Higher Love & Passionate Creativity ☽❍☾ Aries New Moon March 27/28th www.tatianascavnicky.com

An Aries New Moon intensifies Spring's renewal spell. There is no denying the power of the season of rebirth. Aries unleashes a blast of pure fire power and creative inspiration to this lunation. Fearless, dynamic and fiery, Aries is the new born child of the zodiac. He is a leader and his Ram kin are often called the "pioneers of the zodiac". Aries is the Emperor in Tarot. He is the self-starting maverick who sees the big picture. Aries folk easily wield the sword of invention, sometimes recklessly and impulsively. We are chomping at the bit to run alongside the Ram, but Venus cautions us to think things through, and flow with inspired creativity, and sweet vision. 

☽ Gratitude
A winged fairy queen announces Spring's arrival with pink roses. They are a sign of gratitude. Her presence is open, carefree and confident. Floating within a white mirror she lets it be known that gratitude is an alchemical force. She represents the reigning Emperor of Tarot here. We often push and push to make things happen. Mix the opposing forces of fiery and free-spirited Aries and loving Venus. She is the goddess of love, beauty, art, money and pleasure. Check out my last post about Venus here. Balance her feminine creative inspiration and passionate desire, with the eager to get-in-the-game masculine energy of Aries. 

Aries invents and is driven to make a mark, paying little attentions to details. Revamp your goals, wishes and desires. Think big! Create your big picture vision and let it come through you by playing and enjoying life. 

☽ Ostara ~ Fertility
Ostara or Eostre is where the word Easter comes from. Once again the cards reveal how amazingly accurate oracle card readings can be. Symbolizing Spring and the coming New Moon, Ostara foretells the future. She sees the future of planted seeds, watered with the expectation of desire, tended to with vision, and taken care of with faith. This card also shows the energy of the Spring Equinox and the undeniable potential of rebirth. What you sow, you will reap. Time to trust with excited expectation. Continue to spring clean your home and/or office. As you throw away old stuff, new resources flow your way. 

In my Venusian Retro-Love blog post I talked about how I woke up a few mornings ago compelled to throw away old and outdated clothes from my closet. Give this process a magical touch by stating, "as I throw this away I am making room for good things to come my way!" Put on some music while you do this to keep the energy high vibe. 


☽ Teresa
A beautiful angel holds herself sweetly. In my oracle card classes I teach that the words don't always reflect the intended or channeled message of a card. The picture story itself has a message. Thoughts and feelings are key to reading cards. Teresa is Venus here. Teresa comes from the Greek word therízō which means to harvest, more symbolism going deeper and deeper. 

Aries intensity makes us want to start something and start it quickly. However now is not the time to make rash decisions. Venus counsels us to think things through. Choose cultivation and ingenuity, over reckless and impulsive decisions. Play and enjoy your life. Be taken by your creativity. Keep your heart and hand in what you are loving to bring forth. 

Creative potency is in the air. Use this enthusiasm  to fuel your ideas. Redesign your goals with the higher truth of what you really desire for yourself, and your beloveds. Higher truth is rooted in love, and what really matters. Elevate your standards. Elevate your heart. Open wide. See who you want to be and keep your eye...your vision on that alternate reality. If you want to be more healthy, create a vision board filled with images of how that looks to you. Get inspired. Our subconscious responds to pictures and feelings. If more money is what you want, think of all the wealth you have already acquired, and sustained around you. Look at how much you already have and what you have created! Create a board on pinterest to reflect the lifestyle you wish to have. Let that sink in. Pictures help us put ourselves in a new story. Dream big! It's Aries New Moon! 

Higher love and truth raises the bar. Say to yourself, "I like being me. I am excited for my future!" Get your financials in order. Follow through on projects you have already started that have potential. Keep paper and pen close by to write down ideas that come to you. 

It's easy to fall prey to pain and suffering. We feel deeply for our global sisters and brothers. But no amount of suffering will raise them up or bring them love and resources. No amount suffering helps anything. Do something to elevate and channel your empathy. Donate. Pray or be an activist for a cause you care about. Keep your mind, soul and spirit with your Higher Power. I know it sounds wow-woo but you are in woo-woo wonderland if you read this blog. Welcome. I am so glad you are here. Miracles happen. We are all little miracles, seeds from Whom sent us. 

