Hiding in the Fabric

From the Gaian Tarot, the Child of Earth (Page of Pentacles); from the Goddess Oracle, Nut:

          The Page of Pentacles is the Student of Earth; there will always be something to draw his attention and make him curious, longing to know what, how, and why. Learning about his environment feeds his insatiable urge, and though it may be briefly satiated, there will always be more to discover and understand. From bugs to the Big Bang, it's all fascinating. Yet Nut, the Egyptian goddess of the skies and heavens, brings with her the keyword Mystery. As Anais Nin wrote, "The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery." Mystery and discovery are a joy often forgotten. Perhaps today I will carry Sue Monk Kidd's words with me: "there is nothing but mystery in the world, how it hides behind the fabric of our poor, browbeat days, shining brightly, and we don't even know it."

Transitional View

From the Gaian Tarot, the Wheel (of Fortune); from the Goddess Oracle, Nut:

          The seasonal trees, the phases of the moon and the sun signs all illustrate change in this card. Robert Frost puts it succinctly: "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." It would be nice to accept Frost's philosophy, but humans have a hard time with change. When it's good, we  hold on tightly and never want to let go. When it's bad, we are dragged along and resist with all our strength. Powell asks the question, "Can you see that what is happening does not happen in isolation, but is part of a pattern?" There is no personal reward or punishment involved in this kind of change, it is just a natural cycle. The butterflies suggest I transform my view of such transitions, which leads to Nut, Egyptian goddess of the night sky. Marashinsky writes:

I am the ever-present unfathomable unknown

I am the immensity of the star-filled sky

I am beyond human comprehension

Humans like to learn, define and label because it helps them make sense of the unknown. Facts and figures make us feel safe and convince us our world is stable. Nut however suggests we embrace the mystery of what we don't know and understand and enjoy the wonder of it. What begins, ends, and begins again in a new form is simply a part of the whole.