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, November 20, 2013

Walking the Middle Path

From the Tarot of Timeless Truth, Temperance:
The theme of "balance" seems to continue through today. In this card, Temperance has an active/creative side and a peaceful/receptive side. It encourages me to find a compromise between all the activity I need to do with some relaxing time for myself. To do this, I'm going to have to prioritize what absolutely needs to be done today, and what can wait. It will also help if I can delegate some tasks to other people, and thus free up more time. But I also must not distract myself from the work I need to accomplish by mindless diversions like surfing the internet. Perhaps I should pencil in both work and play on my schedule today.

From the Rune Cards comes the card "Grave / Ear:"
Here if you're outside the city limits and get a permit, you can burn leaves, limbs and fallen trees now. This is the time of year to clean up before winter sets in. The pyre burning in the background remind me of the biblical saying "ashes to ashes, dust to dust." It's time to clean up all the litter in my head and burn it away, otherwise it will keep me from making progress. And what I need to toss on that bonfire is my need for perfection - not so much for myself, but for what I do for others. I'm sure they don't expect it, so why in the world would I demand it of myself?
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  1. Sharyn Mallow WoerzNovember 20, 2013 at 8:53 AM

    Good morning! Why don't you have a link to the Pictish Runes store at the top of your sidebar? Hokey Smokes woman, pull thyself together ;)
    Look at 'layout' and click on add a gadget. I'm going shopping later today, make it easy for a lazy bum like me!

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    1. thesycamoretreeNovember 20, 2013 at 10:30 AM

      Done! :) Thank you for the heads up - I'm still blundering about when it comes to streamlining and designing the blog.

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  2. EllenNovember 20, 2013 at 10:07 AM

    This is a very sound advice for you as well as for everyone else. Surfing on the internet, playing with the remote control in front of the TV. How many hours have I lost???
    This has to change! I am going to make a list with all the things I want to spend my own time on. :)

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    1. thesycamoretreeNovember 20, 2013 at 10:31 AM

      Exactly! If I saved all the time I wasted mindlessly, I wouldn't be so stressed about getting things done. :)

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    2. Sharyn Mallow WoerzNovember 20, 2013 at 12:20 PM

      I limit my time online to about 2 hours a day. It goes SO fast.

      Thanks for the link sycamore :). It is nearly invisible though. Click on Template, then click on customize under the Live On Blog. Then in Advanced you will see options for colors in links titles etc. And I KNOW you can or already have taken some great images of them, add them to the gadget. You can also add an introductory explanation.

      Makes you wonder how I have time to do anything I'm so busy bossing everyone else :)

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    3. thesycamoretreeNovember 20, 2013 at 4:26 PM

      Thanks for all the help! I am a bumbling idiot when it comes to this blog stuff. I changed to color but couldn't figure how to upload a picture.

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  3. Neopagan PriestessNovember 22, 2013 at 4:16 AM

    Oooh, I love the riders in the storm, coming down into the smoke of the bonfire and then riding back out! Powerful image of transformation and rebirth :) And I love your sentence about burning the litter in your head - what a great metaphor! I'm not loving the Tarot of Timeless Truth, but I hope you manage to find some of that balance...

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    1. thesycamoretreeNovember 22, 2013 at 7:34 AM

      The Tarot of Timeless Truth is definitely an acquired taste, lol. I've had it for a long while, so I suppose it is of sentimental value. The fake beards make me wince, but I love the backgrounds in the cards. :)

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    2. Neopagan PriestessNovember 23, 2013 at 4:12 PM

      :) Yeah, some of the older photo composite decks can be quite hit-and-miss, but if it touched us in the past, we stay faithful. I'm like that with the Mystic Dreamer Tarot :D

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