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

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

A Daydreaming Do-Nothing?

From the World Spirit Tarot, the Seven of Cups:
It's nice to dream and visualize about what we think might bring us emotional fulfillment. It's like going to a clothing store and trying on pants and shirts to see which ones fit and look good before actually buying anything. But if I don't ever purchase anything, then I end up with nothing to show for my time spent in the dressing room. My creative muse can keep me in this "trying on" cycle; I get a brief period of feeling good while my mind engages in all sorts of imaginings. Yet I end up with nothing tangible because I don't actually follow through on any of my ideas. Come on daydreamer, up and at'em.

From the Mystic Glyphs deck comes "Leader:"
In describing this glyph, Rogers uses the phrase "speak now or forever hold your peace." In other words, it's time to stop wishing and wanting someone else to act or open their mouth. Prachett's character Susan in the Hogfather explains it perfectly: “The phrase 'Someone ought to do something' was not, by itself, a helpful one. People who used it never added the rider 'and that someone is me'.”
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  1. EllenFebruary 11, 2014 at 7:46 AM

    The difficulty with creative day dreaming is, my tangible product can never match up with the dreamed one. That is for me a huge blockage to "up and at'em"

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    1. thesycamoretreeFebruary 11, 2014 at 8:40 AM

      That's it in a nutshell - how do we turn the fantastical into something realistic and practical without losing all the magic?

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  2. Neopagan PriestessFebruary 13, 2014 at 5:17 AM

    It's funny, that fear of imperfection doesn't stop us/me in some areas. My cooking will never get me on Masterchef, but I still go ahead and do it, because I want and need to eat. So, why do we stop ourselves with less necessary creative pursuits? If they aren't vital to our physical need, we become more rather than less perfectionist...

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    1. thesycamoretreeFebruary 13, 2014 at 6:17 AM

      That's it - if I could just enjoy the process itself instead of worrying what the finished product will look like. Missed seeing you around NP - hope you are feeling well. :)

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    2. Neopagan PriestessFebruary 18, 2014 at 3:23 AM

      Thank, I am, just too little time and too much to do. As everyone says, I should have been better organised than to end up moving house a week before a new baby's due, and with my older son on holiday to boot! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods! :)

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    3. thesycamoretreeFebruary 18, 2014 at 6:07 AM

      Egads woman, please be careful, don't overdo things and take care of yourself and that little bun in the oven!

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