We begin this week with Rabbit, who warns that we may have been spending a lot of time worrying about current or future life situatins. She says to me, “Stop telling everyone how broke you are! Stop complaining about all your bills! Stop sharing your relationship troubles with anyone who will listen to you! Just stop!” She continues, telling me that when we gossip, complain, and constantly voice all of the negative things that may be going on in our lives we are telling the Universe, “Send me more of that!” After all, if we are going to spend all of our time and energy on negativity, we must want more things in our life to complain and worry about! Rabbit says, “Instead of complaining, gossiping and worrying, make a commitment to focus on what is going RIGHT in your life! Spend some time each day thinking about what is working well, what you have to look forward to, what is improving. When you shift your focus from fearful, negative thinking to positive, uplifting thinking, your entire energy field changes and you will begin attracting POSITIVE experiences into your life.” She also tells me that grounding, getting out in nature, spending time in meditation, beginning a gratitude journal or practicing positive affirmations are all powerful tools in changing your energy from negative to positive.

As we enter the middle of the week, we are joined by contrary Owl, who says, “Telling little white lies again? Deceiving yourself about something? Now is the time to start being honest!” He continues, telling me that lying to others to save yourself or to spare their feelings doesn’t do anyone any good in the long run. He says, “Worse still is when you choose to lie to yourself. Are you in a dead-end job, a disfunctional relationship or a one-way friendship? Are you telling yourself that you’re just fine while your finances go to ruin due to your overspending or your healt suffers because you’re not taking good care of yourself? Look for the deception in your life and take steps to remedy it. Be as honest as you can with others - and with yourself.”

This message of needing to look more closely at your life continues into the end of the week as we are joined by Mouse. Mouse says, “When life is out of balance, we tend to begin living in extremes. We spend too much, or not at all. We eat too much, or not at all. We’re never home, or we never leave. We live in clutter and chaos, or we clean obsessively. Now is the time to look for the extremes in your life, the places where you may be out of balance. Find the places where your fear-based thinking has gotten you tripped up and has turned destructive and take steps to right the situation. If necessary, seek out the help of a qualified professional or trusted friend. Seek to bring balance to your life so that you don’t have to live in the extremes.”

** Weekly totem forecasts are completed using the MEDICINE CARDS by David Carson and Jamie Sams, published by St. Martin’s Press, copyrighted 1988 and 1999. **

After a taking a long break to work on personal projects, it feels so wonderful to be back to posting a new weekly forecast! Thanks so much to all of my readers for sticking with me during this time!

We begin this week with contrary Grouse, who warns that we may have become unbalanced or ungrounded. He says to me, “Many people feel that there was no 2012 shift because there was no great upheaval, no apocalypse, no “end of the world” disaster or no great changes in their lives. But they are wrong! The shift happened! We are all vibrating at a higher frequency and as a result are manifesting at a much more rapid rate!” This energetic shift may have left you feeling spacy and ungrounded, overwhelmed with excess energy or even fatigued and a bit depressed. This is your physical body and energetic body trying to get back in sync while adjusting to the change in energy. Grouse says, “It is of vital importance right now that you establish a daily practice of grounding and centering yourself. This will help you adjust to the change of energy and will keep you calm and centered.” Grouse recomends taking time each day to fit in some form of joyful movement. This could be going for a long walk in nature, dancing in your living room, or trying a new form of exercise like pilates or kickboxing. Whatever you do, the key is that it brings you joy! This opens up all of your channels, clearing away psychic “gunk” and allows you to be more receptive to Divine guidance.

Near the middle of the week we see the return of contrary Skunk, who tells me that now is a time to do some mental and emotional house cleaning. She says, “You are on the verge of great things! There is no place in your world for low self-esteem, depression or a lack in self-confidence. You have worked hard to get where you are and deserve to find real joy in your accomplishments! If you find yourself surrounded by people who don’t believe in you or who don’t support you, it is time to let them go! Set clear boundaries and understand that you have no place in your life for negativity. If you are struggling with feeling worthy of the greatness you desire, make a daily habit of practicing self-loving affirmations. If you are really struggling, ask the angels to intervene on your behalf and ask for clear guidance. It may be necessary to seek out the assistance of a qualified professional who can help you work through these feelings and find their source.”

The end of the week brings contrary Alligator, who tells me that the best cure for any conflict or uncomfortable situation you may be facing is laughter. He says, “Be flexible! Roll with the punches and laugh at the people or situations that are making you feel unconfortable. Realize that you can only feel as hurt, angry, upset or offended as you allow yourself to feel. Stop giving away your power to external forces and make a choice to let things roll off your back like clean water. In the big scheme of things, the things that have irritated you so much don’t really matter anyway!”

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We end the week with Skunk, who continue’s Badger’s message of only surrounding yourself with people who love and support you. Skunk says, “Take a look around you and see who is with you. Are these people who love you for who you are? Who support your dreams and goals? Are they people who you admire and who you want to emulate in your own life? You need to realize that this is the energy that surrounds you, and it is the energy that you project to the world. If this is fearful, negative, controling energy, all of your efforts will be derailed and fall short - thus giving the naysayers the opportunity to tell you, ‘I told you so!’ Don’t give them that opportunity! Set clear boundaries with your friends and family. If they can’t keep their negative words, thoughts and attitudes to themselves, they will have to go! Make your life a ‘Positive People Only’ zone.”

** Weekly totem forecasts are completed using the MEDICINE CARDS by David Carson and Jamie Sams, published by St. Martin’s Press, copyrighted 1988 and 1999. **