A Full Moon Card Draw

[wyld_dandelyon]

With the current state of politics, I'm feeling more need for insight and inspiration than usual, and I'm thinking my friends might also be feeling the same. So I'm going to try to schedule card readings more often this year, hopefully at least once a month at either the full moon or then new (or possibly both).

It's a Full New Moon tonight, so I figure I'll offer to draw cards for a while. I am hoping to send some good energy out into the world, to spark some hope and creativity. You can ask about real life or a creative project, or 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.

I hope you will stop by my garden. There's still some snow outside, so we'll pass through the frost-covered rose bushes and head inside. I have a little round glass table that's etched with a dragon design; we can sit there by candle light or turn the lava lamps on. You and I can share hot chocolate or tea and chat, and you can get a reading if you would like one. Both new friends and old are welcome.

For a day or two 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, ask 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 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.

Please consider dropping something in the guitar case below. Readings take time and energy, and even though the Milwaukee winter, like everything else, has been affected by global warming, winter heat is pricey and old houses always need repair somewhere or other.

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

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 that 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 at least through Saturday night, and longer for paid readings since, between the holidays and being in these days of low LJ usage, people may find the post late.

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

[magenta-girl.livejournal.com]

I would love a card! No preference. And thank you. :)

Taitin the Sylph

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

We sit down for tea, and you look over the various teas I have, thinking about what you'd like. There's no hurry. My grandmother's old water boiling pan is on the stove, a flame under it, the Lake Michigan-cold water will take a while to heat.

As we chatter sleepily, a tiny, bright figure flies between us, scattering a fine, gleaming dust over us. Instantly, we're wide awake, ideas flitting in our minds as brightly (and quickly) as the sylph herself. She pauses on one of the teacups and peruses the boxes. "These are boring!"

I pull out an old craft box and open it to show bottles and baggies of different herbs. "You can mix your own, if you want." I offer her a metal tea ball, though it's larger than her head.

"Oh, this is marvelous!" She takes on large rose petal and places it in one half of the ball, adding a pinch of thyme and a handful of chammomile petals, a fragment of hibiscus petal and some tiny mint leaves and sniffs. "Close--what do you think?" She waves it under our noses and asks what we'd add, then rummages around, adding a bit of this and a bit of that and topping it off with more fairy dust.

I pull out the pottery tea pot my daughter made me. It's low and almost resembles a genie's lamp. Taitin closes the tea ball and places it inside just as the old metal boiling pan starts to whistle. I retrieve the boiling water and pour it into the tea kettle and then rummage around in the kitchen cabinet to find the smallest mug I've got, a souvenir from a holiday dinner with my family.

"Now, then, what were we talking about?" None of us is really sure but in a moment we're talking about everything and nothing, hopping from topic to topic nimbly and naturally. We turn to creative projects and brainstorm for a while, then start to study the different ideas, trying to find the most suitable one for each of us. We voice our opinions freely, feeling safe to change our minds--or not--depending on what we can learn from each other.

Finally, we have tea and cookies, but we keep talking until it's time to move on. Taitin's fairy dust brought energy and creativity and logic, all at once. Before she goes, she gives you a glittering vial, so you will have more when you need it. "Call me any time! This has been fun."

Re: Taitin the Sylph

[magenta-girl.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for this!