Meow to Roar

 

Today may be a really good day to gather myself and my some new ideas and thoughts that have begun to take hold and figure out what needs to happen next. Focus that great energy of new thought patterns and put some emotional ump behind them and sort out the details. The new year is within sight. 

Baby kitties can become big wonderful cats.

Small ideas can blossom into wonderful futures.

The Gaian Tarot

It takes Strength

 

Much as I would like, I cannot bring everyone I love with me on my journey. It is not disloyal moving forward and allowing them to move along on their journey at their pace. We all change when we are ready, even when suffering we must clear our own hurdles along our paths. It doesn't help me to stay and suffer with them. Letting go with love, we are each accountable for our own progress. 

The Fountain Tarot

In the room

 

Go big or not at all.  Good advice for some situations. You gotta do what you gotta do, might as well go big!

Spiritsong Tarot

May Day

 

May Day! Victory over Winter. Spring is fully ensconced. Timing in my region to plant your flowers; anytime before now is still subject to freezing overnight temperatures. 

I see Strength as the Eighth Major, hence the change on the card. Strength is needed after a cavorting Chariot ride. With Spring, time to work on our endurance after lazing away on those winter day and this Spring, covid.

Happy Beltane. 

A new story

 

Letting go of the expectations of others can be frightening and it can also be empowering. This story of Little Red Riding Hood is vastly different from the childhood story we were told. Stories meant to keep us from the woods or those unknown places and things deemed as unsafe by others. This gal went to the woods and stayed and enjoyed a long and interesting life with a magical wolf.  It takes Strength and Courage to let go of the old stories, but there can be so much wonder in the new story we can create for ourselves.

Dare to enter the magical Enchanted Forest.

The Enchanted Forest Tarot

Health care

This card reminds me it is time to see the dentist. Wait, can't do that right now, unless emergency.  During these uncertain times we must take care of ourselves.  We are the front line health care workers in our lives. Strength and Determination will get us through.









Marco Polo Tarot ~ artwork by Severino Baraldi
Lo Scarabeo

The winds of change

There are moments in life that you know there needs to be change.  Anxiety or excitement ramps up.  Adrenaline flows through our body in preparation or anticipation.  For we must change.  With this Strength card coming after The Wheel, the change has occurred, and so we have to do what needs done, go where we must go, change what we must change.  Some might call that Evolution.  And isn't that what our lives are, evolution, changes and changing from birth to death.  That in itself requires Strength.




The Goddess Tarot

The Upper Hand

Getting an upper hand on the beasties of doubt, fear, anger, anxiety.  All those emotions boil down to fear, but express themselves in a variety of ways.  I was watching a video the other day featuring Pete Egoscue who presented an interesting thought on anxiety.  Anxiety can be calmed by deep breathing, but he suppositioned that anxiety could be caused by shallow breathing.  If we would focus on breathing correctly, perhaps most of those issues would not present themselves.  Instead of counting to ten, best to take ten really deep breaths; and if I am knowingly going to encounter a difficult situation just do some deep breathing before entering the fray.




Rider Waite-Smith Tarot 

In Numbers

There can be Strength in numbers.  All for one and one for all.
This reminds me of Kitty and me.  We have become a bonded pair.  Each seeking comfort and companionship from the other.  She has filled in spaces in me that were empty, which I supposed strengthens me.  She still doesn't want to sit on my lap.  Next to me and nearby almost always, but even companions need a bit of space.




The Gaian Tarot

In numbers

Different deck, different day and I drew Strength today. Back to back draws from different decks same card,  some kind of message. What?  So I pulled The Wisdom of Oracle out to see if I could get assistance with the reason.  Happy Happy.  Sometimes I guess one really needs to have strength to throw off the yoke of worry and concern.  My happiness is all about what I am now about. Forget the traps of others unhappiness and get up and dance!
The hummingbirds at the feeder are really making a show of themselves last few days.  Yesterday the news reported that the day was 13 hours and 50 minutes long, compared with June 21, the solstice, that was 14 hours and 50 minutes long. Winter approaches.

Rider Waite Smith Tarot
Wisdom of the Oracle.

Strength

In an effort to eliminate more drama in my life and on the job, I had to put my foot down and well maybe in my mouth.  I have tried to walk the thin line between friend and peer at work.  The Strength has come in finally saying enough is enough. When confronted I gave a great big 'elephant trumpeting blast' and let another know, no more.  I am sure I will encounter some repercussions.
My priority is well being through self awareness.






