🌱 New Episode of Grounded Spirits 🌊

158. How to Decode Life’s Subtle Signs

What if the universe is always speaking to you—you’re just not trained to understand the language?

In this week’s episode of Grounded Spirits, we decode the quiet, curious, and often confusing ways Spirit communicates through the everyday. From a dolphin sighting in Malibu to a haunted museum high in Pasadena, from a dirt-filled water bowl to a calla lily named Robin, this episode invites you to see your life as a conversation with the divine.

Through personal stories, herbal insights, and intuitive reflections, we explore how symbols, sensations, and synchronicities hold deeper meaning—if you’re willing to pay attention. This is an invitation to soften your senses, to wonder about that odd coincidence, and to reconnect with your natural ability to listen to life.

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On this episode, I didn’t talk much about dreams as signs from the universe so here are a few common dream interpretations:

• Falling
  • Interpretation: Loss of control, fear of failure, or insecurity.
  • Spiritual View: A call to ground yourself and reconnect with your body.
  • Freud: Repressed desire to let go or give in to temptation.
• Being Chased
  • Interpretation: Avoidance of a situation, person, or inner truth.
  • Psych Insight: What are you running from in your waking life?
• Flying
  • Interpretation: A desire for freedom or escape; personal empowerment.
  • Lucid Dreaming Cue: You might be partially aware you’re dreaming.
• Teeth Falling Out
  • Interpretation: Anxiety about appearance, communication, or loss.
  • Spiritual Angle: Transition or rites of passage (especially around identity).
• Being Naked in Public
  • Interpretation: Vulnerability, shame, or fear of being exposed.
  • Healing Potential: A dream pushing you toward authenticity.
• Taking an Exam
  • Interpretation: Performance anxiety, self-judgment, fear of not measuring up.
  • Mind-Body Connection: Can relate to perfectionism or imposter syndrome.
• Losing Someone / Death
  • Interpretation: Change, endings, or emotional processing.
  • Jungian Lens: Death in dreams often signals the end of an outdated part of the self.
• Water (Oceans, Rain, Drowning, etc.)
  • Interpretation: Emotional state—depth, repression, or cleansing.
  • Still Water: Peace or stagnation.
  • Stormy Water: Turmoil or transformation.
• Pregnancy or Birth
  • Interpretation: Creativity, new beginnings, or personal growth.
  • Spiritual Message: Something within you is ready to be birthed into the world.
• Houses / Rooms
  • Interpretation: Different parts of the self. New or hidden rooms = undiscovered potential or repressed aspects.
    • Attic = Mind
    • Memory/Basement = Subconscious
    • Shadow/Bedroom = Intimacy

Which dreams have you had? Are these interpretations true for you?

ANGEL NUMBERS

I also only showed the angel numbers that came to me this week but I didn’t tell your their interpretations.

• 111 – Alignment & Manifestation
  • You’re in sync with your thoughts and desires.
  • A sign to stay positive—what you think, you create.
• 222 – Balance & Trust
  • Be patient. Things are unfolding in divine timing.
  • Also a nudge to bring harmony into your relationships or decisions.
• 333 – Divine Support
  • Ascended masters, guides, or ancestors are with you.
  • A time to speak your truth and step into your purpose.
• 444 – Protection & Foundation
  • You’re being divinely protected.
  • Focus on building strong roots—emotionally, spiritually, or even financially.
  • You’re laying down the foundation.
• 555 – Change & Transformation
  • Major shifts are on the horizon (or already happening).
  • Embrace the unknown—this is growth in motion.
• 666 – Realignment
  • Often misunderstood. This is about re-centering and reconnecting with your higher self.
  • Check your thoughts: Are you overly focused on the material?
    • I also see this as a sign that things/ideas are starting to come into the physical
• 777 – Spiritual Awakening
  • A sign you’re on a deep spiritual path.
  • Wisdom is coming, or you’re about to receive insight—trust the process.
• 888 – Abundance & Power
  • Financial or energetic abundance is near.
  • A reward for your efforts is close—stay open to receiving.
• 999 – Completion & Release
  • Something is ending, making space for a new beginning.
  • Let go of what no longer serves you.
• 000 – Infinite Potential
  • You are held in divine wholeness.
  • Reset, renew, return to source.

