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, January 25, 2026

Begin By Descending

This week I'll be using the Swietlistej Drogi Tarot (Tarot of the Radiant Path), created by Alla Alicja Chrzanowska and published by Studio Astropsychologii. I'll also be drawing from the oracle Mirrors of the Heart, created and self-published by Lily S. May. Today's draws are the Three of Wands and Humility:



Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. —St. Augustine

Like this fellow, architects and engineers often create small-scale models before building the project that is intended. Bob Borson explains, "Individuals have always seemed to be much more responsive to physical models that have the ability to convey a sense of depth, dimension & texture. All you have to do is put a model in the middle of a room where there are images on all the walls and watch where the crowd spends their time." Threes are about synthesis: knowing what we want to create, being confident in our ability, and making concrete progress. Yet what happens when our "prototype" proves that our calculations are slightly off? Do we bulldoze ahead anyway, or do we back up and rework our plans? Taking the latter course does not mean we have failed but are conscientious. As Simone Weil stated, "Humility is attentive patience."

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