This week I'll be using the
Tarot of the Crone book and deck set, created by Ellen Lorenzi-Prince and published by Tarot Connection. I'll also be using an oracle called Transforming Dragons, created by Sonia Cafe and published by Samuel Weiser. Today's draws are the Beast of Cups (Page of Cups) and the dragon "Pelifo:"
If you've ever met a frog with dry skin, I imagine it was already in froggy heaven. Thus the frog is a perfect choice for this Page. Lorenzi-Prince writes about this court card:
I change with the seasons. I learn without words. I see through my skin. Being emotionally sensitive has its good points; such a person can be very gentle, kind and sweet. But it also makes me think of someone who has thin skin and takes everything as a personal attack, even when it was not meant to be. These are the kind of people for which the phrase "walking on egg shells" was created.
Pelifo the dragon bites his claws because he is jealous and insecure. He views the world through the expectations that someone is going to take away something he loves or not give him something he deserves. The problem is that he has a child's emotional vision of how the world should be (there's the Page influence). The hard facts are that we don't always get what we want, and constant security is impossible in a world that is always changing. These cards remind me that when I am out of sorts, the adjustment needs to begin internally with myself.
I like the Tarot of The Crone a lot. The dragon reminds me of my youngest; always trying so desperately to be in control and so often she is disappointed and thinks the world is out to get her. She is a tender hearted Page of Cups with rough edges made of crushed eggshells :D
ReplyDeletegreat reading Bev and so recognizelbe
Thank you. :) I wish I could say I don't revert back to this over-sensitive, insecure persona, but certain situations have that effect on me. The trick is going to be changing myself instead of trying to change them!
DeleteAnd there this great quote is again:
Delete“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
A person who I consider a role model. :)
DeleteOoh, I'll look forward to this week! I love the Tarot of the Crone, but don't use it much. I forget the wisdom in the card choices, like this frog feeling everything through the skin. It's interesting, a red frog on a black branch, not colours I'd choose for this Page, and yet it does work. Good luck changing your inner perspective!
ReplyDeleteI too love the Tarot of the Crone. I would never have thought her simple images would hold such wisdom, but they do. Her book/pdf is a great companion. :)
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