I'll be in Plymouth Mi for the upcoming 
Intuitive School classes. See the line-up here. Can't wait to see you!


Oracle cards: Vintage Wisdom ~Victoria Moseley, Goddess Deck & Message From the Angels ~ Doreen Virtue.

May nothing stop you from your heart's desires...
XoTatiana

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Virgo FULL MOON ☽❍☾ March 12th 2017 www.tatianascavnicky.com

We chased our treasures here. 
Dug our treasures there. 
But can you recall?
The time we cried. 
Break on through to the other side. 

Break On Through ~ The Doors


Sunday's Virgo Full Moon brings alchemical renovation power to our lifestyles and self-care, and to the care and feeding of our hearts. Opposing Piscean energy instigates a break through from ancient and outdated patterns. This Full Moon is a beautiful opportunity to know what needs to go. Like a thorough and discerning life coach, she'll help you create a visionary plan for what you want now.

☽ Mary Magdalene ~ Unconditional Love

Opposing planetary forces in emotional and sensitive Pisces combined with the Full Moon in Virgo, can bring up deep feelings from way back in the past. Keep watch of anxiety and fears. What you are afraid of holds a gift. A diamond in the rough. A lesson to be learned for the last time. A key to the future. Pushing down our feelings and fears will not make them go away. No matter how much we eat or drink them away, smoke them away, over-perform and perfectionalize them away or whatever other method we choose, the root cause cannot be flooded, silenced or drowned.

The key is compassion. It's easy to have compassion for others. Mary Magdalene shows us that our own hearts need healing. We need love, attention and compassion. Perhaps we think if we give enough of ourselves away or drown out that pain, we will be healed. We will have relief. Relief comes when we give ourselves permission to feel our feelings. We are then aware and able to take care of ourselves. We can fulfill our needs and know what to do. We have a responsibility to ourselves...as well as others.

We are the keepers of our temples, the temples of our bodies, spirits and minds. Mary Magdalene was a temple priestess. She is closely linked to the Goddess Isis, the goddess of all things woman and magic. Mary Magdalene literally means "Mary of the Goddess Temple". She is also called, "Mary of Magdala" meaning from the town of Magdala, where doves were bred for that area's "Temple of Doves". Her presence here signifies that our wishes, desires and life's pleasures are good. Cultivating our peace of mind is good. We are not meant "only" to offer up our bodies for having children and taking care of others. We are also to meant to enjoy the pleasure of life and offer up ourselves and our lives to fulfill our own divine missions, and make our marks.

Virgo is called the Virgin because the original meaning of the word virgin means a strong, capable and independent woman. Goddess Diana, also known as Artemis, is the unmarried protector huntress that reflects autonomous Virgo. If you know a Virgo, you are fully aware they have their own ways of doing things and are usually super independent. They tend to marry later in life. Let this Full Moon move you to be 'a law unto yourself'. The Divine Feminine is rising. Sisters are being called. Enlightened brothers are becoming aware. We honor them. Together we make space to balance the Divine Feminine + Masculine. May true LOVE reign!

☽ Aine ~ Leap of Faith

A fairy princess leaps up into the heavens. She slips through a veil, freeing herself. Boundaryless, Aine travels in between dimensions to higher realms of consciousness. Like brainstorming, transformation comes from a new realm of thinking, not a recycling of the past. Strong Piscean energy in Chiron, Neptune and Mercury makes this is an extremely psychic time. Your access to your intuition continues to heighten if you have asked for it. Initiate yourself as Intuitive.

The Leo Full Moon + Eclipse was the beginning of a love revolution. Here is a part from that oracle card reading.

"We seek freedom, truth and transparency in regards to relationships. We see with fresh eyes where we are closed down in our hearts. Subconscious uprooting intensified at last month's new moon. The parts of yourself that want to be healed are just at the surface now. You know how you want to change. You see how you are with loved ones. Let yourself be open to seeing the blocks that have been created by past experiences connected to relationships, so you can let them go under the full moon."

