The Circle: Exploring Life From 360 Degrees

A Question of Timing

Focus= Completion
Celebrating completion. You have come full circle. Time to begin again. One door closes, another door opens. Celebrate the wonderful circle of life.

Desire = Betrayal
Checking your code of honor. Be diligent about your motivations and clear about the potential consequences of your actions. You aspire to a high personal standard.

Outside Influences = Spirit Guide
Distracting influences. The distractions of your daily life may leave little time for spiritual pursuits. Step out of the chaos and connect with your source.

Inner Dialog = Fertility
Longing to contribute. You have a heartfelt desire to bring forth a long dreamed of project. Do not let self-doubt or inexperience stop you. You have all you need to move ahead.

Challenges = Beginnings
Casting off the past. Old familiar patterns are sometimes hard to shed. Welcome new beginnings. Reject self-imposed limitations.

Insight = Harvest
Accepting graciously. You may receive an unexpected gift or opportunity. The universe is bountiful. Be thankful for your good fortune.

Meditation = Forgiveness
Forgiving.  Forgiveness is as much for the forgiver as it is for the forgiven.

Resolution = Flow
Accepting with grace.  Follow the bends in the river.  Go where you are guided.  Happiness flows when resistance ends.

Amplification=Passage
Going places. A portal to a new place or adventure is opening for you. Your may be directed towards a new relationship or professional opportunity. Be open to new people, places and things.

Check out this Review!

Take a moment to read this review by Gayla Uslu. She has a very nice take on the deck and I think you will get a great deal of insight from her experience. She also interviewed me and  I answer a lot of questions about The Circle: A Guide for the Inner Explorer, what inspired it and my hopes and dreams for this new card deck. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop them in the comments and I will answer them here ASAP!

Castings: How To Delve Deeper into The Circle

I am very excited to share these Circle Casts with you. Sometimes I will be pretty explicit regarding the conversations I am having and completely open with my journaling. Other times I will put The Circle cast up, but I am going to keep the conversation to myself. I hope you'll understand. Feel free to comment, I am open to other insight and points of view. Mostly I am hoping to create a forum where we can share and grow.

Focus = Gifts
Appreciating gifts. You have been given physical, spiritual and emotional gifts.  Your mission is to appreciate and use them well.

Well, this is really the focus of my conversation. After such an exciting weekend at the Expo, I am feeling very impatient. I feel this is about just appreciating what has happened thus far rather than skipping ahead.

Desire = Sanctuary
Feathering your nest. You may have a sudden urge to pay a visit to your family home. Or, you may want to redo your home or work space to better express your needs and personality. Having comfortable surroundings is especially important to you at this time.

Both of these things are exactly where I am. I am going to go visit my family here in the next couple of weeks(kind of a last minute opportunity) but even more important I am going to give the woman who inspired me to create The Circle,her copy. The very first one I made. Also have been intensely cleaning, ordering my personal space.

Outside Influences = Journey
Following your heart. Continuous postponed longings become a disappointed life. Regardless of what others say, this is your life and you have to live it. Start now.

This doesn't surprise me, its very much about my upcoming trip.I am going to leave it at that for now.

Inner Dialog = Consequence
Balancing the scales.  You feel you have paid the price and now expect what is due you.  Be patient and allow the Universe to work in your behalf.

Wow. This is sooo true. Especially after the big weekend. In my intuitive and most honest place in me I knew that one expo wouldn't make everything immediately roll forward at 100 miles an hour...I can be patient.

Challenges = Appearances
Choosing your audience. How you appear to others is secondary. Recognizing your own intrinsic value is primary.

This is across from Gifts and that card was all about appreciating what I have in my life...the conversation of course was generally about the next few weeks and where I am going with myself and The Circle. I just need to continue to be comfortable in my own skin and stay true to my path.

Insight = Reflection
Being still.  A deeper understanding of your situation will reveal itself  if you allow yourself time to quietly reflect.

This one is balanced across from sanctuary...about going home BUT also about being at home with oneself. With such close proximity to the Surrender card I feel that it is clearly about taking a deep breath and staying in the moment, especially as I make this journey "home"

Meditation = Surrender
Surrendering to mystery.  Surrender to all that life requests of you. Treasure the mysteries.

I love the surrender card and I get the point here. I have this natural tendency to want to take control and "make" things happen. Today if possible, tomorrow at the latest. This is clearly a message about letting things develop at the pace the Universe determines, BUT being present to do the things that need to be done. Across from Journey it is clear that I just need to let the path reveal itself.

Resolution = Moderation
Managing expectation. The outcome may not be all you hoped for, but this is a solution that everyone can live with. Ultimately, you will benefit from this moderate course of action.

This makes perfect sense for me at this time. It is an understanding that things take time and a moderate well balanced approach is the right pace. Across from Consequence which was all about being patient and allowing things to unfold in their own time is a very complimentary pairing.

SUMMARY
To me this is all about being patient and allowing things to develop in their own time and space. I know that I can push, and pull and try to manipulate but then I am certain i would miss some really important parts of the journey. Just staying clear about the rhyme and reason for what I am doing keeps me clear and available.

Seattle Expo Notes

From October 24th 2007

Wow, so it was quite a weekend here in Seattle. Lots of work and time spent, but at the end of the day, it was so worth it. I met so many great people and there was so much positive energy.

The booth looked great and I was very happy with how it turned out. There was so many people who commented on how comforting the color was and how they were drawn to come and explore the card deck because they loved the way the booth looked. It was great because we put a table at the corner and as people would walk by they could see the cards being worked through.

Day one was a bit on the quiet side and for the first couple of hours I wondered where everyone was but then it improved toward the afternoon. We had a waiting list at one point and Chris who did most of the demonstrations, was really a trooper. She was patient and really amazing. Here she is with Dr. Pat and her trusted Marketing Director Ava.

If you have never listened to the Dr. Pat show let me recommend it to you. You can choose to listen to it in a variety of ways, just go to her website www.thedrpatshow.com and listen in. She has great archives, very interesting guests and is a real great interviewer!

Day Two was really busy, We had two people demonstrating most of the day and I did a class. The class was small but very fun. I had an over sized Circle deck and at the start of the class we as a group cut the deck and then explored together what it was we as a group had come that day to learn and teach. I was also lucky to meet Satin Angel and Acacia from AT. It was great to meet them and I look forward to getting to know them better!

After all was said and done, I have to say this was a fun and enlightening weekend. I look forward to more of these as The Circle grows. I really enjoyed meeting all the people who came by to check The Circle out and thank you to all who took a copy home. I can't wait to hear about your experiences and hope you'll take time to share with all of us.

Blissings to all