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

Monday, September 17, 2018

Audacity

From the John Bauer Tarot, the Knight of Chalices (Into the Wide World); from the Arthur Rackham Oracle, 'Futility (Peer Gynt):'
          This young Knight of Chalices pauses to look at the geese as they move gracefully across the sky. He probably noticed them because he was cloud-watching. He is prone to stop and smell the roses, listen to the breeze in the tops of the trees, feel the softness of a patch of clover and taste the sweet berries he spies growing in the briers. His senses are automatically drawn to what is beautiful, pleasing and awe-inspiring. The only problem is his pauses can stretch from a moment to hours as he contemplates and dreams (His mom the Queen is probably at the dining table wondering, "Where is that boy!?"). The Futility card speaks of chasing an illusion, similar to the young boy getting lost in his world of daydreams. There is nothing wrong with fantasy - it is often the producer of great art and imaginative solutions. But it can be tempting to want to stay there, far away from the noise and rush of day-to-day life. As Steven Furtick put it, "The difference between a vision and a daydream is the audacity to act."

2 comments:

  1. watching clouds is one of my favorite things

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    1. I'm a bird watcher. We had a red-shouldered hawk that slammed into our storm door. It lay dazed in the pine straw for several minutes, then flew off.

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