Today takes a personal turn, a time to look inward as the card that shows itself in the 7th place is the Medicine Bag! In this day and age we live in a world full of Chaos and negativity all surrounding the People in Power as Ego driven people filled with Greed and violence. As if we are caught in the eye of the hurricane so to speak, a place where it is calm and quiet… we need to tend to ourselves by connecting with our souls and balancing it again. Understand that even though we might not be in the direct line of the storm, it all still affects us as we walk our day. So care for self however makes you comfortable. Look inside your Medicine Bag and making sure what we have inside is the tools and things to keep us in a positive place, adding or subtracting as life indicates to us. The core of who we are and will remain as is within our soul and that is what the Medicine Bag represents.
Be strong, be tough… the day may prove challenging but you have the stuff to get through it. Crocodile steps in to the 7th spot today reminding us all life is not always smooth going. Yet we all have the ability to turn it around. So don’t let those bumps on the path bother you… stand in your own power and push through it all. Don’t allow the negatives around you stick and wear you down.
Today Elephant walks through and jumps from the deck bringing the message of nurturing and love, telling us that often in life we need to be more accepting of others and not place our expectations on them. It is often easy to stand and judge, but not so easy if we look in the mirror. Time to let go of the people/things/resentments of the past…it is time to step into new. The past we can not change… we can only learn from.
So with that said Elephant is telling us to breathe a little today and release all that isn’t working in our lives in order for new and more positive things and people to enter in. If we hold and store to many negatives, there is no room in our hearts for other things that will help us to both heal and move forward.
So allow some light into your soul this day… and have a little faith to allow yourselves to heal!
The Elephant to remind all of us how to define family. Family is often more than merely born into or shared genetics. And it is time to acknowledge our spiritual families and people that mean the most to us. it is time to look at self and remember where our loyalty should lie, who it is that supports us and is there effortlessly. It is time to get in touch with our inner child and our inner elder, for we have been taught much but due to the chaos of days, it has been often set aside.
So Elephant tells us to honor relationships, the ones that have imprinted on our souls… the ones we wish we coulda, shoulda, woulda… said or shown gratitude for and throw some tobacco, a prayer to the Sacred Winds for what was not. Balance the debt even if it is in what seems like a small way.
Elephant brings with it determination and loyalty that are needed to walk through our human. Not to give up easily for if we stay the course smartly, our goals will be met. Elephant reminds us all we must look after ourselves first before can help others, and to follow our instincts they will show us where we need to go and what we need to nourish within our souls.
Family is an important aspect and to remember to focus on the very young and our Elders, it is our duty to care for both. Loyalty is another trait the Elephant brings out in us, reminding us ever so gently that sometimes we need to remain loyal in spite of difficult circumstances in all situations, for all will be made clear as we move ahead in positive steps.
Elephant communicates with its family intuitively and suggests that there is a memory that is being held on to tightly that needs to be let go, let go of the past, it is what has assisted us to this point, but needs to remain in the past.
Elephant is reminding us about gentleness, commitment, and communication for ourselves and all relationships in and about our own Sacred Hoops. That all of it is powerful medicine much needed as it helps us to keep relationships healthy.
“I am dedicated to educating and sharing culture with the World. It is not enough merely to teach the ways of our Elders. We must honor those traditions by sharing and educating the World. Inspiring others …Inspiring our Youth. Through the Music… the Arts…the stories…”
We Are All Related! Blessings too You All! ~bear Medicinewalker
Music Baby Elephant Walk by Henry Mancini available on Itunes
Today the 7th card to face upward was the Winged Ones again! So as today progresses we are to be aware of the world around us, so we can learn to push the negative surroundings away from us. We have the ability we simply need to make the conscious choice. The fact that this card shows up once more so quickly is that the world is suffering, the planet, the creatures and even humans. The lines between dark and light have never been so distinct in our lifetimes. We need to not dismiss the dark negatives, rather we need to balance them with the light we all carry. By doing so we will be able to walk the line so to speak and control how we react to various situations.
Bear walks through today is the seventh card to guide us along with the Ancestors towards more positive goals and enrichments. Dig deep kids …dig deep and prepare for the upcoming months.
There is so much anger in the world but we need to rise above all of that and stand in our own power to allow others to see there are better ways of behaving. Don’t add negatives for it will be returned to us, and we need people who can command a better way of life, a better way for the people of the world to live and be. Take care of self and those you hold in your sacred space, be brave and step out of the box when you see injustice or bad behavior. It is calling out for leaders of peace and calm. Helping each other and understanding although we are all different we all also have our place in lifes tapestry. Learn to Love better, care more and understand each other better.
Bear is all about fertility (creative and manifestation), instinct, protection and solitude. Those that walk with Bear are often somewhat reclusive requiring a great deal of personal space to renew and create. Bear people will often “disconnect” for awhile as they pursue projects becoming deeply involved in what they are working on. Deeply protective and territorial, Bear’s are also extremely loyal and dependable.
Bear teaches us when healing of any sort is needed to use that time for introspective work in order to grow Spiritually, Emotionally, Mentally and find answers to problems within yourself. Travel deep into your soul find the purpose in your own path and journey and walk ahead in positive steps.
