Mirror Mirror on the wall- How Oracle cards reveal it all!!
Updated: February 28, 2016
Dearest sparkle being,
This week I was inspired to choose an oracle card to point me in a direction of what to share with you and from the Enchanted Map deck I picked the card Education.
So with this in mind I asked myself what I might offer you as something to learn this week.
Since I just finished teaching the live version of the Daily Oracle Card Reading class this week (Most awesome one I might add!) how to get the most out of working with oracle cards are foremost on my mind.
So I’m sure if you’re reading this you watch the Universal Energy Forecast each week as well as pull cards from my website for free (and hopefully own your own decks!) and I bet that once in a while you might get a “WTF- HUH?” reading that freaks you out because it a) may seem to have nothing at all to do with your question, and/or b) the cards are all upside down, or imply fear, disappointment, or you interpret you’re going to get a visit from a boogey man who might sabotage your plans. EEK!
Here is an essential tip for when you work with my oracle cards. They were all created (all of my decks that is, as I can only speak for the ones I have created) to reflect the dominant energy and frequency that you are putting out into the world today right now.
Imagine your thoughts feelings and beliefs are like seeds you’re planting in The Field! Oracle cards essentially point to seeds and the weeds.
It reminds me of a plant called Horsetail that took over our entire garden in Sedona Arizona. I remember thinking how beautiful they looked when they first showed up. The plant was sort of like a beautiful thinner version of bamboo, but then within a month it was everywhere choking out all the other pretty plants I had planted. We had to get the gardener to come and pull them all out but then every once in a while when we weren’t looking -kabam there it was again!
We had to be vigilant to notice the signs of the first batch before it would spread like a destructive wildfire.
So when you get a reading that seems to give you a warning as if from nowhere it is an invitation to look within at your own inner dialog that you might be ignoring. When faced with new situations you may well be afraid of the unknown and have a default setting of an expectation of disappointment, being hurt or even failure.
Remember the subconscious is an automatic pilot that is set to remind you of what you already know! The cards will mirror these patterns not to predict them but to help you shift your energy to be receptive and curious for something new and different. They do this by pointing out the inner weeds that need tending to.
My oracle cards always invite us to look within and know what we’re projecting unawares into the world when we most need to make a shift. So yes.. if you keep expecting to be disappointed, well then the outer world will eventually mirror that to you.
You might for example be searching for “The One”. You’ve had some many of them already that failed, starting with your first heartbreak or bad parenting etc., you might be afraid of intimacy even though you want it so badly. So this becomes your dominant energy even though you say you’re focused on manifesting a loving relationship. You’re sprinkling some weed seeds honey! One more clunker on its way!
The thing is you might not be consciously aware of this at all.
Hence the beauty of working with oracle cards as they act as a magic mirror to reveal the hidden workings of our side of the energy field we’re manifesting from.
We are powerful co-creators and mostly unaware of the gazillions of stories we tell ourselves and others that define our experience. Oracle cards can splash some cold water on our faces to give us a wake up call to the facts that we may yet have some unresolved wounds that need tending to as well as encourage us to keep going with the way we’re thinking and feeling.
The good news is that if you and me are willing to dig deep with compassion and curiosity it’s not such a ginormous task.
Most times when a reading appears difficult it’s just about going into the basements of our psyches and flipping a light on to illuminate the fact that there are no boogey men at all, just a box of memories that needed dusting off. Maybe we just needed to be reminded that to love means to risk being vulnerable and flexible. Or maybe we find that there is just way too much similarity and we don’t want to repeat what we find.
Spirit has our back and when we get afraid we are having a bout of spiritual amnesia. Instead.. breathe through the fear, trust that when you get a reading that causes you that big contraction of Oh Oh NO, it’s an invitation to discover some valuable treasure as you co-create the life you truly desire.
The future is created in the power of the 24 hours you are given today. Yes it’s work to remain present and out of the Ghostlands of the past and the projection of the future. But when you remember that this moment now you are planting the seeds of your tomorrow, wouldn’t you want to get to work and dig up the weeds that got in your Field of Dreams?
Ok guys wish me luck this week I go get the new puppy. And yes- I got a reading that reminded me that this experience doesn’t have to repeat the one of the past, so I too had to do some weeding.
