Tag: Lucy Cavendish

How Do You Deal?

OTM45_2Today’s card was intentionally chosen. I’m taking the day off from my day job (I work a 40 hr week in addition to writing and tarot conversations and one other job). I have a cold. Or…I hab uh col’. I’m stuffy and coughing and in general miserable. Plus? I’m not a good sick person. I want to do things even when I’m ill.

I’m not allowing myself to do that. I am finishing up today’s card of the day then going to lay on the couch and watch tv while I drink tea. I am going to nap. I am simply going to force myself to take it easy.

That’s hard for me. What about you? Are you able to take time off and not feel guilty about it? Are you like me? Do you hate wasting a day off being sick?

I could have gone into work and coughed my way through the day. I could have done the job half-assed potentially making other people sick.

I chose not to do that but I still feel like I should be at work. ARGH!

My 180 second challenge today is to examine those feelings of guilt. Why wouldn’t I feel worse about making other people sick? Why is it that I feel as if I’m letting my co-workers down?

What about you? How do you deal with forced days off?

Time Out, Oracle of the Mermaids, Lucy Cavendish, Blue Angel Publishing

Tarotscopes 4/7-4/13/2013

This week’s Tarotscopes were done with the Oracle Tarot from Lucy Cavendish. While this is not a true Tarot (62 cards as opposed to 78), it’s a very fun deck. I was first introduced to it by a dear friend.
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    • ARIES Fool Take some chances. Trust your heart. This week will bring new opportunities. Try one. Stop being so attached to the past.
    • TAURUS SUN Expect to be recognized. Expect to be rewarded. It’s time to shine. Be ready for spotlight by embracing your fabulosity.
    • GEMINI 4 Swords Rest. Healthy lives schedule down time. Are you scheduling that in? Make it happen. No excuses. Who’s more important?

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    • CANCER 8 Swords Putting yourself first is good for all. Don’t be a doormat, darling. Mental focus gets scattered if you don’t think for you.
    • LEO Hermit What can you learn by being alone? Many problems dissipate when you take away “other” & leave only “self”. Lessons learned.
    • VIRGO 6 Wands Celebrate what you’ve experienced. You’ve come so far already. Don’t mourn where you aren’t yet. Celebrate forward movement.

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    • LIBRA 3 Cups Like waves, the happy just keeps coming. Working with others brings you the most joy. Celebrations should be planned. Seek joy!
    • SCORPIO 1 Cups W00t! New love. Deepening existing love. Declarations of love. All you need is love love love. Yep, looks like a LOVEly wk.
    • SAGITTARIUS World Expand your view. Spread your reach. Embrace your world. Your destiny is to be rewarded. Join the parade this week.

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  • CAPRICORN 5 Wands Your strength is put to the test by others who challenge you. Be creative in your response rather than reactive for best results.
  • AQUARIUS 9 Swords Mentally taxing week. Get plenty of rest. Focus on known issues. Don’t waste time angsting over what hasn’t happened. Deal with what is.
  • PISCES 7Swd Stop fighting with yourself. Lose negative thoughts today. Your ego gets in your own way if you over focus on your own navel. Think out!

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She Had To Trust Herself

OracleTarot_8Coins003Today’s card reminds me that the best way to get to Carnegie Hall is practice, practice, practice. There’s another piece to that as well.

Believe, believe, believe.

How do you know when your talents and skills are good enough? When it is time to put on your party dress, doll up your hair and show off?

Hard to say, isn’t it?

Know why?

It’s because we may have practiced, but we don’t believe. We don’t trust.

We don’t trust.

That bears repeating because it’s part of the key to this card. She had to just finally let go and trust that she knew enough, was skilled enough, was enough.

She had to trust herself.

She had to realize that she was smart enough to know that talent alone isn’t enough. Dedication to your craft is the best way to honing your skill. Belief in your own power brings something amazing to that combination of skill and talent.

What do you know enough? What skill(s) are you holding back on simply because you don’t trust yourself?

  • Is it worth it to deny yourself that moment in the spotlight?
  • Is it worth it to hold back your own beautiful brilliance?

I don’t think so. I think it’s time for you to shine. Let the world see how amazing you are.

Today I celebrate my place in the sun. I am more than enough. I am loved and loving. I am a brilliant woman ready to show the world my stuff.

What about you?

For your 180 second challenge, write/sing/draw/pray an affirmation that celebrates your own shining self. Feel free to use the one above if you like. Then speak it out loud to yourself. I mean look yourself in the mirror and say this affirmation, darlings.

Make it a beautiful day. Shine. Your Carnegie Hall moment is here.

Seek joy, y’all. Pass it on.

9 of Coins, Oracle Tarot, Lucy Cavendish

Queens, Walls & Unsticking

Have you ever felt like you were at a wall? As if the thing you had to do was insurmountable? I’m talking about knowing that you had to leave your current job so you could grow.

Today’s card is a reminder that you don’t have to be stuck. There’s always another way. This card, while not a Tarot card, is a beautiful answer to the cry, “What do I do now?”

Have you ever felt like you were at a wall? As if the thing you had to do was insurmountable? I’m talking about knowing that you had to leave your current job so you could grow. Walking away from a relationship that was not nurturing you and helping you grow (and vice versa, y’all–it’s always about balance, okay?)

“A brilliant solution is on the way.” Queen Oonagh (Lucy Cavendish’s Dragonfae Oracle) has such a clear and present gaze. It’s as if she understands the crazy, whirlpool of feelings going on in side of you.

If you are currently stuck and need unsticking, I can help. You and I can work through this using Tarot as our tool. We will let compassion guide us to the right solution for you.

Contact me if you need guidance. readings@tarotbyarwen.com I’m here to help you find your bliss and hang on to it.

Queen Oonagh, Oracle of the Dragonfae, Blue Angel Publishing

Seek joy, y’all. Pass it on.