How to Make Your Spring Altar Come Alive

My Spring altar with a pic of my shamanic mentor Francesca De Grandis

If you're looking for inspiration to decorate your spring or fall altar then look no further! Each month at the New and Full Moon I post suggestions for your altar to go along with the zodiac sign of the Moon such as: gemstones, goddesses, foods, herbs, tarot cards, colors, affirmations and creative prompts.

Feel free to take my material and use it to dress up your altar so that your Moon Meditation is an especially blessed event. I hope that the wildflowers below, picked from the sunny Southern California hillside behind my home inspire you as much as they do me! Blessed Be.

At each New and Full Moon I also include a Lefty card from my Lefty Oracle Deck. The Deck is divided into the elements of nature: earth/air/fire/water and of course Spirit. I channel a short, inspirational message specifically for that moon and include a Lefty Affirmation. I encourage you to try out non-dominant hand drawing to stimulate your brain and help you focus and center. Here's what an art therapist has to say about drawing with both hands ie. bi-lateral hand drawing:

“In the case of bilateral drawing, there is an assumption that because both hands are engaged that both hemispheres of the brain are stimulated…I believe bilateral drawing, guided by a helping professional, is helpful simply as a method of self-regulation...Making marks or gestures on paper with both hands simultaneously also creates an attention shift away from the distressing sensations in the body to a different, action-oriented and self-empowered focus. It capitalizes on embodied, self-soothing experiences ...and takes advantage of the power of “drawing on both sides” to alter one’s own internal rhythms for self-regulation and well-being.” ~ Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, Art Therapist

Lefty Oracle Deck by Kathy Crabbe

Lefty Oracle Card Spread for a Soul Reading by Kathy Crabbe 2

Lefty Oracle Card Spread for a Soul Reading by Kathy Crabbe

To dither or not to dither, that is the question (from the Lefty Oracle Deck) by Kathy Crabbe

Miss Talitha spider-sister (Lefty Oracle Deck) by Kathy Crabbe

I call wrinkles 'god-points' and so far I'm winning (Lefty Oracle Card) by Kathy Crabbe

My desk

Kathy Crabbe Creative Soul Guide in Temecula Wine Country, California

About Kathy

Kathy Crabbe has been an artist forever and a soul reader since awakening her intuitive gifts at age forty.

Kathy lives in sunny Southern California with her architect husband and pet muses, Abby the shaggy black dog and Djinn Djinn, the small scruffy one in an adobe home they built themselves.

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How to meditate with crystals for healing and joy

Lately I've been spending more time with my crystals in meditation. I hold them up to my third eye using my non-dominant and more intuitive left hand as I attempt to 'speak with stones'. Some of the messages I received are included below. I hope that these images of my spring altar and stones inspire you to pick up your own crystals and spend more time with them. Not everyone can 'hear' the stones speak but with practice you may start to get an intuitive sense or feeling from them. More information is included below including my favorite crystal resources.

Meditating with green calcite this morning brought clarity and peace and a vision of the bigger picture connected with my heart chakra opening me to possibilities that flow with ease and beauty.

Sping altar with Lefty Oracle "Chicken Suit" by Kathy Crabbe

As I work with the stones I focus focus focus honing in on deep inner truth and then I pull a Lefty Oracle card and it brings me back to the playful spirit that is me in the world.

Spring altar with unknown stone

My morning meditation with this stone brought beauty love kindness and tears to wash away the hurt… We NEED each other and we also need to be strong alone… that balance is World Peace - melt into the joy of THAT! I’m not sure what kind of stone this is but that’s what it told me ♥ blessings ♥

Spring altar with Celestite

Feelings of great peace surrounded by Angelic presences blessing and healing our planet and ourselves… Blessings of Celestite.

Spring desk

Soul Reading Spread by Kathy Crabbe

My desk is abloom in Spring as I soak up the Equinox ritual call with my mentor Francesca De Grandis and others of like mind Blessed Be 4 spring is here and the wild cucumbers are flowering & covering my coyote friends who were crushed by human hands.

Here is a recent spread from a soul reading that I did last week using my Lefty Oracle deck.

Crystal Healing Resources:

• The Book of Stones by Robert Simmons & Naisha Ahsian
• The Crystal Ally Cards by Naisha Ahsian
• http://www.Kacha-Stones.com - ethically hand mined crystals *a wonderful resource, just mention my name at checkout and receive a free gift from Stephen

About stones and crystals: If you are not able to purchase the stones I have suggested, you can instead work from a picture of the stone or envision the color of the stone. To cleanse your crystals (before and after working with them) it's a good idea to hold them under running water (unless they're super delicate), smudge them with sage, or leave them out in the moonlight (sunlight too, if they're not fadeable.)

