I use tarot and oracle cards as tools for reflection and contemplation. Rather than divining the future, they are a way for me to look more deeply at the "now."
"The goal isn't to arrive, but to meander, to saunter, to make your life a holy wandering." ~ Rami Shapiro

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Gentle Nudges

From the Margarete Petersen Tarot, the Two of Flames (Wands):
Between a sun and a moon stand a woman and man holding on to each other.  This painting reminds me of my marriage; in many ways, my husband and I are worlds apart in what we like to do and how we do things.  Yes, there are times when we drive each other nuts, but there are other times we push open a gate and encourage the other to walk through it.  We give each other the support and strength to go beyond our everyday, routine choices and make new, more exciting ones.  We each provide the gentle nudge for the other needed to try something different, at least once.

The roll of the Elemental Dice turned up "Air with Air" which represents "Sky:"
Two of the same elements together are like a coin with two sides - one side tends to be more beneficial and the other more detrimental depending on the circumstances.  A bird's eye view from the sky allows one to see the big picture, giving an objective view without being involved in the drama below.  But in the air there is little traction to provide friction to keep one from slipping - like the person whose head is full of philosophy and theory but rarely tests these ideas in the real world.  He or she has lost their "grip" in the real world.  I am a bit of an airhead - not the ditzy kind, but the kind who tends to think and over-analyze things too much.  Paired with the Two of Flames above, this roll suggests that even though I'll never have all the answers, there are times when I still need to make a move and do something anyway.

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