Today is a birthday celebration post. I’m guided to share some special crystal offerings (see link at end) and inspired to express a couple of very powerful things that happened this week, as they were a combo of extraordinary and blessings in disguise – the perspective of things available collectively. Hence, another brief detour from how I share here these days before a longer silence upcoming.

This year ignites an offering for much potential, and I do feel that things are now in motion that we’ve dreamed of and will continue sprouting in momentum even if they seem just to be peeking out or bubbling below the surface. This is not the time to give up, but to keep strengthening and nurturing your true roots.

Since I will be heading out in March back to my soul home of Egypt it’s likely that I may not post again until after I return in April. That means I will be away for Spring Equinox – a cool balance to my last trip being over Autumn Equinox there.

So, in a way, this post is also a prelude to the new season unfolding within and without for us all.

We did get the big snow storms I mentioned in the last post, which brought some beautiful ski days and our first snow shoe of the season out back in the forest.

Winter stillness is perfect for the practice of listening within.

And whom better to teach the power of self reflection, quiet observation and solitude than bobcat. 

I was literally writing an Instagram post about the practice of tuning within to honor our intuition when bobcat came right at the window to peer into my eyes with a deliberate gait.

The rarely sighted bobcat is a guardian of hidden knowledge and keeper of truth. They teach patience, resiliency and courage to face subconscious shadow aspects. As a symbol of acute intuition and heightened awareness, they are spiritual guides helping to navigate life’s labyrinth and access profound wisdom and mystery found within oneself.

They teach us that mastery lies within and this includes our ability to master polarities without conflict.

A friend sent me a cosmic channeling she had just seen after I shared about bobcat on Instagram because it also spoke beautifully to bobcat’s message, “I stand at the heart of creation. Light and shadow bow before my peace. Within me opposites embrace. I am the stillness that moves all things.”

Bobcat is a potent shamanic presence to receive right before my own “rebirthing” that I’ve learned can show up to reveal a new spiritual power.

This beauty had no fear, but was all about deliberate intention to connect.

The auspicious and wild thing about this is that not only do I fully believe this is the same bobcat I saw two years ago as a juvenile now grown up, but the timing is impeccable and potent. 

The first time I saw bobcat here on our deck was on the morning of my actual birthday two years ago (my first birthday without Astrid).

And now just five days before my birthday, two years later this beauty appears again. I know this is not random and definitely reflective of my own evolution and path.

But, as always, it carries a powerful collective message for us all (reread bobcat’s symbolism and the channeled message) – hence my sharing.

If you scroll down in this post, you’ll see photos and video of this bobcat as a juvenile:

Birthday Bobcat 2024

The second potent encounter took place the very next morning after bobcat’s appearance.

It involved the resident hawk that lives here on our back forest, two ravens, and a rabbit.

This may be a hard story for people to emotionally take in, so this is a pre-warning for the sensitive.

Although I’m not sharing all of the details of my own experience with it, I think that the take-aways can be individually unwrapped.

It was morning again, around the same time, when something dark caught my eye moving oddly across the snow. I went to the window and saw my hawk friend on the snow with tail fanned out and body and wings curved in a strange hovering stance.

I then noted two large ravens that were noisily hanging close to the hawk.

My first impulse was that the hawk was injured and I would have to do a rescue.

But then the hawk hopped forward and I saw that he was dragging something. I then realized hawk had made a kill and the ravens were trying their best to take it away.

Hawk proceeded to hop and drag the body into the manzanita bushes just off our deck.

I immediately became concerned it was one of my rabbit friends and went outside. I instantly saw some fur on the deck and followed around to the side of the house where I found much more of that, blood, and entrails. I recognized the fur immediately as rabbit’s and gathered the beautiful tufts of golden tipped, velvety softness to save.

The ravens continued hovering and going at the bush, which called hawk out to the tree tops. A fight commenced with ravens trying to chase off hawk, but hawk viciously attacking back.

While this took place, I got on my boots and went over to the manzanita grave. I had to know.

And my feelings were confirmed. It was a rabbit.

My heart sunk. I had a feeling it was one of my friends I knew well. I didn’t want to disturb anything, as I knew hawk put the rabbit there for safe keeping to feed upon and it’s not my place to disrupt that.

So I sadly went back inside to wait things out. The ravens were driven off and hawk returned to the bush cave that the snow atop it formed, where he remained literally all day feeding, resting and digesting, and feeding some more.

While this went on I was processing the incident deliberately happening in front of me, now just four days before my birthday on the heels of bobcat’s appearance. I tuned in with Astrid to ask for guidance and help with understanding something deeply heart hitting so close to home, as I felt her strongly and she’d been around a lot the last couple of days before all of this because Dave had written her a song.

I received her message that I should go back out to see the rabbit.

