Light please

 

I have seemed to lost my way in the darkness. Waiting for some illumination to help me find the path clear of confusion.

The Gaian Tarot

Tinnitus

 

I have been having lots of issues with tinnitus and have for a good portion of my life.  Number of causes, most of them add to the original source I think, being whacked upside my head as child. They discovered when I switched form parochial to public school in the eight grade, that my right ear only had about eight percent hearing ability. So many tests, I still hear those high chimes that tested my range. Loud tv, radios, head trauma, and even high blood pressure added to the distress of my audio system. I now notice it becomes more pronounced when I have my heart flutters. I looked up in Louise Hays' book "You Can Heal Your Life" for possible causation and cure and reasoning is 'failure to listen' and new thought pattern 'I trust my Higher-Self and listen with love to my inner voice.'   Definitely Moon anthology. 

The Moon Reversed last week and now again, my intuition is howling for me to pay attention.

Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

IDK

 

I am perplexed by The Moon revealing itself in reverse. How has this  happened when I keep cards in the upright position in all decks? Here at the end of a 'luny' week; several days in hospital, instead of a day because of the massive amount of need of the many. Did the Full Moon Wednesday add to the many's trauma? People being treated in the interior hallways of the Emergency Center, for lack of beds and skilled professionals. Did my fears and anxiety add to my topsy-turvy state of mind?

I consulted Rachel Pollacks description from her book 'Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom'  "the Moon reversed signifies a disturbance. The person does not wish to turn away from the solar side, and may try to fight off the Moon by a great deal of activity. The Moon, however, will not be denied, and the fears can get stronger the more we fight it. The psyche, operating under its own laws for its own reasons, has turned to the Moon. If we allow ourselves to experience it, the fears will turn to wonders and the gateways open to adventure."

Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

Precarious Visions

 

Precarious visions indeed; very apt description for The Moon. We see what we see, which may be completely different from another's view. Beautiful or Eerie? We see what we see based on our perceptions and education, which of course education influences our perceptions. Each of us are unique individuals with unique perspectives. Some paint the Moon, others worship, or howl, or bang drums, or hide behind closed doors. The Moon inspires me to feel not to overthink. To trust my intuition, which is more reliable then what my eyes may behold.

Artwork:  Uttewalder Grund - Caspar David Friedrich

MAJESTIC EARTH Tarot

Shadowlands

 

When the shadows gather it is easy to slip into worry and let dark fears overtake us. If we can gather ourselves and work through the issue(s) and get some perspective we just may be okay. It takes work and time, but the  shadowlands are not a place to linger, at least not very long. Sometimes the darkness helps us appreciate the light and joys of Life. 

The Fountain Tarot - Andi Todaro, Jason Gruhl, Jonathan Saiz

Emotional software.

 

The Moon, our emotional software.  Our unconscious motivation to feel and experience the world around us. What calls to us for emotional fulfillment?  The Moon phases throughout the month. Full Moon, New Moon, Dark of the Moon, Waxing and Waning.  Our emotions shift with the Moon's passage around our Earth. Follow its path and correlate with our feelings.  Luna stirs our heart and soul with her lovely presence and lyrical messages. Currently we are under the Moon waning until Monday September 6th with the New Moon bringing us new energy and revitalized interest.  

The Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

Limitations

 

No. No you can't do that. Not for you. Probably shouldn't. Be careful. You are making a mistake. Stop, you can't.  No, no, no, no.

All the layers of fear that are laid on us, from birth and continuing. Limitation, a word that was called out to me in the night, last night. It still buzzes in my frontal lobe.  I would go out and howl my frustration at the Moon tonight, but wait, there is Chinese rocket space debris falling to the Earth, which might just land on me. More careful consideration.

Does all that cautionary advice help or hinder?

The Fountain Tarot

Imaginings

 

I am lost within the labyrinth of this card. Meanings race across the vision board of my mind. Moon Magic. Owl Magic. Night Musings. Luna's call to me. Imagination of winged flight? Wisdom. Those immense eyes that miss nothing. The Moon in Tarot. The Moon in Astrology. I am a city gal, been so for many a year. Grew up in a rural setting. I miss sitting out under the night sky and enjoying a lovely conversation with the Moon during these cold, wintery days. I think I miss the quiet of the night in a less populated environment even more in these later nights of my life. I have not heard the soft, whimsical hoot of an owl in the deep of the night in many a years. I miss the soft caress of  the moonlight. Owl's wisdom recommends a change in my path.

The Spiritsong Tarot

Lace up

It's a marvelous night for a Moon Dance.
Partial eclipse early tomorrow morning. 
After all the fireworks something really worth watching and participating in. 
I am putting on my dancing shoes and having a spin after midnight. (well actually I will be barefoot)

Moon shadow

Not sure what this Moon appearance brings me today? Maybe don't get carried away with your emotional reaction to something?
I looked at the lwb and one of several explanations gives us:  The Moon is also a confusing undefined situation which drags on for a long time.  Well that nails it doesn't it.








