Co-Creative Mandalas have a vibration that
anchors, activates specific qualities, and
represents something about ourselves,
the natural world, and the energy in the Universe
at a particular time. This year the mandalas support Choosing Love’s Presence within,
with the rhythms in nature,
and with the Great Mandala.

The mandala archetype for this month is Ingenuity.

It's been fun, illuminating, and surprising to explore Ingenuity and all the ways it supports
Choosing Love’s Presence.

Love’s Presence within mind, body, and spirit is seen, felt, and experienced by listening to
your inner guidance
and finding joy, peace, and wonder.

How is Ingenuity calling you to embrace
Choosing Love’s Presence?

This Co-Creative Mandala, Ingenuity, from a photograph of clematis (symbolizes spiritual growth) is associated with the solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown chakras. It reminds you to build an inner sanctuary where you can find peace, no matter the circumstances. Bring practices to your daily life that cultivate a space within yourself where you can be at ease, where your peace doesn’t depend on someone else’s approval or on everything being perfect. Embrace your ability to question, challenge and shift the old, untrue stories you tell yourself. The peace you are searching for isn’t outside of yourself. Amid the noise of the external world, learn to finally come home to yourself.

Hello, Kindred Spirit:
As we say goodbye to September and move into October, I thought to write a bit about the importance of balance and the way it shows up in nature, this month’s Co-Creative Mandala, and life.

I really appreciate fall, even though I’d be happy with more long, sunny days in the garden, wearing shorts and a t shirt and sandals. I’m never quite ready to let go of summer. But I can count on nature’s seasonal changes to show me how to live with courage. Fall was, and continues to be, a reset point, where I reflect on the ways I’ve grown since I set the intention to choose love’s presence this year, what I’ve learned, and like the leaves falling from the trees, what I’m shedding. It reminds me of nature’s cycles, the turn of the Great Mandala, and how the cycles show up in my life.

With all the transitions and transformation that are happening individually and collectively it’s easy to forget that we’re part of nature. Even if life could feel a little easier when we align with nature’s wisdom, old habits can keep us constantly pushing against the seasonal cycles.

When I connected with the Ingenuity Co-Creative Mandala, I immediately felt that familiar sense of standing at the edge of something new. I experience that feeling when I sense that something within is shifting before I fully understand where it’s leading. It can feel a little unsettling, but there’s also an excitement that comes with knowing I’m growing. Both feelings can be true at the same time.

Our spiritual growth depends on both remembering our wholeness and the discipline to embody it and integrate it in to everyday life. This time, more than any other time, requires that we find the balance between our spiritual compass, our intuition, choosing love’s presence and the practices, the ingenuity, that support the transformation we’re experiencing. We need both the being and the doing.  

Many of us (including me) have become very good at practicing the same familiar ways of living life: busy, worried, and overwhelmed. As we say goodbye to September and step into October, we can shift our energy toward embodying love’s presence. Here, intuition acts as your spiritual compass—the unforced alignment with wisdom—while ingenuity serves as the structure for grounding in your true nature, your wholeness.

The mandala invites balance—between being (our intuition) and doing (ingenuity) as we grow beyond an old version of our self. Maybe a belief, habit, relationship, or way of living no longer feels aligned with the wisdom that guides you. Letting go can feel uncertain, but it also creates space for something more meaningful to emerge. It offers the opportunity to be flexible, to overcome obstacles to love’s presence by incorporating creative ways to remember your wholeness when you’re stressed, in conflict, or listening to old stories about yourself.

Without intuition, ingenuity—daily practices can become rigid, rules without heart. Without ingenuity—structure and discipline--spiritual insights can be beautiful ideas that disappear the moment life gets difficult. When they are balanced, intuition provides the immediate, quiet awareness of what is true and aligned with your most expansive self and ingenuity provides the artful, creative application of wisdom when faced with “life happening”.

As we move forward into fall, we are invited to find balance between inner and outer harmony. What I love about this energy is that I don’t need to have the entire path mapped out. Sometimes the Universe simply asks us to recognize what is changing within and have the courage to take the next step.

I invite you to invest some quiet time with yourself today. Meditate, pray, sit in nature, or simply allow yourself to listen without needing an immediate answer. You may be more prepared for this next chapter than you realize.

Trust what is unfolding. Trust your growth. And most of all, trust yourself.

Blessings of love, light, and ingenuity.

Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers.
                                                                                               May Sarton

Happy autumn equinox, Kindred Spirit!!
Here we go… into a new season.

In my corner of the Universe, yesterday was an 80-degree, Colorado blue sky day. I had my sandals and shorts on.   But the morning’s are sometimes cool and overcast. My furnace came on yesterday because the night time was cold enough to trigger it. The sunflowers are dying, the bright and beautiful cosmos that filled the garden and our home with such lovely colors are beginning to slow down. I see the maple tree leaves raining down on the grass.

And, the fall asters and mums are beginning to bloom.  

It's definitely fall vibes.

Here we are, in this transition time. This in-between time between the light half of the year, and the dark. 

Fall is a natural time for a reset. As the seasons shift, it’s the perfect opportunity to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and create new habits that support how you want to feel.

We can count on nature’s seasonal changes to show us how to live with Ingenuity—meeting change with creativity while maintaining presence.

Fall means the trees loosen their grip, allowing what once was so full of life, to fall away, leaf-by-leaf. It can seem like nothing will grow again. The branches are left bare without the comfort of what once was. But, in the midst of all the change,  we can choose to trust that in a few months time, new shoots will begin to appear and something new will be born that is even more glorious than we can imagine.

Moving into autumn feels like we’re pulling the pieces back together again after all the intense, scattered energy of summer.

It’s a time for drawing inward — this transition from outward, back inward when we move from summer into fall. This is actually a really big energetic shift that's happening — and I think there’s something inherently discombobulating (I love that word) about that.

Even so:

It's this moment of balance on Earth.

Day and night are nearly equal. The light and the dark are equal.

And, the autumn equinox has this ability to feel like a deep exhale.

It’s a calming breath after the high intensity of summer.

And yet, I feel like I'm holding onto summer longer than usual. I don’t feel ready to give up my summer sandals, my shorts, my garden, or the early morning sunshine.  

I may not be completely ready for the dark mornings. But I am ready to come back to myself.

I feel inspired to pull the pieces back together, to return to the other things that ground me. I do feel ready to let the season get quieter and dive deeply within to see what the summer has grown in me.

This is my invitation—to you (and to myself) for this autumn equinox:

Allow this to be a moment to come home to yourself.

• To gather the pieces that feel scattered.
  
  
• To notice what helps you feel grounded, steady, connected.
  
  
• To ask yourself what you're ready to return to as life begins drawing inward again.
  
• To meet this seasonal change with Ingenuity.
  

Are you ready to pull things back together?

Are you ready to snuggle in and connect with your deepest knowing?

Are you ready to see what this next season has to teach you?

In this month's Oracle Card Reading for the Collective we explore the energy of Ingenuity and what it means for each of us as we move forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence.

