Credit – The Enchanted Map
Colette Baron-Reid

I know you all probably see the invasion of Ukraine going on today, and it is absolutely heartbreaking. I’ve seen posts already all day long asking their groups what we should be doing spiritually to support those harmed by war and destruction. I can just feel the people of the country crying out for help.

There’s a lot of awakening going on collectively right now, look around you. I can count on two hands how many people just in my circle are evolving and ascending, and quickly. I drew cards today to ask the Universe what needed to be shared in this climate. The message I received ties both the war and awakening together. What we can do is hold space for and share our light with those needing it badly right now. Light a candle, say a prayer. It might seem like inaction, but this is powerful and putting that kind of energy into the situation can only help.

The cards show a Tower crisis – this translates to both the invasion as well as your personal growth. The destruction is always necessary for cleansing and rebuilding a stronger foundation. It HURTS, even in an awakening.

7 of Wands reminds us to stand in our beliefs and truths, protecting our hearts, protecting our space and energy, but also sharing the Light. See the lady on the card who is shielding her heart with her protective bubble, but her solar plexus chakra is still shining brightly.

7 of Swords reversed, in this case, signals a change of perception, or a realization of your conscious, maybe even a complete change of heart. We may be feeling some shifts just watching what is happening across the world right now. That intense energy, amongst other things, are stirring your spirit and waking you up to your true self and the world around you. Pay attention.

~Aimee

“Justice is the sum of all moral duty.” – William Godwin

Deck Credit – The Light Seer’s Tarot
Chris-Anne

There are so many changes going on right now in the collective, both spiritually and Earth-bound. I can’t tell you one person I’ve talked to recently that hasn’t seen a big change of some form in their lives. It’s scary as hell! A little thrilling (or a lot to some), but basically, it’s a lot of panic, worry, and fear. For most. Some know the secrets to moving past these annoyances. Not saying they don’t pop up, because we are all human. But the more practice you have, the quicker and easier it will be to shift. What’s the secret, you ask? I don’t know what theirs are (so many!), but I’ll tell you mine. It took some work and real self-awareness to be able to make it effective, but holy frijoles, it’s pretty damn useful and surprisingly cool when you get the knack of it.

The secret key is perspective shifts. Realizing that we are here as spiritual beings, in a human suit, clouded by human brains and emotions, is where you start. Noticing the human “role” you’re playing and loving your human form unconditionally. The best way I can describe that in words is, loving yourself the way your mother loves you. Using that love to empower you, shift your perspective to an observer instead of standing right in the middle of the chaos. This allows you to move through the motions of what is needed, guided by Love (Source). This simple action in your mind’s eye drops the fear, panic, and worry about the outcomes and allows you to move forward with confidence and ready for the next phase of your journey. Because why? Because now you’re free.

Just a small note about big bravery. My little one’s class encountered a swarm of bees living in one of the trees on their playground at school yesterday. That’s all we heard about last night, because she was one of the first to alert everyone else (by running and crying into the building and leaving everyone else to fend for their lives!), but she had a deep fear and booked it. Into the night, we had big talks about bravery and how it’s ok to be scared.

Goodness, there’s so much more I want to write (another day, another blog!)

~Aimee

“Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear” – Mark Messier

Deck Credit – Labyrinth Wisdom Cards
Tony Christie

This is probably the third message I’ve gotten this afternoon, telling me to be present in some way. I’ve been asking the Universe today for some specifics on things for my future, info on projects I’m starting to work on and that kind of thing. Like, I’ve been feeling the pulls and seeing the signs, but what does it really mean, very specifically, Universe?? Ha! Well, my answer first came in the form of a Polar Bear, reminding me of my Divine purpose and journey – that I do not know the future, but all I can do is follow those pulls and trust. Move forward, do the work, and stay connected. Sitting down to pull a card for this message, I was reminded again to focus on now and what steps or progress I’m making today. Spending too much time in the past (though learning from it is also key) and fretting about the future. All of that takes time away from what I’m doing today.