This was threefold: 1) To check the rabbit’s ears to confirm who they are 2) To retrieve and properly preserve the rabbit’s thumpers and more fur/tail that are being gifted to me so I can work with their magick 3) To do energy work for the rabbit’s passing and speak to both the rabbit and hawk

I already sensed who it was.

I waited until late afternoon, allowing hawk the space to gorge on his Winter meal for hours. Then, I put my boots back on, slipped on some gloves, and took a bag with me as I drudged through the deep snow to the manzanita bush again.

As I approached, hawk came out and flew up to the tree limb just above the bush. There he stayed calmly watching me and listening, as I spoke to both him and the rabbit. He understood.

I bent down and gently caressed the back of the sweet rabbit and then looked at the ears. The right one appeared normal. The left facing downward I could not see. So, I softly held the rabbit’s head up and unfolded the tip of the ear.

My senses were confirmed.

It was Foxglove.

There on her left ear I found the distinguishing notch that only she had.

Everything rushed at me full circle, as tears swelled in my eyes and enormous chills of understanding flowed through me.

I knew now why that ear notch had been important for me to see from the beginning – the only way to distinguish her from all other rabbits and to know her from start to end. This kind of incident was a once in a lifetime kind of thing. Therefore, there was divine perfection of bitter sweet.

She was me and I was her.

I thanked her deeply…for everything and I felt the shamanic ritual of sacredness we were sharing together.

So much clarity and clicks took place within me without even having to state them all out loud.

I was meant to see this. Hawk – Horus – was meant to be the one to bring me this alchemy the way only he knows how and would be understood because of my soul connection with him.

I’ve always said that hawks show up as signpost guardians and gatekeepers around important events with my rabbits. This seemed like an odd dichotomy of prey and predator always together, but in my world it was clear.

Hawk stood by to share what was mine to honor, keep, and work with, as I stood by to share what was his to assimilate.

And a resurrection ensues.

This is a post that in part shares about Foxglove when she first started appearing regularly here (you can scroll through to photos of her and her notched ear) I believe she might have been Finn’s mother:

A Blossoming Home Landing

And here is the last sighting of Foxglove appearing with the January 18th Capricorn New Moon:

Photos of Foxglove’s last appearance

She was always so brave, curious, and loved to be around us. She had a routine munching and exploring the perimeter of our house. Hawk had known that routine, but awaited until this precise moment to strike.

This was nature’s spiral of life unfolding before me…two very nonrandom encounters exhibiting an evolution of cycles all culminating just before my birthday. And each of them pointing to a profound rebirthing/resurrection.

This theme continued early the morning before my birthday with a powerful dream where Anubis showed up and transferred energy like a laser into my third eye with a telepathic profound message spoken. (Likely why coyotes have been showing up so much for me with close encounters as well in connection with Anubis)

It would be very easy for me to stay in an emotionally devastated place with Foxglove’s experience, but that would negate the rich tapestry of gifts that the actors of this play navigated so impeccably for me to witness. A hidden blessing in disguise.

With everything going on in the world, there are take-aways in similar fashion I feel are available to us.

Again, bobcat’s wisdom speaks loudly – to face shadow and light and master polarities through inner, centered peace.

These are the reasons why I felt called to share this longer post today.

We have reached the turning point collectively and a transformational, new reality is available to experience with conscious awareness. Stay grounded and pay attention to everything within and without. We will each have our unique way to experience more of what will continue to reveal itself, but the ability to do so is no longer hindered unless by our own fear or disbelief.

Inner peace and harmony are my constant focuses so birthday celebrations today and tomorrow include peaceful and musical events that kick off a week of self nurturing that I’ll be spending at my family’s house while Dave enjoys a boy’s ski trip.

And then I’ll be prepping to head off to Egypt – my big 02-26-2026 birthday gift of deep essence liberation and rebirth for this Fire Horse year.

But before then, I am going to share a few, very special crystal offerings that wanted to be part of birthday celebrations to assist with supporting the new season of you. These are rare pieces that really surprised me with their messaging to be released, just as much as the events I just shared did. Astrid had a hand in this release as well.

These are actually new beings that stepped forward after the private showing I did, as the person ended up claiming all of the pieces I had at that time.

Today’s three, high quality pieces all come with certificates of authenticity and are master carved. So beyond their powerful energy and cocreative potentials in your life, they would also be considered collector’s pieces.

I have a lot of payment options listed at the link below, including Wise now as well, and payment plans that can be customized.

One of the new releases – the rutile rainbow stunner – I introduced a couple of days ago on Instagram and she sparked a lot of interest already. She’s still here awaiting her perfect partner, along with two other beauties:

Birthday Crystal Celebration Beings

Thank you for celebrating with me and know that I’m wishing you an empowered month of March through each of the energetic doorways that are opening.