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

Monday, February 6, 2023

Mental Flexibility

From the Herbcrafter's Tarot, the Hija of Earth (Page of Pentacles); from the Green Wheel Oracle, Midwinter:


A young girl makes a fence of linden branches, knowing that their flexibility will make them useful in her endeavor. Learning can open a wider space into our world or narrow it, depending on whether it makes our thinking more limber or rigid. The Buddhist slogan, "Liberate even the antidote," points to our habit of becoming attached to a concept and attempting to apply it to everything. Yet the Midwinter card - with the Hunter who brings chaos before regeneration - implies that laying a set framework won't work in an ever-changing world. We need to pay attention to each moment as a different experience, even if it appears the same. Our relationship to it will be more beneficial if it is as flexible as linden.

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