One step in front of other

A Fool's journey indeed.  One step in front of the other.  Some adventures are joyful and fun and some we misstep and go right over the edge.  This Fairy gal wore the wrong shoes, surely not anticipating all those stair-steps ahead.  Later, she is going to say to herself, 'what was I thinking'
Sometimes we get started on a project or destination and don't think it through.  Still, too much fore-thought might just take the fun out of it.




The Fairy Tarot

Investment

How vested in a project or commitment are we?  When all is finished is not a good time to find out.  My Father always taught us (sometimes the hard way) that if you were going to do something do it right.  I find I still hear that admonition playing in my head.  Even when not doing something I enjoy I still have to do my best.  There are things I would like to just walk away from, but no; started it must be finished, and finished, it must be done right.   I wonder now if that is one of the reason I just don't get started on things. Why bother?  Lately I find I am sitting in the gallery more often than not.




The Fairy Tarot

Directional

Cars in dreams can be a directional indication of how we may be traveling through our lives.  What direction, color, if you are behind the wheel, out of control, too fast, too slow...  The Chariot, is also a directional indication.  When The Chariot stops by I know that I need to take a moment and see how I am moving through my days.  Decks have different interpretations of Chariots, so like dreams, I look to see colors of the Chariot, directions, actions, who is in control.  In the Rider-Waite the Chariot is partially in the water, so I sometimes check in with where my emotions may be taking me.  This Chariot is much more whimsical with dragonflies pulling me along.  They are both smiling and enjoying themselves so I am going to go with a bit of "flight of  fancy" today is the right direction to go.


The Fairy Tarot

There are those

Not everyone dislikes the cold and Winter's endowments.  Ha.  I think I can remember my childlike wonder of winter's offering of snow, and days off of school.  Snowmen, snowballs,  sliding along our ways.  I guess it is mostly a mindset.  This Prince of Winter or Page of Swords, thinks of solutions to offset the winter blues and the frosty nip of freezing temps.  If I ever do decide to move South, I won't experience these winter days of the Midwest any longer.  So I am going to do my best to enjoy the upcoming season.
Whew Wee!

Second look

With yesterday's rain the weather has begun to shift.  Winter is just around the bend.  This representation of the Three of Wands really doesn't bear much resemblance to the typical Three of Wands.  With the trees bare of leaves and titled Three of Spring, it brings to mind that success begins with planning.  Winter is not my best time of year; Spring is the reward for making it through the Winter.  So maybe there is some similarity to the cards.  Waiting and planning and expectations of those plans to come to fruition.




The Fairy Tarot ~ Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine


I wonder if Doreen Virtue has found peace in her search beyond The Tarot?

Unexpected gift

Succulent cherries in such a dry environment?  Not something normally found.  That's the thing about unexpected gifts, most always a delightful surprise; sometimes not, but mostly. 
It is raining this morning and will be all day long, an end to the drought in our area.  The air quality here in the Ohio Valley has been miserable, so a good rinse is a gift of the rain.  Promises for the Spring plantings, so a balance in the earth will be returned.  My car gets a good rinsing as well.  I will take the lovely gift of The Ace of Wands on this sweet Saturday.  Bright Blessings.



The Green Witch Tarot ~ Ann Moura

Stunning

Years ago on a return trip from out west, driving through Kansas, the highway was surrounded by one of them most stunning sights I have been privileged to view.  Sunflowers. Everywhere. The exhaustion and irritability immediately dissipated in the car.  We were overwhelmed with the explosion of yellow and black.  Sunflowers seem to automatically lift the Soul into the Light.
I have thought a couple of times of taking a road trip back out through the roads of Kansas, and treating myself once more to one of the most beautiful earthly displays there is.

By the light

By the light of the Silvery Moon.  Not necessarily all things that keep us awake into the night are worrisome, fear based, or bad dreams.  A Full Moon shining through the window panes can be bright enough to wake us.  Interrupted sleep regardless of reasons why can make us a bit draggy and less productive the following day.   All in all, a glimpse of a lovely Full Moon, is worth a little less sleep here and there.

Matter of luck?

While out and about taking a stroll around the countryside, imagine coming across a wheel of fortune.  You look about to see if there are others about and think - 'why not?' Take a spin... A matter of luck? A predictor of up and coming? A parlor game?
So then I grabbed my deck of cards of the Sabbats (a lovely gift from a friend)  mixed and spun, and The Wheel landed on Litha.  The opposite side of this Wheel.  Shortest day and longest day of the year.  Makes me think of things in-between. 
A matter of luck? I wonder if it is a reminder, the The Wheel of the Year continues to spin and the choice is, how I spend my time during the spin.

