CARDS OF THE DAY: January 4, 2022

 

The Tower

from The Gill Tarot

by Elizabeth Josephine Gill

below: Princess (Page) of Swords and Prince (Knight) of Cups

 

 

January 4, 2022: We've seen The Tower before. Remember trying to save the puppy? But today's story, courtesy of Elizabeth Josephine Gill's Gill Tarot, offers a more traditional, Rider-Waite-based depiction of the card of sudden breakdowns and dramatic breakthroughs.

Originally, I shuffled the Gill and drew two cards--The Tower and Princess (Page) of Swords for us today. But I also happened to spy one of my favorite artworks from this deck, the moony Prince (Knight) of Cups, a child of nature. Don't miss the earthen goblet which, it would appear, he has freshly shaped from the clay and water before him.

I sensed the Prince wanted to come along into the story, and his longing was underscored when I took a closer look at the The Tower and realized that both our red-headed Princess and our crowned Prince were likely the same as The Tower's two figures depicted in mid-fall.

See what I mean?

As I've laid the cards out here, both figures fall (no pun) to the right of The Tower and so suggest that their fall has not been fatal. They have landed intact, surviving a period of upheaval that was out of their control. 

The Princess can refocus now on her studies, her expressiveness, and all matters of learning and the mind. Her growth continues. The Prince can find a safe space in which to open his highly-attuned senses to the environment and creatively shape what he wants to see in the world out of his love of the world.

The Tower can be something that needs to be struck by lightning, and it's destruction (or its profound change) is a beneficial outcome.

CARD OF THE DAY: November 9, 2021

 

 The Fool

from Elizabeth Josephine Gill's The Gill Tarot

 

November 9, 2021:

The Fool: As depicted by Elizabeth Josephine Gill in The Gill Tarot, this Fool is a happy-go-lucky charmer with a spry little, bushy-tailed ride-or-die dog on the alert. Both are energetic and adorable, and it's hard to not want to dance right off that ledge with The Fool.

So energetic is this particular Fool, that they (let me not gender this figure out of assumptions) were ready for me when I opened this deck after many, many years of not consulting it. It's one of my earliest decks, used frequently--and, then, not at all. I think I own in excess of 100 divination decks, not all strictly Tarot.

When I went to shuffle the Gill, I discovered that The Fool card was already turned outward, facing me, unlike all the other cards. It was kind of a Hello!

When I shuffled the deck and drew a card at random...well, you can guess. It was my friend, again right there, popping up to greet me. Tarot can be way amusing.

Or maybe it was more like, "Hey, lady! You're not getting rid of me that easily!" 

Considering that The Fool is, literally, the first card of 78 in a standard Tarot deck, it's kind of the ambassador, you know? I think this deck missed me.

For today, consider releasing into Play mode and allowing yourself to just be. Moving with The Fool means trust--primarily trusting yourself--and going with the flow of bodymindspirit. The Fool knows when the time is right to trust yourself and the underlying purpose of the playfulness of Spirit. Many good things can come of this, but it's not the time to think about what it can produce. Just be with it!