Optimsm

Here comes the Sun

What is not to love about drawing The Sun card.  Bright and cherry is the order of the day. 
I noticed in the last week or so that the tilt of The Sun is changing, especially noticeable in morning and evening when the pitch is just enough to a make driving a challenge.  Yay!

I was glancing over a few books and Janina Renee in her book TAROT YOUR EVERYDAY GUIDE, suggests that you might look at your astrological Sun Sign and see what attributes we might reclaim to unlock sources of energy and happiness.  So happens that I was born in the sign of Capricorn that is where the Sun is placed currently in Astrology.  So I think I will read up on some of my Sun Sign


The Goddess Tarot - Kris Waldherr

Who are you; who who, who who

To thine ownself be true...

I don't often draw The Lovers or in this case Love.  I think Love was originally the name for this card and possibly more suited.  When I bought this deck I was enchanted with this card and The Star card and kept both out on my altar for long periods of time.  Something about this woman that speaks to self sufficiency and being okay with oneself.  I especially was taken with the puppy as her companion.
Many people look at this card and rush to thinking of finding true love but I think that is more the Two of Cups.  Following the Emperor and the Hierophant and their harsh disciplines I think Love and Lovers is more of healing and recognizing we are okay with who and what we are. Finding our place without the direction and control of others.   More of Self-Love.


The Goddess Tarot - Kris Waldherr

Friends

Ah I miss my mermaid sisters

A year ago today I was flying back from Florida.  This card reminds me of my mermaid friends of ocean deep.  I had a couple of friends move to Florida, way down the coast and they called yesterday to let me know they were having dinner outside at a local pub and telling me to get on jet a come visit.  After this two week blast of Old Man Winter who wouldn't want to be in the warm sunshine. 
I wonder what it would take for me to become my mermaid self?





Magic & Myth - Sue Lion

Sigh

The deep pause

Have you ever experienced that moment of a deep pause.  Something significant is about to happen.  Even the Universe seems to still for a brief instant.

"The deep breath before the plunge." Gandalf
The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King








Eartheart Wisdom - Sue Lion

Begin

Above and Below

"So, here's the question: Is the fresh, new sprout seeking the energy from the damp, fertile earth and then releasing its gift to the universe? Or is the tender, hopeful plant absorbing the power of the universe in order to give back to the earth? " -quoted from back of card by author
Those are good questions.  What may seem obvious may be entirely something else.
Giving and taking
Coming and going
Above and Below
This and that
Ending and beginning



Magic & Myth - Sue Lion

Seniorville

Do you see what I see?

I often wonder how people view me; I wonder what do they see?  In the mirror I see one Carolyn and in my mind's eye I see another.  I often get a bit of a shock when I see the sixty something me, because mentally I still view myself as forty-something.  I know my body has aged but a lot of mind is still much younger.  As the years roll on I have to remember more and more not to become what others project on to me.
So my legs won't manage a marathon; the fact is I never ran one when I was younger.  Curious, I think of things I can no longer do and then the younger mental me has a laugh when I tell myself, well you never did those things anyway. 
"I will not eat green eggs and ham, I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.


Magic & Myth - Sue Lion

Compassion

Winter's chill

This card feels like The Chariot. The Chinese Goddess, Kuan Yin out spreading peace and goodwill on her daily rounds.
I will try to remember that during this cold blast that we are experiencing.  With the current temperature at 1° most people will be keeping their heads down, out of the cold wind.  They may not realized that they just cut me off or stepped on my toes.  They are heading directly to the next warm place.
For today, I will try to give everyone a benefit of a doubt.





Magic & Myth - Sue Lion