SPIRITSONG Tarot ~ Paulina Cassidy

Sometimes a lion is a lion

Don't really know what Strength has to say to me today, or advice that might be needed?  Tame the beast? Control my temper? Endure?
I think I will go watch the movie Lion King this afternoon.  Finish my office work and make my calls, conquer that and then go enjoy the show.

Appropriately prepared

Forewarned is forearmed.  Good advice?  Seems I am always getting ready.  Ready to work, ready to play. Getting ready for bed, or grocery shopping.  Getting ready and being prepared has impacted more of life than I care to admit, wait I just did!  For years I spent as much time getting ready as I did in the activity.  I think it began with school.  Getting ready to start classes, getting ready to go, getting ready for tests, packing lunch to be ready to eat.  Now that I think of it, it started earlier than that.  Church services maybe, getting a bath the night before, clothes ready for morning service, being prepared to talk and worship God, getting ready and prepared for the afterlife. Heaven or Hell?  Is there Strength in being prepared or our we kidding ourselves? Deluded into thinking we have things under control?



Celestial Tarot

Judiciously

I picked judiciously for Strength today. Strength that has been slotted as Major Eleven in this deck.  This card speaks to me today  as choosing my battles wisely.  To be careful of the challenge I may be presented with today.  Sometimes it is better not to choose and just walk away.  There can be Strength in that choice, when every fiber of my being wants to jump into the fray.
An old idiom my Father used to spout, "who is the bigger fool, the fool, or the fool that argues with a fool?"





The Fountain Tarot- Saiz, Gruhl, Todaro

Strength

Watchful

Whether Strength or Justice, I cannot relate to this image. 
Just now I was watching a local news station and one of the reporters that does clips of neighborhood events and happenings around town. He reported this morning on a small "New Age" shop and its upcoming "psychic fair" this weekend.  The fact that they reported on something that is not main stream, I thought showed promise, but...the tv morning anchors at the station just laughed if off.  Now Reiki, Runes, Tarot, and Drumming might not be for all, but the anchors were laughing at others expense, and it was obvious.  And yes I think it is a reflection on them.  As reporters they think and report to  their audience and in doing so should remain objective and not laugh at others at their expense.
A reminder that we are being judged by others all the time.


Sacred Sites Tarot

Musical chairs

Here is Strength showing up in the Major's  Eleven position.  I don't hold with Strength being moved to Justice's position, but then again a little musical chairs doesn't hurt anything.  Without a little change here and there Life and Carolyn can become a bit stagnant. 
Where will I need Strength to come in today?
Not sure, but I will remember that when I think things are going the way I think they should, the music might stop and then I better find the lion chair to sit in.






The Fountain Tarot

Compartmentalize

Listen to the better part of me, myself, and I

I wonder after stating the above, if there are good and not so good aspects to me?  I guess so.  There are days that I am a good and thoughtful participant in my life and the life of others, and other days - not so much.  I was always a quiet girl, too many other voices shouting in my childhood home.  When the time came to go to work and make a living I found a voice, my voice? maybe, sometimes.  I learned to talk to people and read them fairly well, but at the heart of me, I can be left alone with my own company most days. I am really at a point in my life that I can accept all parts of the me, myself and I.  Work in progress, sure, still the adventure continues.
I noticed that mental is tucked right into compartmentalize.



The Rider Waite-Smith

Roar/Meow

Here kitty, kitty, kitty

I know most people link Strength with the Constellation Leo, which would all be based on the lion imagery.  Strength is more than just a roar.  Strength is endurance, going the distance, inner control and much more.  Leo the Lion is all about adoration.  They roar and meow when not getting enough attention, they are mostly about being noticed.  What's the point in being beautiful if no one tells you?
Maybe today I will encounter a lion that needs petting and I will just have to pull on my reserves and put up with someone's ego.




Celestial Tarot

Who's that girl?

Can we really know ourselves unless from time to time we challenge ourselves?

Sometimes we need to tap into our reserves to see if we can 'go the extra mile.'  Strong body, Strong mind, Strength of will.
The Olympian, The Dancer, The Musician, The Poet, all those that do what they do with grace and with ease, make what they do look so easy.  Most of us don't think of or realize all the hours of training, practice, and dedication to honing their craft that many devote to what they do.
Do we do what we do or do what we are? 
I have ask myself that question several times in the last week or so and I am guessing Strength has shown up to help me answer my question.


The Sacred Circle Tarot