One form of self-care that we don’t talk too much about surprisingly is getting readings for yourself!
As an intuitive reader myself, I can obviously connect on my own and gain spiritual insight - but there’s something a little extra magical when someone else reads you. I don’t know why but it feels like we almost believe the advice more when it’s coming from someone else rather than ourselves. I find sometimes when reading ourselves we often assume we’re just getting certain insights or drawing cards because it’s what we want to hear instead of what we need; so when someone else confirms our gut feelings for us, it’s that much more powerful and we feel validated.
Having readings regularly in general is just beyond helpful to assure us about our path or to help us look at something from a new perspective. It gives us insights into what we need to heal and work on and we usually also learn something deeper about our soul and why we are the way we are.
I believe I got my first official reading around sixteen and I just fell in love; it was so amazing and uplifting. My high school best friends: Alyssa, Sarah, and I would then visit the local psychic fair when they’d come around every month, or check to see when a local cafe was having a psychic night. It was our absolute favorite thing. It really did help give teenage me so much hope and validated my big dreams. (Plus I just thought it was so cool and literally the closest thing to real life magic)
I’ve always written down what guidance the psychic have given me and it’s so fun to look back on years later and reflect and see what came true, what came true in ways that were different than what I expected, what still has yet to come true, and what was maybe off a bit (Most readings they’re reading your energy at the present moment, and since we all have free will, sometimes things will differ based on decisions we wound up making!)
Nowadays, I personally love to get readings from others in areas where I’m not an expert. My speciality has always been oracle cards, Archangels, and manifestation guidance. So when it comes to things like astrology and Akashic records, where I know a fair amount but I’m not an expert nor can I conduct readings on those topics, it’s so incredibly fascinating to me.
Two weeks sago on 2/22/22 (because it was too perfect of a day to pass up) I had the most amazing Akashic Records reading with Emily @emilythemystic. It was 60 minutes long and held via Zoom video chat. I had followed Emily on instagram and loved her energy (I believe I found her because someone I knew re-posted one her posts! Which is just a reminder that sharing your favorite creators helps get them more business and more followers!) Akashic Records has always interested me and while I had known about them since I was a teenager, I never dove into them.
For those that don’t know, the Akashic Records are kind of like a gigantic library on the other side. It contains all the information about everything that ever was, is, and will be. Each soul has their own sort of book and it has all of their information (including all their past lives) and everything anyone could ever need to know about their soul’s journey.
I always think of it like the library at the Jedi temple in Coruscant in the prequels (LOL you know I had to throw that in there).
So, I have to say this reading was probably one of the most helpful readings I’ve ever had. Honestly during it, I just kept thinking I can’t wait to book another reading and do this again! I learned soooo much. Emily was so amazing and so highly intuitive, I could just feel the deep connection she had to spirit, and everything she said was spot on. She channeled so much beautiful guidance and pointed out perspectives that I hadn’t even necessarily thought of.
When she first opened my records she said so much magical fairy and mermaid energy poured out of it and that made me so happy!
I received amazing advice on making my dreams come true. I also got some insights into a past life that totally made so much sense to my aversion to somethings and absolutely clarified an aspect of a karmic relationship in this life.
I won’t get too much into the reading specifically because a lot of what we covered is a personal point of healing (I prefer to talk about my personal lessons after I’ve understood and fully healed from them rather than while I’m still in the middle of them), but overall I received so much healing on a certain point that has been hard my entire life … and apparently that point was blocking me in a few other areas as well, so together we cut some cords, and healed the wound. Afterwards I felt so much lighter, I could feel all the beautiful wonderful energy swirling around inside me. It really did feel like a weight had been lifted out of me.
Overall, I loved this reading so much. It was beyond helpful and like I said I can’t wait to book another!
If you’re interested in booking your own reading with Emily, which I highly recommend, check out her website here!
