Review and assess

 My tendency is to hurry up and get it done. Presented with a task, a inquiry, even a puzzle, the aim becomes to figure it out and do and finalize. Preparedness. What happens when there is no way to prepare? Life changes are sometimes thrust upon us and the hurry up and put everything in it's place is no longer the option to give one the appearance of safety and control. When you can no longer return to the safety of the known, what then? I-don't-know is pretty daunting. The Seven of Pentacles suggests to take it slowly. Slow down and consider and pace myself as I move forward. Easier said than done.

Celestial Tarot

It's an ill wind that blows

Fear and angst can make us retract into a protective posture where all kinds of imagined troubles arise. Every uncomfortable or 'bad' thing that has happened before in our lives suddenly re-emerge and we can be carried away with our fear-based emotions. Oh my! 

Today I have to 'head-off' a situation before it spirals out of control. Best to head directly into the winds of discontent and face the buffeting blasts of  the perturbed response of another. To let it continue only will make things even more problematic.  Once done the winds of chaos will settle.

Celestial Tarot

Self-care

 

Somedays it is all about one's self.  Somedays you just have to choose yourself first.

Celestial Tarot

Have a Cup

 

This last week or so I have drawn an abundance of Cup cards from the Tarot. I wonder what is being relayed to me? My emotions seem to be in check. I was having a few anxiety episodes from my recent health scare and with meditation they have settled down. The last few days though I have not been able to quiet the mind, possibly I have some repetitious  emotional soundtrack running in the background of my mind keeping me unsettled. I remind myself that I am over seventy percent water so water/emotions are a vast part of Carolyn. With the Ten of Cups today I am going to go with it is a very good day emotionally and just not over-think the card(s).

Mercury goes retrograde today, so appearances can be deceiving as Mercury does not go backward, just looks that way from our observation point on Earth. 

Celestial Tarot

Emotional guideposts

 

There are times I can get so carried away by my emotions that I become swept away.  The infusion of happy or sad can overwhelm. I cannot change what I am not aware of, so for today I am going to pay close attention to the range of emotions that I experience.  

The sigils of Neptune and Cancer indicate some depth of emotion. 

Celestial Tarot ~ Kay Steventon and Brian Clark

Walk away

 

When it is time to go, it is time to go. I wrote the other day about leave-taking and change. Indecision of when and doubts about why can hinder us and we can linger too long.  We all can get to the place when enough is enough but how much better and easier the leave-taking would be if we followed our intuition when first prompted. I know there have been times when I heard myself say, "whew I should have done that sooner."  

Scorpio Sea Tarot

To do

 

Things to do. Things needing done. Projects to get started.  It can become overwhelming if we let our 'to do' lists take over our lives. Sometimes taking care of one thing will help sort out the others, or at the very least give us some prospective. With my recent and on going health crisis I cannot let the stress of things needing done overrun my life.  One thing. What one thing can I do today to bring me calm, build my strength, change my diet, adjust routines, exit my job, find something else to do with my time, relax?  Life is full of choices.

Scorpio Sea Tarot

Together

 

Life is always better shared.  

Sacred Circle Tarot

Leave-taking

 

Change comes in many disguises. Today marks the Autumnal Equinox on the calendar and saying goodbye to Summer is not something I look forward to. Fall can be a lovely diversion but nothing stops the reality that Winter is coming. As I prepare to say farewell to Summer I need to think of that which no longer serves me and let it also have its Leave-taking.  Anxiety is something I need to let go of and maybe a good place to start is not getting myself twisted up with Winter musings and instead think of the lovely days of Fall. The colorful dance of leaves as they take their 'leave-taking' from the trees. Newly picked apples from a nearby orchard. The crisp freshness of a Fall breeze.  Change is at hand, and a bit of change is something that can be a good thing.

Scorpio Sea Tarot

Happy is as happy does

 

Who has not watched a clip of baby goats scampering and frolicking and enjoyed the antics of youthful exuberance?   Being in the moment and enjoying the moment is some very good advice. The authors give us "silly doesn't have an expiration date."  A good reminder to go ahead and give into joy.  Happy is as happy does.

Scorpio Sea Tarot

Fanciful, yes please

 

The Unicorn is the the National Animal of Scotland. How lovely.  Sometimes the most impractical idea is the most sensible course of action.  A project that may not really do much to improve our circumstances may still be the exact thing that enriches our lives.  Fanciful, yes maybe, but those are the things that can feed our enduring human spirit. Today I will listen for an improbable thought or suggestion and give it my full attention.