Bear shares with us that in this time hibernation is not only good but needed, yet respect our natural hibernation cycle and remember to reawaken in the spring, in doing so awaken the potential within ourselves and the power of our unconscious mind.
Bear teaches us there is a time for playfulness and a time to be assertive, and perhaps a time for both in balance.
“I am dedicated to educating and sharing culture with the World. It is not enough merely to teach the ways of our Elders. We must honor those traditions by sharing and educating the World. Inspiring others …Inspiring our Youth. Through the Music… the Arts…the stories…”
Many Blessings to You ALL
~bear Medicinewalker
Music provided by Chris Ferree and available at http://www.chrisferree.com  as part of the Wolf and the bear Network 2022
Today is about the Sacred… today is all about being Gentle with yourself and others. We all have been experiencing some very intense situations and issues over the past week or so, and now is all about restoring balance in and around our own Sacred Hoop! We sometimes need to stop …take a breath and remember we do not live our lives to serve the expectations of others, but rather in a way that honors Creator and our own walks as we set foot upon our paths each day. To remember to walk with Honor, Respect, Wisdom, Love, Truth, Honesty and Humility keeping our foundation strong and healthy.
So with that said, be gentle with yourselves… remember to honor the Sacred of you and the Sacred Hoop… we are all but Human and can only take a step at a time!
Associated with the element of Air. The botanical name is Heirochloe odorant, currently growing mainly in the plains across the United States and on up into Canada. The plant can induce a soporific effect and have been used in meditation and shamanistic rituals with the belief that it has some mild psychotropic properties.
Native People believe that Sweetgrass is the first plant that covered the Great Mother Earth. It is viewed as Sacred; we often use this plant for religious purposes such as making incense and calling spirits as well as to aid us during fasting. Drawing in positive vibrational energy along with purification it drives away the negative spirits and energies while the sweetness draws in the positive energies and spirits to assist us and guide us in the right ways.
When we use Sweetgrass for smudging drawing in positive energies it changes the energy of one’s space and being. Traditionally you will see the Sweetgrass twisted into braids commercially, and sometimes in smudge packages…I have braids in the rooms of my home and among my sacred objects. I often add clippings into my own smudge mixture with the White Sage, for it adds purification to the intention and space.
Sweetgrasscan instantly change the energy surrounding one’s physical body and environment while improving our emotional state, bringing it to a renewed perspective. It draws the feelings of abundance and uplifts our spirits as it invades our senses. It also provides a positive energy to our auric fields and is useful as we perform energy work or healing practices. Used when you need to balance or are in need of comfort, it will bring calmness and peace to your thoughts. I have found it to immediately give me a sense of empowerment, of clarity, and the ability to refocus my thoughts in order to gain a better perspective from a more positive place.
“I am Dedicated to Educating and sharing the Native culture with the World. It is not enough merely to teach the ways of our Elders. We must honor those traditions by sharing and educating the World. Inspiring others …Inspiring our Youth. Through the Music… the Arts…the stories…”
Blessings To All
~bear Medicinewalker
Music from Jeff Ball Album Wind Tamer, “the Quiet”
Rabbit shows up in the cards today to remind us although we should not feed our fears they should be lessons in motivation … of things to overcome and obstacles to push through or to be smart enough to figure out how to go around. This is key today as there may be some storms on the horizon! But because we have weathered many storms in our walks, we have the knowledge on how to maneuver through it all safely with positive outcomes.
Rabbit reminds us all to remember we need to nurture ourselves in order to allow our Spiritual growth to occur. It shares with us that we have all the tools needed inside of us if we just stop for a moment to collect ourselves and reach into that toolkit we all carry. By stopping for that moment and listening to that inner voice, it will give us a chance to strengthen our plans that are in motion, or review the ones we are contemplating.
Rabbit tells us not to be so quick to jump to conclusions, rather look at the larger picture and then move quickly as your instinct guides you rather than allowing fear to move you forward. Pursue your dreams, your goals with a little more adaptability, network with friends and family to help you get the results that are desired.
They also represent fertility, but of course it is up to us to make sure that that fertility shows up as positives such as creativeness, happiness, success and not negatives that we hold onto that eventually turn into fear, anger, bitterness, depression, illnesses.
Rabbitteaches that defending ourselves doesn’t always mean fighting back; it can also be accomplished by listening to what is happening in and around our Sacred Hoops and then using our intuition for the best possible outcome.
Rabbit has a short life so it also reminds us to take advantage of every waking moment for all life is Sacred. Don’t get stuck on the little things in life or life around you will pass by in a blink of an eye and you will have missed the journey.
I am Dedicated to Educating and sharing culture with the World. It is not enough merely to teach the ways of our Elders. We must honor those traditions by sharing and educating the World. Inspiring others …Inspiring our Youth.  Through the Music… the Arts…the stories…
Blessings of the Day to you All,
~ bear Medicinewalker
Music provided by Chris Ferree and available at http://www.chrisferree.com as part of the Wolf and the bear Network @2022
Rabbit shows up in the cards today to remind us although we should not feed our fears they should be lessons in motivation … of things to overcome and obstacles to push through or to be smart enough to figure out how to go around. This is key today as there may be some storms on the horizon! But because we have weathered many storms in our walks, we have the knowledge on how to maneuver through it all safely with positive outcomes.
