Wheel of Fortune
by ridinghhood-p.boutilier
(ridinghhood@Writing.Com)
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I pull a card...if it doesn't speak to me...perhaps it was meant for you?
How to Read the Tarot
Begin by brewing a cup of tea,
a nervine, lemon balm or chamomile,
this is after all, your future.
A reading at the dark of the moon is best,
before the night creatures crawl
and bad humours fill the air.
Pick a circular deck, with a fairy-tale motif,
and no reversals.
Hold a question in your heart,
shuffle the cards and place them on the table.
Choose only two.
Like the ancient Israelites,
these are your seer stones, Urim and Thumimm,
black and white, yes or no.
Isn't that all you were asking?
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Full Pink Moon--Earth Day 2024
There is muck
under the bridge
under the sky.
Sly, secretive slugs
tell stories of the sea.
Cracks and fissures
in the Earth, in our minds
draw chthonic monsters
to our sleep.
Dream deeply under
this Scorpio moon.
Shall we dream together?
Prompt--picture of a trestle type wooden bridge
Dark Goddess Tarot--Ten of Earth--Ala--Igbo Goddess of the Ground--Kin and kind, living and dead, all are part of one another. |
April 15, 2024 at 12:15pm April 15, 2024 at 12:15pm
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Stripes
The flag is upside down today.
the stripes black, broken lines.
the stars X.s
on a field of blood.
My ancestors, my divines
shudder under this banner.
I rage at the orange creation
responsible for this desecration.
He wallows in evil
and wakes in shame.
My memory is long,
these stripes will not fade.
12 lines
Prompt---stripes
360 degrees of wisdom--Cancer 1--If you want a symbolic gesture---don't burn the flag--wash it. |
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Faith
I believe that breath
is a prayer
YAh--in WAH--out
my bones, my blood
are sacred creations.
The curve of the sky,
the turtle's shell
all that slithers, roots,
shakes and nibbles
are my relations.
Seeds are spells,
constellations of divine love.
12 lines
Prompt--Faith
Dark Goddess Tarot--Six of Air
Scathach--Accept guidance and find your purpose. |
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Fool
I, a fool
have one rule,
always follow your dreams to the end of the line.
Spontaneity, synchronicity are mine.
Ecology, not theology is my creed.
Mother Earth transcends, fulfills, heals every need.
Watch and wait.
Heaven's gate.
Form: Tiger Jade |
March 27, 2024 at 12:01pm March 27, 2024 at 12:01pm
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For Jill--passed February 6, 2024
If the Tibetans are right
Holy Monday was your last day
in the Bardo.
Does resurrection have an expiration?
My doors are open,
no stone to roll back.
My rooms are holy chambers
where you may spiral
and sow ancient seeds.
There will be no more weeping here.
You have shed your mortal skin.
You are free.
12 lines
Prompt: Picture of a closed up house
360 Degrees of Wisdom---Capricorn 12--Revealing the truth of something can lead to wonder and awe.
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Six Mile Cypress Slough
Come autumn bald cypress trees
drop their leaves in the swamp
decompose, split their flesh
in the murky, opaque water.
Everything is cypress knees and long shadows.
Then, in December, an errant shaft of sunlight
dances across the darkness
and all sparkles into color
of pearl, rose, clay, vermillion.
Everything is rainbow.
A tale of winter
becomes a tale of hope.
12 lines
Prompt: Hope
Pholarchos Tarot--12--Hanged One--Allow control to flood away
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Shadows
They say air has no shadow.
When a storm is coming
the air is thick with subtle energy,
wild and melancholy.
Perhaps it is Oya
whipping up a whirlwind.
I call her with conjuring prayers
my shadow self erupts
smudged and stained
whispering in the dark.
There is power here
dancing up a new world.
Dark Goddess Tarot--Oya--With of Air---Santeria Goddess----Let your shadow self out.
12 lines
Prompt: Shadow |
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Love Remembered
Once upon a time ago I loved you
in my frenzied youth I chose another.
Fifty years gone by and still, dreams of you.
Two marriages in, and yet, I wonder.
Would my life be better, saner, clearer
had I held you fast and not let you go.
Old memories are sweeter and dearer.
I cannot change the past, I cannot know.
I sense you out there in the multiverse
a click away on Facebook and Twitter.
Not for me this social media curse,
all that's shiny is fool's gold and glitter.
I will continue to remember you.
But that is all this old dreamer will do.
14 lines
form: sonnet
Every Tarot Everywhere--VI--The Lovers----love is love is love |
February 26, 2024 at 2:10pm February 26, 2024 at 2:10pm
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Bridges
I'll cross that bridge
when I come to it.
Well, I have come to it.
Good fences make good neighbors
and good bridges make good crossings.
I am moving from this life
into the next
uncertain what I'll find there.
I have joined the dull woman's club
and my bucket list is small.
All I want for now
is to sit and feel the sun on my face.
12 lines
Prompt: Photo of a covered bridge
Dark Goddess Tarot--XX--Liberation--Persephone--The past is not forgotten--yet life begins anew. |
February 21, 2024 at 9:59am February 21, 2024 at 9:59am
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Gateway
I do not know
if there is a gateway to the afterlife.
After you passed
I bought earrings
engraved with your thumbprint.
When I lay down
in a field of wild grass
I hear you whisper.
I am with you
in your memories.
Love is all that matters.
And that is gateway enough.
12 lines
Prompt: gateway
Herbal Tarot--XIV--Echinacea--Temperance--In the end--all will be healed. |
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