Cold water splach

 

Today the King appears disconnected to his surroundings and with himself. He sets apart from his emotions.  We have all been and done something that our "hearts were just not in it" and so it seems to be with the King today. Adrift with his empty cup he seemingly is lost in his own emotional turmoil. We all get stuck there sometimes, the trick is not to stay there. Need to brood, wail, and weep over 2020, okay fine. Tomorrow is a new day and a new year.  Splash some of that cold water on your face and get back in the game.

Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

Anticipation

 

Going through and getting beyond. Yesterday's Page of Swords represents the courage to get back up on our feet and begin anew. Still pain and sorrow can linger and there is not much to do about it but put one foot in front of the other. One step, one day, one week, one day at a time.  Will the pain, sorrow, or disappointment defeat us or motivate us to carry-on? We each get to decide, whether to face the future with sorrow and mistrust or with hope and courage. We decide our own point of Anticipation.

Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

Back on your feet

 

Wounded, whether self-inflicted or by the actions of others, we hurt.  The Page of Swords is back on her feet after getting back up from the turmoil suffered in the Ten of Swords.  Sometimes we just have to go through the violence, the disturbance, the emotional upheavel to learn what needs to be learned and to see more clearly from a new vantage point.  Often it is said it is 20 - 20 vision in the rear-a-view mirror.  From a global viewpoint I wonder if 2020 will launch us on a different path, personally and worldwide?

Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

Well done or not?

 

It has been many a day since I felt satisfaction in my work. There are many that truly love the same career that I have worked at the last twenty-four years. Not me. I am not one that can go without working for long. Something in my nature compels me to work. I will not sit idly and watch life go by, I have tried that several times, most recently these last three months. The less I do amounts to doing even less.  Time to pursue that which gives me momentum to get up and get going. Satisfaction in the activities that I do. What new Beginning can I initiate, that later next year I can pause and say, "well done."

Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

Do or Do Not

 Before we go anywhere, accomplish anything, we have to prepare.  The Charioteer did not toss the covers as she/he got out of bed and went straight to the chariot. Things have to be done, preparations had to made, heck you gotta get dressed for the day! Success is in the details. Practice, planning, preparedness. 2020 has shown us how the best laid plans can go awry, but still plans need to me made for 2021.  So get up, get dressed and fed and start making plans. Nothing succeeds like success, so plan for it, prepare for it.  

As Master Yoda instructed, "Do or do not, there is no try."

Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

Christmas Magic

 

Merry Christmas. May our days be merry and bright1

Mirror has two faces

 

Every time I draw this particular Queen, traditionally the Queen of Pentacles, I wonder about that pointing finger.  Possibly a revist of yesterday's card. This Queen can be Generous, stylish, practical and she can also be harsh, miserly, and critical when the mood strikes her. The mirror has two faces. I wonder if that is why her eyes are closed, she doesn't wish to look too closely at herself when she is sits on her throne, vainglorious. Oh well, as a Queen of Pentacles that moment will pass and she will roll up her sleeves and return to the mundane matters of her life and get things done.

The Fairy Tarot

Vainglorious

 

What a word - Vainglorious. I have run across that word multiple times in the last couple of weeks, interesting. Vainglorious is a apt description for the Six of  Spring (traditional card, Six of Wands).  Hey if you get it right, why not celebrate! Enjoy the moment of success. We don't get many of those moments, so make the most of them. The thing is you can't stay in that moment, once you celebrate and bask in the glow of the joy and acknowledgement, you must move on. If not, vainglorious. 

I always like to celebrate buying a new shirt or blouse. I wonder what color would look good on me in 2021!  

Fairy Tarot

Crossroad

 

Another card of Winter (Traditionally Swords).  Again by myself, isolated? As with the Five of Swords yesterday, here I stand alone in a winter wonderland. Self-imposed isolation is all well and good, but not a place to stay. The label "Social-Introvert" was hung on me some years ago and it is an apt description of myself. I appear to be comfortable in public but really prefer my time by myself, But, Life is meant to be enjoyed and shared, so it would be good for me to shrug off the cloak of isolation.  I recently read a report that stated that 2021 would be a good year for me to become the "Wild-Elder" that sounds pretty good, I am going to embrace that.

Preperation

 

Winter, blah. Today is the Winter Solstice. The shortest day of the year here in the Northern Hemisphere.  This fairy is prepared with his stockpile of snowballs, but not sharing doesn't win him any friends. We sometimes turn people 'off ' with our actions and attitudes. Their problem or ours?  What's the point in having all those snowballs when no one wants to play with us?

