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Shadow Soul Spread: Gaia’s Challenge, Love Without Condition

Shadow Soul Spread

Today’s draw resulted in a Shadow Soul spread I have named Gaia’s Challenge, Love Without Condition.

This is going to be an interesting reading, so let’s get to it.

Messenger Oracle card with a trail at the bottom leading to a well under a tree being fed by a waterfall coming from the mouth of a woman with antlers protruding from her forehead and her third eye open. The woman is part of a maple tree that is part green and part that is turning brown. At the base of the tree is a dragon forming an ourboros while a phoenix perches on a limb to the left. Among the branches are spiders webs and crystals. This is all floating with roots spreading down into a starry sky. At the bottom of the card is a golden background with scrollwork and the words Honor Gaia

Shadow: Honor Gaia

Gaia is reminding us that we must remain diligent in our struggle to bring peace and healing to our world and all beings that inhabit it.

We can take a breather and regain our strength but we must not become complacent just because it doesn’t seem like any change is happening.

Which leads into the next Messenger in this spread.

Messenger Oracle depicted by an Angel with wings slightly unfurled that span from above their head to just above their feet. Their face covering is that of a golden hawk, covering their eyes, nose, and forehead. Their right arm has a ribbon of pure white wrapped around it in a crisscross pattern and a feather is hanging from it with bells between the wrapping and base of the feather. Their hands are crossed in front of their waist and resting on the pommel of a golden sword. At the bottom is a golden plaque with scrollwork and the words Challenge Your Perception

Soul: Challenge Your Perception

When we take a step back and look at things with refreshed eyes we can start to see things we may not have noticed before.

This is something you may already be pretty good at, but it is something that we need to do frequently so we don’t lose focus or miss out on the changes we have put into effect.

When you don’t think anything is changing, close your eyes and plug your ears if only for a moment.  When you open those senses back up basque in the refreshed perception of the world around you.

Messenger Oracle depicted by a beautiful Faerie sitting along the green bank of a stream. She is wearing a peasant style dress that is white with violet trim and comes up just above their bosom leaving their shoulders bare. Their wings are butterfly like, very large and translucent with violet ribs and edges. At her brow is a crown of flowers, leaves and twigs in a beautiful arrangement. They emit a glow that breaks off in small orbs floating away in an unseen breeze. At their hands rests a butterfly basking in the Faerie’s glow. Peaking out behind their wings is a standing stone with a Triskelion just visible. Mushrooms are sparsely scattered about the bank and a dragonfly is skating it’s tail long the water.

Let Two Be One: Love Without Condition

When we don’t put limits on our love we can accomplish so much for ourselves and those around us.  

When we look around us and see our world refreshed we honor Gaia by allowing ourselves to glow with love.

Thus I have called this spread Gaia’s Challenge, Love Without Condition as this is something we all need to work towards being better at and it can require a challenge to our perception of our environment.

The Official Descriptions

Shadow

Honor Gaia is all about treating our planet and environment with kindness and care.

Without Gaia we would have no life to live.

Soul

Challenge Your Perception talks about not being able to challenge outdated perceptions or ignorance.

It really encourages viewing both sides of everything and finding where they are both true even if one does not seem that way initially.

Let Two Be One

Love Without Condition does not just apply to how you treat those around you, but yourself especially.

We can find it easy to get lost in how we treat others but forget that we are just as deserving of our own love.

Closing Thoughts

I feel that my interpretation of the spread is quite accurate though I would add that we need to apply Gaia’s Challenge, Love Without Condition to ourselves just as much as the world around us.

I do tend to forget about myself quite a bit and get lost trying to help others.  So, let’s take today and focus on ourselves just a bit more and then let that spread into our norm.

Blessed Be!

The Messenger Oracle cards are the original work of the very talented Ravynne Phelan and published by Blue Angel Publishing.

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