Ready or Not, Here We Come!
As my husband and I continue to try to conceive a fourth baby, I am moving forward in this process with great Faith. I have faith that I will learn something not only about myself but also about my love for my husband.
Last night, I consulted my Animal Medicine Cards* to see what I could learn. Using the Medicine Wheel Spread, I drew the Eagle in the East position. It is said to represent my connection to the Divine and to reflect my ability to live in the realm of Spirit while also remaining connected and balanced within the realm of Earth. It means that as I learn to fiercely attack my fear of the unknown, the wings of my soul will be uplifted by the consistent breezes which are the breath of the Great Spirit. I am being invited to join the adventure of co-creating with the Divine. (Wow! I'm there!)
I drew Swan in the South position and am reminded that this is a time to develop my intuitive abilities. Swan medicine people are said to have the ability to see the future, to surrender to the power of the Great Spirit, and to accept the healing and transformation of their lives. I am encouraged to relax about my self-transformation and to honor my female intuitive side.
Ant was my Medicine Card in the West. It conjures up the strategy of patience and a degree of self-sacrifice. It talks about Ant people having knowledge of the sweet victory at the end of the line. (Are you beginning to see how I might be relaxing now and embracing what Life has to offer, Ready or not?) Put another way, Ant medicine people are said to be content in knowing that "what is yours will come to you." Such knowing shows trust or Faith in the Universe to provide. (The Universe may or may not bring my husband and me a fourth baby. I have Faith that we will receive that which we need for our greatest further development as a couple.)
In the North position, I drew the Porcupine Card. A card in this position is meant to teach one how to spiritually apply and integrate the lessons of the other directions. I intuit, once again, that I am to relax into the power of Faith and Trust. To trust is to embrace the notion that the Great Spirit has a divine plan. Porcupine medicine is also about innocence and playfulness of spirit, so I am cautioned not to get caught in the messy adult world where things can become too serious and severe. I am to honor the incredible world of fantasy and imagination and to play with the wish that everyone can win.
The last card in the Medicine Wheel Spread is the center card or Sacred Mountain Card. It asks me to look at the present, to see myself embodying a melding of my spiritual and physical realities. I drew Butterfly and just smiled intuitively before I even consulted my book. It is a perfect symbol of metamorphosis and change. Butterfly medicine invites me to think about the project I am undertaking (trying to conceive a fourth baby; or is it more fully embracing the family of three amazing daughters [ages 14, 12, and 8 1/2] we already have?) and to ask myself which stage of this project I am in. Am I in the egg stage where the project is just an idea? Am I in the larva stage where I may need to make a decision? Am I in the cocoon stage where I am developing and doing something to make my idea a reality? Or am I in the birth stage where I am sharing my completed idea? Butterfly medicine helps clarify my mental process and helps me find the next step for my personal life. (Interesting that this Blog entry is about my personal life and it feels so right to share it as a link some of you might find on my career website.) So where am I? I feel like I am in the cocoon stage. I am ready to undergo some type of transformation. The Butterfly Card at the Sacred Mountain position suggests that I consult the cards further using the Butterfly Spread to understand the Animal Medicine cards found in the four stages of my current project.
This is what I learned:
Wild Boar energy (contrary) in the East or egg position tells me that I can call on Wild Boar energy and use its tusks to help me cut through feelings of helplessness or weakness. I also can reclaim the warrior self that I may have unintentionally abandoned.
Weasel energy (contrary) in the South or larva position means my abilities to observe may have become dulled allowing doubt or confusion to create a barrier to my progress. I must remember that honesty to myself and others is of the utmost importance.
I drew Tiger in the North or cocoon position but don't know what it means because my 14 year-old daughter created this card with one of the blank cards that came with the book.* So I'll intuit what Tiger medicine means to me in the cocoon stage. Am I doing something to make my idea a reality? Yes, I am growling and prowling back and forth guarding my Basal Body Temperature charts - which I use to help me track when I'm ovulating - with a ferocity that scares me sometimes. Uh-oh. My Porcupine Medicine (in the North position with the Medicine Wheel Spread) cautions me to be playful and not too serious or severe, so I know I've got things wrong in this cocoon stage. I must not be Tiger-like. Being Porcupine-like will be the key to connecting with my higher-self's purpose. The key is having Faith and Trust vs. letting Ferocity and Tenacity predominate.
The final card I drew was Bear energy (contrary) in the North or butterfly position. The card in this space helps me answer the question: Is Great Spirit walking hand-in-hand with me? And, with Bear medicine in the contrary position, I am to know that the time has come for me to regain my authority because no one knows better than I do what is proper and timely for my evolution.
So I will go with the flow and share this with my husband so he can know that my work on this project is to stay true to myself and connected to him. If we are meant to bring a male baby into this world then his name will be Ready (pronounced Reedy) McFie, and if we are meant to bring a fourth daughter into this world then her name will be Ready Mireille (Mireille being the French word for miraculous). Am I sharing personal, private information here? Yes. And how good it feels! Stay tuned...