There is something in the reading for everyone. This oracle card reading blends intuitive insight and practical guidance to help you understand the season you’re in and the season you’re moving into, what it’s asking of you, and the most aligned path forward.

During and following Sacred Mandalas oracle card readings, clients report that they feel more grounded, inspired, and connected to their Wholeness. They are able to move forward with greater ease and confidence because their experience is validated and clarified in a way that finally makes sense. I like to think of it as an infusion of Ingenuity and Alignment with inner, nature, and Universal Wisdom. The readings offer a burst of remembering our Wholeness.

When I sit down to do these readings, I ask the Universe and Archangel Ariel to show me/us where there is Ingenuity in our life and to reveal a map that helps us navigate our lives with hope, and intention as we choose Love’s Presence and move toward living our soul-guided purpose and bringing that purpose to the collective.

When I pull the oracle cards and I sit with them and intentionally see the colors, the essence, and absorb the Sacred Mandala meaning, something shifts within. Everything settles. The noise in my head becomes quiet. I become curious, followed by clarity. I can see truths I may have been too overwhelmed to notice before.

This card reading supports Choosing Love’s Presence, receiving guidance as you grow into your next chapter, and discovering new ways to bring the magic, mystery and power of Ingenuity into your life and into the world.

Come back to this reading whenever you’re feeling stuck, seeking clarity, or when you're ready to Choose Love’s Presence—and experience Ingenuity within, in nature, and with the Universe.

This Sacred Mandalas Oracle Card reading for the collective offers a way to create a little space for yourself.

It’s here to help you access your inner guidance as  you navigate this seasonal change...at the equinox and beyond.  

It offers the soul work that helps you pause, check in with yourself, and intentionally welcome autumn.  

So, light a candle. Make a cup of tea. Open your mind, open your heart. And open your journal.  

Give yourself a little time to come home to yourself — and welcome this new season in whatever way feels meaningful.

This is a three-card reading.

Before I pulled the cards I asked: 

How does Ingenuity support moving forward toward choosing Love's Presence--at the fall equinox, throughout September,  and the season ahead?

The first card, the Focus Card, is selected from the Chakra Suite—Inner Wisdom--practical wisdom, and reveals what we are called to cultivate and expand.

The 2nd card supports the Focus Card, the allies and helpers who guide use and is selected from the Archangel Suite—Universal Wisdom—cards. 

What guidance are we/you/I ready to receive that supports expanding Ingenuity as we/you/I move forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence?

The 3rd card supports our next steps toward moving forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence and is selected from the Seasons Suite—Nature Wisdom—cards. 

What do I/we need to know that supports a possible future?

Wherever you are today — whether you're ready for autumn or still clinging to your shorts and sandals, I hope you'll give yourself a moment to pause and feel yourself arriving at this powerful moment.

I’m going to step outside, feel the air, appreciate the light, and notice the Great Mandala turning around and within me.

I’m so grateful to be moving through another turn of the Great Mandala with you.

Sending you so much love and light as your journey continues,

For a limited time, with the purchase of our Sacred Mandalas: 48 Card Oracle Deck with Guidebook we offer a personal, complimentary oracle card reading--$100 value. 

Co-Creative Mandalas have a vibration that
anchors, activates specific qualities, and
represents something about ourselves,
the natural world, and the energy in the Universe
at a particular time. This year the mandalas support Choosing Love’s Presence within,
with the rhythms in nature,
and with the Great Mandala.

The mandala archetype for this month is Dignity.

It's been fun, illuminating, and surprising to explore Protection and all the ways it supports
Choosing Love’s Presence.

Love’s Presence within mind, body, and spirit is seen, felt, and experienced by listening to
your inner guidance
and finding joy, peace, and wonder.

How is Protection calling you to embrace
Choosing Love’s Presence?

This Co-Creative Mandala, Protection, from a photo of squash blossom (symbolizes abundance) is associated with the root, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown chakras. It reminds you that it’s easy to lose yourself when your worth becomes tied to doing rather than being. That can change when you invest the time and the space toward creating boundaries for your mind, body, and spirit. Remember, you matter too. You are enough. Your peace matters. Your joy is not something you have to earn. Trusting your intuition and the Universe is your greatest source of strength.

Hello, Kindred Spirit:
Even though I’m behind schedule (I intended to post this in August), I’m popping in again to shed a little light on how Protection fits with the recalibration energy we’re all experiencing. And, to remind you that however you’re feeling about the changes and challenges is okay. In fact how you’re feeling is more than okay. It matters.

Fall equinox is on September 21st and brings its own quality of energy—of harvest, reflection, and a call to balance. It marks the end of summer and the start of a busy fall season.

Before we step fully into that energy, there’s one more thing to say about Protection. Well, actually, a few things.

Many of us experienced August’s intensity (it was a doozy, wasn’t it?) and the affect it had on our mind, body, and spirit. We may have been more sensitive to energetic patterns that came with the individual, collective, and planetary recalibration and transformation that is happening. For me it showed up in needing more rest, inviting me to give myself permission to say “no”, and allowing myself to feel the deep, sometimes hidden, feelings that are part of spiritual growth. All the energy and intensity were gateways to self-care and self-compassion, to setting boundaries which offered the opportunity to shift the constriction to expansion.

Sometimes it felt like (and may continue to feel like) the world was/is bombarding us with negativity...in the news, on social media, or the energy of others. And, sometimes that energy was/is positive and supportive. In either case, it requires our attention. It can pull us away from ourselves. And, it can be a way to remember our Wholeness. As you align more deeply with inner, Universal, and nature’s wisdom, your sensitivity to energetic patterns—both within and around you—both expansive and constricted—grows stronger.

When it comes to Protection, one of the things I think we don’t talk about enough is how strengthening our intuition and learning to trust our self becomes so powerful as a way to navigate everyday life.

So, as we all know, sometimes it can be pretty easy to get caught up in stress and anxiety and unhelpful thoughts and emotions when we're facing tricky circumstances. In times like these, it’s vital that we honor and release what no longer serves us and allow the deeper part of ourselves that knows to emerge.

How do we hold space for ourselves when there’s so much chaotic energy all around us? How do we keep our hearts open when we’ve been deeply hurt? How do we respond to injustice without becoming consumed by anger? And how can we love without trying to control or change another?

When we pause, reflect, and honor those thoughts and feelings, we may notice that the presence of love also becomes stronger. That’s the part of you that no circumstance can touch.  

A part that is larger than anything that happens. It remains steady, free and whole through all of life’s ups and downs.  

But in challenging moments, the mind and heart often constrict, become reactive and fill up our whole inner space, leaving us feeling overwhelmed by our suffering and the suffering we see in the world.

What if we can find our way back to that unchanging ground of being, where we connect to something so much larger than any situation we face?

What if we can gain access to the qualities of our true nature--love, wisdom and courage, which allow us to rise to whatever we're facing?  

This is the time, more than ever, to remember who we are, to remember our Wholeness. It the time to ask:

What is this moment asking of me/you/us?

How can I/you/we step more consciously into the power, purpose, wisdom, and love that can shift the suffering without bypassing or denying it?

