October Soul Reading for the Week Ahead

This week for me has been filled with vivid dreams which I do believe many of you are experiencing as well. I've also been investigating healing on an ancestral level.

My questions for you are: How can we feed our souls in times of stress without burning out? How are you coping? What do you need? Please feel free to email me directly if you feel called to do so.

Please also enjoy my Moonday Soul Reading Video and Blog to help you relieve stress and tune into the week ahead with a heart-centered focus. I suggest you watch my video first and then scroll down for the meaning of the cards pulled in my reading.

Soul Reading Video

Zodiac Goddess Cards for the Week Ahead

Sagittarius Goddess by Kathy Crabbe

Sagittarius Goddess by Kathy Crabbe

Card 1: Sagittarius Goddess (Zodiac Goddess Power Deck)

Sagittarius Meditation

In Sag’s truth my fears dissipate and
my dreams open to expand us all.

Sagittarius Affirmations

  • I stretch my horizons to envision the big big picture

  • I see the glorious possibilities in everything

  • I am free of all restrictions

  • I inhale optimism, courage and speed

  • I trust in life

  • I am lucky

  • My courage protects me and my sisters and brothers

Sagittarius Goddess: Artemis by Kathy Crabbe

Sagittarius Goddess: Artemis by Kathy Crabbe

Card 2: Sagittarius Goddess: Artemis (Zodiac Goddess Power Deck)

Sagittarius Goddess ~ Artemis

Artemis, Artemis,
Goddess of the wood
You are bows and arrows, death and birth
Midnight revels and pregnant mirth.
Wild woman, child, hunter of beast,
We find our true self when we dance at your feast.

Artemis is the virgin moon-goddess roaming the forest with her band of nymphs, bearing the bow and quiver, avoiding men and killing any male who looks upon her. She was also known as the many-breasted Artemis of Ephesus, a symbol of fecundity. As the warlike Artemis she is said to have been the special goddess of the Amazons.

Capricorn Goddess by Kathy Crabbe

Capricorn Goddess by Kathy Crabbe

Card 3: Capricorn Goddess (Zodiac Goddess Power Deck)

Capricorn Meditation: Focus your energies to allow creation.

Capricorn Affirmations

  • I am self-disciplined, logical, persistent and efficient

  • I am strong and I will endure

  • I am ambitious, responsible and secure

  • I am grounded and compassionate

  • I am a success in everything I do

Aquarius Goddess by Kathy Crabbe

Aquarius Goddess by Kathy Crabbe

Card 4: Aquarius Goddess (Zodiac Goddess Power Deck)

Aquarian Meditation

Aquarius is the knowledge that all we do effects humanity.
We are humanity. We are love.
A new vision is birthed from the old.

Aquarius Affirmations

  • I seek out unusual people and experiences.

  • I overstep my boundaries to create the unusual and manifest my dreams.

  • I teach unconditional love.

  • I believe in the limitless possibilities of life.

  • I am called to the circle where I tend the web of community.

  • I am a force for change.

Behold by Kathy Crabbe

Behold by Kathy Crabbe

Card 5: Abraxia upholds the sky (Lefty Oracle Deck)

Mantra: I expand.

Affirmation: I am guided by my own innate wisdom and in tune with Mother Earth and Father Sky.

Element: Air

If this card appears in a reading anything goes; the possibilities are endless. You have the power to reach for the stars and expand your consciousness into infinity. Your will is strong, your reach is far and your intuition is a guiding force. You are a power to be reckoned with. If you don’t feel this within yourself, then seek out a new friend or an old friend who is expanding in this way and watch their magick unfold. Learn from it; ask questions, analyze, intuit, journal.

In my own life, I find that this card stimulates my strong double Aquarius Moon so I push myself to reach deeper and farther into the mystery, untangle webs and uncover stars. My responsibilities as a shaman and healer are being tested, and I must become stronger because growth is change and I must surrender to the inevitable. The only thing we know for certain is that this too shall change.

Expressive Body Movement Challenge
Stand up (or if you prefer, stay seated) with your arms stretched up high and your feet firmly planted on the ground. Lift your arms as if you’re trying to touch the stars in the night sky (like Goddess Nut), bearing the weight of all this beauty and yourself. Feel your body as a conduit connecting earth and sky. You are a Divine channel allowing the heavens to touch the Earth. Be with this. Feel this. Stretch, stretch, stretch and imagine.

