Saturday, October 10, 2015
Is it Useful?
From the PetraK Tarot, the Eight of Wands; from the Astrodice, "Mercury/Taurus/2nd House:"
This Eight of Wands reminds me of the red hot poker plants my neighbor grows in his yard. Yet if he were to place a concrete slab over the ground they spring from each year, the plant would wither and die. Likewise, this card suggests a need for freedom in speaking, thinking and acting in order for progress to be made. If given free rein, solutions will be found and challenges met in a swift manner. Sounds simple, right? But the roll of the Astrodice shows the eloquent, quick-thinking Mercury has combined with the conservative, stability-seeking Taurus in the 2nd House (resources). Taurus is the concrete over Mercury, obsessively fact-checking and testing every little detail before doing anything. In the book I'm currently reading (10% Happier), Harris questions his mindfulness teacher Joseph Goldstein who encourages him not to think and worry so much. Harris protests that his job and life require him to plan and worry if he wants to be successful. But Goldstein suggests that after Harris runs through the same scenario in his head for the seventeenth time to question if such thinking is useful. Useful, no. Neurotic, yes.
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As Taurus myself I can relate to the need to organize and plan ahead, and our daily life has to be organized in order to be somewhere on time and to have enough food in the house but I used to think through scenario's too time and again with minor variations. It was all my head but it gave me as (false) sense of control. I am so grateful the need to do this has diminished quite a lot
ReplyDeleteWhen I'm meditating and my mind wanders off, 99% of the time it is in planning mode. :) This question (Is it useful?) was solid gold for me!
DeleteHey, Mercury has migrated over to your blog today :) Today as I look at the dice my focus is on the image of your hand rolling them, the edges meeting the lines of your palm, perhaps your breath as you prepare to roll them, the sound they make as they hit the table and how this blogpost allows all that visceral humanity a place in the ethers. Not where I thought I'd go with my comment but there you have it.
ReplyDeleteThe actual reality: I mindfully rolled the dice then had to react quickly, as my cat thought it was a new cat toy. :D Mercury gets around, doesn't he?
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