How Do You Fill In The Blanks?

CrowsMagick_0FoolThis unusual rendition of the Fool reminds me that blank spaces are not for the timid. An eagle flies with planets behind her and what might be steps or books beneath. This is from the Londa Marks Crow’s Magick Tarot.

How often do we try to fill in the blanks?

You are having a conversation and the other person pauses to gather their thoughts. You leap in to say what you think they are going to say.

This is one of my personal worst flaws. I do it a lot.

You are looking at a picture you have drawn. You start filling in the spaces until everything touches.

You are sitting in a room with nothing on. You turn on the radio, the television–sometimes both.

We can’t have spaces in our life. We can’t have silence. Blank area must be filled up with things.

What is it that drives us to fill it all up?

Consider this empty eagle flying off. Daring you to fill it or daring you to empty your own clutter and just be empty for a bit?

Your 180 second challenge today is to spend three minutes in silence. No sound. No music. No nothing. Just 180 seconds of silence.

Can you do it?

Fool, Crow’s Magick Tarot [aff]

Are You Too Safe?

PsychicTarot_0FoolToday’s card reminds me of doors and windows. One isn’t closed that another one isn’t opened–whether by God, Goddess,Mohammed, Buddha, Great Spirit, Grandmother, Universe…

She is scared. Look at her face. She doesn’t want to look down–who would? It’s as if she’s stepping out into the unknown. She has her walking staff. She has her pouch. She has her courage.

The door is closed behind her. That safety represented by the thick wall? It’s behind her as well. She’s chosen to go out. She’s chosen to leave safety behind for now.

She, like yesterday’s card, is believing in herself, in her vision, in her right to be who she wants to be. She is ready to embrace her dream.

Foolish?

Sure if you want to trap your mind. If you want to be in lockstep with the rest of the world. If you want to let your creative self wither away behind that door.

I say it’s more foolish–hella foolish even–to not close that door and step out.

For your 180 seconds today, I challenge you to do something that follows some dream–some crazy dream. Pick up the phone and make an appointment to learn belly dancing. Write a letter to your boss telling them why you have to leave and strike out on your own. Set pen to paper and write the first page of your novel.

You don’t have to commit right now. Just start. Then you can move back to your safety zone. It’s okay. No one is judging you. No one ever has to know you are testing your foolish heart.

180 seconds. Three minutes of courage. Do you have it in you?

I’ll be writing a letter to three people asking them to speak these words to their audience. “Seek joy, y’all.” That’s all. That’s one of my foolish dreams that I wrote down for my work with . It’s not too late to join me.

I’ll let you know if I get a response from those three people.

I have high hopes since one of my other dreams I wrote down has already happened. 😀

Fool, Psychic Tarot, Hay House

Seek joy, y’all.

Patterns, Lessons & Triggers

This card reminds me that it is going to happen. I’m going to be the one laughing. I’m going to be one laughed at. That’s right. I’ll be both the Fool and the one yelling, “NO STOP” or “Oh hell no.”

Yesterday, someone triggered my “OH HELLLLLL NO” response. They said that liars were always liars and cheaters were always cheaters.

I thought about that for a nanosecond, then responded with my thoughts. Here is what I said.

What I’ve learned is that people can change but I had to change first. The patterns in my own relationships were due to my choices. Not one of them said I had to be with them or else.

I chose them.

Once I identified my bad choices, I was able to take responsibility for my own actions.

Once I took responsibility for my own actions, I was able to make different choices.

Once I made better choices, I was able to have relationships that, even when ended, were left to the mellow notes of friendship rather than the bitter dregs of “they hurt me”.

For me, it’s been my choice all along. Once I realized that, it was a different world.

That was all I said. And I realized how far I’ve come. I have made different choices based on recognized patterns. Wow. I guess my Fool’s Journey has really carried me down the road a piece.

Where does your Fool’s Journey take you? When you look back, what patterns do you see. When you look ahead, can you see the threads weaving together in a new, vibrant pattern or are you walking the same ones? Do you need to make different choices? Or have you already learned the lesson it took me a while to really grok?

Seek joy, y’all. Pass it on.

