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Oracle of Nightmares Review and Reading

Kim Abundant Life Tarot

Oracle of Nightmares is an independent card deck sold on Etsy by White Rabbit Oracle. Despite its dark pictures and foreboding name, it is an all purpose deck that can be used for shadow work or as a part of a larger tarot/oracle spread.

The deck is standard tarot size and has a good stock, perfect for shuffling. Some of the images fade into the darkness, which adds to the element of darkness and mystery. This deck does not come with a guidebook, but the images and key words are enough to light up your intuition.

It will play nicely with my Triple Goddess tarot or my soon to arrive Darkness of Light Tarot. I will be using it during the fall and winter months for shadow work and divination. A great deck, with surprisingly gentle, but firm messages.

Check out the deck creator’s Etsy store here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/WhiteRabbitOracle and her website here: http://www.whiterabbittarot.com/.

Have you worked with this deck before? What are your thoughts? Do you find it easy to use oracle decks without guidebooks?

Kim
Abundant Life Tarot

Oracle Deck Reviews, Oracle Decks

Postcards from Spirit Unboxing Video

Kim Abundant Life Tarot

I got my hands on the lovely Postcards from Spirit 52 Card Oracle Deck yesterday. I have been waiting for months for this deck to release, and it is finally in my hands. After yesterday’s filming of this video, I played a little bit more with this deck and I started to connect more with the images and messages.

I am a huge fan of Colette’s decks and particularly very fond of artist Jena DellaGrotaglia’s beautiful artistry. The cover designer for Postcards was Tricia Breidenthal. Jena’s art work is always breathtaking and my only wish was that in this deck, it was a little more pronounced so we can really see the details. I get that the postcards are to appear aged and weathered, but I love Jena’s work so much that I still want to see it pop off the card like in all her other works.

The cards are larger than the standard Hay House size and the box is a sturdy and attractive. The stock is interesting. It is thinner than standard Hay House decks, but it remains to be seen if that is a good thing. The edges are sharp, versus rounded.

I love the concept. In fact, I used the deck last night and called upon my grandmothers to send a message. I loved how easy it was to use the deck and the answers I received were poignant and resonated in a way that I was not expecting (which is a good thing).

The cards can be used for divination, but I think it is primarily for answering those healing questions we have about are we on the right path or what can I work on in myself type of queries.

Be on the lookout for my full deck review video and blog post of this deck, after I’ve played with it for a while, as unboxing videos only shows just a tiny bit of a deck’s potential.

Many blessings,

Kim
Abundant Life Tarot

Oracle Deck Reviews, Oracle Readings

Mildred Payne’s Secret Pocket Oracle Review and Reading

Kim Abundant Life Tarot

Mildred Payne’s Secret Pocket Oracle is truly a lovely, intuitive, and charming, yet confrontational oracle deck. I love that I can use it in stand alone readings, as well as a part of a larger tarot/oracle spread. Great for both personal and professional readings, it keeps it all the way real, and will predict like no other – but it is gentle, too (as you will see in the above video’s oracle reading). The simplistic images and keywords surprisingly triggers the intuition, and I feel like Spirit leaves nothing out and puts it all on the table for the reader to grasp and share with the seeker.

Factoids: 54 card deck. Miniature cards, beautiful card stock.

Per usual, I did an impromptu reading. In retrospect, as this video was filmed on Saturday, October 7, 2017, this message was an urgent one from Spirit to all of humanity. Simple solutions to big problems on the micro and macro levels of our lives.

The deck creator’s link: http://www.deviantmoon.com/wordpress/?p=4091

Many blessings and love to all of you,
Kim
Abundant Life Tarot

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A.L.T. Fall Shadow Work Readings!

Kim Abundant Life Tarot

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For the fall season, Abundant Life Tarot (A.L.T.) is offering a special for deep shadow work and deep spiritual soul healing readings, both on this site and through my Etsy Abundant Life Shop store. $25 will get you a one hour tarot/oracle shadow work video reading.

  • Do you ever feel upset, stressed out or down, but unsure why? Then you probably have some deep shadow work to do.
  • Do you feel like you keep repeating the same behaviors over and over, but you really do want to change? What’s holding you back from your desired changes? This reading is for you.
  • Do you feel like you’re in the wrong profession or not with the right romantic partner? Then it is time to do some shadow work to find out where you truly need to go or whom you need to be with.

