We’re beginning with our cards today, so we* can get the feel of where this post is going. My focus is being challenged because Dan and I have had the most ridiculous pseudo-arguments all day long. We walked earlier (pictures below) and then we went to the pool. Our class was put on thunder delay, and that always messes with my concentration. Fortunately there was only one, so we missed just fifteen minutes out of the hour. But now, as I sit here with wet hair, it feels as though I’m entirely off-center.
*And by “we” I obviously mean just me. Because as much as we love our chatty comment section, it really only is ME writing this part. (Mostly, there is that whole “I’m the radio” factor going on every day here. But I still have to do the typing!)
Often it helps to look at our message, to see which direction I need to go, or aim.
“The Dream ~ 6 ~ Water: Emotions
Some enchanted evening you are going to meet your soulmate, the perfect person who will meet all your needs and fulfill all your dreams. Right? Wrong. This fantasy that songwriters and poets are so fond of perpetuating has its roots in memories of the womb, where we were so secure and ‘at one’ with our mothers; it’s no wonder we have hankered to return to that place all our lives. But, to put it quite brutally, it is a childish dream. And it’s amazing we hang on to it so stubbornly in the face of reality.
Nobody, whether it is your current mate or some dreamed-of partner in the future, has any obligation to deliver our happiness on a platter – nor could they even if they wanted to. Real love comes not from trying to solve our neediness by depending on another, but by developing our own inner richness and maturity. Then we have so much love to give that we naturally draw lovers towards us.
Suppression (r) ~ 10 ~ Fire: action
The figure on this card is quite literally ‘all tied up in knots.’ His light still shines within, but he has repressed his own vitality trying to meet so many demands and expectations. He has given up all his own power and vision in return for being accepted by the very same forces that have imprisoned him. The danger of suppressing one’s natural energy in this way is apparent in the cracks of a volcanic eruption about to take place around the edge of the image.
The real message of the card is to find a healing outlet for this potential explosion. It is essential to find a way to release whatever tensions and stresses might be building up inside you right now. Beat on a pillow, jump up and down, go out into the wilderness and scream at the empty sky – anything to shake up your energy and allow it to circulate freely. Don’t wait for a catastrophe to happen.
Understanding (r) ~ Page Of Water ~ Mastery of Emotions
The bird pictured on this card is looking out from what seems to be a cage. There is no door, and actually the bars are disappearing. The bars were an illusion, and this small bird is being summoned by the grace and freedom and encouragement of the others. It is spreading its wings, ready to take flight for the very first time.
The dawn of a new understanding – that the cage has always been open, and the sky has always been there for us to explore - can make us feel a little shaky at first. It’s fine, and natural to be shaky, but don’t let it overshadow the opportunity to experience the lightheartedness and adventure on offer, right there alongside the shakiness. Move with the sweetness and gentleness of this time. Feel the fluttering within. Spread your wings and be free.”
Whenever we get those contrary cards I wait to see why. And this time, it was nicely validating. What these mean is that we are learning, we are evolving, understanding what’s being said in our messages and manifesting it into doing a better job as we go along.
No longer are we bound and hunched over like that Suppression guy, we can see our way out now. No longer are we fooled by the real-life knowledge of Soulmate fiction, we know that to love others we must love ourselves first. And finally, we are able to see the freedom we’ve always had, and appreciate it.
Beauty.
Right in front of us.
Yesterday, with all the animal gorgeousness and fun, I forgot to share this picture. Today, as we walked through the gate, Dan grabbed his phone and took the same shot.
Beauty.
Still.
Nice. We both saw it, and we both wanted to share it. Oh, and before I forget, today there won’t be a Daily Dog to share. Grand Dog has had a relapse on the anxiety accidents. I didn’t want to contribute to that and chase him around trying to get a decent shot of “Max Sitting In That Same Chair Again” so I just left him alone. If you need to see cute, look at any other day in the past month, there’s plenty of Maximum Adorability to be found, just not on this particular post.
The only foreign plate we saw all day.
We wandered the neighborhood this afternoon, not long after we got up. The rain is still a factor, with the added bonus of humidity (not something we generally have to deal with). We’re having trouble figuring out how to dress. I keep wearing shorts, then layering on garments above the waist (the better to strip them off later).
For perspective.
Everything we walked past was water-logged and droopy. Sure, we are USED to precipitation, just not CONTINUOUSLY in the supposed summer like this, with so few breaks to dry out in between.
We argued about this,
too.
Don’t ask.
Tomorrow we have to go in search of some new swim-wear for my Beloved. And visit the internet/cable folks AGAIN. (No, it is NOT fucking fixed, thankyouverymuch.) Plus gather food items for our next journey away. Should be festive!
Today’s Deck:
Osho Zen Tarot
I like the card explanation about the bird flying out of it’s self-imposed cage.
Sorry you and Dan bickered but maybe you can have fun making up.
Sorry, too, about the thunder. Taking my gkids swimming later today. I’ll think of you.
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Hope your pool time was great!
J
10:27 p.m.
