Look For It

From the Waking the Wild Spirit Tarot, the Morning Star (Sun); from the Saltwater Reading Cards, Seahorse:

Sacred space and sacred time and something joyous to do is all we need.

~Joseph Campbell

The Sun represents energy, joy, freedom and clarity. I do not feel any connection with any of these things this morning. I feel stretched too thin these days, and Seahorse (Family) points to what I'm blaming for my frustration and exhaustion. Yet if I step back and look at my life as a theater screen, watching rather than participating, I realize that there is still joy hiding in the corners waiting for me to find it. It's time to redirect my attention.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

~Joseph Campbell

Not the Absence of Commitments

From the Granny Jones Australian Tarot, the Knight of Wands; from the Button Oracle, Seahorse:

 ...the compelling urge of man to explore and to discover, the thrust of curiosity that leads men to try to go where no one has gone before. ~The President's Science Advisory Committee, 1958

          The only thing we see of this adventurous Knight is the dust kicked up by the wheels of his vardo. He loves the thrill of excitement and the rush of adrenaline, but he isn't much help in the tasks of day-to-day life. As James Ricklef described him, "If he hurries in, he will probably hurry out again." Commitment doesn't jibe with a curiosity that requires being constantly stimulated by new things. The Seahorse's keyword is 'reversal;' rather than the female, the male carries the fertilized eggs in a pouch for two months. Is it possible to maintain one's adventuresome spirit while also being responsible and dependable? As the Knight of Wands matures, he might come to agree with Paulo Coelho: "Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me."