1st Edition

Introducing Your New Monthly Newsletter!

It's been pretty apparent to me that I've tried to have some consistency with sending out newsletters, and I've clearly failed at it. I'm not sharing that in an attempt to shame myself, but it's just the reality here. I know myself well enough to know that in order for me to really stick to something, I need to create some system to keep me accountable. So I figured that the best way to do that would be to select a specific time and stick with it.

I initially thought about making it coincide with the lunar cycle, but as many people use those dates, I didn't want to overwhelm your inboxes. I was trying to think of other options, and then I thought, "Why not send it out on my favorite number? The 13th!" A few days later I realized that this month lands on a Friday. Perfect! What better day to initiate this than on OCTOBER, Friday the 13th!?

A Quick Little "Friday the 13th" Background

It's pretty well known (from my American perspective at least), the number 13, and specifically Friday the 13th is seen as being a "bad luck" day. Honestly, there were quite a few Friday the 13th's in my youth that involved my family getting locked out of the house, and my brother and I needing to climb through doggy doors to get back in... But I've always loved the number 13 anyway. Likely it calls to the annoying contrarian inside of me.

I never really understood why there was such fear and superstition around it, as a kid I just took everyone's word for it. Looking into it now I found unsurprising religious and mythological origins, the "unluckiness" stemming from Judas being the 13th Apostle to show up at the Last Supper, which was held on a Friday. In Norse Mythology a similar dynamic was drawn with the 12 Norse Gods who held a dinner party, while the 13th uninvited god, Loki, crashed the party and had the Norse god of Light, Baldur, killed with a mistle-toe tipped arrow.

In a Teen Vogue article featuring Bri Luna from The Hoodwitch, she shares how the number 13 is steeped in femme adoration. It's tied to the number of times we menstruate throughout the year and the 13 phases of the Lunar cycle. And Friday, well, is historically tied to the "Day of Venus," goddess of love, beauty and desire. All attributes that typically are associated with the "feminine." To read a bit more context and even learn some ways to work with Friday the 13th, check out these 2 articles from Teen Vogue and InStyle.

Each month I'll share a theme that I've noticed in my own dreams and those whose dreams I've tended. If there's something specific you'd like to see me address in this section of the newsletter, feel free to contact me here.

Each month I'll share a message that comes from consulting my Records. This will be a message solely with the readers of this Newsletter in mind.

Each month I'll pull a card from one of my *many* tarot or oracle decks and share the message with you.

DECK: Oracle of the Hidden Worlds by Lucy Cavendish

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Card #25. "Open Like the Lotus"

"... we expand in the soulful self -- we keep opening our minds, expanding our hearts, extending our spirit & unfurling the petals of consciousness until we are open and in bloom."

Oof... keeping open minds and hearts right now? Literally one of the hardest things you could ask of most people right now. And with it being one of the hardest things, that clearly means that it's more important now than ever. The fairies on this card flying to the lotus, feels like it reflects the sunflowers turning toward the light of the sun in the photo above. Look for the Light in the Darkest times. And find those who are searching for the Light as well.

P.S. PLEASE, PLEASE, take care of yourselves right now. If that means you have to take time away from social media or the news, go for a walk, watch your favorite movie, do it! We're not make to constantly in take so much pain without taking time to grieve, whatever that means to you.