Jane's Book Review of The Zodiac Goddess Playbook by Kathy Crabbe

Cancer Moon Goddess by Kathy Crabbe

I’d like to share a review of my Zodiac Goddess Playbook by Creative Director and Coach for women, Jane Dutra-Salemi. Enjoy!

Archetypes are powerful. These ancient symbols are supportive and healing. They help us to create change in our lives. They allow us to embody qualities we need to support us through transitional times. They make it possible for us to see the bigger picture in life situations and provide meaning and understanding for our emotions so that we can begin to know ourselves in deeper and more meaningful ways.

Archetypes are what first drew me to this book. The Zodiac Goddess Playbook by Kathy Crabbe is a fun little book that uses the archetypes of the goddesses to help us understand the 12 signs of the zodiac.

Kathy provides correspondences, affirmations, and meditations for each of the 12 featured goddesses. I appreciated all the information, but I also liked the fact that if any of the goddesses presented did not resonate with me, I had a lovely starting point for my own goddess study to use for that particular zodiac sign.

Visually, this book is very colorful. Each chapter represents one goddess/zodiac sign with accompanying artwork. If you are an artist, this book will intrigue you, as there is an article highlighting each of the contributing artists. It was interesting to read their shared stories.

If you are like me and have had trouble in the past following the moon cycles through the zodiac signs and remembering what each sign means, this is a fun way to do it. By having a goddess symbolize each zodiac sign, I am easily able to feel into that sign’s aspects and qualities. Taking an unfamiliar topic (the zodiac) and pairing with a familiar one (goddesses) was just what I needed to close the gap for me.

I also liked the “playbook” aspect of this book. Since it is an e-book I felt totally comfortable printing it out and making notes and comments on the pages, making it totally mine. I also feel that each person using the book will have a different experience with it. This book is great for personal discovery and could also be a fun tool to use within a group.

To purchase the book and check out Kathy’s other interesting offerings, please see her website. The Zodiac Goddess Playbook by Kathy Crabbe is $9.95 and available through her website: https://www.kathycrabbe.com/books/zodiac-goddess-playbook

About Jane Dutra-Salemi
Jane has a passion for connection and community. She’s a joyfully supportive “Girl Friday” acting as a Creative Director and Coach for women seeking to add these two blessings into their lives and sacred businesses. She is a Traditional Naturopath, Ayurveda student, and 9 Moons Lunar Priestess who believes that the power of Sisterhood and Community serve to nourish us all. Jane can be reached at createsacredcommunity@gmail.com

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Join US for a Divine Feminine Art Opening by Kathy Crabbe at SILER GALLERY - Opening Night: Friday, Aug 2, 6-9pm

Dear Temecula & Area Creatives & Supporters of the Arts,

This month is special!  I’m the featured artist at our one and only art gallery (not run by the city) – the Siler Gallery – woohooo!!! I’m having a retrospective exhibition of Goddess Paintings I created from the early 1990’s up until now.

I genuinely hope to see you there even if it’s just to say hello (or in spirit, that counts too!) and to help spread the word – we have a NEW and wonderful GALLERY IN TOWN and serious, professional, working artists too!

Kathy Crabbe: Divine Feminine Art Exhibition Aug. 1-4
Opening Night: Friday, Aug. 2, 6-9 pm (during Art Walk)
Siler Gallery, Old Town Temecula
41923 Second St., Ste. 101
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Press Release

My creative exploration of goddess myth and HERstory began in 1995 with the publishing of my Goddess Zodiac Playbook compiled from over thirty paintings, poems, stories, and musings I created during a one month period as the moon transited through the twelve signs of the zodiac.

In 2008 I turned these paintings into a Goddess Zodiac Oracle card deck that guided over 1000 souls during intuitive readings I gave at Nirvana in Temecula, online, and in Moon Circles I facilitated at Mt. San Jacinto College and Yoga for Life, Temecula.

In this exhibit you will find ten goddess paintings completed between 2014-16 that have been published by We’Moon Datebook, the New Zealand Astro Diary, and SageWoman Magazine available at our very own Barnes and Noble, Temecula.

The ten large abstracts on display are from my Divine Feminine Journey into Intimacy series painted with acrylic on canvas from 2008-12 when I HAD to paint large. These paintings have been shown at Sun City Library and San Marcos Library.

You will also find my favorite, most popular silk art mermaids from my Laguna Beach days at the Sawdust Art Festival.

The latest work on display are goddesses painted on vintage, reclaimed wood and oak and sugar bush foraged from my Temecula property.

If you ask I’ll show you the series I’m working on now (not on display) called 54 Goddesses – I’m painting one-goddess-a-day for 54 days before I turn 54 on Sept. 7.

In 2020 I will publish the Goddess Zodiac Oracle deck (the book is already available here) and exhibit nine of those paintings at the Grace Mellman Library, Temecula in March.

Sparkly Blessings!
Kathy Crabbe
Awaken Your Intuition

About Kathy Crabbe
Artist, writer, teacher and soul guide, Kathy Crabbe invokes faerie goddess spirituality to heal, make whole and holy. She is Mother of the Lefty Oracle and Elfin Ally Oracle decks. She’s also sort of ambidextrous. Her work has appeared in We’Moon Datebook, Sage Woman Magazine, Sawdust Art Festival and the Women’s Museum of California. Kathy writes a moon column for Witches and Pagans and is a mentor at Wise Woman University where she teaches a Divine Feminine eClass.

I'm Published in the 2019 Moon Diary! By the Creative Cronies of New Zealand

Creative Cronies 2019 Moon Diary

Two of my illustrations will appear in the 2019 Creative Cronies Moon Diary - Woohoo! This is a delightful New Zealand publication that I am so proud to be a part of. It includes astrological predictions & guidance. gardening by the Moon, inspiring art, and Mayan Calendar Ninth Wave Spiritual Days and Nights.

About Creative Cronies ~ Minerva, Arafelle and Robyn

Besides compiling the Moon Calendar and Moon Diary, astrologers Arafelle and Minerva live on co-operatively owned land in the Far North. Robyn lives in the Coromandel. We all three produce the Moon Calendar and Moon Diary and are now celebrating our 27th year of production. We feel it is a gift from the Goddess and it is our privilege to have an avenue to present some understanding and astrological guidance in these tumultuous and transformative times.

Click here for the 2019 Moon Diary/Calendar