In the end all is perfect anyway!
The point is not to avoid life’s ups and downs and of course the experience of the unknown will cause us to be a bit nervous- sure!
But co-creation is our greatest adventure so wouldn’t it be awesome to be awake for it all, or at least for most of it, and have some say in what we plant in our Field of Dreams?
Ok now it’s your turn. Tell me how you are, how are you working with the cards and how have they helped you get to know yourself better?
Big love always now and forever!
Hi Colette…I use your Wisdom of Avalon deck daily – usually before I get out of bed in the morning. Rather than “picking” a card, what started happening – and I’ve just gone along with – is that cards would literally fly out of the deck as I started to shuffle it – it may be only 1 card or it may be up to 8 in a day…while the meaning may not be clear that early, by the end of the day, I can usually figure out why that particular card (or cards) were chosen for the day.
As for this week’s reading about us needing a vacation…all I can say is I’m looking forward to whatever comes up this week.
Thanks again for sharing your wisdom with us.
Beth
You are getting another puppy? Are the other 3 doing well, I hope! Just recently on October 2, 2015, I relocated to Tucson, AZ and I love it here. I came here from Annapolis, MD. Just want to tell you I enjoy your cards, I am trying to start a business of my own. I am 62 years old and very healthy. After almost 2 years of being homeless and living in shelters I have my own apartment, I want to let you know your cards help to give me peace through it all. Thank you!
we are.. Olli died … if you go back and read some of the blogs since Christmas you will see ;( . We are welcoming Annabelle this week! I am so so happy to hear the cards have helped you and you have a new home!!
I am so sorry Colette for being behind in my blog reading. So sorry for you lost of Olie you gave him the love he needed before he crossed over. You were a blessing to each other. Agai N, I am so sorry. Love Rosalyn Marie, Tucson, AZ
Wow, Colette! I feel like that was a personal reading for me ; )! Thanks!!!
Love the class, LOVE the cards, LOVE you!! You’re awesome!
I am always amazed at how pertinent your blog and universal weekly messages are to my current circumstances. They are spot on. I’ve used divination cards intermittently in my life and during my latest struggle I happened upon your decks and messages. Your decks are beautiful and have a language that resonates with me, deepening my connection to spirit. I was moved to take your recent oracle card class and learned so much. I will not let a day pass without using one or two of your decks to help create my spirit filled life. I am the most grounded and hopeful that I have ever been regardless of my outer conditions. I find it helpful to do a three card pull using two of your suggested formats in the morning, and to review them at the end of the day. (I absolutely love encountering their whispered reminders at just the right moments.) I also enjoy doing a one card pull before going to bed to see what spirit is helping me with during my dream journey. This helps me to gain clarity in understanding my dreams. Sending much happiness and joy to you and to all the beautiful universal energies. May we all move through each other’s lives with love and grace.
Hello Colette,
Thank you for the ‘smack on the hand’ You and the cards are so so right—-we or I need to BREATHE——
—–I work in Aged-Care and have had a rocky start to my year with my most loved and respected ‘Oldies’—firstly a perfect gentleman and mentor I have been privledged to meet and care for, for a few years now moved into full time care and passed in a few weeks, another gentleman I have cared for – an absolute darling who was the father figure I have never had passed away suddenly totally totally unexpected –the BOTH past within 2 weeks of each other—I was devastated, I am selfish I know, it was their time but ‘what about me??????’— what is the lesson in this for me ????
NOW you will find this hard to believe but my mother-in-law–who divorced her first husband – great man who has now past on–yip I know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!— then her second husband died awhile back in South Africa — so she joined her two sons in Australia–met a wonderful gentleman, they have been together 10+years and he is ‘marking time and peace’ so he also can move on——————–I know its life BUT please please help me learn this lesson so I can teach my mother in law so we can both move on in peace.
AND yes I am STILL trying to BREATHE!!!!!!!!!!
this is about non attachment. Read the Tao it will help you and also the Abraham books. the “lesson” is in radical acceptance. Don’t suffer over your suffering.
These cards are great and very apt and resonate with various situations in my life right now.
