*Sacred Mothers and Goddesses oracle deck is by Claudia Olivos; Medicine Woman tarot is by Carol Bridges*

You may feel as though forward movement is being thwarted right now; as though you are being asked (or forced) to stop and stay.

This is not punishment and nothing is wrong.

It’s so easy to get caught up in the busy rush of life that we get pulled off center and away from what truly matters to us.

This is a time to come back to our values; the truth of our core joys. To be fearless in our acknowledgement of what makes each of us unique, what is each of ours to bring.

And then, from that place of connection and rooted wholeness, to share that with others and the world- *not* from a place of hierarchy and dominance/submission (the way we may have been taught)- but from a new understanding of relationship.

Within the wholeness of our self-containment, we are male/female, creator and sustainer, potential and manifest, student and teacher.

*AND* self-containment, wholeness... do not mean to be alone, separate. We need others to truly thrive, we need others to help us learn and grow and feel fulfilled.

This wholeness-to-be-connected is the new way of approaching relationships, of sharing what we know, of seeding the future with the examples we want to see.

Learn about the relationships you want by learning how your Self wants you to relate to it. Learn about your Self, by learning from what the external relationships are mirroring to you.

Just because something is how it’s always been doesn’t mean it’s right. Question your way back to quiet, back to Knowing, back to your body. Question your way back to relationship.