The Earth Spirit Oracle: Mystery
Moving unseen in her shadowy jungle world, the jaguar slips between the realms of night and day, reality and fantasy. Her golden eyes pierce through the veil of darkness, seeing all with pristine clarity. Mayan cosmology speaks of the jaguar’s connection to the underworld—the land without light. She is known as the keeper of secrets and the guardian of portals between realities. In Mayan, her name means ‘sorcerer’ or ‘high priestess’ and her spirit was invoked to guide spiritual seekers on vision quests.
This card, like a blank rune, represents the unknowable. You may be faced with a great mystery, something hidden in the shadows. Jaguar spirit is beckoning you to peer into the mysteries of life. When she is present in your life, you may experience enhanced psychic abilities, prophetic visions, or vivid dreams. You can invoke her spirit to achieve telepathy, remote viewing, precognition, or clairvoyance. Perhaps add some herbal tea with blue lotus flowers, hawthorn leaf or passion flower, or essential oils such as sandalwood, patchouli and lavender, to your nightly bedtime ritual. In conjunction with jaguar medicine, these will lubricate your mind and stimulate your third eye, otherwise known as your pineal gland—the psychedelic centre of higher states of consciousness.
When this card appears, prepare to be mystified! Remain alert for synchronicities, and be open to what bubbles below the surface in that inscrutable realm of the subconscious. Puzzling events, chance encounters, and curious riddles are all likely to present themselves. Bizarre experiences may manifest in an instant, as if formed from the ether, and be gone in a flash. Insights may appear in unconventional forms. The jaguar reveals herself for the briefest moment, before disappearing into the shadows. Her message is to embrace the mystery in whatever form it takes, with no regret for its fleeting nature.
“IT IS ONLY THROUGH MYSTERY AND MADNESS THAT THE SOUL IS REVEALED.” – THOMAS MOORE
The Earth Spirit Oracle
I’ve just received the first sample of The Earth Spirit Oracle, and I’m absolutely thrilled with the beautiful colours and velvety feel of the cards. This was a dream project for me, and I am so grateful to my beautiful co-author, Melissa Jane Conrad, for inspiring me and collaborating with me to make this dream a reality. As I create each card, I am lovingly imbuing the illustrations with magic, channeled from nature herself. Moving through the seasons, weaving the lessons she teaches me into every new card, I have never felt more connected to my inner child, and my faerie soul. You’ll find themes of folklore and fairytale, ancient wisdom traditions and herbalism, astrology and the tarot, and as you work with the cards, you’ll find a deeper meaning that resonates and blossoms within your own life. I guess you could say that every single card is close to my heart and dearly special to me. As an artist, and a wild, witchy woman, this is the ultimate expression of my creative and intuitive gifts – from my spirit to yours.
“A dreamer, I walked enchanted, and nothing held me back.' ~ Daphne du Maurier
Oracle cards are some of my very favourite intuitive tools. My ancestors used runes to divine knowledge of the past, present and future, and I still use those mysterious ancient stones today, but as an artist and a lover of enchanted things, I simply cannot resist a beautifully illustrated oracle or tarot card. I love to gaze upon the images, letting my imagination run free and my intuition unravel deeper mysteries hidden (consciously or unconsciously) within the art itself. I turn to my many beloved decks for guidance almost daily and love to sit with them and contemplate their meaning as I walk in the forest, meditate, practice yoga or even whilst cooking. Once I open up to their intrinsic magic, I find that the cards act as a portal to inspiration, insights and beautiful synchronicities unfolding in my life. Sometimes, I like to place a card on my desk while I paint, allowing the energy of the card to flow through my hands and into an artwork. After all these years, I still marvel at the uncanny accuracy and perfect timing of my cards. With this deck, I wanted to capture the cheerful, rainbow colours and positive energy of the natural world, as it is seen through the eyes of a child. Because when we step into our inner child, we become a bright light, eyes wide and full of wonder, and so much more open to receive.
It is my dear hope that these oracle cards will gently awaken your intuitive wisdom and inspire the joyful imagination of your inner child. Melissa and I have designed this oracle to provide insight into the present, guidance for the future and a portal into the sublime magic of the natural world. With each card you pull, we encourage you to feel it deeply and unravel the meaning presented to you. We want you to dig your feet deeper into the dirt, feel the path you are on and be reminded that the Earth has your back – and we have hers. The Earth speaks to us in a language we already understand. What is she saying to you? What calls you forward? We created this oracle to pull you into the depths of her soil, beneath the ocean reefs, to the heights of the star strewn atmosphere and to feel the synergy of the trees and wind in your body. You are connected to each bee, bird and wild flower that you see – and you were meant to see them for a reason!
“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” ~ Jawaharal Nehru
At the time of writing this blog post, I have just 14 cards left to illustrate, and the deck is due to be published in August 2022. You can pre-order your copy now via my shop, and follow along my journey on Instagram as I share each new card I illustrate. In a following blog post, I will share my sketches and creative process. Each card is sketched in pencil in my notebook first, before I begin the luscious colouring process. I’d be delighted to share my journey with you…