wyld_dandelyon | Full Moon Readings

So, the computer follies continued for so long the Geek Squad guys told me they were tired of seeing me. I realized several days after the New Moon that I'd missed posting. I do apologize about that! Life's been busy, and making multiple trips to the computer store in between getting help online didn't help my focus at all.

Eventually they diagnosed the core problem--there is a tiny solid state hard drive that has failed and needs replacement in the computer. It's is invisible to the user, but that the operating system relies on. Urgh. Every salesman I talked to said those break less than the regular ones. Now that computer is off getting the drive replaced, and I'm praying that's all that's wrong with it. I miss having a computer that's all set up for the stuff I want to do. The good news, however, is that so far they've found no problems with the main hard drive, so I shouldn't get a blank slate back. I backed up all the files, but it's a pain to set up the programs.

In better news, I've signed up for an in-person writer's workshop with some fabulous teachers and an online course in anthology construction, so I'm hoping to build up my Paypal account to cover expenses. Therefore I'm offering a five-card reading for $25, or if you want a larger reading we can discuss costs. As always, a signal boost will allow you to ask for a clarification card on some part of this reading, if you wish. Alternatively, you can ask for a Torn World reading and get an in-character reading in Affamarg or the Breidalam Mountains using that world's standard layout for the divination disks.

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The center, which I take to be you, is the Crone of Pentacles, or Pasowee Buffalo Woman. The image is of an old woman and a young one setting up a teepee in the snow. You are in need of shelter and have the tools and materials you need and a reasonable idea of how to get it, but could use some help. This card also echoes back to an earlier reading, where you were teaching weaving to a younger person.

The basis of the matter--the factors that underly your current situation is the Six of Flames, or Bast. This card is also titled play. Young gymnasts are playing with the flame. They perhaps have more skill at controlling themselves than they do with the wild elemental power of the flames. Still, no one is getting burned, and cat-headed Bast looks on, smiling.

In the past is the three of Cups, or Bonding. Three women dancing together, holding up their cups in celebration or to toast each other. This has a similar sense of dancing as Play, and similar colors. Harmonious energy.

In the future, however, is the five of cups, also titled The Storm, showing that your troubles are not yet over. There's lots of energy in this card, of course, but it's tumultous and might be perilous. Still, three of the cups are still upright, despite storm and lightning and flood, and one sits solidly on a rock, untroubled by the storm. I'm not sure if this is evidence that the early energy has become disorganized or fallen out of harmony, or if this is outside forces. The weather isn't malicious, just chaotic.

And the final card, the skills or resources you can reach for to get you through the storm, that one is the Three of Pentacles, called Aruru Clay Woman. Once again an American Indian woman, so I think again this is you. In this card, the woman is sitting alone, making pottery vessels, her kiln to one side and finished pots to the other.

While I was dealing out the cards, two cards escaped me, and fell to the floor. I am interpreting this as that they represent something that's missing, something that's needed. They are Meditation and Balance/the Bull Leapers (the Seven of Blades and the Five of Pentacles respectively). The names of these cards seem to be quite clear.

Putting this all together, I see that there's a lot of energy and movement that has led to this place and that is going on, and I don't get the feeling that any of it is bad, just that it has gotten out of balance, that taking some time for contemplation, grounding and centering yourself, and finding ways to make the movement more harmonious or more directed would help.

This doesn't necessarily mean resting more--though in Meditation the Eskimo and her dog are indeed resting--because the Bull Dancers, young women leaping onto the horns and back of a charging bull, they are not in any way resting or taking it easy. They must be alert and in motion, using all of their skill and knowledge, to survive, much less thrive in their circumstances. And yet they are not desperate, they are celebratory.

They share that total focus with the woman making perfectly round pots despite not having a spinning wheel, and the colors of the two cards are also very similar. Meditation is also a matter of focus more than anything else.

There's nothing wrong with chaos, of course, but only chaos is tiring and frustrating. Be mindful, whether it's focusing on a single project or juggling a dozen. Be focused, in stillness or in motion. Resolve the dissonance by re-establishing harmony. The storm won't last forever, they never do.

I do self-identify as a Crone, although not necessarily by the traditional definition of that role :-)

I don't have any young people specifically coming to me to be taught right at the moment. Most of the "young people" - most of my friends, in fact) - are around 40 now, with their paths well-defined beneath their feet.

I find myself wishing I could join in the joyful danger-dance of gymnasts who are Fire adepts, under Bast's approving gaze. Likewise the Three of Cups, which reminds me of Leslie Fish's "Sisters Dancing Together". My husband and I have a loose plan for going out and just having a quiet good time together when we can (we're probably going to see Wonder Woman next week), which isn't exactly "celebratory", but at least it's Play of a sort.

Most of the time, I love storms - I call myself "Lightning" for reasons! But Superstorm Sandy was almost more than I could bear.

Yes, I can see myself as the solitary craftswoman, highly skilled after years of practicing her craft, making beautiful and useful things as her mind slips into a meditative state.

And Bull Leapers, while applying very highly developed skills, are also engaged in Play.

I find chaos exhilarating and exciting... up to a point. (I enjoyed chaos a lot more when I was younger and had more energy.) But I think you're right about my needing more centeredness, more meditation. Ironically, I've been trying to remind my husband to meditate more - I guess I should take my own advice!

Thank you, my friend! I hope the writing classes give you what you're looking for!

Ah, so perhaps the storm in your near future is, at least in part, more play. I enjoy lightning storms too.

Meditation can be play as well. That gives some significantly different ways to interpret the reading. More focus could mean more play, not less.

I was in the process of adding links to a couple of songs that your reading reminded me of. First, the Three of Cups (in almost any deck) always reminds me of the filksong "Sisters Dancing Together". And the concept of meditating while in action brings to mind Willie Nelson's "Still Is Still Movin' To Me". But you replied to my comment while I was getting the URLs, and I couldn't edit my reply!

And, of course, your responses are spot-on :-)

Thanks again!

Edited 2017-06-09 12:30 (UTC)

Yes, that card in this deck always makes me think of Sisters Dancing Together.

That's always been one of my favorite filks, going back to when things like that were only available on home-recorded cassette tapes :-)

Hmmm... the chords are pretty simple; I could figure out how to accompany myself on the ukulele while singing it...

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