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Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Five of Swords

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Don’t allow the anxiety and stress to turn you into a weeping two faced flower. It’s ok to say “I don’t know”. It’s not something to be ashamed of. It takes a great deal of courage to ask for help and humility to admit you don’t know everything. Be cautious of those who show you one thing to your face in order to gain your compassion. They maybe stabbing you in the back, as soon as you turn around.

Additional Insight:

In today’s society emphasis is given to those who stand on their own and fight the tough battles. But no one stands alone, no matter how much they profess their accomplishment. They may have worked hard and prepared for opportunities when they arose; but some where along the line someone gave them a break or made the choice to recognize their ability.

Those who believe they’ve made it through on their own can sometimes feel entitled and look down upon those who need help at this moment in time. They can show the inner two faced nature they hold within and in doing so, undermine your efforts to fight the good fight.

Swords represent strength when viewed through the positive, but it can also be strife when expressed through the negative. This is also the lesson given to us through Humility and Confidence. Today the lessons of strength are being put to the test against the lessons of strife brought through over confidence.

Be cautious of those who hold out compassion with strings attached. Be wary that you’re not the one looking down with a confident air upon those who are facing hard times. By the grace of the Divine Universe; the struggles they face maybe yours one day. It is through humility that we offer compassion and concern. Through the eyes of oneness.

When we remember that we’re in this world together as a community, we can over come any hardship, any disagreement and any prejudiced. We can discover compassion between us and stand on the common ground we share instead of the competing hill tops. We are all connected and inter-connected to each other, the world around us and the through the Divine Universe. No matter what our differences, we are the same – simple human beings trying to make our way in the world.

Humility & Confidence – What Ego Can Teach You
The Dalai Lama on Piers Morgan Tonight April 25, 2012:
“I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less. And I am one of the seven billion human being. Basically we are the same… your emotion, my emotion, your mind, my mind.., same physical. So I always look [at it] that way. We are the same.”

Springwolf Reflections 2013 Motto:
I attract more happiness and financial abundance than I know what to do with!

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Ace of Wands

Jan7

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Be a beacon that lights the way and you will attract the passion of others to join your cause. There is strength in numbers, but someone must stand out front and lead the way. Though it may feel lonely and sometimes it can be scary when you feel there’s no one else to lean on; remember you are never alone.

Additional Insight:

Being a Manager is NOT a popularity contest – it is a Responsibility.
Steve Letart: Nascar Crew Chief

Leading the way, whither it’s for your family, a club, an organization or a company; has both advantages and disadvantages. You are out front and reap all the benefits before anyone else. But few see all the stress, worry and hard work that goes into walking the path upfront.

It doesn’t matter if you’re the Mom, Dad, or the Boss; you can’t be friends with everyone and manage by vote and consensus. Someone has to make the decisions and take the lead so everyone can work together for the benefit of all.

How you think about your position will determine what obstacles and rewards cross your path. If you continually worry and stress out over the little things, you will attract more of the same. Each time the obstacles will get bigger and bigger until you really are overwhelmed and create a self-defeated prophecy.

But if you can remember that you’re never alone and you rise up each morning with a connection to the Divine source in your life, you can face any obstacle with innovation, creativity and success. You are part of the greater Divine Creation after all. The electricity of your passion will energize those around you. It can uplift both people and environment. It can take you to the next level and set up the ladder to the next level beyond that. Do you want to climb a rope? Or would you rather walk up a few short steps? The choice is up to you.

So why not tap into that energy and channel it through your heart, mind and soul to adapt, overcome and succeed. Stop fighting your role, and start accepting the beacon of light to lead the way to success.

Don’t forget your 5-minute Alignment Meditation to connect to the Divine in your life. And begin, or continue, creating the world you want to be in with positive direction and success.

Springwolf Reflections 2013 Motto:
I attract more happiness and financial abundance than I know what to do with!

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Seven of Wands – Inverted

Jan4

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Compassion eases the beast of anger and negativity. You can react to those who are angry and frustrated by sharing their emotions; or you can ease their pain by showing compassion. If you join in their suffering, you will only extend their emotions into your world and create problems you don’t want or need. If you attempt to show compassion, hold out a hand and lift them up; you may find you’re picking yourself up as well.

Additional Insight:

We create what we express. Don’t allow the emotions of others to control your thoughts, responses and actions. You have enough of your own frustration going on, you don’t need to pile onto it by allowing others to feed your fears; nor do you need to feed theirs.

There’s a time to share struggles as a release to let go of some of your frustration. But this should be done in a controlled environment where others can share their compassion and provide positive ideas, comfort and solutions to your woes. Simply commiserating with others creates an environment of energy that attracts more of the same and pulls you both (or all) down further than you are.

If you can create a cone of power for positive actions (such as healing), than you can create the same cone of power for sending out and receiving back negative actions. Even if you don’t realize you’re doing it.

