Awaken the Wildness Within (Diary of a Soul Reader)

I wake up with dreams on my lips and a story to tell. So I pull an oracle card from my new Cat Herbal Oracle deck with my left hand and I start to write.

Wolf Spirit by Kathy Crabbe (Elfin Ally Oracle Deck)

By keeping the CHANNELS OPEN I invite INTUITION into my life. I allow dreams and visions to have SPACE and TIME to percolate in my pores.

I spend time running with the cows and the coyotes, speaking their language as dusk falls - it’s the enchanted hour now.

I lose all sense of human boundaries becoming one with my animal spirit guides.

I acknowledge the indigenous roots of this land - the traditional land of the Payómkawichum aka Temecula, California.

I am an interloper, a trickster, an astrologer and guide.

p.s. My grandmother, Ethel wants to come through so she carves a sigil in the air joining Earth, Air, Fire Water and Spirit to awaken the wildness within, where magic and power lies.

About Kathy Crabbe

“Deeper always deeper, darker ever darker.” We hold within us a deep body memory of who we are. We are so much more than what this patriarchal society dictates, especially women. We are faerie, goddess, trickster, spirit animal, wise woman, witch. Let us never forget. We are not a label, a corporate brand, a commodity, lesser than. We are mystery, magic, light and dark and that still, quiet place in between where poetry grows.

If you are seeking inspiration and spiritual guidance you may want to consider a soul reading with Kathy to awaken the wildness within.

Book a Soul Reading here.

Deep Magic: Soul Reading

It’s Moonday Soul Reading Time - time to go within, connect with your heart and soul amongst a community of like-minded beings in a sacred circle as I pull some oracle cards for the week ahead. Included within is a guided crystal meditation plus lots of relaxed healing breath work to help you center, ground and recharge. (I suggest you watch the Video FIRST before the blog post below so it all makes sense.)

Sparkly Blessings!
Kathy Crabbe
Artist, Soul Reading + Astrologer

Soul Reading for the Week Ahead

Zodiac Goddess Power Cards: Taurus Goddess

Taurus Meditation

I am of the earth,
Gaia feeds me,
I worship her body as I worship my own.

Taurus Affirmations

• I am practical, sensible and earthy

• I am sensual and loyal

• I am grounded and fulfilled in the arms of Mama Earth

• I am creative and persistent

• I grow deep roots

• I am slowing down and enjoying myself

• I take time to pamper and nurture myself

• I indulge my senses on a regular basis

Gemini Goddess

Gemini Meditation

Lighten up that heavy load,
Release your baggage centuries old,
The philosopher within
Wants to sing!

Gemini Affirmations

• I am adaptable and inventive

• I am curious and on the move

• I have a radically open mind

• I am a dancing, rainbow spirit

• I communicate well and teach that skill to others

• I let go easily and quickly

Cancer Goddess

Cancer Meditation

From your depths the fishes go,
seeking quiet rivers flow,
peace below, your surface calm,
deep pool of strength within.

Cancer Affirmations

• I care deeply for others

• I see the wounded child within us all

• I teach others how to care and wash their wounds

• I am sensitive and receptive

• I am safe and protected

• My home is my heart

Elfin Ally Oracle: Foxy Magic

Keyword: Beloved
Meaning: What is your innermost wish? You are about to make it come true.
Reversed: Time is playing tricks on you while your list is getting longer, not shorter.

Affirmation: My soul is made of moonlight.
Astrology: Mercury
Element: Air, Earth

Medicine: Your stealthy heart invites moonlit love.

Lore: Her elfin spirit was irreversibly charmed by Red Fox, her ally. With him, she was always the guiding Star Forever. She WAS Nature, fertile, creative, a mystic. And for this she would happily move onward, sated and at peace.

In her heart always was Spirit Fox, her trickster friend who kept her mind and spirit alive with curiosity, fun and flirtation. On moonlit jaunts she followed him into green lit haunts to play amongst the ghostly shadows.

Lefty Oracle: At Night Karya Dreams of Wings

Mantra: I am magical.
Affirmation: My dreams have wings and so do I!
Element: Air

Song
There is magick in the night.
When small sounds become big,
and feathers form wings.

I fly to meet my maker,
angelic, pink and proud.
Heart aflutter.
Mind still.

Light years flash by -
Moon-Clear,
Heart-Wise.
Intuition awakens.

If this card appears in a reading your dreams are ready to take flight. So make them good dreams, dreams that light you up inside and add roses to your cheeks. Small dreams or big, it’s not important, but you do have dreams and it’s time to start believing in them by taking that first step towards realization. Let them come alive in your heart, your soul, your body, your mind. Believe in YOU. You are Divine.

