An Oracle's Odyssey

I am totally Blessed! I looove life! Soo... Monday I went shopping with my Best Friend Tuesday! We went out for our Birthdays. Hers was the 22nd and Mine is on Saturday 30th.  We went to Nordstroms first and she got me my birthday Present! I got D&G's new fragrance based on the Tarot lol Le Bateleur' and it smells amazing!

After we walked the mall for a while we went to lunch! YAY! We tried this new place out *new as in not our normal place we usually go when we are shopping where we were* anyways... We went to Lucille's! Southern BBQ! Sooo great! http://www.lucillesbbq.com/ I love Blues music and they had Blues all over the place! I got a Tri Tip Salad which was amazing! The service was great, the food was great and the music was awesome! We had so much fun.

On to the Bookstore yes the bookstore! I of course went straight to look at the Tarot Decks but decided to get a Journal that called to me and a book called Earth: Pleiadian Key's to the Living Library. Tuesday was going to get the Eat-Clean Cookbook which had amazing recipes but she decided not to get it even though she really wanted it. Soo while she wasn't looking I picked it up and bought it and gave it to her in the car and she was like HOW did you do that lol.

The other day I got another Deviant Moon Tarot, it was on sale and it was a signed copy as well and this deck is from Italy the other deck I own is from China hehe. So I am so stoked for it to come in!  I am also waiting for the Waking the Wild Spirit tarot to come in and excited that the author told me her friend is working on an e-book version of her book to eventually have!

I've turned AnOraclesOdyssey.com into my personal blog and I created a new domain MichaelBanuelosIntuitive.com as my professional service site. I feel that it is better for it to be there as it does put of a more professional energy. I have noticed that I am addicted to blogging. I enjoy posting on my TarotOdyssey.com Blog! I enjoy pulling daily cards of inspiration that our readers can benefit from. I really enjoy spreading the uplifting energy that the divine has blessed me with.

I come home today and check my myspace message and a friend of mine on Myspace sends me a message saying that she enjoys my positive words and would love to bless me with one of her CD's for my birthday and I am just like WOW!!! Thank You SOO MUCH! It is a Meditation CD and I have wanted to check her stuff out for so long just get sidetracked with my Tarot LOL and now I get it as a prezzie! I am so blessed and so excited and I am just so grateful for all of the opportunities and the people in my life i am literally bursting out the seams LOL!

I am asking my family for Amazon Giftcards as I am wanting to get a Kindle so I told em. You don't have to do much if anything at all but if you want to get me something then anything to help me with getting a Kindle would be perfect :) Every bit helps and I will be grateful for anything.

YAY!!! This is a great year and each year after this only gets better. I am so excited and so happy and Just want to scream YAYAAYAYAYYYA!

So I am shedding old beliefs and making way for new energy and new patterns to manifest into my life. As many of you know I am Pagan and follow the Witches Path. I honor the earth but I will admit I have been slacking in this department. Not necessarily slacking but not truly honoring the earth in the ways I know I can now. My perceptions have changed and truly been uplifted. I have always known that there was life in all things but until recently I haven't really clicked in experiencing it. Starting today I am going to take more time to really honor my Mother Earth. To look at things with a different perspective. To see the life and energy in all things and to be thankful for all that I receive and am able to do. The Earth is a living essence, The Wind, The Trees, The Grass all are Living beings all connected to each and every one of us. We are all energy and all intermingle and to recognize that and honor that is a Beautiful Blessing. The more that we honor things the more that we are honored, the more we put out and send out the more that we are able to receive! It is a beautiful exchange and I look forward to the progress that is manifesting now! I am here to embody Light! Information and to awaken the true essence of the  Earth the purpose of change!

1 – Where I am now in my Psychic Skills

2 of Pentacles

Gypsy
Balancing all that is being given and awakened. Fluid motion. The two of pentacles is almost a haunting picture as she evokes so much from me. I am being guided in all aspects and it is funny because it may seem as if things come to me easily and that I may claim so much and move in a fluid motion but I’ve taken the necessary steps, went through so much challenge and change and endured so much to get to this point. I have released so much and the two of pentacles shows this. That I am in a great state of balance and learning to balance what I know. The Divine is guiding me and giving me so much more to work with as I am already working to find the harmony with what I have right now.

2 – What can I do to improve Clairvoyance?

I need to focus on myself. I need to stop listening to what others are commanding at me and start following what my inner self speaks. I need to let go of imperfect relationships. Let go of people that no longer are in my highest and best. Investing so much energy into certain people takes so much more and the more energy I waste on others the less I am able to focus on what I truly desire and it does not benefit my clairvoyance when I am so scattered. Learning to be in control of Emotions as well will allow me to see more from a detached point of view and thus helping more.

