What Will You Sail?

MCT78_4Today’s card reminds that there is so much to love about Tarot. This is why I enjoy teaching it! I get to help others dive into the cards to find their own meanings.

Here is the Medieval Cat Tarot Cat Tarot with one of my favorite interpretations of the Three of Wands. Classically this card shows someone standing on the shore watching their ship. Is it coming in or going out? Well, that’s in the eye of the reader really.

In this card, though, our intrepid cat is not watching. He is getting ready to launch. He has his boat to set sail. He has his spy glass to watch it as it heads out for parts unknown.

Sometimes we have to do that. Build something as intricate as this cat’s boat and then just let go of it. Send it off to see what will happen.

If you are a writer, you know this all too well. The thing that is harder than writing? Waiting for a response from an editor or an agent or even a beta reader.

What project do you have that you haven’t yet released? I know what mine is. I keep finding all sorts of reasons not to send it out. I fear my ship might sink.

But, like this cat knows, a ship that never sails isn’t a ship after all.

What do you need to let sail?
What will you let go of today?

Seek joy, y’all! Pass it on.

Three of Wands, Medieval Cat Tarot, U.S. Games

Who Worries You?

three-fireToday’s card reminds me of a quote by Kempis. “Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.” Sometimes I worry that others won’t like me. I worry that they will like me and I won’t live up to the hype. The others really can’t win for losing with an attitude like that. I give them so much power in my life.

Yesterday during a consultation, I asked my client who paid their bills, fed their children, kept a roof of their family’s heads. of course the answer was that my client was in charge of all that. When I asked them why they worried so much about what others cared?

They couldn’t answer me.

I told them, and I’m telling you and me, that until these “others” are responsible for my safety, shelter and sustenance, THEN we should worry about them. I won’t look at myself in the mirror and question myself in their name.

Today’s affirmation:

I live today for me. I put my own hopes and joys first. I do breathe for myself. I set my feet on the ground knowing that I am capable. I breathe confidence in and mirror questions out. I acknowledge how much I have done to this date. I will get more done because I am capable. I am a beautiful human with a loving heart who is loved by beautiful humans. And that is enough. Seek joy, y’all. Pass it on.

Six of Fire, Gaian Tarot, Joanna Powell Colbert