Regain Your Hope
What Do You See?
The Maiden – Eternal youth and creativity
The Bird – Freedom and the soul
Note: The bird in the card illustration is a scarlet ibis, a sacred creature
Water – Resourcefulness and healing
Nudity – Purity and truth – Maiden accepts herself for who she is
Fertile land – abundance and good fortune
Pouring water – energy, love, and joy moving through life
Stars – empowerment
Getting to Know You
The Star inspires you as you release your past. Get comfortable with your core purpose. You are in a moment of choice, and the Star brings hope to your world. This card validates your path. This is a good time to have faith. You can trust yourself to appreciate what the universe offers you now.
The Star brings good fortune, good health, and healing.
For now, explore the light you bring to your surroundings. How does it shine for others? How do you help them find their way?
The Star uses the energy of your mind, body, and soul. Accept that you have many stars in your life and on your path. Use them all!
With the Star, your strength gives you a diamond core. What does this inspiration feel like? What can you do to make your success the best it can be?
The star offers a cosmic alignment where everything is balanced in your universe.
You know who you are and what you were born to do.
This is especially important as your health improves and your healing continues.
You are at a moment in time when you keep moving forward. You have hope.
Explore the light you bring to your surroundings. How does your light shine for others?
Your Star energy calls on the energies of your mind body, and soul. You have many stars in your life & on your path. Use them all.
Your Star energy gives you a diamond core. Think about what changes can you make to insure your success is the best it can be.
Story
The year was 2013. I was struggling to write my first memoir. Enrolled in Gotham Writers, I rode the bus to a weekly class in the city.
Things weren’t going well. I had never written much before and I was having trouble making my story believable. My fellow classmates, savvy NYC residents, just weren’t connecting to my life in a small-town food pantry.
My grandmother entered the picture. She stayed with me from page one to the very end. “Take this down. Get this down now. Write this.” Her instructions produced a coherent book that people were willing to read.
When I remember the magical moments, I think about the last time my Grandmother spoke to me. I stood beside Stuart Kline in the Bread Alone Coffee House in Woodstock, when Dan Leader, the owner, came up to me with a request.
“I need someone to colect surplus bread at my bakery and take it to the Food Bank in Albany daily for food pantries. Do you know anyone?”
“I’m sorry I don’t. But I’ll ask around.” That should have been the end of the story. But, it wasn’t. There was more…lot’s more. With that remark, I had a flash.
Lily Dale Cox Thurman, my grandmother spoke to me one final time. She didn’t whisper in my ear like she usually did.
On this morning, she spoke clearly, focusing on my first visit to the food pantry that morning several years ago.
The Star Card energy reminded me that hope and inspiration waited to help me. I only needed to believe in myself and tell my story with authenticity. That energy carried me through to the end of the book. The message was to connect to my inner light.
When the Star Card appears, inspiration surrounds and empowers you so you can live with purpose and positivity. Good fortune and optimist flow. Here comes a new and happy phase of life!
I saw her there that morning in our midst. Her presence was clear. There weren’t three of us in the conversation. There were four. She made her wishes known then, and I couldn’t stall around any longer. Her presence was clear.
“Write that down. Get it down now. You can do it.”
Trust life and set new goals for the future because opportunities for your personal and career paths are opening up. The Star shines on education and creative activities. There can be an interest in all things mystical.
An inner, renewed sense of self-belief helps you overcome recent traumas.
It’s up to you to see opportunities coming into your life. Investigate them!
The Star connects you to loved ones on the other side. Remember that someone is looking out for you.
You are able to achieve your goals. With the Star you understand what these goals should be.
Consider not only where you’re going but those who will be coming after you.
Life Changing Rituals
The Star supports you as you reflect on the success of your own future path. How do you describe your star self now? Where will you be in five years?
This is definitely the time to schedule at least five Reiki sessions
Meditation
Go to your private and safe space. Get comfortable. If you want,play some soft music, light a candle.
Breathe in and out now as you relax. Allow your breathing to become even and regular.
Continue your meditation breathing for more minutes.
After a few minutes see yourself relaxing from your feet up toward your head.
As you inhale and exhale, notice your feet and then your legs as they feel relaxed and calm.
In a few breaths, you feel your abdomen as it becomes soft and relaxed. This relaxation continues up through your body until, finally, your torso is quiet, calm, and relaxed.
You begin to look around you and realize you are resting in a quiet garden. You look around yourself and notice the area. You see the trees, shrubbery, and flowers in this place. You take note of the air. You smell the clean air. You see a calm blue sky with puffy clouds above you.
You look around and notice a pathway. You decide to explore this pathway. As you walk along, you feel the ground underneath your feet.
Soon, the path takes a turn to a more private space with a bench. As you walk along, notice how it feels to move along the path. Notice what your thoughts and feelings are about what you are doing and where you are going.
The path takes another turn and you see a comfortable bench which seems to be waiting for you.
You walk over to the bench and sit.
Looking around, you see the plants – the flowers – the trees – the sky. Taking a deep breath of appreciation, you realize you are here to absorb some knowledge about your abilities and your future.
As you look around, you notice how it feels to be here. You understand that this is a place which exists to give you answers to your questions. The guidance and wisdom is here, waiting for you to see it and understand it. This is the gift of the space where you are.
You take a few moments to process your gratitude. You feel much calm now. You feel that you know the way now.
You also know that you can come to this space any time you want. The answers you seek are waiting for you when the time is right.
As you become more relaxed, you breathe in relaxation for your heart, your lungs. Your arms, hands, and fingers relax.
This relaxation moves up to your neck and shoulders.
Breathe in and out rest and relaxation.
You thank your body for the work it has done for you. As you inhale gratitude, you are also exhaling fatigue.
You breathe deeply and relax. Finally, your breath moves over your entire body as you relax completely. You relax more and more as you feel more and more calm and grateful.
Your breath and gratitude work together to create a circle of relaxation.
You are refreshed, relaxed, and feeling better. You are relaxed in both your body and your mind.
You breathe quietly for a few more moments and then make small movements. You open your eyes – ready to return to your day.
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