Happy Solstice and Full Moon! Wishing everyone joy and creativity, and offering a card, if you wish

[wyld_dandelyon]

My heart is heavy today, what with some of the less friendly political comments I've been seeing, the horrible hate-massacre in Orlando, and some scary things happening in my neighborhood. So I'm feeling a need to send good energy out into the world, to wish one and all peace, joy, hope, creativity and love, or at least necessary lessons learned and changes for a better tomorrow. Also, it's the Strawberry Full Moon and Summer Solstice, which seems an auspicious time to send out good wishes to all.

So come, be welcome to my garden. We can smell the roses and then sit together in the shade and drink something cold, and you can see if you can find one of the first ripe mulberries. The local feral cats will doubtless stare at us from under the rose bushes. I keep trying to convince them I'm harmless, but they resist my guile. If we're lucky, we might see the cardinals courting in the big pine tree or some butterflies--I even caught a female Monarch on my milkweed a couple of weeks ago. We can chat, and you can get a reading if you would like one. New friends and old are welcome.

Today, for free one card readings, you can pick from the Brian Froud's Faeries Oracle, my combined Susan Seddon Boulet Animal Spirits and Goddesses cards, or the Shapeshifter Tarot. You can ask a question, ask for a Guide, for inspiration, or you can just ask for a card. You can also ask for a card or Guide for one of your characters or in some other way ask for advice or inspiration for a creative project.

The first card is free (though tips are always appreciated). Tips also let you ask me to use any of my other decks, to request a private reading, or to draw a clarifying card. If you want a longer reading, send a direct message so we can agree on the type of reading and rate.

I've written before about why I do readings and some of the decks I use here, feel free to hop over and check me out. I'll wait.

Please consider dropping something in the guitar case below. Readings take time and energy, and even though Milwaukee isn't enclosed in the blizzard, winter heat is pricey.

Signal boosts are very much appreciated, and earn you the right to ask for a clarifying card.

I understand all too well that sometimes people don't have cash or spoons, and it is generally during those times when people most need inspiration! Don't be afraid to ask for a card if you can't tip.

If you tip, it's helpful to me for you to mention it here so I can connect your paypal information with your request.

Tips should be at least $1 (Paypal charges fees). Alternatively, you can tip in Torn World/EMG credits. If neither of these work for you, drop me a message and we'll work something out.

I will reply to all requests. In the highly unlikely event that the number of requests nears my limits, I'll close this One Card Draw (by adding a clear note at the top of the post) rather than risk leaving anyone without a response.

Thank you, and Blessed Be!

As always, these readings are for entertainment and inspiration only. See my "Dandelyon's Readings" page if you have questions.

Comments

[rix_scaedu]

I have tipped, so may I complicate matters by requesting a card for the winter solstice?

(Summer is half a year away down here! :) )

[seekerval.livejournal.com]

Today is my 61st birthday. I had a surprise quintuple bypass 5 weeks ago tomorrow. And another family member just had aneurysm surgery this past weekend.

I think I'd REALLY like a card from the Animal Spirits and Goddesses deck. Please. And Thank You.

I've sent a tip.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Solstice is a huge thing here, of course - I got up at 3 in the morning a few days ago and it was bright as day out. (Convincing the four-year-old to GO TO BED was not fun...)

I will tip you the domain renewal fee of wyld_dandelyon.com! :)

I'd love a reading from any deck, regarding guidance on the creative projects I've got lined up!

[kelkyag]

No card, just wanting to send some warm fuzzies!

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[callibr8]

What a lovely offering. Happy Solstice! I had known full moon but not Strawberry Moon. Nice!

Not sure how the "ask a question" variant works, but I certainly do have a question in mind, and would like a card from the "Animal Spirits and Goddesses" deck, for it.

[cassandramorgan.livejournal.com]

I would like a card please! The Faeries Oracle sounds interesting. :D

A celebration of astronomical events

[livejournal.livejournal.com]

User ng_moonmoth referenced to your post from A celebration of astronomical events (http://ng-moonmoth.livejournal.com/8012.html) saying: [...] fun and whatever help paying the bills her visitors might be able to supply, and is doing one today [...]

My journey continues

[ng_moonmoth]

The traits and habits which have allowed me to survive in the shadows are ill-suited to my new environment. Yet my future lies there, and I realize that I must adapt. There are friends I have not yet encountered, and also dangers of which I am not yet aware. And though there are some who will not react well to my having come from the shadows, it is part of who I am, and I am not yet ready to completely disavow my origin. What can the Shapeshifter Tarot tell me?

Rummaging through what I have brought with me, I pull out a small bowl, such as one might use for eating, and two small pieces of crystal. I take my bowl, and an empty bowl from which we have eaten all the mulberries, and fill both from the fountain in your garden. I place the first piece of crystal into your bowl, and the surface offers a view of a place in the shadows from which I have emerged. I then turn over the crystal, and the surface goes blank until I place the second piece into my bowl; my face becomes visible in your bowl, and yours in mine. I remove the crystal from my bowl, return the water it holds to the pool at the base of the fountain, dry the bowl and crystal, and return them to my pack. The second crystal I remove from your bowl and dry off, leaving it on the table between us within your easy reach.

These crystals are common enough where I come from, but little used; few who dwell in the shadows choose to be so readily seen. Please accept my gift in return for your guidance, and tell me what you can, in whatever way your wisdom informs you, of what will help me in my journey's next steps.

[earthspirits.livejournal.com]

I empathize - it is a scary and disturbing time in the world.

Sending you good thoughts, and thank you for sharing your (virtual) garden and tea with us!

[filkferengi]

Given all the lovely pictures, I'm hearing "Everything's Coming Up Roses" [extra Ethel Merman optional ;)].

[red-trillium.livejournal.com]

If you still have time I would love to have a reading from the Susan Seddon Boulet deck. Thank you for mentioning this on your FB to me. I haven't been up for a lot of online stuff so appreciate your pointing it out.