Take away

What do I take away after the conflict in the five?
The challenge in the five changed me.  Decide how to proceed forward.










The Celestial Tarot - Kay Steventon and Brian Clark

Don't go looking

I don't have to go looking for trouble, it usually finds me.  Then again lots of good fortune comes my way as well.  There is balance in that.  As the Wheel turns it could land me just about anywhere, there is adventure in that.  Today if confronted with discord I will stand my ground and keep my place and not get caught up in the fray.  Thankfully I have learned when to"'hold 'em and learn when to fold 'em and sometimes just walk away"  Kenny Rodgers - The Gambler

And one more

Thinking about that one wand separated from the other three.  Thinking of three, reminds me of the Three of Wands. Waiting for what started in the Ace to come to fruition, and so the fourth wand appears.  Yet it not completed.  Like a ship coming into port someone(s) have to unload the ship, sort and ship and then make good on what was started in the Ace.  What begins now must stand the test of time for the celebration in the Ten of Wands to. 
This day of Thankfulness and Gratitude reminds me of all the wonder in my world.  Sure there are hardships but there is so much more and still more to come.  Now that is worth celebrating.
Happy Thanksgiving

Out there

You could wonder why Sagittarius and the Ace of Pentacles are being paired together.  The Ace of Pentacles is grounded Earth, something new with a strong foundation.  Sag is all about 'out there'.; Fire released.  Of course a new endeavor would require something to get it going, so I get that. Then I looked again, and this card could be me.  I was born in the sign of Capricorn, Cardinal Earth the first month of the year and my rising sign is Sagittarius.  My two natures have always been in conflict, and let me tell you, it has made life a challenge. 
I am going to go with Sagitta side and consider this draw a note from the Universe that some new idea is going to take root today.
Now that is something to look forward to and be thankful for.  My arrow of good fortune shot....out there!

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

Adrenal overload

Fives. Today the Five of Wands, yesterday the Five of Swords. 
Defensive posture.
Fight or Flight.
Run or Hide.
I have been reading several books on energy healing and it is apparent my anxiety issues, mostly contributable to trauma event and aging is playing havoc on my whole system.  Affirmations helped lots when I was healing and it seems like a trip to the store to purchase note pads is in order.  Thankfully I have read the works of some guides that can help me along.




Celestial Tarot

Broad view

Fore-warned is fore-armed.  On the look out for a tricky situation today.











Celestial Tarot ~ Kay Steventon and Brian Clark

Resources

I asked myself this week why so many people cards?  And I asked the cards this morning and received the Six of Pentacles.  From the lack and/or hardship of the Five comes resources to help me get to the Ten.  The resources that help us along the way are not always what we wanted or expected but definitely assist us on the journey.  These  bunnies have shown up to keep her warm and comforted as she rests.  It will be enough to bolster her and let her continue. All the people in the forest this week have let me know I am not alone, when needed another will show up and help just when needed. Advice, a cup of tea, warmth by a fire, water to quench my thirst, a place to lay my head and rest if needed.  Support and companionship is exactly what is needed along the journey in the Forest



The Enchanted Forest

Magic in movement

Later today or tomorrow I am going to settle down with all my books on tarot and read on the people cards.  There is something that they all want to tell me and I am not grasping.
This lovely Queen of Wands advises to get up and groove and move today.  I may not have much of groove but I can still move.  Thank goodness for that.

People who need people

I have never drawn back to back to back and then more people cards.  Here and there they stop by but this week I have had a lot of company.  This Queen of Cups made a visit from her watery depths.  Do you they have a lot to say, so that I need to listen, or do I have something to say so they are waiting for me to pass-by so they can listen? 






The Enchanted Forest

Where ever you go

Home.  Wherever you go there you are.  Happiness with where you are.  I have an affinity with the Queen of Pentacles and she offered me some of her time to talk about her life and practice in the forest.  She does not just live in the forest, she is part of the forest and lives in communion with nature.
Blessed Be.

Too much show

There are a lot more people wandering in the forest than I expected.  Three days of people cards and now a second King draw.  I am not sure this King of Wands should be out in the forest.  Mastery of the Fire Element, yes we know, but should you be flashing it in the forest?  I like to be entertained as well as the next, but really, I came to the forest to get away from the hype. 
This is my month of Gratitude, not that I keep it contained to one month of the year, so I am grateful to have met this King along the way.  Maybe his fire is keeping me from taking the path that I was thinking of, blocking my way there with his showmanship.  So I will move along.  Let him do what he does and be grateful that I can do what I do.  I always have choices, and that is a good thing.


