Sometimes a lion is a lion

Don't really know what Strength has to say to me today, or advice that might be needed?  Tame the beast? Control my temper? Endure?
I think I will go watch the movie Lion King this afternoon.  Finish my office work and make my calls, conquer that and then go enjoy the show.

Against all comers

"Well I am older now, but still runnin' against the wind" Against the Wind, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

That's what I heard with the draw of this Seven of Wands.  There have been lots of things I have let go of as I move deeper into my life days, and some things I cling to.  I work with those that have a need to be right and I find that they are a mirror to me.  The difference of course is that I am right.  Ha! Well it is starting to wear, they want to be right, the one on top of hill, I think I will just humor myself and let go of the post I have taken up for years.  You wanna be right, 'sure, fine, go ahead.'
oops, did you hear it "fine" - be careful when you hear a woman say "fine"


The Linestrider's Journey Tarot

Bargaining

I tried to strike a bargain with the Universe the other day.  This for That.  Can you bargain with the Universe?  Is there a Divine Cosmic Order? Is the Universe that Order? If so, can I bargain with something, someone that prodigious?  On the other hand, am I not part of that cosmic immensity?  Then it comes down to me bargaining with myself.
At first glance I was unsure of this High Priestess. Why does she not look me straight in the eye? Her suggestion to me is to quiet the noise and listen within.
Just now my tinnitus quieted briefly.  Stop with the external noise, quiet things down, and listen to me.  Since that is who I am really bargaining with.


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Insomnia

There are different things that keep me awake at night.
Worries, concerns, replaying conversations, long nap earlier in the day, stress, pizza, caffeine, inactivity.
Why the fox is worried about being awake at night, a mystery.  Which too can keep one awake. 







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This or That

I wonder what Alice's life would have looked like had she not stepped or fallen through the looking glass?  Choices. To do or not to do?  Did she stop and give any thought or jumped with both feet? Defining moments, I will look for one today.

In front of the other

One foot in front of the other, and soon you'll be walking out the door.  That is pretty simple.  Don't know where to go, do, be?  Simple really, just put one foot in front of the other and things will clarify along the way.   Sure may take a step off the cliff but you can develop a pair of Hermes' wings on the way down.
My inaction of late needs to change, at the very least I will have to get a dust cloth out and dust myself off. 







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Promises made

Isn't that the promise of the rainbow? The Sun will come out the clouds and storms will pass?  The Ten of Cups is a reminder of that promise.  Hang in there, things change, the difficult times pass, and Life will be sunny again. 
I always remind myself, give Time, time.









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Shelter in place

I think the draw is suggesting I stay home today and hang out with Kitty.  So I will not go into the office this morning, just work from home.  I still have my obligation of Tuesday afternoon volunteering at the hospital, so I guess not the whole day will be spent at home. 
That's all I got.  I am not relating very well with this Queen this morning.  Which is weird because the Queen of Pentacles is usually my significator. 






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Immediate action

Better rethink that.  Immediate action indeed.  Sometimes we act without thinking and other times think so long we run out of time to act.  Tower moments don't give us those options of thinking it through.  I asked the cards this morning what action could I do today? 
I would think immediate action could be called for at a defining moment but then I see the strike of lightning and it is a near miss with the tower. 
Instead of jumping to the conclusion give myself a moment to consider another option.  I have fallen from the sky before and it is not the option I would want to choose.




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Impermanence

Enjoy the moment when it is.  Impermanence is part of this life, here one moment and gone the next.  Like the blink of any eye from yesterday's reading. 
I have been flitting along the edge of shadows.  The advice I received yesterday is seize the day and enjoy myself as long as I can.  Lay the worry aside and just enjoy what is going on in the here and now.  Of course I know this, but every once in awhile I/we need reminding.








Linestrider's Journey Tarot - Siolo Thompson

Blink

Reading from The Book of Awakening, by Mark Nepo, his daily thought is "We blink a thousand times a day. A thousand times a day the world goes dark. A thousand times a day we wake.  We can't escape the opening and closing."
I love the long days of Summer, long days in the Light.  Even now the Earth begins her turn to the shorter days of Fall and Winter.  Those days are needed.  Those short days of Winter I will try to remember is the Earth blinking in her own way. Though her blinks are longer she has been here for eons of time and will continue on for eons more. For her, my life is but a blink of an eye.
Now off to enjoy my day in the Light.




Eartheart Wisdom Oracle Cards - Sue Lion

Essence

I keep looking at this card and all I can see is the 'Yellow Brick Road' that leads to the Ocean.  From land to sea and me ready to dip my toes into the water. 
For now I think I will get me a strip of leather and make me a necklace with a shell on it. Like her in the card, maybe it will bring a bit of the ocean to me.









Eartheart Wisdom Cards - Sue Lion

C.C.

I could curl right up with these two and take a snooze; although dragons have a tendency to snore a bit.  Still that inconvenience would be well worth the snuggle.  It is rare to find someone we can be that comfortable with, especially if they look, act, and are so uniquely different from ourselves. 
Let's celebrate and enjoy our differences, instead of fear mongering.
Comfort Companions






Magic and Myth Oracle Cards - Sue Lion

Springs eternal

Hope Spring Eternal.  Some days it is the only motivation I have, hope.  Hopeful for better health.  Hopeful for better relationships. Hopeful for a better World.  Hopeful for another's sake.  Hopeful for Peace on Earth and Goodwill to Women and Men.  Hopeful to win some big money on the lottery.
Without hope we will slide into the abyss. 








Eartheart Wisdom cards - Sue Lion

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.

