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

Sunday, September 25, 2016

Snap Out of It

This week I'll be using Lo Scarabeo's Tarot of Pagan Cats (mini) with booklet by Barbara Moore and art by Lola Airaghi. Paired with it will be Brownie Wisdom, the smaller deck included with The Brownies Oracle created and self-published by Doug Thornsjo. Today's draws are Judgment and Keep the Heart Light:
          On a plant covered balcony, a cat has suddenly taken an excited posture. There's no frog or moth that's got him interested, but a constellation made of all his kitty ancestors. The booklet suggests he hears a call to action, from a dead situation into a new one. Have you ever found yourself in a spiritual rut, where you felt numb to everyone and everything around you? You move through your days doing what it is you're supposed to do, but the meaning behind it all seems to have evaporated. It feels like you'll be in this place of purgatory forever, but this card suggests that inspiration and encouragement is just around the corner. Snap out of the mental fog and be alert with your ears and eyes wide open. The Brownie shows up to add a message of optimism to keep the heart light because things are changing. He reminds me of the words of Harriet Beecher Stowe: "When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn."

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  1. A lot of time when we are in that 'stuck place' it is that in-between time just before something shifts. And the flow of time does seem altered.

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    1. I wonder if it is because it shifts as such a slow rate sometimes, it appears not to be changing at all.

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  2. This beginning of Autumn feels just like your post. The sweltering summer heat is gone here. Now I can breath again and become more active. Just now it is about to start raining and I am loving it!

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    1. If you get too much rain, send the rest this way. We are in dire need of it! :D

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  3. Your post reminds me I've never met a numb dog or cat. Just humans who get that way.

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    1. The only ones I've seen this way are those who've experienced trauma. But the normal ones... I guess just living each moment is purpose enough for them. :)

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