Cerridwen - Transformation, Knowledge & Magick from the Celtic Spirit Oracle by Nicola McIntosh.
Cerridwen is know as a shapeshifter underworld goddess. She is said to stir her cauldron making her herbal, magickal brews. Legend tells of Gwion, a boy left in charge to stir the cauldron's potion, who accidentally splashed it. He sucked the three drops off his thumb and from this potion he was bestowed knowledge, magick and the goddess shapeshifting skills. Cerridwen was angry and chased Gwion. They both shapeshifted into many a manner of animals to escape until eventually Gwion was eaten by Cerridwen, but his life force merged with hers and she became pregnant with his essence. Cerridwen could not bear to keep him, but he was a beautiful child, so she bundled him off and set him upon the water, where he was later found and adopted. It is said that he grew up to be the famous Taliesin.
On drawing the Cerridwen card, a transformation is likely if you are not already beginning one. First, it is necessary to gather all the correct ingredients and place in the mixing pot, being careful to ensure everything is placed in at the correct time, which many mean certain astrological points in time also. Transformation can be welcomed and sometimes not, but one thing remains certain, you will not be the same afterwards, and this is usually a good thing, no matter how you might perceive it at time.
Just as the story on shapeshifting goes, so too is it important to shapeshift or be adaptable to every different situation. What in your life can you apply this to? Where do you need to adapt or adopt a different way of being? Look at each situation and decide what qualities you need most to navigate your way through. It's about thinking and doing differently in order to obtain a different outcome than normal. What magick will you put into the cauldron?
Cerridwen is also known as the Moon Goddess. Another significant sign of cycles and change. Everything is in a state of flux. The only constant in life is change. A time to roll with the flow, look at yourself and your life and see what needs to change, needs to move, needs to grow. Let it in, don't resit, this is the gift of change. What are you ready to create?
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