These, like the Sacred Path cards, originate from Jamie Sams. Much of what I say on the Sacred Path page is applicable to the Medicine cards.

The difference is that these cards deal specifically with the animals and other creatures that inhabit the earth alongside us. We have so much to learn from them - from the Mountain Lion, Dog, Wolf, Spider, Snake - right down to the humble Ant. If we use the qualities that are individual to each animal, we can help ourselves at all times in our lives, dealing with each situation with more wisdom and clarity.

When I was living in Portugal a few years ago, I took part in a Shamanic Retreat. One day we went to a lonely and magical place in the Algarve to do a short Vision Quest. While I was sitting on my own contemplating things in general, I noticed some bees and started to observe them. Now, I’d never really watched bees before, but I noticed something very interesting. These bees automatically knew which flowers had pollen - they didn’t bother going anywhere near the dead flowers. We, as humans, spend so much time on “dead” issues - either in relationships that have run their course, or in jobs which no longer have anything to teach us. We alight on one dead flower after another without learning our lessons. Now, if we followed the teaching of the bees, we would only go into situations that had the potential to enhance our lives, rather than putting so much effort into lost causes and, more often than not, losing our self-esteem and happiness along the way. When I set out on the Vision Quest that day, I never dreamt that something so small as a bee had such a big lesson to teach me.

Each one of us has animals that are particularly important to us in our journey through this lifetime. They might be animals you have a particular affinity for, or ones that you dream of. If they keep coming to you in dreams, find a book and read about them and find out the lesson they are trying to teach you. If there is an animal that frightens you, I have found that by reading about the animal and studying it the fear dilutes - the unknown has more power to frighten you than something that you are familiar with.

I offer different spreads using the Medicine cards depending entirely on what you need to know at the time.

If any of the above readings interest you please look at my Having A Reading page for further details.

If you don’t feel that this is for you, I wish you all the very best and hope you find the answers to your questions in the right place for you.