Every month or so, a newsletter by the creative Nancy Antenucci pops into my inbox. Her most recent one includes what I think is a clever way of putting the often unwieldy tarot court cards to use.
Today I'm focusing on the Pages, from my summer deck of choice, the Everyday Witch Tarot. This deck makes me happy just seeing it laid out on the table! Just what you want for summertime, right?
Nancy says, 'Use each of the Pages in their certain element to determine what part of you is starting to surface or feels like a risk.'
I've decided to make the question What part of me is surfacing AND feels like a risk?
Page of Wands
I love that this Page holds a Fool-like bundle over his shoulder and a tiny magic wand in his hand as he contemplates the entrance to a curvy where's-it-going? path. Oooo, so lushly flowered and deliciously inviting. Just jump over that teeny tiny fire-lizard and catch up to your fun-loving marmalade cat!
Wands-Fire: action, energy, passion, desire, and for me, looking at this image, WANDerlust! That's what is surfacing in my newly-retired mind!
Waaaait a minute! Are those leaves already turning? Is something wintery hidden around the bend? Is it wise to follow my cat-guide into the unknown with only an itty-bitty magic wand and a few possessions? Don't know. Is it scary? Indeed. Am I up for it? Ummmm.....
Oho, another connection to my colourful retirement plans - painting! I just LOVE the look of watercolours! As luck would have it, friends and I recently attended another friend's opening at a local gallery, where I bought one of her smaller, unframed watercolours. She felt so uncomfortable taking money from a friend (I'd rather just give it to you) that I spent the rest of the evening thinking up ways to make her feel better.
How much nicer to have the work of artists I actually know in person hanging on my walls.
I get Airmiles on my Mastercard for this purchase.
OK, how about a trade. Will you show me how to do a watercolour wash? Bingo! Win-win!
Cups-Water: relationships, connections, WATERcolour.
What am I afraid of with this Page of Cups? Well...not much. The risk of getting stabbed with a paintbrush seems rather low. And I don't really care if I'm any good at it (painting, not stabbing) so my ego is safe. Worst case scenario? Paints all over my clothes. No problem - that's what the babbling brook is for.
What have we here? A defensive stance - unusual for a Page. But look at that bag full of books and a quill pen and paper - my kind of travel kit for sure.
Swords-Air: communication, writing, thinking, planning, worrying, stewing.
Page of Wands
I love that this Page holds a Fool-like bundle over his shoulder and a tiny magic wand in his hand as he contemplates the entrance to a curvy where's-it-going? path. Oooo, so lushly flowered and deliciously inviting. Just jump over that teeny tiny fire-lizard and catch up to your fun-loving marmalade cat!
Wands-Fire: action, energy, passion, desire, and for me, looking at this image, WANDerlust! That's what is surfacing in my newly-retired mind!
Waaaait a minute! Are those leaves already turning? Is something wintery hidden around the bend? Is it wise to follow my cat-guide into the unknown with only an itty-bitty magic wand and a few possessions? Don't know. Is it scary? Indeed. Am I up for it? Ummmm.....
Page of Cups
How much nicer to have the work of artists I actually know in person hanging on my walls.
I get Airmiles on my Mastercard for this purchase.
OK, how about a trade. Will you show me how to do a watercolour wash? Bingo! Win-win!
Cups-Water: relationships, connections, WATERcolour.
What am I afraid of with this Page of Cups? Well...not much. The risk of getting stabbed with a paintbrush seems rather low. And I don't really care if I'm any good at it (painting, not stabbing) so my ego is safe. Worst case scenario? Paints all over my clothes. No problem - that's what the babbling brook is for.
Page of Swords
Swords-Air: communication, writing, thinking, planning, worrying, stewing.
What is surfacing? This Page is on the move. (There's the travel notion again.) All those books? Research, or finding authors from other countries I'd like to visit, or filling in the time on a really long train journey. Maybe this Page has written that delicious trilogy of books himself. Wow, there's something to aspire to!
So why's the sword out? Perhaps I'm defending my right to be a booklover to my very core and own a million books and prefer fat tomes to skinny ones. Since you ask, yes, I DO decide which books are going on a trip before I know what clothes to pack. And I'm defending my right to write, if I so choose. Or if you're a bully and want to steal my books or throw them onto a bonfire or tear them into little pieces - begone, scum!
Even the slower-paced Page of Pentacles is on the move (or will be soon!).
Pentacles-Earth: finances, how and where you live, your job or how you otherwise fill your days, security, family, health and welfare.
This Page has saved up money for his travels, he's bought a map, his travel cloak hood is already up, and all that's left is to toss that coin! Which way? Which destination beckons?
What seems scary to me about this? Projecting my own travel fears onto him ~
Will he be alright on the road?
Is where he's going safe for travellers?
What if there's no wifi?
What if he goes the wrong way, makes the wrong choice?
Aw, Mum, quit worrying! I'll be fine!
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So why's the sword out? Perhaps I'm defending my right to be a booklover to my very core and own a million books and prefer fat tomes to skinny ones. Since you ask, yes, I DO decide which books are going on a trip before I know what clothes to pack. And I'm defending my right to write, if I so choose. Or if you're a bully and want to steal my books or throw them onto a bonfire or tear them into little pieces - begone, scum!
Page of Pentacles
Pentacles-Earth: finances, how and where you live, your job or how you otherwise fill your days, security, family, health and welfare.
This Page has saved up money for his travels, he's bought a map, his travel cloak hood is already up, and all that's left is to toss that coin! Which way? Which destination beckons?
What seems scary to me about this? Projecting my own travel fears onto him ~
Will he be alright on the road?
Is where he's going safe for travellers?
Does he have money for emergencies?
What if he gets injured or falls ill when he's far away?What if there's no wifi?
What if he goes the wrong way, makes the wrong choice?
Aw, Mum, quit worrying! I'll be fine!
In neighbourhood news
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