It's Much Larger

From the Wild Unknown Tarot, the Star; from the Pictish Oracle, Crescent and V-rod:

We often look at our lives (and concretize how they're supposed to work out) like we might pick out a constellation from the night sky. "Yes," we say, "I'll have Orion but pass on the Big Dipper." The irony is that there is no solidity to any constellation, they are simply a pattern of stars that humans named. There are no lines that connect those billions of stars. Likewise, there innumerable possibilities and conditions involved in our own trajectory. A simple shift in effort, attitude or thinking can be like taking our eye away from the telescope and seeing from a much wider perspective. We don't have to settle for just one pattern. There is evidence that the Crescent and V-rod symbol referred to a seasonal sundial, something akin to a farmer's almanac. While we watch for outward chances, we must not forget the inner changes or harbor expectations. As Joseph B. Wirthlin wrote, "Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land."