Today’s meditation was ten minutes and thirty seconds, and focused on savoring the moments and the little things. It delved into how it is not the big accomplishments and flashy moments that define our lives and bring meaning, but the little things in life, the small kindnesses, the moments in which we stop to appreciate what we have and what surrounds us.
For me, photography has always been this. With my camera in my hands, I tune into the things that mostly get passed by. The wondrous world of lichen, the synchronicity of nature, the beauty of colors that one wouldn’t think might go together, and yet in nature there is proof that they do. With the camera in my hands, I am attuned to all of this and so much more. And then, when I put the camera down? It carries forward with me into my day to day.
Today’s meditation was a beautiful reminder that although I don’t -need- my camera to pick up on all these things… I need to pick up my camera more often.
Today’s draw is another double without a jumper, as they both came out together. The cards in today’s draw are the Six of Pentacles (the Alligator and the Plover), and the 11th card in the Major Arcana, the Justice card (chimpanzees).
I will put the guidebook’s keywords for each animal at the end, but first I want to get out what I see in the cards today, which is cooperation and balance. Harmony through collaboration and partnership. Yes, the Justice card is here again today, but there is no warning there as there had been last time. Instead, this is all about creating balance and helping each other.
It is a fitting card for today, as today is my driving day and I will once again be traveling with J. Aside from that, though, I also see this in the relationship I have with you. We are both very different, and yet very the same. We approach things differently to come to the same ideas or conclusions. We work together to the betterment of both of our lives in so many aspects.
Today’s draw is a celebration of that balance, and a reminder that it is there. The cards have appeared to draw up my conscious awareness, appreciation, and gratitude.
Okay…. Guidebook interpretations for the animals are as follows…
Alligator – adaptation, patience, power, and opportunity
Plover – unity, insight, tranquility, reflection, creativity, and resourcefulness
Chimpanzee – adaptation, objectiveness, awareness, compassion, and honor
Traditional meanings of the cards for today’s draw….
The Six of Pentacles is generally a representation of cooperation, vitality, and the “give and receive” aspects of harmony in the area of resources, finances, manifestation, and the physical world.
The Justice card is a Major Arcana card, which means it deals with more of a “big picture” perspective than one aspect of the human experience. It generally deals with ideas and themes to do with balance and the “righting” (or tipping) of the scales of life, cause and effect situations, and the ideals of fairness and truth.
Deck Used: The Animism Tarot
Today’s draw was another combination of doubles, with both again coming out together without a jumper. The cards in today’s draw are the Chimpanzees (the Justice card, which is the 11th card in the Major Arcana), and the Horse (the Chariot card, which is the 7th card in the Major Arcana.
Twisting the Leaf 