The Star reversed/Eight of Pentacles. The Star corresponds with the element of Air (hot/separates and wet/adapts), Aquarius (I know) and the Hebrew letter Tsadi (fishhook; experience and thought), and in an upright position it tells of hope for renewal after some kind of upheaval or disaster. Because the card is reversed, I am being told that now is not the time to think about the future or hope for a happy ending. Instead, I am being told to put my nose to the grindstone, for sometimes fulfillment comes directly from working hard, working for work’s sake and not for a reward.

My Thoth card is The Heirophant. Crowley sees this card as a representation of the Holy Guardian Angel; it is about faith, about patience, and about getting help from ones superiors. This card corresponds with the element of Earth (cold/binds and dry/shapes) with Taurus (I have), and with the Hebrew letter Vau (the nail).

My Legacy Card is the Page of Swords. Earth of Air. Hmmm . . . they seem to be the elements of the day! If the Pages present the message of the Ace of their suit, then this Page is offering me the possibilities found within the intellect, along with a warning. The intellect is a two-edged sword, and I need to remember that while Air is an element, the intellect is not a natural elemental force. I need to be aware of how I wield its power.

My 6-digit date number is 11, which reduces to 2. 11 is the number that tells me that Archangel Uriel is around, and the number 2 tells of an initial manifestation of creativity; it also manifests the concept of distance between two points.

My horoscope: “You tend to be very intuitive, Sagittarius, but today your channel to the other side could appear to be totally blocked. You can't sense what others are feeling, and oracles like the I Ching just don't make sense any more. You may try to fall back on logic, but that doesn't work today either. Don't think this is a permanent situation, however. Your mental biorhythms are low. You should be back to normal in a few days.”

Well, we had another snowstorm; Hackensack got about a foot of snow but this time Cape May got off easy. Although it is beautiful! All the trees look like they are covered with white cherry blossoms! My drive down was very easy, mainly because there was hardly anyone on the road. I saw the most incredible sun pillar just before sunset!! It reached higher up from the horizon than I have ever seen! Tara, you would have loved it! And the moon was peeking out from between the clouds as I drove into Cape May. Perhaps it will be clear enough tomorrow for a sunset on the beach.

Mystery and I have been working with black amethyst, and I must say, this is a very cool stone!! It is healing and soothing, and it grounds without shutting you down. It is supposed to be good for all chakras, and excellent for astral travel. Generally speaking, amethyst is a stone of both spirituality and contentment. It clears the aura and facilitates bringing lower energies into the higher frequencies of both the spiritual and ethereal selves. I have been sleeping with the stone in my hand, and as I stated a few days ago, it is doing something to my energy field, something good. Tonight I will see if Miss Pauline likes it.

I am hoping to get lots of things accomplished this weekend, and hopefully I will be caught up by Sunday evening. *wink* I’ll keep you posted.

I have submitted a short story to a great women’s fiction Internet magazine, called Luna Station Quarterly, and it will be published in the magazine’s first issue on March 1. As of that day, I will be a published author! That was my first try at a short story, and while I am not completely happy with it, I think I have become addicted to stories at 1,500 words or less. Me! Raushanna! Miss Diarrhea of the Mouth, She-Who-Cannot-Write-Anything-Less-Than-10,000-Words! I find that I actually like the challenge of trying to say what I am trying to say in as few words as possible. I even have begun to think about drabbles!! I know; who am I and what have I done with Raushanna!

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The High Priestess/Three of Cups. The High Priestess corresponds with the element of Water (cold/binds and wet/adapts), the Moon (feelings, illusion and imagination) and the Hebrew letter Gimel (camel, holds the secret knowledge that preserves life), and is my personal significator card. I am being told that my own knowledge and my own Inner Voice are important today, not only to myself and my own well being, but also to the joy and happiness and health of the community. It is the community that will bring me joy today, and I need to remember that sometimes the love that is manifested by the community is not obvious; it is there, just the same.

My Thoth card is the Seven of Cups reversed. The “Debauch” card, and thankfully reversed, considering my other cards today. I may be immersed in enough pleasure and satisfaction to create an imbalance, but that imbalance will be temporary and most likely will not present any lasting harm.