Notice how the Two of Pentacles looks into the 5 of Cups. The Harmony and Balance is being learned and this is what I go through constantly. That battle. That struggle to stay on top it feels as if there is a weight upon my shoulders when there needs not to be.

3 – What can I do to improve Mediumship?

3 of Pentacles

Work with others. Practice more. The three of pentacles talks about three distinct personalities/energies working together to form One but their individuality still shows. To improve my Mediumship I need to seek the assistance of others to possibly form or join a mediumship circle. It is also telling me that I need to build a trust. With myself and my abilities, with spirit and my guides. I need to allow for the fluidity of the connection to come forth and learn to be submissive in a sense to allow the energy to come through. Practice, practice, and more practice!

You can see that the figures in the three of pentacles. One looks to the two of pents, one looks down at the 5 of cups and one looks forward to the next card. They are all in sync, all part of the whole learning and desiring to be worked on to be balanced and to go with the flow of things.

4 – What can I do to improve Clairaudience?

3 of Cups

Celebrate the present moment. There are many situations and beliefs that have been cleared now that are opening the doorways for clairaudience to come through so celebrate these and the more that you honor it the more that it comes forth. The three of cups tells me that I need to let go of the fear of hearing spirit again. Let go of the past traumas that have prevented me from truly hearing what they have to say and allow for the darkness to be shed so that the light may come through stronger.

This is linked to the Three of Pentacles so I feel that the group that I will form or find will be of great importance and pave the way for great things to come. It will unleash much healing and release much challenging issues.

5 – What can I do to improve my Channeling?

Page of Swords Rx

This card feels very heavy to me. The weight of the world in one respect. TO improve my channeling skills I need to really develop discernment and where I place my trust. I keep getting that to improve I need to uncover more about who I truly am, my past lives in order to learn from old patterns to clear and to over come to make way for new energy that will pierce the emotions and forge with the earth in order to create the perfect vessel.

6 – What can I do to improve Clairsentience?

8 of Cups Rx

I need to see things through. I need to take what was given in the three of cups and see it through. Finish it and once I am able to break through my Clairaudience my Clairsentience will follow suit.  It is telling me to give up what I think I “Know” and take that leap of faith, take a risk and jump in deep. To improve Clairsentience I need to learn to be more open to new things, taking the risks of new adventures and paying attention to the emotions that surround me but do not allow them to take hold of me.

7 – What is blocking me from embodying my true Psychic Self?

6 of Swords

Escape. I seem to be running away from old hurts, past traumas things that I have not wanted to face and know that I need to do so in order to move forward with anything that I do. The 6 of Swords says that I have moved forward from a very bad situation a mentally scarring situation a physically hurtful situation into a new place of good situations. So yes this is true. Out with the Old in with the new. But I need to release the old patterns and make way for the new. The Hurtful past does not own me nor will I allow it from preventing me to be what I know I am.

8 – What will come from following the guidance provided?

The Moon

There are many aspects to the Moon Card. In this aspect I feel that following the guidance provided will align me with the true nature of the divine. I will flow with the tides of the moon, flow with divinity and become fluid in nature. I will harness my skills and allow them to move through me and be a great conduit for guidance and insight. Some may think me a little crazy lol but that is okay. I will be in my true place of happiness. To serve spirit.


WOW I must say what a very blunt reading. Very emotional for me actually quite intense. I did notice that a few things popped up which were many Pentacle and Cup cards. And Two Threes as well.  The reading itself was fairly fluid. The cards all sync with each other. I have some work ahead of me indeed but it will be great work! Any comments or insight feel free to post! I welcome any insight anyone would have to offer.

So This Reading was focused on my channeling. I started channeling a while back consciously and I channeled for a while then I sort of stopped. I know I was being prepared for a higher guide than what I was channeling as I was told so but I have yet to make contact with a new guide. So I did what any Tarotist would do! Consulted the cards.


1. Why have I not been contacted yet?
Card: 8 of Pentacles Rx

I am working too hard for the "Future" and not giving enough thought and energy to the present moment. The card states that reversed this card signifies: Carlessness, Sloppy work, and laziness. While I can see where this may apply I get both what I first stated and what the book signifies. I have been in limbo of sorts. Borderline with Hair as one path and Spirituality as another. I have finally made that decision and so that aspect of  carelessness and sloppy work is on the out. I have been lazy in the fact that I have allowed my mundane matters overtake my spiritual and have not kept the balance in my life. I have been scattered so in that sense I have been "lazy" but not anymore. I am changing this NOW! I have not been contacted yet because there has not been room for any energy other than my own in my life. My mind and body have been so occupied with its own chaotic chatter that it has not allowed for anything else to truly penetrate.



