This week we will look into the message of the Black Panther from Jamie Sam’s Medicine Cards. In the card we see the big feline’s face depicted on a round medicine shield, her rosette markings delicately patterned on the dark fur. The golden eyes of the Black Panther look into ours, from her hiding place under the green foliage, in her tropical home. Magical items of feather, fossil, bone, stone, red coral, shell and horn hang from the shield, framing our black feline into a safe space of trust and magic.
When Black Panther arrives you are called to mentally let go of pre-conceived ideas and just be. Trust that not everything needs planning and forcing, and instead enjoy the natural development of projects, dreams and relationships. Spend time in your personal quiet space, dim all lights and meditate in the dark, while imagining yourself being the large cat and how she feels in her natural habitat. Black Panther has the ability to move in silence and enjoys the darkness. With gleaming eyes, she is a magical creature and in world mythologies she moves across time and space and brings realisations, prophecy and deep healing. Black Panther will always find what she seeks through trust, patience and immense luck.
We are now in the time between the Aries new moon and the Scorpio full moon. The journey from the active Aries fire to the fixed Scorpionic waters shows us how to navigate a wide range of emotions, not all of them fully visible. The energy of fire will soon slow down as we enter earthy Taurus season and then at the full moon, we will be fortified with Scorpios secrecy and intensity. With Venus already in Taurus, our senses are heightened and we might want to indulge and to do too much too soon. Look inwards and find stability in the quietness of the Black Panther as you move along with your senses sharp. Observe all that occurs around you and be ready to express the delights of cosmic love when the timing is right. As the Black Panther moves with Mother Earth, remember to respect and soak in the possibilities of evolving and simultaneously discovering the great mystery of life
Meditation with Black Panther
Try this meditation with Black Panther.
Sit down in a quiet space. Take a few deep breaths and relax.
Look at image of the Black Panther. Notice how the stunning golden eyes of the Black Panther are looking at you. Is she perhaps looking right through you, and into your soul? Feel how she feels. Observe the different items hanging from the medicine shield, feather, fossil, stone, red coral, bone, shell and antler. The directness of the big cat’s image is captivating and it pulls you in and you feel as if you are one with her. Sense the tropical landscape which is her home. Relax and let your feelings guide you to a focal point in the image and stay there for a while.
Stay in meditation for 5 to 10 minutes.
After the meditation, journal about the below questions:
What does your internal safe space look like?
If you had one trait of the Black Panther, which one would you choose?
Additional practice – Sugilite and connecting to the universal resonance of love
In this week’s additional practice we will journey with Sugilite, an opaque stone which comes in pale lilac and pink, reddish-violet, deep and magenta violet, the latter the most desirable colour. Sugilite is named after Professor Ken-ichi Sugi, a Japanese petrologist, who discovered the stone on Iwagi Islet, Japan, in 1944. Sugilite is a powerful crystal which embodies divine love, wisdom and devotion. It shows us that truth is the highest form of love and that to live in truth is empowering. Sugilite provides healing in dark situations and offers hope and optimism, it shows us how to accept the here and now. It reminds us why our soul incarnates and why we are here through exploring our soul memory and therefore it can help us to answer deep questions that arise during our journey on earth. It helps us to remove negative and toxic attachments and cleanses karmic patterns. Sugilite lets us release fear, anger, sorrow and helplessness and instead encourages forgiveness, of ourselves and others. It is a healing stone for those who feel they don’t fit in and for those who find it difficult to adjust to the vibration on earth.
Sugilite can help with dream work and interpretation, it increases dream imagery and how we decipher them. Sugilite is very protective for those who are highly sensitive and it encourages freedom. It gives courage to those who are socially awkward and who feel that earth is not their home. Thus Sugilite becomes a healing stone for those who feel they don’t fit in, and for those who find it difficult to adjust to the vibration on earth. Sugilite can increase our ability to love and be loved without neediness. It is a good crystal when working with groups to resolve arguments. Sugilite is very connected to the Heart Chakra and it stimulates resonant love that is felt by others. Sugilite is in tune with the vibration of the perfect state of the universe. It helps us to understand our gifts and illuminates how our uniqueness can be a spiritual light to others. Sugilite is connected to the violet ray of healing, and during meditation, Sugilite tunes us to higher frequencies and to the mystery and magic of this life, and beyond.
For the healing ceremony, lie down in a comfortable position. Place the Sugilite on your heart chakra. Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths and relax. Feel how the deep violet colour is entering your heart chakra, cleansing and balancing this area. Then sense how the Sugilite energy is going down to your solar plexus, sacral and root chakra and infusing these areas with divine love. Then the dark violet healing energy continues down to your feet and then further down to Mother Earth to ground you. Take a few deep breaths and release anything you no longer need and receive the vibration of love. Now the Sugilite energy moves up from your heart chakra to the throat chakra, the third eye and the crown chakra, and from here it rises above and connects to the Sky Father above. Sense how the calming dark violet of Sugilite is cleansing your whole body. The ray of dark violet is slowly journeying from one chakra to another and connecting them to each other. Then the Sugilite energy expands into your aura and cleanses and balances all layers with deep love. You can feel the healing dark violet energy surrounding you. Stay in this vibration for a while. Note any messages you receive at this point.
Slowly open your eyes and come back to the present. Take a deep breath and say thank you to Sugilite and its’ healing gift. You can repeat this practice anytime you feel you need to cleanse and balance your heart chakra and to connect to the universal resonance of love.
Mirasol