Bright Blessings and may Winter be kind to us.

The Fairy Tarot

Introspection

 

The last day of Autumn here, though it has been feeling a bit on the wintery side lately. Tomorrow the Winter's Solstice. The long darker days of winter ahead.  In truth I look forward to the Winter's Solstice as the Earth begins her turn back towards the Sun and the days begin to lengthen. This is the Hermit's time.  During these cold and darker days of winter we need her/his light of guidance to get us through. A quiet time of introspection to look inward and to give a good long look at ourselves.

The Fairy Tarot ~ Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine

Out there...

 

Review time. Looking towards the New Year, what is best to leave behind and what actions to plan going forward.  Out of the One and the Two comes the Three.  The Trinity expressed in many forms encourages us to move forward. Ace is the new action, Two the coupling of energies, Three outward movement. To establish oneself.  I am looking forward to change.

The Goddess Tarot ~ Kris Waldherr

Out and about

 

Traditional card: The Emperor.  

If you have the know how and the power, get out an make use of it instead of sitting on a cold block of a throne and hoarding it. Do something useful. 

The Goddess Tarot

Starlight - Starbright

 

"When you wish a upon a star." We all make wishes upon a star. There is something so magical when you stand outside and look up at the night sky and see all those twinkling lights. When I first got this deck I fell in love with this card. It still is one of my favorite cards within my collection. I am going to take this as a good sign of the good fortune that awaits for me today.

There has been lots of talk of a the Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn and their formation that will appear as a "Christmas Star" Not really. Except for the cloud cover this last week you can see them approach each other. It's been neat to watch them chase each other across the sky all summer long. The Celestial Event is an ongoing presentation in the sky, not just a moment that will not appear as anything as bright as Venus, still beautiful to behold.

The Goddess Tarot

Motivation

 

Making money for the sake of money, what is the point of that? Traditional card, Knight of Pentacles knows how to make money. He has the momentum and the skill set, but just making money is pointless. What will we do with our pentacles once we acquire them? That's the endpoint, to enjoy life. 

The Goddess Tarot

Shared moment

 

We have all those moments when at first glance something clicks. It does not necessarily indicate a romantic clinch, just a moment shared.  Do we take that moment and build on it, or briefly hold it then let it go as we move on our way? It doesn't just depend on us but also the other.  Sometimes all it is, is a moment that our hearts open and share, and that it is in itself the miracle moment. And sometimes that is enough.

The Goddess Tarot

Endings and beginnings

 

Endings and beginnings. There will be much of that over the next month or so. Traditional card Death, the end of one thing the beginning of another. Soon 2020 will pass and replaced with a new year. Time to consider what needs to be released as I move forward.  Letting go can be a challenge, difficult, or even painful. I think sometimes why New Year's Resolutions do not hold up is we start planning on something new, without letting go of the very thing we want to change.  We need cleared space, sacred space for something new. Lose weight, get rid of the junky food.  New job, commit to quitting the old so there is room for the new. New clothes, clear the closet and donate. I am going to look at what I want to change and then let go of the old and make way for the new.

The Goddess Tarot

Short Straw

 

So many irons in the fire. Many days in my life I have started a day like this. So many things to do, that a day is not enough time to complete them all. Mostly those days are passed. I wonder if instead of trying to complete many tasks in a day, if just one is chosen and completed, how many more things would have gotten done?  The fire gets lit but the embers burn down, and a passion for a thing passes. My eyes are beginning to focus on the New Year and wondering what happenings are ahead.

The Goddess Tarot

Feel that?

 I remember years ago attending a six-hour tarot class. I knew someone that knew someone and I decided to go. So much to learn and six hours didn't begin to cover The Tarot. The instructor did tell us that all the Aces were gifts. Gifts of what I wonder, and sometimes still do. The gift of new starts, not necessarily new beginnings, that would be found in the Major Arcana. The gift of the start of a new day, a new week, a new month. New Year beginnings start with The Magician. This week is at an end so what is something new I can start with in the new week, tomorrow. The Ace of Cups reminds to feel my way to that new start. What feels right and go with that.

The Goddess Tarot ~ Kris Wladherr

Fa la la la la la la

 

Christmas, two weeks from today; followed by the New Year in three weeks.  Christmas cards go out today. I received a note yesterday from the City/County, jury duty. That is not a Christmas card that I wanted to receive. I report December 21, what a way to start the week of Christmas. I checked the extended weather forecast and no Christmas storms expected, so, skip getting snowed in. Oh well, I was wishing for something different to do. I guess I got my wish. The Universe does have a sense of humor. The old adage still resonates "Be Careful for What You Wish For" 

Rest

 

Go on take a nap. 

