Pinnacle Point

Well here it is June 30, the Year is almost half way through it's annual  yearly cycle.  The Earth spins approximately a thousand miles per hour and given that I don't think I have hardly moved an inch in the six months since the year rang in.   So far the year has felt that a long labored climb.  It is always more of a challenge going uphill than down.  Maybe the second half will be easier or at least seem less troublesome.
The Wheel spins and so the year continues.




The Chinese Tarot

Pomp and Circumstance

Is it all song and dance?  Sometimes we have to act the part and dress the part to convince others of who we are. I have noticed in my sales profession that many have become very casual in attire, but does that take away from another's professionalism?  I would not, but that would be me.  Are first impressions still apart of the game plan?
I am considering returning to 'outside' sales on a part-time basis. So what that I walk funny and have some issues with stairs; I still have lots of skills and information, and that is worth something.




The Chinese Tarot

Expansion

What you focus on expands.
I have turned off my t.v. and choose to focus on me, on my welfare.  I am not in a me, me, me stage, I just don't want to be a part of all that -out there in the world.  Focus on the good.  Gratitude is a better focal point. What does work?  What it is good, what is the wonderful and work from that vantage point.




The Chinese Tarot
Jui Guoliang

Combined effort

Celebration of the Success achieved in yesterday's Two of Cups. 
Nothing much going on in my days.  I am hoping the Two and now the Three of Cups signifies some achievement that will soon be known to me; so I too can join in the celebration.





The Fountain Tarot
Jonathan Saiz
Jason Gruhl
Andi Todaro

Alignment

Combined achievement.  Sometimes, well more often than not, we can get more accomplished together than alone.
Today's card evokes so much more...

Perseverance

Work through it, push through it.  How many times do we hear this throughout our lives? "You can do this"  Sometimes those words are of encouragement and sometimes a taunt.  If it is not something we really want to do or think we should do, what do we lose trying to prove something?  More, harder, longer, conquer, conquest, do, do, do.
As I was looking at the word Perseverance, smack dab in the center is 'sever.'  Embattled, what do we lose of ourselves? Do we walk away or continue to push through?  When is enough, enough?

Jubilant

We have all experienced that wonderful moment. Everything seems to come together.  We beam with joy. Our happy place or happy moment. Our moment in the Sun!

Shout at the rain

When it is all said and done and we have exhausted ourselves from that which has unsettled us, we move on. 

Facade

Not all juggling acts are entertainment.  Skills are developed and honed so that that which looks effortless is in fact hours, days, weeks, months, and years of practice. There comes a point when keeping it all checked and balanced is tedious and exhausting.  Change is needed. Lay one or both coins down?  This way or that?  Maybe take one of those coins and flip; heads or tails?  Only we can make the call.

Shed some light

I drew The Fountain card today on this first full day of Summer.  It always reminds me of a side view of a doorway, today perhaps a cosmic string if one can be seen or even if a cosmic string exists.  A doorway then to my Summer months  I have several issues to resolve during these next few months and The Fountain seems like a favorable nod to getting those things sorted and dealt with.  On going irritating conflicts resolved not based on reason but intuition and a strong emotional certainty.
Here is to a productive and insightful Summer.




The Fountain Tarot
Jonathan Saiz
Jason Gruhl
Andi Todaro

Auspicious

Summer's Solstice.  Fourteen hours and forty-nine minutes of sunlight today, truly a spectacular event. The longest day here in the Northern Hemisphere and shortest in the Southern half of the World.  This Summer's Solstice is placed almost exactly between two full moons both of which are lunar eclipses and today a Solar Eclipse mostly viewable in parts of Asia and the Middle East. 
Does it mean much, some astrologers would say yes.  To me, a yes, because it is so interesting.  All that energy and pull from the two luminaries in our sky, has to have some effect.  I would pay particular attention to any "signs" today. A nudge, a pull, a hint, a remembrance.  That something something that catches our attention.  It may bring transformation, especially when we view our heavens.  Bright Blessing

Nonplussed

Not the same old story please.  Tell me something new. Something interesting. Something worth listening to. The same old, over and over has become tiresome.
These girls got out of the hen house, cleaned up everything around them, and are looking forward to a better day out in the fresh air and sunshine. Sometimes you just have to get away from the fray. Find something better to do with the day then peat and repeat.
This is the last day of Spring. Let's hope the Summer brings us better days.

Delivery

Something, someone heading my way.
Some quick development that catches my attention.
Incoming news.
Maybe travel.
Waiting to see what news the days brings.

Whoa is me

There are always storm clouds on the horizon somewhere in the world.  How we choose to deal with adversity or disappointment is up each one of us.  I have never let myself stew in the 'whoa is me pot' for very long; the place of misery is never very comfortable, at least for me. I know of many that wear their misery and fill their days of the lament "why me" and "no one has suffered as much of me." 
I have noticed that when things go wrong or haywire, as they so often can, I manage with equanimity. Deal with it, take care of it, and move on.  Yes, of course there are moments that I can get caught up in a bit of drama, but they are fewer and farther between in these later days.

Dogma

Today's card draw reminds me of the story of St. Patrick chasing snakes out of Ireland, or more likely the conversion of Paganism and the Druids to Christianity.  Also of praying when we come up against adversity, the ole snake in the grass.  So I am asking myself what makes me feel safe in times of adversity?  What beliefs do I hold to  in these turbulent times?
Best to figure that out before the next wave of pseudo wizards of oz gives us an answer and conversion.  Please save us from ourselves.

