The Seed Moves

On Sunday night two weeks ago, I laid out a reading for myself using the Osho Zen Tarot deck. I wrote about the first half of the reading here, and now I’ll continue the interpretation with the Resources card, the seventh card laid: Courage, names Strength in the Rider-Waite tarot.

Osho says:

The seed cannot know what is going to happen, the seed has never known the flower. And the seed cannot even believe that he has the potentiality to become a beautiful flower. Long is the journey, and it is always safer not to go on that journey because unknown is the path, nothing is guaranteed. Thousand and one are the hazards of the journey, many are the pitfalls — and the seed is secure, hidden inside a hard core. But the seed tries, it makes an effort; it drops the hard shell which is its security, it starts moving. Immediately the fight starts: the struggle with the soil, with the stones, with the rocks. And the seed was very hard and the sprout will be very, very soft and dangers will be many.

There was no danger for the seed, the seed could have survived for millennia, but for the sprout many are the dangers. But the sprout starts towards the unknown, towards the sun, towards the source of light, not knowing where, not knowing why. Great is the cross to be carried, but a dream possesses the seed and the seed moves.

The same is the path for man. It is arduous. Much courage will be needed.

In the commentary, there is this: “There is no point fighting against the challenges of life, or trying to avoid or deny them. They are there, and if the seed is to become the flower, we must go through them. Be courageous enough to grow into the flower you are meant to be.”

And that was in the Resources position in my reading! What an amazing card in that position, how very inspiring. And, at the same time, it’s also a little bit nerve wracking. It feels amazing to think that this deck has so much faith in me, and humbling as well.

At the advice of a friend of mine, I’ve been working to increase my receptivity to the whispers of the spirit world, of my guides. I’ve been working towards lowering my shields and being more open, vulnerable and available. It’s damn scary work, but having this card arrive in my reading gives me much needed positive reinforcement.

The central cross portion of the reading also spoke of the need to be open to guidance from without. It advised me to listen to my intuition, become open to the world, and to be secure in myself and my insights. The reading told me to trust it, to trust myself, to trust life.

In trusting life, I will bloom, as the seed becomes the flower.

Sometimes Life is Life

So sorry for the lack of content this week; Life rose up and smacked me a good one. I’ll pick up where I left off next week — wait till you see what the rest of that tarot reading tried to tell me! I should have listened more closely.

Here’s hoping everyone is having a better week than I am!

Guilt

Last week, while I was working, I was shuffling the Osho Zen Tarot deck. Just holding the cards, listening to them, feeling them in my hands; flipping them and rearranging them, playing with the cards. A few of the cards kept coming up in the cut — when you hold a deck in your hands and separate them, look at where they come apart, notice the card showing; sometimes you’ll get the deck constantly cutting in the same place.

Sometimes when the deck cuts in the same place it means there’s a bent card, or that one of the cards has gotten nicked on the edge. I examined my deck, to see if that was the case. It wasn’t. So I shuffled the deck again, cut, and dealt out a reading. And, yes, I did have the same cards that had shown at the cut appear in the reading.

I didn’t have a chance to get in depth with the cards at that time — I was reading for others, mainly. It wasn’t until later, in the quiet of nap time, that I had an opportunity to re-lay the reading and look at it. Once more, the cards are heavy on the Major Arcana for me, as well as telling me both things I already knew as well as pointing out in unmistakable fashion things I wish I didn’t know.

Tarot Layout: the Three Card Spread

In Tarot readings one of the simplest and yet incredibly versatile spreads is the Three Card Spread. Very simply, the reader draws three cards and lays them out from left to right.

The progress from left to right is very easy for the Western mind to grasp; it’s a linear reading with each of the card proceeding from the one before it. If the querent is interested in the temporal aspect of a situation, the cards can be read as Past, Present and Future. In a time based three card reading, the past card relates what major influences resulted in the current situation. The present card represents the most important aspects of the present moment to look at, and the future card points out one possible outcome or something to be aware of.

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In addition to being a rather fabulous person, I am also a professional Tarot reader with 14 years of experience with the cards.

If you’re interested in a reading from me, please don’t hesitate to email me at enlightenment.tarot@gmail. There are no silly or weird questions; all areas of human life are open to the cards. Love, career or life path; past lives, future forecasts or an in depth look at the current situation.

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I am clairsentient and clairaudient: sometimes I ‘hear’ a message from the spirit world, and sometimes I simply ‘know’. I use the cards to give my abilities form and structure, as well as using the cards to increase the amount of detail and precision in my readings.

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The Magician; Tarot Trump 1

The Magician, Tarot Trump number 1, starts off the archetypal journey represented by the Major Arcana. The Fool stands as both the beginning and the end of the journey, outside and yet an integral part of the Major Arcana; The Magician represents the first step taken on the conscious journey. Where the Fool is unaware, innocent and unconscious of the ramifications of his actions, the Magician is very aware, very conscious.

In the Rider-Waite deck, the Magician stands at a table, upon which are four objects representing both the four suits of the Tarot but the four elements: a Cup for Water, a Sword for Air, a Coin or Pentacle for Earth and a Wand or Stave for Fire. The four objects on the table are also the symbols of work, ambition, intellect and love. The understanding here is that the Magician has control over the four elements, and thus over all the aspects of life.

Communicating Emotions

I’ve been reading Nonviolent Communication – A Language of Life, and it’s been very eye opening. I had thought that I was a good communicator, that I didn’t indulge in passive aggressive verbal attacks but I was wrong. There’s quite a lot of good crunchy thoughts in this book, and I find that I wind up having to stop and think every few pages.

My mom and I have a difficult relationship. There’s quite a lot about me and about my life that she simply doesn’t know. In college I told her once, told my whole family, really, that if they ever wanted to know the details about my life, they only had to ask. I find it telling that they’ve never actually asked me about my life.

I put the power to determine how deeply involved in my life my family is right into their hands. And they backed away from me, cautiously. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, after all, if a moody and strange young twenty-something challenged me to ask them about their life, I might back away too. In a way, I dared them to see me, to be curious about me, to make themselves a part of my life. It fits that fundamentalist Christians with not very much experience with alternative lifestyles would distance themselves.

Fast forward to today: my mom has developed the habit of sending me emails with links to evangelical Christian sermons. The one she sent me today is all about being of ‘good cheer‘, and how God can help you be successful, but only if you really want to be. The eye rolling is epic. While I can agree with the basic premise (success really is an attitude, and if you believe in yourself and work hard, eventually you’ll make it), I find myself reacting very strongly to the fact that my mother sent this to me. Guess who thinks I’m a failure…

Blog Talk Radio

Don’t forget to tune in today at 5pm CST for Tarot Talk on Blog Talk Radio! You can call in with questions or comments, and in the final half hour of the show (starting 5:30pm CST) call in for an on-air reading! The call in number is (347) 215-9790

I’m looking forward to answering your questions on the air!

ETA: I finished up about an hour and a half ago… That was incredibly fun! I hope that all the folks who tuned in to listen enjoyed the show and the readings, because I certainly did!

I was so hyped up after an hour of reading after reading that I just had to take the dogs on a walk around the neighborhood. There’s nothing quite so grounding as walking a couple of miles in the rain, with dogs by your side. I feel much more connected into the real world now.

For the coming week, look for essays on The Magician, the 3-Card Layout and I’ve got a post cued up about my relationship with my mom.

Here’s hoping everyone has a wonderful, brilliant and radiant week!

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Ten Card Celtic Cross Layout

If those sound like too much of a time commitment, don’t worry! I’ve also got a three card reading up for just five dollars! Body, Mind and Soul, or Past, Present, Future: your call.

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