Dance

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Time to say goodbye to 2017.  I have a bit of work to do today and will spend a couple of hours with a new client, then home.  I don't do the partying scene anymore, so I will come home and turn on my music and do some celebrating and a bit of dancing about within my own place.  I have a few end of year rituals that help release the old so that I may welcome 2018 with my arms wide open.  Tomorrow begins a new adventure and I look forward to it eagerly!  Salute' 2017.






Eartheart Magic - Sue Lion

Cup of good cheer

Fruits of one's labor

Lovely when things come together and work out for the best.
2017 is at it's close, and though I had some issues, for the most part it was a good year.  Finishing out visiting a few clients in their new homes today and tomorrow.  Instead of apples and pears I am going to stop by local supermarket and purchase a couple bags of oranges and offer them as gifts.  In Chinese Astrology, oranges are symbols of prosperity and as a token on New Years day, if one rolls them across the threshold into their home, you are welcoming abundance, goodwill, and prosperity into your home and life.  In addition they are really good to eat and all that vitamin C is a bonus.




The Green Witch Tarot

A bit of this n that

Best use of information and time

This local wand maker received an order for eight wands.  So busy and focused, she is not paying attention to the magic surrounding her in the woodlands.  All those little fairy lites dancing on the trees.
Reminds me not to get so wrapped up in my work that I forget all the other wonderful things surrounding me.

Unburden

Regrets I have a few...

Yesterday I drew the Two of Cups, and here I must leave that promise behind.  The three cups and bag are packed and only need to be lifted to leave the walled garden of regret.
Sometimes things don't work out.  How long we stay with the grief or  regrets are our own business.  Others can tell us to move on and get on with it, but if we do not finish our business with sorrow, grief, regrets and likes of it, we carry it with us, and never really 'move on.'  It will always be with us a part of us, but we are either shackled or strengthened by it.
 Unburdened is my word for 2018.  What am I ready to let go of and leave behind?

Simpatico

Things are not always what they appear to be

What can seem to be a very happy pairing may have issues. 
The easy bloom of simpatico does not last, and then we have to really commit to the relationship, in whatever form, to make it work.
Don't take others for granted.

Wand at the Ready

Read instructions carefully

I receive several gifts for Christmas that require some instructional information.  With all the fire power of the Ace of Wands, it should come with a set of instructions.  Used wisely and oh the magic that it can create,  haphazardly, watch out.
Not sure what to do with my Wand today, so I think I will lay it on the my desk top and wait for further instructions.

Arsenal of Truth

"an iron fist in the velvet glove"

This queen knows what she is about and she has the ability to back up who and what she says if confronted.  Reminds me of those 'cutting' looks you can get from others - This far and no further.
I still have some of that in me; mostly though, trying to prove a point or win a contest of any sorts just doesn't interest me anymore.









The Green Witch Tarot - Ann Moura, artwork - Kiri Leonard

Christmas Eve

Bright Blessings for the Christmas Celebration.

Dissatisfaction

Don't go looking for trouble

When everything is right in our world, boredom can set in and then we may become our own worse enemy. 
The energy of wands cannot just be contained; there has to be movement, something to keep life interesting.  If there is not some sort of excitement then we have to make it.  It is in the making that can get us in trouble.

An Apple a Day

STATE of ADDICTION

This reminds me of me.  I am a sugar addict and my addiction has been intensifying.  Like any addict a little of any type of the addictive substance is too much.  I ignore the natural tasty snack like the apples on the tree, for cookies, candy, cake, milk shakes, cupcakes, any bit of this n that, that is made from the refined white sugar that has me tied up in cravings. Wait in my defense, I also eat the sweet tasty apple.  Enough I say and then I sneak in just a taste and the day continues with more sugar reinforcements.
It is time for some Self - Tough Love.
After Christmas.

Sol Sistere

Daylight on the upswing!

The Solstice, is one of my favorite days of the year.  Though Winter has not really settled in, each lengthening day of sunlight, brings the promise of Spring. 
The Latin translation for Solstice is Sol Sistere; I like that.

"Throw off the lingering darkness & rejoice in the song of the Light."

At 11:28 am I will send my prayer out into the Ethers. 
'Let there be peace on Earth and goodwill to women and men'



Earthearth Wisdom Cards - Sue Lion

Reach

There is always something just within reach.

My calendar affirmation today reads "No matter how happy I am, I can always add to my level of joy."  The affirmation and my daily draw match up.  Lovely.  Today if something seems just outside of my reach or my comfort zone, I will stretch myself just a bit more to achieve. 
The Ace of Air reminds me that a lot of what we accomplish begins with our thoughts.

