See Anew

From the Roots of Asia Tarot, the Star; from the Mahjongg Oracle, the Plum Blossom:

Through the power of increased awareness, simple experience often becomes magically alive... The way that we sense the world becomes purified, our perception of the world transformed. 

―Joseph Goldstein

When we find ourselves flattened by life, whatever the cause, the Star asks us to look upward. We often find ourselves looking through a paper towel tube at the life we want, as if that is the only option or the only thing we'll settle for. But the Star encourages us to see without the limits and filters we put on everything. When our perception has been transformed, we'll see many more possibilities and paths than the one we had our hearts staked on. Plum Blossom is one of the first signs of Spring and thus is tied to renewed vitality and the unravelling of problems faced squarely. Each day can be a new beginning if we follow Mary Jane Dodd's advice to move through it with "a heart bursting with love, a mind propped open."