May 2021 Musings... 5th May 2021…I've been enjoying the empty days I outlined for myself after the Beltane Portal Intensive. Allowing time and space to ground and integrate new energies & magickal experiences is vital to our spiritual growth. If we don't make time for processing the mystical experiences, we can end up gaining experience but not gaining the wisdom of integrating them. On down-time- days, I write and make art. I set up attunements and.perform spells for clients. But I always ensure several hours of the day are scheduled for doing nothing at all! Today I started my Dolphin Medicine Intensive! The playful energy of dolphins puts me in mind of the 6 of Cups - inner- child work and creativity. I will be working with Dolphin Rainbow Chakra Healing System each morning to set me up for the day. This particular energy vibration aligns me with the energy of the Moon, and the rune Inguz. This rune is named after the God Frey (“Ingvi-Frey), brother of the Goddess Freya and connected with nature and fertility. So, all in all, some serious and sumptuous self-care is in order and I’ve allocated my morning rituals to align deeply with these energies. I'm drawing from the Paulina Tarot today. Paulina Cassidy’s artwork is fantastical, delicate and evocative. I absolutely love it and all of her decks are ones I reach for in the summer months. They just have a summery feel for me! Let's see what the cards reveal... The primary influence for the next few days is the energy of The Wheel of Fortune. This card is about change. Change is inevitable and essential for growth, healing and development. But the way we process change determines whether we will find balance by staying centred as the wheel turns, or whether we will get sick and dizzy by jumping about and reacting to every upward-swing and every downward-dive. Things are changing a lot right now and it’s important not to get too caught up in reacting to those changes. Stay centred and grounded. The Strength card provides the opportunity for managing those changes in ways that will optimise our growth and spiritual alignment. Courage and confidence will carry you a long way in managing the ups and downs over the coming days. When you feel flustered, take the time to remind yourself that you don’t need to fear change if you don’t allow external changes to define your inner reality. If you find yourself getting caught up in the confusion, remind yourself of how you’ve managed to face, navigate and process change in the past. You have no reason to doubt yourself now! The potential pitfalls we may face come in the form of the 6 of Swords. This is a card of healing and of transition from a place of turbulence and emotional upset or trauma, into a place of peace, calmness and spiritual awakening. It’s a very positive card but not always an easy process because healing sometimes means facing reality and dealing with it. Avoiding problems is our potential pitfall over the next few days. Your healing journey isn’t an escape from your past – it’s your path to integrating your past with love and compassion. If you’ve had a habit of resisting change, now may be the time to focus on healing. I like this! It resonates strongly with me and the work I have planned over the coming days! I’ll see you back here again soon X Have a beautiful day! 1st May 2021…Welcome to a new month! The 1st of May is the official birthday of Mayastar Academy! And this year marks our 17th birthday. My work through Mayastar is a huge part of my spiritual journey; teaching and passing on empowerments and attunements to others is sacred work and it’s my honour an privilege to be able to share my spiritual gifts with others through my work. You might say I’ve touched a lot of lives and brought a lot of magick to people through Mayastar; but I would say, a lot of lives have touched mine and brought a lot of magick into my life through Mayastar! Thank you everyone! Those who have purchased my courses, spells, empowerments and readings have all contributed to making Mayastar what it is today and I’m overflowing with gratitude. I’ve chosen The Spiral Tarot by Kay Steventon for today’s musings…this is a playing-card sized deck which makes it a handy one for carrying around – and a pleasure to shuffle! The imagery is evocative and quite traditional – but the cards feature a lot of Victorian characters, mixed with more medieval or fantastical portrayals which gives it a real dream-like quality. The Princess of Pentacles is surrounded by daffodils and flowers. She looks up, beyond the golden pentacle in her hand as if speculating about its potential. Her expression is serious but hopeful and gives a feeling of planning and strategizing. There could be a change in your work this week. Have you applied for a new job? Have you started a new profitable hobby? Or, are you thinking about doing that? It is time to put your plans into action. Reflecting on your past successes will help you to find motivation and greater confidence. The Hanged Man indicates some level of reticence that you need to overcome. Blocks to your success in business and financial areas come from past experiences. It’s going to be a challenge for you to get out of your own way on this one! You may need to do some soul-searching and consider your motivation deeply. For example, are you aiming to make more money in order to feel more secure, but blocking yourself because in the past, security has meant letting someone else call the shots? Do you associate success with a negative experience? Do you have limiting beliefs about wealth that may block you from succeeding in your work or business? There’s some kind of inner conflict that’s perpetuating your procrastination! It’s time to deal with it and the final card gives us an idea of how… The 8 of Swords depicts a woman, blindfolded and loosely bound, standing among 8 swords. It gives the impression of limitation and restriction. But the clue to the solution is in the detail. She is so loosely bound, she could easily remove that blindfold, see that those apparent obstacles are not obstacles at all. She may feel hemmed in and trapped, but that reality exists only in her mind. The limitations of her beliefs could keep her blindfolded and blocked. But equally, she could solve this problem, by looking up, like the Princess of Pentacles! The energy of this reading really reminded me of the iconic speech by Charlie Chaplin in “The Great Dictator”. I actually had a video of it on the home page of this website before I redeveloped it! I may have to add it again sometime. But I’ll quote from it here: “Look up! Look up! The clouds are lifting – the sun is breaking through. We are coming out of the darkness into the light. We are coming into a new world. A kind new world where men will rise above their hate and brutality. The soul of man has been given wings – and at last he is beginning to fly. He is flying into the rainbow – into the light of hope – into the future, that glorious future that belongs to you, to me and to all of us. Look up. Look up!” XXX I wish you all a blessed and bountiful week! April 2021 Musings... March 2021 Musings...

