Not surprisingly, I’m a bit behind when it comes to the exercises with the Gaian Tarot and the online community. When you have a toddler, life isn’t always what you’d like it to be. And, yeah, that is a bit of an excuse, but it is also true. Anyway, today I am having a bit of a hard time with the Seeker. I believe in my last post I mentioned that life is a bit uncertain around here. Okay, in all honesty, life is generally always uncertain. But we are waiting for more information and someone else to make up…
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I recently joined the Gaian Tarot Circle, an online community for Joanne Powell-Colbert’s wonderful Gaian Tarot deck. And, although I have hardly dived into it, I already have this feeling of community. I know all the people there love this deck at least as much as I do, and that they are all intent on learning more about the cards and themselves. Part of the Gaian Tarot Circle is dedicated to a monthly study of one of the cards. And, as befits a new community, the first card is The Seeker. (You can see it here.) In working through the…
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May 25th is World Tarot Day, a celebration of that wonderful wicked pack of cards. For some fun and games, check out the Church of Tarot. Also be sure to checkout WorldTarotDay on Twitter for more events and information.
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My intention, back in March, really was to get this up and running as my spirituality/life blog. But, things have taken a back seat to real life lately. About mid-March I started to feel very run down. Not just a little tired from chasing after my little guy, but like I had no energy at all. This has gone on for over a month now, with some good days and some worse days. I have trouble sleeping, it is often difficult to concentrate, and every day really is just a struggle to push myself through it. Some Internet research has…
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The Wheel is turning yet again, and we have finally entered the lovely season of Spring. We have had some unseasonably warm weather here in Southern Ontario this year, so it hardly feels like we have even had winter. Nonetheless, I’m happy Spring has finally arrived, and I look forward to warmer days, spring flowers, and the inevitable rain. I will freely admit that I don’t often celebrate the Sabbats, other than in a very private way. There will be no special meal today, no games or eggs for Baby Man. This is partly because I always forgot until the…
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There is something about the images on Tarot cards that enchants me. It doesn’t matter which deck, the images still call to me, daring me to discover their secrets, and my own. Every time I look at a deck, I learn something new. Today, I was thinking about The Chariot and Strength. I feel that a corner is turned as we move from card 7 to card 8 (which I always see as Strength). Take a look at the images on most RWS-based decks and their meanings to see what I mean. In the Chariot we have control of our…
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Lately I’ve been reading a lot of books about happiness. Some talk about the search for happiness, and some say we already have happiness within ourselves. One says that we can reach happiness by not complaining (I like that one), and another says that learning to let go of things is the way. And one, my favourite of all, says that we are all divine and that we only need to recognize that to find happiness. On the surface, all of these books seem to be saying something different. Do I need to stop complaining to be happy, or do…
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It has been about six months since I’ve added any new content to this site. I haven’t abandoned it. Not at all. The Lotus Pond is almost always in my thoughts. But I haven’t had much to say lately. My life has been full with my little two-year old son, with knitting and cross stitch, with work and family. And. somehow, my spiritual practice and Tarot have fallen to the side. I almost said that it was my faith that had fallen away, but that isn’t true. Even though I may not been actively practising, my faith is always a…
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Somehow over the past year this has changed from a blog about my life and my spiritual pursuits to a blog about my knitting, cross stitch and crochet. See, the sad thing is I’m not sure I have much in the way of spiritual pursuits any more. Between watching/changing/playing with/teaching animal sounds to Baby Man, occasionally knitting or cross stitching to remain sane, doing some work for my old-but-still-current job, and general household things, there is really only time left for sleep. And as important as spiritual pursuits are, when you have a toddler, sleep is more important. Does this…