Energy Weaving with the Wandering Shaman: Quantum Human Design & Shamanic Wisdom - March 19, 2025 - The Sun Enters the Gate of Spirit/The Earth Enters the Gate of Embodiment

Hello everyone!  Welcome, or welcome back to my podcast!  I’m so glad you’re here.  It is March 19, 2025, and we have some pretty potent energies coming through this week.  But before we launch into them, just one more reminder about my readings in Traverse City, Michigan coming up this weekend.  I will be doing Quantum Human Design readings at Higher Self Bookstore from 11 am to 6 pm on Saturday, March 22nd and from 11 am to 3 pm on Sunday, March 23rd.  At this point, it’s too late to book a full reading for that weekend, but you could walk in with your birth information - date, time and place - and I could do a 20 minute mini-reading for $30. If you would like a full reading, we could book that for a later date.  If you’re in that area, I would love to see you!   

If you are new to this podcast, don’t worry about what you may have missed; you can just jump in where we are.  You are welcome to go back and listen to past episodes, but it’s not necessary to understand what we’re talking about today, but if you are new to human design and/or shamanism, feel free to go back and listen to episode 1 of this podcast.  I give a brief introduction to both concepts there, with a lot of the “lingo” explained.  Alternatively, you could read the Introductory blog post here on my website, where I also briefly introduce both concepts; it may help you as we move through the year.  

So, enough of all that….as I said, today is March 19, 2025, and the sun is lighting up Gate 25, the gate of Spirit.  Let’s talk about that first.  This gate’s energy is all about trusting in Divine order and maintaining a consistent connection with Source—however you define it. It calls us to trust that everything unfolds as it should and to cultivate a dedicated spiritual practice, ensuring that our actions align with the highest good for all.

Because this gate is linked to the Heart or Identity center, it is deeply tied to self-worth. When this energy is out of balance, we may feel unworthy of Spirit’s love, causing us to withdraw from that connection. However, the only way to receive divine guidance is to quiet the mind and listen. Without this connection, we may act on personal willpower alone, making choices that serve the ego rather than the greater good.

By surrendering to Divine order and regularly connecting with Source, we ensure that our path is led by wisdom rather than fear or self-interest.

So let’s check in with ourselves.

• Do you trust Source?

• Do you have a regular practice that connects you to Source?

• Do you know your life purpose? (Hint:  If not, a Human Design reading may help you figure that out.)

• If so, are you living true to that purpose?  And how can you deepen your connection to that purpose?

As a little bonus, I am going to add in some affirmations towards the end of this podcast today, so stay tuned, especially if you feel out of alignment with any of those questions.  Repeating affirmations may help rewire your brain and bring you back into alignment.

So, speaking of the Heart Center and self-worth, the earth is right next door to Gate 25 in Gate 46 this week.  This is the Gate of Embodiment and is all about being fully IN your body, so being present…in the moment.  How many of us can say that we are present in every moment?  How many of us can say that we are present in half our moments?  How many of us are hardly present at all?  How many of us are on our phones while we’re eating?  How many of us are on our phones while we’re driving? How many of us are thinking about a totally different topic when someone is having a conversation with us?  Where has mindfulness gone?  I could do an entirely separate podcast just on mindfulness alone, so I don’t want to get too far down that rabbit hole, but I think the art of being truly present in the moments of life has gotten lost in all the chaos and distractions we are surrounded by.  

So back to Gate 46.  The energy of this gate also asks us to learn to love our bodies.  The body is the vehicle for the soul.  It is the temple in which the soul lives.  How well we take care of it, and how connected we are to it says a lot about how much we value our soul.  Are you connected to your body?  Or do you ignore it?  Can you feel when your body is trying to tell you something?  Or are you numb?  I have to insert a funny story here.  I write a script for these podcasts ahead of time - both to keep me on track and also to post here on my blog.  Well, literally after I finished writing this one, I hopped on Facebook real quick and saw this meme that said, “Do you ever feel like your body’s check engine light is on, but you just keep driving like, nah, it’s fine.”  I just had to laugh.  Anyway….Is your soul living in a pristine temple?  Or is it more like a rundown shack in the woods?  Do you enjoy showing up and being seen in your body?  Or do you try to hide?  Again, I could do an entirely separate podcast on this topic as well.  There are a LOT of deep messages in both of these gates this week, and we could spend the rest of our lives contemplating and working on mastering them.  So before I go any further down that rabbit hole, let’s look at the Mystical Shaman card that I pulled to go along with these energies.  Again, I am using the Mystical Shaman Oracle deck by Alberto Villoldo, Colette Baron-Reid and Marcela Lobos.  The link will be in the show notes and the picture will be on FB and Instagram.  I randomly drew the Smoky Mirror card, and here’s what it has to say:

