This week I'll be using the Vision Quest Tarot, a deck created by Gayle Silvie Winter and Jo Dose (illustrator); it was published by AGM Müller. I'll also be using two combined oracles: Bird Cards and Ascension to Paradise, deck and book sets by Jane Toerien (author) and Joyce van Dobben (illustrator); they were published by Altamira-Becht. Today's draws are the Shaman (Hierophant) and Osprey:
This Hierophant/Shaman's wisdom doesn't come from a sacred book but from the Earth and all its inhabitants. I can imagine him speaking the words of Chief Seattle to those who come seeking wisdom: "Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect." The Osprey is a fish-eating bird that catches its prey by diving into a body of water. These birds have adapted to such hunting with nostrils that can close, backward-facing scales on the talons which act as barbs to help hold its catch, plumage that is dense and oily, and the ability to adjust its dive for refraction. The Osprey doesn't demand that the fish jump out of the water to feed them, yet humans seem to want to shape and mold the Earth to suit our desires. But we are beginning to see the effects of such exploitation, feeling the consequences of tearing the web we ourselves reside in.
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