One place to start is with cultivating life affirming Protection. Where we trust our intuition.  

Life affirming Protection reminds us that one of the signs of choosing Love’s Presence is this feeling of being larger than the challenge we’re facing. Larger than the anger, the hurt, the urge to control, the constriction we feel..

There's also a feeling of not being completely defined by those states, by those circumstances.

There can be grief and there can be an awareness of a deeper ground of peace.

There can be fear and there can also be the feeling of resting in an awareness that is steady, calm and free.

There can be tricky circumstances and there can be the deeper part of us that is accepts what is.

Our human experience and our reaction to the situation is held in this much larger space.

The invitation is to act with clarity and remember our Wholeness and our shared humanity—and to trust the healing power of seeing the goodness in ourselves and in one another.

Life affirming Protection isn't built by erecting high walls against potential harm, but by cultivating the inner resilience to handle whatever unfolds.

Our internal compass shows us the way. Intuition acts as a silent, subconscious processing system that detects patterns and misalignments long before our logical mind catches up. Coupled with trusting that the Universe has our back shifts us away from fear and toward curiosity. Trusting our intuition creates a powerful emotional anchor that supports navigating uncertainty with grace rather than fear.

This is the time to reflect, release, remember. When you invest your energy in this way, your circumstances no longer dictate your state of being. Protection supports being able to meet life from a strong inner ground and deal with the circumstances of life with greater wisdom and skill as you move through the inevitable ups and downs of being human.

Here’s a simple three-step practice that integrates Protection when life happens:

1.  Take a mindful pause. Just take a deep slow breath.

2. Take a moment to mentally zoom out from constricted thoughts or feelings. What do you notice? Are there birds singing? Is the wind blowing gently through tree branches? Is the sun still shining? Can you feel the grounding earth beneath your feet? Who are people who love you? Do you have food in the fridge? Remember anything that you can take a moment to appreciate that's real for you.

3.   Get a sense of connecting to the part of you that is so much larger than this situation. The part of you that never changes. The part of you that is not affected, not moved around by those circumstances and it can hold everything that happens in life with kindly, accepting, compassionate awareness.

I am loving awareness.
                                                                     Ram Dass

Trusting your intuition, that part of you that is larger than “life happening” is your greatest strength, your deepest life affirming Protection.

As we enter another turning of the Great Mandala, I really hope this practice is helpful for you.

Wishing you well with this practice. I'll be practicing alongside you.

Blessings of Love, Light, and Protection,

The goal isn’t to stop feeling. It’s to stop taking responsibility for every feeling in the room.
                                                                             Anonymous

Hello, Kindred Spirit:

At the beginning of August, something in the air shifted before we named it. It was a different flavor of intensity than we experienced in July. It felt like the phoenix rising from the ashes. The light changed angle.

On day 1, the harvest of inner and outer seeds began—the half way point between summer solstice and fall equinox.

Then the Lion’s Gate opened—revealing possibilities, abundance, and new beginnings.

It brought the eclipse season—inviting us to look more deeply at what’s hidden within.

Now, we're closing out a powerful eclipse season. The energy in nature is shifting—again. And underneath it all, a question I keep returning to:

What if this turning of the season is also a turning of individual and collective consciousness?

What if the Universe—as seen and felt within and in nature--isn’t a machine we happen to live inside, but a living, conscious, relational being—one we are woven into rather than separate from?

What if the evidence emerging from ancient wisdom traditions, quantum physics, and living systems science is pointing toward something our ancestors always knew in their bones:

Love isn't a feeling we occasionally have, but the co-creative intelligence of everything that exists? And what might become possible for us—individually, collectively, right now—if we let that truth actually change how we live by choosing Love’s Presence?

These aren't rhetorical questions to me.

They're the questions shaping everything that Sacred Mandalas is bringing to each of us as summer winds down and fall begins.

Aligning with Wisdom, as seen in Sacred Mandalas, is a pathway that reveals that old structures are dissolving. Old stories are losing their grip. And at this moment when the world appears to be coming apart, something luminous and vast is revealing itself instead.

This month’s Sacred Mandala Oracle Reading for the Collective is our exploration of that threshold—not as catastrophe, but as evolutionary leap.

Not to escape this reality. But to release the conditioning that has kept us repeating the old one.

We’re moving toward ever-expanding awareness of the power of inner Wisdom—our inner knowing, our intuition and our gift of sensitivity to energetic patterns.

This reading underpins the archetype for August—Protection.

Not the kind of Protection that builds walls.

Instead the Protection that honors boundaries that support harvesting and sharing the gifts of our most expansive self.

The Protection that invites us to let go of old beliefs, stories, and patterns that once served to keep us safe—and embrace the Protection of Love’s Presence.

This isn’t the time for judging yourself for the sensitivity that comes with spiritual growth and awakening. This is the time for investing in nurturing your mind, body, and spirit.

In these challenging times, maintaining our energetic Protection is essential, particularly with the overwhelming events, challenges and energetic attacks many of us are experiencing.

It’s crucial to discern what we allow into our bodies, minds, eyes, and hearts; this awareness is a daily, if not moment-to-moment, practice.

Sometimes we think a boundary, Protection, has to be a solid wall. But boundaries can have gates. It’s the Protection we discover when we trust our intuition.

Trust that the Universe is on our side.

Trust that nature reveals the wisdom that offers us connection to Wholeness.

It’s Protection that allows us to stay connected without absorbing everything.

For me, protecting my mind, body, and spirit energy is essential to living in integrity and alignment and it nurtures my aliveness and wholeness.

What if everything we’re going through, we’re experiencing is preparing us for what we asked for?
                                                                             Anonymous

What if we invest time to identify what we can release and co-create Protection that allows space for peace and growth as consciousness expands?

Ask yourself:

What would feel different if I allowed myself to let go of what I no longer need in this phase of my life?

As we move through the last days of summer and arrive at the threshold of another extraordinary season, what have the seasonal shift, the Lion’s Gate, and the eclipses revealed to you?

• What are you beginning to see about yourself that you couldn't see before?

• What old story, pattern, or belief are you finally ready to question?

• What truth about yourself offers new, more expanded Protection?

The invitation right now is to lean in, dream, and envision what this expansion means for you — without gripping too tightly to exactly how you think it should look.

Trust that the conscious Universe wants to surprise you and that there's more in store than you could possibly imagine.

In this month's Oracle Card Reading for the Collective we explore the energy of Protection and what it means for each of us as we move forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence.

There is something in the reading for everyone. This oracle card reading blends intuitive insight and practical guidance to help you understand the season you’re in, what it’s asking of you, and the most aligned path forward.

During and following Sacred Mandalas oracle card readings, clients report that they feel more grounded, inspired, and connected to their Wholeness. They are able to move forward with greater ease and confidence because their experience is validated and clarified in a way that finally makes sense.

I like to think of it as an infusion of Protection with Alignment with inner, nature, and Universal Wisdom. The readings offer a burst of remembering our Wholeness.