 "I think I can, I know I can, I can."





The Green Witch Tarot

Presentation

Point of Power

I have been studying this card for awhile and cannot figure out why The Witch decided to don hat and cape out in her woods. Maybe it is chilly but I would think the fire and cauldron were enough to keep her warm.  I know people who never leave home without being fully made up, clothes, make-up, the whole shebang.  First impressions are everything and they always want to make the 'right' impression.  Maybe being in full witches mode brings power to herself and her circle.
I am going to heed her advice and step up my game a bit today.  There is magic in looking and feeling your best.




The Green Witch - Ann Moura

Well done

Here's to it then!

Here is to the Year well done!  I think this guy is satisfied with the way things have turned out.  I noticed all the x's on his sashes and at his cuffs and he has taken count of all the things he managed to accomplish this year. 
It's a week before Christmas and work comes to a gentle halt. Now is a good time to count all that is right in my world; those other things will tag along with me into the new year, but for now let's enjoy the moment. Salute'

Deception

Where ever you go, there you are

After leaving the hustle and bustle behind and venturing out to a new lifestyle (six of swords) this couple settled on living a subsistence life.  They thought they left the hassles and problems behind, but a polecat-aka, a skunk, can't change his stripes.  The young man has gone out hunting, but never having done it before has relied on his old skill set of taking from others.  He has cleared out another's traps, that is the only thing that explain how clean and tidy he is after a day of hunting.
Appearances can be deceiving.





The Green Witch Tarot - Ann Moura

Observation

The lens we look through

This is the second 'egg' card I have drawn this week from this deck.  What am I gestating?  I wonder.
The new year is ahead for us all.  In these last few weeks of 2017, I can spend some time in review.  What do I want to say goodbye to and what would I like to manifest in 2018? 

No Place Like Home

Be it ever so humble...

Interesting home, perched above the fray. 
Home is where I can retreat; comfort and security, a place to shut out the world.  The only thing is when you answer the phone, turn on the tv, or log onto the internet you invite the world in to your sanctuary. So this home perched so high above reminds me to disconnect at least from time to time.

North Wind Blows

A Change in the Wind

This image is what sometimes occurs in my weird dreams, not the scary or drama filled ones.  Who, what, when, where, and why would one strap a steeple top on a zebra?  Bizzaro.  Not that this particular image has appeared any of my night-time excursions. It sure would make one set up and take notice, even deep in the night.  Maybe that is the message today; to take notice of something that doesn't seem right or really out of place.
Be on the lookout!





Wisdom of the Oracle - Colette Baron-Reid

Building Blocks

Vitamin C or Vitamin Sea

The only building blocks I want to concentrate on are the ones that support my immune system.  The only future at this time that I want to build on, is the one with out this cold.
Actually with the end of the year on the horizon, it is the right time to consider 2018; which is really challenging when your head is all fuzzy.
Oh Well, there is always tomorrow.

Here And Now

There really is no better place to be.

This card draw today really hits home for me.  The Past is past and the Future not yet here, today this moment is all there really is.  I/we hear it all the time and for a brief few minutes, hours, or a day, we focus and stay in the Here and Now, then something or someone, most likely ourselves, leads off on a tangent then its all about anticipation or fear of tomorrow and lamenting about the past.
"Tomorrow is beyond your reach. Yesterday cannot return. The Now is all that is available to you." - booklet
Maybe I will make myself a couple of banners as shown on card and place one on my desk and another on dresser, HERE AND NOW, keep myself focused on the here and now.



Wisdom of the Oracle - Colette Baron-Reid

ORPHANED

Strange have been my dreams of late

I am not sure if it is my cold interfering with my sleep, but I have had really strange dreams the last few nights.  Sometimes those kind of dreams can leave you disengaged from reality. I really have to question myself, that if my mind, unconscious or conscious can craft such abject weirdness, than what unknown operating software am I running on?
Abandonment, isolation, distrust, despair, almost makes me want to retreat to solitary confinement, but of course that magnifies those qualities 10x10. 
Going to sit under my 'mood light' and brighten up the corners of my mind.




Wisdom of the Oracle - Colette Baron-Reid

YIN

The feminine passive principle

This Yin space has been cleared of clutter; opening up to receive.  Maybe that is my message today.  Mostly the clutter is inside my head as swirling negative thoughts and the stuff that head colds are made up of.  I think some decongestant medicine might help and the drive to the store to help clear my heavy laden mind.  And maybe something in Pink. 






Wisdom of the Oracle - Colette Baron-Reid

Moderation

Easy does it.

