Hello, beautiful alchemist…
Wherever you are in the world, is there any evidence of the shift in season? Living in Southern California, it still feels like summer with cloudless skies and the need for air conditioning in the afternoon. While this is nice, I remember growing up with fall being my favorite time of year because of the changes. Yes, summer breaks were the best, but I was always mesmerized by the gorgeous change of leaves, crisp romantic air and big cozy coats. It felt like an imaginative time, a time to get lost in books, curl up with a blanket and watch my favorite movies. It was a time to settle down after the playfulness of summer, which was more focused on the external world.
No matter the weather, is something in you feeling the shift and welcoming of autumn?
There’s a certain kind of magic with the change of each season, the energy of each season, and what each season mirrors for our personal processes of growth, release and progression. What I love about this particular cycle is that it emphasizes recognition of harvest. We’re invited to acknowledge all that was gained and experienced in the fruitfulness, warmth and illumination of summer, taking stock of what is ripe and nourishing, while also noting what we may be clinging to that would better serve us in letting go.
Balance In All Things…
This is also the season that highlights our need for harmony and the alchemical nature of relationship. The sun is now illuminating the essence of Libra, offering the lessons of you and other as ONE.
How are you relating to others, situations and things?
How are you navigating relationships, partnerships or collaborations?
How are you balancing work, self-care and family?
How are you harmonizing mind, body and energy?
The good news is that we have nature, spiritual practices and community to support us. We have been designed to sense, feel and understand expressions of divine intelligence (form and formless) to help guide us through these cycles of transition and change. This is why your relationship to intuition is vital, understanding the dance and unification of intuitive and analytical mind (heaven and earth). When you are clear, receptive and aware of how you (how nature) are moving forward, there’s no need to resist THE WAY forward. It's not always easy, but that’s where our tools come in.
My go-to for clarity has been meditation. The connection to breath and slowing the mind into observation, rather than calculation, brings phenomenal states of peace. From this space, the analytical and intuitive kiss and become other. Consciousness elevates into awareness of all as no-thing. This state of being makes room for inspiration, guidance and knowing. It’s beyond confusion, but as you sink back into decision making mode, the analytical mind resumes its state of opposition with intuition…which often leads to doubt.
How to Establish Trust
Relationship building takes time, patience, willingness and diligence. Just as it takes time to get to know and understand others, it takes time to re-know and understand YOU beyond old stories, patterns and frequencies.
As you come into relationship with spiritual practices, such as Reiki and meditation, you begin establishing a new relationship with you and all. You become more aware of your intuitive and energetic sensory. You begin to have new understanding and insights that you may have never experienced before, so of course the analytical mind jumps in to assess…until it’s properly trained and translation of the intuitive is understood.
The first tool to help me learn the language of my intuitive mind was oracle cards. The images, symbolism, numbers, colors and even key words, bring the intuitive and analytical into co-resonance. Oracle cards help to validate your intuitive knowing, like a non-biased friend. Even more, they allow your intuitive mind to bring your blind spots into clear view.
What have you been considering or questioning lately that you'd LOVE clarity around?
*images by Amy Sage, @amy.sage.reiki
Imagine having a tool, a guide, that can reveal to you what IS from:
the lens of your intuitive knowing
the lens of your higher mind
the frequencies of energetic coding that surround you, your thoughts, emotions and situations
It has been almost three weeks since the launch of The Energetic Alchemist Oracle, and I am so thankful for the feedback and responses so far. Each deck is full of symbolism, art and intention that speaks directly to you, beyond any limitations or attachments of lower-mind. I also infuse each deck with Reiki, in connection to you personally, clarifying connection between you and your deck, so that messages may be translated with more clarity and understanding. Because of this, it should be no surprise that many people have shared feeling the energy and deep connection to the cards as soon as they work with them! Again, I’m deeply grateful, as the cards are doing their job!
ENROLLMENT IS OPEN!
I also understand that some of you want to go deeper, learning how to trust your own translations, reading cards beyond the book, and allowing your intuition to weave the stories of the cards together for crystal clear understanding that you know and feel as true.
The offerings of Alchemy of the Seeker and Alchemy of the Oracle are available for enrollment today. This was very intentional, as they are offerings that mirror the essence of the equinox:
relationship building (with self, intuition and cards)
harmonizing analytical and intuitive as one
acknowledging the wisdom of your path and THE WAY forward
holding space to cultivate relationship with others, as a clear channel and guide
Alchemy of the Seeker is a foundational course, where Alchemy of the Oracle is more advanced and includes Alchemy of the Seeker. Be sure to order your deck before classes begin!
Click on the images below to learn more and register for the course that resonates with you and your path at this time…
I look forward to working with you. Cheers to your illumination and clarity!
With love and gratitude,
Yolanda