New Moon Readings

[wyld_dandelyon]

I'm going to try something different this time around.  ( Being a New Moon, it should be a good time to experiment.)

I have a Tarot post due at my Patreon, but between the work I'm doing to try to get better elected officials into office, some totally unnecessary interpersonal drama, and my head full of the work in progress, I open a blank page to write about Tarot and it stays blank..  I'm also getting ready to perform at the 19th Street Coffeehouse in their Midwinter Talent Contest on Saturday, I've got a Writer's Group meeting on Sunday, and a sick cat who needs extra care in his old age.  So, I've lots of non-Tarot things cluttering my brain, and I'm finding that I don't seem to have any handy topic-hooks handy for a proper reasonable-sized post.  (I know there's lots of possible hooks, they're just evading me.)

So, instead of free readings, I propose the following:

• Anyone who poses at least one question/topic about Tarot, writing, music, art, or some other creative thing I do can request a card.
• If you don't want a card, you can still ask a question or suggest a topic (or more than one), and receive my thanks for your kindness.
• All of my Patrons over on Patreon can ask for a card, and people who are Patrons specifically for my Tarot work get two.  Just remind me.  Please feel free to ask a question or suggest a topic if you want, but it's not required of patrons.
• Anyone who tips can also get a card whether or not they pose a question or topic hook.  The guitar case below is my personal PayPal link, featuring my own artwork, which still inspires me even though it isn't Tarot-related. 
• Patrons, people who have tipped, and people who have signal boosted (for this draw or for my Patreon) can ask a clarifying question after I do their reading, and I will draw another card for you.
• I am continuing to offer a five-card reading for $25, or if you want a larger reading we can discuss costs.  

As always, new friends and old are very welcome.

About the readings,

You may ask about real life or a creative project, even for a character you play in 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 your protagonist or villain, 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. Let me know if you have any particular request.

You can pick from my decks, including the Brian Froud's Faeries Oracle, the Daughters of the Moon Tarot (one of the round decks), or the Shapeshifter Tarot. If you want a Guide to companion you in the new year or the holidays, the Susan Seddon Boulet or Fairies Oracle both work well. If you don't pick a deck, I might pick from any of the decks available to me (I have a whole shelf of them).

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--just let me know some topic or question you'd like me to post about.  

If you're not a Patron, and I use your question for a patrons-only post, I will privately share that post with you as a thank-you.  If I use it for a public post, I'll reply with the link.

When 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 $2 (Paypal charges fees). If Paypal doesn't work for you, drop me a message and we'll work something out.

I will reply to all requests, though with the contest and writers group this weekend, there may be a little delay, depending on when I see your post.

Thank you, and Blessed Be.

Status: Open!   I plan to leave this post open through Sunday night.

As always, while I work hard to offer insight and inspiration, all I can legally promise is entertainment. See my "Dandelyon's Readings" page if you have questions.

Comments

Bee

[wyld_dandelyon]

For you, I am drawing a card from the pathfinders deck, because you share so many photos of different animals.

The first thing that comes to mind for Bee is the whole busy bee thing, but I really don't think that cliche is your message. Bees wander where they will, enjoying the flowers along the way, and bring back their harvest to make sweet honey. They care for each other, and share what they've learned about where the best flowers are in little dances, so their friends and co-workers can enjoy the same experiences that they did.

This seems to be very like you, always sharing the little joys you find whether it's photos, someone else's art, or your own art or fiction. I think that Bee is telling you that seeking out the sweetness and brightness in the world and transforming it into something nourishing and delightful is an important component of your creative process (and also an important support of your creativity and health), and that doing those things should never be discounted as unimportant or frivolous. Those things are just as fundamentally vital to you and yours as flowers and honey are to a bee hive.

And though you may never see it, your actions make a bigger difference too. The honeybee may not know that when they dance for joy and sip the sweet nectar in a flower, they are fertilizing it so the plant can produce fruit and seeds, but many others depend on that process so they can eat and, in turn, find joy in the world and spread that joy in whatever ways they do that--but at the minimum, helping to spread the seeds so that every year there will be a new generation of the flowers that the bees depend on.