Shine The Light In The Dark Places

07/08/2025

8:8 Lionsgate 💫

07/08/2025

~Card of the Day~

A moment of unity, celebration, shared joy. The flowing of wāhine energy, of connection, sisterhood, collective rising. There was a feeling of being seen, accepted, held in aroha. You may have been invited into a space of whakawhanaungatanga — the heart of what it means to be in true relationship.

5 of Swords

After yesterday’s unity, celebration and shared joy we have a shift in energy with the 5 of swords today! A sudden rupture in that harmony.

In this haunting image, a small girl wields an oversized blade over a carrot with a human-like face. It’s unsettling. There’s innocence mingled with threat, suggesting power being used without full awareness of consequence. The scene echoes conflict, betrayal, or a harsh severing, not necessarily by others, but sometimes from within.

The carrot head may symbolise something (or someone) once rooted and nourishing that is now being cut away. Is this an act of necessary liberation? Or of fear and control?

In te ao Māori, this could speak to the muru, the act of restoring balance after wrongdoing, but done unconsciously, it becomes utu that feeds cycles of pain.

The joy and union of the 3 of Cups may have opened your heart, but also exposed vulnerability. Now the 5 of Swords warns of reactions to perceived threat, do you strike before you’re hurt again? Are you protecting your mana, or defending an illusion of control?

This is a moment to pause. Maybe ask yourself, Who or what am I trying to cut away? Is this protection or punishment? Can I act in manaaki, not just mana? This energy doesn’t have to tip you over. Take the time to reflect, it will make a difference 🙏 💫

~Arohatinonui Sez 💫

06/08/2025

~Card of the Day~

Beneath the surface of the visible world, under the skin of sound and movement, swims a gathering of atua-like beings, mermaids with wild white hair and tails patterned like leopard and paua, drifting effortlessly in the depths of the moana. They do not swim alone!

Their bodies turn and twirl, weaving through each other like karakia on the wind, a collective rhythm, an unspoken knowing. These are the ones who remember. The ones who call to you now. 🧜‍♀️

This is the realm of the 3 of Cups and it rises today not just as a card, but as a karanga from the wairua, calling you back to the circle. This card comes when your spirit is ready to be lifted, not through solitude, but through whakawhanaungatanga. The kind that feeds the soul.

Laughter shared over kai. A touch on the shoulder that speaks more than words. The way a friend sees the part of you even you’ve forgotten.

In this moment, your healing, your joy, and your next steps are braided into the hearts of others. Like rivers feeding into a awa nui each soul contributing to your rising tide.

This card aligns with phases like Rākaunui or Oturu, when the moon is full and our cups overflow emotionally, spiritually, creatively.

This is a time to gather your soul tribe seen and unseen. Whether you are physically together or spiritually aligned, know this, your joy is not separate from theirs.

Call in your circle. Call in your tīpuna. The ones who dance in your waters are ready to rise with you!Karanga mai!

~Arohatinonui Sez 💫

05/08/2025

~Card of the Day~

After the Death card we have the Knight of wands today! This is the moment where the still, strange cocoon of transformation bursts open, not in chaos, but in fierce creativity. The Knight of Wands arrives after Death not as a rescuer, but as the spark from deep within you saying, It’s time to move. It’s time to create. It’s time to follow the fire in your belly! I love this version of the this knight! It is not a traditional warrior, she looks like a dreamer in motion. Unafraid of imagination, unbothered by convention. Half-child, half-rebel, this is your wairua stirring, restless to express itself through art, passion, movement, and change. So beautiful! You’ve faced the shedding but now comes the spark! Can you feel it?! There’s something wild, new, and a bit untamed rising in you. You are being asked to act before you’re fully ready, not recklessly, but bravely.

The Death card cleared the old skin. The Knight of Wands says don’t stay naked and waiting, dress yourself in courage, in story, in boldness. This card is often about creative risk and spiritual movement. Tell yourself
“ I follow the spark, even when I don’t know where it leads. I trust my fire to find the path.” Amene 🌀

~Arohatinonui Sez 💫

05/08/2025

LIONSGATE FULL MOON IN AQUARIUS 9 AUGUST 2025:

Hello and how are you all feeling? It's a little early for me to be writing about this now- but something drew me to it at this moment. Therefore, hear the tell to be told! Crack open your ears, for tis surely a tell of some significance that my collective needs to hear at this time. Bend thither!

