Trees, Wizard Oron, Tarot, and Spirit filled my mind and dreams last night. I fell asleep in complete surrender to Spirit, to Spirits power in my life, the ever expanding possibilities of Spirit and a willingness to be guided wherever Spirit may need me to go.
I awoke with a need to work with Spirit and Tarot, where I was not only going to draw a single card of the day but three cards from three separate decks. As I did this a sense of need to sit down and be focused today on Tarot and writing came to mind, of working on me and my relationship to myself and the rest of the world. Further exploring my relationship with me and my relationship with Spirit. So this is what I will do. With a camera and video coming to mind during the times I need to take a break, a step back and refocus.
As I sit here contemplating each of the cards, I'm looking at myself from outside of myself seeing that I'm dressed in my ritual garb--robe, pants, shirt, hat and pentacle necklace and remembering how I've been trying to work my way into being a wiccan and performing rituals and magic as all other wiccans do. Then I pause for a moment, realizing that how I perform my rituals and magic is perfectly okay and is in essence a true wiccan practice. For me I am all that I need to perform rituals and magic and raise the energy needed to bring manifestation to my spells and desires. Yes, I have candles, incense, athame, pentacle, altar cloth and many other ritual tools and needs but realistically speaking all I need is myself, my knowledge, acceptance, and connection with Spirit as well as the openness to change and allow the magic to happen.
Spirit Is and...
...today's Pagan Tarot Energy is the "Seven of Wands"
The Pagan "Seven of Wands" is a card of reassurance, letting us know that we have all that we need to face and handle our financial obligations and needs. We often have the support of others whether we see or realize it or not and often more support than what we need. So always welcome it, never shy away from it. Never let pride get in the way of others coming to your side and propping you up a little. Be focused and thoughtful of the choices in front of you and resolve to make the best you can and make it and live by it. You have it in you to make the right choice.
...today's Whimsical Tarot Energy is "VIII Justice"
"VIII Justice" from the Whimsical Tarot is letting us know that truth reigns supreme, avoiding the truth can bring about consequences that we least desire. Yes, sometimes the truth hurts but in the long run, it's always the right choice to be making--telling the truth if done respectfully and if expressed from the heart allows us to be better able to handle the fallout from telling the truth as well to recover from the experience more quickly where the experience does not unnecessarily burden us or bog us down in despair. It in fact will give us the opportunity for a fresh start.
...today's Gay Tarot Energy is “10 of Coins"
The Gay Tarot's “10 of Coins" is asking us to look at our lives from somewhat of a historical perspective, urging us to look at our lives from a more objective point of view. This then allows us to gain the perspective needed to gauge where we are with our lives and maybe even see that how we've lived our lives is not all that bad after all. And that we in fact have much more living to do as well as the opportunity to write the next chapters of our lives anyway we want to. How do you want to live your life from this day forward?
Develop a clear picture in your mind, focus on it, give it the energy it deserves and make it happen.
Thank You Spirit.
Another relaxing evening last night especially since I finally got my model railroad working. I figured out the wiring problem by disconnecting the wiring on the section of track that was causing issues and then running a locomotive on the track and it ran the complete oval without a hitch. Then I was able to really relax and get into reading an article from Issue 29 of Witches and Pagans magazine, a 2014 issue at that!
Then off to bed I went around 10:30pm. The only dream I remember having is one where there was some leaky plumbing in a building we were in, we being my Dad and myself, the other people were around but not visible. To deal with the leaky plumbing we had to go out into an alley about a block away. Surprisingly, we were in a city and may of the buildings we passed by were run down and unoccupied with most having no windows left and no contents inside. We had to enter an alley but had to quietly walk past some guards presumably patrolling the city. They had an alien feel to them as they were wearing uniforms and helmets with blacked out visors. A surreal dream!
Then the alarm serenade us from our slumber...
...Spirit Is and today's Pagan Tarot Energy is the "Seven of Wands: Our Witch is dressed in her white robe and is sitting on the sunny deck of her house at the patio table, with her young man standing behind her. He leans over her shoulder, pointing at something she is working on. She is figuring her budget and writing out checks to pay all the bills. A calculator is sitting next to her and she waves a magic wand over the budget she is writing. Six more wands are threatening, but she seems to have a handle on things. And having someone to help her isn't bad either. You may be facing a challenging situation. Don't worry - you have the skills, knowledge, and resources to make the right choices to resolve this. Be steadfast in your decisions and resist waffling or changing your mind. Don't try to handle it alone; there is someone you can turn to for guidance or even just reassurance."
Trust yourself and your abilities. As much you might think you do not have the wherewithal to handle your current circumstances you stop denying the truth because you do. Take a moment, take a deep breath and think back to other tough situations you've handled, perhaps even the praise you received, then give yourself a pat on the back and get on with dealing what is front of you.
You can and you will handle it!
Thank You Spirit.
Sunday, December 20th, 2015. We ventured out to White Rock mid-morning so I could pick up a couple of model railroad supplies I ordered awhile back as the supplier called me twice and emailed me once about picking up these two items so I thought that yesterday was the day to get it over and done with.
On our way we made a pit stop at our favourite grocer and picked up our weekly food supplies, a lighter week with it being Christmas and all so it was a quick and easy stop. We also had lunch out. We relaxed for most of the afternoon doing not much of anything before venturing out to friends for their annual "Seasonal Party". I must have set my watch wrong yesterday after putting in a new battery as we thought we were leaving relatively early at 9:30pm but it was in fact 10:30pm....aaarrrggghhh.
Spirit Is and today's Tarot Energy is the “7 of Wands: Fighting the wind. A Quixotic struggle. Winning against the odds. Confrontation.”
Sometimes, the biggest and hardest struggles we have are with ourselves and this is what I'm finding in my own life. Trying to balance all of the competing situations, circumstances, elements and demands in my life gets to be rather difficult and tiring at times but I'm plodding along so I can get to where I want to be in within the next twelve months or so. And at times, I must admit it can be fun and even quite enlightening so it's all good.
If you find yourself in a struggle of sorts maybe take a step back and analyze the situation from a new angle. Perhaps, you'll find a new way to cope or another way to work around your dilemma or perhaps find a way to transcend it where it becomes a slight battle scar and a new source of strength for you. The “7 of Wands" points to a good outcome source there is your/our source of hope.
Thank You Spirit.
Blessed Be.