When I sit down to do these readings, I ask the Universe and Archangel Ariel to show me/us where there is Protection in our life and to reveal a map that helps us navigate our lives with hope, and intention as we choose Love’s Presence and move toward living our soul-guided purpose and bringing that purpose to the collective.

When I pull the oracle cards and I sit with them and intentionally see the colors, the essence, and absorb the Sacred Mandala meaning, something shifts within. Everything settles. The noise in my head becomes quiet. I become curious, followed by clarity. I can see truths I may have been too overwhelmed to notice before.

This card reading supports Choosing Love’s Presence, receiving guidance as you grow into your next chapter, and discovering new ways to bring the magic, mystery and power of Protection into your life and into the world.

Come back to this reading whenever you’re feeling stuck, seeking clarity, or when you're ready to Choose Love’s Presence—and experience Protection within, in nature, and with the Universe. This is a three-card reading.

Before I pulled the cards I asked: 

How does Protection support moving forward toward choosing Love's Presence--today, throughout August  and the year ahead?

The first card, the Focus Card, is selected from the Chakra Suite—Inner Wisdom--practical wisdom, and reveals what we are called to cultivate and expand.

What do we/you/I need to cultivate that supports Protection and moving toward  Choosing Love’s Presence in August and beyond?

The 2nd card supports the Focus Card, the allies and helpers who guide use and is selected from the Archangel Suite—Universal Wisdom—cards. 

What guidance are we/you/I ready to receive that supports expanding Protection as we/you/I move forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence?

The 3rd card supports our next steps toward moving forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence and is selected from the Seasons Suite—Nature Wisdom—cards. 

What do I/we need to know that supports a possible future?

Stop waiting for a sign.

This is it.

This reading is perfect for the shifting seasons, the opening of potential, and exploring what’s hidden from view.

It gives us permission to co-create boundaries with gates, choose Love’s Presence and remember our Wholeness.

May you trust your voice, live in harmony within and without, and see prosperity all around you.

May Protection soften your heart, expand your vision, and remind you that your sensitivity is one of the greatest gifts you can offer the world.

Blessings of love, light, and Protection,

For a limited time, with the purchase of our Sacred Mandalas: 48 Card Oracle Deck with Guidebook we offer a personal, complimentary oracle card reading--$100 value. 

Co-Creative Mandalas have a vibration that
anchors, activates specific qualities, and
represents something about ourselves,
the natural world, and the energy in the Universe
at a particular time. This year the mandalas support Choosing Love’s Presence within,
with the rhythms in nature,
and with the Great Mandala.

The mandala archetype for this month is Dignity.

It's been fun, illuminating, and surprising to explore Dignity and all the ways it supports
Choosing Love’s Presence.

Love’s Presence within mind, body, and spirit is seen, felt, and experienced by listening to
your inner guidance
and finding joy, peace, and wonder.

How is Dignity calling you to embrace
Choosing Love’s Presence?

This Co-Creative Mandala, Dignity, from a photograph of a delphinium (symbolizes grace) is associated with the heart, throat, third eye, and crown chakras. It invites us to remember that we possess human and spiritual dignity, an inherent worth. You don’t have to earn it. You are inseparable from the vast universe itself. It reminds us that we always possess, in the immediate present, the inner freedom that allows us to trust ourselves and remember our Wholeness.

Hello, Kindred Spirit:
I don't know if this summer feels wild and intense to you—energetically, spiritually, physically--all of it. It certainly does to me. My timing is off, my motivation is taking a break, I'm binge-watching multiple series...Maybe it’s the climate—political, cosmic, and/or in the atmosphere. 

As soon as I finally sat down to write this Dignity blog, I felt Archangel Ariel’s calming and loving presence over my right shoulder (just like she is when we're co-creating mandalas). It’s taken me a while to unpack what I learned from her. Her message was about what has been happening this summer individually and collectively:

Everything we’re going through is preparing us for going forward with Dignity — for what's next, for what we're meant to receive.

Her message helped me gain clarity about what I've been I'm sensing for the past few months, particularly in July…

I’ve come to realize that we’re in the midst of a breakdown (duh!) — the peeling away, the removing, the transmuting of old energetic patterns into something that’s still unknown.

For me, it was (and continues to be) a lot to take in. At times I feel completely exhausted, questioning if something is wrong with me. The revelation: What my body, mind, and spirit needed then (and continues to need) is rest and space to integrate everything that is happening.

This is an opportunity to stop looping in the same old patterns.

Our initial reactions to the changes and challenges that shape reality are often based on preconceived notions, stereotypes, or limiting beliefs. These judgments can become rigid and take up so much mental, physical, and spiritual space that no new ideas can enter.

Judging ourselves narrows our perspective about our true nature. Your worth has never been determined by someone else's opinion of you. It's easy to get caught up chasing approval, comparing yourself to others, or wondering if you're enough. 

The invitation right now is to lean in to curiosity and openness instead of judgment, so that we can let our gifts shine, trust our intuition, and heal what's been holding us back.

Practicing curiosity means becoming aware of your initial thoughts and feelings and then pausing to create space for a response that’s rooted in calmness, wisdom, and Dignity.

If you've been questioning your value lately, take five minutes to pause and reconnect with your Dignity—your true nature. Your voice matters, your path is your own, and you don't need anyone else's permission to believe in yourself.

Pausing is not an indulgence; it's a human right and need.

Pausing isn’t about bypassing, dismissing, or resisting what is.

Pausing reminds us that Dignity is freedom to allow and name the feelings and beliefs that were installed before we knew our names. Dignity, glorious dignity, is the freedom to be the miraculous, tender beings we’ve forgotten we are. Until now.

I invite you to take a moment and notice what this summer is giving you. Let whatever you are feeling bring you back home..

Ask yourself: 

When did I feel most relaxed, peaceful, and fully myself?
How can I make room for more of that in the days and weeks ahead?

In the end, you will only experience on the "outside" who you are being on the "inside" — when you open your eyes, open your heart, take a step, you discover that Dignity is how you treat yourself in the moment.

When you notice yourself becoming judgmental about yourself, others, or life happening, choose curiosity instead. Listen to what is hidden and begins asking to be acknowledged. Rather than resisting it, become curious.

Pause and ask:

Where am I still living from old conditioning?
Where am I afraid to be seen for who I truly am?
How can I honor my Dignity?

I invite you to stay grounded in the truth of who you really are.

Dignity brings freedom.

It gives you the confidence to navigate life’s ups and downs with grace because you know you are living from Wholeness, from your most expanded self.

When you are not constantly judging yourself or worried about approval, you create space to direct your energy toward choosing Love’s Presence.  

As summer continues to unfold, with all its wonderful experiences and the changes and challenges that shape reality, I invite you to give yourself permission truly to take time off, to include more moments to pause and allow yourself to listen to what this season is asking of you.

May you meet yourself with Dignity, exactly where you're at on your journey toward choosing Love’s Presence.  

Blessings,

Today may be one of the luckiest days of the entire year. The Jupiter Cazimi is bringing powerful energy around abundance, opportunity, visibility, and expansion, while the full moon clears the path for something new to enter.
                                                                                               Anonymous

Blessings of the full moon, Kindred Spirit!

