Soulful Ways, Cape Town (2026)

15/02/2026

Soulful Card of the Week: Empowerment

This week’s energy is clear and steady - Empowerment!

Not the loud, forceful kind. The grounded kind. The calm kind that knows where it is going.

You may already feel it. A quiet strengthening within you. A clearer sense of direction. A deeper commitment to something that matters to your heart.

This card speaks to the one who is moving toward a goal. Even if there have been delays and moments of doubt. It may even feel at times like you are swimming against the current. This is a reminder that you are NOT off your path.

You are building stamina and resilience. You are building depth. And that kind of growth does not always look glamorous while it is happening.

There may be a temptation this week to take the easier route. To follow someone else’s direction or to soften your vision so that it feels more comfortable.

But this is not a week for shrinking.

This is a week for staying steady. For carving your own way and trusting that every small, consistent step is shaping something meaningful.

You are stronger than you realise. And the journey you are on is worthy.

Questions for the Week:
- Where am I being asked to stay committed rather than give up?
- What would choosing courage look like in one small way this week?
- Am I honouring my own direction, or drifting toward what feels easier?

Affirmation: I trust my path. I honour my strength. I move forward with calm confidence and steady purpose.

May this week remind you that empowerment is not about proving anything to anyone. It is about standing in your own current and continuing anyway.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
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08/02/2026

Soulful Card of the Week: Summer

This week carries the energy of Summer: A time of blooming. Of warmth. Of shining without apology.

Even if it is not summer where you live, this card speaks of an inner season. Something within you is ripening. Something is ready to be expressed more boldly, more joyfully, more fully.

Summer is not about striving. It is about allowing. Allowing your creative energy to move pleasure to be sacred and yourself to be seen.

There is a fullness here. A reminder that life is not only about responsibility and growth through challenge, but also about celebration, connection, sensuality and gratitude. When you soften into your senses, you return to your body. And when you return to your body, you return to your power.

This week, let yourself enjoy something without earning it first. Let yourself take up space and shine in a way that feels natural, not forced.

There is nothing selfish about radiance. When you are lit from within, you give others permission to glow too.

Questions for the Week:
• Where in my life am I ready to bloom more openly?
• What simple pleasure have I been denying myself?
• How can I honour my body and senses this week?

Affirmation: I open myself to joy, expression and abundance. I allow life to flow through me with warmth and confidence. I shine in my own season.

May this week feel lighter. May you celebrate yourself and may you remember that life is also meant to be enjoyed.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za
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01/02/2026

Soulful Moon Message: Full Moon in Leo!

If January felt like a write-off, you can still start strong from here.

This Full Moon in Leo is a bright, heart-led reset. A moment to remember who you are when you stop shrinking, stop apologising, and stop waiting for the “perfect” time. Leo energy is about courage, creativity, self-expression, and letting your inner light be seen in a way that feels true, not performative.

Astrologically, this Full Moon lights up the Leo–Aquarius axis (self vs. community, heart vs. mind, authenticity vs. approval). It’s a beautiful time to come back to your own rhythm and ask: What would I do if I trusted myself again?

In South Africa this Full Moon peaks just after midnight (around 00:09 early morning 2 Feb). If you’re reading this on the 1st, tonight is your portal.

A simple Full Moon “New Year Reset” practice (10 minutes)
- Light a candle and take 5 slow breaths into your heart:
- Write down what you’re ready to release from last year energy: procrastination, self-doubt, people-pleasing, fear of being seen.
- Then write one bold, simple commitment for February. Keep it practical, not overwhelming.

Choose a tiny first step you can do in the next 24 hours.

Questions to ask yourself:

1) Where am I still acting like it’s “too late” and what would change if I believed it’s right on time?

2) What part of me wants to be seen, celebrated, expressed or created this year?

3) If I stopped editing myself, what truth would I finally say out loud (to me, to life, to Spirit)?

Affirmation: It’s not too late. I begin again with courage, clarity, and a heart that trusts itself.

If you’re feeling extra emotional, tender, or reactive, be gentle with yourself. Full Moons can bring feelings to the surface so they can be felt, understood, and released. Let the emotion move, then choose your response from the heart.

If you plan on doing a little moon ritual tonight tell me in the comments what you will be calling in for February. One word is enough.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za
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26/01/2026

Soulful Card of the Week: Elk & Ash (Strength)

This week’s card carries a strong, steady energy.

The Elk reminds us of true endurance. The kind of strength that isn’t rushed or reactive. It is grounded. It is patient. It is built over time, and it knows how to keep moving even when the terrain is difficult.