I have been sleeping a lot. Sometimes I wonder if I am taking too many naps, turning into a slug. But hey, it doesn't interfere with anyone else's life, so why worry. I have checked in and I am pretty sure it is not depression, maybe a bit of boredom. I figure up until now, for Sixty-Two years I never really napped. I know I have a deficit left over from trauma years,  It is almost winter so maybe I am acting like a bear preparing for hibernation.  This week I have been out on several appointments and have had my temperature taken four times. Not once 98.6°.  All were between 96.7° and 79.9° and I realized why I am always chilly and diving under the covers. There is a cure for that, perpetual summer; no wonder I love to be in Florida.

Earth Wisdom Oracle

Beyond brute

 

Strength is so much more than pumping iron. It takes a lot of strength from ourselves to look in the mirror and see our own weakness and go to work on that. Let go of the excuses and begin daily habits to improve. Little things we can add to our lives to improve our hearts, body, and mind. Smile at others, take a ten minute walk, and read a chapter in a book that has been sitting on the shelf. Small everyday things that will strengthen our inner core.

Earth Wisdom Oracle Cards

Sacred Space

 

I have always consider home the place you can retreat and  find respite. The place where you can shut the door to the outside world and tune out and tune in. A place to recollect and rest. These days of covid and even more so with the days of winter ahead, I/we may find ourselves more often than not in retreat, locked away from the world and the danger of covid.  Home can begin to feel like four walls shutting us in rather than shutting the world out. Remember the Big Picture, covid won't forever dominate our lives. Change is the only constant in our Life.

Earth Wisdom Oracle

Wow!

 

Treasures can be found in the most unexpected places. We need to remain open to the wonders of the Universe and the gifts the Mother Earth can bestow. Happy Monday!

Earth Wisdom Oracle Cards

Infusion

 

I wonder why when the apple cart gets tipped over, we automatically drift to the dark-side. That's the first inclination, the 'why oh why me' response. Clearly this gal has her circle of light but stands just outside her protection.  A few things of concern can become a mountain in our minds and then the worry really sits in. The answer is to choose a better feeling or thought, step into hopefulness and let the light banish the fears. Today is all we really have, tomorrow will take care of tomorrow. 

What do we want to infuse ourselves with, Light or the dark? We choose.

EARTH WISDOM Oracle ~ Barbara Moore & Cristina Scagliotti

Have. Have not

 

I am not sure what this Six of Pentacles is relaying to me. Just relying on the image and not what the traditional meaning would be, I say that being grounded in a Earth sign has kept me from following those flights of fantasy. Basically I have pretty much everything I need, but it is not enough. Are we ever completely satisfied with ourselves and or our lives? The 'have and have not' in our lives, keeps on the move.

Celestial Tarot ~ Kay Steventon and Brian Clark

Ready Set...

 

A little competition can aide ourselves toward improvement. Improvement of what kind is what the competition is all about.  Want to be best at what you do, you really need to compete against others doing the same.  At which point you discover that indeed you do it well or there is room for improvement. The sign of Leo and the Planet of Jupiter warns of going overboard in the attempt to prove you are the best.  Fives suggest a time of change or that something must change. Maybe there is room for improvement or maybe it is time for a new choice.

2021 is a Five Year, 2+2+1= 5, a change we have to meet head on.

Last ditch attempt

 Never heard of the constellation COMA. A cluster of named stars in the sign of Virgo in the northern sky. Bernice, the wife of Ptolemy III cut off all her hair as a sacrifice to Aphrodite for her husband's safe return. For her attempt to garner her husband's safety she was immortalized in the heavens. Also might do with the fact that Ptolemy was one of, if not the first Astrologer. Sometimes we will do almost anything to get what we want, when patience might be a better option.  For me it reminds me not to get antsy in my early pre-retirement stage and jump back into the work force. I still need time to settle and figure out what that next thing is.  Doesn't cutting off all your hair make you vulnerable and weak?

Celestial Tarot

Enjoy the moment

 

I am not sure why the author decided to use Hydra, a giant water snake, as a portrayal of the Four of Wands? Maybe the five or eight of cups, but the Four of Wands or to feature the Sun in the sign of Leo. Leo is a fire sign so that correlates with the wands, but the Sun would be more a major card. The best I have today is because we think we have come to a place of success (the biggest is the best) and we think we have the time and place to celebrate, that is not to be. Foundations are just that, something to build on.  Enjoy the moment and then get on with getting on.

