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, September 24, 2014

Out of the Blue

From the Wild Unknown Tarot, the Eight of Wands; from the Pictish Oracle, "Ogham:"
In the Eight of Wands, eight branches are placed together in a radiating pattern. At first glance, I thought the rainbow-colored line was a thin trail of smoke. Looking at it closer, particularly the jagged edges, makes me think of lightning. This card often indicates something suddenly coming to a head or nearing completion, but it can also suggest a message from someone out of the blue.
Several Pictish stones have been incised with the simple lettering known as ogham, one with the letters around a circle such as in the rune above. Transliterations have been unclear, but it is thought these inscriptions are a signature, message or a simple historical record. Together with the tarot card, it appears an unexpected message is on its way. This may reflect the phone call I got from my former stepbrother late last night (I haven't heard from him in about two years). Before the messy divorce his father and my mother went through, we had been good friends. It was nice to reconnect again.

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  1. I am happy to hear you've reconnected with your stepbrother. Sometimes after years we rekindle old relationships and it seems if we've lost sight of one and other; we just continue where we left of
    Hugs

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    1. It was a nice feeling; we are only 6 mos. apart in age, and we think a lot alike and share the same wacky humor. :)

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  2. I wonder if the lightning is coming to, or coming from?

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    1. Now THAT'S a thought, and makes me wonder if my conversation last night will have consequences of some kind.

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