Halloween Full Moon Soul Reading + Samhain Blessings

Every Moonday I share a Soul Reading Video and Blog with the help of my hand painted oracle decks to guide you through the week ahead. This week there is a Full Moon on Saturday in conjunction with the Witches’ New Year: Samhain (or Halloween). This is a time when the veil between worlds is thin and we welcome in our ancestors and wise guides from the Other Side to share any messages they might have for us as we in turn honour them with gifts of food and drink, photos, memorabilia and memories, heartfelt and magickal.

Abby-Girl

The beloved dead surround us, the unborn future waits…in this darkness we birth the eternal Now, for all time is one and magick awaits, awakening our intuitive heart in tune with Mama Moon. Blessed Be.

This Samhain I will be remembering my big dog Abby who passed away on Sept. 21. She was my best friend and I miss her terribly but know I will be with her again one day. I see her now with Goddess Diana roaming free and shining bright in the sky.

Luv, Kathy Crabbe
Soul Reader, Artist, Astrologer
Temecula, California, 2020.

Full Moon Soul Reading Video

Zodiac Goddess Cards for the Week Ahead & the Full Moon

Pisces Goddess by Kathy Crabbe

Card 1: Pisces Goddess (Zodiac Goddess Power Deck)

Pisces Meditation

To feel love is pure warmth, wholeness, open-ness, selfless-ness, shameless, guiltless joy – that is love.

Pisces Affirmations

• I believe

• I relax in solitude

• I am a mystic of the spirit realm

• I create to my heart’s content

• I open my heart to other’s realities

• My dreams, visions and intuition guide me

• I am the mermaid

Aries Goddess by Kathy Crabbe

Card 2: Aries Goddess (Zodiac Goddess Power Deck)

Aries Meditation

Fire God, Fiery Goddess,
Red the path to your heart’s desire,
Lead the way to your soul’s fire.

Aries Affirmations

• I embody spring fire

• I am true to my path and my inner convictions

• I am erotic and independent

• I am a primal, revolutionary rebel

• I am adventurous, assertive and courageous

• I am the Divine Warrior

• I remember who I truly am even if it bothers others

Taurus Goddess by Kathy Crabbe

Card 3: Taurus Goddess (Zodiac Goddess Power Deck)

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

Hawthorn by Kathy Crabbe

Card 4: Hawthorn (Cat Herbal Deck - Coming Soon in 2021)

Hawthorn is a heart chakra herb that can help you express love even when full of anger. It can help one both give and receive love. Helpful for those with a broken heart.

Flying Fish by Kathy Crabbe

Card 5: Flying Fish (Elfin Ally Oracle Deck)

Keyword: Free
Meaning: Your heart is free to follow your delight.
Reversed: Things are taking way too long and your patience is wearing thin.

Affirmation: I am daring.
Astrology: Cancer, Moon, Neptune, Pisces
Element: Water

Medicine: Your secrets reveal a way forward.

Lore: On air or in water, she could swim with Flying Fish, her ally, by her side. Sunshine and blue depths healed her inside so that she could dream, dance, and splash her cares away.

She was a dreamer AND a doer and Flying Fish led the way: to sunnier shores, where magic and lovers danced and swayed.

Mel by Kathy Crabbe

Card 6: Mel (Lefty Oracle Deck)

Mantra: I dance.
Affirmation: I am free to be me.
Element: Air

If this card appears in a reading it’s definitely time to try something new. Perhaps step out of your comfort zone or get out of your own way. Whatever helps you shake things up and gain new insights and a new perspective. Be wacky, colorful, free, flamboyant for a change, or if you’re naturally this way try being quiet, contemplative, and/or inward.

In my own life I observed how this card helped someone very close to me as she was dying. Finding some lightness, humour and colour in your day can mean a whole lot to you when you are afraid and in pain.

About Kathy Crabbe

Kathy & Djinn Djinn

I am a soul reader, spirit medium, astrologer and artist located in sunny Southern California.

I work with 5 hand painted, self published oracle decks & I paint kitty portraits too. Chakra Cleansing, Prayers, all things witchy, magickal, creative & inspirational are my tools. Deep insight & healing to help you move forward Healthy, Whole and Holy. I teach a Moon eClass at Wise Woman School and I write and illustrate for Witches & Pagans and SageWoman Magazine. In business since 1993 I’m an initiate of the Celtic Faerie Shaman Tradition.

Suggestions to Honour the Ancestors this Samhain/Halloween:

• Leave offerings of their favorite food or drink on your altar

• Set a place for them at your table

• Place photos and memorabilia in a cherished spot

• Say a prayer, blessing, affirmation or recite a favorite poem

• Light a candle, incense, sage in their memory

How To Develop Your Psychic and Intuitive Abilities

This blog post was written a while ago in response to a question from a client and I’ve just updated it.