The Divine Universe has a way of helping you move the negative influences out of your life if you will allow it to happen. That computer crash could be the Divine’s way of pushing you away from negative influences. The loss of a Twitter account maybe pushing you away from negative influences. Losing a job that you know was in jeopardy could be pushing you out of a bad situation and forcing you toward something better. If you continually fight against it and continue old patterns that you refuse to let go of, you will only feed the beast and increase the negativity around you. So don’t forget to listen to that inner voice that tells you to walk away, avoid this person or that situation, to move onto a new job or living situation.

Decide today what kind of year you want to have and change your thinking. Create an Affirmation to Evolve The Spirit within and repeat it out loud each morning. Paste to your bathroom mirror, your refrigerator, your favorite cup for coffee or tea. Make a sticky note for your car’s dashboard, or to stick on the side of your PC. Add it to the start page of your computer, or to a local home page on your browser. Put everywhere you want or need to so that you see it at least once a day, or several times a day. Remind yourself that you’re starting this year with a new positive attitude and a real concerted effort to change things for the better.

Springwolf Reflections 2013 Motto:
I attract more happiness and financial abundance than I know what to do with!

Holiday eMails Lost

Jan3

The Affects Of Computer Crashes

You may have read my posts of frustration about my computer crash in November. One of the issues with that crash was the loss of emails that I had already downloaded from our servers. I thought I had back ups, but evidently I didn’t. Which means I lost emails. Additionally, I wasn’t able to access my mail while my computer was down. So I have a stack of mail to get through now.

I will be answering mail between now and Monday. If you sent me something and don’t get a reply, it probably means I lost your message. I apologize. I hope you can resend your message and provide me the opportunity to respond. You all are very important to me and I don’t want you to feel ignored or slighted.

This issue affected both mail that was sent to Spring’s Haven and Pagan’s Path. You can visit both sites to send us mail, just look for our Contact page.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Seven of Pentacles – Inverted

Jan3

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Stop scratching at the little irritations around you, it’s only your frustrations at work. You’re liable to make those little things into something big that will fester and cause bigger problems. Instead look beyond the stress and see what you want for your day as if it’s already here and you’re already living it. Don’t let the stress win the day, rather allow the love and compassion for self to rule!

Additional Insight:

YOU determine what kind of day you have with each and every thought. Give into the pressure put upon you by others and you all them to control your day and perhaps even your life. Don’t sit back and allow their efforts to dictate your reactions.

Take control of your own thinking. Manage your own expectations and release others from the expectations you put upon them. You’re only setting them up to fail. You don’t like it when others set the bar for you to reach, so why do you do that to others?

Be responsible for your own thoughts and reactions. Others maybe having a bad day, but their energy shouldn’t dictate your reactions. Rise above the fray and allow yourself to love you and create the day you desire.

You can do this. Make this the day that you think of yourself with kindness and patience and all those little irritations won’t seem so important.

~~ If you’ve joined me in the yearly 2013 Motto, don’t forget to say it today. Here’s your reminder. ~~
I attract more happiness and financial abundance than I know what to do with!

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: The Tower – Inverted

Jan2

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Your roots grow deep and provide strength and stability to all that you do. Allow the fire beneath you to inspire your passion and your dreams. This blaze of energy can be tapped into at any time, from anywhere and provide you with the electricity to empower all your actions and deeds. Use it and create the year you desire from the very beginning.

Additional Insight:

How you start your year is equally important to how you start your day. Make sure you begin this new year with a clear vision of empowerment, abundance and prosperity of health, happiness and yes, even finances. How you align your energies within yourself today can and will impact the following 364 days of the year.

Ground your thoughts within your being and remember that you are not alone in this effort. Connect your energy to the divine Mother Earth and feel her energy infuse with your own to provide you with strength and an unlimited supply of physical energy to manifest that which you need.

Remember to balance that connection and infuse your energy with the creative force of the Divine Universal Consciousness. Whatever you call that force in your life, be it GreatSpirits, God, Goddess, the Thunderbeing or some other label of your choosing. This Divine energy is there for you and can be part of your day, year and your life if only you remember it’s there.

Make this year the best year of your life and empower your world through Meditation, Energy and Action and begin 2013 by Walking Your Talk ©!

Forget the resolutions that you won’t keep. Instead implement a daily (or even weekly) Motto that you can keep in your head to re-invigorate your thoughts and energies toward positive affirmations. You can share my motto for 2013:

“I attract more happiness and financial abundance than I know what to do with.
And So It Is!”

happy-new-year-2013

May 2013 Bring You All The Blessings, Love & Happiness
You So Richly Deserve!!

2013 Moon and Astronomical Event Calendar

Dec27

The Moon, Sun and Magik

Every practitioner of magik should know which days to work and which to take off. Which moon phases are best for what kind of casting and which are for rest.