Caveat

Kind of reminds me of one of my nephews when he was young.  Always coming up with some new plans, ideas, or schemes and then no follow through.  I have to admit some of those ideas interested me and I accomplished a few things here and there. So not all bad, but you can still count on him for some new plan and not much follow through.  The other thing this Knight makes me think of, is the idiom of  'don't run with scissors.'
"Ouch", a claim of victory on the way to the hospital.




The Green Witch

Little white lies

Lies, big or small are harmful and mostly reflect back on the giver of lies.  Even the small, supposedly  insignificant white lies can begin a ripple of effect.  Often one leads to another and then another and somewhere the truth can get lost, as well as a bit of our integrity and soul.  They can have the 'quantum effect'; like a rock thrown into the water causing an outward ripple of movement.  Seemingly no harm until the ripple gains momentum from another rock's ripple effect.  Best to go back to the Seven of Swords and correct the action so we are not stumbling along in the muck of our own making.





The Green Witch Tarot

Hackles UP!

Now that he has finished his wands he fears others will take what is his.  The thing is, does he need so many wands?  Everything and everyone moves on.  No stopping The Wheel of change.  Coveting a person, place, or thing is a prison unto itself.  Share and enjoy the pleasure of giving.

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."
~Winston Churchill





The Green Witch Tarot - Ann Moura

Enchanted

What happy thoughts this card brings to me.  I am a bit spell-bound by it's magical qualities.
Are good days random occurrences, a selection of rotation, one good day for two not so good, or better yet, because we choose them to be?  I woke up this morning in fairly good health, warmth supplied by furnace, food in the fridge, Kitty by my side, freshly laundered clothes to wear, and some coins in the pockets. All is seemingly well in my world, but the the appearance of the Ace of Cups brought a wide smile to my face in anticipation of a lovely day ahead.  Well I am not going to overthink it.  Like the jumping for joy fish, I am going to enjoy my day and raise my glass in good cheer!




The Green Witch Tarot

Needless worry

Late yesterday a client presented me with a problem on the sale of home and of course, made it mine.  Even though nothing could be done about, at least last evening, I took it to bed with me.  I had a long talk with myself to not do exactly that and yet I let the worry snuggle in with me.  Two steps forward and then back to my needless worry. I have always thought my career in sales was a life-lesson plan for me to learn to release and let go, so far I am grading out at C-






The Green Witch

Judicious

No means no.  Not sometimes no. Just no.  There are people that won't take no for an answer.  Do we hide out, dodging them whenever possible?  I have had hanger-oners and now I don't worry about dodging them, I just walk away, life is too short to spend time with people that don't respect or appreciate you.  It took me along time to learn to appreciate myself and not be abused.  Still, along comes one or another and the answer if need be, comes quickly.
Give to Caesar what is Caesar's
and keep what is Carolyn's.





The Green Witch Tarot

A bit of sadness for the day

Those three athames, knives, hanging on the top of door frame makes me think of wearing my feelings on my sleeve.  I was raised to always put a brave face on it, caught crying, threatened with 'really giving me something to cry about'.  Toughens you up, it does.  As I get on in my years I can cry at a drop of a hat. I know that there is sorrow around every corner, but there is also joy, and laughter, and fun to be found and experienced.  I realize that laughing and crying is what It Is about, the Experience.  Life is about living, the good and the not so good.






The Green Witch Tarot

Moving forward

Preparedness.  My body has sent me a clear signal that change is needed, required, nay I say, demanded.  I am a sugar addict and the last couple months it has seemingly been out of control.  Seemingly I say, because I choose what goes in.  I am going to sort through the kitchen and remove that which does not serve my body well.  Keep that which does and start really paying attention to what goes in my body, grocery cart, and cabinets.  I am my best caretaker or not. I have to stand for me.






The Green Witch Tarot

Food for thought

I recently was reading about the three lines of cards in the Major Arcana.  Line three is about Light. Beginning with the absence of Light in the Devil to the Spiritual Enlightenment found in The World. I hadn't really thought about the last seven cards and the presence of the luminaries, the Sun and the Moon, both of which are present in this card of the The World Tree. Another venue of study for my continued work with the Tarot. 
Also, since I have gone on and on about apples the last couple days, The World Tree might also be compared to the Apple Tree, which was where the Fruit of Wisdom was plucked by Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Back to eating an apple a day for me, that is after a get my broken tooth repaired today. A left over remembrance of my vacation last week.


The Green Witch Tarot

Expectations

I am puzzled with this visit from the Empress.  My first thought when she appeared was 'Wowza'
Also I noticed apples, a continuation of the apples in the Four of Wands yesterday.  Did the Empress stop at their Farmers Market and collect some or did she gift them the bounty and kept a few for her continued journey?  As she ventures on, I see she is scattering apples along the way, seeding the next orchard.
Now that I think of it, she may be a visit from my Mother, who loved ducks and had a special bond with several when I was a child.  My parents wedding anniversary would have been October 21, and without that event I would not be here today. 
Bright Blessings on this day of the Full Moon.


