Gemini Full Moon Blessings Just For You!

I channeled this for the Gemini Full Moon ~ Enjoy!

Be the Fish
Be the Butterfly
Be the Beauty
You Are.

The season is dark here in the Northern Hemisphere and we need each other more than ever; to love, to cherish, to be real, and true, and time tested, like rocks, worn smooth and mottled.

We ARE time,
each breath,
our measure
each heart beat,
ticking
ticking
ticking

Let the Silence
envelop you now and then,
for in her deep folds,
lies Peace.

Fly, Butterfly
Fly
For you are free,
inside.

Lefty Oracle of the Month: Carerre Metamorphosis

Look into your heart and be aware that time is forever and fleeting, so take care.

Message from the Lefty Oracle Deck Guidebook:

If this card appears in a reading there is a big change happening now or coming soon and you will be ready for it whether you know it or not. Change is in the air, so have faith and trust that you will manage things just fine. You are guided so keep the intuitive channels open. Listen and look for oh-so-subtle signs or the big and obvious ones. All will point the way and help to guide you through this transformation.

In my own life I just love being forewarned of major shifts by using the tools of my trade: intuition, my oracle deck, scrying, astrology, speaking with my guides, dreams and Mama Moon rituals. Any or all of these can be useful, but sometimes I need to be open to something I haven’t tried yet. Perhaps some new way will be shown to me, so I pay attention and maintain a daily intuitive and magical practice. Being a Virgo, I love to be prepared. All of this helps me to do just that, which makes me a very happy camper indeed. I love to provide this service for others which is why I am a soul reader and teacher.

Lefty Oracle Deck SPECIAL until Dec. 3

Many of you have told me you want to buy that special someone (and yourself) a Lefty Oracle Deck for the holidays so as an extra special thank for purchasing the deck before Dec. 3 at midnight pst I'm going to gift you with an astrology report of your choice:  A Moon Chart, Friends & Lovers Report, Time Line Report, Goddess Asteroids Report or Past Lives Report.

Divine Art: I'm Interviewed by Francesca De Grandis

I recently had the great honour and pleasure to be interviewed by Shamanic Guide and Mentor Francesca De Grandis who also happens to be my mentor!

Click here to check it out: http://www.outlawbunny.com/2017/06/12/divine-art/

Happy Sagittarius Full Moon Plus a Lefty Oracle of the Month!

Fairy in the Raw by Kathy Crabbe (Lefty Oracle Deck)

Check out my 1 minute Lefty Oracle Full Moon Video here.

As I hold myself back this Full Moon from blurting out everything new from the past 2 weeks, I instead share a feeling of fullness, richness and stillness, and ask that you contemplate the silvery-blue sphere in the sky.

She is You.
You are She.
Magnificent.
Unapproachable.
Stellar.
What stories you inspire!
What mysteries and wisdom you encapsulate.

Let yourself be held in Her arms
as you hold Her in your heart.

Now, make a wish
for Her Well-Being
And let it go, into the sky.

Then ask for a sign from Her
and when it comes
don't forget - tell someone
and pass it on.

Blessed Be.
Kathy Crabbe

Happy New Moon in Gemini!

Happy New Moon in Gemini (May 25) - a curious moon and also sorta surface oriented.

In my profession as a soul guide, curiosity goes way beyond the surface of things and into questions of life and death, so let's strike a balance today and talk about both.

On the surface your life may look grim, or it may look sunny, but underneath is where the real work takes place.

Does your inner self get expressed in your outer world? How?

As a soul guide, I keep my work hidden from most people I meet face to face. Otherwise folks tend to ask big questions and if I'm at a social gathering, it's bad timing.

I am currently blessed to have a TON of alone time to delve into deep questions. So, how to strike a balance and be present socially and invested in deep inner soul work?

I don't force my spirituality on anyone but it's there at the table...quiet.

I am happy to share my work with others through my offerings (classes, books, readings, blog, art) and with friends who are also on a spiritual path.

If you don't have a place to share your own spirituality why not start by journaling? I've kept a dream journal forever and I paint to express my soul when words are not enough; which is frequently.

If you want to talk, I'm available by phone as part of my new soul guidance coaching program. More details soon!

