Celtic Oracle Card of the Week: Ullice

This week's card is Ullice, or mistletoe. The mistletoe was one of the more sacred plants to the Druids. One of the words used to describe mistletoe also means "to heal or make whole." Yet this plant is parasitic, and is spread by bird's droppings. As a healer, I have found that the majority of my strength and desire to use my gifts to the benefit of others comes from my suffering. The most ugly, shameful parts of my life have yielded the qualities in myself I like most today. I am not the only person in my line of work who feels this way. I've heard some call their suffering a trial by fire, or an initiation. But the bottom line is we were reborn out of our "dirt" and struggles. Much as the mistletoe is able to spread and grow by bird droppings. Find your gems in the ugliest parts of your past. Recognize them as just that: gems. You are not the traumas you have experienced, but you are made of the blessings that trauma has left behind.