“Hope is not pretending that troubles don’t exist. It is the trust that they will not last forever, that hurts will be healed and difficulties overcome. It is faith that a source of strength and renewal lies within to lead us through the dark into the sunshine.”
— Liz Chase
Hello, Lovelies!
This Quarter I am using the Queen Of The Sun Oracle by Stacey Demarco, illustrated by Kinga Britschigi, for my weekly oracle readings.
Our card to guide us for the week ahead is 36. RENEWAL (IMBOLC).
2024 is a year for fresh starts, for creativity, healing and social connection. It’s a year for ambitious projects and for getting stuff done.
November is a month for creating the future, for taking risks and creating change – but always with your wellbeing and life-balance in mind. Stop putting your dreams on hold. Let your heart guide you forward.
36. RENEWAL (IMBOLC)This week is a potent time for change and reinvention. There is no point being stuck in the past, and what could have been – take heart, even now part of you is stretching forward, filled with hope and longing to become… new.
Your life is the canvas, and you are the artist. What will you paint?
Life is a long game for most of us, if indeed we are afforded the privilege to be able to become older. As we age we learn, grow and change. We evolve, either by design or by the twists and turns of time. Who we were at six years of age will be different to who we are at sixteen or sixty.
So, who do you want to become? What are the ideas in your head and the dreams in your heart?
It’s never too late to change. Perhaps you need a small tweak to an otherwise happy life. Perhaps you need a major overhaul and redesign.
Maybe the path you were following is suddenly closed to you. Well then, it’s up to you to adapt and find a new way forward. But that’s what it is to create your life!
No-one else needs to know your plans. No-one else needs to see your dreams and hopes. Protect them, and keep them close to your heart until you are ready to stand with both feet in your new world.
It is never too late to become someone new. You get to choose. Your life will always be your most important work of art.
What will you paint for yourself? Let your life be art that fills your heart. Embrace renewal. Tune in to the power within you.
My Top Tip For The Week Ahead:
Self-awareness is what is required this week. Tune in to how much energy you have. Tune in to what the diet you eat is doing to your body. Tune in to how easily your body can move, can sleep, can do the things you need it to do. Tune in to where your passion lies, and where it does not.
Tune in to your rage, your discontent, your excitement, your pain, your joy, your indifference.
Be open to where that leads you. Don’t judge it. Stay curious. Stay open.
Know that tuning in will lead you back to yourself, no matter how lost you may have become.
Crystals to support you this week – Carnelian, Kambaba Jasper, Amethyst, Any Calcite, Ammonite, Sunstone
It’s Remembrance Day here in Australia, and in many Commonwealth and other countries, where we remember the end of hostilities of World War 1 and reflect on those servicemen and women who gave their lives in the line of duty, and all those who have served, and who continue to serve. I’ll be pausing at 11am to remember. How about you?
I love the energetic themes of this week, and I hope you are able to embrace them too.
No matter where you are at, it’s possible to find a positive focus and turn back towards the light. There is always hope. Sometimes we NEED to be the hope for others. So anchor love and light wherever you go, and keep putting energy into yourself and your dreams. The future is made by all of us, not just a few powerful or privileged people.
This week has seen me furiously banging away on my keyboard for an hour every morning as I work on a new writing project. But when my hour is up I have been busily engaged in getting my Etsy store back online, and with gift-wrapping, packing and processing orders.
And when I haven’t been doing that I’ve been attending medical appointments, and working with my clients and community.
I’m so blessed to live where I live, and to do what I do. Despite my dodgy health I have found ways to keep going, and to make things work in supportive ways. I’d never be able to hold a ‘real job’ but I am productive and happy working to my own schedule, and having time and space for the many things that keep me upright and functioning.
Seriously, it’s a big job looking after yourself when you have degenerative illnesses. I spend a lot of time and energy on supportive therapies, meditation, exercise, rest, cooking healthy food, and having regular tests, checks and medical input. Is it worth it? Well, I’m still here, and mostly coping, so I’d say YES to that. I want to encourage all of you to look after yourselves. The smallest changes can make the biggest differences. You deserve to feel the very best that you can, no matter what your situation or prognosis.
Have you checked out my Etsy store lately?
There are so many lovely and magical things in my store right now – the 2025 Journeymaker’s Planner in print and digital versions, a new digital version of my Mandala Colouring Book, new Malas and bracelets and palmstones. And of course, if you are looking for a special crystal from my collection just drop me a message in Etsy and let me know your budget and I will find a stone for you, and channel its specific meaning and purpose. It’s something I have been doing for my Inner Circle for years, and I’m happy to extend that service to you too. I package every single Etsy order myself and send it out with gift wrapping, love and a little extra magic. You’ll also see that a number of my products are on sale too. 😊 There are a few lovely bargains.
Here’s my new Lightworker Mala – which is Amethyst, Hematite and Clear Quartz:
And here’s my Blessings Mala – which is Freshwater Pearls, Rudraksha and Clear Quartz:
Our 2025 edition of the Journeymaker’s Planner is now available at
Amazon USA – Hard Copy
Amazon Australia – Hard Copy
Nicole’s Etsy Store – Hard Copy and Digital Copy (printable and editable), plus lots of other goodies.
New content for our free course that supports the Planner will go live on December 1, and we’ll also have a free webinar/ masterclass in January 2025 (yes, it will be recorded if you can’t make it) for those of you who are working with the Planner.
Okay, I’m going to stick my headphones on now, and get some words on the page before my workday starts in earnest.
Sending much love to you, Nicole xoxo
