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, May 30, 2014

Pointing Fingers

From the Anna K. Tarot, the King of Swords:
This King lives his life like a person would play a chess game - his moves are carefully and objectively planned in advance. His actions are pragmatic rather than idealistic, and he has no trouble emotionally detaching from any situation. He reminds me very much of the bankruptcy lawyer that has taken over the management of the group of homes where my mother-in-law lives. To keep things running until the property is sold, the residents have been told they must pay a $400/month maintenance fee or face eviction (even if they bought their unit). So far, three elderly residents have been evicted because they refused to pay. I can't imagine being so ruthless, but in the lawyer's mind, it's not fair to those who do pay. Still, making decisions so disconnected from sympathy boggles my brain.

From the Green Man Tree Oracle comes "Aspen - Eabhadh:"
One of the word oghams for the Aspen is "distinguished wood from the trembling tree," a nod to this tree's habit of fluttering its leaves in the slightest breeze. The shaking of the leaves was linked to the legend of the Aspen being used for Christ's cross. In Wales, the tree was deemed cursed because of its use. Now to me, this is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Why would you blame a tree for something a human did? All that tree did was grow in the sun until a human cut it down. Using the mindset of the King above, perhaps this is a message for me to be more objective before pointing any fingers of blame.
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  1. EllenMay 30, 2014 at 10:12 AM

    When you objectify the people involved it is so much easier to make such harsh decisions, like moving them across the chessboard like pawns in the game.
    A bit of objectivity is always good as long as your heart is still in it :)

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    1. thesycamoretreeMay 30, 2014 at 10:15 AM

      Agreed! I don't think I could ever have a job where I had to completely close off my heart.

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  2. Sharyn Mallow WoerzMay 30, 2014 at 10:21 AM

    We were in the Colorado high country in October many years ago, and the shimmering gold of the aspen trees in the breezes was imprinted on my brain as a life high point.

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    1. thesycamoretreeMay 30, 2014 at 10:42 AM

      I bet that was a beautiful sight; I would have loved to have seen it. Our climate is way too hot for them to grow here, unfortunately.

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  3. Neopagan PriestessMay 31, 2014 at 5:49 AM

    Being objective without being heartless - a fine line to tread. Have to say, my mind also boggles at people being evicted from a home they had bought! And at a tree being blamed for human choices! Perhaps the tree does well to tremble, cognisant of the madness of humans who will chop it down for existing. Sometimes we are right to fear...

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    1. thesycamoretreeMay 31, 2014 at 5:52 AM

      I'm afraid all of nature must tremble at the ignorance and greed of humans!

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