12/8/13

Transparent Oracle Sunday!

24, Time of Day: Sunset (West).  West is the direction of Water, and thus, of feelings and emotions, relationships of all kinds, cleansing and healing, the wisdom associated with natural endings, and the bubbling up of pure joy.  Sunset is the time when we pause as the daylight hours come to a close.  We should not, however, assume that the day is done, for much can be had from the dark hours.  The light of the setting sun and the long shadows can transform even the most mundane environment into something mystical and magickal, the perfect environment to remember the experiences of the day.

28, Guide: Frog (West). Water is emotional and sensitive energy that strives to stay the same; its dignities are cold/binds and wet/adapts.  Water is necessary for Frog to exist and thrive.  Frog tells of fertility and creativity, and Frog also represents the amazing transformations that occur during a lifetime.  We need to grow and adapt to the situations that present themselves, and Frog is an expert at this!  Frog has a permeable skin, so this card is also associated with healing and empathy and healing, and with partnerships

31, Gateway: Winter (North). North is the direction of Earth, and thus of the physical or physically formed or manifested world, and of nurturing, health, finances and security, and the wisdom associated with living simply, being well-grounded, and being in touch with our physical body.  Because this Gateway is square and solid, and appears unshakable and immovable, it seems like a safe place, or a strong foundation upon which we can exist and prosper.

I then stacked my cards and created my mandala.  I have spoken before about how disruptive a particular card can be if its image is based on four corners rather than three.  Well, I’ve found the exception to the rule, perhaps because the Gateway of Winter is more of a stationary card (it is a Gateway, after all, meant to be a frame for action), and rather than disrupting the energies of the other card, it serves as a container for them.  The Sunset is framed by one of the Stonehenge-like megalith gates, reminding me of the power to be had from the crossroad of dusk, the bridge between light and dark.  Dusk is the time to tuck safely away the memories of the daytime in order to prepare for the rest and inner reflection of the night.  The perfect Guide for this time is Frog, as Frog is also about transformations that bridge the cycles of life.  There is a focus here to the effects of the element of Earth: grounding, stability, safety, prosperity, and health and healing of all kinds.  I think I am being told that it is time to focus on myself, my own health; soon enough I will pass through this Gateway . . . soon enough the night will end and there will be a new dawn.  It is time to prepare, as best I can.

As I sit typing this entry, I am watching the first big white fluffy snowflakes of the season fall.  This does not look to be an accumulating snowfall, but it sure is pretty!

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The Hanging Man reversed/Four of Wands.  Wow! 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); in an upright position this card is about surrender, about seeing things in a new way, and about putting aside my Will.  But not today; looks like I will need to access my Will today, and I should do my best to be proactive.   The Four of Wands (Venus, beauty, allure, relationships, in Aries, “I want,” action oriented, assertive, enthusiastic) is about building enough to become established, or celebrating the successful efforts of the Three of Wands.  Now that is an auspicious card!

My Thoth card is the Princess of Cups.  Another nice card! The Princess/Page of Cups corresponds to Libra (“we are,” partnerships, balance, cooperation), Scorpio (“I desire,” intensity compulsion, mystery) and Sagittarius (“I seek,” philosophic, adventurous, blundering), and I can understand why I connect so deeply to this card.  LOL both Scorpio and Sagittarius are in my Astrological chart.  Crowley sees this one as being soft and dreamy.  She may look selfish to those looking at her from outside, those who don’t really know her, but in reality, she is kind and compassionate and tender.  She goes about being who she is, no matter what opinions others have about her.  Perhaps this is an important message today.

My Legacy card is the Five of Wands reversed, flavored by the King of Coins reversed. .  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.  My Five of Wands is reversed, so any chaos may end up fueling me rather than holding me back.  The King of Coins (cusp of Aries, “I want,” action oriented, assertive, competitive, and Taurus, “I have,” sensual, stubborn, cautious, physically oriented) is the expert on physical world manifestation of all kinds.  Because my King is reversed and flavoring my reversed Five of Wands, I won’t need to worry about my physical world resources either!  Sounds like the day may not be bad; it won’t be without challenges, but I should be able to rise to the occasion.