Progress is organic and does not necessarily go hand in hand with our minds, imaginations
and expectations which can work at the speed of light.
And a good job too or else we would kill ourselves with exhaustion.
For me they are saying. You are taking all the right steps, now just relax and let things integrate
and synthesize. dont push the river etc.
Love to you Colette. I have your decks and also use them on your website. Fabulous.X
Wishing you the best of luck and thinking of you lots when getting your new addition to the family!
Much Love to you & the puppy! ?
Catherine (from France)
Hi Colette,
Being a recent subscriber I am enjoying your blogs – and this one has particularly resonated with me. As an Aunt once said to me a couple of years back ‘Thoughts become things’. Perhaps being in a state of denial within myself I am guilty of planting my weedy seeds.
I alternate using two of your decks (The Enchanted Map and Wisdom of the Oracle). I am very much a greenhorn using the cards, so I usually just do a one card draw.
And, at times there are other cards that drop out of the pack mid-shuffle. Sometimes they are my ‘ah ha’ card that backs up the initial card drawn… and then I do get ‘wtf’ when the card has a similar message but to the opposite – as if to say ‘hold your horses’ (initial cards and ‘dropsies’ are reversed or upright). Does this happen to others as well?
Cheers!
Caroline
PS Best of luck to you all in welcoming you newest furbaby to the pack
Hi Colette,
Once again the cards are “just what I needed”. I have been waiting, anxiously, to hear about a job I applied for. Yep, the old “am I good enough” and ” am I to old” thoughts going round and round. ENOUGH already….today is for me! Thank you for reminding me to stop the wanting and whining cycle.
Love you and your readings,
Charlene
Colette – I have Enchanted Map & Wisdom of the Oracle already, & have just ordered the Wisdom of Avalon deck. I usually pick a Daily card from a couple of different decks and love that there is usually a theme running between the cards. This morning, I got ‘Rescue’ in the Protected position which blew me away! I am learning not to take everyone’s problems on as my own to solve. I also know that my husband is never going to change, as he doesn’t want to! I will therefore have to continue to be strong and make my own changes – no-one is going to come to my rescue! Please continue with what you are doing Colette – you are brilliant!
big love to you and everyone who wrote today so far!
Hi Colette,
I use your wisdom of the hidden realm deck for my personal development. Im always gratified at what is chosen when i use them. I sometimes use them with friends also. My trust in spirithas grown consideraby since using oracle cards.
I now use Faery Tarot & Oracle cards professionally, almost took your cards to an MBS show but feel they are better for just my own use.
Jay
Yup! So true! There is so much going on in my own life right now that I have actually forgotten to take a step back and just breathe! Today is my birthday, but it is such a day of mixed blessings…almost like happy and sad are happening at the same time that I don’t know what to feel at all, so everything is starting to become overwhelming instead! Can’t do a holiday right now…but maybe working on some stronger boundaries might do the trick in this moment.Thanks for this well timed reading Colette lol! I really needed to hear this message 😀 God bless!
happy birthday.. !!
Dear Colette
Boy oh boy…the Universal energies forecast really speaks to me, as does all of your blog. I have been perturbed by my readings the past two days and working on understanding. I will get there!
I am sending you much love and Light and all the best energy for you and Marc as you welcome your new puppy into your lives. ♥
Thank you so much for the reading, Colette! So excited to see photos of your dear puppy! Blessings to you!
me too will post her pix when I get some!
Thank you Colette! Your blog and universal energies reading speak exactly to my circumstances and are completely in sync with the cards I’ve been getting from Enchanted Map: Ride the Wave, One-Ring Circus and Wizard of Awareness (reversed). Thanks for the positivity and good advice on setting boundaries, taking a break and trusting in the good things to come. Good advice at any time in our lives. Good luck with the new puppy!
thanx and thank you for sharing!
Hello Colette,
I so “connected” with on many levels on Healing with the Masters. I invested in your “Holographic Prosperity Plan” ….started got confronted…stopped.
I also invested in The Wisdom Oracle cards and Wisdom of Oracle Avalon cards. Having experienced the Enchanted Map and the Wisdom of the Hidden Realm
reading on your site ( you are most gracious and generous…thank you !)
