I Heart Cactus esp. here in Southern California where DROUGHT is a big issue right now. These pix were all taken in Spring when cactus flowers.
Full Moon in Sagittarius: Where past and present meet
Dear Creative Soul,
What's coming to fruition for you right now? If you set intentions on June 17 for the New Moon in Taurus look back at them now and take note. If you didn't then check in with your body and your higher self to find out what's going on.
Because it's Mercury Retrograde, don't expect a lot of forward motion until June 11 when Mercury goes direct, or better yet until June 27 when the shadow period is over.
Sagittarius rules abundance, aliens, dreams, long journeys, the upper legs, prayer, college teachers, turquoise and writers.
While the Moon is in Sag it's a good time to:
- Seek new horizons
- Explore worlds without maps
- Quest!
- Be outrageous
- Look to the future
- Seek freedom from all oppression
This Sag Full Moon makes me feel like crawling into a cave and soaking up some mineral wisdom. I'd bring a pencil, pen, Winsor Newton watercolor brushes, watercolor paper, gouache and some pigments made from an ancient formula. I'd go back in time to when I was a sacred scribe; a monk; alone, but never lonely, never hungry, never thirsty, just filled with God/dess. This vision brings tears to my eyes.
I am still that monk, but in this lifetime my karmic mission is to express that depth of passion and wisdom in work that can touch others in an everyday way. I can live and create in the world, rather than outside of it. This I must remember.
If you're curious to delve further into your own past lives, I now offer Past Life Readings in person at The Learning Light Foundation in Anaheim (2nd Saturday of each month) and by phone. I also offer online readings accompanied by an 8-10 page written transcript (pdf).
Art News
I continue to paint a Lefty-a-day as part of the Riverside Art Museum's 52 Project with the possibility of having a museum exhibit. If you'd like to join me there are two options.
- Make a drawing using your non-dominant hand and send me a photo of your work along with your thoughts/feelings about the process.
- Write a story for one of my Leftys and email it to me at kathy at kathycrabbe dot com
You may also be featured in my Creative Soul Spotlight. Here's a peek at the very first Lefty Explorer, Christine along with her Lefty drawing and story.
NEW! Follow along as I paint a Lefty-a-Day for 365 days on Instagram as part of Riverside Art Museum's 52 Project - I take pix along the way so see you can see my paintings in progress.
NEW! Past Life Readings in person and by phone
To purchase the Full Moon in Sag Painting above please email me.
Upcoming Events with Kathy
Temecula Artist's Circle When: June 28, Sunday, 11 - 1 pm (Last Sunday of the month) Where: Ryan Bros Coffee, Temecula, California Facebook Group
Creative Soul Readings at Learning Light Foundation When: 2nd Saturdays, 10-5 Where: 1212 E. Lincoln Ave, Anaheim, CA
Creative Soul Readings at Karma Boutique When: June 27, Saturday, 11-5 Where: 4242 Camino Del Rio N. #19, San Diego, CA
Awaken Your Divine Feminine Soul eClass ~ Gemini Moon Term When: 1 week before the New Moon each month Where: Susun Weed's Wise Woman University
Links
Soul Readings Past Life Readings Astrology Reports Goddess Zodiac Playbook Instagram
Where's the Moon? Full Moon in Sagittarius, June 2, 9:19 am, Pacific Time
"What Goddess has done before, She now does for me and more!" ~ Adapted from the 77th Psalm and from page 60 in "The Writings of Florence Scovel Shinn"
About Kathy & the Leftys
Kathy Crabbe is an artist and energy reader living in sunny SoCal with her husband and pet muse, Abby the shaggy black dog in an adobe home they built themselves.
Kathy is painting a Lefty-a-Day for 365 days and posting all works in-progress on Instagram at http://instagram.com/kathycrabbeart
Inspired by Leftys: Creative Soul Spotlight on Christine
One of the biggest thrills for me in sharing my Lefty art in-progress on Instagram is inspiring others to paint their own 'leftys' or non-dominant hand drawings and stories which is exactly what Christine, today's featured Creative Soul has done.
Spotlight on Creative Soul Christine
Your paintings are inspiring and it's been so healing for me to be with my lefty's.
After meditation I always journal and now I like to play for a bit. Left hand only inspired by LeftyCrab aka Kathy Crabbe (see below).
I am not 'an artist' in the medium of visual arts so when I sit I just let myself be guided. I never know what's coming up! Today's was a doozy and more about a message of 'letting go' and stop letting some improbable quest for 'perfection' keep me from living fully! That's a mouthful! ~ Christine
About Christine
A mixologist of herbs, earth, seasons, flavor and life. I have been a practitioner and student of the healing arts for over 25 years. Over the last 20 years I have guided people on their own journey toward well being through the arts of hatha yoga, conscious eating and bodywork. These days I like to play in the big pool of the unknown and each dayhold space for myself and those who work with me to dive into that potential.