My 6-digit date number is 3, the number that tells of a new creation out of the potential and position of the Ace, and the balance, polarity, and understanding of “distance between” of the number 2. 

My horoscopes: “This is a very spiritual and creative day for you, Sagittarius. You're especially intuitive. Any creative effort will likely resonate deeply. Even if you don't feel you have the talent for it, why not try some form of artistic expression? You could dabble with a paintbrush or makes notes in a journal. Don't let that pesky internal editor kick in. Create for the sheer joy of it.”

And: “You have an exciting, intense day in store for you. Your curiosity is at a peak, and today it combines with a vivid imagination. This combination makes you ideally suited for medical research projects, as it gives you the ability to make connections between seemingly disparate themes. Regardless of your professional bent, you can expect to see the world in an entirely new way today!”

My Shadowscapes Insight is regarding Judgement.  Like the Shadowscapes Empress, this is a card with lovely and vibrant energies.  The concept of “judgment” is presented in an optimistic way, as an evaluation “to recognize and to appraise with an unbiased mind and honesty to oneself.”  Perhaps that focus is why this card reminds me so much of The Empress, another fertile card.  Judgement as a fertility card?  Yes, in a way it is, because like The Tower, it clears the way for new growth. 

Election is over (with a good ending and a sense of optimism).  On to the nor’easter.  LOL, it is snowing!!!!  When I went for my walk this morning, the first thing I noticed when I stepped outside was that it smelled like winter.  Well, winter is here, thanks to Winter Storm Athena.  I guess we are now naming nor’easters, too!  We will end up with about 4 inches of snow by the time this is all over.

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Six of Wands/Eight of Pentacles. Today I will be feeling victorious for I have mastered my own Fire (hot/separates and dry/shapes). I have worked hard, often without acknowledgement, but that is fine for I am able to receive much fulfillment from the knowledge that I have given my all to a particular project. But today those efforts will be legitimized.

My Thoth card is the Three of Swords reversed. “The Lord of Sorrow” does not reign over any lowly conflict between individuals, but rather he rules universal sorrow and melancholy. This card being reversed today tells me that while there is or has been the potential for these energies to affect me, I will be able to overcome them.

My Legacy card is The Lovers reversed. The suit of Air (hot/separates and wet/adapts), the sign of Gemini (I have; interactions and connections), and the Hebrew letter Zayin (the two-sided blade) are the correspondences of this card; The Lovers also represents to me the presence of Archangel Uriel, who has been appearing to me of late. The card is reversed, so the personal choices involved in its energies are not a factor today. I should not be worrying about myself today, but rather I should be thinking about the benefits needed by the group.

My 6-digit date number for today is 4. The number 4 is about stability and depth; it tells of stillness and its only danger is stagnation.

I had my Peer Review Interview with Lady Raven last night. I am pleased that nothing bad has come to light, and that I am seen by the other Student Council Members as being as fulfilled and excited about my responsibilities as I actually feel. It turns out that my worries did not manifest, but that brief yet intense Dark Night of the Soul was not wasted. Not only did my self-examination assure me that my spiritual path is still the right one for me, but I have proved to myself that I have pretty much conquered the “you are a failure” monster. I am more confident than ever, and more fulfilled. Lady Raven and I talked about possible goals for me, and together we put three of them in place.

What a weekend we had!! We lost power during the night, at about 4 am, when a tree fell on to a wire. We had left our computers and our cell phones charging before going to bed because we thought the power might go out; when I woke at 4 am, I decided to go down and unplug them. My goodness, it was like a lightning storm, except the flashes of light were live wires! Needless to say, the power was out.