Today’s full moon in Aquarius offers the opportunity to pause, breathe, and step back long enough to see what the Universe is trying to show you.

So today, I invite you to check in with yourself and ask:

What do I need to know to let my most authentic self out and live my Dignity?

Don’t try to force an answer. Just stay curious and consider exploring and cultivating Dignity.

Dignity is the unshakeable confidence that arises from remembering your Wholeness. Rather than being earned it is an innate, universal reality. This inherent worth is actively awakened through mindfulness, presence, compassion, and choosing Love’s Presence.

Dignity, doesn’t begin with belief. It begins with remembering that we are not separate.

Sacred Mandalas Oracle card readings (whether for yourself or others) become a way of noticing what is already trying to emerge, what is already in alignment with Wisdom. What is asking to be remembered.

You see the world as you are, not as it is.
                                                                                                      Anais Nin

Let whatever you are feeling bring you back home.

Ask for what you actually want today. Not the practical version or the dream that keeps everyone else comfortable. A door you thought was locked may be opening, and this is your moment to believe you are ready to walk through it.

Come home.

Remember what you love. Soak in it. Bring that into what you do. First one step, then another. That’s all. That’s it.

This Sacred Mandalas Reading for the Collective is designed to help strengthen your confidence, build your self-worth, and remind you of everything you already are.

During this full moon give yourself the space to pause, slow down, and choose a more grounded response. Don’t remain fixated on a particular idea. Remember, multiple things can be true at once.

The full moon has a way of illuminating what we’ve been trying not to see, what we may be judging. What once stayed hidden begins asking to be acknowledged. Rather than resisting it, become curious.

The full moon doesn’t create what’s within us—it shines a light on what is already there, waiting for our awareness. It gently invites unconscious patterns, old wounds, and limiting beliefs into the light so they can finally be healed and transformed.

If these next few days feel intense, trust that there is a deeper purpose unfolding. Life isn’t working against you. It’s lovingly asking you to pay attention. You are being guided by something far greater than fear. It asks us to notice what still needs compassion—and what we’re finally ready to release. It encourages us to think beyond old limitations and embrace the truth of who we really are.

This Full Moon isn’t asking you to become someone different. It’s asking you to become more fully yourself. It’s asking you to live your Dignity. The parts of you that once hid to feel accepted are ready to step into the light. The beliefs inherited from family, culture, or fear no longer fit the person you’ve always been...and perhaps forgotten.

Dignity isn’t something to hide—it’s something to embody. Transformation doesn’t happen by abandoning any part of yourself. It happens by lovingly integrating all parts of yourself as you remember your Wholeness.  

In this month's Oracle Card Reading for the Collective we explore the energy of Dignity and what it means for each of us as we move forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence.

There is something in the reading for everyone. This oracle card reading blends intuitive insight and practical guidance to help you understand the season you’re in, what it’s asking of you, and the most aligned path forward.

During and following Sacred Mandalas oracle card readings, clients report that they feel more grounded, inspired, and connected to their Wholeness. They are able to move forward with greater ease and confidence because their experience is validated and clarified in a way that finally makes sense.

I like to think of it as an infusion of Dignity with Alignment with inner, nature, and Universal Wisdom. The readings offer a burst of remembering our Wholeness.

When I sit down to do these readings, I ask the Universe and Archangel Ariel to show me/us where there is Dignity in our life and to reveal a map that helps us navigate our lives with hope, and intention as we choose Love’s Presence and move toward living our soul-guided purpose and bringing that purpose to the collective.

When I pull the oracle cards and I sit with them and intentionally see the colors, the essence, and absorb the mandala meaning, something shifts within. Everything settles. The noise in my head becomes quiet. I become curious, followed by clarity. I can see truths I may have been too overwhelmed to notice before.

This card reading supports Choosing Love’s Presence, receiving guidance as you grow into your next chapter, and discovering new ways to bring the magic, mystery and power of Dignity into your life and into the world.

Come back to this reading whenever you’re feeling stuck, seeking clarity, or when you're ready to Choose Love’s Presence—and experience Dignity within, in nature, and with the Universe.

This is a three-card reading. Before I pulled the cards I asked: 

How does Dignity support moving forward toward choosing Love's Presence--today, throughout July, during this full moon, and the year ahead?

The first card, the Focus Card, is selected from the Chakra Suite—Inner Wisdom--practical wisdom, and reveals what we are called to cultivate and expand.

What do we/you/I need to cultivate that supports Dignity and moving toward  Choosing Love’s Presence in July and beyond?

The 2nd card supports the Focus Card, the allies and helpers who guide use and is selected from the Archangel Suite—Universal Wisdom—cards. 

What guidance are we/you/I ready to receive that supports expanding Dignity as we/you/I move forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence?

The 3rd card supports our next steps toward moving forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence and is selected from the Seasons Suite—Nature Wisdom—cards. 

What do we need to know that supports a possible future?

This reading is perfect for full moon energy that gives us permission to remember our Wholeness. To tell a more loving story about ourselves. And, with an open heart and curiosity, to trust that we have new chapters to write that tell the story of who we really are.

May you trust your voice, and set intentions that help you tell your Dignity story with greater confidence, and deeper authenticity.

May this Full Moon illuminate your truth, soften your heart, expand your vision, and remind you that your Dignity is one of the greatest gifts you can offer the world.

Full moon blessings of love, light, and Dignity,

For a limited time, with the purchase of our Sacred Mandalas: 48 Card Oracle Deck with Guidebook we offer a personal, complimentary oracle card reading. 

Co-Creative Mandalas have a vibration that
anchors, activates specific qualities, and
represents something about ourselves,
the natural world, and the energy in the Universe
at a particular time. This year the mandalas support Choosing Love’s Presence within,
with the rhythms in nature,
and with the Great Mandala.

The mandala archetype for this month is Affection.

It's been fun, illuminating, and surprising to explore Affection and all the ways it supports
Choosing Love’s Presence.

Love’s Presence within mind, body, and spirit is seen, felt, and experienced by listening to
your inner guidance
and finding joy, peace, and wonder.

How is Affection calling you to embrace
Choosing Love’s Presence?

This Co-Creative Mandala--Affection--from a photograph of Peruvian lily (symbolizes positive energy), sea holly (symbolizes strength), chrysanthemum (symbolizes solar energy), and baby’s breath (symbolizes affection) and is associated with all the chakras. This mandala reminds us to love without keeping score. Give with all your heart, without expecting anything in return. When you choose Love’s Presence, people feel safe, seen, and connected. Hold space for yourself and others with kindness Your gentleness, openness, and warmth are your strengths.

Welcome to a new seasonal focus: Affection
A little love note from my corner of the Universe.

As we’re immersed in the heart and heat of summer, it’s easy to get caught up in the outward energy of the season. I invite you to take a sacred breath and pause.

This is the time for balance between the intense, rapid growth of the season (inner and outer) and the softness of Affection...a beautiful expression of loving kindness (metta), compassion, and Love’s Presence. True Affection is both inward and outward and includes compassion and gentleness with ourselves and others. This is season for inner work like mindfulness and loving kindness meditations with outer work of making this a better world—how we treat people, how we show up.

