Sowing Seeds

From the Tarot of the Sidhe, the Empress; from the Green Man Tree Oracle, Fern:

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

― Friedrich Nietzsche

          Carding describes the Empress as a font of creativity, the fertile ground in which to plant one's seeds. Most of us would have plenty of excuses for not exercising our talent: we don't have enough time, we aren't artsy, or our imagination is on the fritz. But creativity comes in all shapes and forms, whether it involves solving problems, finding an efficient way to do something, or making ends meet on a lean budget. Both necessity and turbulence have been the mother of invention. Folklore is full of the magical properties of ferns, particularly their seeds and flowers, yet ferns produce neither. For this reason, the message of Fern is the importance of truth: we may not be Picasso or Emily Dickinson, but we do have some creative seeds we could plant and nurture.