Saying Goodbye to Virginia

When my mom-in-law Virigina passed away last week I did what I do best. I reached out to her on the Other Side to check-in and see how she was doing and this is what came through.

Yellow flowers all around.
She’s running, sprinting, dancing
to get to the Otherworld,
be with Al, eat good food
and be free in her body,
free to be with the flowers and the bees ~ it’s Spring ~ her favorite time,
planting flowers, the sun is warm, not too warm yet and she is happy,
finally, finally,

happy.

She understands…
She IS the mystery now.

Peony Fairy from the Fairy Herbal Oracle Deck

When I saw Virginia for the last time we looked through my Fairy Herbal Oracle deck which is coming out soon and will now be dedicated to Virginia and she picked her favorites with a tiny flick of her finger and a wee smile and then she picked a card intuitively. She chose Peony Fairy (see above) which comes with this affirmation that quite neatly sums up Virginia’s life philosophy. She truly was a flower fairy friend!

Peony Affirmation: “I calmly banish negativity.”

Later, my husband Mark wrote a little something that he posted on Facebook where it is receiving hundreds of comments which is no surprise as Virginia was well known and loved by so many. I’ve included my own comment below as well

Mark wrote:

“My mother passed away in her sleep yesterday. She was a very special woman who touched many lives. She was very extroverted and surrounded herself with lots of close friends, she was loved by many.

She was always at the forefront of whatever she was involved with. She was queen of her Jobs Daughters organization as a teenager, heavily involved in school activities as a youth, graduated Whittier College young and went directly into teaching elementary school for nearly 40 years. She had her two boys and was very involved in our lives. She would throw large birthday parties every year and every major holiday was an event. She was the cub scout den mother, the school room-mother and ran the yacht club sailing program. At the same time she was on the board of community organizations, the Jr Ebell, the Newport Beach city arts council, the South Coast repertory theater.

In retirement she and her husband traveled the world and did home exchanges in many countries. She also started and was queen of the Indian Wells red hat social group, the ladies had lots of fun together. She will be missed.”

My comment in response:

”Virginia is my mother-in-law and from the very beginning until the day she passed she loved, supported and encouraged my work as an artist. I also learned the art of making a lovely party from her, and of course, she made my favorite person in the whole world, Mark.”

There is a lovely obituary notice here if you’d like to read more about the amazing Virginia!

Spring wildflowers picked around my property in Temecula, California

Capricorn New Moon Soul Reading, Oracle & Mantra to Attune with the Ancestors

Dear Moon Muser,
In the darkness a seed is being born.

What is it you need?
beauty
love
solace
protection
a home?

Enter this New Moon Time with me...
and feel Her blessings.

I share with you this chickweed vision and this lefty and mantra from my oracle deck.

Give yourself a moment, a blessing, and love.

May your ancestors guide you, as always.

Luv,
Kathy Crabbe
Channeled at the New Moon in Capricorn on Jan. 12, 2021.

p.s. for deeper insight, healing and guidance I offer Soul Readings and Astrology here.

What Happens After We Die + How I Became a Spirit Medium

I’m a spirit medium, which means I connect with those who’ve passed over and with past lives. This is something I’ve done professionally since 2008. How did this come about? I was approaching a big transition time known astrologically as Uranus Opposition and also as Mid-Life Transition which happens for all of us around the age of forty. Basically my energy amped up and then the unexpected happened: I was pulled towards sharing my gifts with others on a professional level because I HAD to! I had to give back and to be of service. I’d been working metaphysically and empathically since I was a child with fairies, nature spirits, sacred pools, and dreams, and I grew up with astrology, goddesses, paganism, crystals and oracles to name a few. I felt a resonance with all things magickal, and it warmed my heart and soul in a tingly, energizing, knowing way. I just KNEW that this was my milieu, these were my peeps and these tools were my friends.

Becoming A Medium

After turning forty I found a teacher straight from England who was leading an English Traditional Healing Circle in Wildomar, California, and this is where I got to practice giving psychic readings and discovered mediumship, which is communicating with those who have passed over. This is different from a psychic reading or a tarot reading in that the connection is immediately apparent and I either have the right ancestor or I don’t.  Sometimes a different ancestor will appear than the one I expected. I do request the first name of the ancestor beforehand and most times I’m able to connect with them but sometimes they are reluctant, perhaps as they were in life and sometimes we are just not meant to connect with that ancestor at the current time. 

