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, June 9, 2017

Smashing Pumpkins

From the Wheel of Change Tarot, the Two of Swords; from the Oracle of the Dreamtime, Seal:
          If you've ever made a paper snowflake, you realize it's impossible to know exactly what it's going to look like until you unfold the paper. Decisions are the same way. We can try to pare away the emotions that might be coloring our perception. But even then, there is no way to be 100% sure of what consequences a choice will have, especially in the long run. The Dreamtime story of Seal recounts how these creatures played, rested and multiplied on Seal Rock until the humans found them. Instead of taking only what was needed, the humans killed them all, leaving the island empty. The people did not think about the future, of how their exploitation would shift the natural balance. They only thought of themselves and refused to acknowledge what might follow their actions. The story has implications for the Two of Swords; we can easily compartmentalize in our mind what we don't want to see, if we've already created an idealized outcome of what we want. Though we may ignore evidence to keep our fairy tale alive, glass slippers and pumpkin chariots won't likely be in our future.

6 comments:

  1. I have always been fascinated about tales of Silkies. When they were killing off all those seals they never realized they were killing some of their very own distance relatives.

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    1. The myth of the selkie is such a beautiful, sad tale!

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  2. I have a tendency to ignore difficulties situations instead of facing them. Maybe not so much in my day to day life but more so with global issues. I feel guilty about it but I also think knowing about all the sh*t that is going on in teh world would be too depressing for me. So again I am trying too find the middle way

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    1. Perhaps all you need to know is that compassion does not require control. :) As Mother Teresa put it, "do little things with great love."

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  3. Poor old paper. I've never made a folded paper project with out cutting the one fold that keeps it all together.

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    1. Having spent many years as a preschool teacher, I had lots of practice with scissors and paper. :D

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