Sounds of Silence

"Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again." -Simon and Garfunkel

Yep, that is what popped into my mind when drawing this card.  I have a funeral to attend later today, and maybe that is why Death has made an appearance. I really feel like death is a doorway.  A passage way as we move from one point of existence to another.

As Master Gandalf said in the Return of the King, " End? No the journey doesn't end here.  Death is just another path...One that we all must take.  The grey rain curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass...and then you see it."
Pippin ask" what?"
"White shores...and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise"

2016 is coming to an end in just a few days: an ending of one year a beginning of another - transformation.  And to me that is what death is, transformation.

The CHINESE Tarot Deck - Jui Guoliang

When a bell rings an angel get it's wings

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly." - Unknown

Last evening one of the downtown churches had advertised a Special Music Event featuring hand bells.  I love hand bells, in fact the Carol of the Bells is one of my favorite pieces of music, so I decided to get out the house and go have a listen.
It was a lovely presentation of hand bells, chimes, piano and the Women and Men's ensembles did a bit of singing along.
At the closing the Pastor announced that the evening was a tribute to church member who had passed months before.  She had played hand bells there for years and in her Will she donated funds to the church to buy new hand bells, since the old ones had become tinny.  I suppose the members knew that bit of information, but as a guest I thought what a lovely gift to give on your way out of this World.

GAIAN TAROT -Joanna Powell Colbert