Sunday's coming Full Moon gives space for this process to unfold on deeper levels. We choose to be courageous. We decide to own our shizz. We come to love willing to be a witness to our own shadows and character flaws, becoming accountable to the havoc they may wreak in our relationships. We have compassion for these flaws and come to terms with the adultness of love, which is to love ourselves, love others and give up seeking to be loved...but to be enveloped by LOVE itself.

Physical issues or maladies that you have had in the past may come up during this moon, three days before and after. They rise so they can be healed. When you are letting go, flu-like symptoms, allergies or rashes can present as these manifestations. Of course by all means see a doctor if you need to. It may be time to find a new doctor, perhaps an alternative practitioner. It is "the" time to get energy work because the wounded healer Chiron, will bring up deep stuff/shizz. For your head, it's also a serendipitous time to seek support and counsel.

What you are releasing can feel mega-intense. You may find yourself crying for no reason, overly confused or anxious. Careful not to get lost, but do find your way with your inner compass as mentioned earlier. Careful not to let these feelings keep you from the sweetness of life and your heart's desires.

Aine, Celtic goddess and fairy queen says it's time to take a chance! Be ready to do something you have never done, even if you don't feel like it. Take the steps you have been wanting to take. Take even just a baby step. She says going for the gold doesn't always feel right or fun. Motivation takes over when we begin. Do what you need to do now for yourself and your dreams. Don't wait till there is no more time left for you.

☽ Truth ~ Personal Truth

Virgo's superpowers include discernment and analysis. She joins Saturn, Father of Time and Karma. Time to create a plan and create structure. Virgo will bring clarity and counsel, sorceress that she is, to renovating your lifestyle, especially in the areas of health and spirituality. Regular meditation is part of her prescription. She rules the digestive system. If your doctor supports it, a cleanse would be really good to do now. However I can't tell you how many times I've felt one of my beloved clients digestive issues because they have gone totally raw without easing into it, or they decide to go on a juice fast during a really intense time at work. I literally feel their pain and their gas. (Wink) Start slowly. Please go easy on yourself. Even transitioning from being a ovo-lacto vegetarian (vegetarian diet that includes eggs and dairy) or pescatarian (predominantly vegetarian diet that includes fish) to being a vegan is a process and vice versa.

We are making big changes like that. You might feel the urge to start an exercise program or feel called to tai-chi or yoga. Consult your doc please. Virgo will make the methods clear to support how you really want to feel, which is the truth of the matter.

Another huge theme for this Full Moon is releasing blame. Yes very bad things happen. Life happens and it can be super hard and treacherous. It's time to cut the cords, meaning the energetic ties to these bad things. Staying there is like being stuck in mud. Being resentful keeps you tied and bound to that experience. Picture being bound. Not good right!? You are not saying you liked it or that is was ok. Decide you are moving on. Would you let a dear friend behind stuck in the mud? No you'd pull her out and help her move forward. It's time to move forward. You can do this! I repeat you can do this! And if you feel you need support see someone right away. Call a crisis hotline or a trusted friend. Enlist an ally or teacher, someone who can guide you with their wisdom and experience.

As much as I don't like to hear this, look at what you learned about that situation. How will use that information for the future positively? What do you need to clean up? Take responsibility. Now is the time. Decide to move forward in the midst of the pain without knowing how. Do the best you can. It will be worth it! Be strong.

Have you heard the wake-up call? We want peace. We need it. Virgo earth sign energy is the structure, and the grounding of the practices and methods to cultivate order that leads to peace. Align your actions with how you want your life to be as much as you can, but give yourself a break when you need it. Mean what you say and say what you mean to yourself, as much as you can. I told you this moon was deep. Oh my! If you need help now is the time to get it. Whether it's rehab, a life coach, a psychic, a doctor or accountant, get support so you can bring things together. Follow that vibe. That is your inner-guru leading you to your truth.

Virgo Full Moon to-do list

*Do clearing and releasing work and/or Full Moon ritual.

*Be willing to see things in a totally New Way!
If this doesn't feel doable... try making a movie in your head. Feel that vision so much, so you are salivating for it. Declare, "I want this so much and I am going to have it!"

*Virgo Full Moon magic happens by clearing clutter, organizing and throwing away junk. Get rid of clothes you don't wear anymore. Throw them away or donate them. Say bye!

