Divine Feminine Moon Musings Survey

Here are some  responses to a recent Divine Feminine Class survey I sent out to students of my Divine Feminine eCourse. * Reprinted with kind permission.

What did you like best about this course?

I like meeting other woman from all around that share.

I loved the forum!  We learn so much from each other.

I especially liked the frequent and expansive
feedback from Kathy.

It was much more in depth then I expected.  I gained
a lot of insight from the questions it required me to
ask myself.  It helped me remember to try and make
sacred space and time for myself.  It also introduced
me to new things I need to look more closely at,
as well as adding some whimsical fun.

I loved it and wanted it to continue forever.

Has this course been of value to you and why?

Yes, this course has been of great value for me.  I now pause and think
when I look at the moon and the different phases.

Extremely!  Profound insights I wouldn't have gotten to in YEARS
of talk therapy!

Definitely. I gained some insight, perspective, new ideas and growth.

Are you continuing to Moon Muse, Journal and Collage on your own?

Absolutely!!! I am even more aware of the moon, planets, the earth, seasons,

etc. and am following up all the subtle (and not so subtle) signs and

energies in all aspects of my life.

Are you interested in taking this course again?

Yes...I  would like to take it every month.

Lots more course info is here - Divine Feminine eCourse and Student Spotlights are here.

The Divine Feminine is a “whole” Feminine.  It is the energy of being comfortable with who you are every moment of your life, magnified by a gazillion-gazillion. 

Divine Moon Muser, Annie Kelleher

Breathe in Gratitude

Painting=returning sanity to the world. Waning Moon Energy=letting go.

Breathe in: joy nature summer birdsong love touch bbq's

Breathe out: $ anxiety Breath in: understanding $ Breathe out: unhealthy relationships Breathe in: true heart-soul connections Breathe out: fear Breathe in: love Breathe in: gratitude Breathe out: gratitude All is one.

What's your meditation mantra gonna be? Breathe in: Breathe out:

My collage was created in conjunction with my eCourse, Awaken Your Divine Feminine Soul. You can join in the fun and find out more here: Divine Fun

Musical Ambiance: just the wind in the trees.

Goddesses of the Zodiac

The Zodiac Goddess Playbook was originally self published in 1996 and currently accompanies my lunar based Divine Feminine Soul Classes and Moon Circles. This Playbook is for women everywhere who are seeking to strengthen and deepen their connection with nature and goddess. It is essential that we learn how to tune in and resonate with our Divine Feminine Souls as we open our hearts and strengthen our wills the wise woman way for together we CAN grow a whole new world in amazing intuitive, creative, and mysterious ways.

“Once a woman has done the work of re-membering herself, she is much more able to change the world effectively” ~ Vicki Noble, Shakti Woman.

Zodiac Goddess Oracle Card Deck

Zodiac Oracle Cards from my own self-designed Goddess deck used in giving Creative Soul Readings

Check out more Zodiac Goddess Art here.

Full Moon Divine Feminine Snake Power

In honour of this past Full Moon in Scorpio and as part of my Awaken Your Divine Feminine Soul eCourse I've chosen the incredibly powerful Minoan Snake Goddess from 1600 BCE, Crete to grace my collage with her powerful sexuality.

The Cretans saw the supreme divine power in terms of the feminine principle, and incarnate in a woman whom they portrayed exactly like one of themselves ... comfortable with her beauty, her body and her power ... Fertility and abundance were the purpose and the desire, sex was the instrument, and for this reason its symbols were everywhere. ~ Riane Eisler, The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future.

More Images Within My Collage:

1. The seal - which represents protection, something that we as women need to be especially aware of when working within the realms of the deep subconscious.

2. Aquarius the Water Bearer - this was the first image I painted during my first silk painting class back in the early 1990's at Wild Fiber Studio in Santa Monica, California. My Moon is in the sign of Aquarius in the 11th house (the Aquarian house) and during this current New/Full Moon cycle I am really getting in touch with the mental/thinking side of my emotional nature. The placement of the Moon in our natal chart is where we feel comfortable in our skin, and for me, that involves some detachment and the ability to connect with all my Moon friends on a universal level which is perfectly suited to the internet. In fact, computer technology is ruled by the sign of Aquarius!

3. Susanne Bier, Director of the Danish movie After the Wedding - A wonderful movie! I especially enjoyed the interview with her after wards. I felt as though I was seeing a strong woman not afraid to express her thoughts and feelings in a very forthright and compassionate way and I honour that and imagine her to be one of my soul reading clients as well! I especially liked this comment referring to something she learned in film school, "Kill the darlings and focus on the ball" (meaning, 'let go of the not-so-hot creations to make the really good ones stronger, which is so difficult for artists to do!) Within her films she is able to bring her characters into emotional and intimate eyesight with the audience and often with a sense of humor. It's humor that I feel is missing from so many spiritual practices, how about in yours?

4. I've included the astrological symbols for the sign of Taurus and Venus (which is the ruling planet of Taurus) - the ankh (or Venus glyph) literally represents a circle of spirit balancing on the cross of the earth's 4 elements as a rainbow of peace pours out of the diamond center of the heart. Remember that Venus is also known as Aphrodite and as Ishtar, the wishing star. The symbol or glyph for Taurus (with a crescent moon balanced on her head) reminds us that "Thou shalt live in blessedness. Thous shalt live glorious under my protection."

5. The background of the collage comes from a painting I'm working on and you can follow along with it's many stages of development (it's not done yet!) here on my blog: Art Mystic Post 1 and Post 2

If you are interested in signing up for the next term of Awaken Your Divine Feminine Soul - the Taurus term, which begin on the upcoming New Moon in Taurus on May 13 you can do so here - Sign up.

