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

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Willful Waste

From the Deirdre of the Sorrows Tarot, the Queen of Coins; from the Victorian Flower Oracle, Nasturtium:


Willful waste makes woeful want.

While this Queen enjoys her comforts, she would shudder at today's throwaway society. Her policy is if it's still useful, make use of it. Good does not need to be replaced with better unless there's truly a need for it. And if there is something we no longer use, there might be someone who would appreciate it. Nasturtium implies remorse and regret. Of all the things we regret most, it likely isn't the things we did but for the things we did not do when we had a chance. This Queen would tell us never to squash a generous impulse. Rarely will anyone regret being kind.


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