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

Showing posts with label blessings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blessings. Show all posts

Monday, December 17, 2012

Messages to be Delivered

From the Golden Tarot, the Knight of Wands:
Once again, art imitates life.  I spent yesterday and last night working on some homemade cards to send to a few special people.  And today I have them packaged and addressed, ready to make a run to the post office.  Seeing the message on this knight's wand made me smile because he has a memo and a mission too, that he's eager to take to others.  Of course I'll have to watch out for his impatience once I hit the long lines at the post office...

From the Yantra Deck comes "Blessing - receiving:"
This yantra painting is associated with Shakti, the receptive feminine.  In the deck's companion booklet, there is a quote by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, a woman known for her work with death and dying: "Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything has a purpose.  There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from."  It is usually with hindsight that I see how something good came from an unfortunate or frustrating situation.  I'll try to keep this in mind at the post office; there might just be a stranger who has something I need to hear...