About face

I have seen quite a lot of the Knight of Swords lately. Since I am mostly at home with Kitty, the knight is a suggestion of action on my part and not the visitation of an actual messenger with something to say. Today is the last day of August, two-thirds of the year has passed, in a covid haze. What do I need to revisit and finish up in these next four months?  Several things actually.  I need to make my list and check it twice and charge full steam ahead and finish strong. 




Rider Waite Smith Tarot

Proffered

A helping hand is always a good thing, whether extending to offer or to reach for.

The old boyo

Usually the appearance of the Emperor gets my hackles up. Authoritative older men trying to boss me around or tell me they know what is better for me than me, well no, Today the old guy just seems like an older family man, trying to hold on to some semblance of his place in the world. His place unsure, kids moved away, wife goes her way, the younger upstarts at work constantly remind him his time on the throne is past. He is holding on to a lifestyle that doesn't exist any more, and he is frightened. Most of us these days can relate since the world has gone sideways. We are all running around not sure and a bit afraid. Time to give him, others, and myself some leeway, 
The Times, they are a changing


The Rider Waite Smith Tarot

Expectations

Are these wands incoming or outgoing?
Do the thoughts, words, and actions return to us?  If so we best pay close attention to those thoughts, words, and actions.
I had three impressions from this Eight of Wands today.
Incoming. Outgoing. Short end of the stick.
If something comes along today, I best be careful of the choice I make so I don't draw the short stick.  Or maybe the short stick is the one to choose?
I am in a wait and see mode.



Rider Waite Smith Tarot

Frustrated

Well it looks like I got frustrated with the three cups from yesterday's Four of Cups draw. Got up and kicked them over. What I was not expecting is the red and green liquid that was spilled.  I am facinated with the spillage.  Why green and red? All these years and never payed attention to the red and green spill.
I keep coming back to red and green for Christmas.  Oh no, I think! I cannot wait around till Christmas to figure out that I need to turn around grab the other options and move on.
It's true I have been grappling with a situation and keep delaying one more month.  If I don't decide soon, there will be five kicked over cups and then where will I be when I don't leave myself with options?

Not interested

Another night of intermittent sleep makes Carolyn a dull girl. Something offered and unaware, makes a missed opportunity. There are days that I hear myself say "I wish I had..." Well those were the days of below operating capacity. Not interested, maybe, but more likely I was asleep at the wheel.







The Rider Waite Smith Tarot

Rail at the Wind

When we shout at the wind and there is no one to listen, did the words make a difference? The Wind does not care. It blows where blows. I see the words and my ears here the voices and I am left with the thought, Really? Really, this is what you have to say?
I will forge ahead, my head down in the wind, with the echos of words.




Rider Waite Smith Tarot

We teach that what we need to learn

This morning I am struck by how similar the Six of Pentacles is to The Hierophant that I drew yesterday.  Previously I had not seen the similarities. One person above two others. The right hand with the same blessing pose and in the left an instrument of knowledge or purpose. Both individuals in the superior position wear a red robe and are bestowing blessings as such, to the subordinate two.
Are we that what we have been taught?  Do we do what we do because of our education?  Can others really determine what we need and need to know? Are we all operating on the passed down information from centuries ago?  I say yes, but we are slowly reprogramming the education of the Spheres.

I see twos

I have been seeing repeating patterns of twos this year?  Is it any wonder since the year 2020 has two of them.  Last evening I read a passage that I wrote to myself back in December of 2019 that began or brought to my attention, twos.  In my Yearly spread for 2020 there were twos everywhere throughout the cards.  Thinking on that last night and as I drifted off to sleep, I thought today I would spend sometime reading on symbology of twos, dig out my books on Tarot and read on twos, and of course my book on numerology. Twos, and thinking that, here are two more twos. Two of the Hierophant fingers raised. Two pillars. Two initiates. Two keys.
What is the Hierophant as a teacher trying to relay to me about the twos?  This or that, choices, here or there, yes or no....?


The Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

I still wonder

Responsibility for ourselves.
For the most part I do and have.
Still there are moments in the quiet, that I wonder what if.
Past. Present, Future. I am in motion drifting through those passages.





Earth Wisdom Oracle
Barbara Moore
Cristina Scagliotti

Words of Wisdom

The only truth I have is my own. Let that lead me along my path.  What the heck others are thinking boggles my mind, but then those things are their truths. You can never win making another wrong.
I am imaging this harpist playing "Let it Be"





Earth Wisdom Oracle

Gather ye rosebuds

Most days I forget to be thankful for how truly blessed I am to be Earth bound.  Yes there is pain, sorrow, disappointment. But there are great joys and wonderment. When gone I am from the Earth, what awaits is the etheral.  Time enough to enjoy the Sun on my face, the grass beneath my bare feet.  To appreciate the rose and the thorns. Share moments with friends and family and feathered and fur ones.



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Easier said

"To be truly strong, you must first master yourself. If you want to protect yourself from dangerous situations , remove self-destructive tendencies from your life. Then develop your own prosperity and self-reliance. Once you have established your own inner and outer strength, you will be able to serve others."
- quoted from the accompanied little green book

A lifelong endeavor for sure.  I spent a better part of my life taking two steps forward and then one back. There are also times I have managed one step forward, then retreated, fallen, or taken huge steps back. A work in progress?  Life is a work in progress, and I have miles to go, one step at a time, before I depart.

Earth Wisdom

This for That

Today is a New Moon in the monthly lunar cycle.
What new energy do I invite into my life, and what will I release?
So much drama this year which I am sure is affecting us in not yet conceived ways. It is up to me to protect me and remove myself from the histronics and let go of that of which I have no control.