Divine Moon Muser, Elizabeth Mow posted her Full Moon Collage here - Peace Joy Creativity.

My Background

Kathy Crabbe at Sawdust Art Festival 1996

Shortly after moving to Southern California (Laguna Beach) at age thirty I experienced a rebirthing session during which I envisioned an entire business scheme for my new venture, LuLu Design that involved selling and marketing my artwork as cards, prints, clothing, earrings and originals. Soon after I discovered silk painting, the perfect medium and within one year I had attended fifteen art shows where I presented and sold my work.  I was also accepted into Laguna Beach's Sawdust Art Festival where I showed my work for eight years. My architect, builder husband built me a two story booth every year for this two month long (10 am - 10 pm) 35 year old renowned art show with over 200 artists participating. What an incredible, fun, successful, beautiful, creative 60's inspired community that is!

Astrology

During this time I continued to celebrate the seasons with sacred circles, ritual, tarot, dream work and meditation and my visions increased. Laguna Beach is a mecca for astrologers, another passion of mine so I had the chance to study firsthand with Steven Forrest, Jeffrey Wolf Green, Donna Cunningham and privately with Patty Davidson.

Goddess Book

I also spent an intensely creative month creating, painting and writing a Goddess Zodiac Playbook based upon channeled meditations for each of the zodiac signs in combination with the moon. As the moon entered each zodiac sign where it stayed for two days I created a sacred circle filled with all the symbols, foods and colors associated with that sign. I researched goddess lore for each sign, meditated, wrote, painted and channeled the energy of the sign - an incredibly powerful experience! I also included poetry, stories and myths into the book and then gathered together a circle of friends to experience it - the book truly was created to be an interactive experience.

Kathy Crabbe onstage with Michelle Shocked, Hollywood, California

Left Hand Drawing

In early 2000 I started drawing and painting exclusively with my non-dominant left hand, also known asthe intuitive hand because it is guided by the more emotional, intuitive right hemisphere of the brain.

I drew more than 500 Lefties over a five year period and discovered that my intuitive, psychic abilities were increasing to the point where  I had to share these gifts by offering intuitive readings with the Lefties as oracle cards.

Turning 40

During this time of increased intuitive development I turned forty and Uranus Opposition kicked in to help push me to really, really stretch and grow. I realized that I had absorbed and learned all I could for now and that I MUST share it by giving psychic readings incorporating my art. It was the Lefties who suggested in a dream that I turn them into Lefty 'Tarot' cards and give psychic readings online along with encouragement from my life coach. The very next day I  started offering free mini readings in the Etsy forum where previously I had set up shop selling my art. This was a great way to learn how the internet worked in regards to giving readings and 100's of free readings were gifted to get the ball rolling.

Psychic Readings

I  started offering psychic readings at a local new age store, but soon discovered that distance readings where I never met my client face-to-face were more effective because it allowed me to connect and channel the Divine without distraction. To prepare for each reading I practice yoga, meditation, flute playing and crystal healing  to become as clear and focused as possible.

I receive clairvoyant visions and sometimes smells, words and feeling sensations in my body which I immediately write down.

I am  also guided towards specific healing crystals and oracle cards (of my own design). More about my technique can be found here and you can read what clients are saying about their readings here.

It's been a lifelong journey of discovery, creation and intuitive, spiritual awakening so to be able to share with you and connect others of like mind is a gift I will always be grateful for. We, each and every one of us, have within us the seeds to be intuitive, creative beings, for truly, we are all one.

Wise Woman Radio Interview: I'm interviewed by Susun Weed, founder of the Wise Woman University.

Blog Talk Radio Interview: Ghostbuster Jamie & I chat about past lives, spirits and developing intuition.

More about my background and training here.

Creativity and spirituality are one and the same!

Creativity is...For me, being creative means constantly challenging myself to explore new frontiers, develop skills, play, dream and live fully in the present.  

How can being creative make a difference in the world?

Kathy Crabbe, The Mermaid's Angel, 2004, silk dyes on silk, 8x10”.

Art, artists and all creative beings can teach people that there is a greater purpose in life beyond just surviving: there is the possibility of creating something so beautiful, though provoking, intelligent, funny, magical that one can touch people on a soul level and change their life. The world can become a better place for everyone in the process; people can come together in peace and love to appreciate all the arts. Expressing our creative, intuitive, spiritual nature can help us truly care about life, make it worth living, and make it worth fighting for the things that matters.

Art reminds us that we have a soul.

Art reminds us to laugh at ourselves.

Art shakes us out of our complacency.

Art wakes us up to our potential.

Art reminds us to live each moment in the present.

Creativity is life.

People I admire and why

Margaret Atwood, Author & Poet: I love her brilliant, edgy, biting wit and her environmentalism.  She's a great writer working with integrity, who makes me laugh and wince.

Maude from the movie 'Harold and Maude': she has such a great fighting spirit, is passionate, young at heart, has an amazing home (a railway car), and is feisty, daring and loving.

Contemporary Japanese woodblock printmakers: their art is abstract, nature based, simplified, textural, primitive looking, graphic, bold yet subtle, with a beautiful use of color. Artists: Shiko Munakata, Naoko Matsubara

Integrity is...

• Making a difference in people's lives through creating, writing and sharing with heart, soul, intuition, passion and intelligence.

What does all this mean for you?

• It means that you can count on me to be there for you 110%.

• It means that you are here for a reason because there are no accidents.

How can I help you?

Empower Yourself! Soul Readings - one-on-one psychic-intuitive-mediumship sessions with me, personally.

Share! Divine Feminine Classes - monthly sessions to help you tune into the moon at Wise Woman University.

Joy! - Inspirational Art for your soul: mermaids, fairies, cats, dogs, goddesses.

Learn more about my psychic background and spiritual training here.