And the Ash tree brings another layer of medicine. It teaches resilience, stability, and the ability to flourish even when life feels harsh or demanding. Ash does not crumble under pressure. It stays rooted.

Together, Elk and Ash arrive as a message of inner preparation.

You may be approaching something that feels big. A decision. A challenge. A season that requires more of you than usual. This card is not here to create fear, but to remind you of something important:

You already have what it takes.

You are being called to gather your strength ahead of time, not in panic, but in self-leadership. It is time to trust your own stamina. To meet what is coming with calm confidence. To tame the unruly thoughts, emotions, or distractions that try to derail you.

Strength this week does not mean pushing harder...it means becoming steadier.
It means choosing what supports you, and releasing what drains you.

If you have been feeling overwhelmed, or doubting yourself, this is your reminder to call your power back. Ask Spirit to reconnect you to the part of you that knows how to persevere. The part of you that stays grounded even when life gets intense.

You are stronger than you realize, and you are more prepared than you think.

Questions for the Week:
- What challenge am I being asked to face with calm strength?
- Where do I need to stop leaking energy and start protecting it?
- What would it look like to trust my own stamina fully this week?

Affirmation: I am strong, steady, and prepared. I trust my inner stamina. I remain rooted, guided, and capable through every challenge.

Wishing you a week of courage, stability, and quiet power.

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

18/01/2026

Soulful Card of the Week: Isha Hakhamah

This card arrives as a deep exhale for the soul.

Even if parts of your life feel slow, unclear or temporarily blocked, something meaningful is unfolding beneath the surface. Not everything that looks like an obstacle is working against you. Some things are quietly protecting you, guiding you, and keeping you aligned with what truly matters.

Isha Hakhamah brings the wisdom of patience. Not the kind that forces waiting or endurance, but the kind that understands that real transformation often happens beyond conscious awareness. While your mind looks for evidence, timelines, or reassurance... your soul is already doing the work.

You are not stuck. You are not falling behind. You are ripening.

This card reminds you that patience is an act of courage. It is trusting that what is forming within you needs time to become whole. That your path is not late, wrong, or forgotten. It is precise.

You are on a worthy journey. A necessary one. Even if you cannot yet see the full shape of what is coming, your time for fruition has not been missed. It is held. It is protected. It is divinely timed.

Let this week soften your inner urgency. Let it quiet the part of you that feels the need to push, prove or rush. You are being guided steadily toward beauty and truth, even now.

Questions for the Week:
Where am I mistaking protection for delay?
What is asking me to trust the process instead of forcing an outcome?
How can I honour patience as a form of inner wisdom this week?

Affirmation: I trust the unseen work unfolding within me. I allow patience to guide me. What is meant for me is arriving in its perfect time.

May this week bring reassurance, grounding, and a deeper trust in your own becoming.

xx Leo

www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za
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11/01/2026

Soulful Card of the Week: The Word Wants to Be Written

This card arrives as a loving but firm reminder that what wants to move through you is not something you need to chase, force, or earn.

What you want to create, express, write, sing, share, or become is already alive inside you. It has always been there. It is not waiting for you to be braver, better, more healed, or more ready. It is simply waiting for permission.

Many of us learned early on that being fully ourselves was risky. That love was conditional. That certain parts of us needed to be toned down, hidden, or reshaped in order to belong. Over time, layers of shame formed, not because something was wrong with us, but because we were adapting in order to survive.

This card gently invites you to stop negotiating with that old conditioning.

You do not need to justify your creativity or need approval to live your truth! You do not need to be perfect to be powerful!

The sacred rebel within you is stirring. Not to fight, but to reclaim. To say, quietly but clearly, “I am allowed to be myself.” To choose self love even when old voices try to pull you back into doubt or self judgement.

Life is urging you forward because the work wants to happen. The word wants to be written. The creation wants to be born. And it wants to be born through you.

This week is about releasing shame, stepping over old emotional rubble, and trusting that your desire to create is not random. It is natural. It is meaningful. It is part of your path.

Questions for the Week:
- Where am I still holding back out of fear of being judged or misunderstood?
- What part of me wants to be expressed more freely right now?
- What would change if I chose self love over self doubt in this moment?

Affirmation: I release shame and claim myself in love. I honour my creative power, my truth, and my innate worth. What wants to be created through me is allowed to flow.

