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, June 21, 2016

Make Hay

From the Tarot of Durer, the Wheel of Fortune; from the Philosopher's Stone, Tension:
          Bless his heart... this poor dwarf thinks Lady Fortune is the most beautiful lass in the world, but that's because his good luck is on the upswing. Once that wheel goes around and runs over by him, I bet he imagines her looking not-so nubile and lovely. Fortune (Life) doesn't really play favorites; as Matthew reminds us, the sun rises on both the evil and the good and the rain falls on the just and unjust. Best to make hay while the sun shines and adjust to the rainy days that come. The card Tension shows what happens when we don't adapt and accept what fate brings. Stress can be enough of a burden all on its own, but endured for long enough, it can literally break us and our relationships apart. There is no such thing as a perfect life or even a perfect day, unless it is a life or day without the weight of expectations.

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  1. EllenJune 21, 2016 at 8:39 AM

    And again a pearl of wisdom at the end of your post.
    "Without the weight of expectations".I think my Child of Earth doesn't expect a thing either he just experiences life as it unfolds.

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    1. thesycamoretreeJune 21, 2016 at 10:59 AM

      What an enlightened way of living that would be - to experience life as it unfolds with those heavy expectations and judgments!

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  2. Inner WhispersJune 21, 2016 at 8:57 AM

    Oh my, had to laugh at your description of the dwarf feeling less impressed with lady luck when her wheel runs him over. And as Ellen says, a true pearl at the end :)

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    1. thesycamoretreeJune 21, 2016 at 11:00 AM

      Makes me wonder if gambling addicts always see her as that beautiful, shapely lass.... :)

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    2. Inner WhispersJune 23, 2016 at 1:34 AM

      Sounds likely!

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