Celestial Tarot

Look up

 

With my renewed interest in astrology I find myself sidetracked by the stars and the planets. Many thousand of years ago we wandered under the influence of the Sun and the Moon. With the advent of fire we began to wander less and ventured out in to the night to tend the fire and we began noticing the movement of the points of light in the sky.  

I will tip my Ace of Cups to beginning something new.

Celestial Tarot

Bright and Beautiful Blessings

 

About five years ago I started this blog with the month of November and thirty days of Gratitude. I did not do thirty days of posts on gratitude this year. This last day of November seems a good moment to pause and pay tribute to the wonder of life. The good and the better far out-weigh the difficulties and challenges. The Empress reminds me of all the bounty and blessings in life. I could fill pages and pages instead I will just say "Thank You, I am truly grateful."

Celestial Tarot

Perspective

 The LWB gives us a salamander, element of fire and change. I could not see it. Turning the card around the salamander was clearly evident, clarifiying the upright card. The Ten of Wands is normally about the burdens we carry, ours and those of others. As a card of advice or caution, I think it is best to look from different angles at what comes to me today.  Nothing wrong with double checking something that involves me. No more flying by the seat of my pants, those days are behind me.  Do I miss those days of impulsiveness, you bet, but not the regrets that came from some of those adventures. 

Celestial Tarot ~ Kay Steventon & Brian Clark

Seasons

 Yesterday I took a lovely drive in the sunshine and I noticed the Autumnal Season is ready to give way to Winter. The trees have given the last of their leaves in their preparation for their Winter's hibernation.  I was treated to glimpses of hawks along the byways. Beautiful to behold as they survey their domains.  Today as well, I will spend a bit of time in the chilly sunshine as predictions of snow showers on Monday and Tuesday are hinted at.  I am already counting the days to The Winter's Solstice so that I can celebrate the turning of Seasons as Winter begins the march toward Spring.

EarthHeart Wisdom Cards ~ Sue Lion

On tippy toes

 

Balance - Counter-Balance. For every action a reaction. Good days, not so good days.  Take 'em as they come.  "Celebrate good times, come on!" Some days are wonderful, something to sing about and some days not. The counter-balance does not have to be doom and gloom; it can be as simple as putting our feet back on the ground. If we were up-up-up all the time then that would become our normal and would kind of take the whoopee out of it.

Today I will take the blessings and joy where I can find them, for tomorrow belongs to tomorrow. 

The Fountain Tarot

Thanksgiving

 Thanksgiving Day.  A good time to remember the blessings we enjoy. Be on the offensive of who and what we have in our lives instead of the defensive, worrying and counting the 'what ifs' and lack. 

Happy Thanksgiving.

Sharp Objects

 

We have all heard it, "don't run with knives, scissors, or questionable people."

The Fountain Tarot

M.P.H.

 

How fast does The World spin? About a 1000 mph. Pretty fast, so fast that this World Dancer lost her clothes. Life can move along at a pretty fast clip some days, so fast that what we think and feel can get distorted by the spin. Thank goodness for gravity.  Our trip around the Sun only has about 37 days left to it this year. Don't know what 2021 will bring, but hold on to your clothes, the ride could get bumpy. Starting back at the Fool we all might just fall off the cliff.

The Fountain Tarot

Self Interest

 

Nothing wrong with self-interest. If we are not interested in ourselves, who would be? If we do not look out for what is best for us, who will?  Self Interest taken to self importance is a fine line.  Get them before they get you is and idiom we hear all the time. Look where it has gotten us.

The Fountain Tarot

Directional

 

When everything points you in one direction, best to travel that path.  Surrender and trust the process, I need to keep reminding myself of that truthism. The Eight of Wands can be about something incoming. If I get a message today, sure bet I am going to listen and follow through.

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

VisionQuest

 

I know that I would not enjoy a vision quest. No food or water and sitting by myself on a mountain top for hours, preferably days. I would have visions too if I had no water for hours and hours much less days and days. Besides my broken down knees would hamper any attempt at crouching on the ground for days.  I am still working on silence within for twenty minutes in a chair. Kudos for those that can, for me disconnecting from the media and my cell phone for a couple of hours gives me the respite needed to quiet my mind.