The Lionsgate portal itself does of course signal an influx of intense cosmic energies from beyond our usual ken of things- and we may think we have a good grip on what this should and will look like for us! However, as I am often reminded, these higher realms are something like adults when we are ourselves like children in this incarnation. I'm not sure about you, but I remember being a child and not understanding why I couldn't eat lollies for lunch and why one couldn't just use an eftpos card instead of cash and have free money forever! Now- I'm not saying that we are completely ignorant, and indeed in other lives we would have been in those higher realms where things are much clearer and much more adequately understood. However, for now- we probably simply don't get it. And that's cool. Here we just have to trust, and not insist too much on our own way about things- although of COURSE it's always okay to talk about our feelings to those celestial grownups!

So talk to them at this time! Say what you want, say what you need- but it may not pan out exactly as you visualised it. That's got to be better than ever, and as you grow in this life- it'll all be clear. Spend some time at this time being open, being humble to the magnificence that can unfold when we let go of our own little ways...

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But what of the Full Moon itself? I note first and foremost that the Full Moon will be void of course after the Sun opposite Moon aspect- meaning that in that cycle, things could be a little more unpredictable and wacky than they usually are at a Full Moon. A void of course Moon is also not usually recommended for magical operations, except if you want to inflict some form of chaos on yourself or others! Therefore- I want to heartily recommend that you do NOT do any form of ritual or ceremony at this time of Lionsgate, except for that where you humbly welcome in the growth and the future that you will not be able to see or conceive of as yet- as its very nature is fresh, surprising, unknown to you! IF you harp on the same old story as before, your same old yearnings and hankerings- it could get a little rocky as you are compelled to release those things (you were told! you were told!)

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I note as well Uranus, co-ruler of the Moon- in a grand air trine to Pluto and Mars, Mars newly in Libra. Saturn is in close conjunction to Neptune, both Neptune and Saturn sextile Uranus- here IS indeed an opportunity to make magic happen, but not with the lower and more immediately emotional parts of ourselves. Here we need to look at a bigger picture and be open, again, to things that we may not necessarily understand or conceive of yet. There's old sick ways of making war and pain and havoc that need to be put to rest at last. The balance will come full swing- and you may just find it is in the letting go that your desires will be fully met. But you must indeed let go, and let God- or whoever you manage to believe in. I believe in you!!!

The Full Moon in Aquarius will take place at 7:45PM on 9 August 2025 (NZ standard time) ###

04/08/2025

~Card of the Day~

Card XIII originally known as the “Death Card” arrives with sacred weight! Not an ending, but a deep transformation. A portal 🌀 A remembering!! Oohhhh a RECLAMATION!!! Yes 🔥

Like Snow White, she holds the apple that glistening truth in her hand. Not cursed, but called.
The moment she bites, her world changes. There is no going back to what was! Only forward, into the becoming.

Around her stand the watchers, the guardians, ancestors, silent sentinels of the soul. The part of us that remembers who we really are.
Who waits patiently as we shed the skin that no longer fits. Your wairua is asking…. Let what is ready to fall, fall. This is the sacred pause before the rebirth. The stillness after the spell, before the awakening.

This is not death in the way we’ve been taught to fear. This is the quiet, powerful unraveling that clears the path for your return, to your power, your knowing, your wairua, yourself 😭 It feels very emotional and liberating!

🍎 The apple wasn’t a curse. It was an initiation! But this time, you rise by your own choosing! F**k yeah ya did!!

You are not lost, you are in the becoming. Your ancestors are watching, nodding, smiling because they’ve seen this kind of power before.

It lives in you 🥹

~Arohatinonui Sez 💫

03/08/2025

~Card of the Day~

She stands still, a young leopard girl, mask in hand. Not pretending, not hiding but revealing. This is not a story of disguise, it’s a story of emergence! She is not putting on a face she’s taking it off! The mask once worn to protect, to survive, to fit in now gently released. How beautiful that you feel safe enough to do it little kotiro.

The caged red bird beside her hums with quiet sorrow, but also promise. It holds the wairua, the voice, the truth long kept small. She’s not just unmasking she’s preparing to set herself free.

This card is a mirror, asking you what parts of yourself are ready to be reclaimed? What power within you no longer needs to hide?