Love all the wisdom from these decks…it is uncanny how accurate the card are for me.
In lieu of “vacation” , I will take myself to the movies at noon to “Revenant” with Leonardo (I am tickled pink that he finally won). I rarely to movie theater, since i binge on foreign film, netflix documentaries. So this will be like a “vacation” to me !
Much Love,
June
wow, i think faster that i write…. 😉
sounds perfect! oxoxoxo
Oracle of Wisdom. UNFINISHED SYMPHONY, TO BE FAIR, CHAOS AND CONFLICT. (all in the protection position). Time to take a look at the attitude toward the unresolved affairs. Do I choose PEACE or CONFLICT??? How can I take care of myself while things are being settled? Is it KIND, TRUE, NECESSARY?? Reminding myself that I have choices and when I DETACH and OBSERVE what is unfolding even when it is uncomfortable, and messy it allows a new perspective to come into play. For example, I am dealing with some very disruptive and at times intrusive neighbours. There have been letters of complaint sent to management, and I am not the only person who has expressed concerns. On Sunday, while preparing dinner the neighbor was preparing dinner while listening
to music, different from what I would choose. So I made a different choice. Rather than get angry, and react; I started to dance in my kitchen, and before long I was laughing. Everyone has a right to their preferences, it is more the issue of when another persons behavior is trespassing/intruding on the peace and enjoyment of home that we have a conflict. There are different ways to handle things. When I REACT I am putting my peace of mind in another persons’ court, which doesn’t help.
SO it helped to be more flexible, have an open-mind and LET LIVE. The walls are not very structurally sound and voices, and conversations are often heard. So while I continue to look for the best outcome to support me financially; I will have to ACCEPT what I cannot CHANGE.
I so appreciate the opportunity to share this. It is only when we are too close that we cannot see other options.
P.S. I was thinking of your new puppy and thought about a name you might like. COOKIE. similar to OREO but a different flavor.
So many things to remember in this life, but PROGRESS is the goal. It is important to CELEBRATE the changes and acknowledge
them.
Wishing you a day full of higher vibrational choices.
XOXO
Renee
thanx for sharing love how you described how you interpret your reading 😉 O and the puppy is keeping her name she is coming with Annabelle!
Colette .. You are hilarious as well as sensitive ! .. Fun vlog .. Take a vacation ! .. Hahaha .. What came to me was take a vacation from doing the usual expected stuff this week ! .. Perhaps a bit of song writing or recording would be vacation like for you ! .. I know for sure that Errol always feels invigorated after some “me” music time, a vacation from his web work .. A holiday at home ! .. BIG BIG thank you !
you are so welcome 😉
Hi Colette and everyone,
I had the opposite thing happen when I first starting using the new Wisdom of the Oracle deck which I LOVE. Maybe these results were because I really hadn’t energetically connected with the deck yet. I asked a question about a particular very cute male person who I had just met but had had an odd exchange with and intuitively felt I would not be hearing from again. I instinctively felt I would pick Not for You or All That Glitters but Soul Mates and Exchanging Gifts came up. I was baffled. In fact, I never did hear from the person again so my intuition was right but the cards confused me. Since then I’ve connected with the cards more and notice at any one time, such as one night, I keep repetitively pulling the same cards no matter what I ask! So that I get, that those issues are up no matter what! Anyway, love the cards, love the artwork, love the colors, images, and size. Thanks so much!
So those 2 cards can also be pertaining to the desire for these things.. that your dominant energy is in alignment with these things that you seek. It seems a confirmation of what is to come ..
I typically use the wisdom of avalon cards daily on your site and ask Creator what I need to know today…I have all your cards but find the site easy…Good luck and enjoy your new fur baby…Love and gratitude…
thanx xoxoxo
Oh Colette, how timely the message in your blog is today about my inner dialogue and having upside down cards! I dreamed of a dying artist last night – I’m a painter by the way ( I wrote of my gratitude to you on the Daily Oracle FB page about the cards keeping me on track to write my memoir and send the book proposal to Hay House.)
This morning I asked, What’s the theme of my day? and even though I thought I was feeling neutral – hah – the cards are asking me to clarify my motives, widen my scope, it’s not a time for guarantees. (Tomorrow the decision from HH is announced and I guess old insecurities are mucking around in the sunshine of my brain.)