What do you see

I find myself more often sitting in silence, letting the noise wash past me.  Tuning in instead of listening to talking heads.  I find going within more questions than I expected.  Yet, I don't want to question previous choices since nothing  can be gained from more self doubt. and almost all if it was a guessing game.  Now better informed I hope to make choices best for me.  Seeing my Inner Truth.






Eartheart Wisdom Cards - Sue Lion

Unknown observer

I watch a webcam of the beach where I like to go.  A local real estate firm sponsors the site and maintains the webcam.  I have been watching a lot lately.  People basking in the light on the sunny beach and if I concentrate I can hear the to and fro of the waves as they meet the beach.  Nothing more relaxing than the salted sea air.


Magick and Myth Cards - Sue Lion
Meditation Card - Unknown

Twelve Labours

Six of Swords yesterday, Six of Cups today.  Think and Feel my way through twelve labors.  Okay, I can do that.  Maybe this weekend that is exactly what I need to do, figure out my twelve labors and begin my plan of action with the Lunar Eclipse on Tuesday.










The Celestial Tarot

Wherever you go

There you are.
Though the surface of the creek, lake, river, ocean may seem serene, the water beneath the surface is always in movement.  Since we are made of of mostly water, the flow beneath our calm exterior can be gently rolling, strong under currents, or a tsunami of emotions.








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Becoming

Last night I gave myself a bit of not so good news.  I then told myself to not let it worry me, that time has a way of working things out. Of course I had a restless night  So this morning I asked myself how to bring the balance back. A course of action, at least for today; reminding myself, today is all I really have anyway. 
The Queen of Cups, is she human becoming mermaid?  Or Mermaid Queen in her watery depths?
Sometimes things are not what they appear to be.






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All in a day

Do your work.
Get paid.
Go home.
A post I saw on FB a few months back.  I remind myself of this at work and other things.  Over the years in sales I have heard so many stories. Many not worth repeating and for the most part I did not repeat, and when I did share, never exposed a name.  The people that you meet and tell you way too much, disappear, never to be seen again or heard from.  Embarrassment at their disclosures is my guess. 
For today, I will do my work, get paid, and go home. 



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At the Gate

Thankfully I have come to the point in my life that I don't always need to be right.  I work with two such people, it can be exhausting.  Both in their late fifties, you would think it was time to let go of their need for control, or at least loosen the white knuckled grip.   While one I realized is trapped by their insecurities I now recognize the other is as well, though much more covertly disguised.  I wonder how long I can wander between the shrouds of their misery at the office.  Pretty sure I will not survive four more years of maintaining a defensive posture.
Right has might, but the need to be right is another thing altogether.





Celestial Tarot

Appropriately prepared

Forewarned is forearmed.  Good advice?  Seems I am always getting ready.  Ready to work, ready to play. Getting ready for bed, or grocery shopping.  Getting ready and being prepared has impacted more of life than I care to admit, wait I just did!  For years I spent as much time getting ready as I did in the activity.  I think it began with school.  Getting ready to start classes, getting ready to go, getting ready for tests, packing lunch to be ready to eat.  Now that I think of it, it started earlier than that.  Church services maybe, getting a bath the night before, clothes ready for morning service, being prepared to talk and worship God, getting ready and prepared for the afterlife. Heaven or Hell?  Is there Strength in being prepared or our we kidding ourselves? Deluded into thinking we have things under control?



Celestial Tarot

Haul away

Neither a borrower or a lender be.  If you are going to give something, give with no strings attached.


What is the Chariot doing in the Six of Pentacles.  Thinking on it.







Celestial Tarot - Kay Steventon and Brian Clark

Prudence

Make a plan, follow and work the plan.  The issue becomes patience.  We have such a 'I want what I want and I want it now' attitude, that waiting for hard work to pay off becomes a challenge.  Make my plan and work my plan.  Good day to make my plan. Plan - Plan
There it is seven 'plans' in this post. 







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Fool(ish)

Interesting.  If I came across this Green Man or a Nature Spirit, at least this size, I would be stunned.  Muttering gibberish from surprise, shock, and awe.  Probable walk right off the cliff we might typically see in a depiction of The Fool.
Advice I think for today, choose my words and actions wisely if confronted with someone or something unique.  Once spoken, it can't not be taken back, no matter how many amends we make.





The Sacred Circle Tarot

Discernment

The ability to judge well, King of Swords. 
Who the heck set his throne up out there?  He didn't, he was busy deciding the exact, right spot to set up.  Can he judge fairly if he his deciding his next best course of action?  I might listen to him unless he gets too self-righteous or bullies me, might.   Wonder if the King  will cross my path today. 








Sacred Circle Tarot

Double Negative

Does a double negative make a positive?  The Tower and the Two of Swords.  Initiation and Opposition?  Looking to see what the day holds. 
I ain't got no time fer troubles.






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Companys a'callin

I cannot decide if this is me hiding out until whoever has come a'callin leaves or to let me know that someone is on there way? Maybe a delivery of some good news on this day of the New Moon with a Solar Eclipse that is viewable across South America; yet still has influence.  Any which way, something new is about to happen or good news delivered, so maybe I won't hide out when the messenger comes a'callin.






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Calls to mind

This past weekend I spent time with some friends, a couple on Saturday, she is recovering from surgery and another on Sunday.  I could call both, friends because they listen and would be there with a call. I don't spend much time with either because they are a bit negative. I usually feel a bit icky after a visit. This card of Rebirth or Judgement reminds me, that we all have a path that we follow and if they choose to wallow, so be it; doesn't mean I have to join.  Also, they are teachers, mostly of the kind that shows me what I don't want to be.  I want to be up and out and about and live in lightness. Sure there are shadow days, but I/we don't need to live there.


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