The Whole Perfect stone has interior cracks in it which causes it to appear broken. It looks like it is missing a big chunk. In actuality, the surface of it is smooth and complete. It is not broken at all.
Just like the stone, no matter how broken you appear to be to yourself or others, you are in truth whole perfect and complete just as you are.
Little bird sits in the South East quadrant of my circle. Little birds naturally sing joyously all day long for the pure joy of it, in full bodied gratitude for the gift of life.
Rejoicing in life fully, little bird blesses us with the song of Spirit. Any other stones landing near Little Bird are somehow attached to your joy and your gratitude.
This is a conscious practice, and the involvement of this stone in your reading means that you are working consciously to appreciate your gifts in life, and to experience true joy.
Usually, I start setting up the Stones of Change Medicine map in the East (to my right – which may or may not actually be true East), so we will begin in the East.
This is the spiritual part of the map. It is the place of birth, where the Great Masters reside, a place of prayer, a place of new beginnings, light, morning, spring, religion, and spirituality. It is the beginning end of the Blue Road and masculine.
Stones that hold the circle in the East have something to do with spiritual aspects, beings, or characteristics, such as: the light of spirit, joy, truth, destiny, Christ, angels, guides, Goddess, spirit healing, surrender, Buddha, enlightenment etc. When casting stones land in the East, they have to do with spiritual aspects, practice, beliefs or morals.
Any of the ‘negative’ readers are exalted when they land East of the meridian (the middle), so they take on a more refined, and sometimes even positive, meaning.
In the Northeast, stones reflect a philosophical attitude, whereas in the Southeast, stones express a more visceral spirituality.
Preface:
One full turning
of a life, of the year,
of the month, the week
One full turning
each moment
Spirals within spirals
In and out again
’round and ’round
Love expresses
in all its aspects
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Mother, teach me
of the grace, the exquisite
turning of the seasons
This morning I awoke
upon a sky full of diamonds
nestled in mists
and chilled cheeks and toes
Muddy greetings through foggy breath
shivering spined awake
Teach me to remember
my connection to the path