Yesterday, I was hit in the face with the realization that I haven’t fully dealt with some things about when I was younger, and my parents got divorced. I have been carrying around with me that ol’ ball and chain – the pain and anger about men walking away from me. That’s really hard for me to write. But I was triggered by something my husband did that wasn’t near as serious as I was making it out to be. It was a familiar feeling of anger and white-hot hurt. I was shocked because I thought I had dealt with all of those issues and moved on. But then I saw it. I finally knew the root of that issue, and now I could finally heal it for reals. So, in that case, I briefly visited the past and learned from it, and moved on.

I appreciate you all reading and giving me the space to be vulnerable. Always in hopes that it can help somebody, thus spreading the Light!

~Aimee

“The whole future lives in uncertainty: live immediately” – Seneca

Deck Credit – The Enchanted Map
Colette Baron-Reid

Letting go, Restriction, Fear

What story are you currently attached to?

Most of the time, we claim attachment to people, things, ideas, pride, vanity, etc. But at the end of the day, the Universe teaches us that basically, each human life is a story we are here playing out on Earth’s stage. The purpose being to learn, grow; and in turn, to teach and lead others to the Light. With that being said, yes – it’s a story, but it’s one that we can change at will. What story are you clinging to, and blinding yourself from the tools necessary to cut the ropes? You yearn for freedom to be you and to be able to say, do, and think the way you want to. Listen, that doesn’t have to be a dream. That can be your story! Whatever reasons or grievances you have in your head for the reason you can’t move forward, I bet they are all tied to outside people and forces. What about you? Don’t YOU get a say in how your story plays out? I know you see me dancing around this…STOP THE VICTIM MENTALITY. That is a choice.

As I spoke about yesterday, I was attached to a very long, deep winding story I created on my own, as the self-proclaimed “Giver”. It probably started out as a way to get people to like me – I had a very strange childhood, socially. People and peers saw me as powerful and cheerful, but that’s not what I had going on inside. There lived a very sad and scared little girl who had no idea what her place in the world meant, and so far, it just felt like she was in the way. So, I made myself small, and wanted to serve others so that maybe they could see the good I wanted to do in the world, but they wouldn’t have to necessarily see me. That evolved over a lifetime, and as you can imagine, created a ton of agony for adulthood. Welp, I’m done with it. That doesn’t mean I no longer want to serve others, I do now more than ever! But going back to yesterday’s message, I serve from a place of love for myself first. I serve from a page in my new and ever evolving storybook, as a chance to connect and share, not a chance to make myself small.

~Aimee

“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.” – Ralph Ellison

Deck Credit – Gaia Oracle
Toni Carmine Salerno

I wanted to share with you all a moment that I will not soon forget, or ever. I was at the Conscious Life Expo in LA at the beginning of this month, and I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Ellie Shoja, the creator of this deck. She was actually one of our booth neighbors, and we had met her the day before the expo started while we were all setting up and getting our booths ready. The next day, when she was back with her decks and books, I walked over to check it out – being a deck junkie and all. She asked me to pull a card and she would read what she had written in the book for it. Immediately, I felt like I couldn’t breathe, and my eyes started welling up. THIS is what I was missing. It was the beginning of an activation, signs and synchronicities that are still shocking me every single day. My lesson here is that YES, I can still be of service to others and nurture my face off (’cause that’s what I do), but now I realize that if I’m not shining my own light (ignoring my needs), there’s no connection.

Here is what Ellie wrote about this card:

Have you lost yourself in service to others? Have you compromised so much that you no longer recognize your own needs?

In your desire to serve, you’ve prioritized other people’s demands. You’ve thought that by losing yourself, you can help them be found. But the blind cannot lead the blind into light. Your disconnection from your Source gives birth to disconnection in them.

This card reminds you that you cannot show others the way if you are lost yourself. It is when you find yourself that you become a beacon, guiding others home.

To find yourself, you must be in service to love, not in service to them. Love does not engage in outrage. It does not make some people wrong and others right. Love does not exclude or condemn. Love does not ask for sacrifice. It does not require the forsaking of needs.

