"Surrender to Wonder and Awe", The Power of Surrender Cards, by Judith Orloff, M.D.
"#38", Ask and It is Given Cards, by Esther and Jerry Hicks

Today's Mid-Week Oracle Update guides us to get really present and notice all there is to appreciate around us...the beauty, magic, and wonder that we can see, hear, taste, feel, know in our day-to-day moments...

The funny bumper sticker on your way to xyz...
    The smell / taste / hot treat of that first cup of morning coffee / tea...
       All the people who were involved in the gathering, making, distribution, etc. of the tasty food on your plate...
          The magnificent beauty of the trees, providing a sense of peace just being in their presence...
              The unpredictable movements of the delicate butterfly flitting across your path...
          The smile of a baby...
       The parking spot that frees up right in front of the store you want to go to...
    The friend that sends a text that warms your heart...
Those synchronistic moments that bring more joy, abundance, grace and ease into your life...

Pulling the Ask and It is Given card was a nice reminder to help us be happy with where we are at, right now. The back of the card says, "You cannot ever get it done...out of your awareness will be born another asking, and each asking always summons another answering. Your eternal nature is one of expansion--and expansion is the potential for unspeakable joy." -- Abraham-Hicks. This is why if we can find joy in the continual unfolding, we are golden!

Tip: Try starting your day writing down things you appreciate and ending your day recounting the things you found enjoyable, satisfying, beautiful, etc. You will see all the ways things are going right for you, how blessed you are, how much life supports you...and that will allow more beauty, grace, magic, wonder, abundance, and miracles into your life experience!

"Charity" and "White Eagle": Keepers of the Light Oracle Cards, by Kyle Gray 

Charity is the twin flame to Archangel Chamuel, and part of a trinity of archangels: Faith, Hope, and Charity. White Eagle is a Native American shaman and spirit guide that helps create clear channels into our bloodline and our spiritual lineage. 

The reading this week is so inspiring! You're prayers have been heard and are in the process of being answered. Continue to meditate, be open to receive, and take inspired action as guided. You are clearing old wounds at the energetic and DNA level as a result of your prayers (affecting multiple lifetimes). These clearings can be made easier with the support of Charity and White Eagle, so do reach out to them this week if you feel led to. Charity reminds you to be gentle with yourself. These shifts come with growth pains (at least for now :P), so remember to have compassion (versus beating yourself up), and be okay with whatever comes up in your space. If you just observe and love yourself through it (versus observe and then judge / analyze / resist / try to fix or understand --> snowball effect), the quicker things can pass.

I felt led to pull a Mudra card to accompany this Mid-Week Oracle Update -- I <3 synchronicity! -- See below!

"14. Harmony Trimurta Mudra": Mudras for Awakening the Energy Body, by Alison DeNicola

Mudras help shift your physical and mental bodies, so taking a 5-min break (or two) to do a mudra will help get you in tune with your physical body as well as your energetic body, and balance your body-mind-emotions.  ​This mudra is for the root chakra (depicted by being a red card), and as the changes you are experiencing this week are quite physical, stabilizing this chakra so you can remain grounded and balanced will help so much.
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After you place your hands as instructed from the card above (front/back depicted):
1.) Imagine a sacred triangle (geometric figure for stability and balance) in front of you, and notice what color it is
2.) Rotate this triangle to one side, and see it balanced there
3.) Rotate this glowing triangle again so the tip is facing down, and gently bring it into your body
4.) Visualize it getting larger and larger until it fills your entire body, and feel yourself filled with color and light
5.) Sit in this space for as long as feels right, then do your normal process for closing a meditation session

Any questions or comments, you can put in the comments below or email me directly at hello.rose.cc@gmail.com!

"Clear and Shield Your Energy": Ascended Masters Oracle Cards, by Doreen Virtuee
"Revelations": Path of the Soul Destiny Cards, by Cheryl Lee Harnish 
"Four of Raphael": Archangel Power Tarot Cards, by Doreen Virtue and Radleigh Valentine

It's really important right now to protect yourself and clear your energy field at least once or twice a day, or whenever you feel conflicting or foreign energies in your space. Remember to ground yourself as you do so. Along with calling on Archangel Michael, you can request help from El Morya (Card #1)...who interestingly has a specialty in politics, so in addition to keeping your energy clear and protected, he can also assist in any legal or political situation. How appropo with the intense energies surrounding our upcoming political election here in the U.S...

Card #2 (along with it's flipside captured in image #3) reflects a time of revelations, where you understand things in a deeper way...Yay! :) You can do a mindfulness meditation on the card artwork in image #2 (also by Cheryl Lee Harnish), which is called intuitive fractal art. Take note of what you "see/feel/sense/think" as you meditate on the artwork.

For the final card, you see Archangel Raphael holding a radiant shell...this is a powerful visual of the possibilities that are available to you, if you remain open-minded to them. It is a gentle reminder to not let your thoughts or emotions keep you from the options you aren't yet aware; to remain positive about your hopes and dreams, but be open to how they will look or come about.

To summarize this card reading (in not as linear a fashion):
The insights you are experiencing are shifting your perspective and expanding your ideas of what is possible, for yourself, and the world. As this happens, old beliefs and emotions that are not in alignment with your new perspective, are resurfacing for clearing. Recognize them as that (temporary disallusionment), instead of letting them become so large that it holds you back. Said another way, as you stretch yourself spiritually, you will also experience natural contractions, just like when you are stretching your physical muscles. Don't let those natural contractions take all your attention and energy, and thereby delay the enjoyment of your expansion. As they (old limiting beliefs, repressed emotions, negative thinking, etc.) come into your awareness, thank them, accept yourself for having them, and then refocus on the insights and possibilities. These growth opportunities may come in the form of direct exchanges with others and/or past-life traumas re-surfacing, all scenarios which beautifully correspond with the energies playing out at the collective level. The reminder to remain protected and regularly clear your energy field will help you more gently navigate through this period of energetic transition...we can do it!! :)

Hello everyone, this is a quick one since I'm on the road...I pulled this card from the Angel Feather Oracle Cards App by Michelle Newton, and took snapshots of the key points from it (slideshow).

​During your meditation space, if you feel led to, set the intention with the affirmation on the 3rd card, to strengthen this connection. You can visualize your 5th Eye Chakra parallel to the top of your forehead lighting up and expanding. You can also imagine going up a staircase of light, one step at a time, to meet the angels halfway. As you get closer to each other, your 5th Eye Chakra brightens and expands.

When I do this activation/attunenent, I feel a poignant sense of oneness, calm, certainty, and a gentle emotional balancing.

Do pay attention to the signs and symbols that show up afterwards (feathers, repeating numbers, coins)! Use those "hello's" to tune into your 5th Eye Chakra and continue a dialogue with them...remember they are always there for you to talk to, ask questions of, and request support.

​Thank you, dear Angels!