NEW: Creative Soul Guides ~ Awaken your creative soul (Creative Soul Museletter Nov. issue)

13 years ago I began painting with my non dominant left hand; the intuitive hand, the hand that sparked my deep journey and where I discovered I was a Creative Soul Guide, not just for myself but for others as well. All this coincided with turning 40 (Uranus Opposition, astrologically speaking) and exploring far deeper spiritual and psychological waters than I'd ever ventured into before. Turning 40 kinda does that to you, but it ain't always easy! Anyway, the Creative Soul Guide paintings have evolved over the years through zines and chapbooks, poetry readings, an onstage Hollywood appearance with Michelle Shocked, getting published, winning awards, museum shows and much more. They have taught me how to take a chance, how to slow down, and how to trust myself intuitively.

With the encouragement of a small but very devoted fan base I've finally launched a Creative Soul Guide website which is live and ready for you to visit. To make things even better I am offering FREE shipping within the USA and $5. shipping worldwide.

Welcome to the NEW Creative Soul Guides site

The Creative Soul Guides have also taught me about honesty and simplicity and so I'm not going to offer you any razzle-dazzle holiday sales, but instead keep my prices fair and shipping low or free. All my prints are 8.5 x 11 inches and are $20. All originals are $75.

No matter what your situation in life, I hope these paintings guide you and inspire you to believe in you; your uniqueness, your good heart and your creative soul.

Upcoming Events

Las Laguna Gallery Laguna Beach, California "Animal Fairy Tales, Fables, Fact Or Fiction"

My painting titled Leftys.us was chosen out of 250 entries and will be for sale at the show - woohoo!

Opening Reception: Thursday, Dec. 5th, 6:30 – 10pm (during Laguna Bch. Art Walk) Show Date: Dec. 5th – 21st Las Laguna Website

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. Learn more about Kathy here. Read Kathy's Art Bio here.

I'm Interviewed on the Feminine Mojo Radio Show

My interview on The Feminine Mojo Show is ready for a listen; fun was had by all, plus some serious talk about creativity, the nodes of the moon, karmic mission,  lunar cycles, the Divine Feminine, past lives, and turning forty plus one call-in.

Listen to internet radio with Feminine Mojo on Blog Talk Radio - for some reason this show has been lost - sorry about that folks!

Mid Life Transition

Uranus Opposition is a major astrological transit that occurs for all of us around ages 38 to 42.

The planet Uranus (ruler of the zodiac sign Aquarius) is opposing (by angle) Uranus in your birth chart. Like the Saturn return that occurred when you were twenty-nine, the Uranus-Uranus Opposition that occurs around the age of forty marks a period of major transition in your life.

I did my best to prepare for this transit by faithfully going to a wonderful astrologer that had been recommended to me by friends for a mid life reading. She was a bit surprised that I was getting prepared a few years in advance, but that's how I roll! I knew it was gonna be big and I wanted to be prepared.

That's the thing though, you can't really prepare for Uranus, it just loves to surprise you! I had seen quite a few friends fall apart during this transit, but I could also see how stuck they were and how they needed to change, and that's exactly what Uranus does, it forces you to change, like it or not!

My favorite astrological author is Barbara Hand Clow and I recommend her book Understanding Key Life Passages: The Liquid Light of Sex for a very detailed explanation of what can occur during this time.

For me, things got very intense! I used to find time for relaxing and taking in movies by myself but stopped all leisure activities (or at least it felt that way) so I could concentrate on honing my psychic and medium-ship skills. I was part of a development circle led by renowned English channel, Adam Higgs that met once a week for six months and we practiced psychic readings on each other as well as medium-ship, psychometry, scrying and oracle reading.

I also followed another passion of mine, gemstone healing and attended a very intensive and experiential class offered by Coral Karnaze, a teacher trained at Katrina Raphaell's Crystal Academy where I learned how to trust the wisdom of the stones by actually hearing them speak to me as well as learning crystal healing layouts to help guide and heal people.

I started painting large divine feminine abstracts like the ones pictured here because I HAD to; they healed me and kept me sane.

I also started giving intuitive readings at a local new age store and when it closed my dreams became even more powerful and guided me towards giving readings online at Etsy using my own self designed oracle card decks. I was thrilled to bits, because finally it felt like my life's work had come together and I was able to combine my spirituality, my art, my writing, my healing and entrepreneurial skills into something tangible that I could offer to people, to help them heal, transform, get inspired and empower themselves in a one-of-a-kind experience.

More about Uranus Opposition: Mid-life crisis unfolds in three parts: it is a 'one step forward, two steps back, three steps forward' process. As the first opposition approaches you may feel acutely disturbed. Physiologically, Kundalini energy has awakened and moved up and out of the root chakra, has rushed up through your body and has gotten stuck in whatever chakra is blocking your spiritual evolution. (Click here to learn more about chakras).

Our job is to clear blockages by whatever means work for us.

Mid-life crisis is a very different experience for men and women; Men are learning to open their heart and women must take on their power. It is time now to separate yourself from outside definitions of who you should be, and instead prepare yourself for a new path in life more closely aligned with your inner needs.

Many people suffering from crippling boundaries, insecurities and limiting mental states can blast through these blockages at mid-life more easily than at any other time of life. Your job is to clear these blockages by whatever means works for you: traditional therapy, journal writing, past life regression, a soul reading (I had to include that since I offer it!) and bodywork are some useful methods.

Uranus Opposition is the most accelerated integration point of a person's entire life. It comes at mid-life, goes through its process, and then its force is gone. What you do during this transit determines how far you may evolve; the openings you create are the places where you can grow in the future. I suggest that it is dangerous to not go all out at Uranus Opposition because it is often the ideal opportunity to broaden as much as possible, and this does not come again. Spiritual breakthroughs may come later in your life, but the potential for growth that you will possess then is established now.

Excerpted from: Barbara Hand Clow: Understanding Your Key Life Passages - The Liquid Light of Sex and from Planets in Transit by Robert Hand (her brother!)

You can read more about my metaphysical background here. The paintings above are from my Uranus Opposition inspired series of acrylics and pastels on silk titled the Divine Feminine Series.

Click here for Kathy’s Astrology Reports and Readings.