The Enchanted Forest

Carolyn's folly

Well it happened and I was forewarned.  I had to step away because of nature's calling. I stepped off the path, and some-way got turned around and now not sure how to return to the path that I was on?  Life is like that, going along and we have to answer a call and then when we try to pick up where we left off, the path before us is not.  No sense in getting flummoxed about it, I am in this beautiful forest and lots of daylight.  Now is a perfect place to pause and enjoy the moment. 
Today is a good day to remind myself that even though I am not where I thought I would be or even hoped to be, I still am.  So grateful for today.  Who needs an agenda when the forest is so lovely.  Enjoy what the day brings.


The Enchanted Forest

Sit a spell

Look who has greeted me as I enter the Enchanted Forest.  The King of Boons(Pentacles).  Usually the Kings make me uncomfortable, too much old history with them, but this kindly sage makes me want to sit a spell and listen to what he might have to say.  He just wants me to know that there are many wonderful things to see and discover in my forest exploration and yes some dangers as well.  Be careful he advises, on which paths I step off.  Mostly though the forest is lovely he says, and that I am sure to meet others and visit lots of forest dwellers who may or may not help along the way.  A crystal he offers "for a good luck talisman" a token to keep from my time in the forest.
Today promises to be a good day and I think I will keep a crystal in my pocket and remember this King's advice, 'today is what I make of it.'

The Enchanted Forest ~ Lunaea Weatherstone

Exchanging Gifts

This card draw speaks for itself, the simplest explanation is often the correct one.  My life has been so enriched by bringing Kitty home, almost a year now.  She is a gift from the Universe.  She came to live with me last year at Thanksgiving, and the thing is I think she has done more for my life than I have for hers.  Wonderful, indeed a blessing. So grateful for the gift of her.





Wisdom of the Oracle - Colette Baron-Reid

Happy Thought

I wonder where my happy thought would take me if I could or would go?

The Key please

Another key card today!
Can anyone other than ourselves be a key or the key to our happiness?  Don't think so.  They can help, guide, be a shoulder, but we alone, find our happiness.
I found a key in an webinar the other day.  Now whether I use the key to unlock my healing abilities within myself is my choice.  Suffer or commit myself to my journey?





Wisdom of the Oracle cards

Not sure

Not sure I have any connection to this card this morning.  Owls and Hearts and two keys.  The two keys are a bit interesting.  I went back through the fifty-two cards of this deck and about a third have some variation of the banner on the top of card, and none of them have keys hanging on those banners except this one.  Interesting that the artist put them there and then made no comment in the accompanied guide book. 
I am grateful that I have still have a inquisitive nature and can wonder about such things. 
Seven years ago today I had my spinal fusion. I am grateful that I am here today and all the days in-between.  My life altered immensely and challenges, there are lots of them.  I can't turn my head like those owls, but hey, there are lots of other things I can still do. So that is fabulous.

Adaptation

Becoming or Unbecoming?  Is the equine becoming a zebra or unbecoming?  Since I am unfamiliar with the giraffe or tiger pattern, I want to help replace those bits of zebra that have fallen away.  Is that a choice I should consider?  Possibly the zebra is adapting so it looks like a one of its predators, pretty ingenious survival technique. My interference would not be welcomed if that was the case.
Message to me today, allow what is, is, and be grateful for new and intriguing possibilities.  The reward might just be in the waiting.

Why?

Some days I am full of them. Big ones, small ones, little nagging ones. Questions.  Why ask why?  The need to know I guess.  The drive in most of us, to know more.  I don't pick up as many books anymore to find answers, mostly to entertain.  This morning I was looking over charts of the human anatomy, trying to figure out what is the place in my lower left back that is causing me extreme discomfort, it might be a itty bitty kidney stone, caused by my release of an outburst of anger the other day.  "pissed off" is a good term.  Guess it is lots of water for the next couple of days and positive affirmations to release my still seething anger. Another lesson, not necessarily in the books; realizing no one is worth self inflicted misery.


The Wisdom of the Oracle

Spot check

A leopard can't change her spots, comes to mind in viewing this oracle card.  I had a brief conversation with my niece's companion yesterday, and he mentioned his contemplation of the drive to succeed. We talked a few minutes about the drive to be more, do more, have more. When it comes down to it, we are who we are.  We become more unhappy trying to be something others expect, hope, or want us to be. Even though I have been a bit unique from my others in my family, I have tried fitting in. A lot of struggles in life are to find the balance, for all of us.  It doesn't work.  I am going to really commit to finishing strong and be my own woman.  Thankfully I have time to still be the me of me.
To thine own self be true.


