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

Saturday, November 23, 2024

Thy Name Is Fear

From the Prairie Tarot, the Devil; from the Medicine Cards, Deer:


No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
—Edmund Burke

Devil, thy name is Fear. Fear can make us believe a few scorpion stings are better than what's on the other side of those swinging doors. Over-indulgence and rage are two tools it uses, tools that can create more problems rather than facing our apprehension. As David Allen stated, "Anything that causes you to over-react or under-react can control you, and often does." Deer comes to suggest we stop fighting and trying to ignore how we feel. Gentleness and kindness are what the heart and mind will respond to in a positive way, giving us a chance to ground and center ourselves before we walk through those doors.

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