The Smoky Mirror represents the aspects of what is implied yet cannot be immediately known in the world, the mystery of how things come together and how they fall apart without obvious causality.  This symbol also represents the shadow of the human psyche, the parts of the self that one disowns.  The Smoky Mirror can also represent a state of denial, or the inability or refusal to see the truth.

When the symbol of the Smoky Mirror appears, you’re invited to see beyond your own self.  Acknowledge that, past the limits of your current ability to perceive, there is a vast interconnected world where events are orchestrated in divine order but challenging to fully grasp.  Now is the time to trust that no matter what the current conditions of your world reflect, in the Hidden Realms, all aspects of the human journey are celebrated:  the beauty and the darkness, the misery and the courage.  No matter where you are on your journey, know that some things are meant to be a mystery, which you are meant to understand only through experience.  Take heart, for the Smoky Mirror will ultimately show you beauty and wonder once the fog lifts the distortion you see now.  

Understanding the shadow of the human journey requires that you go deep into your story to discover the wound that prevents you from seeing the truth of your current situation.  Your fears and expectations of disappointment and unworthiness may be clouding your capacity to see the potential of yourself and others.  The Smoky Mirror may be showing you things you don’t want as a result of your conditioning.  These can become even more real, but only because you are making it so.  The choice is yours.  The world will hold you accountable for what you see and create.  Can you see through the eyes of truth and faith instead?

Wow, so many powerful parallels here. These stood out to me the most:

1. “This symbol also represents the shadow of the human psyche, the parts of the self that one disowns.” How many of us disown—or wish we could disown—parts or even all of our bodies? How often do we reject aspects of ourselves, rather than embracing them as part of our journey?

2. “Understanding the shadow of the human journey requires that you go deep into your story to discover the wound that prevents you from seeing the truth of your current situation.” Self-reflection, self-awareness, and self-healing aren’t optional—they are essential. I love this line: "discover the wound that prevents you from seeing the truth of your current situation." I would take it even further—discover the wound that prevents you from seeing that you are a divine being, sent here as a unique and necessary part of the cosmic plan. You have an extremely important role to play, one that only you can fulfill. What is keeping you from seeing and believing that?

3. “Your fears and expectations of disappointment and unworthiness may be clouding your capacity to see the potential of yourself and others.” Fear and unworthiness are such heavy forces, but they are not part of Source energy. They are shadows, distortions that we must heal so we can fully step into our light. When we release them, we can finally shine where we are meant to.

   
   

I feel like we were all over the place today, but there is just so much to unpack in just these two gates.  I want to leave you with some affirmations today because I think we all need some realignment in the areas we hit on today.  As always, take what resonates with you and leave the rest.  

• I am an agent of the Divine.

• My life is the fulfillment of Divine Order and the Cosmic Plan.

• When I am connected to Source, I serve my right place.

• I take up no more than my space and no less than my place in the world.

• My body is the vehicle for my soul.

• I love, nurture, and commit to my body.  

• I appreciate all of my body’s miraculous abilities and form.

• Every day I love my body more.   

So that’s all I have for you today.  I feel like that was a LOT.  Let me know what you think.  Do you like the affirmations included?  Are they helpful?  Feel free to comment or DM me your opinion.  These episodes are for you, although I always hear what I need to hear as well.  So let me know what you think and I can tweak the content if necessary.

I’ll be back on March 24th when the sun is in Gate 17 - the Gate of Anticipation and the Earth is in Gate 18, the Gate of Re-Alignment.  Until then, take good care and we’ll see you soon.