Marco Polo Tarot

Moon shadow

"I'm being followed by a moon shadow, moon shadow, moon shadow." ~ Cat Stevens
February's Snow Full Moon is tomorrow.
There is about an inch of snow on the ground today, but it will all begone tomorrow.  Still I can envision her glow bouncing off the snow, making the all the world glistening and bright.  The Full Moon is full of magic and mystery.  A moment to pause and remind myself that there will always be wonders to behold.




The Green Witch Tarot ~ Ann Moura

Moon Dance

The Moon draw on the day of the New Moon. Auspicious or cautionary?   I noticed on the inverted mermaid a heart at the crown of her head; not sure if it is meaningful, then again it would be since the artist specifically placed on the card.  Heartfelt Moon Dance.  A good time to check in with our hearts and listen to her rhythms and make your wishes under the  New Moon.
"It's a marvelous night for a moon dance" ~ Van Morrison





The Celestial Tarot

Lunar Eclipse

The night before a Full Moon usually is a restless and mostly sleepless night for me. I have experienced this for years and last night was no different.  Could not get a glimpse of the fullish moon last night nor the next couple, as remnants of tropical storm Barry fill the sky.  This Full Moon features a total eclipse, only visible across South America.  It will impact the cosmos regardless of seen or unseen; it is across the Earth's sky.
The crayfish makes me think of those thoughts and memories I leave beneath the surface of my life.  Revealing themselves during crucial moment, like tonight. 
I have a Moon globe and that will be as close as I get to lunar light tonight.  Maybe I will set with that and wait to see, feel, experience during the Lunar Eclipse.

New Moon

After drawing the Moon I checked the calendar and today is the New Moon, so an appropriate draw for the day.  Water, yep lots of it today with rain forecasted on an off all day.  I seem to have focused on the falling yods beneath the Moon and yep, there is a meteor shower, the Eta Aquariids peaking tonight. Won't see it here because of the cloud cover and it is most visible in the Southern Hemisphere.  Even though I can't and won't see the Moon or the meteor shower doesn't mean I won't be effected.  Meteor showers always seem to stir something up in me when the Earth passes through the dust of a comet. So it is "a lets be kind to Carolyn" day.  If I hear those dogs howling this evening, well I am sure there will be a revelation accompanied by goose-bumps.
woo-woo stuff.

The yellow brick road

How do we choose which companion to ask us to travel the path ahead?  Not knowing what may lay along the path.  Whatever or whoever we choose there will be times of misgiving, second thoughts on choices.  Sometimes the choice is to travel alone, and hope we meet up with those others along the way.  Ultimately that is the only way; to make our own choice.  It is a kinder decision.  When we choose, we cannot lay the burden of outcomes on others shoulders or conscious.
I choose.

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and to do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
-Howard Thurman


Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

Enhanced vision

Well the other day, I stepped on my glasses and yep, time for a new pair.  I was thinking that I wanted a new pair and was delaying the process. Well the Universe stepped in - literally.  I pulled out my old pair and even though my vision has not much changed these last few years I needed to keep them as a backup so yesterday off to VisionWorks.  Though my jingle-jangle in my pockets has been lessened, I am super grateful for the technology of optometry.  With glasses I get to see lots more of the bits of this n that that my unaided eyes would miss and driving would be out of the question.  So thank you to those dedicated professionals that make my life more
sight-full. 




SpiritSong Tarot

Illusions

I wonder why so many use the word Illusion when commenting about The Moon card in the tarot.  More illumination that illusion.   There is a full moon this week and in my morning meditation book it speaks to the full moon.  Coincidence?
The more I look at this Full Moon the more it reminds of The Chariot.  The two ethereal wolves calling me forward.  I wonder about the surging waves and the calm waters beyond.  I am entranced by the Full Moon and when given time I will soak under its glow. 
For today I will keep my emotions in check if someone tries to get under my skin. 



The Fountain Tarot

Review

It always fascinates me when I draw the same card days in a row. The Five of Wands showed again today so I followed up with the next card on deck.  Craters on the Moon. Interesting. All those impacts on the Moon and the Moon continues. With no atmosphere or water on the Moon those crater impacts show billions of years of activity of the cosmos.  Kind of makes my day to day skirmishes insignificant.




The Celestial Tarot

Who is this gal?

Other worldly information.  Odd occurrences of knowing without knowing.  Intuitive insights.  Hints, glimpses, winks from...well from me, from us.  The trick is paying attention.  Who is this gal she is me.  Best pay attention to forth coming bit of this or that today.






The  Gaian Tarot - Joanna Powell Colbert

Howl at the Moon

What an auspicious card draw for today, the day of the Full Moon.

The Harvest Full Moon.
Moon Magic.
I am going out tonight and give my best howl.
Later tonight say 12/13 hours or so from now, if you step outside and glance at the Full Moon with thin wispy threads of clouds drifting across her lunarscape and hear something, some whisper in the night, it is me "awhhoooo" and if you feel so inclined, please join me in the chorus.




Gaian Tarot - Joanna Powell Colbert