The Shaman sits under her staff, prayer bells quiet, the oddly-burnt ball whistle hanging there to remind you this is a woman who has faced invisible monsters and survived. She reached into a leather bag and brings out three iron discs. "I am glad this reading is for your endeavor, and not your life," she starts.
"Your first image, which represents the natural, living world that is pertinent to your question is Snow, the silent expanse of winter, water frozen in deceptively peaceful state, more than enough to drown you, ready to freeze you or bury you alive. Snow is the dangerous aspect of water, treat your subject matter carefully."
She looks from you to the next disc. "The next symbol is Storm, which is also a card of water. This creative endeavor will challenge your skills and call on your resources and your resourcefulness, as well as touching on things that you care about deeply."
The final disc shows a body in a shroud. "And for the abstract aspects, you get Corpse, the symbol of personal tragedy, of endings, and also of the family and friends who have to let the dead person go, and get on with their lives, though it seems impossible at the time."
She lets you gaze at the images, worked in metal and enameled with bright, melted glass. "Will the meeting serve you both? That is hard to say. This could be a good reading if you are making a weapon, or writing a tragedy. Not so good, I think, if you are writing love poetry."
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Date: 2010-10-31 09:26 pm (UTC)"Your first image, which represents the natural, living world that is pertinent to your question is Snow, the silent expanse of winter, water frozen in deceptively peaceful state, more than enough to drown you, ready to freeze you or bury you alive. Snow is the dangerous aspect of water, treat your subject matter carefully."
She looks from you to the next disc. "The next symbol is Storm, which is also a card of water. This creative endeavor will challenge your skills and call on your resources and your resourcefulness, as well as touching on things that you care about deeply."
The final disc shows a body in a shroud. "And for the abstract aspects, you get Corpse, the symbol of personal tragedy, of endings, and also of the family and friends who have to let the dead person go, and get on with their lives, though it seems impossible at the time."
She lets you gaze at the images, worked in metal and enameled with bright, melted glass. "Will the meeting serve you both? That is hard to say. This could be a good reading if you are making a weapon, or writing a tragedy. Not so good, I think, if you are writing love poetry."
(edited to fix misplaced quotation marks)