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

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Between Fear and Recklessness

From the Rohrig Tarot, the Eight of Disks; from the Master Tarot, the Vine and Branches:
          In the Rohrig card, a tree stump burns, but the group below envisions what will rise again from their renewed efforts. The card before this one is subtitled 'Failure,' so it is no surprise that this one would be called 'Prudence.' Things were not done with care and consideration in the beginning; the crash that resulted has taught them the importance of proper management and setting priorities. Prudence sails between the middle of fear and recklessness. As Bill Wilson put it, "Prudence is rational concern without worry." There's no need to go off the deep end if there's no evidence of anything to worry about, yet accountability and responsibility are still vitally important. The Vine and Branches is a story about paying attention to what is bearing fruit and what isn't. It's easy to get so caught up in trying to make something work, that we forget to take care of what is working. Wouldn't it be better to prune off the dead branches and take care of what is living?

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  1. this path falls in with my Harvest card yesterday. There have been times I've tended one thing so heartily some things which were important withered.

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    1. Exactly. We work so hard on solving an unsolvable problem that we neglect what is working (until it starts to develop problems because of our inattention).

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    2. story of my life. Instead of a problem focus a growth focus. Maybe what my magician was trying to tell me today.

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    3. I have a hard time giving up when trying to find a solution; not sure if this is called being persistent or just being stubborn. :) It does however waste a lot of time that could be spent in better ways!

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  2. Trim off what doesn't work anymore or never did and throw it on the burn pile of that stump. Gives room for new growth and who doesn't like fresh off the vine fruit?

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    1. That is a good point; we can hinder new growth if we don't cut off what is withered and dead.

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  3. The Prudence card is my favourite in the Rohrig. Vital information everyone should know!

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    1. Too bad most of us have to learn from a lack of prudence first!

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  4. If we would have picked the tiny apples from our tree the others would have grown bigger but we couldn't do it; we felt so sorry for those baby apples. Luckily they all tast very good :)

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    1. Ellen of the Tender Heart. :) But I bet next year it will have larger apples!

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