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Hi, J! How do you "do" the channeled messages? I always was interested in the "process" behind the magic we see in your future spouse posts in general, but especially the channeled messages! They are so accurate and they touch our hearts so deep... It's alright if you don't feel like sharing or something, keep yourself healthy and happy! 😘💕

I’m really sorry for the late reply.

Channeled Messages

Disclaimer: I’m speaking from personal experience here, my experience might be different from other people’s. 

I don't know how other people define it or do it, but I personally see it as if you are being spoken to. I don't do it the way psychics do it, not to the point of being 'taken by a spirit' or 'speaking with the dead', I'm still undecided about anything too spiritual since I'm a practical person.

Since I use tarot for it; from my experience it's similar to reading tarot cards, you are still reading the energies. The difference is it's a lot more flowy; you let it flow through you instead of being so analytical and structured about it (that’s why some sentences do not make any sense). Plus, you use the first person point of view.

The messages come in two forms:

The words/sentences come up by themselves. Eg. "I have so much of you in my heart". This one is easy, the reader just has to pass on the message.

The message comes in the form of feeling, energies, whatever you call it; Eg. your chest feels heavy and full when you are doing the reading, you pick up on a desire to break away. For this one, sometimes the words just appear but sometimes the reader has to find the words for it.

Comparison

In a normal tarot reading you do about Person X, when you pick up on a desire to break away, you can simply say "X wants to break away from something, could be external control like a boss, religion, parents etc".

In a channeled reading, when you pick up on a desire to break away, you have to tune into it deeper to feel how Person X would describe it, how it might feel to them. This makes it exhausting.

The message is influenced by their personality

I.e whoever you are trying to channel. 

In one of my channeled readings; one person has an intense personality. I couldn't just write "I like you" because it felt wrong. It wasn’t enough. "I have an ocean in my soul and I want to drown you in it" felt better. The latter depicted the mix of intense emotions that came up in that reading.

In other words, the message is influenced by the entity's personality, so there is a lot more freedom to decide how you want to explain it in a normal tarot reading, than when you are doing a channeled reading.

Problems that can happen

1) Their personality does not match the topic

Let's say you want to do a sexual reading. Now, what kind of message can you get from a polite person if you ask them to talk about sex? What kind of message can you get from someone who does not talk dirty at all?

As a reader, I can see the images or scenes but I can’t find the words to describe it, no words will come out, because I can feel that the words I want to use do not match the personality of the person, so it feels wrong to say anything. But saying nothing means my querent will not get anything.

2) No message

Sometimes the person (whoever you are channeling) just does not want to talk about something. So in this case, I will get nothing. It feels like you hit a wall when you try to go deeper. The cards are there, you know the cards are supposed to represent something, but no info.

3) The reader does not have the words

For the messages that come in the form of feelings, sometimes I can't find the words to describe them. I can feel like there is a joke here, the teasing tone, etc but I might not be able to do it because I'm not funny (lmao) and I don't have the words. I can't just write "they like to make jokes".

Hence why when you look at channeled readings available online; some channeled readings sound right, but some sound a bit off. It's because the messages go through the reader's language skills (besides other factors I mentioned above). Channeled readings are hard to do to begin with, so I'm not looking down on anyone here, I’m in the same boat.

Conclusion

From my experience and observation, a channeled message is a mix of the entity's energy/words and the reader's language skills. It's a bit different from normal tarot readings, your freedom is a bit limited when you do channeled readings.

Important: The words I use in my channeled readings, may not all be the exact words the person uses when they speak, because I’m not them lol. But I do try to pick the words that have the closest meanings/nuances to their energy.

Love language: when they speak passionately of what they love and you find love in it too.

“Boujie perfume”

Into the gloss

it's so fascinating how sometimes as a reader i channel the most random things and i almost don't include them in the readings because i think it has nothing to do with it but then someone comes out with the most crazy explanations for it and it turns out it was confirmation for someone.

King and queen of swords are strong as fuck because imagine going through that whole entire suit

Communicating With Deities

How do I communicate with my deity?

How do I know if a deity is trying to reach me?

How can I tell if my deity accepted my offering?

How can I receive messages from my deity?

The topic of communicating with deities is the question I get asked the most so I figured it was time to give it its own post. Especially because this question doesn’t have an easy answer.  It’s not as simple as learning to give an offering or how to devote yourself to a deity. There’s no step by step, made for everyone and every deity, guide to communicating. Its ultimately something you have to figure out yourself, though I can offer some help in ways to go about figuring it out. But first I want to clear some things up about communication with deities. I feel there are a lot of misconceptions that surround it and I also need to explain WHY it’s a topic I can’t give you an easy answer to. So let’s get to that!

Faith- So I’ll admit that the obsession that a lot of people have with communicating with their deities confuses me. When I started I didn’t really think much of the hows of interacting with Aphrodite because I, just like with any other religion, assumed that I had to have faith that Aphrodite was listening. I feel like a lot of people are missing that, like being a Hellenic Polytheist means you have constant, consistent, and direct messages from the gods, but that’s not the case. Faith is still an element and honestly it remains an element even when you have been devoted for years. You’re not always going to get confirmations on things you do or ask, actually most of the time you don’t. You just have to have faith they are there and listening

Tumblr - This point is directly related to the first point. I believe that a lot of the misconceptions of communicating with deities and even the obsession with it has a lot to do with our community here on tumblr. I’m not here to accuse anyone or point any blame. I’m not even saying that people are lying or exaggerating. I just think because of everyone sharing their wonderful experiences it’s creating an image of communicating being a natural part of a devotee’s everyday life with their deity. I mean maybe it is for some, but not all. Honestly, a lot of what you are looking at on tumblr are snapshots of worship. Maybe that devotee received an AMAZING sign or message from their deity but perhaps that was the first one in a few months. The truth is, just like with most aspects of our lives, we like to share the fantastic on social media, so don’t take everything you read as the “normal” or the “standard” of devotion. The truth is there really isn’t one and definitely not one for communicating with deities.