You can also mix and match the number meanings.

• Ex. you keep seeing the numbers 114, so the combined new meaning would be: stay positive, you’re divinely protected.
• Let’s do more:
  • 227: be patient, trust the process
  • 338: speak your truth, you will be rewarded for it
• I’ve also seen it where the same base numbers are used just in different ways:
  • 114, 411, 141, 1104, 1141, 1014, etc..
  • 227, 272, 277…
  • 338, 383, 388…

What numbers have you been seeing?

THE BREAKDOWN OF MY WEEK

WEDNESDAY—JULY 23RD

• I spent most of my day trying to upload last week’s episode.
• I went to Alhambra Library, Starbucks, Alhambra Park, Gas, Arcadia Public Library (where I was finally able to upload), and ended my day at the dispensary.
  • I’ve had Wyldcanna’s Dream gummies before. They hit every time.
  • It was my first time trying Gramlin’s Sativa (I can’t remember the extra strain but I want to say it was something mimosa).
    • I’ve been loving it. It hits hard but it’s like a chill high instead of a shoot you off to space kind of vibe.
    • I’ve had a lot of good revelations on it.
  • Hiii is the magazine I instantly became obsessed with.

THURSDAY—JULY 24TH

• I never noticed how many suns were around where I live. These were just the beginning. There were so many more! I didn’t put any up. Is the universe trying to tell me something?
• I dye my hair!
  • This is what chatgpt says about dying hair a magenta/deep wine/plum color (mind you, I thought I was dying my hair red lol)
    • 🔮 Red-Purple Combined (Magenta/Deep Wine/Plum)
      • A fusion of earth and spirit, this tone is often connected to:
        • Alchemy & Transformation – you’re undergoing or calling in a personal evolution
        • Witchy Feminine Power – embracing intuitive, erotic, and creative forces
        • Thresholds & Initiation – marking a rite of passage (new identity, rebirth, sovereignty)
        • Ancestral Connection – especially for lineages tied to mystery traditions, blood rites, or priestess paths
        • Balance of Passion & Wisdom – uniting raw emotion (red) with spiritual insight (purple)
    • 💇‍♀️ Why Hair?
      • Hair holds spiritual weight in many cultures:
        • Extension of identity & aura
        • Antennae of the soul – tuning into energy
        • Symbol of transformation – dyeing/cutting often aligns with life changes
        • In mystical traditions, changing your hair is like casting a spell—it shifts how you’re perceived and how you move through the world.
• I go to the Huntington Library to work.
  • I found a really cool art piece that taught me about the importance of zooming in and out in life.
• I go to one of my favorite LA parks.
  • I sat in the sun, learned how to relax.
  • then I walked around the perimeter of the park along the grass barefoot. It was invigorating!
    • until I got a splinter
      • luckily, i just chilled with it and ended up on a deep dive on uncommon cosmic bodies that still appear on the TimePassages astrological app.
        • I learned that there is one called Haumea from HAWAII.
          • since i’m a hula dancer, you know I freaked out
      • after I finished my deep dive, I checked back on the splinter and got it out effortlessly (before I was struggling to get it out lol).
  • On my way out, these white roses caught my attention and taught me about choosing to age.
    • I feel like before I was worried about growing up and chose to believe that I’ll always be young.
      • But I think I’m ready to enter my full adult body and to be called “hot not pretty”- chappelle roan
• Afterwards, I went to Dollar Tree.
  • One of my dreams is to create a store that is truly a dollar store. I’ve already been working on the plan that will ensure that it will be sustainable.
• I ended my day at this spot I know where the earth literally hold you like a baby. There was this waterfall too that taught me to trust my intuition more.