I drew from the Wisdom of the Oracle deck: Observer in protection, Between Worlds in protection and Why? upright.
These cards read to me as full of pause for thought, to let go of yesterday and tomorrow. Go inside and house clean for whatever is best.
The subject card is an action card- get advice, I’ve been getting this card for the past week and I’m at a loss as to who this person with a better
perspective is. Then I read your blog!! So thank you – the timing is great.
love this!
Loved, loved loved your selfie home video clips on your daily oracle cards which made everything so clear and was so so helpful! Colette are you going to continue with these or where can I find them/subscribe to them? Your cards especially the latest deck are amazing – I have them all. xxx
Loved, your selfie home video clips on your daily oracle cards which made everything so clear and was so so helpful! Colette are you going to continue with these or where can I find them/subscribe to them? Your cards especially the latest deck are amazing – I have them all. xxx
yes when I have time ..
Your music opening and closing your card reading really sets my mind to OPEN. So I might LISTEN with more than just my fear. Thank you for choosing Marc as your partner, his videoing is marvelous. The sparkles alert me while I listen, to not take myself too serious. And last but not least thank you for sharing your love Of your FURBABIES! Their love can NEVER be duplicated by a mere human. And yet it is their unconditional love that helps us strive to a unconditional love. Perhaps even for ourselves? Thank you for your downloadable gift. Also! You teach the theory of sharing your light does not diminish your light, but spreads the light! FRED LOVE YA!
Namaste, MJ. Lady with the stroke.
Hi Colette and new puppy who will not be named Oreo! I love your newest deck and have been pulling Oracle cards online quite often since you posted them (and switched between the other decks as they called to me). I have been undergoing huge life-altering shifts and changes of every kind nonstop for the past two years now, and the cards have helped me to learn to just be present with what is and start there. I keep track of which decks I’ve used on what day and what cards come up and it’s just in my journal so when I look back I can see how they reflect what else is going on. I also notice when certain cards show up again and again! When this happens I spend extra time working with whatever in this needs my attention. The biggest lesson was in catching myself freaking out about cards that I would automatically interpret as “negative” or warnings. Now I see it all with a lot more compassion for myself and use it as the starting point for self-care. Thank you for this!
so glad you are getting the hang of this and the more you notice the more they come alive!
A confirmation, thank you. I was drawing the same cards when asking what do I need to know today. Then I started thinking… Oh this might be my deep fears and worries surfacing. It wasn’t really what I wanted but what I feared. Sooooo, weeding. And coming up with the answers. Yay!
xoxoxox
Hi Colette,
Thank you for the Empty to be Filled meditation. I feel calm and serenely empty. Your oracle reading for this week is really interesting and spot on. I have been procrastinating for some time now on my new career direction and have been questioning myself why I’m not getting the ball rolling. I have however, been doing a lot of soul work and planning but find myself stalling, getting distracted and basically doubting myself. Your weekly oracle card reading is suggesting that I’m not ready yet as I still need some time to fully integrate, understand and embrace all that is required of me on this new journey so as not repeat mistakes of the past.
you are so welcome 😉
YES, COLETTE!!! I’M TAKING A BREAK/VACATION!!! MY DREAMS ARE STICKING WITH ME!!! I’M ENJOYING SOME “ME” TIME RIGHT NOW!!! AND SO IT IS!!! THANK YOU, COLETTE AND SPIRIT!!! I LOVE YOU!!!