2. What is Preventing Me?
Card: Ace of Swords


I am my own worst enemy! It seems that I am so determined to make it, to achieve what I know I have already done that I am getting in my own way. I am also focusing back on the 8 of Pentacles Rx that I am not allowing for new energy to come forth.



3. How can I combat this?
Card: 7 of Wands Rx

I need to pull my head out of my ass thats how I combat this! I need to learn to trust in my ability and have faith in self. I am not lost! I am where I need and choose to be. I must allow the fire spirit to breathe and to move like the energy of Kundalini and spark my creativity. I must focus on the present moment and pay attention to all things now.

Tarot Spread: New Deck Interview as posted by http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=44573

Deck: The Deviant Moon Tarot


1. Tell me about yourself. What is your most important characteristic?
Card: Knight of Swords

I am able to delve deep into the psyche, look at the past with intelligent eyes and confront it, find the fears that are needed to confront and confront them. I bring to surface what is hidden and what must be faced. I am able to take charge of the situation and approach the matter with wisdom and from a very intellectual standpoint when needed. I am very blunt and to the point some may consider my brutal but I say what needs to be said no questions about that. I pave the way for adventure, excitement, I do what must be done for the rest to enjoy. You will not find another deck like me, I am your go to guy for no bullshit questions and answers.

2. What are your strengths as a deck?
 Card: King of Wands

"I oversee the Spirit Realm" I am a Wise leader. I will steer you in the right direction. I care about you who work with me and I will treat you as a son should be treated. I will give you guidance that inspires you! I give a different perspective than the normal outlook on things. I create and inspire daily! My strengths are many but the constant is that I will treat you well and we will work great together! The Fire within ignites and the phoenix reborn.

3. What are your limits as a deck?
Card: 6 of Wands


The only limit I have is the limit of the readers perception and acknowledgment. Those who deny change and the creative process will not work well with me. You will do well to recognize that I bring a constant change in life, I will provide you with all the tools necessary and you will grow and create new seeds and grow more! Life eternal, you never stop growing and I never stop progressing with you.

4. What do you bring to the table -- what are you here to teach me?
Card: The Sun


"I bring a deep understanding of synchronicity" I will teach you to look deep into the souls of those you come in contact with, look deep and be able to see the truth in all things. You will never look at the world the same way once you have experienced me! I bring Unity! I teach all who come to me how to honor the individual process but to link and understand that we are unity we are one and to honor that as well! Joy is what we will find together! Joy and Fun! I am to teach you to remove the qualms you have about connecting with others and to lighten up! You are of the Phoenix and you will learn how to harness death and life, you will learn to understand the synchronicity of all things.


5. How can I best learn from and collaborate with you?
Card: Ten of Cups


Treat me with love and respect and we will become one! Family!

6. What is the potential outcome of our working relationship?
Card: Judgment


Ascension! Rebirth! Change is inevitable. Working together we will form quite the bond. A great awakening will come from our working relationship!

So I must say this was so fluid and easy! The only issue I had if it was an issue at all is position 5 the Ten of Cups all that came forth to me was what I stated! I basically channeled each card, I allowed it to talk to me and felt its energy and let it dictate as to what to say. Some of it I am not fully in understanding mode of it like the Phoenix bit but Im sure that will unravel as time goes by. So if anyone has any comments i'd love to hear your thoughts!

Daily Reading for Friday January 8th
Deck Used: Healing with the Angels

Answered Prayer (Rx)

The angels have a message and that is that the prayers I have been sending out ARE answered and in the process of coming to fruition. They are reminding me of my true feelings right now and that is that the prayers I have sent out are not being answered and this would be correct as to how I feel but I do know that they are here and they are seeing to what I seek. For whatever reason it is a slow process but there is still hope and what I pray for is indeed being heard.

Children

Well this has two meanings for me. I do need to pay more attention to my inner child and allow him to come out more often and allow his creative juices to flow and inspire. Also my sister is having her baby in April and she currently lives here so I will be welcoming a new baby soon! My aunt just had a baby on the 1st and my cousin is pregnant about 9 weeks along. So there are children all around me lol but I really need to pay special attention to my inner child!

Self-Acceptance

This card tells me what I already know lol and yes I know I need to work on letting it go! I am very hard on myself. I expect great things of myself and some people think I have high expectations for my friends and the people I choose to surround myself with and to an extent they are correct. I don't expect something out of another that I do not expect of myself. But I know that I am hard on myself and I do need to allow my self-judgments to pass and to give them to god and the angels and ask for help in accepting self more than I do at this time.