Monday 3/30 – Squirrel – Squirrel asks us to gather what we will need for the season ahead. To tend to our nests and make sure that they will provide the warmth and safety we will need in the weeks and months to come. And to prepare for a period of going inward. This isn’t about hoarding and it isn’t only about material needs. Mental and emotional wellbeing is vital in order to navigate life’s most challenging moments. Make sure that you are finding ways to care for your spirit as much as you care for your body. Creative outlets. Simple pleasures. Opportunities for connection and cultivating a sense of purpose. These are the elements that will support our ability to make it through this metaphorical winter and hibernation period.
Tuesday 3/31 – Buffalo Reversed - If you have noticed that feelings of not having enough or fears around scarcity have been triggered recently, pause, take a deep breath, and then ask yourself what you truly need to feel healthy, happy, and whole. Instead of focusing on what you don’t have, seek out the areas of your life where you experience abundance. Do you live in a place surrounded by natural beauty? Do you have a loving and supporting family, given or chosen? Have you been blessed with physical health or some sort of natural gift or talent? There are so many other resources than money or material things and digging into gratitude for what we have not only creates a deeper sense of peace and contentment but also has a way of magnetizing opportunities. Whether the glass is half empty or half full is all about perspective and luckily that’s something that you always get to choose for yourself.
Wednesday 4/1 – Turkey Reversed – Right now. More than ever, it is so important that we focus on stepping into service, not only for the sake of supporting our communities and world, but also to remind of ourselves of our own power and the gifts that we hold within. This isn’t about martyring ourselves and giving in a way that leaves us feeling depleted but instead about asking ourselves where we have overflow in our lives from which we can serve? Once you find the answer, share generously.
Thursday 4/2 – Porcupine – Some of our greatest lessons and gifts in life come through the experience of being in relationship with others, but in order to truly open to connection and love, we must be willing to be brave and vulnerable with our hearts. Now, more than ever, people are in deep need of one another so don’t be afraid to reach out to that friend you haven’t talked to in a while or to call a loved one to check in on them and see how they’re doing. You never know how much a simple gesture might mean to another.
Friday 4/3 – Badger – Life will continuously bring us challenges, and the difference between seeing these experience as ordeals and seeing them as an opportunity to grow and test the limits of our capabilities comes down to mindset. Badger calls for us to dig deep. To welcome challenges with the cheekiness of a seasoned warrior who knows that they have overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles before and can do so again. Perseverance isn’t just about “making it through”. It’s about making even the most difficult moments into adventures. Grit and light-heartedness in equal parts is where the magic’s at. Who do you know that embodies these qualities? Channel that spirit and you’ll be just fine.
Saturday 4/4 – Hawk Reversed – Fear is healthy. It helps keep us safe and motivates us to take action in moments of threat. Panic, on the other hand, only serves to disorient and disempower us. If you find yourself slipping into the latter, it’s time to ground. Place your bare feet on the earth. Tune into your breath and see if you can both slow and deepen it. Drop into presence with the simplest of pleasures--the smell of a fresh flower, the feeling on sun on your skin, the release of a deep stretch. This is how you come back to yourself and create space to see what’s at hand clearly and then respond in a way that truly serves.
Sunday 4/5 – Lizard – The world feels topsy-turvy right now. There’s no way around that. But there is so much possibility in the tumult. Rather than focusing on the potential for negative outcomes, spend your energy envisioning the ways that this process might be moving us, both as individuals and collectively, toward a much more harmonious way of being. If you can imagine it then you can create it, so dream big, and then start chipping a way at making that dream a reality.