Totem Energy Reading for Current Moon Phase
Our Totem Guide for the next few Days is a fun one indeed, and a beautiful pairing for our lovely Moons Transit Sign. The Otter!!
But first let us talk about our Moon. The Moon Begins her Ingress into Sagittarius today at 4:27am EST and continues her Transit until 10/07/2016 4:40pm EST into Capricorn. Sagittarius being a fire sign loves to light that little flame of passion deep within us. He reminds us of the adventure in life. He Says “Hey you got this!”. Now is not the time to get lost in the details. Now is the time to allow yourself that long overdue adventure, and not just any adventure, a “New Adventure”. Your soul can only take so much of the same routine. Sagittarius is here to remind you to break that routine, even if it's just for a little bit, your soul needs “NEW” energy. Something you have never done, or somewhere you have never been, in fact both would be advisable. When a Fire Sign is dancing with the moon it is always a message of waking the inner child, allowing the passion within to break free and dance.
Now Our Otter Jumps up to say Hello, with splash in you face and twinkle in its eye. But what's that you say, Otter is a creature of the water, how does he pair so well with that of Sagittarius? Well Out of the three Fire Signs in the Zodiac, Sagittarius is the most like Peter Pan, and the Otter. Both carry the energy of living one's adventure, and not just living life. From the moment Otter wakes his life is all about the adventure. He is always playing, every moment for the Otter is an opportunity to live within his adventure.
Otter is another tribal animal, she is rarely seen alone, and can almost always be found with her tribe, on some form of epic adventure. But when she is alone she normally has found something to play with, everything is a toy, even her food. She asks you “ Where is your tribe? When was the last time you gathered for an epic adventure, or even a loud night around the campfire, laughing and reminiscing of day gone by?” Well maybe it's time to rally the gang and make some noise.
We see Otter in all this play, but we tend to miss the message hidden behind all the Passion she brings……. What does Otter live in? Water, and water is passion, but in that passion is creativity. Otter helps us to swim in the waters of life and not get lost within all of the emotions water can bring. Otter is one of the few Water signs that can do this. Otter Brings You the Passion that comes with Water but keeps it Light and Airy.
She Brings the Passion of creativity, the ability to feel deeply and freely but not get lost in it. For those of you who are Artisans now is a wonderful time to let your Creative Juices flow. But to do so, you may need to take a break from your everyday routine. To coin a phrase from one of my favorite movies, Dreamcatcher by Stephen King, S.S.D.D… Same Sh*t Different Day. There is only so much S.S.D.D. Your soul and Otter can take. Otter says, “isn't it about for something New and different!” It doesn't care what it is, how big or small the adventure is, as long as you get out, Otter can lead you down some amazing rivers and streams, allowing your creativity to flow, reviving you muse, reigniting your passion.
Together Otter and Sagittarius bring to you the opportunity of the adventure. They will not take you by the hand and pull you along, you need to jump in. Well Otter may push you in, but she will teach you how to swim. They bring you an energy of reprieve, a moment to break away from life, even if only for a brief moment, to allow your soul to dance, to experience something “New”, and different. Otter reminds you, what is living if we do not live within our passions even for just a brief moment.
One last message Otter would like to share. There are those of you out there that live the path of Otter, her medicine flows strong within you. You feel a strong need to live within your passion at all times. When you are not living your life's passion every moment feels as if you are just living life uphill both ways in the snow. Otter Asks you then “What is your Passion? Do you know what your passion is?” What brings you joy? Think about it, have you gotten so lost in the deep waters of your own emotions that you no longer know passion, or have forgotten what your passion was or even what it felt like.
It is easy to become lost in our own pity, and over time we forget why we are even within this swirling pool of pity. Pity is not like a party, for parties end, pity is more like a whirl pool, the more time you spend on the edge the farther it sucks you in, until it pulls you away from everything and everyone around you, and all you have left is your pity. Otter Wants to teach you how to swim out this whirling pool. But first you must want it. Otters lessons are simple and easily learned. She teaches you the silliness in life. In every moment there is a lesson, for Otter every moment is play. She teaches you that life is a game and in most situations a bit of humor can be found, even if this humor is best kept to yourself, it is there.
Otter has no real natural predator, even if you feel people around you are targeting you Otter says to make it a game, find the humor in it. Be agile like Otter and dodge their jabs. Do not let them control your adventure, for they are just a brief moment in the epic adventure of your life. Otter says to take the pain of your past, and let it be your strength.
For those of you who feel lost in life, I want you to do a mindful exercise for the next 3 days. I want you to really feel the Power and Strength Otter can bring you. I want you to pretend you are Otter, and see life through Otters Eyes. I am speaking in metaphors, but i'm kind of not.
Take a look at your life, your surroundings, your playground, is it something Otter would like. Even hunting and eating are play for Otter. Look at every moment as it happens and ask yourself how would Otter handle this?
This can reflect in your work environment. Do you have a desk? Does this desk represent you? Is the desk an empty puddle with no water to play in, or has it become overrun with garbage left to pileup leaving Otter no room to play and forcing her to move on to a new lake or river. There is a balance to all things in life. Look at your routine, is it always the same, do you ever change how you get from point A to point B? Sometimes it's as easy as taking a different route, or stopping on the way home, having a cup of tea at a new cafe’. Remember life is all about moments, and if you let it, Otter will teach you how to live within the moment.
I know Many Otter people who have lost their way often feel as if people are targeting, or seem to always find themselves wrapped up in some form of drama. Otter says remember Life is an adventure, adventures have their ups and downs, it is how you make your way through the adventure that creates your reality. Do you look at times of sorrow and hardship as hole’s to be stuck in or as a mountain to conquer. There are no Epic Adventures that have ever been written where it was all peaches and cream. Think of Otter as the Knight who sits in the Pub telling its stories of Conquest, and mighty Battles. Singing songs to honor those who have past and rejoicing their adventures together. There are many tales of Adventures being forsaken and abandoned by all those around them, and yet they pushed on and lived the adventure and came out the other side, stronger, more willful, and full of life.
Otter and Sagittarius are without a shadow of a doubt the Boastful Knight, with a heavy douse Peter Pan. Remember it's all about the moment, and when you discover this, Otter can take you such grand Adventures. And once You Otter Folks learn to live within the moments, Life will open up to your Passion, and a way will be made for you to live in it, and those whirling pools of pity will be a thing of your past. For you will see you are Otter, and you will see your life is truly a Grand Adventure.
Below are links to Deck the Otter Came From, My Favorite Book on Animal Spirit Guides and The Music i Listened to today wile i was Writing my blog.
