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Oracle Card Readings
On March 13, 2020, after I was told by my employer to start working remotely from home, I thought about how I could use this extraordinary time to expand my Light work. So, I decided to start sharing my personal Oracle Card Readings with a small group of like-minded people. It was my hope that by sharing the messages from Spirit, that they would provide inspiration, insight and partnership. The Readings were so well received that I decided to share them here and sometimes on my YouTube channel.
For the Readings featured in this gallery, Spirit (the non-physical Beings that I refer to as my "Light Family") selected the decks to be used and the cards drawn. It is through the artwork and unique details on the cards, and the juxtaposition of the cards to each other (if more than one card is drawn), that I draw the meaning of the messages from Spirit. My interpretation of the messages are based upon my own personal journey with Spirit, and are not future predictions. The cards and messages are meant to lift your heart and, bring awareness to the truth that we are surrounded and loved by countless Divine agents now and always.
I encourage you to study the individual cards and listen to what your own intuition is telling you. Be your own interpreter.
Also, if you would like to support me with these Readings, I have a created a wish list of Oracle card decks on Amazon. I thank you in advance for your support!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3NLR7RR8JWL1F?ref=cm_sw_em_r_un_un_J2WK3JmPoC6Ly
Wishing you and yours good physical and emotional health as you navigate through this life-altering time on our planet.
READING FOR JANUARY 12, 2021
During a solar eclipse on January 1, 1889, Wovoka, a shaman of the Northern Paiute tribe, had a vision of dying and speaking with God. God appeared to him in the guise of a Native American and revealed to him a bountiful land of love and peace, where the buffalo returned and the land was restored to the Indian people. After this vision, Wovoka founded a spiritual movement called, "the Ghost Dance," to reassert the sovereignty of the Native American culture and invent new spiritual traditions.
The Ghost Dance was meant to last for five consecutive days. All Native Americans were supposed to leave behind all things brought to them by the white man. Clothes, rifles, language, and anything else considered 'white' were not to be used or practiced during the Ghost Dance.
During the ceremony, participants would meditate in order to speak to their ancestors and Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit, to ask for spiritual renewal. The participants also received a ceremonial cleansing by water to open prayer time and enjoy the feast, in addition to performing a series of chants.
However, the Ghost Dance terrified the United States government and military, who saw it as a militant and warlike dance. On December 29, 1890, the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry surrounded a band of Ghost Dancers and their leader, Big Foot, who was a Lakota Sioux chief, near Wounded Knee Creek. The army demanded their weapons. While attempting to disarm the Sioux, a shot was fired and a scuffle ensued. The US army soldiers opened fire on the Sioux, indiscriminately massacring hundreds of men, women, and children. After Wounded Knee, the remaining Indian tribes were either subdued or forcibly assimilated into mainstream white US society and the Ghost Dance movement supposedly ended.
But with this card, Spirit is showing us that the Ghost Dance movement did not end. There are many people that are still banded together to Ghost Dance for a land of love and peace and to protect natural resources, while others are banded together to dance for a land of profit, power, and exploitation of natural resources. The two dances have brought long-running conflict. One hundred and thirty years have passed since the conflict at Wounded Knee, but the story is still being repeated today. We simply have different players.
The ancestors ask us to step into the lessons and gifts of those that have come before us. A shared Dance must be choreographed to ease the conflict before there is more bloodshed. What role will you play in creating a new Dance?
As we move through the month of January, the ancestors ask us to perform our own ceremony by lighting a white candle each day and calling them in to help create the energy of peace in our hearts and on our planet.
* The Ghost Dance card is from my Mystical Shaman Oracle card deck. The number on the card is 22.
It is of note that on January 13, 2021, at 4:22 pm Eastern Standard Time, the House reached enough votes to impeach President Trump for inciting an insurrection (a violent uprising) against the government.
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