Three of

Up and at it early today.  Gathering things and getting ready for the big graduation ceremony this morning.

Work, success, life is better shared.
Community.
Family.
Friends.
Musketeers.

Count to 3 and make a wish.


Journey through the Gaian Tarot - Joanna Powell Colbert

An Apple a Day

This kid is checking out his apple.  He used to get his apple in slices and now here is the whole thing. The Child of Earth is fascinated with the apple he has just picked up from under the apple tree, whereas part of his young mind thought you picked apples up at the neighborhood grocery store.  This card today is all about perceptions and it reminds me of a quote by Wayne Dyer, "change the way you look at things and the things you look at change."

My niece graduates from University this weekend after 6 long and dedicated years of study and I am as proud as an aunt can be.  I look at her and can see all the opportunities and choices ahead for her and my sister can only see the empty nest.  Different perspectives. 
I never had children and feel absolutely blessed to have been apart of my nieces and nephews lives.  I look at them all grown up and sometimes think about how aged I have become. Yet, as long as there is the promise of tomorrow I need to remember I have choices and opportunities still ahead for me too.  Maybe the rabbit will help me find my next adventure. Where is a mirror, Ha

Journey through the Gaian Tarot - Joanna Powell Colbert

Sugar bound

Here I am bound to my addiction - SUGAR.  My legs are loosely wrapped so my bondage is self inflicted.  I can free myself at any time and walk away from those indulgent delights that I succumb to daily.  Those chirping birds are telling me again and again about all the damage and negative effects that sugar has on my body, but I cover my ears and in my distress reach for some sweet treat that will make me swoon and forget those warnings.

Sugar is the devil in my life, I am bound by my physical cravings for it.  Sugar is addictive for me and I cannot have just a little without it triggering an exaggerated need for more.  I thought I had it under control, again, but alas Carolyn has deluded herself.  It is crazy, cause you know the world could end tomorrow so why not stop at the bakery and indulge in a decadent cupcake?  Recently I have picked up my M&M's again.  They were the tools that I used to give up smoking years ago and recently I have be tossing them in my mouth by the handfuls.
"Sweets for the Sweets?'  Ahh sugar by any other name: fructose, sucrose, maltose, glucose, lactose, dextrose - you are still just as sweet and not good for me.  Someone yesterday was telling me I just had to try a deep fried batter twinkee, that is was the best treat that could be had.  Even I know that ain't good.

Journey through the Gaian Tarot -Joanna Powell Colbert

Conflict

This card is definitely one of conflict.  This card makes me think of who, is the top bird of the top bird?  Eagles are majestic and the National Emblem.  Who cannot say they have not experience a moment of awe when one is seen.  For years most only got to see them on a local PBS program, now they can be seen throughout the USA.  In some areas they are over abundant and there can be territorial fighting.

It can be the same with my thoughts.  Sometimes my mind can be filled with such conflicts and several things fighting for my attention at same time.  With so much going on how do I chose which one to take care of first?  Some call it the 'monkey mind' so much chatter one can hardly hear herself think.  The most demanding one will get the bulk of my attention, and I always remember my Father saying, "the squeaky wheel gets the oil." 
It is what it is, deal with it.


Journey through the Gaian Tarot - Joanna Powell Colbert

What lies beneath

I woke from a curious little dream this morning.  There were all these cars that had been submerged not necessarily a lake but something similar.  The water had been drained to exposed these vehicles. I was part of this parliamentary group trying to decide why they were hidden beneath the water and what to do with them?  Some of the cars seem to just not be there and then there were eight left, two rows of four.  There was more dissension amongst the group and some left.  I was aware that I was within a dream and that these other people were facets of myself and the cars were directions my life could have taken but didn't.

What an appropriate card to draw today.  Typically this Eight is portrayed as an individual walking away from eight cups; as we move through our life there are times and things we walk away from.  In this Eight I seemed to be moving along at some brisk pace by something submerged beneath me.  I am cutting through the water fast enough to cause a bit of wave action but it is not by me, at least not on the surface.  What moves me along today are the choices I made in the past, some remembered and some not. I am not sure what all that green water is about, but in the water I can see a double reflection of me, Maiden, Mother, and Crone - Past, Present, and Future, all converging and moving me along my way. 

The Journey through the Gaian Tarot - Joanna Powell Colbert

Courage - Cougar

Who doesn't love a sunny day?  I think the Sun in this Strength card hints at radiant joy.  When we are comfortable with who we are, Life flows like the continuing loop of the Infinity symbol.
The cougar seems to be content listening to the rhythm of Strength's heartbeat, maybe it reminds the cougar of purring.  Strength is courage frosted with humanity.

The other day when I slowed myself down and took some time to meditate, I heard " I AM HERE."  I have been pondering that for these last few days.  I always remember the Me, Myself, and I, but it has been a long while since I heard this from within.  So this is how this rendition of Strength speaks to me.  Listen and I just may hear myself.
I also noticed that I chose cougar instead of lion, mountain or otherwise.   I realize that cougar and courage are so very close to being the same.  Something else for me to ponder on today.

Journey through the Gaian Tarot - Joanna Powell Colbert

One Potato Two Potato

My Mother and Father had all these little ditties, that were sometimes obscure words of wisdom. One of them was "the squeaky wheel is the one that gets the oil."  The people and things in my life that make the most noise is what catches my attention and I end up focusing on the 'screaming child' just to shut it-them-me up.  So for today if something or someone carries on too much, I think I will let them just 'cry it out' and I stay focused on the task at hand.

"What you think, say and do are your fulcrums for life's magic, the pivot points upon which the universe and life's magic are leveraged."  - Mike Dooley


JOURNEY through the GAIAN TAROT - Joanna Powell Colbert

Happy Mothers Day to all Mothers.  My Mother left the planet many many years ago and there are times it feels just like last year.  I miss her all the time and from time to time she still stops in and visits, with a whisper, a scent, or a flush of love, I know she is near.