bEarth day
Awhile ago, I was talking with a couple of friends when one of them asked me if I knew my power animal . I have had many meaningful and profound encounters with animal totems and friends, including Bear, Moose, Wolf, Cat/Panther, Honeybee and Slime Persons (known disparagingly by humans as ’slugs’ 
). But when I tried to identify one of them as my particular power animal, I couldn’t come up with one. Then in a flash of inspiration, it came to me.
“Gaia is my power animal,” I said. It felt like one of those goosebump moments of truth when the molecules in the air seem to resonate with affirmation. After a moment of silence, my companions said in an awed kind of way, “I felt that.” “Yeah!”
Now, on this Earth day, I feel it’s also a bEarth day for me. Now I am sitting at the Camelot Coffee House, a place I like to go to work on my computer and drink coffee (it’s the only place nearby I can do both those things). While I was writing the last post, about the bEarth of my ‘Salon Phoenix’ project at SoulSpeak, the server (a young woman I have done a card reading for in the past) said to her boss, “She reads cards!”
“Oh!” she replied eagerly, “Would you like to set up here with your cards?”
As a matter of fact, I said, I’ve been looking for a convenient place to set up another day of the week. We agreed on Tuesdays. Then I let her know I was a musician. And wouldn’t you know it, she also wants to open the space for folkie countryish stuff of the very sort that I play. I love the idea of having another regular venue. I don’t need big crowds. I’m just ready for some space in which to play for folks. Even one or two is good. It’s a start, and it feels like a nice balance to the Salon evenings.
It feels like another bEarthing for me. A new beginning. It is significant to me that these openings are manifesting on this day, this Earth day, my power animal day.
It may seem like hubris to claim the entire planet as one’s totem. But it feels more like She has claimed me, and what can I do but surrender? Why would I want to?
I’ve updated the ‘what i do‘ page to reflect these new openings and shifts in my world. Do check it out.
Hallelujah and glory be to She.
April 24th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
sounds like things are rolling along beautifully for you. the process of you doing small venues would be my vision for myself, if/when i begin that part of my vision. i think comfort and right timing is very important for the Will. to feel safe and secure. for things to grow organically, like a seed sprouting from the ground. and definately, Gaia is supporting you. i can feel that. it’s exciting to watch your emergence. blessed be.
Jean
April 24th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Thanks, Jean! Big hugs to you!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:23 am
Hey Phee,
I have been learning about social networking and its been a great opportunity to reach out and reconnect with folks. Today I reread your facebook post to me, and realized that you sent me a link to your blog. So here I am!
I have just loved reading it. Its so yummy receiving this expression of you and the good things you are manifesting. And I want to comment on several posts, but I though I would start here.
I can feel the love you have for Mother Gaia and the love She has for you. Right on for claiming her! I love that this was/is your bEarthday. April 22 is my birthday, so I have a special resonance with this date as well.
Your stories of busking brought back memories of when I got my license to do tarot and psychic readings out on Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. It was an incredible education. I got to talk with people from all over the world, and as I’m sure you have experienced, these types of interactions open people up on a very intimate level very quickly.
Have you made your own cards? I have been wanting to write a Will-Centered Tarot book for a long time. Its been my thing, probably in the way that astrology has been your gift.
The hardest part of “busking” was finding a space. The other tarot readers didn’t want me near them, and the vendors did not want me to sit in front of them, as I distracted people from their tables. The next thing was dealing with the elements. Sun and especially wind.
It was also scary, of course… I could only deal with about three days a week. I didn’t make much money. I did everything by donation (that was the law), and that was challenging as well.
But despite all of that, I realized, after feedback from my then-hubby, that it was really good for me. Cause I did some serious preparation (meditation) every day, which kept me really clear and balanced. Basically I couldn’t do readings if I was backed up!
Anywho, I look forward to exploring more of your blog. I hae some channeling posted at http://heartofindigo.blogspot.com , but I haven’t updated it in a long time. I do have a lot more to post, and feel like I am going to be reviving it in the next couple of weeks.
Love,
Liz