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

Friday, November 27, 2020

Truth-Telling

From the Badgers' Forest Tarot, the King of Swords; from the Gemstone Oracle, Blue Lace Agate:


          Intelligent and objective, the King of Swords can see both sides of a situation with clarity. Guided by high ideals, he is motivated to settle conflicts and find solutions. But like his queen, he's not warm and fuzzy or inclined to cushion his judgments with honeyed words. He isn't intentionally unkind, he just knows that some people can't hear the truth unless it is delivered directly and frankly. Blue Lace Agate, associated with communication, would agree with his intention to be honest. Yet having an unselfish motive behind the truth-telling is critical. In the words of Barbara Brown Taylor, "Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse." Just because it's true doesn't necessarily mean anyone would be better off if it was spoken.


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  1. Carolyn TindorNovember 27, 2020 at 9:28 AM

    It never helps to make someone else wrong, but sometimes we need the truth, wanted or not.

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    1. thesycamoretreeNovember 27, 2020 at 10:14 AM

      Always good to consider whether it will help or hurt the situation.

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  2. Sharyn Mallow WoerzNovember 27, 2020 at 11:27 AM

    sometimes you just gotta man up.

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