Soulful Ways, Cape Town (2025)

14/09/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: Sensitivity and Strength

Tapping the Forces Within

This card comes today as a reminder that true strength is not found in force alone. It lies in the balance between power and tenderness, clarity and compassion.

A situation in your life may be calling for sensitivity—perhaps with a friend, a loved one, or at work. Your natural instinct might be to push through, take control, or assert yourself. But the energy of this moment is asking you to pause. To soften. To approach with patience and openness.

Sensitivity does not mean weakness. In fact, when you combine sensitivity with strength, you create a presence that is both steady and healing—like the warmth of the sun’s rays. This is the energy that dissolves tension, opens hearts, and creates space for truth to emerge.

This card is a call to bring your receptive, gentle energy forward. To look at the situation with calm clarity. To allow peace, compassion, and understanding to lead the way. When you do, you’ll find that your strength naturally supports your sensitivity, and your sensitivity gives deeper meaning to your strength.

Reflections for today:
- Where in my life can I respond with compassion instead of control?
- How can I be both steady and tender in the face of conflict?
- What happens when I pause, breathe, and bring both sensitivity and strength into balance?

Affirmation:
“I express my sensitivity and strength in equal measure. I always have the courage to take the most honoring approach.”

Trust that in honoring both your gentleness and your power, you are walking the sacred middle path. This is where true wisdom lives.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

07/09/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: Eclipse in Pisces

This eclipse brings with it a powerful turning point. Eclipses have always been moments of truth, when illusions fall away and clarity rises. This is not a time to hide from what you’ve been feeling—it is a time to look directly at it and choose differently.

The card “Free Will – Serve Your Higher Purpose” reminds us that even when life feels overwhelming or surreal, we are never powerless. Free will is our sacred gift. How we respond, what we release, and the choices we make are the keys that open us into a higher way of living.

This moon is asking:

Are you serving your higher purpose—or are you giving your energy away to patterns, addictions, or relationships that keep you small?

Where are you holding on to martyrdom, saying “I can’t change, life must stay the same”?

What would it look like to reclaim your power, even in small steps?

The eclipse can feel like a dark night of the soul, but the darkness is not the end—it’s the clearing before the dawn. This is the space where the old story dissolves, and the new one begins.

If something in your life feels stagnant, deceptive, or draining, the energy of this eclipse is asking you to release it. If you’ve been labouring under illusions, let the truth come. If you’ve been living to please others at the cost of your own soul, it is time to remember: your free will is yours to use.

You don’t have to change everything overnight. Start with one choice. One honest step. One moment of courage. Those who truly love you will support your happiness, even if it means change.

This eclipse reminds us:

Free will is not about control—it’s about alignment.
You are not powerless.
You are free to choose again.
You are free to live in service of your highest truth.

Take this time to look within. What is being eclipsed out of your life? And what powerful, authentic version of you is waiting to rise?

The Universe is offering you a reset. Choose with courage. Choose with love. Choose with faith in yourself.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

31/08/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: Ears Wide Open

The world is always speaking to us. Through words, yes, but also through energy, silence, body language, and the subtle currents beneath the surface. The question is—are we listening?

This card is a gentle reminder of the gift of *deep listening*. In a world that moves so quickly, it’s easy to multitask, to think of our response before the other person has finished, or to half-listen while our minds drift elsewhere. But when we do, we miss what’s truly being offered. We miss the truth beneath the noise.

Listening—real listening—is an act of love. It is an act of presence. It tells someone: *I see you. I value you. I am here with you.* And beyond people, it’s how we also hear life itself: the subtle nudges of intuition, the whispers of the soul, and the guidance of Spirit that so often comes quietly.

If you’ve been feeling unheard or misunderstood, this message invites you to shift your energy. Instead of over-explaining or pushing to be acknowledged, turn the gift around. Be the one who listens deeply. Let go of the ego’s need to be right or to be validated. Show up with open ears and an open heart.

When we listen this way, we receive more than words—we receive meaning. We notice the pauses, the emotions, the unspoken truths. We open the door to intimacy, healing, and connection. We begin to catch the opportunities life is placing right in front of us that we might otherwise overlook.

**Reflections for today:**

* Where in my life am I being invited to listen more deeply?
* Who might need me to give them the gift of my full presence?
* Am I tuning in to my own soul with the same care I give to others?

Affirmation:
I listen with openness and presence. My ears, heart, and soul are attuned to the truth beneath the surface.

Right now, keep your ears wide open. There is more waiting for you than you ever imagined.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

24/08/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)

“A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.” – May Sarton

The message of Nasturtium is one of triumph, resilience, and renewed strength. This flower steps forward when we need a reminder that challenges are not here to break us, but to shape us. Each obstacle carries within it the seed of growth. Each trial, an opportunity to uncover our courage.