*Make a list of things you have been wanting to do and do at the very least one of those things, with rut-busting intention behind it

*Get right with your money. Venus the planet of love, art, passion, beauty and money is retrograde till April 15th. You already know what you need to do is. Doing it, is the magic mojo. You'll feel so much better.

*Revamp your health and lifestyle regimens. Get a massage or healing treatment.

*Make a list of all the personal situations you want to move on from. Cut those cords, the energetic ties to people, places and things. Burn that list safely or flush it down the toilet after ripping it into bits. :) Say bye!

And lastly acknowledge yourself for the work you have already done, especially from the last Leo Full Moon Eclipse on through to the Pisces New Moon Solar Eclipse, until now. Taking in the intensity and message of this Virgo Full Moon Message is work in and of itself. Be proud of yourself always. Love yourself. You deserve all that you want and more!! It is possible. Don't ever stop dreaming and believing in yourself and your magical heart.

Intuitive School is Open! Learn the secrets to unlocking your intuition and how to use it. I'll be teaching "How to Get Your Intuitive Guidance" Part 1 & 2 in Plymouth Mi.

Come and join me for a fun and magically enlightening experience, Wednesday March 15th & 22nd. I'll show you how to access your intuitive guidance, figure out your unique intuitive method and how to use it!

Oracle Cards: Goddess Deck ~ Doreen Virtue, The Wisdom of Avalon ~ Colette Baron-Reid

Magical full moon love & blessings,

XoTatiana

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LEO FULL MOON + ECLIPSE + COMET: Cosmic Awakening of Love & Life February 10th/11th 2017 www.tatianascavnicky.com

A great portal of light will open this weekend! Sun in Aquarius and Full Moon Eclipse in Leo bursts our human hearts open with love and light. This moon has mojo. Fill your heart and spirit up with this delicious life-giving light, and let Mother Moon do her mystical thing as only mothers can do. 

I can't tell you how much it blows my mind to pull a card with a full moon on it. Yes! We've got one! All the cards have their rightful place...but a full moon for a Full Moon reading!? Holy Amazeballs! It demonstrates that when speaking to the Divine...it answers. My belief in the synchronicity of miracles and magic is renewed, and set aflame again. 



☽ Body Movement
A Full Moon beams over a fairy circle. Fairies or the "fae" represent the earthly kingdom. Many are gathered here for this radiant celebration of light. They are at this gathering to draw down the moon and the light, and to let it in and be filled with it. The white color of the fae represents air sign aquarius, and fire sign leo. Normal for a full moon or new moon, you may not have slept well these past few nights, or felt that something was arising in you that you could not put words to yet. These fairies are free. Our need to be free and liberated is most important now. We are declaring sovereignty to our deep beliefs about what is right and true. Aquarius is the sign of greater good. Brotherhood + Sisterhood = the Greater Good. We come together in truth and solidarity to protect and contribute from our necks of the woods. 

Spend time with your soul circle people. Seek out your tribe and imbibe this moon juice love with celebration and light. This card is calling for us to gather under the moon. I have a Full Moon ★ Eclipse Gathering event this coming Saturday we are bringing down the light!  

The New Year comet, "45P" as they are calling it, is coming too this weekend! 

Numerology wise 4 + 5 = 9. 

The New Year Comet marks the beginning of the new nine year cycle. The comet, full moon and eclipse together are a momentous happening in the sky. Astrologers regard that eclipses potentiate and super-charge full moons. Let's just add a comet! 

Relationships and business partnerships can dissolve quickly during a phase like this. People will just disappear. It is a good time to say goodbye with pure intention to relationships that disempower you and ways of being in relationships that do. Cut your ties to psychic vamps. They are the people who always want your help and support. They suck the blood out of you with their constant need of your help and support and do not have the capacity to reciprocate. Let drama queens star in their own show and don't buy a ticket. 

☽ Hathor
Time to rise up and be the star of your life! Leo the lion/lioness rules the pride and lair. Leo's element is fire. It's time to come out and be seen. Show yourself to the world. Believe in your god/dess-given talents. Be receptive to creative ideas. Ideas and inspiration are of the element of air - thoughts and ideas. This is where the word inspire comes from, which means to be inspired. 