Every morning, I start my day with a ritual that feels good. I wake up, kiss my sleeping sweetie on the forehead, and head out to the garden to care for the flowers and veggies. Sometimes I weed--very meditative. Sometimes I water--very nurturing. Sometimes I sit on a bench and marvel at all the beauty that surrounds me--very soothing. Always there are bees, bumble bees, dragonflies, finches, yellow and black swallow tail butterflies enjoying the beauty right beside me. Sometimes I'll spot a tiny rabbit, that was likely born in the garden and will stay there, feasting on the bounty all around it until nature takes it's course and it finds greener pastures and meets its destiny. There is often a hawk flying overhead...ready to swoop down as soon as I’m out of sight. Then I wait and watch for whatever magic unfolds. It's like I'm a child again, following in my grandmother's footsteps, exploring the world with wonder and curiosity.

There’s something healing about caring for beings– flowers, plants, humans and animals alike. I'm reminded that we can make our small corner of the universe a little better and that caring is a form of therapy. It feels good to be kind, to show Affection.

Sometime back in January, you probably set an intention (or more than one) for the year ahead-- a quiet promise to yourself. I know I did.

Is the year I will take better care of myself? The year I will stop listening to the old, limiting beliefs? Finally, will I give myself the same Affection I give everyone else?

When we pause and look back, we can often recognize the ways the Universe has been guiding us, supporting us, and helping new possibilities take root.

As you dive more deeply into this season of rapid growth, it's time to pause, reflect, and honor the journey you've been on.

It reminds you to let the light in as you go through a very deep spiritual journey. Clear what no longer serves you. This is the time to celebrate how you’ve grown, acknowledge the wisdom you've gained, and listen for what the Universe may be inviting you toward next.

It’s time to give yourself some Affection.

If your intentions slipped somewhere beneath the busy months, the distractions, the inner and outer world that has been so intense...here's the good news:

Today is the perfect day to begin again. Every moment brings an opportunity to show up for yourself in a new way; to Choose Love’s Presence.

Where is your energy better invested right now: pushing harder or nurturing yourself with Affection?

Over the past few months, we've been exploring the themes, the archetypes of Choosing Love’s Presence--Wholeness, Reverence, Loyalty, Optimism, and Clarity, reminders to stay open to what wants to emerge, even when we can't yet see the full picture.

And isn't that often how growth unfolds...through small moments of awareness, unexpected opportunities, gentle course corrections, and quiet acts of trust?

That's why Affection matters.

Affection, for self and others, is another word for compassion. It isn't about lowering your standards. It's about creating the inner support that helps you learn, grow, and keep moving forward, especially when life doesn't go as planned.

When we respond to our set backs with  Affection instead of harsh self-criticism, we can learn from those set backs and begin again more easily.

What is one small way you can offer yourself Affection today? Share your answer in the comments.

Your reflection might inspire someone else.

I’ve always said that love is a practice, and like most things we practice, it is difficult. That truth contrasts with everyone thinking love is easy, but what about when we encounter people we don’t want to love? There are times I get up in the morning, and I think, ‘Okay. Who am I to love today?’ That is not a choice based on who I think is cute, or who I want to spend time with, but it’s the recognition of the hunger we all have for love.
                                                                                bell hooks

May this sacred pause offer you clarity, gratitude, and a deeper appreciation for all that has been unfolding during this season.

Love, Light, and Blessings,

The roses make the world so sweet,
The bees, the birds have such a tune,
There's such a light and such a heat     
And such a joy this June...
                                                                                      George MacDonald

Happy Summer Solstice, Kindred Spirit:

It’s wild to think it’s summer solstice! I know people (and I) say this every year, but I truly feel like the first five months of 2026 have felt like an entire year itself - I barely remember January, February, or March.

June brings a very different energy than the months we've just moved through.  

Summer solstice isn’t just a day that marks the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere and the longest day and shortest night, it’s a sacred and powerful energetic turning point that marks the beginning of a new phase of growth, expansion and expression that is supported by the light - literally.

It’s a time where hope, possibility and potential, wonder and joy, and a more open and receptive heart and mind can more easily take the lead. Even the astrological influences of this time of year are lighter and more nurturing (i.e. Gemini and Cancer season, for example).

The word “solstice” comes from the Latin “solstitium,” which translates to “sun stands still” - so it’s also a sacred time for stillness, to pause and acknowledge all of the blessings and the challenges thus far this year, and who you’ve become through both.

I encourage you to take a sacred pause today to reflect on and tune into this. The answers you come up with and feelings you tap into will impact what happens for and through you for the remainder of this year.

In other words, you get to decide how much light you let in from here.

After all the intensity, momentum, and big shifts, this month and summer solstice offer us a chance to slow down, regroup, and lovingly reconnect with ourselves before the energy ramps up again later this summer.

Between everything happening in the world and everything unfolding within our own lives, we’re living through a period of profound change, awakening, and emerging. And if there’s one thing I’ve witnessed over and over again in client sessions, and within, it’s this: 

Something remarkable is happening.

Something new is ready and trying to emerge.

This isn’t transformation...when something comes from something old.

This is about emerging...something new, different, never experienced before is coming forth. Kind of like a caterpillar emerging into a butterfly—not a transformed version of a caterpillar.

Sometimes it arrives first as a “breakdown before a breakthrough” (or ten, as many people are reporting an uptick in this experience), sometimes it’s a crossroads, a life transition, a relationship shift… Or a growing sense that the life you’ve known no longer fits who you’re becoming.

Like a caterpillar’s fuzzy body no longer fits a butterfly’s delicate wings.

Yet, what I’ve seen on the other side of these experiences is something beautiful: greater clarity, deeper self-trust, allowing Affection--for ourselves and others that opens us to a more embodied relationship with Who We Truly Are.

A version of yourself that is aligned with Wisdom- a version who can be with the hard stuff without running, spiritual-bypassing or numbing out, and who can also hold more light.

This is exactly how the Sacred Mandalas: Aligning with Inner, Nature, and Universal Wisdom oracle card reading for the collective is designed to support our emergence.

This is the time for curiosity and allowing.

What story do you tell yourself about what has happened to you, what you're capable of, and what you hope to achieve? Is the conversation in your head each day empowering and encouraging you, or holding you back?

What do we need to know this month about thinking differently, what we’re learning, and how we speak to ourselves?

In this month's Oracle Card Reading for the Collective we explore the energy of Affection and what it means for each of us as we move forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence.

There is something in the reading for everyone. This oracle card reading blends intuitive insight and practical guidance to help you understand the season you’re in, what it’s asking of you, and the most aligned path forward.

During and following Sacred Mandalas oracle card readings, clients report that they feel more grounded, inspired, and connected to their Wholeness. They are able to move forward with greater ease and confidence because their experience is validated and clarified in a way that finally makes sense.

I like to think of it as an infusion of Affection with Alignment with inner, nature, and Universal Wisdom. The readings offer a burst of remembering our Wholeness.