In my own life, dreams have always guided me although it’s far from easy to pay attention to them. Often my body knows the truth when my mind does not, so I listen on as many levels as I can because truth can often be subtle.

About Kathy Crabbe

I offer soul readings, past life & ancestor readings and astrology reports. I work with 5 hand painted, self published oracle decks & I paint kitty portraits too. Chakra Cleansing, Prayers, all things witchy, magickal, creative & inspirational are my tools. Deep insight & healing to help you move forward Healthy, Whole and Holy. I teach a Moon Musing eClass at Wise Woman University. In business since 1993 I’m an initiate of the Celtic Faerie Shaman Tradition. Find me on Instagram @kathycrabbeart and on YouTube as KathyCrabbe - BLESSED BEE!

Oracle Deck Review: Creatures of the Moon by Rebecca Schoenecker

Today I’m reviewing the Creatures of the Moon Deck by Rebecca Schoenecker aka Laughing Eye Weeping. Eye. “This double-sided deck brings alive Creature totems, Moon phase divination, storytelling, and ritual. An expansive and varied Oracle deck and book unlike any other!”

To begin I love the FEEL of these cards - velvety firm, thick stock, as they glide through my hands, and the perfect size!

Oracle Card Reading

Card 1: Representing Me in the Reading:

As per usual I look at the cards AFTER the reading to see if they confirm what I get psychically.

This first card helps me orient myself in space and attune with the direction I’m facing which is North representing EARTH.

Earth Power: Feeling of the Earth flowing through me; practical, feelings of making oneself useful, skills, calming.

Question: How Can I Help People?

Answer: Help yourself. So I lie back and relax, letting go of worries.

Question: What does this deck have for me especially?

Answer: Cosmic Rebalancing.

Big Question: What’s next for us regarding Covid?

Answer:
We are dreaming
our reality
right now
- Dream Time
- Be aware, pass it on. 3rd eye to 3rd eye chakra.

Now A Look At The Card: New Moon Metamorphosis - The Butterfly

First Impressions:
Colors bright and symbology alive - I see eyes in wings and New Moon Circle tree limbs and water - 3rd eyes Chakras eveywhere!

Guidebook Time!

I love the juicy, thick Guidebook in full, beautiful, detailed color!

And some wise words from Butterfly: “Because Butterfly symbolizes life’s cycles, you may have an interest in death, mediumship, past lives, reincarnation, birth, or the Akashic records. Butterfly may also signify that a relative on the other side is attempting to contact you.”

I remember! My birth mother told me that after she passed away she would come to me as a blue butterfly. And so she has.

I also loved the Questions that came with the Reflection part of the Guidebook for this card. They really helped me focus and clarify things in my life. Questions such as, “What disappointed me in this previous cycle?” and “What am I happy about?” and I especially loved “What needs my focus in the next Cycle?”

After that came More Goodies, a Story and a Ritual!

This deck and guidebook are so poetic, it feeds my soul and refreshes the deep well of my imagination.

“‘Where do we end?’
’Where do we begin?’
…
Stop thinking.
Feel deeply.”

Plus there is a beautiful full color hand painted Chart in the Guidebook symbolizing The Moon’s Phases - this helps us creative, right brain types to understand HER Cycles.

This is a great deck to help one see the BIG PICTURE and to prophesize as well as helping us see the smaller picture as it relates to our understanding of the world and our place in it. ‘As above, so below’.

Deck Details:

This deck combines Creature totems with Moon divination. For the first time, a concrete system of divination based on the lunar cycle has been created by Rebecca Schoenecker.

Both Creatures and Moon work together to answer any questions that you present to them!

Original paintings, stories, rituals, and questions for self-reflection bring this deck and book beyond the realm of divination; Creatures and Moon follow a lunar cycle of rising energy and release, which one may incorporate into their own daily, spiritual path. Corresponding lunar rituals for Moon-side cards allow one to fully tap into the lunar cycle and harness its power.

The Creatures of the Moon: A Storytelling Oracle, includes the following:

• 32 double-sided cards, 64 images and card-sides total

• One card-side features Creature/totem guidance

• The other card-side features Moons’ guidance for each day of the Moon’s cycle, plus Triple Moon and Lunar Eclipse cards

A 308 page companion book, which includes:

• Original, fairy-tale like stories for each Creature and Moon day

• Practical information for interpreting Creature and Moon

• Associated myths and ideas from different cultures for Creature and Moon

• Moon-based rituals and questions for reflection

• Goddess information as it correlates to Moon

• Full-color artwork, graphs, and illustrations. Moon-charts are provided to help you match the correct card to the current Moon phase.

