Today’s card is from an oracle deck. It’s an intriguing card to be becasue of the open mouth of the figurine. As usual, I have not looked at the book so I don’t know what the intention of the artist is. I just know how I react to it.
I’m a storyteller. My family winces when I recount my childhood memories because I am wont to embellish upon those events. My sister often reminds me in her straightforward Capricorn way that she was there too and things did not happen the way I remembered.
Shrug. It’s always funnier or more emotionally engaging in my rendition.
This card has the keyword of expansion. I would also have to be honest and point out that as much as I embellish the funny bits to make them funnier, I have deepened the sad parts to make them sadder. I have to watch myself on that. Those are the stories I used to tell myself to make me look like I needed saving.
How many of those people do we know in our every day life? The ones who are perpetual victims of some trauma? I’m not talking about those who are truly in bad situations. I mean the ones who rant and rave that the world is against them.
If everyone were out to get someone, don’t you think they would have succeeded by now? So if you know someone who never has a good day? Who is always unveiling the latest plot against them? Who is inevitably no longer friends with someone for some trumped up reason?
Ask yourself this question. What part do they play in their own victim-hood? What energy are they putting out that calls so much bad into their world.
OMG! Is Arwen blaming the victim, y’all?
No, because I think the victim is those who have this type of person in their lives. Think of all the energy you expend to deal with the constant drama. Where is it getting you?
Tell your own stories. Embellish the good. Underplay the bad. Don’t let someone else’s stories take over your world. That’s all this post is about today.
Seek joy, y’all. Pass it on.
Storyteller, Sacred Path Cards: The Discovery of Self Through Native Teachings