Focused Target

This week I'll be using the Tarot of the Hidden Realm, created by Julia Jeffrey with Barbara Moore, and published by Llewellyn. I'll also be drawing from the Heart of Faerie Oracle created by Brian and Wendy Froud and published by Abrams. Today's cards are the Ace of Wands and the Hidden One:

Alertness is a wide scan of all possible incoming stimuli while focus is the narrowing of this scan on a very focused target. ―Kevin McGrew

With bright energy and whiskers quivering with anticipation, the red fox is a fitting symbol of the Ace of Wands. Shakespeare's words describe her well: "‘Though she be but little she is fierce." As she hunts for her supper, she reminds us to stay alert, wait for the right moment, then act with decisiveness. The Hidden One is sent by the faeries to those who aren't paying attention to their surroundings. Too often we're in our heads, fantasizing about how things are going to turn out before we even get started. Then we trip over the curb and land flat on our face. The fox would recommend staying connected to our senses even as we move towards our objective.

Unfolding Moments

From the Tarot of the Hidden Realm, the Seven of Pentacles; from the Heart of Faerie Oracle, the Hidden One:

          Before there were sonograms and amniocentesis tests, the only real way to assess a pregnancy was by the health of the mom, an expanding belly and baby kicks or movement. Like so many projects or endeavors, often the final assessment can only be determined by the fruit born. Yet when patience is required, it's easy to become obsessed about things that we can't control. The Hidden One pops up (making us trip on the tree root or stump our toe) to remind us to get out of our head and pay attention to the rest of the world. The present moment is the only one in which we have a genuine choice.

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and

accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

― Jon Kabat-Zinn