Oracle Mornings: Spiritual Awakening for Beginners - Exploring Intuition & Oracle Cards

Today’s episode is a gentle reminder that you don’t have to chase the next big thing to feel like you’re moving forward. In fact, the real magic (the momentum, the clarity, the joy) is often hidden inside the smallest next step.
We explore how striving for something far ahead can pull you out of the present moment, and why coming back to now might actually be the most powerful spiritual practice you can choose. Even though winter has just begun here in the Northeast, your soul may be entering its own spring: the season of renewal, new life force, and fresh beginnings.
Then we pull from Wild Kuan Yin Oracle by Alana Fairchild and receive the beautiful message of Sisters of the Spring Swallow — Good Fortune Granted, a reminder that what looks dormant is already stirring with life.
Journaling Prompts: 
“The next small step I feel called toward is…”
“If I soften my striving, I notice that…”
“My soul feels like spring in these ways…”
“Today, presence looks like…”
“A tiny shift that could change everything is…”
Deepen your ritual and track your daily card pulls inside The Daily Oracle Journal.
Affirmation: “I trust the small step. I trust the timing. I trust the unfolding.”
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Today’s episode brings you a powerful and deeply aligned message for the month of December — a month of closure, awakening, clarity, and inner flame.
We’re officially in Sagittarius season, a time ruled by Jupiter, the planet of expansion, truth, freedom, and next-level vision. This is the part of the year when old patterns feel too small, outdated versions of ourselves feel heavy, and our soul begins craving more meaning, more honesty, more freedom, and more alignment.
You’ll hear:- Why December feels like both a ending and a beginning- What Sagittarius energy activates in your soul- Why old patterns or emotional loops might be resurfacing- How to work with this month’s energy (instead of resisting it)- What your intuition is trying to show you right now- A beautiful card pull from Rebecca Campbell’s Work Your Light Oracle Cards, “Share Your Voice,” which ties perfectly into this theme of release, expansion, and courage
December is inviting you to loosen your grip on old identities and open your heart to what’s next. Your soul wants to stretch. Your voice wants to rise. Your next chapter is already forming.
Journaling Prompts: Use these inside The Daily Oracle Journal
Where is my soul craving more freedom?What truth is rising in me this month?What pattern or story feels ready to be shed?What version of myself is calling me forward?What am I no longer willing to carry into the new year?
Affirmation: I release what no longer fits and open myself to the expansion my soul is ready for.
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In today's episode, Amanda explains what one of her son's described as feeling "flat" after the Thanksgiving holiday. It inspired a card pull from Colette Baron-Reid's Spirit Animal Pocket Oracle deck. The card pulled was the Eagle Spirit, which calmly reminds us that spirit is supporting, guiding, and we're never truly walking alone.
It's a powerful message about rising above heaviness, finding clarity, and remembering your inner resilience. Take a breath, reconnect, and let this gentle guidance lift you into a new vibration.
Journaling Prompts:- What heaviness or “flatness” can I rise above today?
- Where is Spirit already showing me that I’m supported?
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Oracle Card Deck: 13 Holy Nights Oracle by Lara J Day 
Today’s episode invites you into the world of the 13 Holy Nights ritual, a sacred practice that begins on December 21st, the Winter Solstice, and opens a portal of intuition, clarity, and spiritual connection for the year ahead.
What the 13 Holy Nights ritual is and why it’s so powerful
How this practice can become a year-shaping oracle journey
Why beginning on December 21st (winter solstice) is so potent
How to work with each daily pull as a mirror for your next 12 months
Why the 13 Holy Nights Oracle deck by Lara J Day is such a supportive companion
And how the Opal card wants to guide your month of December with curiosity, softness, and cosmic openness
You’ll be encouraged to let go of any striving or forcing, to welcome an elevated shift in your awareness, and to trust that your inner sky is ready to be illuminated.
The Daily Oracle Journal is a beautiful companion for the 13 Holy Nights ritual.It gives you a dedicated space for each day’s pull, your insights, the synchronicities that arise, and the intuitive threads that begin to weave your year. Using the journal with this sacred 13-day ritual deepens the clarity, integration, and magic that unfold during this annual practice.