Why ask why

Some things left behind, supposedly buried in the past, can come back to you time and again, until resolved.  Over and done with? not so fast.  The actions of oneself and others are imprinted in the subconscious, which will randomly select a memory when triggered.  We can deal with it again or choose to bury it once more.  Sometimes I wonder of the lessons that I have been given, or chosen on this journey?  Have I learned what I came here to learn? 
Who, what, when, where, why?  Repeat...

Bouquet

Respite from the chaos that surrounds us daily.
Here is a place to soothe the heart and begin healing.
The field of flowers reminds me of Fiona, a darling little girl in need of home in the movie 'The Secrets of Roan Inish'
She comes to live with her grandparents who live in a fishing village on the West Coast of Ireland.  One day whilst visiting the Island Roan Inish, she lays down on the hillside of flowers to nap and heal.
Can we leave the hate and chaos behind and begin to heal?
Will beauty and light cleanse the darkness?
Hope Springs Eternal.



Celtic Lenormand
Chloe Mc Cracken and Will Worthington

Contrivance

noun

• 1.the use of skill to bring something about or create something:"the requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym"synonymsscheme, stratagem, tactic, maneuver, move, ... more
• 2.a device, especially in literary or artistic composition, which gives a sense of artificiality:"the often tiresome contrivances of historical fiction.

Waiting to see what The Wheel brings to me.  

Be True

I cannot remember many moments like this with my father.  Seven children, two jobs, a tension filled household, didn't leave much time for sharing, caring, or fun.  He did have his moments and now as an adult I can appreciate what he could do and share.  I tried to be what was expected, so as to please.  It was never enough, not from any of us growing up. He had a broken childhood and didn't know any better. 
I have found myself over the years striving to still prove my worthiness.   These days though, I still recognize that I don't measure up to others perceived expectations and I am okay with that. I am okay with me.  To Thine Own Self Be True.

Discord

My own chaotic thoughts have a tendency to be my own worse enemy.  In the last couple of weeks I have listened to my sister whine and complain almost constantly about her job. She has always done so but lately the it has escalated.  Yesterday I realized that I have become her dumping ground.  Having that having negative energy tossed at us can swamp and overwhelm our own systems; then we can become the conduit.
Misery loves company, but we have to defend and protect ourselves, not out of meanness or selfishness, but self-preservation.




The Gaian Tarot

Moving on

I drew this card earlier and was letting myself ponder on it.  In the interim I was looking a my FB account and saw a post that someone I knew and sold a home to years ago has left the planet.  He and his then wife were one of the first clients I worked with twenty-four years ago. I worked with both of them as they went separate ways.  I talked with him about once a year and saw him on numerous occasions at the local grocery store.
The Canoe, The Chariot, reminds me we are always on the move.  Through these days and then on to the next.  The future is our way back to the forever place, where I am sure to see Keith again.

A major pair

Two cards presented themselves this morning and what a power pair.  I don't often draw The Empress and with her second appearance in the last week or so, that gives me reason to pause. There will be time enough in the future for reflection, for today and these days to come, enjoyment of the here and now is the advice given.

Implementation

Leading by example. instead of just giving orders and expecting to be followed without question.  I can get behind this emperor who leads by example.  I have always chafed at being told what to do, makes me itchy and defensive.  Working together has always been a better option than working for, at least for me.







The Gaian Tarot

Added caution

As we begin our odyssey to a different new normal, caution certainly is the new by-word. Leaving behind and letting go comfortable doings is going to be challenging. We are creatures of habit and all that change makes us itchy with the uncertainty.  Still the future beckons and we must make the journey.
Wherever you go there you are.  Choose wisely what we bundle and take with us in the...new, the next, whatever waits beyond.






The Linestrider's Journey Tarot
Siolo Thompson

Earned respect

Kingly by example not because you have a crown on your head.
I don't mind listening to another who offers wise and sage counsel, but forget those entitled individuals that feel they are chosen by divine right. 

It was only...

What a difference we can make if we laid down our tired, worn out excuses of the old defense, "it was only..."
It was only a joke
It was only a suggestion
It was only a tussle
It was only nine minutes
Objectionable behavior and aggression are tired excuses of "it was only"  We have to lay our swords down and start the work with ourselves first.

Nuture

The Empress does not often stop by and she is almost always a puzzle to me.  I have been in a repeating loop of breakdowns.  My body has gone haywire and developed eczema, as I have self diagnosed.  I had a Zoom call with Nurse-practitioner several weeks back, no help.  In self-diagnosis I believe the rash and breakouts are irritations with job.  Then my car gave it up last weekend, and last night I woke up sweating, not Covid, A/C not working.  I kind of want my mother to whine too. I am guessing The Empress's visit is to console and nurture me.  A good pat on the back saying "there, there, everything is going to be all right." 
Ninety degrees today. Whew wee, I am in the stew.

This way and that

Two directions at the same time.  Some days feel just like that.  Loss of focus or perspective maybe.  Pulled in different directions at the same time can scramble oneself.  Once upon a time I thrived on the challenges, now they can overwhelm me.  Being caught between a rock and a hard place; I finally chose the course of action that was best for me.  Now if I could apply that renewed sense clarity  to some other areas in my life, I would definitely be headed in the right direction.

Bonded Pair

Simpatico.  Who do your feel comfortable with?  We develop many relationships throughout our lives, some more meaningful or heartfelt than others.  Even a few that only exchange a fleeting glimpse. 
Kitty has been a joy to have with me through these stay at home days.  I am so very grateful that we found each other.  Sorrowful for her days in the Animal Shelter and those days on the street when she roamed after losing her first home.  We are a bonded pair with an occasional shared head-butt. We may not hold hands but her purring is delight and lifts my heart.



The Linestrider's Journey Tarot
Siolo Thompson