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I pull a card...if it doesn't speak to me...perhaps it was meant for you?    How to Read the Tarot Begin by brewing a cup of tea, a nervine, lemon balm or chamomile, this is after all, your future. A reading at the dark of the moon is best, before the night creatures crawl and bad humours fill the air. Pick a circular deck, with a fairy-tale motif, and no reversals. Hold a question in your heart, shuffle the cards and place them on the table. Choose only two. Like the ancient Israelites, these are your seer stones, Urim and Thumimm, black and white, yes or no. Isn't that all you were asking?  |
| The coldest day in two years here in Naples, Florida. Some areas even had frost. This is the second time this year I have had to turn heat on. I have lived in Naples, FL since 1986--longer than I lived in Pittsburgh where I grew up. I will likely die here. I love Florida but hate Governor DeathSentence and the people that support his ilk. These do of course include family, neighbors, some few friends. So you just generally shut up as not to alienate and just remain befuddled in your uber liberal heart of hearts. Naples used to be charming and relatively small. Growth and expansion have changed that. But my son and grandchildren are here, my husband's sister. So, here we remain. I tend now to select doctors, dentists, beauty shops based on nearness to home. Roads here have not kept pace with growth. My part-time job is also only a 20-minute drive. These are prime requirements for me. Because he is retiring I am giving up my $5.00 Goodwill find of a Ben Rothlesberger Super Bowl shirt to my oldest grandson who has promised to treat it with respect. Perhaps I will stumble across a Tom Brady jersey some day. It is rumored he is retiring. Had breakfast yesterday at Waffle House. Husband lost a bet. Wilbur was alive in the Mary Worth comic strip. Yes, I am old. Still get a physical paper, still have a landline phone, still pay bills by snail mail. Off to make ham, green bean and potato soup for this cold, sunny Florida day. XIII--St. Stephen--Martyrdom--Death--A Gnostic Saints Tarot--What are you willing to give your life for? |
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| January 23, 2022 Today's card is from the Dark Goddess Tarot---La Santa Muerte--the Mexican Goddess of Death. I work in an adult dementia day stay and bought "faith bracelets" kits thinking they might be an OK arts and crafts project. I decided they were too complicated for most of our members to finish. I gave them away to co-workers and made one for myself. There are 7 beads---yellow for light (God created light). green for the trees and plants, blue for the seas, white for purity, red for the blood shed, and black for death. There is a clear bead, for how are lives would be if we followed God's mandates. I am only a nominal Christian, more attuned to Mother Mary, but choosing to wear my bracelet to honor Her. I believe in ecology not theology and Mama Mary is the earth's body and heart. Also, for some inexplicable reason I have been thinking about the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. I grew up in Pittsburgh and know that Fred Rogers "Mr. Rogers" was a graduate and his missio was children's television. I have found that they do offer on-line continuing education classes. The next class coming up is about finding beauty in the world. I believe the classes are chiefly for ministers and religious, so not certain if this would be usedul to this "nominal" Christian. But sometimes you have to follow your heart's weird promptings. Thich Naht Han's comment on death--resonated with me. The Goddess Tarot--XIII--Death--Santa Muerte--Death is life's destiny.   |
| January 16, 2022 Believe XIII A rare grey, cold blustery day in Naples, Florida. Enjoying the change, I go to the retention pond hoping to catch a glimpse of Sybylla, the veiled mermaid who resides there. I think of her as "my" mermaid, but she belongs only to herself. I have no idea what the lifespan of a mermaid is. She may be ancient, surely she is not young. I think about death and mortality constantly these days. I am seventy. My grandson, who is an addict, and self medicated for his mental health problems is twenty-one. I hope to die before him. Time isn't a resource container to pull from to complete all our to do lists. We enter time and space completely to attend to what really matters. Sybylla swims to the edge of the pond--her words--nature, family, friends. I pull on the thread of my soul feel the whole fabric of existence shimmering within. The Herbal Tarot--XIII--Death--Elder Flower---Transmutation |
| January 9, 2022 Winter Witch Some prefer low and slow, fire-roasted, smoky. I want a shiver, elemental and raw, gambero rosso frigid shrimp, twenty second squid. At the end licorice gelato dusted with frost. 30 words--9 lines Written for the Writer's Cramp--prompts--winter, shiver, frigid, frost The Cook's Tarot--Queen of Swords--Speak the truth as you know it--straight from the heart. |
| January 8, 2022 I have a collection of tarot cards. I have decided instead of pulling a random card from a deck I am going to concentrate on the Death card from individual decks. I have thought about death a great deal over the course of these past 2 Covid years. I am 70 with co-morbidities and I work in healthcare. I was concerned enough that at the beginning of this plague my husband and I had wills drawn up. Yesterday I learned that a member at the adult dementia day stay where I work had tested positive for Covid. And yes, I have been exposed. So far, asymptomatic, and of course I am fully vaccinated. I am self-isolating this weekend just to be cautious, unlike most Floridians who don't give a rat's ass. I am home making Marcella Hazan's tomato, butter, and onion sauce. I pulled the Death card from The Cook's Tarot. The message is actually positive--you are beginning a new cycle and discarding old ways of being. I will remember this as I poor Marcella's rich and unctious sauce over pasta, and raise a glass of healing anti-oxidant red wine. And today is National JoyGerm Day. So go spread Joy and not Covid! Death--XIII--The Cook's Tarot--Embrace what life has to offer----including leftovers. The Death Card is also associated astrologically with Scorpio--my Sun and Moon sign. |
| Bobbie's Boots My feet touch the ground the jingle bells sound. My boots sewn of beads cradle the steps the earth needs. Every step is my prayer for people everywhere. My shoes beat a song May this healing be strong. 53 words 8 lines Prompt;Shoes for Children's Writing Contest The speaker is a junior jingle dress dancer.  |
| January 1, 2022 I have used all the old magicks I know to usher in 2022. Opened the doors and windows at midnight. Banged the pots and pans. Made a lemon pig, well an orange pig, didn't have a lemon. The Great Mother won't care. Salt in my shoes, shoes on doorstep, one pointing out, the either pointing in. Coins on the windowsill. Say rabbit, rabbit on Facebook and post one of a thousand saved rabbit pictures. May it be enough. My rosary novena for the next 54 days is to awaken, expand, and perfect my Reiki practice. This is not an entirely selfish petition as I have many to pray for. Today we will eat pork and saurkraut for luck, greens for prosperity. I pull the Death card from the Pholarchos Tarot. The pollen of a trillion flowers makes and unmakes me. I will keep my wits about me as I harvest metamorphosis. I admit that my darling oldest grandson is a drug addict. May my year of magickal thinking be enough. I pull the Death card from Pholarchos Tarot this morning. |
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