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 pettiness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pettiness. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Integrity as a Co-pilot

From the Victorian Romantic Tarot, the Two of Wands; from the Dreaming in Color Deck, Pettiness:

Many people view integrity as some form of duty. Integrity is not a duty. It is a means to improve the probability of being successful and happy. ―John Allison

Salisbury Greenhouse states that the palm was a symbol of victory with integrity. Integrity suggests that our values need to be aligned with reality, and our actions should reflect both. This woman attempts to decide whether to stay or go, to expand or maintain. What is at the root of her restlessness? Perhaps she feels her world is too restrictive or that she's in a rut. Either way, a glance at her moral compass and the knowledge and evidence available to her might be of help. Pettiness is an undue concern with trivial matters, especially of a small-minded or spiteful nature. Any choice she's trying to make will get derailed quickly if she can't tell the difference between what is truly important and what is immaterial. 



Friday, February 24, 2017

Flea Powder

From the Victorian Romantic Tarot, Strength; from the Dreaming in Color Deck, Pettiness:
          This particular woman of Strength obviously has a special relationship with all her inner lions. She knows their personalities intimately, including what triggers them to lash out. Impatience, frustration, anger, indignation and fear are always on her radar; she notices when one is out of balance and tends to it with calm awareness before things get out of hand. Yet there is a bloodsucking pest that can bite those beasts and send them into madness: pettiness. Pettiness takes a fine-tooth comb and goes over everything, ignoring what is good as it solely focuses on any tiny mistake or grievance. Pettiness is a miserable cuss whose only pleasure is adding to her circle of misery. The flea powder that will drive this pest away is to take the long view and a wide perspective of all that is going on. Nothing lasts forever, and joy can be found even in sorrow. Shake, shake...