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

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Sandblasted

From the Spacious Tarot, the Five of Pentacles; from the Phenomena Oracle, Haboob:


A wounded wolf limps uphill, hoping to find a safe place to rest and heal. We all take a turn pushing Sisyphus' boulder; everyone at some point will deal with financial or health challenges. The hardest part of these difficulties is acknowledging them while not letting them become the sum total of our world. The Haboob - an advancing wall of dust and debris caused by thunderstorm outflow winds - suggests that this can be a tough sell. Sandblasting everything in its path, this phenomena lodges silt in the eyes, nose and ears, effectively cutting off all one's senses. Like the Five of Pentacles, it can create a feeling of being off-balance and vulnerable. Yet if we can be tender with ourselves, doing the best we can with the resources at hand, we can focus on helping ourselves while not adding to our suffering. Storms may change us and our circumstances, but they don't have to change our love for life.

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