Tarot Mirror Tarot Reading

Winter Waite Tarot 2018 Edition

Card that best represents me at this time.

Page of Pentacles – Slowing down, but still moving forward.  The holiday rush is easing up and the pace is slowing down, but you’re still on task and moving forward with your eye on the prize.

Why the card best represents me.

Queen of Pentacles – You want to continue to keep things flourishing where your financial security and stability in life are concerned.  You foster these goals through your work, and through staying invested, no matter the pace.

What I’m avoiding acknowledging right now.

Three of Swords – Although the holiday rush was busy, it wasn’t as big of a success as you were hoping it would be.  This is a disappointment, and instead of dealing with that disappointment, you’re pushing it off to the side and hoping it’ll disappear on its own.

What can I do to embrace who I am in this moment?

Judgement – Ease up on yourself and look at the long term goals instead of focusing on small disappointments that are inconsequential to the larger picture.  Stop nitpicking yourself and blaming the smaller return this year on your performance instead of on the fact that money is extremely tight right now for everyone.

Where life is leading me right now.

Temperance – Continue to slow down from the rush and work at making the transition to a more moderate pace a smooth one.

DECK USED: WINTER WAITE TAROT 2018 EDITION

Wait For Me

Today’s meditation was skipped.

Christmas Spirit Tarot - The StarToday’s draw is the Star card, which is traditionally a representation of hope, faith, and the connecting of spirituality to the various aspects of our lives.

Poor little cherub almost got left behind by Santa.  And yet look there… he’s turned and seen the little angel and paused on his way to the sleigh to let the cherub catch up.

Sometimes in life we can feel like we’re being left behind or left out, especially if we’re struggling to keep up with others that are able to move (or learn) at a much faster pace.

This card reminds us that it’s okay to speak up and call out… say “hey!  wait for me!”.  Don’t stay silent out of fear or embarrassment. Have faith in others to care enough to hear you, truly care, and want you there at their side.

DECK USED: CHRISTMAS SPIRIT TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I have discovered I get the absolute -best- naps when wearing my bear suit.

Gideon’s Challenge

IMG_0018-(2)Too Dry

Cold weather
saps the moisture
from breath and air
and skin
as well
as forehead itches
and backs of hands
roughen
there’s not enough
lotion
in the world
to bring skin back
from this
chapped dry state
and still…
I try.

Photo © ZenStatePhotography

Weekly Creativity Prompt – The Hermit

Prompt: “Pull the Hermit card from your deck(s). Compare the imagery between the card provided below and the card(s) from your own deck(s). How would you read them differently and why?

20221206_CP2Tarot of the Hidden Realm – A crone in the wild among craggy mountain rocks, she wears a symbol of death in the skull over her heart and a hag stone for vision around her neck as she climbs among the rocky landscape. This card speaks of the need to spend time alone in reflection, but hones down into that reflection being about change and how we react to change.  Self examination of our response to change can be a powerful thing, and in this card there is a need to consider our past reactions (the Hermit faces towards the past), why we react as we do, and how we can deal with changes in a more graceful manner.

The Hermit from the Christmas Storybook Tarot, Snowland Tarot, and The Christmas Tarot

Christmas Storybook Tarot – Rudolph lead the sleigh through the winter storm for Santa, and in this image his nose shines bright through a storm he treads through on hi own.  This card encourages solitary reflection placed towards where hope lies in our hearts. What is the shining light that guides us forward, and how can we utilize that to our benefit as we move through the more difficult times we may be experiencing or need to confront moving forward (Rudolph faces in the direction of the future).

Snowland Tarot – Here again the Hermit faces towards the future, and while the path at his feet is smooth and easy, the mountains in the distance illuminated by his lantern make it clear it will not always be so. With the book riding his back and the direction he faces, I see this card as more about planning for the future than about reflecting upon self improvement.  He looks outward, and seeks to see what is to come so that he can prepare, and this card suggests that the querent needs to do the same.

The Christmas Tarot – As in the traditional RWS that this deck is a clone of, the Hermit in this card faces towards the past with his head bowed and lantern held high. The staff provides stability while the Hermit looks within himself at his past, learning from his mistakes and getting to know himself better through introspection and self-examination. He seeks to take what he has learned from the past and sort through these memories and experiences in order to become wiser for the effort.

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE HIDDEN REALM, CHRISTMAS STORYBOOK TAROT, SNOWLAND TAROT, AND THE CHRISTMAS TAROT

Careful What You Wish For

Today’s meditation was skipped.

Yule OracleToday’s draw is the Snow card from the Yule Oracle, which speaks of themes to do with birth, emotion, and purity.

And… this card is a little too on the nose for today, and is a warning on what to expect and to be careful on my trip north.

It’s well below freezing (10 degF), the winds are wild and biting, and there’s two feet of snow in the places where the wind hasn’t created drifts as high as my waist.

A four hour drive took nearly six, and is most assuredly going to take just as long if not longer to make it back home again later today.

And when I look at this card?  All I can think is… no shit.

DECK USED:  YULE ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

I changed my shipping dates back to shipping out Tuesday and Friday instead of every day this week.  There’s no way in hell I’m shipping out daily with the weather like this.

Gideon’s Challenge

IMG_0012-(2)Chance Encounters

A moment’s pause
with treat in tow
a moment
to breathe in
the scent of snow
and look over
the world
with an
assessing eye
and enjoy the quiet
pit pat of new snow
then off to home
and a crackling fire
to settle in
and get warm
for a while

Photo © ZenStatePhotography