Full Moon Readings
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wyld_dandelyonStatus: Open to free readings through 9/10; open to tipped readings until this status message is changed.
Well, it's not morning (morning was taken up with wrangling doctors' appointments (not yet done with that), pharmacies, and cpap supplies (there was an error in how they input the order for my overdue mask cushion, so it never got sent), and then I fell asleep for another four hours, but I'm finally here. I may still need to nap between readings, so if I'm a little slow I apologize.
In copying a previous Full Moon reading to edit for this (most of it I could type out easily enough, but not the paypal button--that must be copied or I break it), I am reminded that at least my computer is working! Also, the cats are well, my partner was able to drive herself to her appointment yesterday, and we did have time to buy food last week, so I have lovely Irish oats and other soft foods to eat while I recover. I shall count my blessings.
I hope all my friends and correspondents in Texas and Florida and Oregon and other areas inundated by natural disasters are safe and well. I'm worrying about my brother and his family in Florida, but he has a human family and furred family and a business, and he's survived other hurricanes, so I'll have to trust his judgment. But I told him to come north, family and all, if he needs to.
On to the readings!
I am continuing to offer 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.
Or, of course, you can simply ask for a single card (with the usual clarifying card for people who tip). The guitar case below is my personal PayPal link, featuring my own artwork, which still inspires me even though it isn't Tarot-related. Maybe someday I'll make one specific to readings; it might be fun to do a self-portrait for that purpose. But not today. Today I'm putting my energy toward sending out some hope and inspiration, spark some creativity, or at least provide a bit of food for thought to all of you.
You may ask about real life or a creative project, even a game. I can draw a card for you to meditate on, to represent the Guide you need right now, or to get you unstuck. I can draw a card for a character or can draw a card or cards for you to use as writing or art prompts, and I can modify a more-traditional five-card spread into a prompt for a story focusing on plot or characters or a little of both.
New friends and old are very welcome.
For free one card readings, you can pick from the Brian Froud's Faeries Oracle, the Daughters of the Moon Tarot (one of the round decks), or the Shapeshifter Tarot. You can ask a question, ask for a Guide or for inspiration, or you can just ask for a card. I don't need to know what your question is, but you are welcome to share it with me if you like.
The first card is free (though tips are always appreciated). Tips (including requests for longer readings) also let you ask me to use any of my other decks, including but not limited to my combined Susan Seddon Boulet Animal Spirits and Goddesses cards and my Fantasy Showcase Tarot deck where each card was done by a different artist. Tipping can also be used to request a private reading, or to draw a clarifying card if the initial card (or paid multi-card reading) leaves you with questions. If you want a longer reading, send a direct message so we can agree on the type of reading and rate.
Signal boosts are very much appreciated, and also earn you the right to ask for a clarifying card. (If you only signal boost, please do not ask for two cards to start with. A clarifying card, if the reading is unclear to you, is fine.) I'd love to do a bunch of readings.
I understand all too well that when people don't have cash or spoons that is generally when they 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). If Paypal doesn't work for you, drop me a message and we'll work something out.
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.
I will reply to all requests. In the highly unlikely event that the number of requests nears my limits, I'll close this card draw by adding a clear note at the top of the post rather than risk leaving anyone without a response. However, I intend to stay open through the weekend, and longer for paid readings.
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.
Well, it's not morning (morning was taken up with wrangling doctors' appointments (not yet done with that), pharmacies, and cpap supplies (there was an error in how they input the order for my overdue mask cushion, so it never got sent), and then I fell asleep for another four hours, but I'm finally here. I may still need to nap between readings, so if I'm a little slow I apologize.
In copying a previous Full Moon reading to edit for this (most of it I could type out easily enough, but not the paypal button--that must be copied or I break it), I am reminded that at least my computer is working! Also, the cats are well, my partner was able to drive herself to her appointment yesterday, and we did have time to buy food last week, so I have lovely Irish oats and other soft foods to eat while I recover. I shall count my blessings.
I hope all my friends and correspondents in Texas and Florida and Oregon and other areas inundated by natural disasters are safe and well. I'm worrying about my brother and his family in Florida, but he has a human family and furred family and a business, and he's survived other hurricanes, so I'll have to trust his judgment. But I told him to come north, family and all, if he needs to.
On to the readings!
I am continuing to offer 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.
