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, October 25, 2025

Just Admit It

From the Sacred India Tarot, the Nine of Swords; from the Land Sky Oracle, Nourish:



In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for his own misdeeds.
―Epictetus

Shikhandini was the daughter of a King, the reincarnation of Princess Amba. Amba had once been taken by Bhisma but was later returned yet deemed unmarriable. In order to exact revenge, Shikhandini agreed to a sex exchange with a nature spirit to fight Bhishma in the Kurukshetra War. On seeing Shikhandi, Bhishma knew he has once been the princess and refused to fight, allowing Arjuna to kill him in a volley of arrows. At times we may do something wrong but appear to get away with it; then we might say, "Let the chips fall where they may." Only much later do we realize those chips have grown into giant boulders. Nourish, represented by an amethyst cluster, encourages us to cultivate a spiritual awareness that sees beyond our self-concern and allows us to admit and make amends for our faults. Doing so in a timely manner may keep pebbles from turning into boulders.


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