Bi-monthly Card Reading

 This reading is using my upcoming card deck: The Sacred Circle Spirit Animal Oracle. 

 This is a one card reading done on the North American Sacred Circle or Medicine Wheel. The card sits in the center of the circle and represents the Creator or Center Stone, which is said to contain the Void and all of creation—the stars, planets, Animal Kingdom, Plant Kingdom, Mineral Kingdom, etc. This Stone is governed by the Great Spirit and our Highest Self.  It is the place of balance at the heart or center of the Sacred Circle where we can go within ourselves to access the wisdom and guidance needed from every aspect in the cycles of life.  

Question: The Full Windy Moon of March reaches its peak in the morning hours of Thursday, March 14 and will look spectacularly bright from Wednesday- Friday. But in 2025, this moon is exceptionally powerful, because it is also going to be a Blood Moon—a Lunar Eclipse where the Sun, Moon, and Earth all align so that the Earth comes between the Moon and Sun. The Earth will cast a shadow over the Moon called the umbra. When the Moon is in the umbra of the Earth, the shadow will appear red which creates a blood moon. This Eclipse will be visible from all over North America. A Full Blood Moon is a time for deep introspection, confronting hidden emotions including anger, grief, and shame. Ask Her: Even as the Blood Moon embraces the shadow caused by the Earth, how can I embrace the aspects of my Shadow Self and accept them to release negativity and move forward on my spiritual path?

Card #26: Stone Medicine: The Windy Moon (March 21-April 19)  

Teaching:The Windy Moon is the moon of the Spring Equinox—the first moon of Wabun, the Spirit Keeper of the East, and the first moon in the journey around the outer circle of the Sacred Circle or Medicine Wheel. It is one of the moons under the influence of the Thunderbird Clan. As the weather shifts into early spring, strong winds from all 4 Cardinal Directions are prevalent due to the rise in temperature. The Cherokee, Choctaw, and Catawba call this the Windy Moon; the Hopi call it the Moon of the Whispering Wind. 

This Moon teaches you about energy, intensity, catalyzing change, fearlessness, and optimism. It governs the most rapid time of growth in the cycles of life for all of Earth’s children and brings about adaptability and rapid change from one philosophy, idea, or project to another. Being in this position will show you your leadership ability, the depth of your spirit, and the extent of your clear-sightedness in the context of your Spiritual Path to Empowerment. It will also help you to learn to manage your energy, your emotions, and your patience with others in the process of life.

Soul Message: The energies of this moon are tempered by the energies that Wabun brings. This wise Spirit Keeper tempers the intense energies of the Thunderbird and channels it in ways that bring about spiritual evolution for you and others. She teaches you to negotiate new depths of energy and grants you the ability to see and work with clarity in matters of the material plane. Wabun also will illuminate any resources of leadership within you that you never knew existed.

The Thunderbird Clan intensifies most of the energetic traits of the season of growth through its Element of Fire. It gives you a higher concentration of natural penetration in addition to the energies that come with Fire. Thunderbird is a symbol of hope for any new ideas that are struggling to be born, and it provides the catalyst for changing whatever is necessary to be successful. However, Thunderbird can be so intense that it can cause you to burn out. The Winds of the Four Directions help provide a balance of all the “energies” between them, so you can temper the intensity of fire with patience and stability. The equal days and night of the Spring Equinox also reminds you of the balance between day and night, masculine and feminine, intense, and gentle energies, and how to create that natural balance in yourself.

The Full Blood Windy Moon of 2025 symbolizes the power and knowledge that can be found within the darker aspects of yourself when explored with awareness and without judgement. And with the influence of the Equinox added to the equation, you may even find the point of equilibrium and wholeness between the dark and light aspects within you to heal your Authentic Self. 

When a Full Blood Moon occurs near the Equinox with its balance of water and sunlight, day and night, you need to grow your intentions, seeds, and dreams in balance with time and energy. Ask yourself what your strengths are and plant them as solid roots as you continue to stretch and grow under the watchful eye of the Blood Windy Moon.