Today, stop all your efforts and sit in stillness instead. Feel the energy of love swell up within your heart. Your only task today is to connect with this fountainhead of love. You know that you’ve found love by the clarity it provides. You know you’ve found yourself by the joy you feel.

~Aimee

Deck Credit – Your Heart Knows the Way
Ellie Shoja (IG: @braveellie)
Art by: Chris Dellorco

Ideally, we all have our own dream garden, lush and green and dancing with energy. Ideally. This card combo made me stop and think about mine and all the aspects of it. How big is it? Are there borders or a fence? Is it boundless and limitless, with room to grow? I don’t really like the answers I found. It’s small (but bigger than it was!), there is a border (a wooden fence now, when I think there were high concrete walls before), and no. It’s not open to infinite growth. So, I’ve got some (more) work to do! Recently, my dreams have gotten a brand-new life and ideas have inspired me in ways I never dreamed they would. What’s the difference? I completely opened my heart to the possibilities. My dreams of what I want to create and become have never been clearer and more attainable to me than they are right now. And that is pretty damn exciting, I’m not gonna lie. It’s really like my brain got swapped out with another. I thought I was being a good little gardener (LOL – some people will get a good laugh at this) and honoring my dreams, giving them space to grow. What I missed was that I had them closed off so much trying to hide them (out of shame and fear), they didn’t get enough sunlight, water, and most importantly LOVE.

Break down those fences, one board at a time if you must. Check in with your dreams and wishes regularly, love and nurture them. You might be surprised at how they grow and change organically, just as you do. I can’t help but state the obvious of the green in the cards – the lush meadow and then the lady in the green dress, opening her Heart Chakra to the world and saying – I will not make myself small anymore. Say it with me – I WILL NOT MAKE MYSELF SMALL ANYMORE. The Universe is ready, just waiting for you to realize your greatness.

~Aimee

*For numerology purposes – notice how the card number 21 doubled is 42 (the second card number).
2+1=3 & 4+2=6, so 6+3=9
3, 6, 9 = Energy, Frequency, and Vibration. The Universe revolves around Energy, Frequency, and Vibration.
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” ~Nikola Tesla
WOW.

Deck Credit – The Enchanted Map
Colette Baron-Reid

What do you feel when you look at this card? This absolutely knocked me over when I drew it. I have had some synchronicities you would not believe revolving Jesus in the past 2 weeks. That is another long story that I will absolutely share with you all! For now, the message and events are still evolving.

What comes to mind for you when you see the word “healer”? We consider our earthly medical workers to be our number one healers, for so many obvious reasons. They are absolutely wonderful and necessary in this world. But what about all of the other stuff? Our minds may automatically go to Jesus, the stories of how he healed the masses are numerous and powerful. What if I told you we have the same healing energies at our disposal? That might shock some, but others, I know you know what I’m saying. I have always felt like I was a healer in some ways. All my life I’ve been the person people went to for advice, venting, or to talk something out. My chats with them had a therapeutic effect, and for as long as I can remember I have wanted to be a therapist or counselor of some kind. It just feels like home to me. Moving into this space of work, I’m able to do exactly what I’ve always been good at and have such a passion for. The other thing was/is teaching, and that’s also on my timeline. 😉

Another form of healing can simply be having empathy for others (humans, animals, plants, etc), and really move into a space of understanding and love. For humans (and even pets-LOL), we often have disagreements, harsh words and actions, and basically plain old judgements of the other. Observing them from a place of empathy will heal the harsh negative aspects, your connection together, and ultimately heal yourself. Reading between my lines – be the one who heals the rift. Even if the other is not responsive or rejects you, you are able to move on in love and without regret. Stop sitting around and fretting over what might happen or worrying how this will play out – take the reins and simply love.

~Aimee

Deck Credit: Rainbow Warrior Activation Deck
Tracee Dunblazier
Justine Serebrin

Where in your life do you feel the pull to heal the wounds? You could be suffering from past hurts that are keeping you from moving forward. That involves some deep-dive healing that may be very long overdue. You will probably be very surprised at how many barriers fall and blocks clear in your path when you do the healing work. Reach out to someone you trust if you need help getting started.