• A whole lotta love. Seriously, it’s bursting with it.

About Rebecca Schoenecker aka Laughing Eye Weeping Eye

I am captivated by all things metaphysical; the transcendent experience that defies logic, the omen, the prophetic dream, and realms unknown. I explore the esoteric through tarot card readings, meditation, channeling, spirit work, various healing modalities, art, and music.

My background is that of a creator and teacher. I received my MFA from the School of the Art Institute in 2008; I spent the years following working at colleges, touring with my band, reading tarot, and creating art. In 2011, I self-published my first tarot deck, the Laughing Eye Weeping Eye Tarot. It was more successful than I anticipated, as were my tarot readings. People shared that my tarot readings were life-altering and encouraged me to continue. With a ton of support from loved ones as well as faith in the Universe, I left my full time job in 2013 so that I could pursue these passions full-time.

My creative practices also feeds my divination and spiritual work. As an artist and musician, I create works that explore archetypes within the collective unconscious. For example, I am interested in how ancient cave paintings of horned men (or gods) and a wall calendar of deer in one’s home may evoke, unknowingly, a connection to something similar across time and space. It is the timeless that I seek to explore, sometimes in a playful way.

Tarot was my first hook into the metaphysical. I had unusual experiences in my youth (channeling, automatic writing, astral travel) but did not understand or start using these gifts until I created my first deck and began reading from it in 2011. I found that the process of reading unlocked something for me. I am still trying to understand it; This mystery keeps me enthralled.

Rebecca’s Website

Scorpio Soul Reading for the Week Ahead

Every Moonday I share a quick soul reading Video and Blog Post to guide you in the week ahead. This week I pulled 2 oracle cards: a Spirit Animal from my Elfin Ally deck and a Lefty Oracle along with a Scorpio Goddess from my Zodiac Goddess Power Deck. May their messages serve to guide, protect and heal you in the coming week. Scroll below for the Video and guidance from the Oracle Deck Guidebooks. Blessed BEE! Kathy Crabbe, Soul Reader + Artist.

Card 1: Scorpio Goddess - Brigid (Zodiac Goddess Power Deck)

Scorpio Goddess ~ Brigid

Brigid’s reign as sacred muse
spans centuries timeless truth
Priestess or nun
tending her fire
Brigid’s power
always inspires.

Brigid is one of the few early goddesses to survive intact through the Christian era. Brigid means ‘bright one’ as symbolized by fire. She is worshiped as a Triple Goddess by the Celtic Irish, called Brigantia in England, Bride in Scotland and Brigandu in Celtic France. In her ancient form as carrier of the cauldron she was ruler of smithcraft, poetry, inspiration, healing and medicine. The Christian Saint Bridget is often invoked as both muse and healer in continuation of her ancient rites and her rituals were preserved for more than 1000 years after she ceased to be called a goddess. Today little is left of the ancient Celtic legends describing her.

Card 2: Wolf (Elfin Ally Oracle)

Keyword: Courage
Meaning: Be brave and strong for you have a task to do.
Reversed: There is a con artist close by so be cautious.

Affirmation: I am strong, wild and free.
Astrology: Aries, Mars, Saturn, Uranus
Element: Air, Earth, Fire

Medicine: Your wild heart mates for life.

Lore: She is my protector, my luv, my guide. With her by my side, I can fight the good fight, no lies, just truth, and shining eyes.

Card 3: Miss Talitha spider-sister (Lefty Oracle)

Mantra:  I am hidden.
Affirmation: I acknowledge the darkness within for out of the darkness comes the light.
Element: Spirit

Song
I am your darkest, 
deepest, 
most troubling secret. 
I am the witch in the cave, 
the spider in your attic, 
the darkness of a moon-less night. 

I spell ‘Trouble’ with a capital T. 
I am NOT kind or patient or happy. 
I am a part of you; 

a part you often deny 
or hide in the closet. 
Well, I’m not hidden anymore, 
so let’s catch up.

If this card appears in a reading you are heading into the unknown and that can be scary, but at least you will be prepared. It may be a journey within to the hidden depths of your soul or it may take place in the mundane realms. It may be a time of deep emotion, facing fears, overcoming a challenge, seeking truth, legal issues, or worries and stress but you will come through it transformed and stronger than ever.

In my own life this card was inspired by a phone call from my best friend whose car had been stolen. She was okay, but shaken and very angry. It brought out her dark side which I witnessed and then I painted it. The energy was intense and I needed to find a way to help her and myself release the energy in a beneficial way that helped both of us move on in the process.

