Three of Swords

How much pain can the heart hold?

My Tarot Card series has been on the back burner of late, but the Three of Swords expresses exactly how I feel about this week.

Find it here.

The Hanged Man - the Tarot Series

My original intention was to work on my Tarot series 

in order from card one to card 21.

The Major Arcana represents the journey of the Fool (Card 0) as he gains knowledge, step by step, card by card, until he reaches the end of his journey and, hopefully, Enlightenment.

The Fool is anyone and everyone.  

He knows nothing and is content in his ignorance.  

He is the blissful infant.

Inevitably, that state of perfect innocence must end.  

The Fool must go out into the world.

The Fool begins his journey.

Card One - The Magician represents the physical world.  

The Magician manifests a control of the world around us.  

Card Two - The High Priestess represents the beginning of spiritual knowledge.  

She is the maiden.  She is purity.

And, then,  I stopped creating the cards in numerical order.    

The journey of the Fool is not so different.  

He meanders.  

He doesn't learn each lesson in a perfect sequence.

The world is not so orderly.

I next went to the Wheel of Fortune.  

No matter where you are on your spiritual quest, 

the Wheel can turn against you.

On our journey, we must accept that

we cannot predict the future.

The path may not be smooth.

Which brought me to the Hanged Man.

The Hanged man represents a pause

on your journey.

Sometimes we need to stop and reflect.

Don't abandon what you have so far achieved,

but don't rush on.

You have not fallen behind.

Take your time.

Sometimes we need to just stop.

Remember: it really is just about the journey.

The Wheel Turns - Happy Friday 13th!

My Tarot Card project is progressing nicely.  

In case you missed my recent blog post, I think connections are important.  To know who we are, it helps to know where we've been, or where we come from.

In exploring the Tarot deck, I can connect with the Romany part of my family past.

I love the sense of connection going back through the generations of all the women who came before me.  My grandmother and great-grandmother supplanted the money they made at their boarding house by telling fortunes and helping out with the odd bit of  spell work.

I love holding  a deck in my hand and feeling that sweet mystical thrill down my spine.

A shuffle of the cards and the fates arrange and re-arrange themselves for my perusal.

What influences are at work in the greater world?

The Wheel card has been much on mind the past few days.

The Wheel of Fortune sometimes turns in  your favor.  Sometimes, it does not.

The Fool has set out on his (or her) journey to gain wisdom and find enlightenment.  

By the Wheel of Fortune Card, he has realized that the Universe will not always make his path easy.  Sometimes Fortuna throws obstacles in his way.

If you truly wish to find Enlightenment and follow your chosen path, you have to deal with the ups and downs of life.

Last Saturday morning I was keenly disappointed to miss my art market because of an unkind spin of the Wheel, but that night, Chez Fab opened with some of my pieces on display.  I had a wonderful time, met fantastic people, and loved being able to talk about my favorite obsession, art!

The Wheel spins.  

Are you ready for it?