How To Give Your Intuition A Work Out (Pisces New Moon)

It’s time again to set your intentions for the New Moon. In Pisces this Moon brings us watery, blissful, spiritual vibes so take advantage of this moon-ey time to get some much needed rest (it IS the dark time of the moon so you may feel low-energy) and to be creatively blissed out through ritual, love, crafting, baking, making art, music or even just sitting in nature in meditation.

I turned to my one of my artistic mentors (who is deceased) by the name of Leonora Carrington and practiced the ancient technique of Bibliomancy which means I randomly (intuitively) chose a few words of hers (from her short stories) to guide the direction of this New Moon blog. The results of my experiment indicated that you may have a real need right now for more spiritual inspiration. I also want to tie that thought in to my newest painting “Bellona” from my upcoming Faerieality Oracle Deck.

Bellona is a Bibliomantically inspired painting. The quote that inspired her came from The Book of Shadows by Phyllis Curott.

Bellona sliced another opening between the worlds and again she spoke the archaic yet stirring words, this time declared as a warrior’s challenge.
— The Book of Shadows by Phyllis Curott

Bellona’s “domain included the entire arena of conflict, diplomatic as well as military. Even her name shows her importance, for the Latin word for war, bellum, derives from her name.” (quotation from The Book of Goddesses & Heroines by Patricia Monaghan)

This technique of Bibliomancy puts intuition via chance into high gear and helps one trust one’s intuition even more. You can too, it takes practice and working out one’s intuition, like a muscle, to encourage it to grow stronger.

Bellona (detail) by Kathy Crabbe (Faerieality Oracle Series)

Bellona (detail) by Kathy Crabbe (Faerieality Oracle Series)

I also wanted to acknowledge the heart-broken this past Valentine’s Day. The pressure of this day may be too much for those in trauma from any kind of heart-break, loss, abandonment, bereavement or sorrow.

I heart you, I hear you. Bellona, warrior Goddess stands by you as your protector “In the names of Sekmet and Horus. So mote it be.”

Pisces Oracle from the Zodiac Goddess Power Deck

Pisces by Kathy Crabbe (Zodiac Goddess Power Deck)

Pisces by Kathy Crabbe (Zodiac Goddess Power Deck)

Pisces Meditation

To feel love is pure warmth, wholeness, open-ness, selfless-ness, shameless, guiltless joy – that is love.

Pisces Affirmations

  • I believe

  • I relax in solitude

  • I am a mystic of the spirit realm

  • I create to my heart’s content

  • I open my heart to other’s realities

  • My dreams, visions and intuition guide me

  • I am the mermaid

I Paint Pisces

During the Pisces Meditation I questioned Love. Love is everything from pain to pleasure and I needed to listen and love myself first before I could love anyone else.  But how do we know if love is true? Love is warm, whole, open and selfless. Love is shameless, guiltless joy. Later that night I had a dream where Love poured through me unlike anything I’d ever felt before.

My Pisces painting flowed magically and gracefully onto the illustration board and I felt Her energy calm, serene, peaceful and knowing.

Allow Piscean energy into your life by letting love in. Share your creations because you know they are coming from a place of love. Love IS everything.

About Kathy Crabbe
Feel Kathy’s healing energy guide you with a gentle touch. You ARE in alignment with your soul’s purpose. As a professional seer Kathy provides you with a safe and encouraging space to shine light upon your hidden gifts and talents in tune with your spirit guides and the divines.

Kathy Crabbe offers soul readings, psychic-mediumship, past life readings and astrology reports using her own hand painted oracle card decks both virtually and in person in Temecula, California and the Thousand Islands, Canada.

Aquarius New Moon Blessings

Dear Moon Muser,

It's a New Year and the first New Moon so I pulled a card from one of my five oracle card decks and I meditated. Take a moment now to contemplate the card I pulled below and to envision your emotional boundaries surrounding and protecting you in this Brave New World.

My job is to paint and explore Otherworlds; to heal and be healed. What is your job this year?

How will your boundaries protect you?

Ask the Fairy Kats and Herbs for help, if need be. Then make your New Moon Wish for the moonth ahead and sprinkle it with fairy dust.

Cat Herbal New Moon Oracle

Beebalm by Kathy Crabbe (Cat Herbal Oracle Deck)

Beebalm by Kathy Crabbe (Cat Herbal Oracle Deck)

Beebalm Affirmation: I savor my sweetness.
View the Cat Herbal Deck here.

Fairy Herbal Oracle News

Nina from Shuffle Tarot has just created a lovely Walk Through Video of the new Fairy Herbal Deck - enjoy!

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I have been called by Spirit to live a creative life and to be of service, both through my artwork and my intuitive guidance.

Sparkly Blessings!
Kathy 'Kat' Crabbe
Temecula, California

Sag New Moon Winter Magick

Dear Moon Muser,

I have missed sharing my life with you since the last New Moon! Last blog post I didn't get a chance to and I realized that what I love most in blogs is the personal touch and getting to know the person behind the work.