Scorpio Sea Tarot

Tried and True

 

Exhausted looking at options on getting things done? Do what works. No need to reinvent the wheel. What has always worked will usually continue to do so. Bored and want some spark, some flair? Then this is not your knight?  For a card of advice today, do what works, you know it works, so stay with that.

Scorpio Sea Tarot

Everyone has a story

 

I have been sitting with this King of Pentacles for a bit this morning and I just cannot decide to be happy or sad for him. He has succeeded but at what cost?  Years back he made his plans and then worked them. Worked hard. There were losses along with the gains, and he maintained his focus. Still, you can see the pain etched on his face from the sacrifices he made. Long days and nights of hard work. How much did he miss along the way? Do we congratulate him or commiserate with him? I don't think he would welcome either. He did what he had to do, he worked. Sometimes the best we can do for another is listen to their story. We just might find an answer in their words.

Scorpio Sea Tarot

Transformational pain

 

This depiction of the Three of Swords made me gasp when revealed, especially since my own cardiac event two weeks ago. Straight to the heart of my own concerns and worries. The phoenix goes through transformational pain, as it bursts into flame and then anew, rises from the ashes.  I am changed from the event and who I am becoming will change from the  previous version of Carolyn.  A transformation hopefully all for the better of me and for me.

Scorpio Sea Tarot

We are both

 

When the struggle is real and chaos is all around you, seek out that which comforts. No need to go through it alone. Even wrapping yourself in loving memories helps soothe away the anxiety. 

A helping hand, an encouraging word can go a long way; Giver and Receiver, we are both throughout life. 

The Scorpio Sea Tarot

Synthesis

 

Similar ideas or reasons, just not quite in-sync. 

This picture reminds me of the twining snakes on Hermes' staff, and in addition, his staff had wings. The procurer of information. The messenger of the gods.

 We have multiple opportunities to chose what information makes sense to us and what to cast aside. I will not be boxed in by others negative perceptions of recent events. I will not identify with the victim status, but with courage and fortitude on a new trail.

Scorpio Sea Tarot

Emotional Wisdom

 

Wise emotional counsel from heart-centered wisdom.  It takes awhile to get here. I am in that iffy place of some fear-based responses.  What the heart feels the mind thinks on. What the mind thinks on the heart feels.  The goal is to keep them in sync. 

The Scorpio Sea Tarot

Resources

 

We all hold different values for those things around us. A field full of grasses and wildflowers is home, contentment, and bliss for the farmer. A drive-by sighting of a field of wildflowers is a wonderment to me. To another it could seem like wasted space and thoughts of commercial development would be a better use of the land.  We may be blessed with many a thing, but if there is no appreciation, what value does it have?  Wishing for more is not the answer, gratitude for all that we have is a better way to fill our cups. 

Scorpio Sea Tarot - Maggie Stiefvater

Nothing for granted

 

I have spent the better part of the last four days cloud gazing from my bedroom window. I am in recovery from a cardiac event, better know to most, a heart attack. Attack, such a harsh word, I wonder why they misnamed it so? My heart did not attack me. I think of it more like my heart a 'tact'. Letting me know tactfully and in no uncertain terms that changes need to be made. My heart was doing what it must to get my attention.  Over these last ten days since the event I am coming to terms with my aging, my new limitations, and yes the moodiness that accompanies such changes and introspection.   Change is the natural order of Life, and change I must, and change I will. When sadness creeps too close I will return often to cloud gazing, reminding myself that for six days I did not get to view the sky and now I will take every opportunity to marvel in the awe and wonder of such things.

Emotional software.

 

The Moon, our emotional software.  Our unconscious motivation to feel and experience the world around us. What calls to us for emotional fulfillment?  The Moon phases throughout the month. Full Moon, New Moon, Dark of the Moon, Waxing and Waning.  Our emotions shift with the Moon's passage around our Earth. Follow its path and correlate with our feelings.  Luna stirs our heart and soul with her lovely presence and lyrical messages. Currently we are under the Moon waning until Monday September 6th with the New Moon bringing us new energy and revitalized interest.  

The Rider Waite-Smith Tarot

Bad form

 

It's in bad form to gloat over the advantages one may have over others. 

Rider Waite-Smith Tarot