Card 6: Horse (Elfin Ally Oracle Deck)

Horse by Kathy Crabbe

Horse by Kathy Crabbe

Keyword: Graceful
Meaning: With great pride and joy you charge forward trusting you are on the right path.
Reversed: You are at a crossroads, stuck and uncertain.

Affirmation: I am loyal and free.
Astrology: Jupiter, Sagittarius, Sun
Element: Fire

Medicine: Your gentle, spirited eyes kiss and heal the freedom lover within.

Lore: She called to her wildness and freedom unchained, at home with the wind, her beauty un-reined.

I hear you call my name each night before I go to sleep. Your gentle whinny in my ear tells me I am safe and sleep is guaranteed.

Kathy Crabbe

About Kathy Crabbe

I am a soul reader, spirit medium, astrologer and artist located in sunny Southern California.

I work with 5 hand painted, self published oracle decks & I paint kitty portraits too. Chakra Cleansing, Prayers, all things witchy, magickal, creative & inspirational are my tools. Deep insight & healing to help you move forward Healthy, Whole and Holy. I teach a Moon eClass at Wise Woman School founded by Susun Weed. In business since 1993 I’m an initiate of the Celtic Faerie Shaman Tradition.

Serenity Comes In Many Flavours

We are born to serenity. As we call serenity to us we rediscover the blessings within. Take a moment now to feed on the serenity you know is within you. If you can’t feel it, find a stone and rest your hand or body upon it, allowing the stone to touch your bare skin and impart its inner rock-ness to you. That is serenity. So simple, yet such a stretch for many of us who fly and flit about like busy, busy bees.

stones (Kathy Crabbe)

With serenity comes peace and release. As witches we know how to call upon the elements that feed us. As an earth sign (Virgo) with lots of earth influences in my natal chart I resonate well with rocks. As a fire sign or with a fiery chart, moon, or rising sign you may need a flame, a bonfire or a candle for serenity. As an air sign try listening to the wind through the leaves or needles of the trees. As a water sign sit by a fountain or better yet, by a brook, or by the ocean to find serenity.

To take things a step further, try meditating or sitting in ritual or ceremony with your favorite element. I like to hold my stone of choice up to my third eye or visualize it there between my eyebrows and up a bit while requesting dream guidance and wisdom.

Benitoite-Neptunite

For this article I was drawn to an unusual stone from San Benito County, California called Benitoite which I ‘spoke’ with as I channeled information relevant to our discussion about serenity. The Benitoite felt warm and open (like the desert weather we get in Southern California) and I could feel my guard coming down and my senses relax, along with my body. My eyes felt droopy and half shut but I also felt alert!

Irwin-by-Kathy-Crabbe

Sometimes a stone’s intensity can become too much when held up to the third eye so I intuit which hand wants to hold it (the left in this case). In cahoots with this stone I also chose a card from my Lefty Oracle Series (drawn with my non dominant left hand) which helped to facilitate this channeling. I then held the stone over the card and continued to write. I then became the snake; an excellent visualization and body exercise for you to try which will help you ground and center. Try it now by simply lying on the floor and undulating or curling up in a ball; feeling your body stretch and luxuriate in such a simple pleasure.

 It’s only now that I actually look at the card I’ve pulled and then I ask ‘Irwin’: “are you truly serene?”(‘cause you sure don’t look it). Yet sometimes we need the barrier and protection that comes fromdressing up and appearing angry, weird and strange. Like armour, our clothes, hair and piercings can frighten others away, so that we can have the serenity and alone time we desire; a self-created barrier to intimacy.

Sometimes we need to belong to no-one or nothing. We stand alone. This too brings a serenity of sorts; a misunderstood sort of serenity that, as a Gen Xer I know well. I too used to wear punk makeup and clothes with affectation and I found it empowering. People were afraid of me! I could walk around without any need to explain myself. Yes, I received stares, but also serenity – no one dared bug me. So yes, serenity does come in many flavours.

However you choose to know serenity, that’s up to you, but give it a chance, daily. It can be the basis for a whole new path of self discovery into your creative soul.

kathy crabbe

About Kathy Crabbe
Creative Soul Guide, Gen X witch, artist and creator of the Moon Musing eclass “Awaken Your Divine Feminine Soul” and the Lefty Oracle Deck. Kathy offers Soul Readings to guide you on your path.

Amongst ancient oaks and an elfin forest Kathy finds serenity in Sage, California with her husband and best friends, Abby the big dog and Djinn Djinn the little one.