Wheel of Fortune

MotherPeace ll--3 of Swords

I pulled a card yesterday in anticipation of Mother's Day---from the Herbal Tarot I pulled the 3 of Swords. I always think of this card as the pierced heart of Mother Mary---so an apt card for this week-end. In the Tarot of the Saints this card is represented by a heart pierced with swords but encircled with roses. The meaning of the card is that through suffering we learn to empathise with the suffering of others---the suffering is transformed into roses. To honor Mary, to honor mothers, to honor myself I will wear a perfume Rose Noir---a dark rose, sweet, but in the aftermath dark and smoky, like incense. Darkness and light---for life is both.

I will be thinking and praying for my daughter-in-law. My son and she are seperated/estranged, and she is pregnant with her fifth child, this one is not my son's. But this little child, I've been told it's a girl, will be the sister to my grandchildren, and though not of my blood, I feel she is partially mine, too.

So I will pray for her, too.

I keep a journal for each of my current grandchildren---and perhaps I will begin one for this new life.

Blessings....Happy Mother's Day.