The stones that speak, support, and shine through your readings

Crystals are more than just pretty tools for your altar or reading space — they are earth-born allies, each one carrying a unique vibration, symbolic meaning, and spiritual presence.

In divination, crystals show up in many ways. You might use them to charge a deck or pendulum, to anchor energy during a spread, or even as the focal point of the reading itself. And even if they aren’t physically present, the symbolism of crystals often appears in tarot, oracle cards, and intuitive impressions.

They don’t just amplify — they communicate.

Why Crystals Matter in Divination

Crystals carry the stable energy of the Earth — ancient, structured, and vibrationally attuned to both our bodies and our spirit. When used in divination, they can:

• Deepen your connection to the energy of a reading

• Help hold intention or direct focus

• Act as symbolic messengers when they appear in cards or visions

Whether you’re placing a crystal beside your cards or drawing one depicted in the imagery of your deck, that stone is part of the story being told.

Common Crystals & Their Symbolic Meanings in Divination

💎 Clear Quartz – Clarity, amplification, spiritual alignment
Often called the “Master Healer,” clear quartz brings sharp focus, cleansing, and energy magnification. If it shows up in a reading (visually or physically), it’s a sign to clear the fog and focus on what truly matters.

💎 Amethyst – Intuition, protection, spiritual wisdom
Amethyst speaks to the third eye. It deepens intuitive work, helps you stay grounded in higher guidance, and protects against energetic overwhelm.

💎 Rose Quartz – Love, compassion, emotional healing
Symbolic of self-love, relationship healing, and softening the heart. When rose quartz appears, it’s often an invitation to let love — especially for yourself — lead.

💎 Citrine – Abundance, confidence, manifestation
Bright and solar, citrine boosts personal power and prosperity. In a reading, it can point to success, joy, or stepping into your worth.

💎 Obsidian – Shadow work, truth, deep release
This volcanic glass carries the energy of protection and raw honesty. Obsidian in divination is often a signal that it’s time to face a truth or cut ties with what’s no longer serving you.

💎 Labradorite – Magic, mystery, hidden potential
A stone of the mystic. Labradorite symbolises transformation, inner magic, and unseen layers. It often shows up when you’re standing at the threshold of change.

Ways Crystals Enhance Divination

🪄 On the Table – Place crystals on or around your spread to represent intentions, chakras, or specific energies you’re calling in.

🔮 In the Cards – Many modern tarot and oracle decks feature crystal imagery. If a card includes a stone, look up its metaphysical meaning — it may add a whole new layer to your interpretation.

💫 As the Tool – Some people use crystal spheres for scrying, pendulums for dowsing, or even crystal grids to ask for guidance and insight.

📿 As Anchors – Holding or wearing a crystal during a reading can help you stay present, grounded, or energetically aligned with the type of guidance you’re asking for.

Reading with Crystal Energy

Crystals are like mirrors — reflecting what’s already within you, but also like tuning forks — bringing your energy into alignment with what’s needed most.

Try this:

• Choose a crystal before your reading and ask: What are you here to help me see?

• Notice if certain stones seem to show up again and again — what are they trying to say?

• Add a crystal to your deck bag or altar and track how it shifts your readings over time

Because in divination, everything is a symbol —
And crystals are Earth’s oldest storytellers.

With deep roots and an open heart, 
Sarah x

Honouring the rhythm of the moon in your sacred practice

The Moon has always been more than just a celestial body — she’s a timekeeper, a guide, a mirror. In divination, she isn’t just something we see in the sky — she’s something we feel in the body, in the cards, and in the quiet spaces between questions.

Each phase of the moon holds unique energy, and that energy can shape the messages you receive during readings. Whether you’re working with tarot, oracle, pendulums, or any other intuitive tool, tuning into the lunar cycle can add richness and rhythm to your practice.

Why the Moon Matters in Divination

The moon’s cycle is a journey — from darkness to fullness and back again. It mirrors the natural cycles of beginnings, growth, release, and rest that we all experience.

By aligning our readings with the moon’s energy, we:

• Deepen our connection to natural rhythms

• Choose timing that supports the type of insight we’re seeking

• Honour the ebb and flow of our own intuitive power

Let’s walk through each phase and explore how it can influence your divination work.

🌑 New Moon – Intention & Possibility

The sky is dark, and the energy is soft but potent. The new moon is a blank canvas — a time for planting seeds, setting intentions, and quietly calling in what you’re ready to grow.

