Three of Wands/The Emperor. The Three of Wands (Sun, the inner core of a person or situation, the deepest self and personal power, in Aries, “I want,” action oriented, pioneering, assertive) is a card of planning for action that tells of the excitement of seeking out uncharted areas with an optimism that says that no matter what happens, it will be good.  I think I need to look to the future today, and maybe begin to make some plans, plans that will include excitement and enthusiasm. The Emperor corresponds with Fire (hot/separates and dry/shapes, and spontaneous, impulsive, energetic change), Aries (“I want,” action oriented, assertive, competitive) and the Hebrew letter Heh (window, illumination), and represents confidence, authority, and the archetype of the Father.  LOL, he is telling me to have fun, but to make sure that I am home by dark, and not to stray too far from home.  Order and structure and a willing acceptance of responsibility can certainly coexist with enthusiasm and excitement, and rules (which are there to support and enable) can still be put into place without putting out the Fires.

My Thoth card is Art.  Art/Temperance corresponds with Sagittarius (“I seek,” philosophic, adventurous, blundering) Fire (hot/separates and dry/shapes, and spontaneous, impulsive, energetic change), Samekh (the tent post), and the Path between Yesod (the place where patterns and images emerge that may manifest into the physical world of action and outer reality) and Tiphareth (the hub of the creation process where energies harmonize and focus to illuminate and clarify), and this card presents one version of the concept of balance:  balance achieved through knowledge and experience of extremes. In the best of circumstances, this is a card of realization, and of choosing actions based on accurate calculations.  Kind of a similar message to the one above!

My Legacy card is the Five of Wands reversed, flavored by The Hanging Man reversed.  Interesting! The Five of Wands, which corresponds with Saturn (discipline, responsibility, law and order) in Leo (“I am, passionate, dramatic, egotistical) in an upright position indicates a struggle caused by annoying cross-purposes. While these discomforts can have good results, today they will not have a huge effect.  Rather, things should move in a smooth and integrated manner. The Hanging Man corresponds with Water (cold/binds and wet/adapts, and emotional, sensitive and imaginative energy that tends to move deep, and attempts to take the same path as in the past), Neptune (inspiration, spirituality, magick, enchantment, dreams, altered states), and the Hebrew letter Mem (water, stability and balance, the reflective quality of thought); this card presents the kind of balance that comes to us through surrender, and through seeing things in a different way.  However, my Hanging Man, which is flavoring my reversed Five of Wands, is also reversed.  Perhaps the way to keep those Fiery energies from conflicting is to offer guidance, or to make use of plans already in place.  Hmmm . . . using plans in a structured manner . . . sounds familiar, eh?

My 6-digit date number is 4, the number of balance, stability and depth.

My horoscopes: “You've been hoping for a quiet day on the job, Sagittarius, but too many calls could come your way. You might have to juggle several at once. Don't try to deal with every problem. Exercise your triage abilities and take care of the most pressing first. Let the others go, if necessary. You aren't doing anyone any favors by getting too distracted. Even you can be less than thorough when overwhelmed.”

And: “You are smart, strong, confidant and beautiful. Everyone has always known this about you, and you are just beginning to know it about yourself. Today you feel powerful and unstoppable. If the world really is your oyster, where exactly is the pearl? You may spend the better part of your life trying to find out. Ideally, you will have a significant someone with you on your search for happiness. If you have the right mate, then happiness will be wherever the two of you are together.”

My Shadowscapes Insight is regarding the Four of Wands.  Perfect card for today!  The Spring flowers are in bloom, and the air is filled with exciting possibilities.  Yes, the harder tasks will soon be upon us but for the moment, we can stop and smell the first of the roses. 

Sadly, the raven has won the battle, and the robins have disappeared.  I don’t know how many eggs were lost, but I don’t think it was all four (robins usually lay four lovely blue eggs).  I’m sad, because I really enjoyed watching the family last year, but if it had to happen, I’m glad it is now, before the babies were born. 

Sad that this happened on Mother’s Day, but this is the way Nature works.  Survival of the fittest.  The nest was so well hidden that I am impressed with the raven; he must have watched the pair building the nest, and waited till the right moment.

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