The temporary death of the Windy Moon caused by the Eclipse signifies a period of transformation and letting go of old patterns to allow for new beginnings. Because of its powerful energy, a Blood Moon can heighten your emotions, making this a good time for deeper self-reflection and emotional release. 

The Windy Moon (March 21-April 19): choose one or more of the following haiku to meditate on.

Windy Moon Speaks with

Biting tongues of “energies”—

Tempering chaos

Thunderbird Charges the

Windy Moon of the East

With Intense Power

Lightning strikes with force

As Windy Moon catalyzes

Your Path to Power

• Meditate on the haiku outside in nature, on a nature walk, or while listening to your favorite music. 
• Write down your reflections from being out in nature or listening to your favorite music in a notebook or a journal.
• Set up a sacred space inside or outside and prepare to do your own ceremony celebrating the Spring Equinox. Use breath and meditation to prepare yourself. Breathe in through the nose 4 times, hold for the count of 4, then, breathe out through the mouth for 4 and empty for 4. Do this for 1 to two minutes. Drop down into your body and connect yourself through your feet to the Earth. Connect yourself to the Sun through the crown of your head. Imagine that you are a rainbow bridge from the Earth to the Sun and the Sun to the Earth. Do whatever ceremony you have prepared. 
• Prompts for Ceremony: You could consecrate water and pour it as an offering to the Earth; do a fire ceremony with a candle or other device; place flowers, cornmeal, and seeds on a consecrated place outside or on your altar as an offering to the Earth and Sun. 
• Give thanks for the balance between equal days and nights. What can you learn from the equilibrium between night and day? How can you apply this in your life? How does it make you feel? How can you adopt and grow this attitude during the three months of the Spring Moons? Give gratitude to the Earth, the Sun, the Spring Equinox, and the tools you have used. Close with prayer, a song, or a free form dance—anything that brings joy and closure. Record your reflections in a journal or notebook.

Actions

• Shamanic Journey: Tape this journey with your own voice before embarking on it.  Put on some drumming music, if you have it, or just use your voice. Then...
• Close your eyes and rest for as long as it feels good. Imagine yourself inside a tiger’s eye crystal. Feel the warmth, the love, the melody of the Earth Mother that flows through it. Imagine yourself journeying through your imagination to the Invisible Realms, to a garden inside your heart. It is spring and bright yellow daffodils are springing up everywhere. Some of the trees are adorned with the first pink and white blossoms of spring before they turn green. A brook babbles across the landscape singing a song of change and growth. Hummingbirds appear and taste the nectar of the first flowers. In the center of the garden is a stone altar with a carving of the Thunderbird hanging above it. The Full Windy Moon hangs above, and Wabun appears conducting a flower ceremony over the altar. You go to her. When she finishes her ceremony, she gives you a blessing of clarity and illumination and asks what you desire of her? Is there something you need clarity with right now? What needs to change for you to bring out some new ideas, relationships, or projects in your life? What new growth needs to occur for you to be successful? She crowns you with a circlet of daffodils for clarity, abundance, prosperity, and directed energy. How does this make you feel? Wabun enfolds you gently in her arms and you feel the warmth, the love of new growth, vitality, and joy. You feel the blooming within you. You give her your thanks and you know that you can return to this garden in your heart anytime you choose. 
• Then with 3 deep, slow breaths, you exit the garden and step back through the tiger’s eye and into your body.
• Feel yourself coming back into your body by wiggling your toes, your fingers, and by slowly rotating your neck. Then s-t-r-e-t-c-h and bring yourself back to the present moment.   
• Create a drawing, a collage, or symbols representing your garden. Make sure to include symbols for the gifts and clarity you received and any new ideas, relationships, or projects that came up in your garden experience. Place it somewhere where you can meditate on it for the next month.
• Write some appropriate intentions or affirmations for your drawing, collage, or symbols. Meditate on them daily or weekly. Reflect and record any positive changes you observe because of this practice over time.