So, treat yourself to some Gemini Moon Time to explore YOUR inner and outer realities: ask questions, stay curious and Be AMAZED - that's the Gemini Way.

p.s. The New Moon can be a time of low energy, but it's still the best time of the month to plant your seeds of intention for the month ahead.

Lefty Oracle Deck

"The Leftys open you up; like letting a crack of light in. I felt them in my heart, playful and light." ~ Cheryl, RN, Canmore, Alberta

TheLefty Oracle Deck is now available for purchase. Drawn with my non dominant left hand, the Lefty Deck will help you strengthen your intuition, break through creative blocks and identify your gifts. It's also part of my upcoming Moon Circle Leadership Certification Course.

Order a Lefty Oracle Deck here.

Click here for my New Moon in Gemini 1 minute video: Lefty Oracle Video

Baba Yaga’s Apprentice—a Story with Art

My shamanic mentor Francesca De Grandis, aka Outlaw Bunny, is the bestselling author of Be a Goddess!.

She teaches Faerie Shamanism through both text and oral tradition.

She also shares magic through her paintings, something we have in common and discuss a lot.

I love Francesca's approach, so thought you might like to know a bit about her new book Baba Yaga’s Apprentice—A Faerie Tale Ritual.

Above is the book's cover, with Francesca's art and calligraphy.

Baba Yaga’s Apprentice is available only from the author, at http://stardrenched.com/2017/02/28/baba-yagas-apprentice/

Here's a discussion I had with Francesca about the book:

Kathy: Your book is both a fairy tale and a ritual. How so?

Francesca: I've always felt storytelling is innately a ritual, or at least can be. So I set out intentionally to write a faerie tale for grown ups that is fun, easy reading, and automatically a magical spell. In other words, you don't have to “do” the spell. Just reading the Faerie tale for fun and enjoying its paintings is all it takes for the spell to work.

I pictured a book that someone can read over and over, like you would a bedtime story, so it keeps nurturing and empowering her or him.

Another reason I chose fairytale conventions to tell a story is because fairytales can help bring hope. It is so easy to lose hope, and I believe one of my jobs as a shaman and storyteller is to remedy that, uplifting the spirit. This book helps a reader regain or maintain hope—hope for themselves, hope for their loved ones, and hope for our world.

Kathy: In the old fairytales, Baba Yaga is portrayed as a nasty, mean-spirited old woman. That's not how you view her. Can you talk about that?

Francesca: The book is my revisioning of Baba Yaga. I perceive Her as a Goddess. I believe oppressors were threatened by Her womanly independence, freedom, power, and immense love, so they misrepresented Her as daemonic and cruel to hide Her from everyone She might help. I think they were also threatened by Her appearing to people in the guise of an elderly woman. Elders have accumulated a lifetime of wisdom about how to throw off shackles.

My storybook Baba Yaga’s Apprentice focuses on the adventures of an independent, dynamic woman who makes wagons—beautiful caravans!—for a living. In traditional lore, Baba Yaga has two amazing traveling homes. One is a hut on chicken legs. The other is a mortar and pestle with which She flies through the air. Don't you think that makes Her a perfect mentor for someone who builds caravans?

To share my revisioning of this amazing character from folklore, Baba Yaga's treatment of her wagon-making apprentice is portrayed as gentle and kind. I want as many people as possible to read the story so they meet this sweet, loving Deity and benefit from Her support and wisdom. She has been denied us too long, and will be denied us no more! So mote it be! 

Kathy: What sort of folks might enjoy the book?

Francesca: I tried to create a universal tale in which anyone can find meaning and power. But a type of person who would enjoy the book? Interesting question. I'd say this book will draw unique individuals, people who view the world their own way, people who perhaps are not in sync with the way everybody else does things.

So this story is relevant to lots of different people. Here are a few: the book's magic supports you if you are exceptionally magical, sensitive psychically, empathic, or introverted. Or if you want to overcome perfectionist tendencies. But each person will find their own meaning and magic in the story because it's that sort of tale.

Thanks for sharing my work with your site visitors, Kathy. Like attracts like, so I'm sure they're beautiful people. And I'm thrilled to chat with you, as always.

Kathy: Thanks for being here, this was great!

Check out Francesca's Baba Yaga’s Apprentice—A Faerie Tale Ritual here: http://stardrenched.com/2017/02/28/baba-yagas-apprentice/