Or, of course, you can simply ask for a single card (with the usual clarifying card for people who tip). The guitar case below is my personal PayPal link, featuring my own artwork, which still inspires me even though it isn't Tarot-related. Maybe someday I'll make one specific to readings; it might be fun to do a self-portrait for that purpose. But not today. Today I'm putting my energy toward sending out some hope and inspiration, spark some creativity, or at least provide a bit of food for thought to all of you.
You may ask about real life or a creative project, even a game. I can draw a card for you to meditate on, to represent the Guide you need right now, or to get you unstuck. I can draw a card for a character or can draw a card or cards for you to use as writing or art prompts, and I can modify a more-traditional five-card spread into a prompt for a story focusing on plot or characters or a little of both.
New friends and old are very welcome.
For free one card readings, you can pick from the Brian Froud's Faeries Oracle, the Daughters of the Moon Tarot (one of the round decks), or the Shapeshifter Tarot. You can ask a question, ask for a Guide or for inspiration, or you can just ask for a card. I don't need to know what your question is, but you are welcome to share it with me if you like.
The first card is free (though tips are always appreciated). Tips (including requests for longer readings) also let you ask me to use any of my other decks, including but not limited to my combined Susan Seddon Boulet Animal Spirits and Goddesses cards and my Fantasy Showcase Tarot deck where each card was done by a different artist. Tipping can also be used to request a private reading, or to draw a clarifying card if the initial card (or paid multi-card reading) leaves you with questions. If you want a longer reading, send a direct message so we can agree on the type of reading and rate.
Signal boosts are very much appreciated, and also earn you the right to ask for a clarifying card. (If you only signal boost, please do not ask for two cards to start with. A clarifying card, if the reading is unclear to you, is fine.) I'd love to do a bunch of readings.
I understand all too well that when people don't have cash or spoons that is generally when they 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). If Paypal doesn't work for you, drop me a message and we'll work something out.
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.
I will reply to all requests. In the highly unlikely event that the number of requests nears my limits, I'll close this card draw by adding a clear note at the top of the post rather than risk leaving anyone without a response. However, I intend to stay open through the weekend, and longer for paid readings.
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.
(no subject)
Date: 2017-09-07 04:34 am (UTC)Tip is sent. Shapeshifter tarot please.
Knowledge
Date: 2017-09-07 06:09 am (UTC)Green could be a symbol that she is a healer, or could be more generally just a symbol of the natural world. Elephants are such a social animal, such a powerful image of the importance of caring for each other and of the importance of remembering things, too. And books--books are how we share knowledge and dreams, how we get perspective on our problems, or brief escape, or learn how to deal with them. I also see this card as symbolizing knowledge as the light in the darkness or the star to guide us, but it's not impersonal, it's very personal, and powerful.
Re: Knowledge
Date: 2017-09-08 04:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-09-07 06:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-09-07 08:38 am (UTC)aww, that's sweet of you!
Date: 2017-09-07 05:11 pm (UTC)Re: aww, that's sweet of you!
Date: 2017-09-08 07:45 am (UTC)Re: aww, that's sweet of you!
Date: 2017-09-08 07:59 am (UTC)That's probably TMI.
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Date: 2017-09-08 09:22 am (UTC)Re: aww, that's sweet of you!
Date: 2017-09-10 07:03 am (UTC)The hardest challenge is to find things that are soft and sound good when I'm sick, but also are not too high in carbs.
Re: aww, that's sweet of you!
Date: 2017-09-10 07:24 am (UTC)Can/will you eat milk and eggs? Because plain baked custard is very soft and undemanding, while providing easily digestible protein. And it takes a surprisingly small amount of sugar (and some vanilla) to make it taste indulgently sweet. (Remember, the body needs some carbs to function.)
Re: aww, that's sweet of you!
Date: 2017-09-10 08:31 am (UTC)I am cautious with eggs; there's a couple of times I've gotten sick when the most likely culprit was eggs, but I haven't had a problem yet with organic free-range eggs. I'm thinking that factory-chicken-eggs might have too much of the corn feed in them somehow, on the theory that eggs are like breast milk and the mother's food intake affects them.
And milk has carbs; there are times when I've made hot chocolate with just milk and unsweetened cocoa powder, often with cinnamon, which helps bring out the sweetness of the milk.
Re: aww, that's sweet of you!
Date: 2017-09-10 09:44 am (UTC)Here's the simplest custard recipe I can think of:
2 cups milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of grated nutmeg (optional)
Preheat the oven to 350° F. Collect 6 custard cups or ramekins, and a large roasting pan they will all fit comfortably inside; set them inside the pan.