The Green Witch

Here's to it

I made it home.  Frost on the roof tops.  What a difference from when I left.  Hot and arid and return to the fashionably late arrival of Fall.  Today I think in celebration of Fall I will make myself a delicious apple crisp.  Time to put away some of summer garb and  sort through the long sleeve tops and blouses.  Fall, a season I enjoy for the short time it stays.  Here, mostly two seasons to the year, Hot and Cold, so best to enjoy these lovely autumnal days.
I celebrate the change, as changes make life interesting.





The Green Witch Tarot ~ Ann Moura

From here to there

My Chariot awaits.  I fly north as others travel south.  The World on the move.  Thank goodness.  What a stale and boring place to be if everything stayed the same. 

Bucket in hand

Play day, actually the last couple of them have been.  I have come to the Sea to rest and relax.  Tomorrow I leave the shores and head back to my place inland. I appreciate the opportunity to be able to travel and come to a place of healing, at least for me.  Bits of me always come back when I am near the waters edge.  The Sea has shared blessings with me this week that have helped me even out a bit. The tinnitus has quieted, as the worry and anxiety that has built within has drifted away in the currents and sea-breezes.
My adventure continues on two legs.



Magic and Myth - Sue Lion

Wellness Wednesday

Hello from Coastal Carolyn.  This morning it is cloudy and rain is forecasted all afternoon.  I may go dancing in the rain and have a good laugh with myself.  Something I would not normally do, but I think it is exactly what needs to be done.  Laugh and enjoy.  We can become so serious and over-think so much, to lay it all aside and just be carefree, is exactly the antidote needed.








Magick and Myth cards - Sue Lion

Look sea

I can feel my stress level beginning to completely dissolve. 
Last evening just before sunset, with lots of cloud cover a large pod of dolphins swam by the beach.  A bit out there but their fins breaking the surface as they looped back and forth following their dinners was a joy.  Lovely to have a swim by from my distant cousins.  There are lessons to learn at the water's edge, at least for me. The Sea does not hold the same pull for all; for me it is a returning place.

Growth

i have discovered a tired secret beneath my veneer.  Fear I have discovered is the continual looping recording that plays in the back of my mind.  Of course I know that Fear has it's place, the old Lions, Tigers, and Bears conditioning, or in the case of Mermaids, Sharks, Whales, and the Fisher's hook, keeps me aware. The last couple of days I have tried to put aside the work and those concerns and pay attention to each moment.  In each moment I have discovered how fear runs through my life.  The Fear factor heightened after accident in 2012, but fear is a life long issue. I thought I had come to terms with most issues, but not so. This trip away I am listening to what the me of me is letting me know.  Maybe this is what the tinnitus is about?  Some of those concerns are real and warrant attention and the time to really work of them and some of them are ridiculous ponderings, that now that I am aware of them, I can release. 
Fear:, false evidence appearing real

Mermaid Week

Choose to be your most authentic self.  No one else can choose it for you.  They will choose a version of you based on what they know to be best for you from what is best for them.











Artwork Greeting Card - Sue Lion

Mermaid tribe

Choices.  Enjoy who you are with or change your circle. 

Why not me?

Listen to what the heart says and the Heart says "Why not?"
Decide. 
The song "Why not me" by the Judds has been looping in my inner ear for about a week now.  Woke up last Sunday morning to the tune playing in my head, and it has been continually playing through out the days.  Guess my mind and heart are trying to tell me something.  Today I am gifting myself a trip to the Sea.  I got to get a dose of Vitamin Sea for some healing a restoration.  Definitely Queen of Cups advice.




The Gaian Tarot

Gala please

Some of the most simple things can be the most profound.
Going to the local orchard when I was young girl was a favorite treat.  All those delicious apples.  I got a little older and thought climbing the branches to grab the apples farther up might reward me with even better apples.  I have learned through the years that the ones on the ground can be just as delicious.  Lesson learned over and over again.

Quiet please

Sweet Silence.  My tinnitus is deafening lately. 
A chosen lovely spot among the green.  Nothing much Spring green here. Ninety-eight today, everything seems to be tinged with brown. No anticipated symphony of fall colors and to walk across the yard reminds me of the same crunching sound when the grass is frozen.  No birds to announce the mornings, most have taken wing to wherever water can be found and the rest are heading to their winter destinations.  Time for me to take a leave of absence and give myself the gift of a get-a-way.  Maybe I can find a spot unto myself and ease the incessant ringing.



The Gaian Tarot

In Numbers

There can be Strength in numbers.  All for one and one for all.
This reminds me of Kitty and me.  We have become a bonded pair.  Each seeking comfort and companionship from the other.  She has filled in spaces in me that were empty, which I supposed strengthens me.  She still doesn't want to sit on my lap.  Next to me and nearby almost always, but even companions need a bit of space.




The Gaian Tarot