The crystals I am working with for the week are Smoky Quartz, Ruby on Matrix and Tiger’s Eye. I use these crystals to connect to your energy, to connect to the message meant for you, and to send the healing properties of the crystals to you.

Smoky Quartz – Protective and grounding. It removes negativity and transforms to positive energy. Enhances survival skills and helps one reach personal and business goals. It is used in making wishes come true by grounding their essence in reality. Therefore, it is a stone that brings abundance, prosperity, and good luck. It fosters cooperation in groups and supports their efforts energetically. It engenders creativity by bringing imaginative efforts to fulfillment. It also works energetically to assist in prioritizing needs and wants, and brings wisdom to every day life. Excellent for elevating moods, overcoming negative emotions, and relieving depression. It is a helpful stone for enhancing and encouraging courage and inner strength. Smoky quartz is very comforting and calming, and is considered a stone of serenity. It can be helpful in relieving grief.

Ruby on Matrix – Helps you find new paths in life and gives you the energy you need to walk them. Helps to transform one’s life to a more desirable state. Useful when we need some help to find a new path, a new approach, or in any quest to gain that which we desire but do not yet possess. Helps you to realize love within yourself and express emotion.

Tigers Eye – A stone of protection that is also stabilizing and grounding. It enhances integrity, willpower, self-confidence, practicality and correct use of power. It is a stone that enhances good luck, and brings prosperity, often in the form of money. It can also help one see clearly without illusion.

Last week, I did not listen to the message from my reading. I knew before I did the reading that things were stirring in my life, and I just couldn’t keep my calm. My reading said to keep your peace and relax, and not let negativity get to you, or you will experience more of the same. I let the negativity of other people’s issues and drama affect me. It spiralled in my life and everything around me started to reflect negativity back to me. It was hard to miss the lesson, in fact, Spirit wasn’t going to let me miss it. What other people choose to do is on them, and all I can do is make my own decisions in this life. In every reading I see, there is a message of change. It is a scary thing for me, as I rely hugely on stability in my life. The Smoky Quartz is here today to give us strength to help us through the issues we are facing. It remind us of the many wonderful things that are to come, even if things are difficult now. The Ruby on Matrix is going to help us walk our new path, to transform our lives and see things in a new way. It reminds us to love ourselves and express our emotions. The Tiger’s Eye is here to ground us and keep us protected. It is going to give us the willpower to make the necessary changes in our lives. It is going to help us to see the situations in our lives clearly, so we can move forward with integrity and confidence. Let’s see what the cards have to say for the week.

I have been dragging my butt doing the reading this week. It’s been a tough week for me. I have been avoiding the things I need to hear, because they aren’t always easy to swallow. I have been avoiding a lot of things to be honest. We always want to hear that things are going to be perfect and amazing, but what would we learn from life if they were? Ever since the fall, I had been seeing fox energy. I knew there was deception from someone in my life, and the signs have been there for months… that things need to change… that things are going to change. There have been messages of seeing the truth, and I’m realizing how much easier it is to stay blind. The Universe is calling me to make the changes I need to in my life, and it’s unavoidable. Exchanging Gifts is about giving and receiving. You deserve to receive the love you give. In fact, you need to receive as much as you give. We can’t always do everything and constantly give, or we get way off balance… insert negativity, resentment and depression here. Look how perfectly balanced and elegant the ballerina is, knowing she is a gift to the world, not letting anyone keep her tucked away in a box. This card again reminds us, there is no need to prove what we deserve. We don’t have to fight for people to see us for the beautiful gifts we are. Let yourself out of that box. The Leg Up Card is reminding us that even though you feel alone now, life will always present us with the perfect people on our journey. It again, reminds us to accept the help given from others, being able to receive graciously. I am the worst for needing to do everything myself. Feeling that others won’t be able to handle it, or that they will be unhappy if they had to do all the mundane work that is required. I’m truly lacking trust in my life, in so many areas. This card is a reminder that we don’t have to do everything on our own, and that this mentality isn’t serving our highest good. We deserve to be helped. We deserve a break. We deserve friendship and support. We deserve someone to have our back and give us a leg up. We need to remember how deserving we are of all the pretty pink gifts life has to offer. Before I flipped the cards, I noticed the back of the cards all have the beautiful image from the Round and Round Card, and I contemplated the circular nature of this image. Of course this would stick out to me before receiving this card. We have been through this before, and have not completely integrated the lessons. We need to see things from a new perspective, or we keep going around and around getting nowhere… staying stuck in our box. How did I get here again? Honestly, after all I’ve been though, and all I’ve done, I can’t believe I’m still facing these types of issues. I can’t fight for what I deserve anymore. I only have one choice left, and it is to make the changes I need so I don’t ever have to go through this again. It’s time to take ourselves out of this equation altogether. You have the power to stop going around and around, and you have the key to your freedom. Be good to yourself. Make the choice to change the cycles that have gone on in your life. It may be hard, but it’s clearly going to be worth it.

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