6-26-12
Blah, fighting (or even pseudo-fighting) is NO FUN! Blame Saturn’s direct station (the 25th), or Venus, who is still retrograde, about to station direct (at long last) the 27th.
Hmm, quite interesting, and seemingly contradictory, to have both Suppression and Understanding reversed. Good message that came through.
Ooooh, pretty flowers!
Oh, yes, this plate reminds me of a great little guide Doreen put out about number repeats (2:22, for instance), and combos (445, for instance), and what the angels are trying to tell you when you notice these things (or have them oh-so-subtly put in your face by a license plate). http://spiritlibrary.com/doreen-virtue/number-sequences-from-the-angels .
4′s and 5′s are: “Your angels are involved in one of your significant life changes right now.” Another nice validation!
What on earth did that poor little beautiful blue feather do to deserve to be argued about??? (Oh, woops, I wasn’t’ supposed to ask… pretend I didn’t’ say anything.
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OH!!! Thank you for sharing this link from Doreen. PERFECT! (Now, how do I save this entire page…..)
J
10:33 p.m.
6-26-12
You have two options: you can either highlight and copy all the text, then open a blank word-processing document and paste it into that, then save it (or print it out), or you can just bookmark the page (which was what I did).
The deer ate my day ilies, thank you for posting pictures of yours so I can enjoy someones. That was a big thunder/lightning bolt we got, but I am glad there was only one. It is still Juneuary, and summer won’t arrive until after the weekend of the 4th of July, per usual. We need a Pacific Northwet version of groundhog day to tell us when summer weather will arrive.
Nice message in Osho’s cards today. I freely and voluntarily admit the strong personal bias when I look at his explanations, and some of them were actually pretty good today.
Mrs. Denial and I were in the same sort of “tiff” yesterday, at about thunder time…
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Duly noted. I completely understand, and know how you feel about this deck. Just don’t forget, he had nothing to do with those definitions, nor the illustrations.
And, see Corina’s comment above, regarding what the planets are up to.
J
10:36 p.m.
6-26-12
Interesting set of cards.
Sorry Max is having anxiety. Hope he gets better. Sierra gives her cats the occasionally calming treat (they are specifically for calming down her non-dogs, but I bet they have them for dogs).
Sorry you argued over the blue feather. It’s pretty.
We are having high temps (have officially entered the 100s) and low humidity (under 50%), which is weird. The high temps are too early and the humidity is low, but I’ll take that. Keeps the mosquitoes down.
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Good suggestion about the treats. He DID have some of those, for actual dogs, but I think we’ve run out. The “cookies” she brought him the last time are NOT his favorite. He’ll eat them….
but he’ll do it begrudgingly.
J
10:39 p.m.
6-26-12
Sorry you are doing so much arguing.
I hope today is better. Good luck with the internet/cable folks. May their heads not be hard and their applicable knowledge be great.
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Your prayer/charm worked! The line was like one person long, and the guy was super nice, and VERY knowledgeable. Plus, no issues with the part.
So far so good!!! Thank you!
J
10:42 p.m.
6-26-12
Hmmm. Multiple feathers and birds flying out of ‘cages’.
I feel for your internet crap. We just spent fun with that. Internet would come up for like a minute and then go off. On/Off On/Off It was driving me CRAZY! My husband got on the phone, with a real human being no less, and found out that someone has just started up their own, and I’m not sure I’m right on the terminology here, IP address. Ours/Wireless provider? was point something different than theirs and we kept trying to hook up with theirs instead of our wireless provider. And, of course, couldn’t. They delved into our stuff, turns out they can follow our signal right back through our router, and found out that we didn’t have the exact numerology for them any more either. So they, and my husband on our end, fixed that so we are connected directly now. However, they said it wouldn’t be too much longer before our old router would have trouble keeping up with the signals and we would get slower than dirt again. **head to desk** I swear this shit never ends. Time to get another post up before something else comes along. I just couldn’t imagine trying to download pictures if this gets any slower, you know? And we’ll have to buy the new router. There are no spares at my husband’s workplace and they are having a bad year, finanacially, so they won’t be buying us one. They are still paying for the internet, though. *Blessing Counted* And my husband still has a job. *Blessing Counted*
You’re my age. How the hell did we get so attached to technology? And, Oh, By the Way… I justed forked out $29.99 so I can get my Tour de France fix online. *shakes head at self*
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Well shit. We had a similar thing happen here recently, someone had tapped into a line or something? And it was bogging everyone in the neighborhood down. Really bizarre, and the cable/internet company was originally stumped, then pissed.
Yeah, router was our issue du jour. All those damn parts are obsolete in like five fucking seconds of installation.
(I don’t know. We just got attached to the convenience and now we’re stuck.)
J
10:49 p.m.
6-26-12
The bird flying out of a self imposed cage. Nice image and timely.
The flowers are so pretty.
Just me grumping, but computers and I have not been friends. Fought me at work and now I can’t even comment on my own blog. ahahaha
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Ask the angels for help. And your brother. NOT kidding! I call on my sister all the time. Never for computer shit, but ya know, for other stuff.
J
10:59 p.m.
6-26-12