Divinely Spiritually Black

Daily Tarot August 13, 2016 (Saturday)

Today’s card is The Queen of Swords. Before I pulled the card, I saw an image of rain falling on a rose. Spirit told me that the rain is important, otherwise the rose wouldn’t grow. Sometimes we all go through a “rainy” season in our life, but it’s through the rain that we really find out who we are. Life is filled with moments of joy and moments of disappointments, but its all about how we deal with the disappointments that really build our charater. We really do learn a lot and grow through our disappointments. You are wonderful like the rose, and know that you shall come out even stronger after the rain. You have a wonderful story to tell. I feel like a lot of good can come out of a struggle, I feel like it makes us more understanding and teaches us compassion.  The Queen of Swords is all about communication. So, perhaps sharing with others about a struggle you overcome could help them. Let’s all be encouraging and of help through our words. The chakra focus is the heart chakra. I feel like it would be a good day to really open our hearts, let’s not let the rain make us bitter.  Sometimes, The Queen of Swords can indicate someone who has been through a lot, and now their heart is guarded. Know that it is ok to open your heart again. Let’s really allow ourselves to trust again, and to open our hearts. much love and many blessings to you all:)

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Be a little weirder, be a little more you. Wear yr hair that one way nobody else likes. Shave – or skip it – if it makes you feel free. Tell the joke when it strikes you, sing with your headphones on the train, compliment a stranger – the way you’d want to be complimented if someone found they were suddenly in love with you.

This piece was selected for American Illustration Annual 35. Super proud, and excited. What a honor. More blessings to come.

“What Cats Do”

Amerie - 1 Thing

B5 - All I Do

50 Cent/Olivia - Candy Shop

Destiny’s Child - Cater 2 U

Beyonce - Check On It

Jennifer Lopez - Get Right

Pretty Ricky - Grind With Me

Kanye West/Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

Mario - How Could You

The Game/50 Cent - How We Do

Keyshia Cole - I Should’ve Cheated

Cassidy - I’m A Hustla

Mariah Carey - It’s Like That

Bow Wow/Omarion - Let Me Hold You

Bow Wow/Ciara - Like You

Missy Elliott/Ciara - Lose Control

Lil Jon/Usher/Ludacris - Lovers and Friends

Teairra Mari - Make Her Feel Good

Marques Houston - Naked

Ciara - Oh

David Banner - Play

Rihanna - Pon De Replay

Alicia Keys - Unbreakable

Ying Yang Twins/Pitbull - Shake

Bobby Valentino - Slow Down

Trillville - Somecut

Omarion - Touch

Ying Yang Ywins - Wait (The Whisper Song)

Mariah Carey - We Belong Together

Pretty Ricky - Your Body

As a child I would see them tucked into little corners of a few of my family members homes. However I never really knew exactly what it was. i just thought it was a display or decorations. Within the last year I’ve experienced an significant expansion in my spiritual knowledge and alters began to present themselves to me. Pictures of these BEAUTIFUL alters would frequently appear on my Instagram (especially after I made the awesome decision to follow the hood witch) and on my twitter time line.

I knew I needed one!

But my laze and cheapness got in the way for a while. I didn’t want to spend the money to buy things for it because for some odd reason I thought that it would be expensive. I also didn’t feel like finding the store. I know of plenty spiritual stores around my home in metro Detroit but Lansing? No way. At first  I wasn’t even sure if it would be one up here. But once I did some googling I found Triple Goddess Bookstore in Downtown Lansing.

I went to Triple Goddess with no real expectations. I just knew that I wanted to make an alter and that I was going to let spirit guide me to what I need to get - and it did. I bought a smudge stick and and a smudge bowl, ground lavender, a couple of crystal chips and a rose quartz. A few days later after cleansing everything via the sun I constructed my alter.