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Card Pulled: Welcoming the Help of Others from The Empath’s Oracle by Raven Digitalis, and illustrated by Konstantin Bax. 
Coming off of Thanksgiving, today’s episode is an invitation to breathe, reset, and reconnect with yourself — especially if you’re an empath who just navigated a lot of energy, conversations, expectations, and family dynamics.
The holidays can be beautiful… and also overwhelming.Being around so many people (and so many different nervous systems) can feel like an emotional marathon, even when everything goes well. And if you found yourself around people whose energy doesn’t quite match yours, you’re not alone — that’s part of the empath experience.
Today’s card, Welcoming the Help of Others, arrives with such perfect timing.It reminds us that receiving support is not just okay… it’s wise. It’s sacred. And it’s part of how we stay resourced during seasons that ask a lot of us.
I share more about why empaths and healers are especially encouraged to seek support — emotional, energetic, and practical — and why the act of receiving is a spiritual practice all on its own.
This episode is your reset. A reminder that you don’t have to carry everything on your shoulders as we move deeper into the holiday season. Support is meant for you.
Journaling prompts:
Where did you feel the most energetically overwhelmed during your holiday gathering?
What moments revealed that you needed more support than you allowed yourself to receive?
What kind of help — space, tenderness, tasks, grounding — would genuinely benefit you right now?
How can you practice receiving today without guilt?
Interested in the perfect journal for this? It serves as a fabulous tool for a  grounding ritual for the season, The Daily Oracle Journal
Affirmation: I honor my sensitivity. I welcome support with openness, confidence, and ease.
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Today’s episode is an invitation to stop pushing, striving, and proving, and instead soften into trust. As we move through a busy holiday week, this message from the Surrender card reminds us that what’s meant for us flows in much more effortlessly when we relax into our own magnetism.
I share a passage from Senna Zen’s beautiful deck, a gentle healing process you can speak aloud, and a reminder that your worth is inherent. Nothing you desire requires you to earn your place. Your openness, your presence, and your ability to receive are the true channels of creation.
Card Pulled: Surrender from the Self-Love & Inner Unity Oracle by Senna Zen Art.
Affirmation: I give myself permission to receive with ease.I trust and surrender.I let go and find flow.
Oracle Cards Companion: If you’re craving a deeper way to track your cards, reflections, and intuitive messages, you can explore my Daily Oracle Journal here
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Mentorship program with Cathy Heller mentioned: If you're ready to expand your abundance and step into the next version of yourself, explore This Abundant Life here or for a deeper transformation, come hang out with Senna and I in Business Class here!
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If you’ve ever wondered how someone actually creates an oracle deck, where those messages come from, or how to trust your own inner wisdom more deeply… this one is for you.
In this bonus chat-style interview, I’m joined by spiritual intuitive artist and oracle deck creator Senna Scott of Senna Zen Art.
We talk about how her Self-Love and Inner Unity Oracle deck was born through 60+ channeled paintings, what it means to let your art become a channel for the divine, and how our spiritual tools have guided us through burnout, awakening, and big life transitions.
We also explore twin flames, shadow work, motherhood, and the truth that you can absolutely “start where you are” with oracle cards and journaling. At the end, Senna pulls a beautiful three-card reading for all of us: Bathed in Warm Honey, Wild Woman, and Limitless.
Plus, we share details about our Self-Love & Inner Unity Oracle + The Daily Oracle Journal giveaway!
Giveaway: Oracle Deck + Daily Oracle Journal Bundle
We’re celebrating this bonus episode with a special giveaway of:
- The Self-Love and Inner Unity Oracle by Senna Scott
- The Daily Oracle Journal by Amanda Johnson
🗓 Giveaway Dates
Starts: November 25, 2025
Ends: December 5, 2025
Winner announced: December 6, 2025
To enter, head to Instagram:
@senna_zen_art  &  @oraclemornings
Look for the giveaway post on our feeds and follow the steps there (like, follow, comment, and optional bonus entries like sharing to your stories and tagging friends).
