Anatomy Symbols of the Follow Your Heart Oracle Deck
When I painted and produced my oracle deck in 2020, it wasn’t majorly mentally contrived. The themes came through naturally, magically and my prayerful practice was to put perfectionism aside to co-create simple symbols for supporting intuitive growth. You can watch a behind the scenes vlog of the process here.
Now, 6 years post-production I am finding new threadings between the cards’ initially intuitive themes… and today I present you the “anatomical subset” of Follow Your Heart Oracle symbols.
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Eye Symbol Associations
Portal of light and magic, window to the soul, perception, protection, witnessing, inner or spiritual sight, perspective, visionary, consciousness, defense or destruction, intuition, angels
Be Still Card Message
Relish in rest and keep love in your gaze. This oracle from the Follow Your Heart Oracle Deck gives you permission to be still and feel.
Know that stillness creates an environment for you to confirm your truth. Be the observer. Put in quality time with your intuition. Meditation is mental maintenance. Get still to listen, accept inspiration and release.
Give yourself a chance to trust the whispers of your wisdom.
Mouth Symbol Associations
Sensory portal, sound, primal sustenance, ingestion, sensuality, opening or closing, discernment, spoken word, devouring, kissing, gateway, spells, delivers poetry or poison
Speak Card Message
The mouth of a river is where the flow meets and expands into another body of water. This is a region of high activity. Naturally, the words that flood from your mouth are received and amplified by the universe.
This oracle from the Follow Your Heart Oracle Deck is an invitation for you to truthfully express yourself. Silence is a dam that confines and restricts. Even when you are afraid to say what you think or feel, your voice is the channel to freedom.
Take any opportunity you can this week to ask more questions, speak up, moan, sing, and hum. Journaling counts, too! Free the energy in your throat, communicate your desires + speak your manifestations into existence.
Lungs Symbol Associations
Breath, health, grief, inspiration, exchange, oxygen, prana, song, soul, letting go, sadness, expansion and contraction,
Exhale Card Message
This oracle from the Follow Your Heart Oracle Deck signifies a job well done and deeply deserved rest. Permission to exhale. Now is the time to release. Do you observe a day of rest? I prefer Moondays...
You may have been holding your breath and afraid to let go. Yet, this process cleanses and prepares us to repeatedly receive. Take the time you need to properly decompress, knowing it won’t be long before you will once again become full of inspiration energy.
Heart Symbol Associations
Love, center of emotions, vitality, source of life and courage, feelings, truth, the core, bridge, compassion, sorrow
Forgiveness Card Message
Forgiveness is the key to to entering the heart space. This oracle from the Follow Your Heart Oracle Deck invites you to unlock your blessings and forgive to enter a state of openness.
You may be in a position to forgive others, however, forgiveness is not limited as an offering for other people. To wipe away the wrongdoings of others is to clean your own slate.
Those who we interact with are reflections of our own being. So, remain open to forgiving yourself -- including your perceptions of past, present and future experiences.
Womb Symbol Associations
Unseen, transformation mysteries, creativity, women, earth, life, water, birth and death cycle, cauldron, development, initiation, blood, maternity
Deep Into Creation Card Message
Do you find yourself living on the surface? Disconnected from your experience? Just going through the motions?
I have absolutely found myself avoiding what's forming and hesitating to enter the mystery from time to time...
This oracle invites you to find depth. Immerse yourself in your creative power. Go deep into creation. Deep into ceremony. Deep into celebration.
Descend down into your projects and your purpose through the center of the womb. It is not the time to wade in the shallow. Now is the time to dive in + soak in the sea of cosmic knowing.
If you’re curious to know more about all 24 symbols inside the Follow Your Heart Oracle deck, check out this talk I did at Confía Collective in 2022, sharing special stories about each illustration.
In an upcoming edition of the deck, I’m considering changing one of the card symbols into a hand… any guesses on which one??