About Kathy Crabbe
Creative Soul Guide, Gen X witch, artist and creator of the Moon Musing eclass “Awaken Your Divine Feminine Soul” and the Lefty Oracle Deck. Kathy offers Soul Readings to guide you on your path.

Amongst ancient oaks and an elfin forest Kathy finds serenity in Sage, California with her husband and best friends, Abby the big dog and Djinn Djinn the little one.

A Soul Reading for the Cancer New Moon

Dearest Moon Muser, It’s the New Moon in Cancer on June 20 at 11:41 pm Pacific Time along with an Annular Solar Eclipse and the Summer Solstice. Time to go within and hear a message or two from your past which could take the form of a past life karmic flash, or an ancestor or an old chum that pops in. As the Sun is eclipsed almost totally by the Moon, we focus on BEING, not doing as we allow our New Moon Intentions for the Moonth to bubble forth.

Below, I invite you to Pick-a-Card and enjoy the video REVEAL I created plus read more about the cards too.

Luv & Blessings,
Kathy Crabbe, Soul Reader, Artist + Astrologer, 2020.

Pick A Card for the New Moon

Soul Reading Video REVEAL for the Cancer New Moon

Cancer New Moon: A Soul Reading by Kathy Crabbe

Card 1: Behold (Lefty Oracle Deck)

Mantra: I delight.
Affirmation: Dare I eat the fruit of my delight?
Element: Spirit

If this card appears in a reading it’s time to plunge into the dark and pull out hope. Whatever stressful conundrum you’re currently in, know that you HAVE the resources and inner strength and power to find a solution and gain clarity. You CAN pull it off. It may require some dirty work, so buckle down and get your hands dirty. There is a decent prize at the end of it all and it’s definitely worth fighting for. If you’re hesitant or un-sure of what to do next then think like a cat, independently. Think for yourself; trust yourself. Call upon your intuition and the Divine or your higher power. You CAN do this; it’s just a matter of time before all will be sorted out and you can once again move forward.

In my own life I sometimes need to get my ‘monkey-mind’ (when my mind is all over the place) out of the mix and be more fully in the moment, trusting that I am being guided and that I can indeed hear and trust my intuition. Like a muscle, the more I work it, the stronger it becomes.

Card 2: Sagittarius Goddess - Artemis (Zodiac Goddess Power Deck)

The Quest Begins:

- Seek new horizons
- Explore worlds without maps
- Quest!
- Be outrageous
- Look to the future
- Seek freedom from all oppression

 Sagittarius Goddess ~ Artemis

Artemis, Artemis,
Goddess of the wood
You are bows and arrows, death and birth
Midnight revels and pregnant mirth.
Wild woman, child, hunter of beast,
We find our true self when we dance at your feast.

Sagittarius Goddess ~ Artemis

Artemis, Artemis,
Goddess of the wood
You are bows and arrows, death and birth
Midnight revels and pregnant mirth.
Wild woman, child, hunter of beast,
We find our true self when we dance at your feast.

Artemis is the virgin moon-goddess roaming the forest with her band of nymphs, bearing the bow and quiver, avoiding men and killing any male who looks upon her. She was also known as the many-breasted Artemis of Ephesus, a symbol of fecundity. As the warlike Artemis she is said to have been the special goddess of the Amazons.

Card 3: Wolf (Elfin Ally Oracle Deck)

Keyword: Courage
Meaning: Be brave and strong for you have a task to do.
Reversed: There is a con artist close by so be cautious.

Affirmation: I am strong, wild and free.
Astrology: Aries, Mars, Saturn, Uranus
Element: Air, Earth, Fire

Medicine: Your wild heart mates for life.

Lore: She is my protector, my luv, my guide. With her by my side, I can fight the good fight, no lies, just truth, and shining eyes.

This beauty, her friend, her champion fighter was brave and loyal and her ally forever. His life was short, but his brawn magnificent and his heart wild and free.

Card 4: Cleavers (Fairy Herbal Deck)

Cleavers is like a calm sea at twilight. It is a place of ‘in-betweens’ and emotionally represents the calm time before renewed activity. Cleavers is for those about to begin a journey; a new phase; a change; a time to gather forces to allow recent experiences to assimilate and be made sense of, before moving on.  Take Cleavers tea for three nights before you set out on a journey and ask for dreams that will help you on your travels.

About Kathy Crabbe
Soul reader, spirit medium, astrologer and artist, Kathy Crabbe’s soul readings heal and guide and her oracle decks awaken your intuition and creativity.