Last month and continuing into this month, I did my own shadow work through Tarot, meditation, and prayer and now I feel lighter and more on purpose with my life than ever before. We sometimes need to dive into what is under the surface in our subconscious, because until we do, whatever that is buried will continue to fester and grow, affecting many areas of our lives.

Take the next step to getting answers to questions you’ve had, but up until now, was unable to ask.

1 Hour Autumn Shadow Work Tarot & Oracle Reading

$25.00

Many Blessings, 

Kim 

Abundant Life Tarot 

 

Tarot and Oracle Readings

Jumping Tarot & Oracle Cards

Kim Abundant Life Tarot

I read exclusively from “jumping” cards – cards that fly out of the deck as I shuffle and ponder the tarot or oracle question. There are rare times when I have to use another method of picking cards, but my preferred way is receiving jumping cards from Spirit. It leads more to the randomness of a tarot reading. To keep from shuffling endlessly, I sometimes do a 3-2-1 shuffle countdown –  I shuffle three more times before I stop shuffling the cards, for time saving purposes. Oftentimes, if Spirit has additional messages, this is the time additional cards will “jump” out.

I found early on in my tarot journey that the messages are revealed because of our Oneness with the Divine. When I shuffle, I meditate on this Oneness and the client’s question. As I meditatively shuffle, the cards fly out and the answers are revealed. I now cannot imagine picking my cards any other way!

Whether I riffle shuffle or hand over hand shuffle, the cards jump, because that is the agreement I’ve made with Spirit early on in my journey – that I’d receive and know these messages were heaven sent. No matter the deck, I always experience jumping cards.

What is your preferred way to have cards revealed to you? Shuffling, then fanning out the cards? Jumping cards? Having clients picked the cards? Share your preferred method and tips in the comments section below.

Thanks for stopping by and many blessings to you!

Kim 

Abundant Life Tarot

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September Faves in Tarot, Oracle and Crystals

Kim Abundant Life Tarot

I had a fantastic September. I took almost two weeks off at my day job, and spent five days on a Women’s retreat. I spent a long weekend in Gold Country for my extended family’s annual camping trip. I did a lot of self-soul searching and shadow work. I performed more readings and declared my freedom from worry about what others think about my coming out as a Tarot reader.

There was a lot of shadow work I needed to do on myself and in my personal and professional relationships during the month of September. My country, America, is going through a lot of challenges right now and I had to deal with some deep rooted issues and hurts this month. I am an empath, so I took on many others’ emotions and low vibrations. So much so, that it was a drag to be around me towards the end of the month. It was hard, and at times painful, but necessary, as I purged out negative, lack filled thoughts and emotions. I was grateful for the low vibrations, because I felt poorly, and that spawned me to seek out higher vibrational frequencies to align to.

Some stones that I worked with this month was Smokey Quartz, Carnelian, and Gold Sheen Obsidian, while I navigated my shadow work.

#Self-loveSeptember was amazing for me. I was reminded how important self-love and self-nurturing is for our bodies and spirits. Lightworkers, especially must learn to prioritize self-love practices. I will carry what I started in September throughout the rest of my year.

Check out the above video for decks I worked with this month. Also, see the decks that got edged in black permanent marker. I broke my edging cherry and edged three decks in September – my Stretch Tarot, my Sun and Moon Tarot in a tin, and my Mildred Payne’s Secret Pocket Oracle.

As I bid farewell to September and summer, I welcome October and autumn with open arms. How was your September? What decks and spiritual tools were in your rotation during September?

Kim 

Abundant Life Tarot 

Love and Relationships, Oracle Deck Reviews, Self-Care for Tarot Readers, Shadow Work

My Personal Reading and Shadow Work

Kim Abundant Life Tarot

Not all is fun and games in women’s retreats and oracle readings. In this video, I discuss why self-shadow work is necessary for relationships to work. I also touch upon how I tried to shove and ignore the two shadow cards back in my deck, like I never saw them, but oh, I saw them alright.

Sometimes wisdom on our shadow side comes in bite sized messages, that opens us up to huge possibilities when one takes the time to dig deep and heal. In my case, I had to look my ego in the eye, swallow my pride and realize that I have been a little one sided and selfish.

