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

Friday, March 4, 2016

Choose Your Battles

From the Victorian Fairy Tarot, the Seven of Spring (Wands); from the Haindl Rune Oracle, Lagu (Laguz):
          A fairy farmer defends his wheat field against a flock of birds that would like to take advantage of his hard work. He reminds me of my efforts to keep the squirrels off my bird feeders - an endless task. Weatherstone suggests we should "Defend what is yours with righteous courage." Her choice of words make me pause mid-stride and question whether I'm being protective or just plain selfish and narrrow-minded.
          Lagu/Laguz is associated with water in all the Rune Poems; the Anglo-Saxon version reads:
The ocean seems interminable to men,
if they venture on the rolling bark
and the waves of the sea terrify them
and the courser of the deep heed not its bridle.
This verse describes the feeling of being out at sea - its vast expanse and the inability to control it. While it did provide them with food and transportation, it also humbled them and reminded them of their powerlessness. These cards suggest I should pick my battles wisely. There will always be factors beyond my control, and trying to manage them will only wear me out physically and emotionally.

6 comments:

  1. A sound advice! Sometimes it is better to let go and accept what is so we can save our strength for when the chips are really down :)

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    1. Yep, sometimes it is no more than a battle of opinions rather than an actual threat of any kind. :)

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  2. One year the birds pulled out and ate every single bit of my FIL's corn seed. He then began tossing the seed in poison before he planted. Still gives me the shudders, the idea of eating that corn myself.

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    1. I had a friend who made poison "peanut pies" for the squirrels. Later I asked her if she thought of all the birds she likely poisoned as well.

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  3. I'm a fan of squirrels, so I'd happily feed them, as well as the birds :) What I see here is uncontrollable emotions making me feel like I need to be on the defensive, but as you say, it's just not so. Had a day of being snappy with almost everyone, but I'm trying to leave that behind, now...

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    1. I have days like that too. :) It is more just mood than any particular thing that is wrong.

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