Christine's Lefty
Christine paints a Lefty
Links for Christine
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/rasalife
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/bonerootherb
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonerootherb
Share Your Leftys!
Please feel free to share your Leftys and stories with me and you might get featured on my blog or in a possible museum exhibit for The 52 Project which began in May of 2015 and is open to all - here's what it's about:
This self-directed 52-week art journaling exercise will help you develop the routines of capturing your creative thoughts and being artful on a regular basis. This exercise will lead you to slowly but surely accomplish some exciting things. As Steven Pressfield says in his book, DO THE WORK, “Start before you are ready” …you won’t be sorry. Steinbeck believed…”habit seems to be a much stronger force than either willpower or inspiration."
Kathy Crabbe at Beltane 2015
About Kathy & Her Leftys
Kathy Crabbe is an artist and energy reader living in sunny SoCal with her husband and pet muse, Abby the shaggy black dog in an adobe home they built themselves.
I'm painting a Lefty-a-Day for 365 days and am posting all works in-progress on my Instagram at
http://instagram.com/leftycrab
so please join the fun!
New Moon in Taurus: A Mind Changing Meditation
Taurus New Moon Altar by Kathy Crabbe
So, as I started to meditate for this New Moon in Taurus I suddenly stopped because the paints and my Leftys were calling to me louder than words and so I listened and this is what emerged.
Taurus New Moon Lefty in Progress by Kathy Crabbe
Taurus New Moon Lefty in Progress by Kathy Crabbe
Taurus New Moon Lefty by Kathy Crabbe
Now that she's sitting on my altar I can begin my meditation and New Moon Reading and I invite you to come along.
I have no great words of wisdom...I do have clouds after a rain with a blue sky peeking through and several tousle headed birds shaking off the rain that we so desperately need here in not-so-sunny SoCal and rays of light shining through my windows and silence, precious as rain. I have love and laughter and friends and family to share them with and a big, shaggy, black dog to take on long walks. I have tears and sorrow too, for I am human. I have mentors and books and a forest, both elfin and Northern.
Celebrate the Taurus energy of this New Moon by appreciating all that you DO have and all that is yours to protect and care for especially in the Natural World.
We are blessed indeed to be here on Planet Earth, but She needs our help. What part are you playing in this vital task?
I recently started reading "Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark On Our Brains" by neuroscientist, Susan Greenfield (published 2015) and I am finding it overly negative so am not sure I can finish it, but this part really resonated:
The less children play outdoors, the less they learn to cope with the risks and challenges they will go on to face as adults...Sometimes, even quite regularly, you might be bored. But it was that very state of understimulation that impelled you to draw a picture, make up a game, or go outside to play. The point I want to stress is that you were the driver and you would be in control of your own inner world, your own private reality. But now the screen can be the driver...You are now a passive recipient. ~ Susan Greenfield
I do believe the above to be true and I have to question whether this next quotation from Charles de Lint's book "Eyes Like Leaves" will even apply to us anymore if our brains are being re-wired through too many hours of screen time.
(paraphrased to make it female-centric) A wise woman follows her deepest instincts - that is the first lesson of the Birch. ~ Charles de Lint
Be Wise friends, be open and tell your kids stories instead.
Taurus New Moon Altar Suggestions from my Goddess Zodiac Playbook
Time of Year – Spring turns into summer, May Day, April 20 - May 20
Quality – Fixed
Element – Earth
Planetary Ruler – Venus
Anatomy – Neck, throat
Natural Sign of – 2nd House
Color – Earth colors, green, pink
Gemstone – Chrysocolla, green emerald, moss agate
Tarot Card – Hierophant
Goddesses – Demeter, Flora, Gaia, Hathor, Hera, Nokomis, Olwen, Rhea
Taurus Meditation
I am of the earth, Gaia feeds me, I worship her body as I worship my own.
Taurus Affirmations
I am practical, sensible and earthy
I am sensual and loyal
I am grounded and fulfilled in the arms of Mama Earth
I am creative and persistent
I grow deep roots
I am slowing down and enjoying myself
I take time to pamper and nurture myself
I indulge my senses on a regular basis
NEW! Lefty Talisman Paintings to accompany your Creative Soul Reading
NEW! Phone Readings
NEW! Follow along on Instagram
Ongling Events
Classes
*Awaken Your Divine Feminine Soul eClass at Susun Weed's Wise Woman University
Protection: Lefty Talisman by Kathy Crabbe
Links
Instagram: each day Kathy documents one Lefty a Day (in progress) as part of Riverside Art Museum's "The 52 Project" which equals 365 Days of Leftys - woohoo! This project is open to all and includes an opportunity to submit a proposal for a museum exhibit!