Earth Wisdom Oracle

The question is

I like working with the cards for myriad of reasons. 
The connection to the image, education, hints, suggestions, choices, take a peek, questions.
This morning I asked myself was there a question I needed an answer to, nope, at least not yet.  Then I thought of Jeopardy, the game show, which gives the answer and the contestants supply the question to it.  So today my answer is Clear Aura.  Now I just have to figure out the question. 




Earth Wisdom Oracle

Shadow Treasures

My first thoughts on this card were the dark and how could all those Black-eyed-Susans grow in the absence of light? At the edge of the forest where the sunlight shines through the tree canopy, yes.  Such is with ourselves I think, when we travel within. Shadow work they label it.  If we look within ourselves and all those deep and dark places with grace, we will see that there are lovely treasures. The Shadows are not all dark but dappled with light to help us find the way through our own labyrinths.
Our own worst enemy? How about our own best friend?



Earth Wisdom Oracle
Barbara Moore
Cristina Scagliotti

Repeating pattern

More Trees. These in frozen winter silence. Are they silent? As the Wind blows it's icy breath the trees sway and creak, a Winter's song.  The trees have taken me from the meadows of Spring to the depth of dark and deep in Winter's keep.
Reflection. Am I asked to reflect where I am from the viewpoint of last Winter?  Or review of the cycles of the year that we all pass through?  I feel a bit of a shiver while looking at this card.
Trees, our silent witness.



Earth Magic
Steven D Farmer

FOREST

They say there are no coincidences. (whoever they are.)
Coincidences are attempts at revelations between the Divine, the Universe, The High-Self with ourselves. Information, hints, or wisdom imparted to us to help us when help is needed.
So yesterday TREE and today FOREST, hmm?
Get back to nature.
Spend some time in the forests.
Hug a tree.
Choose timberland over waterworld.
It is pouring rain here this morning. Maybe later this afternoon I will go to the park and walk among the trees for a bit. There the forest can tell me what it has to say to me.


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TREE

"I think that I shall never see
  a poem as lovely as a tree..."  Joyce Kilmer

I love trees. They give so much and ask so little. 
They truly are a poem of Nature.




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Where it started

Two steps forward, one step back. Progress, slow but progress.  Sometimes I stumble and fail and wonder with all the work I do on my self, all the self-acknowledgement and then boom, I am shouting at the top of my lungs at some idiot on the tv, road, social media....
I was reading something last night that kind of helped me come to terms with me. 
"DNA and the influences you had growing up will have set a few things in stone."  Rachel Patterson

There is just no getting around some structural parts of me.



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Not so much

Tried and true versus A new way.
Moving from a comfortable platform to different is challenging.
I just experienced Bloggers new platform and reverted to Legacy Blogger.  I think that I will have to ultimately switch, September probably.  The promise of something new does not always bring comfort and joy.
We have a New Moon next week, which is always a good time to set new intentions. Adaptability is not my strong suit these days, maybe with the upcoming energy of the New Moon I will be infused with anticipation of something new.  Today not so much.



Earth Magic Oracle Cards

Always 'becoming'

Are we like the dragonfly or butterfly, going through changes? Becoming?  I wonder if that is why, from time to time I feel out of step with the world. Moving from one stage or being, to the next? Becoming.
Larvae, Nymph, Dragonfly. We too change throughout life. Do we struggle during our metamorphosis?  Child, Adult, Senior.
Always becoming. 





Earth Magic
Steven D Farmer

Sort

Balance * Adaptability
Seems we are all seeking balance and we are all going to have to adapt.







Spiritsong Tarot
Paulina Cassidy

Yikes!

Just what might be needed.  I zinger from an eel.  Nothing like a bit of a bolt of electric to get the 'move' on.








Spiritsong Tarot

I wonder

Transition * Insight
Getting your point across.
I wonder if the point you are trying to get across is better delivered with the brush of feathers or the tips of swords.  Both will garner attention but I think the stick of the tip of a sword would leave a more indelible impression.
"Speak softly but carry a big stick" comes to mind.

I love watching dragonflies.



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Dilemma

Power * Perseverance are the the keywords for this Nine of Wands depiction. 
There are times we push forward, push ahead, and there are times we retreat and review.  This Nine advises to go the distance and finish.  Can we when we are weakened and tired?  Will the finish be all that it could be if we paused and then finished?
What was the message that flashed forward in the Eight to propels us on in the Nine of Wands?





Spiritsong Tarot

Just a little thing

It only takes a brief moment, a flicker of time for something to change.  A burst of light from the rays of the Sun behind the clouds.
A compliment.
A smile.
An endearment.
A hug.
A hummingbird that flashes by your feeder to bring a smile.

"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."
Galadriel ~ The Fellowship of the Ring.



Spiritsong Tarot

Persistence

Persistence * New possibilities.
Subtitles to this typical Five of Pentacles.
Do hardships make us stronger?
Is it true that God gives us no more than we can handle?
Me, myself, and I have slid into a place of shadows. Like this ladybug I need to climb myself out of the depths to a place where I can shudder my wings and dissipate the melancholy that I am cloaked in.  This to shall pass as it usually does, but the lingering is a burden.




Spiritsong Tarot
Paulina Cassidy

Holding my breath to long

When it comes down to it, it is my life to be or not to be. No one is going to do it for me. Accept who I am. Release the pent-up breath.  I can shape and improve my days.  Look for the good and build on that.





The Linestrider's Tarot
Siolo Thompson