Generally, the Four of Swords sends a message to take some time out, surrendering worldly concerns and retreating to a sheltered place of serenity away from the hustle and bustle. The oldest Tarot card images suggest a visit to the tombs of our ancestors, a place to contemplate your mortality and breathe in the dust of those who brought you here.
A vision quest or pilgrimage to one's own center allows us to contemplate our roots, values and goals. Here you will see your place in the flow of time ... and unfolding generations.
Why is it that I have to go through such an inner journey now, to the point of getting stuck, when everyone else seems to be moving fast forward? What is waiting for me beyond this maddening phase? When will I ever break out of this rut, to boot?
I'm off to pick up this anime VCD that Kathz wants to lend me tonight, & I might give her a full-scale reading again, dunno. Her nephew/our godson Sean got sick for a week & she was busy applying for a new job so I haven't heard from her for a while. Oh, well. I hope everyone else has a fun weekend.
Silly me, I just heard about Michelle Branch planning to work with Scott Weiland!!! I love Michelle all the more after getting her Broken Bracelet CD from mein uber liebe fUse last November, & I guess you know by now how much I'm into STP. I wonder if she'll be doing a track with Weiland, too... I hope she does! I wonder how's that going to sound if ever that happens!
"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them.
They went out and happened to things."
A lot of things happened in a span of a week or so. Actually, for the past 3. It's a shame I couldn't just blog about it. Most of my experiences entailed tarot readings I've done for other people. What psyches me out the most is that I've met a lot of new people in the process & I'm glad I was able to be in touch with their lives, but it was weird how they were all looking for answers that focused on asserting themselves & knowing what they really want in life, all in line with getting in sync again with spirituality. Hehe, heavy stuff, eh? It's actually scaring me how I'd rake in satisfied feedback, to think I'm such a dork in person. What's more, I've just been invited to get into it real publicly. Uh, seriously? Everything's beginning to be very overwhelming. The fact that this blog's sounding more & more like a tarot e-journal is... crazy.
But still, I would wish to have the Sacred Rose deck. Bad. Maybe even the Fantastical. I've changed my mind about Haindl.
Though first I have to find a nice real box to keep my present decks in. I had to discard the first antique one that was given to me as a gift last weekend, because I've realized it wasn't meant to be mine to own in the first place.
Anyway, I'm glad that because of cartomancy, I was able to become less scatterbrained — thus more attuned to the things & people around me.
Traditionally, the card known as the Hanged Man usually indicates a lack of ability to help oneself through independent action. This energy is arrested and awaiting judgment. With this card, there is no avenue for the will to regain control until the situation has passed.
This represents a good time to be philosophical, to study and meditate upon the position you find yourself in, and form resolutions for the moment you become free again. Only those who possess wisdom, patience and optimism will be able to see through limitations, including possible humiliation, to grasp the inspiring lesson one can gain from such an experience.
For what is better than sincere, uncalled-for praise?
"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you."
Argentina’s Valle de la Luna is often called the most desolate place on the planet, completely absent of both life and humidity. But this extraordinary sight, shaped by atmospheric elements, comes alive on moonlit nights as spectators gather to catch a glimpse of the lunar landscape the valley resembles, a likeness strong enough to earn its astral name, Valley of the Moon.
Last night I got to watch Slackers & The Hot Chick with Kathz over at Marky's, along with her other best bud Rosalyn, then when I dropped her off at her place, she lent me CD's of Antitrust, Shaolin Soccer, & — ohmigod, yay — A Walk To Remember!
& wtf, after watching that flick early this morning, lookie here:
LIBRA: Romantic novels and movies could be more appealing than usual to you today, as you're in an especially intense frame of mind.
YIKES! Dammit! Hit the spot SMACK-DAB!
Go ahead & laugh, but I actually fell in DEEP love with the story... Shane West... the goddamn soundtrack I was supposed to pick up at Tower Records when I had the chance but didn't... I might as well gag myself now.
Excuse me while I try to jump off the roof so I can flyyyyy!!! Hehe.
I might have to go back to Kathz's later, though. I still have to hear the real deal regarding her sudden NDE, frustrated dates, jobhunting woes, & everything else she has to offer to spill. Oh, well.
"Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy. It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity."
The following American advertising campaign slogans didn't fare too well when translated for use in another country.
The Dairy Association's huge success with the campaign "Got Milk?" prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico. It was soon brought to their attention the Spanish translation read, "Are you lactating?"
When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned that in Africa, companies routinely put pictures on the labels of what's inside, since many people can't read.
Pepsi's "Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave" in Chinese.
My shoulders hurt. I haven't written a real entry yet on my other blog. All I know is that I'm really tired, & I've had a long week. I finally have a copy of The Art of War on paperback & Shy lent me The Two Towers, which I don't think I'll be having time to read just yet. I can't even finish my drafts for my posts.
"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety — or the handle of faith."
--Henry Ward Beecher
I have to be more faithful this year... more attuned to my gut feel, more laden with know-how (ahhh, yes, think warfare strategem), more relying on divine intervention, more balanced to know whether or not I should act on my instincts & impulses, & when if ever.
Heaven help me. Thank you.
(MOTD) = Surreal Madrid - Insanity Sauce (Need For Speed IV theme)
"Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past."
