Farewell to Raztax

I wanted to draw some cards today, from old and new packs.

However I don't feel very grounded today. Slightly uneasy.... too uneasy to draw cards.

Little Razta, our birman cat, lost his battle on Monday. He was a lovely cat, and would sort of squeeze his paw in your hand. He was very gentle, and although he didn't like being hugged would be content just to lay by you or sit on your lap. It seems very odd without him and even the dogs don't seem settled.

When you are uneasy, grounding is often the first thing that comes to mind. However, I don't think it is enough just to "ground". Firstly, I think though I need to do a ceremony here at home to say goodbye to Razta, and to wish him well on his new journey. I dont know quite how to do that yet. I think I will do it by lighting a candle and just sitting on the floor and sending out some love and light to him, and giving thanks for the comfort and love he gave at home.

My new cards include: "Ascended Masters" by Doreen Virtue, and "The Druid Animal Oracle Deck" by Bill Worthington. Both decks have a feel good factor around them, good quality card, vibrant colours, and the Ascended Masters have a gold edge to them. I'm not sure about the gold edging though... I love the Druid Animal deck, as these are big big cards and have gentle, earthly colours, and the backs of the cards are nice, navy and silver. I am drawn more and more to a Pagan pathway of late. I have this need within to draw my circle in my front room, and lay out 4 cards from the Druid deck to represent the compass directions, and sit within my circle and offer my thanks for Razta and send him blessings.

Love and light (Don't forget, if you would like to do your bit, Saturday, 8.30 pm, where ever you are in the world, there is EARTH HOUR, where we can switch off our lights, maybe our tv's, computers, phones..... for an hour. What will you be doing Saturday?

Gina and Jackory

Seeing what you want in the cards.

My dearest beings, hello.... a warm welcome to you all; I am getting better each day!
Home update: My most favourite son-in-law is away for 8 months, so I am bathing him as we speak in love and light, rainbow colours and visualising him returning home safely.
Jack: is doing well and is taking his home medication, eating and drinking okay and seems comfortable.
Little Razta - not been well but is getting a little better day by day, enjoying his home comforts and the extra spoiling.
Check out some of the tarot spots I've came across in my Internet travels this week:

http://inthecards.wordpress.com/
http://allaboutcards.wordpress.com/2009/02/

An intriguing forum:
http://www.tarotcollectors.com/

New cards: I've bought some new cards this week which include Doreen Virtue's Ascended Masters, and an oracle Deck which is called Celtic Messages. Lovely colours in both decks; the Celtic Message cards are circular, and have some really interesting spreads shown in the accompanying book.

One deck on my wish list is not available now, it is Tarot Of Dreams. There is a deck on Ebay, last time I checked it was selling at £112. Decks on my wish list include: Lenormand, Gypsy Fortune Telling cards, and Kipper Cards.

Remember: I am still thinking of the little gift that was sent to me, about words and thoughts have energies. Thoughts do have energy; if you want to change things, shift your thought. Try using your cards to help you shift your train of thought; focus on a card that to you spells out what you want in your life right now, and make an affirmation which meets what you want to manifest. It seems to be what my Jackory does all the time; he creates what it is that he wants. Animals do have a tendency to do that!

If this is hard for you to do, try writing down what it is that is niggling you right now. Then offer thanks because it is an opportunity for you to change things around in the way that you want it to be. Burn your paper, (safely!) blow away the charred bits well away from your home and garden ( so a little wind would help to blow the pieces far and wide). Make an affirmation, that it is the last time you are going to focus on what you have written. Then sit down and work out what positive changes you want to bring in. Dig out a card that represents this and focus on it; print it out and put it where you can see it, even making a picture of it and putting it on your wall. Try a vision board.... this was mentioned in The Secret. And don't forget, be grateful. All the time, be grateful. It is amazing how much you have to be grateful for, today....

with love and light
Gina and Jackory

Abundance and the magic of Being Grateful.

Dearest beings, Hello! I am back, each day I am feeling better. I am so pleased to have some energy back again, and guess what today I was able to clean....

I have so much to give thanks for. Grateful to someone I read for who kindly sent me a copy of "The Secret", which I have been reading since I've been "off colour".... I liked what it said about giving thanks for being healed; I am sure this has helped me to recover more quickly, so thank you to the kind person who sent the book to me)... So, if you are not feeling well, take a moment... Draw in several deep breaths and try to imagine you are drawing in love, light, healing, energy, well being from Divine Light and Love, which like the light in my angel painting opposite, is white, sparkling light.... then give thanks for the healing energy that you have received....

Since I've had the book, I've been giving thanks for everything, through out the day. It is amazing how much we have to be grateful for!

The book has given me food for thought. As a child and a tenager, I lived in a world where I truly thought any thing was possible. A world of zero limits. I remember rolling down grassy hills in the summer, watching all the incredible insect life so busy, in the fields, looking at the sunshine hitting the grass, and thinking how sparkly, how magical, how wonderful life and the world was. And I had such a good life in my early years, for which I am so thankful for. A lot of people used to say to me that I never lived in the real world, my life seemed to be full of magic. I worked in the travel industry, and absolutely loved it. I travelled a lot, loved what I did, and everything just seemed to tick magically by me. It was only really when I got married and had a daughter, that I began to place limits on myself.

Please don't put limits on yourself. I truly believe that in tarot, the message of the Fool is simply this, that you too can have zero limits and it doesnt matter which card you are experiencing in your current life path, you can return to what I call source energy... That is why I think that the Fool is number 0. It is zero limits.... a return to source energy, love, light, inspiration, healing....It is where we all orginate from, and where we all at the end of our earth days, return to...

Our limits can show up in our thoughts.... and then can materialise. What you can hold in your head (mind, thought) you can hold in your hands.

RADIO FOR OUR SPIRITS
More good news! if like me you learn for the lovely speakers on Hay House but do not wish to pay monthly fees for the luxury of listening into a radio station.... check out Contact Talk Radio http://www.contacttalkradio.com/. The brilliant, inspiring Venus Adrecht is moving stations! She is moving to the free station, Contact Talk Radio.... and guess what folks we can listen into archives for free. Happy days.

Northern Ireland: when the going gets tough, remember....

This is the era of Aquarious. When new energies kick in they can make the old energies kick up again as a last ditch attempt. I think this may be the case in Northern Ireland. What we can do is to give thanks to the good people of Ireland who are coming together in the name of peace. Thoughts have energies..... so simple to do.... please give thanks for the peace process and in some way, your energy of thanks will support the peace efforts in Ireland.

Love and light

Happy Days

Gina and Jackory.