Shadowscapes Tarot today, and
my cards are The Chariot and the Two of Swords.
The Chariot, which corresponds with Water (cold/binds and
wet/adapts, and sensitive, emotional and imaginative energy that likes to stay
the same or follow the same course), Cancer (“I feel,” sensitive, tenacious,
nurturing, moody), Cheth (the fence), and the Path between Geburah (the place
where forms and structure are challenged or affirmed) and Binah (female
receptive energy and the origin of form and structure), tells of having the
control necessary to focus on goals, and to avoid distractions. My Chariot brings a sense of motion to
the day, and motion (and the control of that motion) is his forte. Comparing him to say, The Emperor,
would be a learning experience here. I am also being warned; while I have control
over the vehicle and the motor, I am to some extent insulated. If I look away for a moment, everything
might tumble, and focusing on the goal way off in the distance, could end up
causing me to trip over something right at my feet.
The Chariot card of the Shadowscapes
Tarot is such a beauty! The
chariot is riding a wave, with the charioteer standing with pride and
confidence, reins dropped by her sides.
Her steeds are prancing and proud, eager to move in their chosen
directions. The charioteer
controls them not with those reins, but rather with her pride and confidence
and her ability to focus on the goal, not on those prancing steeds or the waves
around her. The Shadowscapes
Companion describes the energies of this card as “stillness in what is eternal
motion,” and that is exactly what we are striving for when working with this
card. To achieve this we need to
obtain and maintain skills, and we need to strengthen our ability to focus,
even when surrounded by the distraction of churning emotions and spectacular
visions. I can do this today, but
I do need to keep in mind that this balance will be fragile, and I must be
focused and vigilant in order to maintain it.
The Two of Swords (Moon, feelings and emotions, illusion, imagination, in
Libra, “We are,” partnerships, balance, cooperation) represents a time of not
looking or of shutting out the world.
A bit of disconnect from the world can be helpful today because it
allows me to achieve a pure inner focus. This card can also tell of being
self-sufficient, or of not needing input from outside sources. It can
also represent a time of not
looking or of shutting out the world.
A bit of disconnect from the world can be helpful today because it
allows me to achieve a pure inner focus.
In the end, the serenity created through this disconnect could allow the
reconciliation of differences or easing of cross-purposes.
The
Shadowscapes Two of Swords tells of a conscious and deliberate shutting-out of
the world around us. I am being
reminded that choosing to ignore the messages of the world around me (which
rarely stills and never stops growing and evolving), has its dangers, no matter
how necessary the temporary bubble may feel. Truth cannot be denied in the end, and the truth that is in
my mind is as important as the truth that is in my heart.
These two cards
tell of a precarious situation, perhaps more precarious than it appears on the
surface. Control is necessary
today, control of my feelings, my emotions and my visions, as well as control
of my mind and its tendency to turn away from effort. If I can stay serene within and if I can keep my mind
focused, the rest just might fall into place.
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