Nasturtium is a powerful ally for those moments when doubt creeps in, when we question our ability to continue, or when the path ahead feels uncertain. It brings the energies of confidence, self-reliance, and creative problem-solving. It asks you to trust in your unique abilities and not to lose yourself in the need to impress others. Advancement is possible now—so take a step forward, even if it feels small. Momentum builds through movement.

This card also signals that support is available. You are not walking alone. Whether through unexpected allies, inner guidance, or divine timing, help will meet you along the way.

Reflections with Nasturtium:
- Where in my life am I underestimating my own strength?
- Am I moving forward because it feels aligned, or because I want to prove myself to others?
- How can I show myself more trust and self-belief today?

Affirmation:
“I trust my own strength. I advance with courage, knowing I am supported.”

Just as nasturtiums bloom brightly in even the most modest of soil, you too are capable of thriving in imperfect conditions. Your resilience is your beauty. Your perseverance is your triumph.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za

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17/08/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: The Butterfly and the Snowdrop

Both the butterfly and the snowdrop are symbols of hope, reminding us that no season lasts forever. Winter always gives way to spring, and what seems lifeless will bloom again in its time.

The butterfly teaches us that transformation takes patience. From egg to caterpillar, from chrysalis to wings, its process is slow and unseen—but the result is breathtaking. The snowdrop, one of the first flowers to appear at winter’s end, reminds us that light and warmth are always on their way, even when the ground still feels cold.

This card brings a message of encouragement: a period of hardship is drawing to a close. Better days are ahead. Take heart in the small signs of change, the gentle hints that the season is shifting.

If you feel restless or discouraged, remember the wisdom of this card: snowdrops do not rush the thaw, and a chrysalis cannot be forced open. Growth, renewal, and beauty are unfolding in their perfect timing. Your role is not to push, but to trust, and to keep noticing the signs of hope all around you.

Ask yourself: What gives me hope in times of scarcity? Where do I find light when things feel uncertain? Often, it’s the smallest things—a kind word, a new idea, a tiny spark of joy—that remind us that renewal is always on its way.

Trust the process. Hold on to hope. Your spring is coming.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

10/08/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: Patience

Patience is more than simply waiting. It’s faith in what’s unfolding, even when we can’t yet see the results. We might plant a seed, but in our hearts we already see the flower. We may feel the strain of a workout, but we trust in the strength and vitality that will grow from it.

This card is a reminder to slow down and enjoy the journey—not just the destination. Growth is happening, even if it’s not yet visible. True mastery, deep change, and lasting rewards come from showing up again and again over time, not from chasing the quick and easy.

Patience teaches us to trust our ability to hold focus for something meaningful. It invites us to love our bodies and our lives as they are—messy, magnificent, and always evolving. When frustration comes, choose compassion over criticism. Your body, your mind, and your spirit are doing their best, and they will get you to where you’re meant to be… even if that’s “eventually.”

This card asks us to notice the small signs of growth, to trust the unseen progress, and to walk our path with gentleness and faith. The reward will come, but the journey itself is where the real beauty lies.

Focus Points:

Growth is not always visible, but it is always happening.

Small daily steps create life-changing shifts.

Trust your body and spirit to carry you forward.

Compassion will take you further than criticism ever could.

Enjoy the process as much as the goal.

Affirmation: "I trust the timing of my life. I am growing, I am becoming, and I am already enough."

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

03/08/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: Focus

FOCUS: A POINT OF ATTRACTION

Where is your focus today? What are you choosing to give your energy, attention, and inner space to?

We often talk about manifestation as if it's something outside of us—something to chase or "call in." But the truth is, manifestation begins within. It starts with focus. Your point of attraction is the energetic lens through which you are currently experiencing life. It’s not just a fleeting thought or emotion—it’s the sum of your repeated thoughts, unconscious beliefs, inner narratives, and embodied feelings. Some you’re aware of, but many live beneath the surface, formed over time through repetition, habit, and emotional imprinting.

What’s powerful to remember is this: your point of attraction is fluid. It can shift. It’s not fixed in stone. When you consciously choose to think differently, believe differently, and feel differently—you begin to change the way the world responds to you.

Try to imagine it as a sliding scale inside you. You can shift it left or right at will. You can lift it into possibility or lower it into doubt. It moves with your awareness. This is what self-mastery is: not controlling the outside world, but learning how to adjust your internal landscape so that you can move through life with more grace, intention, and alignment.

Here’s what helps:

— Practice appreciation. When someone offers you kindness or a compliment, say “thank you” and let it land. Receiving is an energy. The more open you are to it, the more life responds in kind.

— Speak more often about what is going well in your life. You don’t need to ignore the challenges, but you also don’t need to give them the microphone. Let your attention be a healing balm, not a spotlight for what’s draining you.