Under the waning moon, we enter the Korekore / Oike phases which is a time of stillness, of preparation.
Just as she sheds her mask, we too are called to release what no longer serves. To rest before the new growth. To breathe deeply in the in-between.

This is the moment between the last exhale and the first inhale. A time to reconnect with your inner truth, your leopard strength, your untamed voice.

Ko wai koe i te kore, i te pō, i te āta huna? Who are you in the darkness, in the unseen, behind the mask?

You are more than survival!
You are more than performance!
You are wild, worthy, and woven with purpose!

The mask falls. The voice rises.
And your wairua remembers 🧡

~Arohatinonui Sez 💫

03/08/2025

03/08/2025

~Card of the Day~

After the 4 of Fire, the Ace of Fire arrives as a sacred ignition, the spark, the first breath of inspiration, the tīmatanga of something powerful rising in you!! Woah it’s getting hot in here 🎶 🔥

This card speaks to potential, creative life force, and wairua alight. It’s the spark of the idea, the yes in your puku, the flicker of purpose that won’t go away. Where the 4 of Fire invited you to celebrate where you’ve been, the Ace say now, plant the seed. Feed the flame. Go!! 🔥

The presence of both Fire cards in succession tells a clear story. You’ve honoured what’s come before. Now, you are being handed the flame, what will you create, begin, initiate?

Leo energy fuels this moment with courage, heart, leadership and unapologetic self-expression. The maramataka supports this too we are still in the Atua phase, where life force is high and wairua is loud.

This is not the time to wait. This is the time to act with intention and heart. Your soul is saying, I honour the spark within me. I say yes to what sets my wairua on fire.

~Arohatinonui Sez 💫

01/08/2025

~Card of the Day~

After a few deep days immersed in the flow of water signs navigating emotion, intuition, and reflection, we now rise with the element of fire.🔥 The 4 of Fire calls us into warmth, into celebration, and into sacred connection.

This card is your gentle reminder to pause and mark the moment. Whether it’s a personal win, a restored relationship, or simply breathing through the week, this is your tohu to celebrate.

Like the glowing lanterns above the atua in this image, your light is not meant to burn alone! Fire is for sharing, warmth, energy, laughter and love.🧡

Leo season invites us to step into our mana with pride, to be seen, to express, to shine. Let joy be your guide. Let the heart lead!!

And in the maramataka, we are in the embrace of Atua nights, potent, vibrant, wairua-filled energy. These are the days to host, gather, create, and align with kaupapa that bring life. Plan something social and fun! You will be grateful that you did.

“I stand in the light of connection, grounded in joy, surrounded by the sacred flame of celebration.”

~Arohatinonui Sez 💫

31/07/2025

~Card of the Day~

The Star (17)

As we enter the first day of Here-turi-kōkā (August) the powerful energy of The Star rises to meet us, a tohu of deep healing, faith, and divine timing.

Leo season burns bright, asking us to lead with our hearts. But The Star reminds us, your true radiance isn’t about ego or perfection, it’s about showing up in your raw, honest truth. Vulnerable, soft and strong.

The maramataka tells us we are near Tangaroa a mua / Tangaroa a roto, fruitful energy days. A powerful time to set intentions, to plant the seeds of what your soul is calling in. Whether that’s healing, connection, creativity, or clarity, trust that it’s already in motion.

You are the pou, the anchor. Your wairua is rising.
Kia ū ki tōu māramatanga. Kia maia. Kia tau.

~Arohatinonui Sez 💫

30/07/2025

~Card of the Day~

6 of Water/cups 🌊

E te iwi ataahua, this card brings a soft and nostalgic breeze through the wairua. The 6 of Water invites you to pause, reflect, and return not just to memories, but to your essence.

This is a time to reconnect with the joy and magic of your childhood self. The one who believed in wonder, who trusted their instincts, who loved freely. There may be healing in looking back not to dwell, but to reclaim a part of yourself that longs to be seen and held once more.

You may be called to honour old relationships, places, or kaupapa that shaped you?! You may also be invited to release what no longer serves with aroha and grace. Let it go, let it flow.

The reflection in the water reminds us, what we see is often what we carry. Look with compassion.
Let yourself feel! Let yourself play! Let yourself remember 🙏 🌻

~Arohatinonui Sez 💫