Winter here in Southern California is mild - very mild. A few of the trees are just now changing color: burnt oranges (Chinese Pistachio), yellow (Sycamores) and a few bright red maples. Dusk falls around 4:45 pm and it drops to almost freezing at night.

Samhain (Hallow's Eve) is the Witches New Year and I adore this dark time of the year, but also I'm so glad for the sun of SoCali. I am part Snake (born Year of the Snake in '65) and I appreciate the sun and warmth in the dead of Winter.

For added Fairy Winter Inspiration I'm reading: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden, Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust and The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington.

My latest passion is Color Theory. I'm mixing, labeling, ordering and playing with ALL my watercolors and gouache on a much deeper and more analytical level, what fun! It keeps my Virgo, sixth house Sun active.

As we roll into the deepest of deep Winter days, I remember to quiet things down more and more. The busier the world gets the quieter and more contemplative one can be - this is the magick of the season.

With the New Moon in Sagittarius on Nov. 23 it's time now to set intentions for the moonth ahead, seeding your travels (Sag loves adventure) into worlds unknown, trusting in synchronicity to bring you all you need to expand and grow deeper, always deeper, darker, ever darker.

How are you inviting in the dark? Time to pull a card and find out.

Sparkly Winter Blessings,
Kathy 'Kat' Crabbe
Soul Reader & Artist

Sagittarius New Moon Fairy Herbal Oracle

Rose Fairy Lantern by Kathy Crabbe (Fairy Herbal Oracle Deck)

Rose Fairy Affirmation:
“I honour all that is sacred.”

This feminine herb of the Moon is a member of the Lily family native to California. Fairy bells entice nature spirits to stay and play. An herb of the Underworld it helps one ritually celebrate inner beauty, goddess and chakras, break love spells and protects one from the evil eye.

Astrology: Libra, Mars, Moon, Sun, Taurus, Venus
Deity: Kuan Yin, Rhiannon, Sarah, Venus
Element: Water
Healing: Spiritual

Kathy Crabbe

Soul Readings

Now in this Dark Time of Year when busy-ness, life pressure, world trauma and sorrow fill our screens please know dear ones that I am here in this darkness to help guide you to that spark of intuition found within; your guiding light, your way forward, into the Spring, in touch with the Divines, your Ancestors, the herbs and the Animal totems that call your name in times of need. For healing, magic and wonder await you, believe... it is so.

Here is where to reach me for a Soul Reading.

Scorpio New Moon Blessings

Dear Moon Muser,

I've been gone from home nine weeks. Three weeks on the road and five weeks off-grid in Canada.

My website and etsy store have been shut down so no marketing, selling, etc. My internet and movie/series intake was minimal. My time was spent in nature, or reading, writing, sketching, with friends, or simply in quiet reverie.

Now that I've been back for over 24 hours I've managed to watch three of the Homeland series and my sleep was filled with unwanted images. How easy it is to be swept up in the powerful stories of media that constantly surround us, beckoning and demanding that we fill the empty spaces in our life with their sound and fury.

It's hard to be selective. It's easier to let the media in. Why? Because we can. It's everywhere. I've just come from a quiet, empty, off-grid, on-the-road space back into my everyday life and it's time to make some choices.

I have re-opened my website and etsy shop so I can offer my soul readings, astrology, art and oracle decks to you once again and do art/craft shows.

I also want to blog more. If you have any suggestions or ideas for me, just drop me a line. I'd love to hear from you and continue to be of service.

Welcome Home!

Within 24 hours of returning home to Southern California I was stung by a scorpion! Luckily the Common California Scorpion's venom is not dangerous unless you are very old or very young and I was fine, the pain was minor. I like to think that the sting was a reminder saying, "Hey, you're back in a place of magick, deep mystery and mystical exploration. Awaken to your power, listen deeply and be of service."

I hear Mother Mary, Maat, Rhiannon, Sekhmet, Brigid and Kerridwen calling. I am here.

Blessed Bee,
Kathy 'Kat' Crabbe
Soul Reader & Artist

Fairy Duster (Fairy Herbal Oracle Deck by Kathy Crabbe)

Fairy Duster (Fairy Herbal Oracle Deck by Kathy Crabbe)

Scorpio New Moon Fairy Herbal Oracle

Affirmation: “I am healthy, whole and holy.”

Also known as Angel’s Hair in Spanish, this Legume Family herb acts as a mood stabilizer to balance one’s hopes and dreams. It helps one connect with the Underworld and is eaten at funerals. Make into amulets and rattles for love, good fortune and protection from evil and negativity.

Astrology: Mercury, Scorpio, Taurus, Venus
Deity: Äkräs, Carna, Demeter
Element: Air
Healing: Treats fever, kidneys

*Artwork is from the Fairy Herbal Oracle Deck by Kathy Crabbe. Order here.

About Kathy Crabbe

Feel Kathy’s healing energy guide you with a gentle touch. You ARE in alignment with your soul’s purpose.

As a soul reader, astrologer, artisan and oracle deck maker I provide a safe space and encouragement to assist my clients in shining light upon their gifts and hidden depths in tune with spirit and the divines.