FRIDAY—JULY 25TH

• I went back to the Alhambra Library to write up The Ornelian Updates for the week.
• Then I randomly ended up at the Norton Simon Museum because they don’t close until 7pm on Fridays and it’s free for students.
  • I had never done the audio tour so the little game I played with myself is that I couldn’t read any of the written descriptions, I could only listen to the audio about the piece.
• I had taken two edibles together thinking they would allow me to get deeper into the art and allow my awareness to expand within the art.
  • This is a classic example of be careful what you wish for
    • the edibles hit me so hard that I was able to imagine (or clairvoyantly see) the artists painting their pieces from hundreds of years ago.
      • I would have thought it was just my imagination until the piece that’s on the episode of all the glass. In one of the reflections of the glass you can see what I had already seen!!
    • then energies of jumping in and out of timelines and feeling all the people who have owned the piece and the piece’s journey to the Norton Simon was all too much
  • Because I was only listening to the pieces that were part of the audio tour, I would spend mins in front of one piece then skip a ton till I found the next one on the tour. Maybe it was just me being paranoid because the edibles did hit hard, but it was after hours and I was the only patron there with six guards. ALL STARING AT ME! because what else are they going to look at lol
    • but yeah I freaked out, I had to get out of there ASAP
  • The edibles kept hitting me harder and harder. On my way out, it literally felt like my face was melting off—like it was becoming water.
    • I think it means that my masks have finally dissolved!

SATURDAY—JULY 26TH

• I went to visit my best friend: Moana (the ocean).
• I went to Pepperdine so the Malibu beach has always held a special place in my heart.
• I saw over 20 dolphins! Go watch the episode to see some!
  • ChatGPT: When the dolphin appears—whether in dreams, meditations, or real life—it may be calling you to:
    • Lighten up and reengage with what brings you real joy.
    • Heal emotional wounds through compassion and breathwork.
    • Trust your intuition and explore nonverbal ways of knowing.
    • Prioritize connection over competition.
  • At first, I thought I had seen over 50 of them! There were probably 3 or 4 pods (typically groups of 10-30 dolphins)
    • the ones I saw had between 2-8 dolphins in each
    • but then I recognized the same dorsal fin of a particular dolphin whose name is Cobalt
      • He kept going back and forth in front of me!

• The crabs that I talk about on the episode are called Pacific sand crab or Pacific mole crab

• The magazine I referenced is called Hiii.
• The Leo article I mentioned can be found here.
• The book I referenced is A Separate Reality by Carlos Castañeda
  • I was saying that spiritual development is really slow and that it better not take 10 years
    • but when you get joy from the present moment, and enjoy life for the moment not just to drudge through to the destination, something shifts,
    • so now I could do it for 5, 10, 50 years because its something I love.
    • I love learning about myself, the land, and all the people, animals, and plants that inhabit it.
    • Why would I want that to stop?
      • BTW This all happened Saturday and now its Thursday so I’ve had time to process..
      • PS funny I said “10 years” because they say it takes 10 years to become an overnight success
        • I’ve had people in the biz on ILA Radio and they have confirmed that this is true based on their experience
        • but what if it just takes that long to find your voice, be comfortable in your body (regulate your nervous system), and develop this It factor?
• I keep talking about looking ugly and then looking pretty so I asked ChatGPT how to be pretty
  • https://chatgpt.com/share/688af535-26b4-8002-bac3-22bf01870bd9

• At night, we went out to dinner with my sister-in-law and her husband and kids. Afterwards, we drove around DTLA. Seeing all forms of life out on a Saturday night made me think about all the stories out there that are never told. I discuss more on Belasprii’s first ever course/video.

• The night ended with a bloody leg
  • It was on my left side and it felt like it was symbolizing the last bits I needed to scrape off that weren’t mine
  • It felt cleansing and weirdly the pain felt good like an icy heat.

