CARDS OF THE WEEKEND: March 19-20, 2022

 

Strength and Three of Wands

Oak, Ash & Thorn Tarot (Volume I of Three Trees Tarot)

by Stephanie Burrows with art by Adam Oehlers

 

March 1-20, 2022: Here's a completely different visual conception of Tarot's Strength card! Instead of a raging (or forcefully subdued) lion, in their Oak, Ash & Thorn Tarot, Stephanie Burrows and artist Adam Oehlers give us a magickal badger subduing a raging serpent. Forest creatures look on as the heroic and charming badger defends them against threat. Look at the infinity sign resting where its Third Eye chakra would be if badgers had chakras--and, surely, they have them!

There's strength in leadership and in community here, strength in the combination of nature's energies. Everybody brings something. The forest is less a thing than a dynamic interweaving of numerous interdependent beings, the key to survival. What message does that have for you?

I'm adding Three of Wands to your resources for this weekend and encouraging you to find the sacred space, bathed in atmospheric light, that this version of the card so clearly evokes. What has been lifted so that you now can breathe and enjoy peace?

Strength (especially in community) and sacred peace (in which you may sometimes be alone but never truly isolated) are the watchwords for your weekend.

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CARD OF THE DAY: December 3, 2021

 

Three of Wands

from World Spirit Tarot

by Lauren ‘Onça’ O’Leary

 

December 3, 2021: The multicultural World Spirit Tarot, by Lauren ‘Onça’ O’Leary, is an old, well-worn fave. I haven't used it in a long while, but I was happy to reach for it today. The Three of Wands is a welcome oracle for our day--offering an image of celebratory joy as you observe the way things are flowing for you.

Birds are flying; ships sailing. It's all in motion and going well, which might turn out to be a surprise for you if you spent way too much time worried and anxious.

When you take an overview--and you are strongly counseled to step away from the absorbing details for a minute and take that overview--you can see how all the pieces fit together, how they make sense, individually and as a whole, and how effectively they are actually doing what needs to be done.

The Wands are governed by the element of Fire, and the Three sets a moderate, steady, effective flame under what you've got cookin'. There's a feeling of confidence and assurance. Your creative response is your own affirmative, enthusiastic, energetic movement. As O'Leary has said elsewhere, “The greatest expression of Rebellion is Joy.”

A real feel-good card. I'm wishing you a feel-good day!

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