Be gentle with yourself this week. You are not behind. You are not broken. You are remembering who you are.

xx Leo

05/01/2026

Soulful Card of the Week: Run Wild

This card arrives with a gentle but liberating invitation: loosen your grip.
Not on your responsibilities, but on the idea that you must always be composed, productive, and put together.

There is a wild, instinctive part of you that remembers how to feel life directly. Through your body. Through your senses. Through laughter, mess, curiosity, and play. This part of you is not reckless. It is alive.

As adults, we often learn to suppress this energy. We tidy it away. We tell ourselves there is no time. No space. No permission. But the inner child does not disappear. She waits. And when she is ignored for too long, joy fades, creativity dulls, and the body grows heavy.

Running wild does not mean abandoning responsibility. It means remembering that pleasure is not a luxury. It is nourishment. It means allowing moments where there is no outcome, no achievement, no box to tick. Just experience.

Mess can be medicine. Play can be healing. Letting go of how you are supposed to act can bring you back to who you really are.

This week you are invited to soften your rules. To move your body in ways that feel good. To remember that delight is a spiritual practice too. Your inner child is not asking for perfection. She is asking to be included.

Questions for the Week:
- Where in my life have I become overly controlled or serious?
- What part of me is longing for play, mess, or freedom?
- What would it feel like to give myself permission to enjoy without justification?

Affirmation:
I give myself permission to feel joy, play, and freedom. I honour the wild, alive parts of me. Pleasure is safe, nourishing, and allowed.

xx Leo

www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za
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03/01/2026

Full Moon in Cancer is the first Full Moon of the year, and it arrives like a turning point. It is a moment to turn the corner, not by forcing a fresh start, but by clearing what is still emotionally pulling you backward.

This lunation can feel amplified. Mars being the planet of action, anger, s*x, and drive, you may notice emotions rising fast, reactions sharpening, desire intensifying, and your body feeling more switched on than usual. With Jupiter emphasis, everything can feel bigger and louder, like whatever you are feeling gets turned up to maximum volume. The guidance is simple and wise: keep cool. Pace yourself. Do not burn out at the start of the year by trying to do everything at once.

The heart of this Full Moon is forgiveness. The message is clear: if you want to receive what you are praying for, dreaming of, or calling in, forgiveness is part of the bridge. Not approval. Not pretending it did not hurt. Forgiveness here is release. It is the decision to stop carrying the emotional weight of the past into the future.

If you want to chase a dream this year, clear the inner weight that makes forward movement feel heavy. Let go of upsets, doubt, regret, resentment, and self judgement. Choose one real change that supports your emotional safety and your next chapter.

Three questions to sit with:
What am I ready to let go of from the past?
What family pattern or dynamic am I ready to heal and release?
What helps me feel emotionally safe and supported right now?

This moon asks you to...
Turn the corner. Keep cool. Forgive to free your energy. Chase the dream. Make the change.

28/12/2025

Soulful Card of the Week: Our Lady of Soul Birth

This card arrives wrapped in a very tender message: you have never been separate from the Divine.

Even in moments when you’ve felt lost, broken, ashamed, or unsure ...you were still held. Still loved and still becoming.

Our Lady of Soul Birth reminds us that the soul’s journey is not a polished or perfect one. It is earthy, raw, luminous, painful, ecstatic — and deeply human. Light and darkness are not opposites here; they are companions. Both are necessary for the soul to grow, soften, and come alive.

This card speaks of a love that does not ask you to fix yourself first. A love that does not reject your anger, grief, fear, or confusion. A love that says: bring all of it and know that nothing is too much.

When you turn away from parts of yourself, you turn away from that love. When you choose self-acceptance (even gently, imperfectly) something sacred begins to open. Your heart softens. Your soul breathes and life begins to move again.

This week asks you to stop hiding. Stop believing that some parts of you are "unacceptable". To trust that growth doesn't come from perfection but from honesty.

You are allowed to blossom at your own pace and to be fed by both the light and dark.
You are allowed to trust... even when you don’t fully understand.

Nothing is wrong with you and nothing needs to be forced. Love is already growing.

Questions for the Week:
- What part of myself have I been resisting or judging?
- Where am I being invited to soften into acceptance rather than control?

Affirmation: I welcome all parts of myself with love. I trust my soul’s unfolding. I am held, guided, and deeply loved as I become who I am meant to be.

xx Leo

www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za
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22/12/2025

Soulful Card of the Week: Generating Dynamic Confidence

This card arrives as a gentle reminder that confidence is not something you either have or don’t have. It’s something that moves. It grows, softens, expands, contracts... and then grows again.

