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

Sunday, December 31, 2023

Navigational Adjustment

This week I'll be using Lo Scarabeo's The Classic Tarot, with the original engravings of Carlo Della Rocca and printing by F. Gumppenberg Milan. I'll also be drawing from the Constellations Deck published by Carddia. Today's draws are the Six of Coins and Pyxis:

This is one of the most dangerous illusions. The moment we stand still, we begin to decay.
― Erich Fromm

The square of four coins and bloom in the middle of this card suggests stability, but the open ends and coins at the top and bottom suggest a 'coming and going.' Whether we're talking about investing, saving and spending or healthy habits, aging and lives of excess, nothing stands still. Stagnation does not equal safety. Instead, we stay aware, adapt and adjust, while embracing the coming and going. The constellation Pyxis is a small and faint group of stars in the southern sky. Abbreviated from Pyxis Nautica - Latin for a 'mariner's compass' - it suggests guidance when we feel surrounded by open sea and sky with no landmarks. We find ourselves here if we refuse to see life as it is and instead demand it be what we wish. But there is neither peace nor contentment to be found in these seas. Better to embrace navigational adjustment.


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