Wheel of Fortune

XII---The Hanged Man---"the world is upside down"

In her beautiful GAIAN TAROT Joanna Powell Colbert re-imagines this card as a serene yogini, in the Tree pose, hanging upside down from an oak tree. It's all about remaining calm and centered internally, when indeed the world is upside down.

Two days ago as I was about to dissolve into a total meltdown at work a co-worker counseled me that "the world is upside down"----and cautioned me that I needed to stay strong and focused inside myself. And she had no knowledge that I have been working with and meditating with this card and this image. Ah, the universe is wider, wiser, and more mysterious than we know!

Joanna's deck has been a 10-year labor of love that is finally coming to completion. It is due to be published in 2011 ---widely by Lleyllyn---with a limited edition collector's edition in 2010. I am looking forward to holding these cards in my hand. They are so evocative and life-affirming. Her Bindweed card---her interpretation of the Devil---is also powerful and illuminating.

And thank you Nikki for the reminder that we can always shift our own perspective, when inded the world is upside down.

Blessings!