Wisdom of the Oracle, Colette Baron-Reid

Pick up sticks

A warning for me today, not to over do. 
Like a sweater that is loaded with static electricity and things keep sticking to it, that's what this makes me think of.  Keep picking up more things that need done.  Leave 'em, let someone else pick them up. 







The Fountain Tarot

Cosmic doorway

An extra Major added in this deck, The Fountain Tarot.
It reminds me of a side view of the looking glass, not much substance, but whoa, when you step through, transportation to...
A Doorway to somewhere else.
The author gives us "a moment of cosmic clarity"  'outside and beyond'
There are days my cosmic clarity says I don't want to be a part of this madness on Earth, but that would be the easy way out.  Before I step through the doorway I need to ask myself, "what else can I do to leave the Planet better than when I came?"  Maybe today, a doorway will open and give me a clue.



The Fountain Tarot

Woe is me

"slings and arrows of outrageous fortune"
Recently I have struggled with increased anxiety issues.  A month ago, while on vacation, I allowed fear and anxiety to overwhelm me and upon my return home, I have been considering how I might proceed with my future. Yesterday's draw of the Eight of Wands reminded me of my path forward and with today's draw of the Eight of Swords I understand that I have started to concede my future to my fears.  This has got to stop.  Easier said than done with episodes of post trauma stress, but there are things that can be done. 
There are no swords at my back in this depiction, suggesting that I step back from my situation and give myself some new options.  Choices, thankfully can be wonderful opportunities.  I am grateful I have the choice to still go my own way.

From here to there

A hundred or so years ago, most people barely traveled more than forty miles for home.  Cars and trains replaced getting there on your own two feet or by horse.  When I was seriously injured seven and a half years ago, I was told by those guys in white coats I would never drive again and that was after my legs regained feeling and movement and my eye site returned.  I am so very grateful for the extra days, by foot, by car, by plane; with friends, family, and under my own volition.  Most everyday I am grateful to have my mobility.  Things change as they will, but I will continue moving until I can't.  Not much cha-cha left, but a good deal of can-can keeps me going.



The Fountain Tarot

Presto!

This Magician looks bored and appears to be taking magic for granted.
Don't do that.  When we lose appreciation for the wonders in the World, the Light goes out of us, or at least retreats and the shadows dim our joy.  This morning it is rainy and I started to complain and stopped myself and exclaimed, Yeah Rain! Flowers next Spring and fresh veggies from the garden because of rain, and the real joy is it is not snow.  So every cloud does have a silver lining, and that is where the Magic is, appreciation.




The Fountain Tarot

Questing

We can search the whole world over and then realize everything we really wanted, needed, or thought that we wanted and needed, we already had.  Dorothy had to go all the way to Oz to find out. 
Counting the blessings that have been bestowed upon us is the secret of the quest.  November is the month I spend more time in gratitude, daily; hourly sometimes.  I am doing much better all year long with recognizing all the bright blessings in my life.
"in my own little corner, in my own little chair, I can be whatever I want to be."  Cinderella ~ Rodgers and Hammerstein



The Fountain Tarot

Sunday Funday

One of the most enchanting things to view is the glistening sunlight bouncing off the waves on the water at the beach, a river, stream, pond.  This morning the Sun is shining very brightly on this first day of Standard Daylight Time.  It is beginning the task of melting the frost on everything that's viewable from my window. 
I am very grateful for the Sun, for Life would not exist without it.
Happy Sunny Sunday to all.
Carolyn, sunrises, family, friends, Kitty, doggies, grass, food, Vitamin D, chocolate, sunsets, seasons, rain, clouds, cloud watching, warmth, beach vacations, daisies, all kinds of flowers, bumble bees, butterflies, morning bird song, fields of sunflowers, and lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my.  This list is endless to what the Sun and sunlight provides.

The Fountain Tarot

Daydream Believer

Daydreaming is the stream of consciousness that detaches from current external tasks when attention drifts to a more personal and internal direction. This phenomenon is common in people's daily life shown by a large-scale study in which participants spend 47% of their waking time on average on daydreaming. ~Wikipedia

Pretty sterile description of something that can be so magical and fun.  I am grateful for my imagination, even the for the times that I end up in anxiety mode.  Life would not be so interesting if I couldn't daydream.  Choosing from one of the seven cups and wondering what if...lots of fun. Today, being Saturday and I am not working I think I will dream about riding about in the Chariot that is attached to those dragonflies the other day.  



The Fairy Tarot.  Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine

Way back when

This is where it begins, our views on the world.  This is where our parents shape who we become and what we will think, do, and say.  Some of the information is great, some not so much, and some, old out-dated perceptions, passed down generation to generation.