Is It Screaming Yet?

This week I'll be using Songs for the Journey Home, a deck and book set created and self-published by Catherine Cook and Dwariko von Sommaruga. I'll also be using Stasia Burrington's self-published deck, Magic Neko. Today's draws are Four of Flame Songs (Four of Wands) and the Six of Clubs:

Your body always speaks — not in words, but in signals. Tiredness, cravings, tension — it’s not weakness. It’s wisdom. Listen before it starts to scream.

― Barbara O'Neill

We tend to use the body much more than we listen to it, at least until things get so bad the pain is all we notice. This card recognizes that we can get so caught up in things we enjoy or need to do, that we neglect to care for this amazing vehicle we ride along in. Tuning in to the natural rhythms of our body and honoring its messages is necessary; the mind is very good at shutting it down when it decides we must do just one more thing or complete a task. Turning a deaf ear will be to our detriment. The cosmic kitty on the Six of Clubs suggests that new behaviors (such as listening to our body), will at first feel unnatural, but this is normal. As we learn to adapt to what our body needs, what is strange will eventually become routine.