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My blog--I pull a card--if it doesn't speak to me...perhaps it is for you?

I pull a card...if it doesn't speak to me...perhaps it was meant for you? *Heart*


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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?

the golden mean

June 5, 2018 at 8:11am
June 5, 2018 at 8:11am
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It was lowtide.
We came
for a salty sunset
or to catch
the elusive green flash.

I set you a quest.
"Bring me a pretty shell
from the water's edge".
My joints achy and heavy
I stayed fixed in my chair.

I hoped for treasure,
a left-hand whelk, a rare Junonia,
a shard of aqua beach glass.

You returned
bringing two tiny
matched coquinas.

Between our heart's
systole and diastole
there is a gap,
a grace note
that contains eternity.

I put the coquinas
to my ear and heard
the Guardian of Waters
whisper,
"You are loved."


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The Gaian Tarot---Guardian of Water--listen to your heart.


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