The Egyptian goddess Hathor is sky and sun goddess. Sky represents the air element of aquarius. Sun is leo. Balance doing (leo masculine energy) with inspiration (aquarius feminine energy). The mother Cow Goddess Hathor is shown with a sundial on her head. She's also a goddess of music, dance, motherhood, joy, foreign lands and mining. Mining and foreign lands? I can't help but think of the turning of the tides coming in environmentalism. 

Hathor shines a light on this moon's theme of relationships. Jupiter the planet of relationships, recently went retrograde. We seek freedom, truth and transparency in regards to relationships. We see with fresh eyes where we are closed down in our hearts. Subconscious uprooting intensified at last month's new moon. The parts of yourself that want to be healed are just at the surface now. You know how you want to change. You see how you are with loved ones. Let yourself be open to seeing the blocks that have been created by past experiences connected to relationships, so you can let them go under the full moon. 

What you ache, long for, and wish to create is coming to the light! Yes. You can begin now to clear these blocks to love and open your heart. I highly recommend meditation and self or guided hypnosis. Personalized meditations embedded with your name and specific to the issues you are releasing creating create quick change in clearing beliefs, and replacing them with healthy ones. 

Not only will people literally fall out of your life during this moon/eclipse phase; but beliefs about yourself that no longer serve you can too. I've been getting this information from Spirit since mid-December of last year. If you haven't already, you can simply step out of our skin now. Signs of skin shedding include wanting a new look. Changing you hair or your style. Needing change in relationships. Being called to your life purpose or a change in direction. Wanting to explore new things or get back to the things that made you feel free are part of this moon's rut-busting vibe.

We shedded our skins at the end of 2016, the last year of the previous nine numerological cycle. We don't need to know exactly where we are going, but now is the time to shine bright. Let your ideas and inspiration take flight! Come out to life! Think of the times you were just feeling yourself and you met the love of your life or your best friend, or got a job opportunity without even trying because you were sharing what you love to do. Leo loves life! Aquarius lives for ideas and innovation! 


☽ Water
Water flows. Change is flowing. Aquarius is the water-bearer. Listen for those prompts to change up your lifestyle. Repetitive thoughts or feelings are your intuition speaking to you.  

Note urges to change your look or redecorate. Time to declutter and organize. This is wonderful to do to make room for the future, or if something you've been manifesting hasn't happened yet. Clearing clutter clears energy. You are telling the Universe you are making room for the new. 

Follow messages to adjust your schedule for self-care and play time. The changes you make now will allow the flow (water) to impact your lifestyle, so your life flows better. Be careful of spreading yourself too thin. Doing, doing, doing, is masculine energy. Balance with feminine receptive energy. 


I hope to see you Saturday night in Plymouth, MI for the Full Moon ★ Eclipse Gathering. 
I'll be pulling

oracle cards for the group as a whole and giving mystical details of this full moon phase. Live music will be provided by yours truly and Mark Watson of AngelEarth Music

*Oracle Cards: Healing With The Fairies, Goddess Deck & Magical Unicorns ~ Doreen Virtue


Let the freedom flags fly and lovers be free to love! Happy Full Moon my dears! I am so happy to have shared this reading with you. 

Wishing you magically cosmic full moon blessings,
XoTatiana

Finding The Sweet Spot: Capricorn New Moon December 29th 2016 www.tatianascavnicky.com

I cannot believe the synchronicity and magic of the cards for the last new moon falling gently into the sign of Capricorn. Tender buds of truth and promising seeds of new beginnings foretell the possibilities and potentiality of the coming year. I am thrilled to share a powerful and serendipitous New Moon Oracle Card Reading with you. 

☽ New Beginnings
How unbelievably perfect is this card?! A Goddess holds a small child up to the left, the side of receiving. She defiantly turns her back to the past. Her head is turned down as if to say I am not certain of what is to come but I want to have unwavering trust and faith. It is not just my will, that will be done. Mercury the planet of thoughts and communication is retrograde right now and will be as we go into the New Year. Be careful of the thoughts you think. New pictures and words are needed. We will choose powerfully. 

