Just when you thought I might have given up on this blog altogether – Hello! I’ve been to hell but I’m back again. I’m thinking that this year I’d like to retrace our steps through Everyday Tarot (aka the Minor Arcana) one card at a time. Recap all the things we’ve discussed about theses cards. Circumstances permitting of course.
Does that sound like a good plan? Let me know what you think.
Well, I thought last year was bad but I ain’t never had a year like this one. Whereas last year when my Tarot Card Of The Year was The Devil I felt under massive pressure, this year in The Tower everything Continue reading
Wow! I’m beginning to think The Tower card is ruled by Pluto/Scorpio. Talk about transforming my life – and the year has only just begun. (For those who may not have read previous posts, The Tower is my Tarot card-of-the-year.)
Well this happened. My computer broke. I knocked over a glass of water near my laptop. It has a protective cover and didn’t look like it got too wet but afterwards refused to turn on. Interesting. I’d finally sat down to work on my novel for the first time these hols. I guess the universe doesn’t want me to write right now. Of course my laptop requires a major part to be replaced and doubly of course I have to fill in reams of paperwork in triplicate before I can get the blasted thing fixed. The universe wants me to give up my internet addiction as well apparently, lol.
So I’ve been getting by with my iPhone and reading novels at night but have still felt tres` bored. My daughter has just lent me her laptop which definitely fills her description of ‘a heap of shit’ but it’s something. I feel like I’m connected to the world again, albeit by a very thin thread.
Accidents and breakdowns, this is totally Tower card territory. My Tarot card-of-the-year is sure living up to expectation (actually, it’s way worse than I remembered, darn it.) How are you going with your year card?
Ever since New Year’s I’ve been running around like a maniac. Instead of dealing with situations calmly I’ve been freaking out. It’s so stuuuuuuuupid of me.
Some of my problems are just in my head. Like, for example, I’ve been dreaming about school a lot these holidays. Bad teacher dreams. Where the class is out of control or where I’m embarrassing myself in front of colleagues. At the root of these dreams is a fear I won’t cut it as a classroom teacher. I’ve been teaching successfully for 15 years but this will be my first time solo in a classroom (I used to teach art and Italian as a specialist subject). My anxiety is ridiculous of course. I love my job and love the kids which I’ve always believed to be the magic formula to be a good teacher. But fear isn’t reasonable, is it? The problem is I’m an introvert. The idea of thirty pairs of eyes turned my way, of thirty pairs of ears hanging on my every word, scares the shit out of me. As a result I’ve been madly googling teacher websites, sometimes all night long. Not sane at all. (Did I mention this card is associated with mental health issues???)
Other problems are real and scary. But rushing around in a blind panic doesn’t help me deal with them one jot. It’s certainly not a functional way to use the experience of The Tower card. You’re meant to be inspired by the bolts of lightning that shock your system into change your approach to situations, not going all freaky-la-la on them. So I’m forcing myself to stick to a schedule now. Working through tasks one-by-one. Swallowing my panic. Trying to be the rock instead of the collapsing tower in the picture.
OMG. How am I going to cope with a whole year of this energy? Might have to take up yoga again or meditation.
How do you deal with crisis?
I don’t think we’ve ever looked at Temperance in depth. Let’s have a good gander now, shall we? Continue reading
I haven’t touched on this card for awhile. It’s an energy that comes easily to me so I don’t tend to focus on it very much. But one peep has this as her Tarot Card Of The Year so let’s take a good look at it shall we.
As you may have gathered it’s been intense at my house over the last week. While other peeps were celebrating the new year with champagne and friends all I wanted to do was curl up into a ball and sleep for a thousand years. Continue reading
Just heard a group of teens outside my front door wish some randoms a ‘Happy New Year’. I think we underestimate the power of these words. Continue reading
People often labour under the mistaken belief that this card is all about peace, harmony and love, yada yada. But it appears in the deck near the end of Life Lessons Tarot (aka the Major Arcana) so you know that some serious shit is going down here. It’s the eye in the storm. Temporary relief when the chips are down. Angelic assistance. But somewhere in your life there will be a major problem that still needs resolving.
As we all know peeps show their true character in times of duress. I think of The Star card as showing grace under pressure. Something we can all aspire to.
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