May 2021 Musings... 5th May 2021…I've been enjoying the empty days I outlined for myself after the Beltane Portal Intensive. Allowing time and space to ground and integrate new energies & magickal experiences is vital to our spiritual growth. If we don't make time for processing the mystical experiences, we can end up gaining experience but not gaining the wisdom of integrating them. On down-time-days, I write and make art. I set up attunements and.perform spells for clients. But I always ensure several hours of the day are scheduled for doing nothing at all! Today I started my Dolphin Medicine Intensive! The playful energy of dolphins puts me in mind of the 6 of Cups - inner-child work and creativity. I will be working with Dolphin Rainbow Chakra Healing System each morning to set me up for the day. This particular energy vibration aligns me with the energy of the Moon, and the rune Inguz. This rune is named after the God Frey (“Ingvi- Frey), brother of the Goddess Freya and connected with nature and fertility. So, all in all, some serious and sumptuous self-care is in order and I’ve allocated my morning rituals to align deeply with these energies. I'm drawing from the Paulina Tarot today. Paulina Cassidy’s artwork is fantastical, delicate and evocative. I absolutely love it and all of her decks are ones I reach for in the summer months. They just have a summery feel for me! Let's see what the cards reveal... The primary influence for the next few days is the energy of The Wheel of Fortune. This card is about change. Change is inevitable and essential for growth, healing and development. But the way we process change determines whether we will find balance by staying centred as the wheel turns, or whether we will get sick and dizzy by jumping about and reacting to every upward-swing and every downward-dive. Things are changing a lot right now and it’s important not to get too caught up in reacting to those changes. Stay centred and grounded. The Strength card provides the opportunity for managing those changes in ways that will optimise our growth and spiritual alignment. Courage and confidence will carry you a long way in managing the ups and downs over the coming days. When you feel flustered, take the time to remind yourself that you don’t need to fear change if you don’t allow external changes to define your inner reality. If you find yourself getting caught up in the confusion, remind yourself of how you’ve managed to face, navigate and process change in the past. You have no reason to doubt yourself now! The potential pitfalls we may face come in the form of the 6 of Swords. This is a card of healing and of transition from a place of turbulence and emotional upset or trauma, into a place of peace, calmness and spiritual awakening. It’s a very positive card but not always an easy process because healing sometimes means facing reality and dealing with it. Avoiding problems is our potential pitfall over the next few days. Your healing journey isn’t an escape from your past – it’s your path to integrating your past with love and compassion. If you’ve had a habit of resisting change, now may be the time to focus on healing. I like this! It resonates strongly with me and the work I have planned over the coming days! I’ll see you back here again soon X Have a beautiful day! 1st May 2021…Welcome to a new month! The 1st of May is the official birthday of Mayastar Academy! And this year marks our 17th birthday. My work through Mayastar is a huge part of my spiritual journey; teaching and passing on empowerments and attunements to others is sacred work and it’s my honour an privilege to be able to share my spiritual gifts with others through my work. You might say I’ve touched a lot of lives and brought a lot of magick to people through Mayastar; but I would say, a lot of lives have touched mine and brought a lot of magick into my life through Mayastar! Thank you everyone! Those who have purchased my courses, spells, empowerments and readings have all contributed to making Mayastar what it is today and I’m overflowing with gratitude. I’ve chosen The Spiral Tarot by Kay Steventon for today’s musings…this is a playing-card sized deck which makes it a handy one for carrying around – and a pleasure to shuffle! The imagery is evocative and quite traditional – but the cards feature a lot of Victorian characters, mixed with more medieval or fantastical portrayals which gives it a real dream-like quality. The Princess of Pentacles is surrounded by daffodils and flowers. She looks up, beyond the golden pentacle in her hand as if speculating about its potential. Her expression is serious but hopeful and gives a feeling of planning and strategizing. There could be a change in your work this week. Have you applied for a new job? Have you started a new profitable hobby? Or, are you thinking about doing that? It is time to put your plans into action. Reflecting on your past successes will help you to find motivation and greater confidence. The Hanged Man indicates some level of reticence that you need to overcome. Blocks to your success in business and financial areas come from past experiences. It’s going to be a challenge for you to get out of your own way on this one! You may need to do some soul-searching and consider your motivation deeply. For example, are you aiming to make more money in order to feel more secure, but blocking yourself because in the past, security has meant letting someone else call the shots? Do you associate success with a negative experience? Do you have limiting beliefs about wealth that may block you from succeeding in your work or business? There’s some kind of inner conflict that’s perpetuating your procrastination! It’s time to deal with it and the final card gives us an idea of how… The 8 of Swords depicts a woman, blindfolded and loosely bound, standing among 8 swords. It gives the impression of limitation and restriction. But the clue to the solution is in the detail. She is so loosely bound, she could easily remove that blindfold, see that those apparent obstacles are not obstacles at all. She may feel hemmed in and trapped, but that reality exists only in her mind. The limitations of her beliefs could keep her blindfolded and blocked. But equally, she could solve this problem, by looking up, like the Princess of Pentacles! The energy of this reading really reminded me of the iconic speech by Charlie Chaplin in “The Great Dictator”. I actually had a video of it on the home page of this website before I redeveloped it! I may have to add it again sometime. But I’ll quote from it here: “Look up! Look up! The clouds are lifting – the sun is breaking through. We are coming out of the darkness into the light. We are coming into a new world. A kind new world where men will rise above their hate and brutality. The soul of man has been given wings – and at last he is beginning to fly. He is flying into the rainbow – into the light of hope – into the future, that glorious future that belongs to you, to me and to all of us. Look up. Look up!” XXX I wish you all a blessed and bountiful week! April 2021 Musings... March 2021 Musings...