The facilitator of this group didn’t go into too much detail beforehand about how to make that mediumship connection. He simply said that we were to stand in the middle of our healing circle and do our best to connect with the otherworld and the ancestors. He did tell all participants not to give out any information to the medium other than ‘yes’ or ‘no’. He also said that as a medium we were to share three exact, without-a-doubt details about the person on the other side and to have this confirmed by the participant. Then to pass on a very specific message that was in no way amorphous or ambiguous.  

So, I stood up and boom, I was connecting right away with the otherworld. I found myself sharing all kinds of information that mostly came through to me as visuals, such as the look of the person, their environment, household, clothing, time period, family members and how the person died.  When I sense how someone died, that feels different.  For example, I can physically  sense in my body what they were feeling. If they had throat cancer I’d feel my throat being in pain, and I will go further into the problem to see what that means. I have learned over the years to trust my first impressions, and if I get the message that it was cancer, I will say that. I’ve had to learn how to trust.  And, as many of my clients have told me, that is the hardest thing of all to do. But trust I do, in the beauty and divinity of the Gods. Trusting that I am here to serve and if this is my way of serving it is good, it is healing and it helps all of us become who we are meant to be; healthy, whole and holy. 

What Happens After We Die?

I was planning to have a conversation with my dear mom in this article about her big question, “What happens after we die?” but I want to leave that a mystery, as it should be. My guides confirmed this.  I really don’t know what happens; no one does.  I simply trust in the messages I receive from those who have passed over and I trust that their soul IS still alive, just transformed and in another dimension. 

Blessed Be,
Kathy Crabbe
Artist, Astrologer, Soul Reader, Medium

About the Author: Kathy Crabbe offers soul readings, past life, spirit guide and ancestor readings plus astrology reports. Kathy works with five hand painted, self published oracle decks & she paints kitty portraits too. Chakra Cleansing, Prayers, all things witchy, magickal, creative & inspirational are her tools. Deep insight & healing to help you move forward Healthy, Whole and Holy. Kathy teaches a Moon Class at Wise Woman School and she writes and willustrates for Witches & Pagans and SageWoman Magazine. In business since 1993 she is an initiate of the Celtic Faerie Shaman Tradition. Order a Soul Reading here.
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Death Empath, Ancestral Readings + Reincarnation

Thank you to everyone for your condolences over the death of my beloved big, black, sweet dog, Abby. Out of this came the discovery of The Rainbow Bridge poem and discovering how misery joins us together as I learned that many of you are also mourning a beloved pet.

Since I was a little girl I've believed in reincarnation. In this work I do traversing Otherworlds and connecting with souls who have passed over, I find my beliefs being reinforced again and again: our souls live on. This is a comfort to the grieving heart.

As I age (I just turned 55 on September 7) I face the loss of loved ones and I know that many of you are in the same boat. You may be curious or reluctant to explore the meaning of death and I am too but it can be so gratifying to try. Many years ago I consulted the astrologer, Deva Green and she said to me: "You can help people access the deeper truth of what reincarnation is - help people experience the darkness by exposing the limitations that are holding you there and grounding them in spiritual process." So this is what I strive to do and truly, I feel so blessed and honoured to be able to serve humanity in this way.

Since we're in the month of October, there is no better time for us to explore and make connections with Otherworlds, to ease our hearts and minds. If you want to make a deeper connection I offer soul readings, past life readings and ancestor/spirit guide readings here.

Sparkly Blessings and Much Love,
Kathy Crabbe
Soul Reader, Artist, Astrologer

What is a Soul Reading?

What is a Soul Reading?

A soul reading is a clairvoyant, channeled reading that can delve into past, present and future issues. Your spirit guides and ancestors may pop in as well.

I work with 4 oracle decks of my own creation plus you'll have a choice of 7 bonus astrology reports with a spirit animal cover. My readings are by phone and can include an audio recording, transcript and PDF of the cards and their meaning. I've been a soul reader and artist since 1992 and feel honoured and excited to do this work. Blessed Be

”Thank you for the lovely reading yesterday and the beautiful hand painted deck cards! You are amazing. All of what you said resonated—You’ve hit the right spots that’s for sure!

I loved loved the dragonfly—I do feel that finally everything is where it’s supposed to be. I’ve waited ten years to edit this manuscript because I didn’t think it was the right time. My intuition— and your dragonfly—seem to be telling me that now is the time for it. So thank you, it was a lovely experience.

I’d love to do something different— I’ll go over your website and see what else you offer. Your intuition is spot on.”

Lots of love, Chloe Archer
(Soul Reading, June, 2020)

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.