True confidence isn’t loud or performative. It isn’t about always feeling strong or fearless. It’s born from self-trust, self-compassion, and the willingness to stay present with yourself through life’s waves - even the uncomfortable ones.

For sensitive souls especially, confidence can feel fragile at times. A small comment, a misstep, or a difficult day can knock us off-centre. This card reminds you: that doesn’t mean you’ve failed or gone backwards. It means you’re human.

Dynamic confidence grows when you stop turning against yourself in moments of doubt. When you offer yourself the same empathy you give so freely to others. When you allow rest, play, creativity, and small pleasures to nourish you - not as rewards, but as medicine.

Confidence doesn’t grow through harsh self-criticism.
It grows through kindness. Through appreciation rather than ego. Through honouring your unique contribution, exactly as you are.

You don’t need to compare yourself to be worthy. You don’t need to be perfect to be powerful and you certainly don’t need to have it all figured out to stand in your truth.

This week invites you to soften your inner voice and let confidence rebuild itself from the inside out: gently, honestly, and in your own time.

Questions for the Week:
- Where have I been hard on myself instead of compassionate?
- What would change if I treated myself with the same empathy I give others?
- What brings me genuine enjoyment — and how can I allow more of it in?

Affirmation: I allow confidence to grow gently within me. I meet myself with compassion, creativity, and trust. I honour who I am and the unique light I bring.

xx Leo

www.leohibbert.co.za
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14/12/2025

Soulful Message of the Week: Chamber of Power

This card arrives as a clear and loving invitation: Step fully into yourself!

The Chamber of Power reminds you that your strength, confidence, and authority are not something you need to earn, borrow, or prove. They already live within you. You have a right to be here. A right to take up space. A right to occupy your life fully — body, heart, voice, and soul.

So often we learn to dim our light, but you didn’t come here to fit in. No one did. You came here to embody who you are — exactly as you are — and to let your presence be enough.

Power is not a limited resource. Someone else standing tall does not take anything away from you. And you standing tall does not diminish anyone else. We rise together, or not at all.

This card speaks to releasing comparison, competition, and the old habit of placing others on pedestals. It invites you to reclaim your inner authority without shrinking and without overpowering. True power is grounded, calm, self-trusting, and deeply embodied.

You already hold the keys.
The door is not locked.
It never was.

The only question now is whether you’re willing to open it - and to live from that place.

Questions for the Week
- Where have I been dimming my light or holding back my truth?
- In what areas of my life am I ready to take up more space — gently and unapologetically?
- What shifts when I remember that my power does not compete with anyone else’s?

Affirmation: I choose to occupy my life fully. I trust my inner power and allow myself to stand tall, grounded, and whole. I am worthy of my strength, my voice, and my presence.

May this week invite you back into yourself.

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

07/12/2025

Soulful Message of the Week: FIRGUN
Become a Loving Mirror

This week, the energy of Firgún asks us to soften, open, and step into one of the purest expressions of the heart: genuine joy for the joy of others.

Firgún is a Hebrew word that describes the simple, unselfish happiness we feel when something beautiful happens to someone else — without envy, without comparison, without shrinking ourselves. It is love in motion. It is the healing of the self through the celebration of another.

This card arrives when our hearts are ready for emotional unification — a return to compassion, appreciation, and connection. It reminds us that whenever we delight in another’s wellbeing, we activate the same vibration within ourselves. We mirror what we bless.

And as modern energy work and even quantum physics show us: We become part of whatever we acknowledge.

When we soften our resentment, jealousy, fear, or scarcity and choose instead to delight in someone else’s success, something shifts. Our heart widens. Our energy brightens. Our path clears. Suddenly, we are no longer outside the circle of blessings - we are participating in them.

This is not about bypassing your feelings or pretending everything is okay.
It is about bravely noticing where comparison or contraction has crept in… and choosing love anyway.

When you celebrate others, you open the door for your own life to be celebrated.

Questions for the Week:
- Where have I compared myself instead of celebrating myself or others?
- Whose joy, success, or freedom can I honour this week — even quietly within my own heart?
- What happens in my body when I choose appreciation instead of envy?

Affirmation: I honour the joy of others, knowing it awakens joy within me. I am a loving mirror — generous, open, and free. The success I celebrate is the success I invite into my own life.

Wishing you a week filled with softened edges, open-hearted reflection, and the quiet miracles that come when we bless the path of another… and in doing so, heal our own.

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

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