💫 Best for:

• Tarot spreads around goals, beginnings, or new cycles

• Pendulum work to narrow down intentions

• Journaling and single-card pulls to ask: What wants to begin?

🌒 Waxing Moon – Growth & Action

As the light builds, so does your momentum. This is a time for movement, planning, and nurturing your intentions into reality.

💫 Best for:

• Readings focused on progress, motivation, or opportunity

• Spreads that ask: Where should I take action? What’s gaining power?

🌕 Full Moon – Illumination & Clarity

The moon is at her peak — bright, bold, and revealing all. Emotions are heightened, energy is expansive, and insights can be loud.

💫 Best for:

• Deep, layered tarot or oracle spreads

• Shadow work or revelation-focused questions

• Divination that uncovers what’s been hidden

Ask: What’s being illuminated? What am I ready to see clearly?

🌖 Waning Moon – Reflection & Release

As the light begins to fade, the focus turns inward. The waning moon invites you to let go of what’s no longer needed — thoughts, habits, or even expectations.

💫 Best for:

• Release spreads, cord-cutting, or endings

• Readings that ask: What is complete? What can I let go of with love?

🌑 Dark Moon – Rest & Inner Vision

The day or two before the new moon is the dark moon — not always counted as a separate phase, but energetically powerful. This is deep stillness, rest, and inner vision.

💫 Best for:

• Meditation, dreamwork, or scrying

• Letting your tools rest and recharge

• Asking: What wisdom lies in the quiet?

Weaving the Moon Into Your Practice

You don’t have to wait for a full moon to do a deep reading, or a new moon to set goals — but understanding how each phase supports different kinds of questions and energy can bring a new level of alignment to your practice.

💡 Try this:

• Create custom spreads for each moon phase

• Keep a lunar divination journal to track what emerges each cycle

• Use moon-themed decks or altar items to bring the energy in visually

Because when we divinate with the moon…
We’re not just asking the cards — we’re asking the cosmos.

With deep roots and an open heart, 
Sarah x

Reading the sky, listening to the cards, and finding the magic in between

Astrology and divination have always danced together, they are part of the same symbolic language. To me, they do have their differences – one looks up, charting the stars and planets, and the effect that their positions and activities have on us and our lives. The other looks within, drawing on symbols, tools, and intuition. At their heart, both are about understanding cycles, patterns, and the unseen energies that shape our lives.

In many forms of divination — from tarot to oracle cards, pendulum readings to runes — astrological symbols quietly guide the message, adding flavour, timing, and deeper insight.

If you’ve ever seen a card marked with a little glyph or felt the tug of a planetary influence during a reading, chances are astrology was whispering through the symbols.

Why Astrology Belongs in Divination

Astrology offers us a language of timing, archetypes, and energetic themes. Each zodiac sign, planet, and house carries its own personality — and when these energies show up in a reading, they help you tune into the when, how, and why of a situation.

Astrological symbols often show up in:

• Tarot (especially in the Major Arcana)

• Oracle decks

• Birth chart readings

• Planetary dice or astro cards

• Themed spreads based on moon phases or retrogrades

Understanding even the basics can give your readings an extra layer of depth and cosmic timing.

Common Astrology Symbols in Readings

♈ Aries – Boldness, beginnings, impulse
Often appears as a spark of energy or a call to leap into something new.

♉ Taurus – Stability, sensuality, grounding
May suggest a need for patience, security, or tending to your body.

♊ Gemini – Communication, curiosity, duality
Symbolic of learning, talking, networking — or a decision on the table.

♋ Cancer – Emotion, home, intuition
Often tied to themes of nurture, roots, and emotional protection.

♌ Leo – Confidence, visibility, creativity
Brings energy to be bold, share your gifts, or take centre stage.

♍ Virgo – Detail, healing, service
Signals a time to refine, organise, or look after your wellbeing.

♎ Libra – Balance, beauty, relationships
May point to partnerships, fairness, or choices needing harmony.

♏ Scorpio – Transformation, intensity, depth
Symbolises emotional truth, endings, power, or healing from within.

♐ Sagittarius – Expansion, learning, freedom
Often connected to travel, higher learning, or spiritual growth.

♑ Capricorn – Responsibility, ambition, mastery
Shows up when long-term plans, structure, or discipline are needed.