Fool, American Obscura, self-published (available)

Paths, Choices & Guides

Today’s card is one of the most recognizable in the Tarot. Even those who aren’t versed in Tarot can tell you the name of this one usually. In Pamela Steele’s fabulous Steele Wizard Tarot, her Fool faces a decision. Take the known road or the unknown. Should she or he follow the dragonfly (I think that’s a dragonfly) off into the distance not knowing if the path actually will go over the mountains?

How often do we come to these tiny (and not so tiny) crossroads. Think back on your life and choices made. What if you had stayed in that “not healthy for anyone” relationship? What if you hadn’t got fired? What if you had finished your business major instead of cutting class to become an itinerant musician? What if you let go of all of the what if’s and just wandered?

What if I told you that every mistake wasn’t?
What if I told you that every hard choice wasn’t?

What if I told you that where you are, right now, is the exact spot you are supposed to be in this very moment?

It doesn’t mean you are trapped. There will always be at least two roads to travel.

The one you know.
The one you don’t.

It doesn’t matter which one you pick, you see. That’s the Fool’s secret. This journey that we are all on leads us to the lessons and loves and lives that we need. Trust in the journey.

Whether you walk with God or the Gods or any version in-between, trust your Higher Spirit. You are being guided. You are being loved. You are on the right path.

And? You know what? If you don’t like this place where you are right now?

You have a choice. Want some help making that choice? See me for a reading via Skype, phone or email.

Seek joy, y’all.

The Fool, Steele Wizard Tarot, Original edition and 2nd edition available

Bags, Death & Fire

I’m just starting week four of a five week online class on how to learn the Tarot. I’ve got the most amazing minds in this group. One of them asked what was in the Fool’s Bag. It created an intriguing discussion on our class loop about whether it was empty or full.

One person proposed that it was all 78 cards and the Fool’s journey was to learn how to use them.

So I asked this question: What is in my Fool’s bag?.

The premise behind the question is that this would be things I need to address, acknowledge or work with right now.

I pulled three cards. Continue reading “Bags, Death & Fire”

Tarot & Food: The Fool’s Blueberry Fool

I’ve been trying to come up with a recipe that would be right for the Fool. This card is more than what starts the Tarot. Here is the journey-taker of the Tarot. The Fool is zero because there is no number to assign this wanderer.

Then it occurred to me. I was trying too hard. I needed to be Continue reading “Tarot & Food: The Fool’s Blueberry Fool”

It’s A Cliff! Let’s Jump Off And See Where We Land!

Shakespearian Tarot Fool
I wanted to visit The Fool today so I pulled a few from various decks. I tried to grab a variety of images to see how various artists interpreted this eternal wanderer of the Tarot.

From the 2004 entry: I pulled the Fool on a daily draw. The zero card in the Major Arcana stared back at me from my hand. I wondered why he’d shown up this morning. The day after Death. Then I realized that Continue reading “It’s A Cliff! Let’s Jump Off And See Where We Land!”

It’s A Cliff! Let’s Jump Off And See Where We Land!

Shakespearian Tarot Fool
I wanted to visit The Fool today so I pulled a few from various decks. I tried to grab a variety of images to see how various artists interpreted this eternal wanderer of the Tarot.

From the 2004 entry: I pulled the Fool on a daily draw. The zero card in the Major Arcana stared back at me from my hand. I wondered why he’d shown up this morning. The day after Death. Then I realized that Continue reading “It’s A Cliff! Let’s Jump Off And See Where We Land!”

It’s A Cliff! Let’s Jump Off And See Where We Land!

Shakespearian Tarot Fool
I wanted to visit The Fool today so I pulled a few from various decks. I tried to grab a variety of images to see how various artists interpreted this eternal wanderer of the Tarot.

From the 2004 entry: I pulled the Fool on a daily draw. The zero card in the Major Arcana stared back at me from my hand. I wondered why he’d shown up this morning. The day after Death. Then I realized that Continue reading “It’s A Cliff! Let’s Jump Off And See Where We Land!”

Musing on the Fool’s Journey: The Fool Meets the Heirophant

Fool Rider-Waite-Smith

(In today’s episode, the Fool runs afoul of the Heirophant. He is so busy that he is only able to visit the one Major Arcana. I think you will see why.)

The Fool burst out into the courtyard to find the Heirophant. As he passed the guards, his little dog woke up from its nap to join him.

“Where can I find the Heirophant?” He queried the guard to his left.

“Go Continue reading “Musing on the Fool’s Journey: The Fool Meets the Heirophant”