How to work with stones and crystals: The best way to work with a stone is to buy a raw or tumbled stone at a local new age store, gem and mineral museum shop or online. You can also work from a photograph or with the color associated with the stone by visualizing it in your mind's eye. You can wear stones as jewelry, or you can carry one in your pocket. You can sleep with a stone under your pillow or hold it in your hand and just sit quietly in a contemplative or meditative way. You can also hold a stone up to your third eye (between your eyebrows) and listen for what it has to say to you. I call this ‘speaking with stones’ because I believe that crystals are transmit messages from our Angels.

Kathy Crabbe Creative Soul Guide in Temecula Wine Country, California

About Kathy

Kathy Crabbe has been an artist forever and a soul reader since awakening her intuitive gifts at age forty.

Kathy lives in sunny SoCal with her architect husband and pet muses, Abby the shaggy black dog and Djinn Djinn, the small scruffy one in an adobe home they built themselves. Kathy shares behind-the-scenes glimpses into her work and life on Instagram at http://instagram.com/kathycrabbeart

To order a Soul Reading please click here.

Take a chance on ME ~ Sagittarius New Moon

Dear Creative Soul,

Take a chance on ME - it's almost the Sagittarius New Moon!

"Almost Cloned" is the name of the Fire Power Sagittarian Goddess I painted just for this New Moon and she says:

"Ya, today I'm feeling a little disconnected and apart from the world, but I still want to do my part and be of service. And if the only way I can do that is by drawing it out and sharing it with you, then so be it."

I've done my part. Now it's your turn.

Print me out and use me; to tell your story, to go within, to be more psychic, to draw with your non-dominant hand, to take a chance, and to be somebody you're really really proud of.

Then share it; with me; with the world.

Please return the favour and credit Kathy as the artist along with her website too: kathycrabbe.com I can't wait to hear back from you!

The Creative Soul Deck is coming soon Click here if you're excited + want to win a deck!

Where's Mama Moon? New Moon in Sagittarius, Dec. 11, 2:29 a.m., Pacific Time

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Sparkly Blessings! Love, Kathy Crabbe

ABOUT KATHY CRABBE Kathy Crabbe inspires soul-seekers to discover their innate gifts and talents through intuitive, creative expression in safe, relaxed and playful environments. She has been an artist forever and a Creative Soul Guide since awakening her own intuitive gifts at age forty.

Web: KathyCrabbe.com Email: kathy@kathycrabbe.com Instagram: instagram.com/kathycrabbeart Facebook: facebook.com/kathycrabbeart

Making Yule Cards

pssst...If you want "Almost Cloned" bigger just email Kathy for a 300dpi large version you can print out and keep ~ happy Yule!

Happy Spring!

Kathy Crabbe, Spring, 2014, mixed media on paper, 7 x 10”.

Prints and original at bit.ly/1j2duTH

Happy Spring or Fall for those 'down under'. Have you set your intentions yet 'cause Spring is New Year's for nature lovers or, dare I say pagans, like us? The word pagan means 'country dweller'. Some of us just need to be near nature. How about you, what are your thoughts? Comments welcome below.

ABOUT KATHY CRABBE

Kathy Crabbe is a Creative Soul Guide, artist, author and educator who has devoted her life to exploring spirituality and creativity with passion and integrity. Kathy empowers soul-seekers to live the life of their dreams through online resources, inspirational art, Divine Feminine eClasses, eBooks, and Creative Soul Readings infused with a rich background in the arts.

“By sharing my art and my creative life in as many ways as possible I hope to inspire and offer resources to others who seek to awaken, connect and heal their own creative soul.”

Consulting with your Spirit Guides: A Morning Meditation

I'd like to share a small sample of my day in the hopes that it might motivate you to try something different for yourself. I begin each day with yoga, meditation and intuitive consultation in a circle with my spirit guides, angels, goddesses and ancestors. I work with  oracle cards of my own design and Norse runes.

Kathy Crabbe, I call wrinkles 'god-points' and so far I'm winning, 2007, mixed media on paper, 8x10”. 

I begin today's Intuitive Consultation with the words, "Just for today I am guided intuitively by my angels, guides and Ancestors." If this feels selfish to you, then ask yourself, "Is liberation selfish?" I open myself to sharing, loving, being and doing all that supports my highest and deepest good. I open myself to Creation, to love, caring and healing. How? By reverence for life and for death.

I write down any channeled guidance or oracle card insight I receive plus my Sacred Mission for the day. For example, today's sacred task is to paint Paloma, a Goddess who appeared to me yesterday (blog post coming soon!) What is your sacred mission or task of the day?

Before you close your circle don't forget to thank your guides and angels and when you blow out your candle make sure to send healing, health, wholeness and holiness to all those in need and please feel free to mention their name(s) aloud when you do.

Blessed Be.

p.s. if you're interested in 'pulling' a card from my Lefty Oracle Deck you can do so here: Creative Soul Cards

To purchase a Creative Soul Reading using the Lefty Oracle Deck please click here: Creative Soul Readings

To check out more of my meditations please click here: Meditations