Sacred Destiny Oracle Cards – Denise Linn
Card to Represent a Message from Your Higher Self – “Delight”
Sparrows in Spring Grass
The sparrow gains its power from its numbers.
In clusters, sparrows eat and forage, and predators are distracted and deterred—even intimidated—by their numbers.
Security and joy in numbers is a lesson of the sparrow.
Within their community, sparrows are always busy, living life fully.
Many cultures align the meaning of the sparrow with joy, and in the Middle Ages, the sparrow was thought to relieve suffering, help one triumph over hardships, and bring joy.
The Sacred Landscape Wants You to Know:
Delight is expanding in your life. Clap your hands with glee. Spend (online) time with others. The joy you experience will give birth to immense creativity, and your life will blossom.
Share your happiness and elation with others and it will grow by leaps and bounds. This isn’t the time to be serious or buckle down and get to work. This is the time to be spontaneous and madcap. Do not make hard-and-fast commitments. Don’t sign any legal documents or make any pledges right now. Don’t make any promises—or you might not be able to keep them. Give yourself permission to have fun . . . lots of fun. But stay safe!
Card to Represent a Message from the Heavens – “Potential”
Volcano at Rest
Volcanoes erupt in places where the earth’s plates meet and where there are cracks through which lava emerges, either explosively or by flowing more slowly down a cinder cone. Even when a volcano is at rest, there is always the possibility of a huge eruption.
There is the potential of great power. There are very few things on this planet more commanding than an erupting volcano. The archetypal personality of a volcano is one of a wild, unpredictable, and formidable energy.
The Sacred Landscape Wants You to Know:
This card appears when you are ready to activate your potential and step into your strength. This is the time to activate those gifts that you’ve had on the back burner in your life. You have incredible, untapped potential. This is the time to allow it to flow. An inner wellspring of power is emerging. You have a profound spiritual power that is deep within you. Do not doubt your great authority and capabilities. A dormant volcano might indicate that you have uncomfortable emotions that you are repressing or keeping inside, thus creating emotional stress and inner pressure.
It can also mean that you are on the verge of a great expansion of energy and life-force.
Card to Represent a Message from the Earth – “Diligence”
Fallow Field
Traditionally, fields were left fallow—unfarmed—for extended periods of time to allow the soil to recover and rebalance its nutrients, to break disease and pest cycles, and to provide a haven for wildlife.
Letting fields lie fallow meant that the subsequent crops were much healthier and more vibrant. Engaging in this time-honored process takes patience and diligence, but the results are worth the wait.
The Sacred Landscape Wants You to Know:
There are times in life to step forward and take risks, but there are other times to be patient, step carefully and slowly, and know that the benefits you will gain in the future will be worth it. Be attentive, meticulous, and persistent. Use this time to plan for action steps in the future. Be diligent and consistent at each step as you move forward.
By doing so, you will harvest remarkable results in the years ahead.
This is not the time for instant gratification. Your diligence will pay off in the future, tenfold. This is the time for deliberate organization.
Clean house. Clear clutter out of your life. Be thoughtful about how you spend your time, and be discerning when choosing with whom you spend it. Clear out relationships that do not support you.
Card to Represent a Message from Your Ancestors – “Patience”
Dense Fog
Water represents our emotions, our feelings, our subconscious, and our nocturnal dreams. When the water becomes condensed as fog, we can’t see clearly. Fog occurs when the air is cooled to the point at which it cannot hold all the water vapor it contains. Thus, it condenses water vapor, where it is suspended in the air as fog. We can’t see what’s ahead, and things that look one way in the fog will look another way in the light. However, when you can’t perceive what’s on the horizon in life, your imagination can surge forward, and your sixth sense can be ignited.
The Sacred Landscape Wants You to Know:
In dense fog, it’s best to be quiet and still. For now, don’t go forward.
Wait. It’s hard to see what lies ahead, and things may not be as they seem. Things that seem one way may, in fact, be completely different.
Be patient; the truth will emerge. In this state of obscured visibility, your imagination and intuition can be sparked. If you can wait long enough, your dreams and inner yearnings can come to fruition. Listen to your intuition and pay attention to those seemingly random thoughts.
Card to Represent a Message from Your Future Self – “Opportunity”
Moon through Pine Trees
An occasional owl hoot and the song of a solo coyote punctuate the stillness in the forest, as a traveler walks through the pines. Light from a waning moon filters down through the canopy of needles and cascades across the forest floor. Sometimes the trees obscure the moon, but sometimes its illumination clearly shows the path ahead.
Pines are one of the most ancient plant genera on the planet.
They have existed nearly three times longer than all flowering plant species. Because most pines stay green all winter, they traditionally represent longevity, immortality, fertility, health, and abundance.
The moon, and her gossamer glow, represents the feminine and receptive side of life. Just as the moon receives and reflects the light of the sun, symbolically the moon represents receiving the goodness of the Universe flowing to you.
The Sacred Landscape Wants You to Know:
Gifts from the Universe are ready to cascade into your life. Abundance, health, longevity, vitality, and joy are flowing to you, gently and easily, in the days ahead. There may be times when the goodness of life feels like it is ebbing and flowing, rather than being a steady stream of fulfillment. This is similar to the moon peeking through the pine trees for a moment or two. But as you stay open and receptive, physical and emotional gifts will come into your life. Instead of bemoaning the fact that there isn’t a steady and constant stream of joy and gifts from the Universe, accept whatever you receive in a spirit of gratitude, and your bounty will increase tenfold.
This is a universal law.