♒ Aquarius – Innovation, rebellion, collective vision
Brings change, new ideas, or a call to be unapologetically you.

♓ Pisces – Dreaming, intuition, compassion
Speaks to surrender, spirituality, and deeper emotional waters.

Planetary Energy in the Cards

Beyond zodiac signs, planets themselves have energy — and many decks symbolically reference them.

☉ Sun – Clarity, vitality, purpose
☽ Moon – Mystery, intuition, emotion
☿ Mercury – Communication, ideas, movement
♀ Venus – Love, value, beauty
♂ Mars – Action, drive, conflict
♃ Jupiter – Luck, growth, expansion
♄ Saturn – Limits, lessons, responsibility
♅ Uranus – Change, breakthrough, rebellion
♆ Neptune – Dreams, illusion, spirituality
♇ Pluto – Transformation, power, shadow

These planetary vibes can help you time a situation, understand where tension or flow exists, and guide you toward what’s really going on beneath the surface.

Bridging Sky and Symbols

You don’t need to be an astrologer to weave astrology into your readings.
Even just recognising that the Moon card in tarot may carry Pisces energy, or that a spread feels loaded with Mars-like drive, can shift your understanding entirely.

Try this:

• Pull a card and ask: What zodiac sign or planet might be influencing this?

• Look at a full moon or retrograde and ask: What area of my life is being highlighted right now?

• Notice recurring signs — do Gemini themes keep showing up in your spreads?

The stars may not force your hand…
But they definitely help shape the path you’re walking.

With deep roots and an open heart,
Sarah x

Seeing beyond the surface into the language of light

When you look at a tarot or oracle card, what catches your eye first?

Often, before the symbols or the figure or the message… it’s the colour. And that’s no accident. Colours carry energy. They stir emotion. They bypass logic and go straight to feeling — and in divination, they often act as the mood music behind a message.

In fact, colour can shift the whole tone of a reading. Imagine drawing a card that features fire — but it’s set against a pale blue sky versus a black one. That background changes everything.

Let’s explore how colour plays a powerful, often overlooked role in tarot, oracle, and other visual forms of divination.

Why Colour Matters

Colours evoke emotion and instinct. In spiritual and symbolic traditions, each colour carries meaning — tied to elements, chakras, planetary influences, and emotional resonance.

In a reading, colour can:

• Emphasise the energy of a card

• Reveal hidden or intuitive layers

• Guide your interpretation even before you know the traditional meaning

The more we learn to feel colour as well as see it, the more nuanced and intuitive our readings become.

Key Colours and Their Symbolism in Divination

🎨 Red – Passion, courage, anger, life force
Associated with fire, blood, root chakra, and vitality. Red in a reading might call attention to your physical body, assertiveness, or a rising emotional charge.

🎨 Orange – Creativity, pleasure, confidence
The colour of the sacral chakra, movement, and self-expression. It can point to desire, artistic energy, or emotional openness.

🎨 Yellow – Intellect, joy, clarity
Linked to the solar plexus and the sun. Yellow brings mental sharpness, optimism, and personal power — but in excess, it can highlight overthinking or anxiety.

🎨 Green – Growth, healing, compassion
Heart chakra energy, nature, and abundance. A green card may invite you into emotional healing, connection, or a season of new growth.

🎨 Blue – Communication, intuition, truth
Blue connects with the throat chakra and often shows up when expression is key — whether it’s speaking your truth or listening more deeply.

🎨 Indigo / Dark Blue – Mystery, psychic insight, dreams
Tied to the third eye chakra, this colour points to inner wisdom, spiritual messages, and things just below the surface.

🎨 Purple – Spiritual power, transformation, higher connection
A colour of royalty and deep magic. Purple in a card often asks you to look at the bigger picture — or to connect with your higher self or guides.

🎨 Black – Protection, the unknown, shadow work
Black absorbs. It represents mystery, depth, and things not yet revealed. When black appears strongly, it may suggest something hidden or potent beneath the surface.

🎨 White – Purity, clarity, spiritual renewal
Often used in cards that suggest fresh starts, divine presence, or truth. White brings light — and can cleanse or clarify the surrounding energies.

🎨 Gold – Enlightenment, abundance, divine spark
Gold is radiant and sacred. It often appears in cards that speak to destiny, soul purpose, or deep confidence.