When I sit down to do these readings, I ask the Universe and Archangel Ariel to show me/us where there is Affection in our life and to reveal a map that helps us navigate our lives with hope, and intention as we choose Love’s Presence and move toward living our soul-guided purpose.

When I pull the oracle cards and I sit with them and intentionally see the colors, the essence, and absorb the mandala meaning, something shifts within. Everything settles. The noise in my head becomes quiet, followed by clarity. I can see truths I may have been too overwhelmed to notice before.

This card reading supports Choosing Love’s Presence, receiving guidance as you grow into your next chapter, and discovering new ways to bring the magic, mystery and power of Affection into your life.

Come back to this reading whenever you’re feeling stuck, seeking clarity, or when you're ready to Choose Love’s Presence—and experience Affection within, in nature, and with the Universe.

This is a three-card reading. Before I pulled the cards I asked:

How does Affection support moving forward toward choosing Love’s Presence—today, throughout June and the year ahead?

The first card, the Focus Card, is selected from the Chakra Suite—Inner Wisdom--practical wisdom, and reveals what we are called to cultivate and expand.

What do we/you/I need to cultivate that supports Affection and moving toward  Choosing Love’s Presence in June and beyond?

The 2nd card supports the Focus Card, the allies and helpers who guide use and is selected from the Archangel Suite—Universal Wisdom—cards. 

What guidance are we/you/I ready to receive that supports expanding Affection as we/you/I move forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence?

The 3rd card supports our next steps toward moving forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence and is selected from the Seasons Suite—Nature Wisdom—cards. 

What do we need to know that supports a possible future?

This reading is perfect for summer solstice energy that gives us permission to see ourselves differently, with Affection. To tell a more loving story about ourselves. And, with an open heart, to trust that we have new chapters to write that tell the story of who we really are.

May you trust your voice, and set intentions that help you tell your story with Affection, greater confidence, and deeper authenticity.

May this turning point offer you moments of stillness and spaciousness, along with renewed wonder for what is quietly emerging within and around you. May the light illuminate what is ready to grow, and may you continue to trust the gentle unfolding of your path.

Summer solstice blessings,

For a limited time, with the purchase of our Sacred Mandalas: 48 Card Oracle Deck with Guidebook we offer a personal, complimentary oracle card reading. 

Co-Creative Mandalas have a vibration that
anchors, activates specific qualities, and
represents something about ourselves,
the natural world, and the energy in the Universe
at a particular time. This year the mandalas support Choosing Love’s Presence within,
with the rhythms in nature,
and with the Great Mandala.

The mandala archetype for this month is Clarity.

It's been fun, illuminating, and surprising to explore Clarity and all the ways it supports
Choosing Love’s Presence.

Love’s Presence within mind, body, and spirit is seen, felt, and experienced by listening to
your inner guidance
and finding joy, peace, and wonder.

How is Clarity calling you to embrace
Choosing Love’s Presence?

This Co-Creative Mandala—Clarity—is from a photograph of a glad (symbolizes clarity) and zinnia (symbolizes deep connection) and is associated with the root, solar plexus, heart, throat, and crown chakras. It reminds us that sometimes we think clarity arrives first. But often clarity shows up after movement, after we take action. After experimenting. After allowing a messy beginning. After trying...maybe failing...maybe succeeding. After following a small creative urge that doesn’t fully make sense yet. Release the need to know. This is the time to stay in curiosity and acceptance. Open to and trust the next small steps.

I’m late with writing my May blog post. Aaargh! Even though I’ve been reflecting on what Clarity actually means, I’m finding it amusing and frustrating that I can’t get clear about writing about clarity. According to an AI search, my dilemma isn’t uncommon.

Writing about clarity is notoriously tricky—it’s the classic "meta" problem. It's like trying to bite your own teeth or see your own eyes without a mirror.

Okie, dokie, artichokie...that explanation feels on target with how I’m feeling. And, somehow comforting.

Ms. Chat also suggested that I start with what Clarity isn’t, i.e., it’s not big words or man splaining. Okay, got it.

Second, present what I want to say as if the reader is a 5 year old. Well, that’s insulting, right? But maybe she’s on to something, so here goes.

So, what is Clarity? I have come to realize that Clarity is an awareness of our true nature, our Wholeness. While co-creating the Sacred Mandalas: Mandala Messages for Aligning with Inner, Nature, and Universal Wisdom oracle card deck and guidebook, I had a felt sense of Clarity. I embodied my soul-guided purpose. I knew I was meant to steward the deck into the world. I realized the truth of my being and all beings—we are all connected. Clarity is one of the aspects, one of the qualities, of Love’s Presence. And, it's also the path to choosing Love's Presence. Those insights were profound and life changing.

And, sometimes I lose sight of that Clarity. Lately, that’s been an overarching feeling.

From what I’m hearing from clients and seeing in the world, I’m in good company. Misery loves company, right?

We’re in a transition time...individually and collectively. We know change is the norm these days, but don’t know what the change(s) will bring. Our go-to strategies no longer serve us. Love’s Presence can feel distant. Self-judgment may grow louder. Relationships may feel strained. We lose touch with the warmth and aliveness of our own hearts, with out soul-guided purpose.

Without Clarity, we can feel adrift.

Even though this is the season (metaphorically and in nature) for embarking on a different path in life or perhaps stepping into a new era, one where you can do things differently than you have in the past—a new path hasn’t revealed itself, yet.

The future isn’t visible. This time gives us an opportunity to step into our dreams, our vision...surrender to the unknown and trust the unfolding of something new. We are asked to give ourselves the gift of not knowing, even if the uncertainty is uncomfortable.

I’ve come to see Clarity as something quite simple and immediate. It’s the willingness to turn inward, moment by moment, and ask ourselves one essential, compassionate question:

What do I need?

The interesting thing is that the answer is not always the same. But it will always bring Clarity.

Clarity has a way of revealing the path while we’re walking it. Clarity comes when we stay in conversation with Wisdom...inner, nature, and the Universe.

Different moments require different forms of Clarity.

Sometimes the most helpful response is to turn toward the uncertainty. And say, with gentle compassion, “I don’t know”. And, then stay with the discomfort to help us learn that uncertainty is tolerable.

Often choosing Love’s Presence with compassion involves learning how to be with emotional discomfort directly, without trying to make it go away.

But compassion isn't one-size-fits-all.

Sometimes staying present with the feelings of discomfort doesn’t work for our nervous system in that moment. We might need to move our attention away from feelings of uncertainty and fear altogether, particularly when we’re feeling overwhelmed.

What is needed isn’t deeper presence with the difficult feelings, but grounding.

Grounding comes in many forms: Breath work; scanning our environment; meditation; Yoga; gardening; time in nature...just to name a few.

Early in May in the  Sacred Mandalas Oracle Card Reading for the Collective, we offered a simple, grounded way to use oracle cards to quiet the noise and gain real Clarity about where you are right now by revealing the influences that limit and expand Clarity. The foundational belief behind the reading, i.e., you are your own oracle supports you in reconnecting with your inner guidance so that you can shift out of overwhelm into a greater sense of steadiness and trust.

