Repetitive Tasks

This week I'll be using the Motherpeace Tarot, created by Karen Vogel and Vicki Noble and published by U.S. Games. I'll also be using Noble's companion booklet published separately by Harper Collins. The other deck I'll be drawing from is the Toltec Oracle, a deck and book set created by Victor Sanchez and published by Bear & Co. Today's draws are the Five of Discs and Tochtli:

          No crippled beggars or harsh weather is seen in this Five of Discs, but a woman kneading dough. The booklet suggests that anxious energy could be channeled into some sort of repetitive task so that it doesn't mushroom into an overwhelming, 'the-sky-is-falling' mindset. Neuroscientists have found that the mind without a focus will go into a default mode that follows the track of our day to day usual thoughts. If this mindstream is not a healthy, productive one, having a task will take it offline. Tochtli the Rabbit symbolizes a balance of joy/pleasure and service/awareness. We might think we need to stay abreast of world news, but too much information can steal our contentment. On the other hand, partying or sleeping all the time can keep us from being aware of things we could be proactive about. Balance in all things.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

― Ralph Waldo Emerson