It is a well established fact around here that I do not wear, nor am I drawn to, vibrant colors. I like black. And gray. Occasionally navy, or extremely drab greens/browns. Sometimes denim, if it is older than a full decade. All the walls in The Burrow are white (or more correctly, dingy grayish-formerly-white). Sometimes I accidentally end up with things that are more brilliantly hued. It is never intentional, and I almost never choose them.
Recently Empress had some friends over to her place, they were doing a clothing swap. They brought boxes and baskets of garments that they just weren’t wearing, and they shared them around. She deposited the leavings in our living room, so her sister and I could go through them before they headed off to a donation center. When she was foraging around the house for something else that day, we found a pair of wooden clogs in a plastic bag. None of us know where these shoes came from. And they were NOT from the clothing swap pile, that hadn’t even happened yet. But that is where they eventually landed.
This was the phone photo I sent to my girls earlier. Me, wearing the found shoes, and one of two pairs of jeans I discovered in the donation stack. Yeah, I dressed in assorted hand-me-downs today. It was awesome in its absurdity. But the reason I’m sharing this entirely useless and ridiculous tale is because of our new oracle deck. We are on our second crystal today.
I know next to nothing about this form of divination, and I’m finding it quite fascinating. I had to do some googling around this afternoon though, because I was curious about what we drew on the altar. I’d never heard of this before. It’s called crocoite. Which, as I have now learned, has absolutely nothing to do with reptiles. The name comes from ”the Greek krokos, meaning saffron, in allusion to the color.” Well, huh. Apparently brightness, like perky, can just happen. To any of us. Who knew? Then I found this as well:
“Crocoite is a rather unusual lead mineral and can be a beautiful and colorful specimen. Crocoite provides a nice brightness to the mineral kingdom and is well known for its distinctive orange-red tones. Its main source of quality specimens comes from the Dundas District of Tasmania, Australia. The crystals there are usually long thin prisms. Crocoite’s high density and luster are the result of its lead content. Some crocoite aggregates are composed of bars and splinters, of differing sizes, going in a dozen different directions and produces a certain character to these specimens that is distinctive of the brilliant crystals in this category. Crocoite is also one of the very few chromate minerals. Beautiful specimens that show off crocoite’s unique color, high luster and unusual character are a prized addition to anyones collection.”
Seriously, I love to learn shit like this. Here’s the card, and what the guidebook has to say about the message.
“Crocoite ~ change ~ creativity ~ sexuality.
A new phase in your life is just around the corner. Creative possibilities surface from a chance encounter with someone new. This encounter stimulates inspiration, passion, and a greater optimism for life. Your sexual energy is also on the rise and this draws new people and circumstances into your life that you will find exciting and stimulating. Wonderful changes are in store for you, yet you are also being warned to be cautious. Appearances can often be deceiving, so look for inner beauty and truth before you allow yourself to be swept off your feet.”
I like the way Toni gets right to the point, and encourages us to use our inner guidance in his definitions, while keeping a nicely positive spin going. (I already love this deck very much.) Here is what he says about the meanings he’s assigned to each crystal:
“For the ‘Crystal Oracle’ I have simply selected crystals that have drawn my attention. I have intuitively tuned into each crystal to write the following messages. Crystals are interactive; they can resonate and attune to our energies just as we can attune and resonate to theirs. Like colour and sound they are ultimately pure vibration. Each colour, each crystal, and each sound, has its own particular note or frequency which is multidimensional in nature. It is, therefore, impossible for us to put an exact and final definition on them. We can never adequately put into our three dimensional language that which is, in essence, multidimensional and eternal in nature.”
When I flipped the card I had not yet gotten dressed for my day, and I didn’t even realize, until I got home from my erranding, that there was this commonality of vibrant colors, enhanced frequencies, being sort of forced upon me. It was raining again, but the sun did come out and shine a bit in between cloud bursts. I’m taking these frighteningly pink shoes, and this “saffron” crystal as signs. They must mean something…
My foreign license plate spotting began with Michigan this time, followed closely by Illinois, Alaska, Pennsylvania, Arizona, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. The only other thing I saw that was entertaining was a dad-type guy walking near a school, he was carrying an umbrella. Here in Rain City USA, it is actually sort of rare to see anyone doing this, I have no idea why, but we just don’t use them. This one was gray, with small, brightly colored cartoonish dogs and cats printed on it, which made me laugh at the subliminal joke over his head. He obviously is not from around here, and he also obviously, has a great sense of humour. Again, I am taking this as a sign.