Where's the Moon?
New Moon in Taurus at 9:13 pm PDT, May 17 (Sunday)
About Kathy
Kathy Crabbe is an artist and energy reader living in sunny SoCal with her husband and pet muse, Abby the shaggy black dog in an adobe home they built themselves.
Kathy giving Creative Soul Readings at Learning Light Foundation in Anaheim, CA
How To Shamanically Release Money Worries this Scorpio Full Moon
The sex organs and the sacral chakra, other people's money, red, psychics, blood, mud, brambles, geysers, graveyards, toilets...what do all these have in common? They are all ruled by Scorpio, the sign of the upcoming Full Moon on Sunday, May 3 at 8:42 pm pacific time.
As I write these words while sitting in front of my altar I realize I don't want to channel for this particular Full Moon like I usually do, but instead I'd like to write about the Lefty painting (shamanic cartoon) I did yesterday: I release fear.
When I painted her I meant for the text to read "I release fear" but when I studied it afterwards I realized it could easily be read as "I fear release"! HA! Both are true. And aren't they intimately connected?
I use my left hand drawings in my Creative Soul Readings (a deck of them, actually as I'm sure you already know). I figure out their meaning as I go along.
The Leftys act as shamanic cartoons I believe; a dose of the Trickster AND a self esteem booster prompting many who view them to feel "curiouser and curiouser" as they journey down the rabbit hole into their deeper soul-self.
I've been documenting my Leftys step-by-step recently both on Instagram and Tumblr; here's what I mean (see below).
I enjoy the instant feedback I get on Instagram (and Tumblr) in the form of likes (hearts), new followers and the occasional comment. I enjoy sharing the process - all hand done - not computer generated.
I created the Lefty, "I release fear" to help both myself and others release fears; especially money related fears. See that $ symbol above her head? She is a powerful being. May she support you as well 'cause she's definitely plying her cell-rearranging magick on me. Since working with her over the last 24 hours, I've figured out and written down the branding for my Lefty Art in a way that captures their essence; their heart and soul and mine too, of course, because we are the same. Each time I start to feel anxious about $ I envision this Lefty and I see the strong green pubic triangle that forms the base of the green heart surrounding her and I also see the 3 black (raven) feathers in her place of power. Beneath her is a deep, dark pool of knowledge going down and into the center of the earth, the universe where dark, healing magic grows and sustains us as we lay down roots and claim our power; the power of the Earth Herself.
So, for this Scorpio Full Moon (in cahoots with Beltane/May Day at 8:05 pm on the same day) grab your crystal ball (i chose Obsidian) and go deep.
What needs releasing? Let it out, let it go. Do ritual, ceremony, write it out and burn it in a fire, bury it in the earth or let it flow away in watery tears. Whatever works for you. This Scorpio Moon can help with that; it can help you release and transform and if your issues are $ related please work with today's shamanic Lefty painting and report back here or to me: I'm always curious to hear more.
Scorpio Altar Suggestions from my Zodiac Goddess Playbook
- Scorpio the Scorpion, Phoenix & Eagle
- Time of Year – October 21 - November 21
- Quality – Fixed
- Element – Water
- Planetary Ruler – Pluto
- Anatomy – Sex organs
- Natural Sign of – 8th House
- Color – Blood red, maroon
- Gemstone – Malachite, opal, topaz
- Tarot Card – Death
- Goddesses – Brigid, Hecate, Morgan, Selkhet
Scorpio Meditation Deep inner knowing, Her arms snakes, her belly the depths, Slowly she transforms Vulture claws spreading open, Wings of magic, reborn glory, The Phoenix.
Scorpio Affirmations I am motivated, resourceful and determined I risk honesty I transcend earthly concerns and soar to new heights I am magnetic and mysterious I am Phoenix Rising I have no fear of death
Purchase Lefty prints, originals and cards at Leftys.us
Creative Soul Readings are here.
Zodiac Goddess Playbook is here.
Kathy's Upcoming Events
Artist’s Circle Support Group When: May 31, Sunday, 11 - 2 pm Where: Ryan Bros Coffee, Temecula RSVP at Meetups
Creative Soul Readings at Learning Light Foundation When: 2nd Saturdays, 10-5 Where: 1212 E. Lincoln Ave, Anaheim, CA
Creative Soul Readings at Karma Boutique When: June 27, Saturday, 11-5 Where: 4242 Camino Del Rio N. #19, San Diego, CA
Awaken Your Divine Feminine Soul eClass ~ Taurus Moon Term When: 1 week before the New Moon each month Where: Wise Woman University
About Kathy
Kathy Crabbe is an artist and energy reader living in sunny SoCal with her husband and pet muse, Abby the shaggy black dog in an adobe home they built themselves.