My Legacy card is the Six of Swords. Mercury (intelligence, education, skill) in Aquarius (I know), and this card tells of a change from problems to success, and it indicates that help is available to me in this endeavor, should I choose to access it. The card can literally indicate a journey over water, but we shall see. **wink**

Because everything seems so good as far as my cards for the day, I tempted fate and threw a clarification card from my Legacy Tarot; Six of Pentacles. Another Six!! This one corresponds with the Moon (feelings, illusion and imagination) in Taurus (I have), and thus it presents a focus on both what I have and what I do not have. Okay, I can do that.

My 6-digit date number for today is 9. Wow, another good omen! The number 9 tells of completeness of experiences, having experienced and absorbed all there is to offer within a particular cycle.

My horoscope: “Financial prosperity is just around the corner, Sagittarius, especially with your recently acquired money-management skills. It’s likely that you’ll receive a windfall in the near future, although it may not seem like a windfall to you, since you’ve been expecting this money for a long time now. Use your new abilities to invest it soundly and wisely. You’re bound to be quite pleased with the results you achieve over the long term.”

Well, something is certainly happening to me because I am holding onto that crystal while I am sleeping. Monday night, I slept like I was drugged, and last night I slept (or **didn't** sleep, LOL) as if I had just had some strong coffee. My thoughts were not racing, but my brain was tense, and I could not relax enough to fall asleep. It was almost 3 am by the time I nodded off, but right now I feel light and pure. Something is being “burned off” of my energy body, fer sher. My cards this morning are awesome, as is my 6-digit number. Even my horoscope is promising, although it focuses more on the physical realms, but hey, there is that Six of Coins as a clarification card.

I received an email from Saets; I am officially a Reiki Master!! I am very pleased about this!!

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The Tower reversed/Three of Swords reversed. Oy, and oy. Yes, I know; the cards are reversed, but they are there just the same, which means the energies of the cards are a factor for today. The Tower corresponds with Fire (hot/separates and dry/shapes), the planet Mars (action, aggression, spontaneity), and the Hebrew letter Phe (mouth, speech), the last correspondence being very strange upon first examination. In an upright position, The Tower shows us what happens if we insist on resisting change, and the Three of Swords in many ways is a Minor Arcana version of The Tower, as it represents hurt and betrayal on an intellectual level.

My Thoth card is the Four of Disks reversed. This is the “Power” card in that the heavy stability of the energy outweighs any weaknesses. It is the card of the perfect defense, pure Law with no aggression. Is that good or bad? Because the card is reversed, this heavy stability may end up being a liability today in some way.

My Legacy card is the Nine of Cups. Whew, that is a relief. Jupiter (expansiveness and growth) in Pisces (I know), and “completeness” of Water (cold/binds and wet/adapts), tells me that no matter what realms the challenges of the day present themselves, I will be pretty happy with the ways that I deal with them.

My 6-digit date number is 8, which is about responding to the beginnings of degeneration that is the number 7. The number 8 is an echo of the vertical and horizontal Balance of the number 6; not quite as powerful, but pleasant just the same.

My horoscope: “Too much mental or physical exercise could have you feeling a bit burned out today, Sagittarius. You could be considerably slower on the uptake than usual, and those around you could be surprised that you, normally very energetic, seem to be moving like a snail. Spend as much time resting as you can, because you'll need to recoup your stamina. If you must work, concentrate on routine tasks requiring very little conscious effort.” LOL, ya think??!!

I slept with my black amethyst crystal last night. Oy, I had a night of very deep, almost drugged, sleep, and I am still bouncing off walls a bit, even after two cups of coffee. I did feel a bit more alert after my usual application of Reiki into my chakras, but I am very sluggish today. Could I be detoxing in some way? Or is this sluggishness due to burning the candle at both ends, as suggested by my horoscope? I will sleep with the crystal again tonight, and see how I feel tomorrow.

The Student Council met last night strictly for ego boosting purposes. We have been really working hard to assess everyone’s roles within the Council, and this assessment is at times painful. But the good thing is that we are dredging up all the stuff that has been pushed into dark, dusty corners, whether because no one has the time to deal with it or because no one is brave enough to deal with it. We are being asked to look at ourselves, our attitudes and our performance with a microscope, and also to look at each other in the same way, and assess with brutal honesty in perfect love and trust. Talk about walking a tightrope over a chasm! Last night was all about focusing on the good things that we each bring to the Council, and I think we each needed that. In any event, I believe that working through these sometimes difficult issues will make us stronger and more effective as a Council, because in order to work through them, we need to increase our confidence in each other and ourselves.

This is going to be another busy week for me. I have three things on my To Do List, and if I can cross them all off by Friday, I will be very happy indeed!

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