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

Monday, July 2, 2012

LSD

From the Swietlistej Drogi Tarot, the Knight of Pentacles:

“LSD stands out for learning to slow down.” ~ Santosh Kalwar
With most knights, you think of them charging (or at least trotting) off into the horizon, but this knight isn't even on his horse.  He's sniffing flowers and writing in a ledger instead.  Of course with the three bars of gold and the abundance of fruits and flowers behind him, it looks like he has plenty to take care of right where he is now.    He encourages me to keep a steady, slow pace and carefully focus on the details.  Its better to take my time and get things right the first time than to have to go back and correct my mistakes later.

     From the Mirrors of the Heart comes "Courage:"
The clock on its back surrounded by leaves reminds me of a sundial, and the difference between moving by time set by humans and time set by nature.  Courage, I believe, is much easier when you have to act quickly and don't have any time to think about what you're doing.  But courage that truly shows its colors is the kind that sits patiently with the pain of a friend going through the grief of losing a loved one; it can be seen in  waiting with hope for a diagnosis to come back from the lab or in caring for an elderly parent.  Courage comes in many shades, but the one that runs on nature's time is the one that requires a full heart.

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