Andrea’s Question: "Do you have any recommendations about how one should go about furthering their psychic abilities? I've read tarot cards on and off, and seem to have a knack, and then of course there's my natural ability to "read" people. But not necessarily with dates & times and all that predictive stuff."

My Response: I personally like to learn experientially in a hands-on fashion, but my very earliest experiences with the intuitive realms involved private exploration of dreams and dream journaling, astrology, tarot and paganism. I began learning about these things in my early teens and have gone on to develop my natural intuitive abilities (which we all have) with the help of teachers, through group classes, workshops, lectures, books and private sessions with healers and intuitive guides.

Dreams

I started out by working with my dreams and recommend keeping a dream journal by your bed where you can record dreams when you wake up or by setting an alarm clock to wake yourself up at an odd hour to facilitate dream remembrance. Significant dreams will stay with you and resonate for years to come and you will begin to know which dreams are significant with practice. You can also work with lucid dreaming or by asking yourself a question before falling asleep and requesting that the answer come to you in a dream. Often dreams will allow you to re-connect with deceased friends or relatives and sometimes you may astro travel as well.

Update: Now that I’ve been dream journalling for so long I don’t like to request dream guidance very often because I often find that it disrupts my sleep. But sometimes on special occasions (significant moon phases/equinoxes etc) I will.

Recommended books: “Symbols for Self Understanding” by Betty Bethard

Astrology

There is much more to astrology than just your sun sign (determined by the day you were born.) Becoming involved with the study of the planets and stars will expand your awareness on a universal level connecting you with the bigger picture crossing generations and even universes. My own studies in metaphysics began with dreams, which led to astrology.

Recommended books: “The Only Way To Learn Astrology” (6 Volumes) by Marion March & Joan McEvers, “Planets in Transit” by Robert Hand, “Astrology for the Soul” by Jan Spiller, “The Liquid Light of Sex” by Barbara Hand Clow, “The Changing Sky” by Steven Forrest
Recommended magazine: “The Mountain Astrologer”
Recommended authors & teachers: Steven Forrest, Barbara Hand Clow

Tarot

Tarot decks are a whole world onto themselves and can involve you in an ancient study of images and symbols with mysterious origins. Working with tarot cards has allowed me to access the many realms depicted in the cards. By working with a Pre-Celtic Shamanistic deck called “The Greenwood Deck” I first encountered one of my main spirit guides while meditating upon the Ancestor card.

Update: I’ve self published 3 oracle decks (as of 2020). Oracle Decks also help to stimulate our intuition connecting us with universal archetypes. I prefer to create oracle decks because I can create my own system rather than working within an established system such as the Tarot.

Recommended books: “Tarot For Yourself” by Mary K. Greer

Paganism
& Goddess Worship

I became involved with the study of paganism and ancient goddess religions when I was at university taking a Women’s Studies class. On a more personal level I was first introduced to this topic by a male friend of mine who liked to dress up as Pan on Halloween. I have attended several goddess groups and pagan rituals but prefer to practice my own solitary, eclectic and personal blend of reverence for Mother Earth.

Update: Currently I work within the tradition of Third Road Celtic Faerie Shamanism and was initiated into this tradition in 2017 by Francesca De Grandis.

Recommended books:”The Language of the Goddess” by Marija Gimbutas (archaeology), “The Motherpeace Tarot” deck and book by Vicki Noble, “The Book of Goddesses & Heroines” by Patricia Monaghan, “Be A Goddess” by Francesca De Grandis.

Recommended authors, teachers & leaders: Starhawk, Szusanna Budapest, COG (Covenant of the Goddess), Francesca De Grandis

Upcoming posts will delve into: shamanism, energy healing, herbs, mediumship, crystal healing, channeling, psychic work, meditation, yoga and past life regression.

To read more posts about My Psychic Background please click here and for Psychic Development please click here.

About Kathy Crabbe

I’ve been an artist and astrologer forever and a soul reader since awakening my intuitive gifts while painting with my non-dominant left hand. I’m here on this planet to be of service. My Lefty Oracle, Elfin Ally Oracle, and Zodiac Goddess Power decks can help awaken your intuition and creativity and my readings heal and guide. I am proud to have my work featured in women-centric places such as We’Moon Datebook, Women’s Museum of California and Sage Woman Magazine. I write for Witches and Pagans, belong to Hey Grrrl Collective and teach a Divine Feminine eClass at Wise Woman University. I make my home in Southern California with two pooches and architect partner, Mark in an adobe style home we built ourselves.