I have allowed myself to become stressed and the stress has manifested into a full blown cold. Usually when the sniffles hit I can ward them off; this time, not.  Temperance advises 'easy does it.'  Maybe the blending is a suggestion for a hot toddy, except there is no whiskey in the house, and really those toddys don't offer a cure.  I started to focus on the 'path to enlightenment' but maybe the path of understanding takes us right back to the water's edge, not the other way.  Right back to my emotional take on things and that is what my stress reaction is all about.
Maybe a nice cup of hot tea blended with a dollop of honey. 

Query

He is back, apparently he has something else to say.

Frozen and rooted as The Emperor is, is there more that he has to say to me?  Yesterday and today I see the river that has apparently dried up.  Don't let that happen? is that what he has to say.  Don't get stuck, get up and get going.  I know when I sit too long, especially on a hard chair, it is a challenge to get moving again.  Is this what happens when we stay put too long at one thing, forward movement ceases?  Does learning, creativity, desire, zest, fascination, exploration, abandon one as time marches on and we don't march with it?







The Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

Diatribe

The times they are a-changin

We have listened to the established ways long enough.  The times they are a changing as Bob Dylan wrote in the same named song. 
Me Too Silence won Times 'Person of the Year' notating all the women and that have come forward after tolerating and suffering sexual harassment.  I wonder if this movement would have begun this year except as a response to a President that said what he said about grabbing women. I don't care for the man on the hill that sets in his chair telling us what to do and how to do it.  I am not sure if pages in a history book will reflect on these times that more change began for the better after listening to his diatribe and many said "enough is enough"
Once things begin to happen they create a momentum for more.

Help or Hurt

Double - Double edge swords

Double edge sword, an action or decision that appears to help but can also hinder.
Let's face it, one could not hold up those two heavy swords for very long.  Heavy be it that, making a wrong choice, sooner or later, one has to own up to it and right the wrong.  Or you can choose to make another equally wrong choice to see if you can rectify the first incorrect choice, which is never a good option.
Swords are about the mind and thought, why is there so much water in this card?  Did she let her heart rule her double trouble decision or is she stuck too much in her head and needs to release her defensive posture and open her heart to clear up the mess.
She better take her blindfold off to make a arm sling cause her shoulders are really going to ache. 

Perplexed

Having and not having

This card definitely strikes a chord within me.  I am in the middle of change in my career and I find myself uncertain and troubled.  I have been in outside sales for more than twenty years and to begin the transition to inside sales is proving a bit more difficult for me than I thought. The word chafe keeps coming to mind. I am not certain who I am more annoyed with, myself or the team I am joining. No longer can I  proceed on my own; there are others that have to be asked and included in what I do or don't do.
I don't like it.




Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

King me

Do as I say and not as I do.

I am intrigued this morning with the loose grasp the King has with his wand. Has he been 'front and center' so long he takes it for granted?  Compared to the tight grip on the Ace of Wands, he seems to be holding his by his fingertips.  Has he realized that holding on too tight that his hand begins to ache, is just not the way to be.
Maybe today would be a good day to just get up lay his wand across his seat and go for a good long walk.  Probably stiff sitting so long.  He doesn't always need to be at the helm. For today let things take care of themselves.

Peat and Repeat

Did that to myself again

Anytime I second guess myself, I realize I had it right the first time. 
I learned this lesson in school years ago.  When faced with a multiple choice question the first response is most likely the correct one.  This depiction of the Eight of Swords is exactly what happens when I do doubt what I know to be right, and then I get all tied up in knots.  In this ever changing world some things never change, right is right and wrong is wrong.  The problem lies in ones system of belief.






Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

It is what it is

A Fool by any other name is still a Fool

I kind of made a play on the 'rose by any other name' above.  Today the Fool.  I am looking at this card and thinking "okay" so....
I am not really sure what The Fool has to say to me today.  I think this is one of the those days it is a wait and see thing.

Don't act a fool
Watch where I step
Don't fall of a cliff
Begin something new
Lucky me
A bark is not as bad as a bite
"Oh what a beautiful morning"
Seize the day!

Competence

"If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail." - Benjamin Franklin

I turned the last page of my calendar for 2017 this morning.  As the year comes to a close what things or tasks can I do to prepare for the bright and shiny New Year that is at hand?
Mostly I have been "by the seat of my pants" type of gal, still there is much wisdom in Mr Franklin's quote.  I do find myself more often than not these days running a list of things in my head that need done. As I look closely at this card, I see the architect looking over the plans and comparing them to work that has been done.  I have a checklist and planning guide in my email cache; guess this year might be a good year to print it out and plan my 2018. 




Rider Waite-Smith Tarot