Time Limit

From the Sheridan-Douglas Tarot, the Four of Batons (Wands); from the Pages of Shustah, 'Death:'

          The Four of Batons shows four instruments of creation: a paintbrush, writing quill, sculptor's wire and flute. Each requires the fiery energy and passion of this suit to progress from aspiration to inspiration to perspiration. At this stage, we've been motivated enough to complete the groundwork or infrastructure of what we're doing. It is a time to celebrate the headway we've made; such a break gives us a chance to unwind and relax so that our minds and bodies are fresh for the next leg of our journey. And it never hurts to get an "Attah girl!" of encouragement from others to keep our enthusiasm high. Yet for some of us, it's easy for our pause button to get stuck. We get comfortable and keep up a steady prattle of procrastination instead of getting started again. Here Death steps in to put an end to our laziness, giving us a poke to get moving. She warns us, "Don't ignore limits and parameters" and might even use the words of Anna Nalick, "time's like an hourglass glued to the table."