Medicine Card Monday #7 - My Gift To Steemit - May 21, 2018
Spirit Animal - The Grouse
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Happy Monday Steemians!
To everyone who chooses to visit this week's initiative I call Medicine Card Monday, we have a Spirit Animal card reading. All of my readings are geared towards a healing; breaking through mental, spiritual, or emotional blocks that will assist us in overcoming every day obstacles.
This week we are using the Spirit Animal deck and applying this to a healing I provide for the Steemit community.
If this is your first time swinging by, my Medicine Card Monday initiative is my positive intention to pull a card of healing or medicine for the community. This is different than tarot in that the cards I use are on the medicinal aspect of humanity other than the most common cards found in a tarot deck.
The decks I use are from Medicine Cards that work with Spirit Animals, Mystical Shaman Oracle Cards, and the Chakra Wisdom Oracle Cards. The cards will assist in helping those interested, find comfort in things going on in our community and the world we are now dealing with. Namely, issues around the world, astronomical, or overcoming health issues of all sorts, etc., maybe just something out of balance that we are feeling on any particular day that needs guidance.
By pulling a card for Steemit this will in turn assist with my Medicine training, give back to the community, and help those seeking answers. I will take some of the reading from guidebooks provided with the cards, but primarily give intuitive and medicinal words to help our community. We all have days when we need encouragement, inspiration, and comfort.
The card I picked for the week of May 21, 2018, is as follows:
The Card
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Starting in a sacred space with a clear mind and body I pulled number 34 The Grouse - Sacred Spiral from the Medicine Cards created by Jamie Sams.
The Reading
The grouse once flocked in abundance throughout North America, but today are mostly found in nature preserves.
Many Plains Indian tribes dance the grouse dance to honor these birds. The movement of the dance follows a spiral, which is the ancient symbol of birth and rebirth, the ribbed tunnel of eternal return.
The Sacred Spiral is also one of the oldest known symbols for personal power. When you think of Grouse medicine, visualize a whirlpool or even a tornado, for the Sacred Spiral will take you to the Center. The spiral is a metaphor for personal vision and enlightenment.
Many Native American on a Vision Quests paint spirals on their bodies and believe that the Great Mystery will favor them with visions of power and purpose because of this symbol.
If you have Grouse Medicine, undertake a meditation on the various qualities of movement within your world. Analyze the way you move through your world.
How do you picture yourself in the act of locomotion? What kind of reaction do you create with the energy you send into the universe? What words would you use to describe the way you move through both the material and spiritual worlds? Is your movement compatible with your greatest desires and goals?
Many spiritual disciplines ask that you cease all external movement in order to recognize inner life. Grouse medicine is an invitation to dance in celebration of the Divine Source through its sacred spiral dance, and offers this dance to you as a gift.
What we see here is a message to look inward and not always at those around us. Maybe not putting blame on others or thinking negatively. First, look inward to see what is going on within ourselves. Are we creating positivity? If not maybe it is time to take a break and come back when we are ready to share the beauty that comes with finding the core of our true inner self.
What to keep in mind for the week:
Find your rhythm. Honor the synchronicity. Spiral into your potential.
I hope you liked the reading for this week. If so, please leave a comment below. I'd love to hear what you think (but not if you think it's all BS!) That's typical Eagle Spirit humor right there.
If you would like a personal 1, 3, or4 card Medicine Card reading:
Send 2 SBD or 2 STEEM per card. (If you deem the reading worth more, it will be happily accepted!) Please take note that prices have increased due to reading request demands, and if a 3 card reading is chosen that takes over an hour.
Each person is given a special one-on-one healing energy session with a reading sent from a Reiki Master Teacher, that be me. Additionally, the reading is set up with you in mind with different stones, feathers, wands, or incense that are intuitively gifted from the Universe.
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Have a glorious week and come back next Monday for another Medicine Card reading! Peace.
Greetings,
Thank you for stopping by to read my blog. I’m a First Nation member of the Hopi & Apache Native American tribes, Medicine Woman in training, first time blogger since November 2017, right here on Steemit, paralegal, researcher, and writer based in the Mountains of Colorado, USA. I work closely with fellow planktons and minnows in a few groups by helping them adjust to Steemit and curate quality content. I’m especially interested in finding others who love natural medicine originating from ancient practices, gold and silver, energy work, and the Spirit World. If that’s you, please say hello!
See you soon, @eaglespirit
Energy therapy is a natural method of energy balancing, but is not meant as a substitute for medical, or psychological diagnosis and treatment.
Energy practitioners do not diagnose conditions, nor do they perform medical treatment, prescribe substances, or interfere with the treatment of a licensed medical professional.
Energy therapy or any other natural healing therapy should not compete with medical doctors and their treatments. All therapies are meant to complement medical treatments.
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Certainly interesting and more than informative. The grouse is a beautiful bird! I have always wondered what my spirit animal is!
glad you found this interesting and were drawn to visit. thanks for stopping by! as my disclaimer states if you are interested in learning more, feel free to contact me.
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I really enjoy reading about Native American culture whenever I come across it - I really think America shot itself in the foot with that one
oh how nice! i never knew that and i thank you so much for stopping by to read about NdN culture!! :) I write about it a lot.
Nice! I'll try and keep an eye then :)
thanks so much RayRay! Sorry, I dubbed you that name and I'm not sure why. :)
@eaglespirit No, it's fine, a lot of Americans do dub me that :)
@raymondspeaks they do? that's weird that americans only do that???
It's good to read your article. Thanks for writing this article.
thank you very much for stopping by.
Great post. Up here where I live we have a lot of grouse and when we’re out cutting trees down you can hear them drumming all over
thanks! glad they arent extinct. i read up and according to one finding they were on their way until nature preserves rehabilitated the species.
Oooooo, interesting!
glad you find it interesting!! :)
That I'm doing right now. Truly deeply. Finding my rhythm! Aja! ^^
I've never seen a grouse before and I thought it was a hen at first.
good for you DS!
yeah i'm not sure i had either ... i have seen the dance but watching the video on the grouse was pretty cool for me! thanks for stopping by and lending your support. stay sweet!
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