Skills - It’s important to keep in mind that communicating with deities can be seen as a skill. And just like with any skill there are those who are “naturally gifted” and others who have to practice practice practice in order to see any results. This is also a reason why you shouldn’t look to others’ experiences as the way it works for everyone. They could be one of those naturally gifted people who are just born tuned into the god frequency or they could also have been practicing and doing a lot of work to get the point where it’s easier to receive messages. So those of you starting out shouldn’t automatically think you will begin getting signs and messages right away, it most likely will be something you have to work towards.

Deities Communicate Differently - A big reason it’s nearly impossible to say how or if a deity is communicating with you is because they do it in different ways. The way Aphrodite and me communicate may not be the same way she communicates with another devotee. A lot of it depends on the devotee. We each have a way of communicating that we will be more receptive to, whether you know it or not. Your deity might know that and choose to use that form, even if you haven’t exactly figured that out yet (fun, right? lol). A deity also may choose a way to communicate depending on the message they are trying to send you. They could also pick a way simply because they find it amusing and/or ironic (i’m looking at you, Hermes). It’s really hard for someone on the outside to tell you for sure how your deity is going to interact with you specifically. I can’t speak for the gods and I can’t speak on your personal relationship with them. Again, it’s something you have to journey through and find answers to yourself.

Now that the bad news is over with, how about I give you some good news? As I said above, I can give you some advice/tips on ways you can figure out how to communicate with your deity yourself. Remember this is a process, a journey, it’s not a faucet. Doing one of these things isn’t going to automatically start the flowing of messages. Just keep that in mind! Now onto the list!

Divination - Probably the most popular form of communication with deities is using some form of divination. There’s A LOT to choose from so do your research and see what calls out to you and give it a try! Some examples are tarot, oracle, runes, pendulum, scrying, bibliomancy, shufflemancy, just to name a few.

Meditation - I strongly recommend everyone try meditation because there’s a ton of benefits to it and one of those benefits is connecting with your deities. Not only can you receive messages and signs while mediating, the act itself opens you up to be more receptive in your everyday life!

Astral Travel - This is another popular method used to communicate with deities. Many people talk about not only receiving messages from their deities, but also full on interaction with them. Make sure you do your research before attempting it! It also may help to practice meditation first.

Dreams - Okay so this is one of the easier ones on the list to do. Basically start recording your dreams and see if you notice anything either popping out at you or that’s repeating. Sometimes your deity may just simple show up like “hey, what’s going on? You dreamin?” but other times they aren’t that obvious (why would they make it easy on us?). Recording your dreams is a great way to notice patterns because sometimes it can take multiple dreams to get a message. This applies to the universe as well. Like it took me a good chunk of my life to realize that when the universe wants me to pay attention it throws an abundance of something in my dream, where I’ll be like “shit thats a lot of elephants!” and then another dream years later “What is with all these fucking spiders!?”. Keeping a dream journal makes it easier to notice things like that. You can also ask your deity to appear in your dreams if you so choose (of course whether they do or not is up to them). Also if you’re into it you can use herbs and stones to better receive messages in your dreams and to remember them when you wake up.

Journaling - Anyone who has been a follower of me for awhile can probably tell you that my answer for most things is “Keep a Journal” and they are probably eyerolling me right now, lol! But I really believe in the benefits of journaling because they are abundant! I won’t go into all of them because we are talking about communicating with deities and damn it I WILL stay on topic! Just like recording your dreams, recording your waking life can help you spot patterns and possible signs that you might miss otherwise. If you’re like me and interact a lot with your deity through emotions and feelings, journaling is truly wonderful! You can start making connections between actions and your emotions that could help you better understand your deity. I also recommend doing this even if you choose to do one of the other ideas listed above. Recording your progress and your emotions is great for looking back on and seeing how far you come especially in those moments when you feel like you haven’t done much. So yeah, everyone keep a journal!

Open Yourself - So those of you who are witches don’t really need much explanation on this and honestly you might have already started on this one, but for the sake of those who might not know let me explain. There are different ways you can better open yourself up so receiving messages can be easier. Using certain stones, burning certain herbs/incense, using oils, casting spells, doing rituals, etc. There’s a lot you can do to help open yourself up to the universe! And these aid a lot in the techniques above!

Talk To Others - I know what you’re thinking “Wait, didn’t you say that looking at what someone else does is part of the problem?” Yes, i did, but it can also be helpful as long as you find the balance! Seeing how other devotees of your deity interact with them can at least give you ideas and a direction to go in. The key is not to compare and to not see their devotion as the “one true way”. Think of it more as a brainstorming session!

I just want to add that this post is my own personal opinion and personal reasons why I feel I can’t answer questions of this topic. I hope this post was helpful to those of you who took the time to read it!

Meme credit goes to my hilarious, wonderful and talented wifey @nerdywitchmomma