The Universal Energy forecast is SO apropos for me right now. I was just on the phone with my sis telling her about my work day and the “meaning” I got from it. Then I watched today’s forecast, which basically confirmed everything I had just said. Then I read the blog article, and the part that I found most interesting was that you pulled the Education card from the Enchanted Map deck to decide what to talk about. I pull cards from that deck at the beginning of the year, one for each month. The resonances are uncanny! My February card was “Balance,” and I was just telling my sis that February felt anything BUT balanced and harmonious to me, but that maybe I needed to see what rocks my sense of balance the most. My March card is, you guessed it, “Education.” When teaching and learning, I feel balance; when managing and directing and such, I don’t. My Wisdom of the Oracle deck is on the way; I can’t wait! (The Enchanted Map Oracle is very dear to me, though. 😉 )
love that you love them! xoxox
Thank you so much for the beautiful work you do for us all. I’m very grateful to have discovered your cards and books a few months ago, and typically do an Avalon reading daily (cards, app, or website) and a Map reading for turning points in the year. The card I received for overall focus in 2016 is Education, so I read this post carefully and will try to pay attention to what you’ve outlined. Thanks again — blessings for all you do and are in the world. xo
thanx for sharing
HI COLETTE!!! I JUST SIGNED INTO MY COMPUTER AT 6:33PM. 33!!! THANK YOU, JESUS!!! I LOVE YOU!!!
Hey — I was born on ……… 6-9 at 3:33 in the afternoon. Not sayin’ what year, though!?
HEY COLETTE!!! IT’S ME AGAIN…ARNIE!!! JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I FORGOT MY BOOKMANS/PLANET FITNESS WATER BOTTLE IN THE RESTROOM AT THE MAIN LIBRARY IN LOVELY DOWNTOWN TUCSON…(I KNOW, TMI!!!). IN ANY CASE, JESUS REMINDED ME, BECAUSE WHEN I SIGNED OUT FROM MY COMPUTER TO GO LOOK FOR IT, I NOTICED ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN THAT I HAD 33 MINUTES AVAILABLE FOR MY COMPUTER. 33!!! THANK YOU, JESUS!!! I LOVE YOU!!! (IT GETS BETTER!!!) I QUICKLY LOOKED IN THE BATHROOM; IT WASN’T THERE. HOWEVER, JESUS PROMPTLY DIRECTED ME TO THE SECURITY GUARD, WHO THEN TURNED IT IN TO ME. SPIRIT’S GOT MY BACK!!! (PLUS THE SECURITY GUARD REPRESENTS JESUS…AND THE REST OF MY SPIRIT TEAM…LOOKING OUT FOR ME!!! ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU JESUS AND MY WHOLE, ENTIRE SPIRIT TEAM FOR LOOKING OUT FOR ME!!!
Avalon, Hidden Realm, The Map, and The Oracle! There are mornings where I must stop and think—which deck, or even which deck first! From the moment I had Avalon in my hand, the familiarity breathed itself into my spirit. Yes, it was the first deck I had, but there was so much intrigue around other 2 older decks, that they had to join the life force that exsists in my “Moon Lodge”. As time passed, just like they do for Beth, instinct has made cards jump out of the deck on their own. They are always spot on. So in tune are these decks that I absolutely had to have The Oracle when they were issued. No disappointment with these either! No matter which deck is chosen, the appropriate message returns upon the quest.
I believe we can all agree on this. It is part YOU and part US–your ability to resonate with the Big Bang we all carry and our ability to hum along with the tune you sing, join in the chorus, and sing the words when it is our turn. Thanks, toots! You ROCK!! ?
No go get Annabelle and make it a vaca! ✈️
love it – I go this coming Monday!
Wow! The universe must have really wanted me to slow down this week… I came down with a stomach bug totally out of the blue in the wee hours of Monday. I was bed ridden all of Monday & gimping by today. The things I had planned to do just won’t happen this week! I am eager to see how this week’s cards will influence my path for the remainder of the week. I know getting sick is never a good thing, but perhaps that is one way the universe gets us to slow down or stop. Maybe easing back into my daily life will allow me to be more in tune with everything around me. Not an ideal “vacation” but I will definitely be open to signs and activities goung on around me.
Hi Colette,
I just want to say thank you for being you, I have just received your Wisdom of the Oracle. They are beautiful, I have all the other decks to :).
Can’t thank you enough your cards have been a constant help and guidance. I have always been in not so great relationships. Thought the next one will be better! HA! No!
It is me that has to understand me and why I keep leaning towards the same kind of man.
Oh I have so so much to learn.
Hello, I read this post at just the right time :-). I pulled a few cards this evening and actually I thought well that’s horrible, lol. Then I read your post and had an ah-ha moment. It’s what I was thinking but I didn’t realize I was sending out to the universe, time to change my thoughts :-). Enjoy your new puppy!