Who are you? I am Dragonfly, representing your 7th Chakra, at the crown of your beautiful head. I am reminding you of all things that have to do with Spirit, Source, and The One That Holds The Many.Ā
I am the one who is colorful, iridescent, ever morphing into more beauty.
Why have you come to me today? I am here to remind you that I am ever present and that you can trust my presence and my connectivity to the wider Net.Ā Look at my wings in the image of the lower dragonfly- my wing are made up of a web, a net. I am also here to remind you to your connectedness to everyONE and everyTHING.
A Note from Anne Marie
The truth that we are all connected, even to those who have left the earthly plane, plays a huge part in my novel, Dragonflies at Night: More Than a Love Story, which was just released.
I hope that Savannah’s story touches you, along with the voices of her mother, Deirdre Rose, and her Aunt Suzanna. Get your copy here.
I have to say that this is one of my favorite SoulCollageĀ® cards. I made it several years ago and was inspired by one particular episode of The Amazing Race.
In this episode, the participants were given the difficult challenge of walking across a very long, wobbly thinly-woven bridge. They were very high up in the air and we were all happy to see that they were attached to a safety cord in case they fell.
I was on the edge of my seat watching the contestants attempt this challenge, and one young woman in particular caught my heart. For the entire length of the crossing (and it was perilously long) she was chanting under her breath, “I can do this.” Over and over. I can do this. I can do this. And guess what? She did it!
I’m never going to be asked to do something that dangerous (I certainly hope not anyway!) but there are plenty of other challenges in my life that I have faced and will face in the future. And whenever I face one, I promise myself that I will remember that young woman’s forceful, positive, super-focusing mantraāI CAN DO THIS!
Who Are You?
I am the one who is climbing.Ā I am the one who is on a journey, climbing, and it is a hard, steep journey.Ā But I can do this.Ā I am the one who is walking steadily through the dry, hot desert. But I can do it.Ā I am the one who is strong, who can climb without falling. I am the one who is focused, who knows the journey is hard and steep and yet I can bring some fun to it.Ā It can be hard and easy at the same time.Ā If I stay in my body, I Can Do This.Ā I can stay focused and balanced and keep up the steep climb.Ā I can even have fun doing this. I can do it.
What Do You Have To Give Me?
My gift to you is of positive thought and determination.Ā My gift to you is perseverance, strength, attention, focus.Ā My gift to you is the awareness that it can be fun and difficult at the same time.
What Do You Want From Me?
I want you to say “I can do this” over and over and over until you believe it too. I want you to know that I am a very real and viable part of your being.
I am the one who weaves the web. I am the one who puts the pieces together. I am the one who knows the connectedness of nature, and of all things, of all souls, across time, across space, across the Universe and beyond.Ā I am the one who bursts forth with strength of body and Spirit.Ā I am the one who is colorful, creative, and yet beyond words.
What do you have to give me?
I give you the knowing that everyone and every living thing is connected.Ā I give you the gift of connection.
What do you want from me?
I want you to SEE the connections.
I want you to be aware of the connections between you and every other living creature on this earth.
I want you to know that you are also connected to the unseen and that these connections transcend time and space. I want you to pause every now and then, and remember that we are all woven together in one wide and glorious web. I want you to tell others about the Connections.
At a workshop a while ago I made this card (to the left) intentionally to honor the place that Fear has taken in my life.
Who are you? We are the ones who are hiding out behind the windows and doors of your psyche. We are the ones (and there are many of us) who are afraid, who huddle together in your mind and whisper fears to you as you sleep and while you are awake.
We are the ones who have been with you since childhood. You inherited us from your mother. We were her fears too.
We speak to you of powerlessness and joylessness. We paralyze you with our scary stories that are mostly false.
What Do You Have To Give Me?
We give you a sense of ancestral lineage… we give you a closeness to your mother that you never felt while she was alive.Ā We give you something to think about and focus on besides joy. We give you huge distraction from the present moment.Ā Sometimes, when the fear is valid, we give you time and a way to prepare, a way to meet the fearful thing or person.
What Do You Want From Me? We want you to buy into our stories. We want you to believe that you are powerless to change what makes you afraid. We want you to always be afraid, because this way everything will stay the same. We don’t want things to change. We want you to continue to hold yourself tight in your fears and try to keep yourself safe that way.
Is There Anything Else You Want to Tell Me Today? We are telling you that we have much power in your life and we are afraid that being aware of us will make you send us away. We are just now peeking out of our well-walled fortress and smelling the fresh air. Others have actually made their way down to the street and are on their way to freedom.Ā We have been with you so long, we are not sure what to do if you set us free.
FEARLESS
Fearless
At the same workshop, I made this card intuitively, not thinking about what it was all about. I was drawn to these images, and they seemed to fit together perfectly. When I worked with this card later, I realized that it is my Fearless Neter!
Who Are You? I am the one who breathes fire, who plunges forward without looking. I am the one who bravely flies through the air, knowing and trusting that I will be caught.Ā I am the one whose body is strong and tall and who stands and moves proudly through life.
What Do You Have To Give Me? I give you strength and I give you courage. I give you fearless energy to move through your life. I give you joy in the moving forward.
What Do You Want From Me? I want you to not hold back. I want you to JUST DO IT!Ā I want you to move forward with trust and strength. I want you to leave your fears behind. I want you to know that you can do whatever you set your mind and body to.
This whole adventure with these two cards was really eye opening for me!Ā It was a powerful example of how things are “at work” inside of us during this process even though we’re not aware of it!
I madeĀ this card years ago and always thought of it as my “sacred space” Neter, but then I listened to Kathryn Costa’s Kindred Spirits class on goddess archetypes and learned quite a bit about them.
I took the Goddess Quiz on the site that she recommended, and discovered that my own top three personal goddess archetypes, expressing themselves in my life right now are: Persephone, Artemis, and Hestia.
After reading more about Hestia (Goddess of the Hearth) on the recommended site, I suddenly realized that I already have a SoulCollageĀ® card for her, and this is it!
Who are you?
I am the one who loves to stay home. I am the one who turns away from drama and turns instead to the sanctuary of my inner life. I am the one who creates and operates from my own inner sacred space. I am the one whose inner fire burns brightly and warms my soul.
What do you have to give me?
My gift for you is the intuitive ability to create a homey atmosphere of warmth and sacredness wherever you go.Ā I give you the knowing that your inner life is paramount.
Who are you?
A Note from Anne Marie
Who Are You?
I madeĀ this card years ago and always thought of it as my “sacred space” Neter, but then I listened to Kathryn Costa’s