The three card reading practice i.e., what you need to cultivate (Inner Wisdom—the Chakras), what guidance you are ready to receive (Universal Wisdom—Archangels), and a possible future (Nature Wisdom—the Seasons) you learn how to receive insight, inspiration, and Clarity in a way that feels authentic, supportive, and immediately applicable to your life journey.

This is why I think Clarity and asking the question “What do I need?” is so important.

Sometimes Love’s Presence asks us to bravely stay with difficult emotions.

Sometimes Love’s Presence asks us to ground, orient, stabilize, and care for ourselves by stepping back from difficult feelings.

Choosing Love’s Presence and finding Clarity isn’t about following one rigid formula. It’s about learning to listen wisely and compassionately to our mind, body, and spirit.

It’s not about transformation...it’s about emergence.

When I was seeking clarity about Clarity. I found this website. I appreciate her simple, straight forward and profound approach toward finding and living spiritual Clarity. Maybe you'll find it helpful, too.

As we move through the various life challenges we will inevitably encounter, my hope is that we can all pause, moment by moment, and ask ourselves the quintessential compassionate question: 

What do I need to emerge into my most expansive self?

May you find Clarity in the midst of uncertainty.

Blessings,

My spirit remembers what my mind forgets.
                                                             Annonymous

Happy May, Kindred Spirit:

May is a very powerful month.

The 1st of May - May Day, and in Celtic tradition, Beltane, the mid-point between spring equinox and summer solstice—celebrated life, growth, and abundance—and marked the beginning of summer. It also arrived with the full Flower Moon—celebrating the bountiful blossoms this time of year.

We’re in one of the brightest turning points of the year. The days are longer. The bees are collecting spring flower pollen, birds are singing louder--bringing the feeling that something is awakening. So many of us are craving ways to gather, to mark the turning points.

This month asks us to Cultivate Clarity...about what wants to grow — What needs nurturing. When we soften, trust divine timing, and tend the soil of our becoming with compassion, gentleness, and gratitude—our visions take root and grow.

May is asking you to cultivate Clarity about what feels aligned, what truly nourishes you, how to trust your inner knowing, and choose Love’s Presence. This month’s Sacred Mandala Oracle Reading for the Collective is a beautiful place to do exactly that.

Can you feel how we’re moving towards summer: longer days with more sunlight, so much growth in our gardens, the trees in full bloom?

And layered within it… is something even more symbolic.

If you imagine the year as a life cycle, this is the time when changes in nature reflect the changes that take place in our own lives now and throughout the year. Celebrating and marking these points of noticeable shifts in nature helps us honor and integrate these transitions into our lives and bring body, mind and spirit into harmony with the rhythms of nature.  

The intentions we set earlier in the year are no longer just ideas. They’re ready to blossom. Not all growth is visible — some of it is quiet and sacred. Even in the unseen, life is preparing its next beautiful expression. Right now nature’s energies invite you to focus on the hopes and dreams you would like to see blossom in your life over the next months.

This is the most beautiful time to create, to tend your garden (inner and outer), and connect with something bigger than ourselves. Right now, you might be feeling like something is shifting… but you may not know what to do with it.

You may be pulled toward growth, but also holding yourself back. You may be tired of staying in the same place, but unsure how to move forward. When something inside you says: “Now is the time for growth” it’s not the time for overthinking or endless planning.

This is the time to step forward and act. That quiet inner voice doesn’t go away. It lingers. Pulls at you. Reminds you… there’s more you’re meant to allow to awaken. This time of the Great Mandala brings more than flowers and sunshine. It brings courage.

It brings expansion. It asks for Clarity. Without Clarity – it’s easy to ignore, overthink what is unfolding for you, or simply let the moment pass. This is the moment in the year when life begins to fully bloom —and you’re being invited to do the same. This is the perfect moment to pull a three card spread, a gentle, creative way to step into this energy and embody it.

And this is exactly why I love doing Sacred Mandalas: Mandala Messages for Aligning with Inner, Nature, and Universal Wisdom card readings. Not because they give all the answers or predict the future, but because they bring us back into alignment with our inner, nature, and Universal wisdom that illuminates what’s already trying to come through. They help you see what you might not be seeing. Feel what you’ve been disconnected from. And reconnect with your Clarity in a way that feels grounded and real. 

If you’ve been feeling like you’re in that in-between space… Where something is shifting, but you can’t fully name it yet… Or you’re ready to move forward, but don’t want to force your way there… This is exactly the kind of space this card reading is meant to meet you in.

When I sit down to do these readings, I ask the Universe and Archangel Ariel to show me/us where there is Clarity in our life and to reveal a map that helps us navigate our lives with hope, and intention as we choose Love’s Presence and move toward living our soul-guided purpose.

When I pull the oracle cards and I sit with them and intentionally see the colors, the essence, and absorb the mandala meaning, something shifts within. Everything settles. The noise in my head becomes quiet, followed by Clarity. I can see truths I may have been too overwhelmed to notice before.

This card reading supports Choosing Love’s Presence, receiving guidance as you grow into your next chapter, and discovering new ways to bring the magic, mystery and power of Clarity into your life.

Come back to this reading whenever you’re feeling stuck, seeking clarity, or when you're ready to Choose Love’s Presence—and experience Clarity within, in nature, and with the Universe.

This is a three-card reading. Before I pulled the cards I asked:

How does Clarity support moving forward toward choosing Love’s Presence—today, throughout May and the year ahead?

The first card, the Focus Card, is selected from the Chakra Suite—Inner Wisdom—practical wisdom, and reveals what we are called to cultivate and expand.

What do we/you/I need to cultivate that supports Clarity and moving toward  Choosing Love’s Presence in May and beyond?

The 2nd card supports the Focus Card, the allies and helpers who guide use and is selected from the Archangel Suite—Universal Wisdom—cards. 

What guidance are we/you/I ready to receive that supports expanding Clarity as we/you/I move forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence?

The 3rd card supports our next steps toward moving forward toward Choosing Love’s Presence and is selected from the Seasons Suite—Nature Wisdom—cards. 

What do we need to know that supports a possible future?

Like nature right now—we have access to our rich and fertile energy. We can use this energy to continue to grow, to evolve, to meet the changes and challenges that shape our current reality with grace and joy. This is the time to nurture our winter dreams, the visions, ideas that are bursting forth.

Even if what’s blossoming is small or it doesn’t look the way you expected, allow yourself to embrace the present instead of forcing the future.

Take a moment to pause, reflect, and reconnect with where you are right now. Because even if it doesn’t feel like it yet… something is opening. And you don’t have to rush it. This isn’t about forcing growth. It’s about being present and flowing with what is awakening.

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
                                                                            Rumi

Wishing you a beautiful beginning of summer season, — full of aliveness, possibility, and quiet becoming.  

May what is stirring within you continue to grow, and may you step into summer feeling inspired and fully alive.

May all your dreams and wishes come true!

Sending you love, light, and blessings.