It snowed all day on Saturday. We spent the day shoveling, and checking on our elderly neighbors. We cooked on the stove top (darned new fangled oven pilots!), and Saturday night we stepped outside; what a beautiful sky! With no background light, the stars were incredible. Sunday morning we got up to a fantasy world! Two feet of snow, still no power! We shoveled our cars out again, and left for home before dark. Our house ended up getting power back on Sunday evening.

I am home today because the New York area is experiencing its own blizzard, after having dodged the bullet last weekend, when Cape May received two feet of snow with power outages. We are expecting anywhere from 10 to 18 inches of snow in Hackensack, but what worries me is the snow is wet and the winds are coming, so we may end up with power failures.

Cape May is on the fringe of this storm, hopefully not receiving more than 10 inches total with much of that being rain, but oy, there is still the two feet from last weekend, on top of the 15 inches from the weekend before!

Bob and I went to see Avatar, and I was deeply affected, moved to tears to such an extent that I was having trouble talking about the movie without sobbing. Don’t get me wrong; I fully understand that this is a work of fiction and that these beings are created through computer animation, but the message of the movie was so much in line with my recent glimpses of the Machinery of the Universe and the Cosmic Downloads that are even now being processed by my brain that if I had written the script myself, I could not have made it better.

Several images within the movie haunt me with their accuracy as far as how I see the world. Two in particular stand out: first the aerial view as the hero is officially made a member of The People, where those closest to the hero reached out to touch him and then each layer moving outward touched the persons in front of them until a living and energetically connected “tribe” was show, with everyone either directly or indirectly connecting simultaneously with each other and the new member. The second was both times in the move where ill or injured beings were brought beneath the tree and everyone joined hands and pulsed like one giant beating heart.

We are indeed all connected. All life on our world is dependent on all other life to some degree in order to exist and in order to reproduce and continue onward. In previous journal posts I mentioned the connection between pond scum and Stephen Hawkings, and how each of those extremes have been created in the image of Deity. I have never been more aware of the sacredness of both all life and the cycles that serve to keep life immortal.

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Four of Wands reversed/Two of Swords reversed. Although I may believe the time is right to look at what I have accomplished so far, this is not what I should be doing today. My inner fires may appear to be settling in, but I need to add just a bit more fuel to the fires to keep them burning a little longer. The good thing is that today my mind is very active, and I should be a good “fire minder” because of that. No stagnation or stalemate today!

My Thoth card is the Princess of Swords reversed. This card tells of the presence today of a clarity of sight that will allow me to see through all subterfuge, however since the card is reversed, I need to be wary for my intellect could cause harm since it does not contain compassion.

My Legacy card is the Five of Wands. I just love what Marchetti writes about this card! His LWB says: “From a single energy, several different intentions can arise and fight for your attention. Striving mightily, inextricably bound together, they seem to be at cross-purposes. But is their struggle for domination or for freedom? Can your life include more that one intention at a time?” Oh, I love this! It really sums up my life of late; I want to do it all!! But there just aren’t enough hours in a day, and that darned day job eats up so much time!!

It is Friday night, and I made it down to Cape May before the initiation of the “major snowfall” of this weekend. Last weekend we ended up with over a foot here, and this weekend the weather pundits are predicting between 18 to 24 inches once the storm has passed. Thankfully, my boss let me get on the road early, so I did not see my first snowflakes until mile marker 44 on the NJ Parkway. I made it to the Blue Moon House just as the snow was beginning to stick, and hubby had our blue light on and dinner in the oven, with a lovely bottle of Chateaux Ste. Michelle in the fridge just for me!

It was a strange day at work; half of my mind was anticipating a stressful drive down in snow, and the other half was preparing for a weekend alone in Hackensack; after all, I don’t want to drive in blizzard conditions, and that is what is predicted. But here I am, with a full belly and a full wine glass, listening to Anita O’Day sing Sweet Georgia Brown.

Tomorrow I have a few First Degree Homeworks to check, I have to do my Yoga and belly dance stretches, and then I am taking out my sketch pad so that I can work on the artwork for Sola’s book. I expect to awaken to a faerie land of diamond sparkles and icicles.

I am very blessed!

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