Then, last week on 3/4, I had a super deep dive 90 minute astrology reading! I’ve had my chart read a few times by local astrologers, but I believe the last time was in 2019, so I was overdue! I was looking on instagram for an astrologer that I vibed with and had a great offer and I happened upon Corey of @natural.astrology Her posts and stories are always super in-depth and explain the complicated-ness of astrology in such a clear, easy to understand way.
This reading was also held on zoom and she shared her screen to project my chart, so I could really see what she was talking about.
Corey was so nice and so sweet, such light energy, and you can tell she really knows her stuff and is so knowledgeable about astrology. We went over each of my placements one at a time, starting with the Ascendent, Sun, Moon, and then going through every single planet, and also the North and South Nodes and Chiron! Which was really cool as I previously never heard too much about the North and South Nodes, but apparently they hold a lot of past life trauma and lessons about what needs to be healed in this lifetime.
And funny enough, the past life that she started to describe, based on my nodes’ signs and house placements, matched exactly to the past life that was brought up in my Akashic records! I love when things are double-validated!
When going through each planet, Corey kept giving me tips as the “cheat codes” as she would say, on what to embody / do, to get into alignment with that particular placement and have everything flow.
She mentioned all the trines/conjuncts which definitely usually confuse me, but it made sense when she was describing it!
A few personal insights I’ll share here: so I have my sun in Virgo in the 10th house and my moon close by in the 9th house in Leo (with in-between my Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus all in Leo) which she said represents so much leadership power and is like the perfect combo to be a planner and a leader… and the way they connect with my 2nd house on the opposite side of the chart, represents such CEO vibes; which I thought was really cool. I never thought of myself as a CEO, but I have always felt comfortable in leadership positions.
Also with my Leo Moon 9th house placements, she said how traveling, exploring, learning new things, and spirituality are so key to being in true alignment - which I’m like these are all my favorite things about life! She said that booking trips regularly, even if its a weekend trip, is so key for me. Afterwards, I told my boyfriend it’s our sign we do need to go to Flower and Garden festival in EPCOT right now! 🤣🤣🤣
My Scorpio ascendant placement being right next to Pluto, which is Scorpio’s natural ruler, showed that I like to go really deep, and Corey also encouraged me to not hide away from my dark side (she said in whatever that means to be) and don’t be afraid to really go deep to the harder emotions to work through them.
Overall, it was really fascinating, and I always like learning more about myself, why I am the way I am, and what I can do to embody my truest self.
At the end of the reading, she gave me a few keywords to remember about myself and what to embody!
So, if you’re looking to go deeper into your own chart, I definitely recommend booking a reading with Corey! I learned so much and she was amazing! Here’s her website!
Also as a bonus, I wanted to mention two other helpful readings I received last year (since they were done before I had the blog and they deserve a quick shoutout, too!)
Last year in the beginning of the year, at the recommendation of my friend Emily, I had a 60 minute Human Design reading over Zoom with Taylor Eaton. I know her offers changed a bit so the same reading type may not be available, but working with her in anyway would be great! Human Design, is sort of like astrology in that it’s based on your birth time and place and really defines so much about how you operate, how you work, and how you manifest! It really opened my eyes up to sooo much and was definitely a helpful reading. Taylor was also so kind and amazing! Click here to find out more!
I also had an in-person Reiki session! My BFF Alyssa got me a gift card for my birthday to the Healing Sanctuary and Spa, as she had gone there before and loved it. I booked an Oracle Card Reading / Reiki with Lena … she was so funny and so real. In the reading she had pointed out perspectives I hadn’t even considered and gave me amazing advice from the Angels. This one was closest to the types of readings I do! But then afterwards, she performed Reiki … which if you don’t know, Reiki is energetic healing. You lay flat on a spa table, holding some crystals, as she clears out the energy around you. The Reiki practitioner never touches you, they just hover their hands around you, focusing mainly on your chakra points… and you really feel the energy moving.
The coolest part to me was that afterwards she said there was some big blocks she cleared out around my root chakra and as she had been doing that in my head I kept hearing repeated over and over “I am always provided for. I am always provided for.” And the root chakra is all about stability, security, finances, being provided for.