SUNDAY—JULY 27TH

• My husband and I had a chill day with our kids (our German Shephards)
  • Plus the two other dogs as seen on the episode
• Spiritual Significance of the plants seen in this section
  • Calla Lily
    • Name: Robin
    • Ki (plant pronouns—read Braiding Sweetgrass to know more) comes from the Calla Lilies from Redlands

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♬ Chill Vibes – Tollan Kim

• Before we moved, Bert and Edie (Robin’s great-great grandparents) died.
• While moving, I was emptying out their pots and found that one of them still had their bulb!
• I re-planted it once we came out here but I kept ki inside. Ki’s name was Amelia. Ki had a really long stem and a single leaf. Ki died.
• A couple more times did ki sprout but always died shortly after.
• After a while, I stopped watering ki and left ki outside.
• Then, I planted some more flowers and decided to include ki in that collection.
  • When I uncovered the bulb, I found that there was a tiny sprout!
• Only ki (who recently told me the name’s Robin) and Kimberly (the rose bush) survived.

• Kimberly, the rose bush, is super meaningful to me because she produced Dahlia, a rose that asked to come along on a day with me.
  • We went to the San Gabriel Mission. She rode along in my hair. I used a claw clip to secure her.
    • then we went to Walmart.
    • afterwards, we went to a sound bath.
  • She had a wonderful day. At the end of it, I pressed her to preserve her.

• Now for the explanation for why I felt that the dogs drinking out of the makeshift water bowl was such a big deal
  • This whole time, I’ve been feeling so much water all around me.
    • Think like when people say “I feel like I’m drowning ” because of all the problems they are experiencing
  • Because there was so much spiritual water, I kept thinking that I needed to keep digging down to unclog the water and finally feel free
    • Listening to my intuition and filling up the “bowl” made me realize that I’m not supposed to get rid of the spiritual water around me, I’m supposed to hold it, manage it, store it, replace it, and take care of it
      • I was worried that the dogs wouldn’t drink out of it because of the layer of dirt on the bottom
        • All four of them drinking from it was an indication that they all love me and love my love even if it too has a layer of dirt (shadow side)
          • The next day the bowl was dry and Shelby, a husky, asked me to refill it. All four drank from it again even though they had the new pool by this point.

MONDAY—JULY 28TH

• On my way to my favorite park by the LA River, I passed an on-location film shoot. It’s one of the first clips during the intro.
• I’ve been seeing at least 5 butterflies a day since late April/early May. See one on the episode!
  • Here’s what ChatGPT said about it
    • https://chatgpt.com/share/688b0e79-5370-8010-b89e-fdc3387ea833

• I didn’t mention this or show this but lately I have been obsessed with sunflower seeds.
  • Sunflower seeds carry potent symbolic energy:
    • Sunflowers = the sun, joy, vitality, truth
    • Seeds = potential, fertility, nourishment, future self
  • Very similar message from the dolphins!
• Yes, I’m still smoking, even though it’s way passed the new moon. It just feels right and I feel like I got everything I needed from that much needed T-break. We’ll see if/when I get the intuitive call to go on another T-break.

TUESDAY—JULY 29TH

• Not included on this episode
  • I talked to my sister for a couple hours
  • I filmed for Belasprii at the Monrovia Library
  • I spent the rest of the day editing

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JOURNAL PROMPTS

✨ What signs or synchronicities have I experienced recently that felt meaningful—even if I didn’t fully understand them at the time?

🍃 If my current emotional or physical state were a message from Spirit, what might it be trying to tell me?

🌙 What patterns, symbols, or animals consistently appear in my life, and what might they be inviting me to notice or remember?

AFFIRMATIONS

🌸 I am open and receptive to the guidance that flows through everyday life.

🌿 The universe speaks to me in ways I am ready to understand.

💫 Each moment holds meaning—I trust myself to listen and follow.

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