* Thanks to Jamie Sams & David Carson for their 1999 Revised, Expanded Edition of Medicine Cards
- ARC
Last night, I consulted my Animal Medicine Cards* to see what I could learn. Using the Medicine Wheel Spread, I drew the Eagle in the East position. It is said to represent my connection to the Divine and to reflect my ability to live in the realm of Spirit while also remaining connected and balanced within the realm of Earth. It means that as I learn to fiercely attack my fear of the unknown, the wings of my soul will be uplifted by the consistent breezes which are the breath of the Great Spirit. I am being invited to join the adventure of co-creating with the Divine. (Wow! I'm there!)
I drew Swan in the South position and am reminded that this is a time to develop my intuitive abilities. Swan medicine people are said to have the ability to see the future, to surrender to the power of the Great Spirit, and to accept the healing and transformation of their lives. I am encouraged to relax about my self-transformation and to honor my female intuitive side.
Ant was my Medicine Card in the West. It conjures up the strategy of patience and a degree of self-sacrifice. It talks about Ant people having knowledge of the sweet victory at the end of the line. (Are you beginning to see how I might be relaxing now and embracing what Life has to offer, Ready or not?) Put another way, Ant medicine people are said to be content in knowing that "what is yours will come to you." Such knowing shows trust or Faith in the Universe to provide. (The Universe may or may not bring my husband and me a fourth baby. I have Faith that we will receive that which we need for our greatest further development as a couple.)
In the North position, I drew the Porcupine Card. A card in this position is meant to teach one how to spiritually apply and integrate the lessons of the other directions. I intuit, once again, that I am to relax into the power of Faith and Trust. To trust is to embrace the notion that the Great Spirit has a divine plan. Porcupine medicine is also about innocence and playfulness of spirit, so I am cautioned not to get caught in the messy adult world where things can become too serious and severe. I am to honor the incredible world of fantasy and imagination and to play with the wish that everyone can win.
The last card in the Medicine Wheel Spread is the center card or Sacred Mountain Card. It asks me to look at the present, to see myself embodying a melding of my spiritual and physical realities. I drew Butterfly and just smiled intuitively before I even consulted my book. It is a perfect symbol of metamorphosis and change. Butterfly medicine invites me to think about the project I am undertaking (trying to conceive a fourth baby; or is it more fully embracing the family of three amazing daughters [ages 14, 12, and 8 1/2] we already have?) and to ask myself which stage of this project I am in. Am I in the egg stage where the project is just an idea? Am I in the larva stage where I may need to make a decision? Am I in the cocoon stage where I am developing and doing something to make my idea a reality? Or am I in the birth stage where I am sharing my completed idea? Butterfly medicine helps clarify my mental process and helps me find the next step for my personal life. (Interesting that this Blog entry is about my personal life and it feels so right to share it as a link some of you might find on my career website.) So where am I? I feel like I am in the cocoon stage. I am ready to undergo some type of transformation. The Butterfly Card at the Sacred Mountain position suggests that I consult the cards further using the Butterfly Spread to understand the Animal Medicine cards found in the four stages of my current project.
This is what I learned:
Wild Boar energy (contrary) in the East or egg position tells me that I can call on Wild Boar energy and use its tusks to help me cut through feelings of helplessness or weakness. I also can reclaim the warrior self that I may have unintentionally abandoned.
Weasel energy (contrary) in the South or larva position means my abilities to observe may have become dulled allowing doubt or confusion to create a barrier to my progress. I must remember that honesty to myself and others is of the utmost importance.
I drew Tiger in the North or cocoon position but don't know what it means because my 14 year-old daughter created this card with one of the blank cards that came with the book.* So I'll intuit what Tiger medicine means to me in the cocoon stage. Am I doing something to make my idea a reality? Yes, I am growling and prowling back and forth guarding my Basal Body Temperature charts - which I use to help me track when I'm ovulating - with a ferocity that scares me sometimes. Uh-oh. My Porcupine Medicine (in the North position with the Medicine Wheel Spread) cautions me to be playful and not too serious or severe, so I know I've got things wrong in this cocoon stage. I must not be Tiger-like. Being Porcupine-like will be the key to connecting with my higher-self's purpose. The key is having Faith and Trust vs. letting Ferocity and Tenacity predominate.
The final card I drew was Bear energy (contrary) in the North or butterfly position. The card in this space helps me answer the question: Is Great Spirit walking hand-in-hand with me? And, with Bear medicine in the contrary position, I am to know that the time has come for me to regain my authority because no one knows better than I do what is proper and timely for my evolution.
So I will go with the flow and share this with my husband so he can know that my work on this project is to stay true to myself and connected to him. If we are meant to bring a male baby into this world then his name will be Ready (pronounced Reedy) McFie, and if we are meant to bring a fourth daughter into this world then her name will be Ready Mireille (Mireille being the French word for miraculous). Am I sharing personal, private information here? Yes. And how good it feels! Stay tuned...
* Thanks to Jamie Sams & David Carson for their 1999 Revised, Expanded Edition of Medicine Cards
- ARC
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