Where in your life do you need to  shed light on your shadow self?

Much Love, 

Kim with Abundant Life Tarot 

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#Self-Love September and Retreats Part 1

Kim Abundant Life Tarot
Women's Retreat 2017
River’s Bend Retreat Center, Philo, California.

Everyone needs and deserves a retreat at least once a year. This video was filmed last Wednesday, September 6th, and I was hitting the road to go on women’s retreat. After attending a couple of women’s retreats, I’ve made the decision to go at least once a year and it is one of the best ways I express self-love.

The women’s retreat I attended was found through my spiritual organization, but there are plenty for non-spiritual folks to choose from (just Google “retreats near me” and you will be amazed!). There’s a retreat type for every person.

Here are a few reasons why a retreat should be your next getaway: 

  1. You get a chance to get a break from the monotony of life. A retreat takes you out of your comfort zone and plops you into a place of tranquility and serenity. A change of scenery offers the senses a chance to play in a new area, which allows us to recharge and to grow.
  2. You can do as much, or as little as you’d like on your retreat. Most retreats offer several workshops during the course of the days you’re attending. During my first retreat, I attended every workshop. I skipped workshops on my second retreat because it was more important for me to recharge in solitude than to do lots of group activities.
  3. The hustle and bustle of life falls away and you get back to your own internal clock. My one wish for the retreats I attended was to serve breakfast later in the morning because I wanted to follow my own internal wake up clock.
  4. This is a time to get inspired. I used my oracle and tarot cards as journal prompts. I created all sorts of crafts in our retreat’s craft temple. I meditated on what how my business could grow. Inspiration was found in the conversations with other women and in my own conversations with myself. I learned I actually am crafty and now I can take that back to my regular life, as a tool to decompress when need be.
  5. Unplug. Hopefully where you retreat there will be no cell phone service. If there is, turn your phone off. Retreat means to pull back from the world. Let the world miss you for awhile.

We all need to retreat, to go within and to sit with ourselves. Even if it means creating your own retreat by booking a hotel room or cabin for a long weekend – invest in your mind, body and spirit. You are so worth the the time, money and effort and your sanity will thank you later for it.

Much Love and Blessings, 

Kim 

Abundant Life Tarot 

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Heal Yourself Reading Cards Unboxing

Kim Abundant Life Tarot

I was able to get my hands on the Heal Yourself Reading Cards by Inna Segal from Amazon by way of Book Depository and the publisher Rockpool Publishing. The United States will not be releasing this deck until October 1, 2017, according to Amazon http://a.co/i3H67wi.

Here’s the link to the actual publisher’s site for the deck: https://www.rockpoolpublishing.com.au/heal-yourself-reading-cards.

Beautiful deck~36 cards and fully illustrated and glossy guidebook.

Many blessings and love to all of you,
Kim
Abundant Life Tarot

Abundant Life Shop, Etsy, Tarot and Oracle Readings

Abundant Life Shop Etsy Now Open

Kim Abundant Life Tarot

Mildred Payne

Hey There Soul Siblings :-),

I am thrilled my Etsy shop at  https://www.etsy.com/shop/AbundantLifeShop is now open and ready to sell tarot and oracle readings. My full list of tarot/oracle readings can be found here https://atomic-temporary-59013625.wpcomstaging.com/readings-and-adviser-services/ but in case you’re shopping on Etsy, keep a lookout for my store AbundantLifeShop.

Not only will I offer tarot and oracle readings, but other metaphysical tools, such as crystals, oils and sprays, Palo Santo sticks, and metaphysical goodness for you and your home. For now, the latest Happy Birthday Reading is offered at $10.00 off the original price. 20% off will be offered for a limited time from September 11, 2017 to September 18, 2017 on all readings on Etsy. The coupon code is “GRANDOPEN20.”

Abundant Life Shop and Abundant Life Tarot is your place to tap into your dreams and to co-create with Spirit, implement a divine action plan and follow the necessary steps to reach them. Work with me and you will gain the answers you’ve been searching for. It is time to make *you* a priority and gain some clarity about your life’s path. Each reading will be tailored to you and your needs.

Many Blessings,

Kim

Abundant Life Tarot