She is flying free. Her nakedness symbolizes a few key things. The vulnerability of uncertainty, shedding the skin of last year and ultimately the 9 year cycle coming to an end in just a few days. Our Goddess comes in like a newborn, naked representing the birth of a new year and new cycle about to begin. She chooses to have resolute faith and closes her eyes to the past. 

Decide what will be left in the past. Capricorn is ruled by Saturn the god of karma, time and responsibility. Capricorn energy is all about goals, success, motivation, determination and loyalty to family but also to one's own personal path. Look to see now what you, or your personality, as Oprah would say, came here to do. It might be that you came here to simply to be the one that lights up a room, or touches everyone's heart, or motivates people to do and be their best? Maybe the calm, groundedness and serenity you embody is the touchstone for those who need to see and feel that for themselves. 

Perhaps you will create a non-profit to help children who need clean water, food or medicine; or mothers who don't have access in third world countries to these resources or even education. Or you will rise up and give a speech like this young woman, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, speaking at the Earth Summit. You can see that here. You might change the life of a small child who lives in a home where life is difficult for them emotionally. You can tell they don't feel secure or good enough in your elementary school class. Telling them they are talented, capable and amazing could impact them forever. 

Open up now and share who you are. From philanthropy, to the state of being you bring, the delicious food you cook for your family, your mad organization skills, or the example of good health you are and your life's work; ALL of these things are valid and important. 




☽ Grace
This New Moon has a graceful and gentle essence. Take time to turn inward. Feel what you are leaving behind. Spend time alone if you can, especially in nature. Sit for a spell as they say. We come into the New Year with a sense of what we individually believe is needed for the planet and humankind. There is something inside each of us that contributes to this greater good. In spite of the powers-that-be, we can do works that uplift the planet. 

As we cross over into 2017 the moon will move into Aquarius, the visionary sign embodying the individualism, intelligence, the higher mind and collective good. The sun in this image is the promise of the future. The sweet energy of grace and gentleness help us crossover into the New Year with freedom and hope. 



☽ Intuition
Selene the Greek Goddess of the moon and intuition gently guides us to look within. How do you want to feel? Maybe all you desire is to simply feel secure. Grateful. Wealthy. Healthy. Take your cues from the quiet whispers of your Soul. 

In 2015 I realized I was no more or less a singer-songwriter and performer if I didn't do a third album. For years I tortured myself thinking this would qualify me somehow. This was my mind. I let it hound me for quite awhile. After some soul-searching, I realized I wish to sing the ones I have already written and cover songs I do love and be free! At anytime I could record another song in the studio. I just have to walk into my inhouse AngelEarth Studio which comes with Mark Watson, my amazing producer. 

I have already toured the world. I put in hours and hours since the age of four singing and practicing, taking piano and vocal lessons. I released an ep and two albums, meditations and spent decades honing my craft and my voice. I think I can be happy and satisfied with that. I decided to move onto what is next.

Align with your vision for the coming year by connecting with your inner-guru. Turning within is the net that catches intuition. It's your time now. Follow the beat of your own drum. Capricorn energy rules responsibility. It's definition is the ability to respond. Contemplate what you would like to respond to. Contemplate how you can share your heart and the gifts you've been given. 

Set your intentions now and simmer in them. Around January 8th we will inspired into action mode.  



☽ Power
When an oracle card pops out while you are shuffling your oracle card deck it gives the reading extra significance, adding to the energy of what is possible. This wild card means this is a super powerful time to manifest and shift into the future. An angel queen has just crossed the river into a new age. Her heart is open.With two cheetahs at her feet representing royalty and courage, she rules her queendom. True power comes from knowing we are capable and feeling like we are worthy of all the Good that is available to us. 

We make water into wine. Lemons into lemonade. Just add sugar. We are divine beings, drops of what created us. We are magical people, empowered and inspirited by a Force beyond definition, explanation and comprehension.   

*Oracle Cards: Vintage Wisdom ~ Victoria Moseley

We are crossing over a threshold. Shed your skin and be free. 

I wish you the best year ever. May you feel the magic of the new moon and my love and

appreciation for you. I've wrapped a few gifts for you. Open them before January 1st. Find your goodies here


Happy New Moon & New Year
XoTatiana

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