Whither you call yourself a witch, mage, shaman or ceremonial magician, the moon is an integral part of magikal practices. Know what is happening in the skies around you and how those events are impacting the energy not only on Earth but upon the living things on the planet.

Understanding the astronomical events such as moon phase, lunar or solar eclipse, solstice and equinox dates and times will give a magikal practitioner more insight and understanding for their workings. It will also help when aligning your energies to those cosmic forces through your physical tools and your spiritual being.

Of course the guidelines to working with the Universal bodies are not cast in stone. And like most things in the pagan community where you are in the world, what culture you’re familiar with or drawn too will impact the correspondences between objects and energy. You may want to read about The Correspondence Of This And That for more information.

In magik, timing can be crucial to the success of a magikal practice. But even then, emergencies happen. Certainly if you have a friend in dire need of healing, you don’t need to wait until the next Waxing Moon to cast a healing spell or ritual. But when possible and for the best results here’s the Moon Phase Calendar for this year to help you plan your work.

Today we’re rolled out The Pagan’s Path ~ 2013 Moon Phase & Astronomical Calendar to assist in your planning for events during the coming year.

Merry Christmas To One & All!

Dec25

Merry Christmas
From everyone at Springwolf Reflections & Spring’s Haven!
May you be surrounded by all the things that bring Christmas cheer today.

May the GreatSpirits shine brightly upon your path bringing happiness & joy during this holiday season!

We received a couple of “we’re annoyed” notes about our Christmas post. Asking why a pagan center is posting Merry Christmas. To those we’d answer…

Just because we’re pagan doesn’t mean we can’t respect one of the most important days observed by another religion. We’re not in competition with others. It’s not “us” against “them”. Through appreciating each other, we learn tolerance and bring about peace between all like-minded people. So honor those around you and respect their practices, you may find that they return the same act of kindness to you.

The History of Yule

Dec22

The Winter Solstice
By SpringWolf, D.D., Ph.D.

The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year and the beginning of Winter. In simple terms it is one of two points on the ecliptic at which the sun is overhead at the tropic of Capricorn, when the Sun is at its southern most point for those in the Northern Hemisphere.

“The earliest people on Earth knew that the sun’s path across the sky, the length of daylight, and the location of the sunrise and sunset all shifted in a regular way throughout the year. They built monuments such as Stonehenge in England and Machu Picchu in Peru to follow the sun’s yearly progress.”
Deborah Byrd

The Winter Solstice has marked the beginning of winter and provided a point in time where homes and communities needed to be prepared and ready for the barren cold months. For some it designated the official end of the harvest season. For others it marks a time of spiritual celebration. And for others it’s nothing more than an astronomical occurrence and scientific event. But to Pagans, it marks the beginning of the 12 Days of Yule and time to honor the Triple Goddess and rebirth of the God. Continue reading →

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Death – Inverted

Dec21

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

It’s the end of the year and time to make way for new beginnings. Don’t spend time trying to keep one foot in the past. You will only continue the struggles. Lift your feet and allow yourself to fall out of the negative flow of energy that’s been hovering around like a thick mist. The air is much clearer beneath the surface.

Additional Insight:

It’s only when we go within and look through our spiritual eyes that we can see clearly what’s really around us. Drop the luggage that holds all the anger, blame and accusations from the past. Release the chains that are holding you in the fog where you cannot see what’s coming at you.

You are the one creating the darkness before you. And you are the only one who can put it to rest and trust your instincts. Stop listening to the negative voices around you. The ones that feed your fear and anxiety. Trust that your connection with the Divine has you exactly where you need to be at this time and place in your life.

Spend this evening in quiet meditation, alone or as a family. Regardless of the beliefs of others; ask those who are close to you and love to do this quick exercise with you. Close your eyes, take in 3 deep cleansing breaths through your nose and exhale through your mouth. As you do, imagine the white light of positive creation to come in through your nose and collect within your heart. See it push out the negative dark smoke from your body as you exhale through your mouth. Say a brief prayer outloud for everyone in your gathering – We release the negativity, anger and hatred of the past. We forgive those who helped to take away our sense of security and safety. We let go of the fear and turn toward the positive road with clarity and excitement. We bring Divine blessings to our path, here and now. And so it is.

This is our last drawing for 2012.

Merry Solstice and Happy Holidays to one and all. May the GreatSpirits shine brightly upon your path to ease your heart and soul. You are blessed and loved.

"Believe In Yourself, Even When No One Else Does."
~ Harvey McKay ~
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“Take a chance on faith. Not religion, but faith.
Not hope, but faith.
I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar.
Hope walks through the fire and Faith leaps over it.”
~ Jim Carrey ☆ 2014
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“I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less. And I am one of the seven billion human being. Basically we are the same… your emotion, my emotion, your mind, my mind.., same physical. So I always look [at it] that way. We are the same.”
~ Dalai Lama 2012 ~
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"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
~ Bruce Lee 1971