Tarot #43: Change, balanced and harmonious transition or transformation.

Posted on October 4, 2018 by randomyriad

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

Alan Watts

This represents changes that occur in the flow of passive and active elements that maintain the balance in the universe.

If you pay attention to the rhythms and tones of the life you are immersed in, you will for a time be attuned to transforming energy to adjust your perspective or make positive creative changes that may effect the flow of your life in subtle ways.

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There are active and passive ways to be in the world and the dance has a rhythm let the world show you the moves.

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You may feel the deeper machinery under the surface of the daily busyness of life, by using and following these feelings you may become grounded, in a profound way, in the fabric of woven lives and interactions that form the intricately subtle web of existence.

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“Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds’ wings.”

― Jelaluddin Rumi , The Essential Rumi

Autumn Poems #2

Posted on October 2, 2018 by randomyriad

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Tarot #42: Prudence, wisdom in small things

Posted on October 1, 2018 by randomyriad

It is time to mind your “p’s and q’s”, put your ducks in a row, and use your common sense to manage your relationships, business and endeavors in the world.

Examine your dealings in the world mindfully and with a focus on cooperation and symbiosis. How can you benefit those around you to build a sense of solidarity that will make everyone’s life more stable and secure.

Follow the threads of your life with awareness of how your movements fit into the whole pattern.

Find the day to day skills and knowledge that bring you satisfaction and keep your boat floating. Use them with diligence and care. Tend to all your social relationships like putting your garden in good order to grow a crop of good will that will nourish you for as long as you apply your attention.

Any risks you take should be calculated carefully and any guesses should benefit from education and advice from people you trust. It is not time to be venturing out on any less than stout limbs or leaping before a careful inspection of the take off and landing points with a plan ready for how to proceed after the landing.

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Tarot #41: Ace of Wands, bursting with the fire of inspiration and creative energy

Posted on September 30, 2018 by randomyriad

This is the rush of growth in the spring. The maniacal meandering of the mind into the wild heart of possibilities. Pure spiritual energy: a shot of life’s essence complete. It can be harnessed with great focus, but not without danger like breaking a wild horse. There is always energy loss in this process as well, but nothing comes without a price.

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Now is the time to launch your dream projects or take on the world fearlessly. Be bold and take risks use all your creative powers and burn brightly.

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You are ready to discover hidden talents and need to follow your desires like a flame follows fuel. This is a time to discover what resources you have inside and bring them out.

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There is pent up spiritual/creative energy building up in you that needs and outlet, a channel or it will explode forth in possibly destructive ways.

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Look for joy and passion as your guide to making decisions. Follow your instincts, the wildness in your soul.

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Tarot #40: XII Hanged Man/Trial, upended and suspended in between rising and falling.

Posted on September 29, 2018 by randomyriad

You find yourself in a position of enforced stasis, either by forces beyond your control or by fears or uncertainty, and are waiting for release of some kind. You must examine the evidence about what brought you to this place and begin to make adjustments that will free your mind and spirit from this situation.

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You are in a situation in which a sacrifice is necessary in order to move forward or you must retreat in either case there will be some kind of price to pay. The situation in which you dwell is untenable and impossible to maintain as it is.

There is a decision you must make or some major commitment you are avoiding and you are living in denial because commitment would mean uncertainty and possible death or injury or loss. You must put your energy into some kind of plan. Sacrifice is not the worst form pain.

You have an opportunity to sacrifice something for the benefit of others or to gain wisdom in order to become more enlightened and connected to your path.

The Prophets accept all agony and trust it for the water has never feared the fire.

–Rumi