The October Oracle

Well, let's head into the tough and loving messages of this month's oracle. Last month, we were asked to release.. old patterns, old thinking.. the things we no longer have room to carry. Maybe she knew we would be bearing the weight of witnessing so much as September closed her door and October peeked her head in. The collective energy is HEAVY. But, this month's message is one of trying to remain optimisic. Focused. And most of all.. being willing to look at ourselves and our role in what comes next. Remember, I'm reading for us on a collective level and an individual one. And if you do not have it in you to work toward a collective goal.. you working on you, strums the whole. Each of us working on our personal lives.. to be better, more kind people and create more good in the world. That helps us all!

LOVE: As I wrote on in my newsletter.. love is a difficult and complex subject. Our feelings around love for ourselves, our family, our friends, our partnerships and the collective as a whole depends on how we love ourselves. As above, so below.. right? As within, so without.. right? So, are you making space for love and receiving right now? Or are you letting rage and frustration squash all the affective and adoration we have for the world and the people we care about? Can you still find a way to make room for love in your world? Do you give yourself the time and space to breathe into intimacy at this moment? That isn't a permission slip to let your guard down or let your boundaries be invaded! It's actually the opposite. It's an honoring of those things while still remaining.. wholy human. With all the joy and affection we can muster. Even in the hard times.

4 OF SWORDS + PAGE OF WANDS + THE SUN: Last months pull back and releasing process is a good example of when of let yourself rest. Sometimes you are better off just simply being quiet and digesting all that is going on around you. Rest is resistance right now. Constant vigilance is exhausting. Once you have let yourself 'cool off'.. then the Page of Wands is there. A reminder that while all of this feels very overwhelming and like it's too much to carry and bear, you have your hands firmly on that wand. You (and all of us as a collective) are pulling our energy together into that wand. Harnessing our power. Putting that energy into action. And you can see that Page of Wands is holding that lit up wand.. almost helping to illuminate The Sun. The Sun is truly a magical card. Optimism! Confidence! Beginnings! Freshness! This is coming.. but harnessing our power well is required. The Page of Wands needs us to hold the big wand though. We have to believe we can handle the big stick. And shine a light into new spaces, but we have to be prepared and thoughtful. A wand with no clear direction is chaos. Get organized ... personally and collectively.

THE MIRROR + BIRTHING: Here is where we go deeper. We need to do some really clear reflection here. Where have we participated in these systems that are not working? Where are the places we have abandoned our beliefs in order to stay small or compliant? The Mirror doesn't lie. It does not judge. It's simply a reflection of reality. Sometimes it is hard to look. But this is part of the healing process. Looking clearly and plaintly at the truth of our lives. What we have done. What we haven't done. Where we are participants. Or avoiders. Seeing this clearly will help with the next part of the process. The Birthing process. What are we/you building to replace what is not longer valuable? What do we want to see? How can we foster and nourish the seed stage? The imagery here mimics The Sun above it. The child. The beginning. The red (a power and feminine color!) of the flag reflected in the plant life and the shoes of the character. Looking into the mirror and being honest with ourselves about what we have done/haven't done in the past.. will help us know what is most important to create tomorrow.

THE VENOM + THE BARDO: We're clearly still in a liminal space. We got The Bardo AGAIN this month! And The Venom fell out with it. Here's the harsh reality of all the positive energy above it. We have been participants in this collective drinking of poison. We have drunk it knowing it was poison. Or, not knowing, but also not asking. We have a deep vein of rot and festering wound within our collective and; maybe within your daily life too. It's not enough to kill you outright.. just enough to make us sick, tired and ineffective. What a brilliant ploy by the nefarious folks and our brains! See the color matching with The Mirror above it? You can't make this shit up. This is a clear indication that THIS is the mirror we are being asking to address. What do we allow ourselves to ingest or swallow to keep things smooth? Are we preferring to drink it; rather than we disruptive? This the lesson we are witnessign here. And we have to be clear and brutally honest about it. It's the only way through The Bardo. Here is the info from last month.. we're clearly still going through the portal. A bardo is the space between the worlds in Buddist philosophy. The space between life and death. Ultimately, we are currently lingering in this in-between space. The chaotic and strangely peaceful space. Most people consider this space to be deeply uncomfortable.. but frankly, when you think about it. We live in this most of of the time. We aren't the same person we were yesterday. And the tomorrow version of you hasn't been created yet. We ARE the liminal space. And right now, we are witnessing the dying and the birth of so many things.

TOO LONG, DIDN'T READ: RECAP: Look clearly and plainly on what hasn't been working. As a collective and in your own life. Doing this reflection process with love and self care will ensure that the energy you are starting to feel build (again.. collectively and personally) will be harnessed with a much better goal in mind. Sending that energy into new horizons.. through the portal of difficult destruction and recreation. This is the best way we can ensure our energy is directed well into optimistic and joyful new opportunities!