Hey, little blues! Welcome to the official domain, I am so excited to say that the Blue Butterfly has gained enough traction for me to be able to create an official site! This week alone we were international with visitors as far away as Ireland, or the Philippines! We have come so far from where we started, and I genuinely couldn't be prouder of myself and my readers, so thank you!
Recently, we had a full moon in Virgo, which is very exciting for many reasons. ProTip: To see where this full moon affects you in your life, check your astrological chart and see where Virgo rules in your life.
For my witchy people, the full moon was perfect for improvement in protection, healing, creativity, reflection, and energetic cleansing. Which is allowing the collective to be able to release anything prohibiting them from aligning with their true purpose. For me personally, the full moon in Virgo really affected my creativity, ambition, and overall organization for the better, specifically within my manifestations and personal life.
That being said, this week's post is one of major importance to my beginners trying to find their footing within the witchy community. I will be focusing on the topic of spirit guides. More specifically, I will be detailing ways you can identify and understand messages from your spirit guides. Who are your spirit guides?
In every major religion, there is a belief structure around the idea that there is a greater force protecting you, whether this protection is indirect or not. For example in Christianity, you have the idea of guardian angels. Spirit guides are thought to be something that everyone has. Everybody has divine protection regardless of what you believe your higher power to be. A simple definition for a spirit guide is simply a higher energetic force that helps to guide and align you on your life's purpose. In the modern practices of Wiccan beliefs, anything/anyone can be a spirit guide. Things to Remember:
- As a member of the witchy community you don't have to be of any one faith, as long as there is a connection to the 'higher power'.
- There is no limit to the number of spirit guides you have, it all depends on how enlightened you're meant to be in this lifetime/how many past life experiences you've had.
- Keep in mind spirit guides can be but are very rarely living in your timeline, they are thought to be at a much higher state of consciousness, or enlightenment since they are your guide along the route of your spiritual journey. For example, my spirit guide is my deceased grandmother, and one of my family members has their childhood pets as spirit guides, so keep your mind open! You are your craft, you are limitless!
- Spirit guides provide unconditional love and support on your journey. While they do get frustrated when you don't listen to them just like the human ego, there is nothing you can do to lose that support and unconditional love.
- Interactions with them should feel light and very comforting, your intuition and higher self will never feel uncomfortable.
Ways Your Spirit Guides Communicate with You:
First and foremost, to be able to tell when your spirit guide is reaching out to you, listen to your intuition. Your intuition will immediately tell you if that reoccurring penny is more than just a coincidence or not. There are many ways your spirit guides will attempt to communicate with you, and not all spirit guides will communicate the same.
Some forms of communication include:
- Candle flames: you can tell if there is a lot of energy around you via your favorite candle flame! The taller the flame the more guidance and support you are currently receiving from your spirit guides.
- Incense Smoke: This one is going to vary from person to person, and how often you communicate with your guides. One thing that I like to do is talk to my incense smoke much like a pendulum, the smoke will create its own answering system!
- Dreams: Starting out in the metaphysical journey, and tarot reading especially, the main way you will come in contact with your guides when you're still in your beginning phases of the journey is your dreams. I would pay attention to anything you can remember! Dream journals are a must-have.
- Meditation: Whether you choose to do guided, active, or passive; this is a sure-fire way to tap into your intuition and higher self.
- Tarot Readings: Tarot is the best way to be able to communicate and receive full guidance while you're on your journey. Regardless of how long you've been practicing, it's why tarot readers have been in work for so long. We provide the quickest way to see what's in store for you based on your current path. Reminder: The future is ever-evolving, a reading's results can change in an hour or stay the same!
- Animals: One of the strangest ways your spirit guides will communicate to you is through nature itself! You'll start to realize that as you are raising your awareness you'll want to be out among nature, or you'll catch yourself finding pieces of nature around you more and more. Animal symbolism is a huge thing in a lot of differing cultures. A lot of Wiccan beliefs draw animals back to certain higher powers, and can even provide messages to pay attention to when you see certain animals. An example of this in my personal practice is that anytime I am about to make a major life-changing decision I will stumble across a bee that sorta hangs out around my home for a couple of days.
- Synchronicities: Synchronicities are a major form of communication between you and your guides, especially at the beginning of your journey. Synchronicities usually look like the same numbers side by side when you look at a clock or a sign during an important thought pattern. An example of this would be 111, or 333. Expect a full blog post about this one in the coming weeks.
- Coins: This one isn't known by a lot of people, but one of the major ways your spirit team will remind you of their unbiased support will be random coins appearing in places they don't normally. One of the places my guides leave coins for me is on my altar!
- Intuition: This one is by far the biggest and most overthought one. Your intuition is the voice in the back of your head that guesses things for you. More often than not, your guides will allow your intuition to pick up on something before your ego does. Pay attention to where your body aches after a long day or after interacting with certain people. Your body is a tell-all, and it will know and hoard information and emotional strain in your muscles! Again, expect another post about this one.
There is so much I could add to this post, but for now this is where I'll be stopping. Thank you so much for the love and support I've received from so many of you! Remember: The universe is always working in your favor!
Merry meet and merry part, and merry meet again.
Until Next Time little blue!
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