— Stay centred in your heart. There is a difference between reacting and responding. One comes from fear, the other from presence.

— Remember that what you’re creating isn’t only a future—it’s a frequency you’re holding right now. The more you embody the feeling of the life you desire, the more you magnetise it.

You are not at the mercy of your circumstances. You are the creator of your response, your focus, and your state of being.

So ask yourself today:
Where is your focus?
Is it aligned with what you want to experience more of?
What are you available to feel, speak, and attract from this point forward?

You are the centre of your own field. The path of your heart is always available. And the Universe—ever loving, ever patient—will meet you exactly where you choose to focus your light.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

27/07/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: Zarabeth - Deva of the Element of Water

Water teaches us what it means to feel.
To flow.
To soften.
To return to ourselves.

Zarabeth appears as a shimmering guardian of the Water element, inviting us to reconnect with the sacred flow of emotion, intuition, and healing. Her presence is a reminder that water is not just something outside of us—it moves through us, shapes us, and teaches us.

This is a sign to pause… and remember.
Remember what it felt like as a child, playing in the water—splashing, laughing, surrendering fully to the moment. That lightness, that joy, that ease… it still lives in you.

When the world feels rigid or cold, water shows us how to soften.
When life feels overwhelming, water reminds us how to adapt and move around the obstacles.
And when we feel empty, it gently fills us again with renewal and nourishment.

Spirit asks: How is Water flowing through your life right now?
Are your emotions being honored—or held back?
Are you allowing your intuition to guide you—or doubting it?
Are you flowing—or forcing?

Now is the time to trust your feelings more deeply.
To listen to the quiet voice inside that always knows the way.
To bring gentleness and empathy back into your relationships—and your own heart.

You don’t need to force anything.
Let yourself flow like water.
Soft, but powerful.
Gentle, but unstoppable.
In the words of Lao-Tzu: “Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.”

Take a moment today to drink a glass of water with intention. Feel its cool presence reminding you that you are part of the flow. That you are not broken or behind—only becoming.

The river of your life knows where it’s going.
Trust it.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

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20/07/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: Life Restored

If you’ve been feeling like something inside you has withered… if there’s a part of your life that seemed to have ended—emotionally, spiritually, or even physically—this is your sign:

It’s not over.

This card brings a sacred message of resurrection and renewal. Just like the Phoenix rises from the ashes, you too are rising—transformed, wiser, more whole.

There may have been a time recently where something you loved fell away… a dream, a relationship, a sense of purpose or energy. Maybe it was gradual, or maybe it happened all at once. You might have believed it was lost for good. But the truth is: that energy was never gone. It was simply being recalibrated, redirected, held in sacred waiting until the conditions for rebirth were just right.

And now—life is returning.

Whether it’s a part of yourself you thought was gone, a passion that flickered out, a practice you abandoned, or a relationship you thought was over… watch it begin to move again. The life force is flowing through you in new ways. It may be subtle at first. But it’s real. And it’s yours.

Even if you’ve been in a season of numbness, confusion, loss, or spiritual disconnection—trust this:

What is truly meant for you is never gone.
It returns in a higher form, at a higher time.

This is the essence of the Phoenix: not just survival, but rebirth with purpose.

You are being encouraged now to turn your face to the light. Like the scarab that follows the sun, let your inner focus rise. Let go of how things used to be. Don’t assume what’s passed can’t hold new value. It absolutely can.

This is your time to open your arms and receive what’s being restored.
Receive it with hope.
With courage.
With a wide open heart.

Because the truth is: you’ve already crossed the threshold.
The past is done.
The rebirth has begun.
Now comes the light.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

13/07/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: The Garden of the Night

There is a sacred kind of wisdom that only reveals itself when the world is quiet… when the noise settles and the moon rises. This card invites you into that soft, silver-lit space—the in-between—where clarity and creativity begin to unfold in unexpected ways.

Sometimes, in the brightness of day, life feels too full. Too busy. Too external. We’re pulled in many directions—family, work, expectations, distractions. But under the moonlight, in the stillness of the night, another version of you gently rises to the surface. A deeper self. A softer self. A soul self.

This is a time to pause and view a situation, relationship, or challenge from a completely different perspective—one that isn’t reactive or rushed. The night has its own rhythm. It doesn’t demand answers. It invites insight.

Take time for solitude. Go inward. Let the moonlight guide your reflection.

What part of you has been waiting quietly in the wings?
What truth do you sense, but haven’t yet spoken?
What creative impulse or soulful idea has been ignored in the busyness of the day?

The Guardian of the Night reminds us that we are the gardeners of our own souls. The seeds planted in stillness—through journaling, dreaming, art, or meditation—will one day take root and rise into our waking life. But we must give them the dark, rich soil of silence first. We must give ourselves space to imagine, and room to simply be.