🎨 Silver – The moon, feminine energy, reflection
Tied to the tides and intuition. Silver shimmers between what is known and what is just out of reach — a colour of dreamwalking and deep listening.

Let the Colours Speak

When interpreting cards — especially in decks rich in visual symbolism — take a moment to notice which colours dominate. Do they clash or blend? Are they soft or bold? Do they mirror a chakra, an emotion, or an energy you’re holding?

And sometimes, the colour that stands out most to you might not be the most obvious. Trust that. Your eye is being drawn there for a reason.

Because colour doesn’t just decorate the reading —
It deepens it.

With deep roots and an open heart,
Sarah x

Understanding the messages behind the math

Have you ever noticed the way a single number can shift the whole energy of a reading?

Numbers are more than just quantities — they are symbols, patterns, and vibrations. In divination, they act like tuning forks for energy, helping us understand the flavour, direction, and tone of a message.

From tarot and oracle cards to runes, dice, and even the layout of your spreads, numerology is everywhere. And when we begin to notice it — not just intellectually, but intuitively — we start to see the universe speaking in a language older than words: the language of number, pattern, and form.

Why Numbers Matter in Divination

Numbers carry universal energy signatures. Each number holds archetypal meaning — the essence of beginnings, relationships, growth, mastery, endings, and beyond. When these numbers show up in your divination tools, they offer clues about what is happening, how it’s unfolding, and why it matters.

In tarot, each Minor Arcana card is tied to a number. In runes, certain shapes echo number-like progressions. In oracle readings, repeated number patterns (hello, 111 and 444!) are often the first thing people notice. Even in pendulum or scrying work, the presence of symbolic geometry — spirals, triangles, circles — whispers of numbers and sacred forms beneath the surface.

Let’s take a brief walk through the core energies of numbers 1–9 — the most common across systems:

🔢 1 – The Spark

New beginnings, individuality, potential. The purest “yes” from the universe.
In sacred geometry, this is the point — the first mark of intention.

🔢 2 – Duality

Balance, reflection, partnership, intuition. The tension and harmony of opposites.
Think of the line — connection between two points, choice, contrast.

🔢 3 – Creation

Growth, expression, creativity, expansion. The triangle — a symbol of harmony and manifestation — belongs here.

🔢 4 – Foundation

Stability, structure, routine, order. Four walls, four elements, four directions — the square that holds it all.

🔢 5 – Change

Instability, freedom, curiosity, challenge. The number of the human experience (head, arms, legs). The pentagram lives here — movement, transformation, wild energy.

🔢 6 – Harmony

Compassion, healing, beauty, sacred union. In sacred geometry, six forms the hexagram and the flower of life, symbols of balance between spirit and matter.

🔢 7 – Spiritual Growth

Mystery, introspection, sacred truth. Seven is the seeker — the mystic. It shows up in the seven chakras, seven classical planets, seven-pointed faery star.

🔢 8 – Power

Strength, abundance, mastery, karmic cycles. Often tied to infinity (the lemniscate) and the energetic balance of giving and receiving.

🔢 9 – Completion

Endings, wisdom, wholeness, letting go. The number of the elder, the teacher, the full moon of a cycle.

Sacred Geometry & Divine Pattern

Beyond basic numerology, there’s a deeper layer woven through — sacred geometry. The symbols found in mandalas, crop circles, ancient temples, and yes, in some tarot and oracle decks, are number made visible.

• The spiral shows growth and evolution (often linked to the Fibonacci sequence).

• The triangle (3) brings together body, mind, and spirit.

• The square (4) roots us in the physical world.

• The circle (the shape of zero and of wholeness) symbolises eternity, unity, and the divine feminine.

When these shapes appear in divination — whether in the art of a card, the formation of a crystal grid, or the path of a pendulum — they’re not just decorative. They’re energetic blueprints.

And your subconscious? It recognises them. Even if you can’t put words to it yet, your soul knows these forms.

Seeing the Patterns

Next time you pull a tarot card, pause and ask:

• What number is guiding this message?

• What energy does that number hold in this moment?

• Are there repeated numbers across the spread? What’s the pattern?

Whether it’s a card, rune, dice roll, or the time on the clock — numbers are little nudges from the universe, drawing your attention to something sacred, something aligned, something waiting to be noticed.

Because the language of the universe?
It’s written in numbers, and spoken through symbols.

With deep roots and an open heart, 
Sarah x