Whisk together all the ingredients until thoroughly combined. Distribute the mixture equally among the custard cups. Carefully pour very hot (but not boiling) water into the roasting pan so that it comes halfway up the sides of the custard cups - it may be easier to do this with the pan already on an oven rack, pulled out far enough for you to reach. Slide the pan gently into the oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the custard just barely jiggles when you move the pan. Remove it from the oven and allow the cups to cool in the water bath until you can touch them, then take them out and refrigerate.
(Note that each serving has only 1/18 of a cup of sugar in it.)
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Date: 2017-09-11 12:02 am (UTC)Re: aww, that's sweet of you!
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Date: 2017-09-11 11:26 am (UTC)Re: aww, that's sweet of you!
Date: 2017-09-12 09:14 am (UTC)The Singer of Connection
Date: 2017-09-07 06:58 pm (UTC)The garden looks a little parched when you come by; I'll need to water it if it doesn't rain, which is a problem right now as I need to get the outdoor water faucet fixed. Ah, well, life is like that.
While we talk, the Singer of Connection floats by. Ffaff the Footer approaches with her, waves and hurries onward. Ffaff is, of course, all about taking care of what supports us, whether literally our feet or in a more metaphorical sense, so that is important to taking care of whatever connections the Singer is here to advise you about. She is upright, so there is positive energy in connections you have (but which perhaps need tending) or connections you can make--or perhaps there is a reconnection that is important to you that could be accomplished now.
She can speak of physical connections--connections to people, usually--or to more spiritual issues--karma, balance, empathy. Interestingly, when she is reversed, you are advised to ask yourself if you are properly grounded and centered, which seems more Ffaff's ground than hers. I really don't get a sense of which connections are opening up for you right now, perhaps that will be obvious to you or she will speak to you directly. But she brings good, strong energy for you.
Re: The Singer of Connection
Date: 2017-09-08 07:52 am (UTC)I don't find one specific message here, but I do love feeling how I'm connected in time, space, and love with so many other people! (Including you!)
Re: The Singer of Connection
Date: 2017-09-08 08:00 am (UTC)Re: The Singer of Connection
Date: 2017-09-08 09:24 am (UTC)Re: The Singer of Connection
Date: 2017-09-10 08:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-09-07 06:48 pm (UTC)Ekstasis and The Soul Shrinkers
Date: 2017-09-07 09:06 pm (UTC)Ekstasis is the song, the energy and power that fill Unity. It says, whatever you're working on, you should go for it, you're in the flow and on course.
The Soul Shrinker, on the other hand, is about malicious acts and words, or even thoughts, that are carried as discordant notes through Ekstasis' song.
We can choose to accept or reject blessings and curses, and we can choose to examine our own words, actions, and thoughts to see if they are acting in a positive or negative way on ourselves and those around us.
It looks to me like this is a core issue for you--the strength of being in the flow, of working and dreaming to create the life and work that you want, that is in harmony with your higher self and with the universe, and the negativity that you have somehow been gifted at this time, whether internal, external, or both.
The Soul Shrinker is not reversed here, so he carries a message that you can overcome the negativity with love and compassion, or at least with forgiveness (not forgetfulness) and intentional action. It may well be that the first person you need to show compassion and forgiveness for is yourself. The ugliness of the Soul Shrinker can be healed; the discordant notes can be reworked and turned harmonious. Ekstasis is by far the more powerful fairy, if you choose to follow her harmonies instead of the discord.
Re: Ekstasis and The Soul Shrinkers
Date: 2017-09-07 09:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-09-09 11:22 pm (UTC)Looking for morale support is my motivation, though I will certainly take moral support!
The world is looking uncertain, I've started renovating the house, and the piece I started writing from troupe of fairies and gnomes back around Christmas, I think, is now at 24,000 plus words.
May I have the reading from the Faeries' Oracle? I do enjoy your commentaries on these cards. :)
Makers and Changers
Date: 2017-09-10 08:20 am (UTC)While we are talking about that, a voice rises from the vegetable patch. "I'd like some peppermint and rose-petal tea." We look over, and there is Ta'Om the Poet, all long and angular, trying to wiggle out from under one of the squash plants. His mask is askew, and the morning glories are starting to wind around his horns. How long has he been there, anyway?
As if he heard me, he shrugs, gently untangling the morning glory as he sits up. "I guess I fell asleep. You get tired when you try to do everything at once, you know."
I nod. I sure do know that. But sometimes many things need to be done in a short time.
He continues, "especially if you're not forever-young, like me!"
"You have some of that forever-young energy to share?"