So tonight, let your inner world come alive. Let your creativity wander. Let yourself dream—not just in sleep, but with intention. That is where solutions will arise, ideas will form, and parts of you will reawaken.

Let moonlight and sunlight meet within you. Let the sacred and the practical dance together. Let magic move into every corner of your life.

Because you are not just made for the light.
You are made for the glow that lives between the stars.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

06/07/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: Ostrich

There are moments in life when we are asked to stand tall—not through force, but through grace, clarity, and inner truth.

The Ostrich enters your life as a powerful guide, calling you to remain rooted in your integrity while keeping your spiritual sight wide open. A rare bird of both earth and air, Ostrich reminds us that strength and sensitivity are not opposites—they are essential partners.

This card appears when you're being invited to hold your ground in the face of injustice, disharmony, or subtle misalignments—whether in your relationships, your environment, or within yourself. But the way forward is not confrontation. It’s awareness. Ostrich teaches that clarity and peace come through silence, presence, and spiritual listening. Meditation, breathwork, and stillness will allow you to see what others might miss—especially emotional undercurrents or energetic imprints that no longer serve you.

Let this be a time to cleanse your inner world. Step back from blame or resentment, and ask yourself gently:

Where am I in harmony with myself?
And where am I still holding onto something that doesn’t align with who I’m becoming?

In ancient Egypt, the Goddess Maat used the feather of the Ostrich to weigh the hearts of the dead. Only those whose hearts were as light as the feather could pass into the next realm. This symbolism invites us to lighten the emotional load. Release heaviness. Let go of the stories that keep you stuck. Truth, order, justice, and alignment with higher laws—these are the qualities Ostrich brings forward in your path today.

You don’t have to move quickly. You simply need to move honestly—with sincerity, adaptability, and the courage to see things from all angles, especially the uncomfortable ones. Ostrich also brings a message of self-confidence and perseverance: You are capable of navigating challenging terrain with strength, grace, and dignity.

Affirmation:
I open myself to peace, joy, and happiness in my life, and I experience the working of divine grace for the good of the whole.

Remember: You are not here to rush.
You are here to walk in truth.
And when your heart is clear, your life becomes light.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

29/06/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: Kali Yantra
A Gateway to Inner Power and Transformation

There comes a point on the spiritual path when something deeper is called for—a shift in how we meet life, how we face challenges, and how we hold our own energy. This is one of those moments.

The Kali Yantra represents inner power, clarity, and transformative potential. It is a sacred symbol designed to activate heightened awareness and awaken courage in the face of change. When this yantra appears, it signals that you are crossing a spiritual threshold—and you are ready.

You may have sensed something shifting inside: the desire to release distractions, to align more fully with what truly matters, to walk your path with more focus and honesty. This is your moment to recommit to what your soul has been quietly guiding you toward.

A yantra is more than a symbol—it is a mirror of your own inner geometry. It holds layers of meaning that unlock when we contemplate it with clear intention. The Kali Yantra in particular speaks to the movement of energy from the subtle to the physical. It supports the transformation of real-life challenges, helping us to see what is essential, what must change, and what can now be healed or released.

The downward-pointing triangles at its center symbolize regenerative power—the capacity to renew after endings, to rebuild after collapse. Like nature restoring herself after fire or flood, we too carry this innate wisdom to rise again. The colour red speaks to life force, action, and vital energy. Grey holds space for uncertainty—the liminal realm between what has been and what is still becoming. These are potent places of potential.

This teaching invites us to trust the process of personal transition. Even when we feel disconnected from the past and not yet anchored in the new, there is wisdom in the in-between. It is often here—when we let go of the need for answers—that the most meaningful transformation occurs.

There are also tools to help integrate this energy. One such practice is the Kali Mudra—a hand posture that channels clarity and strength. Interlace your fingers with the left thumb on top, and your index fingers pressed together and pointing upward. This gesture invites action rooted in wisdom rather than reaction based on fear. It reminds us to lead with inner knowing instead of external pressure.

Working with the yantra and mudra together can help you direct your energy toward healing, clarity, and aligned action. These aren’t abstract concepts—they are practices for real, grounded transformation. They support us in moving through emotional, mental, and even physical challenges, not by avoiding them, but by facing them with strength, presence, and purpose.

And if you’ve been feeling vulnerable, scattered, or energetically affected by others, this is your reminder:

You are not powerless.
You do not need to react from fear.
Even in the face of difficulty or negativity, you are capable of returning to your center and protecting your space.
Stay rooted in your values, in your wisdom, and in your truth.

Let your life be shaped from the inside out.
What is falling away is making space for what is more real, more aligned, and more powerful.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

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