Native Spirit Oracle Cards - Denise Linn

Flowing River

Today hopefully will be one of those easy peasy days, just go with the flow.  Recently most of my days have been pretty easy going.  I have eliminated a big issue and things are going along nicely.  I am working on the 'Surrender and Trust the Process.' 

I might pack a lunch and go down and sit by river. Always a good option, if the weather is right.  

Native Spirit Oracle Cards

Peace Pipe

There are days I miss smoking. I enjoyed the habit. Shaking a cigarette out of the pack, flame to tobacco, the long warm inhale, watching the curl of smoke on the exhale. There was a shared camaraderie with other smokers as we huddled together in our designated smoking areas. Ahh, those were the days.  I enjoyed them while they lasted; would not do again. Sometimes, just once in awhile, I hesitate a moment in a cloud of smoke as I pass by smokers and a sigh with a bit of nostalgia. 

Native Spirit Oracle Cards

White Buffalo

 

I recently saw a picture of a man standing next to a buffalo that was loaded in a tagging shute. They were ear tagging buffalo for tracking and conservation purposes. I knew the animals were large but huge would be more apt. Humongous and beautiful.  With the world, society, and life in general on edge, spending time out in nature appreciating the natural wonder of our world would help heal.  So focused on the what ifs in front of us we have lost site of the sacred and spiritual all around us.

I am in a down time, away from work and find myself a bit itchy and this card reminds me there are other things to do with my precious time than to work and worry.

Native Spirit Oracle Cards

Spirit of Fire

 

Fire has many attributes. The booklet tells of the 'fire of transformation.' Well fire will certainly do that. This Spirit of Fire card reminds me more of an S.O.S., a beacon fire on the beach.  "Here I am!" makes me think of the myriad of ways that people with low-self esteem use tactics to gain attention. Seems we have a lot of those everywhere.  

Native Spirit Oracle Cards

Tracker

 In 2005 I visited the Grand Canyon while vacationing with family. Awesome. I didn't appreciate how spectacular the canyon was as I was not in a good place in life. I was whiny and miserable most of trip, complaining most days. I prefer green and water and nothing out there has that. I think if we stopped at the Coconino National Forest I would have stood taller than the trees. Lack of rainfall made the forest look little more than scrub. If I visited today, I would appreciate the tenacity of life that the trees hold on to. The Colorado River looked like a little stream from above. Today I would look with wonder at the power of the river to carve the canyon.

Heart and mind set have so much to do with the way we perceive the world. Track your feelings and how you think to gain perspective on where you are or where you plan on going.

Native Spirit Oracle Cards

Grandfather Sky

 I have been watching Saturn chase Jupiter during most of the year. The chase is narrowing and will cumulate in a Grand Conjunction December 21, 2020. Saturn has the influence of restriction and Jupiter expansion, which is definitely a test of wills. That conflict we have experienced throughout 2020.  A conjunction in astrology notates a positive influence and so this Grand Conjunction gives us a glance of hopefulness towards positive change.  The chase began early this year and was visible during most of the night sky, but as the conjunction gets closer, just more so in the low western sky after sunset. 

I was always interested in astrology and lost track of it after I started collecting change from table tops. The task then and since has been to make an earning. Now as I settle into semi-retirement, a renewed interest to keep the mind active.

Native Spirit Oracle Cards ~ Dinese Linn

Reflect - Review

 

Pippin: "It's so quiet."

Gandalf: "It is the deep breath before the plunge"

Standing at the edge of forest, reflection on the passage through reminds me of the above quotes. I wonder what waits ahead.  There is shimmering magic there at the portal from the forest to what is next. Best grab some of that for my travel pack.

The Enchanted Forest Tarot

Seek and you saw find

 

Who goes to the forest with their harp and not take a picnic basket and blanket? A Knight of Cups. Searching for the place that the music plays true. Follow and trust your feelings to take you on, take you on to the next adventure. I think this Knight of Visions(Cups) is The Fool who wander into the forest on his/her journey and decided to stay. Once we find the place that fills our hearts, is there any need to go anywhere else?

The Enchanted Forest.

Razz m'tazz

 

This Keeper  of Spells is traditionally the King of Wands.  He is a bit young to take on the role of advisor and leader, but hey we all got to start somewhere.  This young, inexperienced king wants to impress with his showmanship, that which diverts our attention from the inexperience. Well, we all have to start somewhere, sometime, and sometimes a bit of thrill and awe and razz m'tazz is exactly what is needed.

For today I will take any advice with a pound of salt, the salt to put out the fire.

The Enchanted Forest Tarot