"Hmm..." He seems to consider this carefully as starts to stand up while moving his mask to peer at me and then at you.
"Hey, you oaf!" It's a new voice, and we realize that Ta'Om has stepped on a sturdy little bearded fairy. "Watch where you put your enthusiasm." It's the Master Maker. Ta'Om moves his foot, and the Maker flutters his wings to clear them of dirt, then picks up his tools and sets them back into his belt. "Really, you'd do better to simply do your best, and strive to improve that, instead of asking for this foolhardy oaf's energy."
Ta'Om looks affronted for a second, then laughs. "Well, yeah, common sense is helpful." He takes off his mask and turns it over, putting it back on again, upside down, or perhaps it was upside down before. It's hard to tell, as it is not at all figural.
The Master Maker smiles at us. "It's always nice to meet other Makers. Especially ones who resist the temptation to cut corners." Is he complimenting us or warning us? But I don't get to ask. "I'd like hot chocolate, if you can manage it. And no complaints from me if you use that microwave thingy--it's a perfectly good tool, for a human's use, at least, even if it's not perfectly good for all kinds of cooking. There may be more than one right tool for a job, but there's also definitely sometimes a wrong one."
"Oh, hot chocolate sounds delightful!" A woman's voice chimes in from above, and we look up to see a gleam separating from the moon. It is Nelys the Alchemist. "And you'd best get about it--there's things to do and changes to make!"
"Changes?" I ask.
Ta'Om looks at her warily. "I'm not wanting to change."
"All things change, even you! But I'm not here for you, I'm here for Wyld and Rix. They've got things to do, homes to transform, stories to write, and art to make, and all of that naturally involves changes in the Maker as well as changes in the things being made--especially if they're indulging in unhelpful habits."
I think of all the computer gaming I've been doing lately, and resolve to limit the time spent on that.
The Master Maker smiles and nods, reaching up to guide Nelys down onto the grass with us. "That's so true. Are you come to help me to make changes too?"
She smiles fondly at him. "Always, my friend."
Ta'Om rolls his eyes, then steps back, suddenly. "I--I think that will be five hot chocolates," he says, softly.
The Laume and the Singer of Transfiguration float down on the moonlight, landing where he had been standing a moment before.
The Singer of Transfiguration reaches out and touches Ta'Om's mask, and it changes subtly, suddenly fitting him better. "Don't confuse our hosts. Making things is always work, but they're on the right track." She reaches out to you, and gestures toward your eyes, "You're seeing things differently, and perhaps that is a bit confusing at first, but it's a good change. While there are always new things to learn, you can trust your new perceptions. You can't control the world, but you can control you--and the world is always uncertain. Seeing that clearly is generally helpful in avoiding the pitfalls of letting your mask or your enthusiasm blind you."
The Laume smiles at you as well. "We all feel stuck sometimes. It can help to take a break from our own problems when that happens and help someone else. It doesn't have to be a big thing, but it seems to work best when it is a personal thing, a thing that creates a connection between you and someone else, no matter how briefly. Sending money for hurricane relief is certainly a good thing, but doing something for someone in person, well, there's nothing like attending to someone else's problems to help you see yours differently. And it's usually necessary to see your problem differently to solve it--after all, if you knew how to solve it, you'd just see it as a normal task, not a problem.
It can also help to simply accept help when that is offered. In this uncertain world, giving and receiving helps maintain and support the well that we all draw from for both survival and creativity." And then she turns toward me. "And yes, I'd love to accept some hot chocolate!"
The Singer of Transfiguration laughs, a surprisingly inspiring sound. "I'd rather have the peppermint tea--and cookies? Do you have cookies?"
"I do!"
"Oh, how marvelous!"
Ta'Om smiles. "Cookies! Yes! We can have a party, and talk about poetry and tell stories."
"You can tell stories. I think I'll carve something out of this wood, here." The Master Maker picks up a block of firewood and takes out a hammer and chisel. "But what should I make?" He looks at you, to see if you have a suggestion.
I head inside to start water and milk heating, and bring out the cookies, some more chairs and some art supplies. And a lantern. A late-night party of makers and changers sounds delightful to me. Does anyone need a table? Or anything else? Great. I'll be right back with our drinks and anything I forgot, and we can talk and create until people are ready to head home.
(no subject)
Date: 2017-09-10 08:24 am (UTC)I've taken a picture of your reading. Would you like me to send it to the e-mail you use for Paypal?
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Date: 2017-09-10 01:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-09-10 08:31 pm (UTC)