 
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Mentorship programs mentioned (Cathy Heller programs)
- This Abundant Life – You want more money.You want to feel calmer, clearer, and more supported.You want life to flow — without the constant push and pressure.
- Upgrade to Business Class - Scale your income. Expand your leadership. Become the woman who makes wealth inevitable.
 
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Today we’re reflecting reflection itself.The Star Sapphire from the 13 Holy Nights Oracle by Lara J Day invites us to look honestly at the mirrors in our life and the relationships, reactions, irritations, and moments of admiration that reveal our own inner landscape.
If something (or someone) is triggering you… what truth might you be avoiding?And what healing might become available when you’re willing to see yourself clearly?
This is a powerful one — especially if you’ve been feeling activated in your relationships lately.
This card a reminder that:✨ Life is a hall of mirrors✨ Relationship is a spiritual teacher✨ What we see in others is a reflection of our inner world✨ Self-inquiry + self-love can create instant transformation
This card amplifies whatever is already present, which means the next few days may feel extra heightened. You get to choose whether that intensity becomes healing… or separation.
**Journal Prompt**What’s the truth you’ve been avoiding? Sit with this gently. Let it open something meaningful
Want a deeper, daily ritual? Use The Daily Oracle Journal to explore your own inner mirrors with gentle structure and daily reflection prompts.
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If you're longing for a deeper, daily ritual...Your oracle practice becomes so much more powerful when you give your messages a place to land. If this episode speaks to you, you’ll love The Daily Oracle Journal — your companion for tracking the magic, the patterns, and the shifts happening in your inner world.
Today we dive into a tender and powerful topic: ancestral patterns, how they still live within us, and how we can begin to heal what didn’t start with us.
Amanda reflects on a journal download she received this morning — a message inviting you to be there for the younger parts of yourself that weren’t seen, held, or supported. From there, she moves into the Break the Chain card from Work Your Light Oracle Cards by Rebecca Campbell, exploring what it really means to rewrite the future for yourself and for the generations that follow.
You’ll also hear a sweet, funny side story about Amanda’s son, a perfumy dog, and a spontaneous new podcast idea about documenting the adorable and bizarre things our kids say and do.
This is a soft, heart-opening episode and a gentle invitation to bring love to the places in your lineage that need your presence.
Reflection/Journaling prompt: What old ways of being from your family line are you ready to let go of?Notice what still shows up in your life that doesn’t feel like you.Notice what you’ve outgrown.Notice what wants to be rewritten.
Affirmation: I am the one who breaks the pattern. My healing is enough. My future is my own.
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Today’s episode explores something we all feel, even if we don’t always have language for it: the energy you walk into a room with, the vibration your body is broadcasting, and how that frequency quietly shapes your reality.
Amanda shares a sweet story from her family trip to France, which includes a moment of pure energetic connection that had nothing to do with words and everything to do with vibration (and dogs!). From there, she breaks down how manifestation isn’t just about desire… it’s about becoming a vibrational match for the life you’re calling in.
And to deepen the conversation, Amanda pulls from The Medicine Woman Oracle by Catherine Maillard. The card: Self-Knowledge — “Dive into your depths, where your truth resides.”
This message guides us inward toward truth, shadow, intuition, and the quiet power that comes from reconnecting with your inner world. 
Journaling prompts for manifestation and reflection: 
• What energy are you unintentionally broadcasting today?• Where in your life are you ready to become a vibrational match for what you desire and are ready to manifest?• What truth is waiting for you beneath the noise?• What message might your shadow hold for you right now?
Your practice can deepen so much when you create a moment to meet with yourself each day.
If you’d like a tool to guide you, you can explore The Daily Oracle Journal here. Use it to document your daily reflections, oracle pulls, synchronicities, and intuitive insights; a beautiful way to build consistency in your own inner rituals.
Affirmation:I align my energy with the truth of who I am, and life responds in kind.
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