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Deck: The Druid Oracles
Spread: Card of the Day
Date: Sun Dec 16 07:09:08 EST 2018
Today's Card
Earth Dragon
Draig-talamh
Pronunciation: Draig-talav
keywords
Power • Potential • Riches
The card shows a coiled dragon guarding a hoard of treasure in its cave. An old inhabitant of the Welsh village of Penllyne, who died at the turn of the century, insisted that his father and uncle had killed such dragons. In his boyhood he had seen them: coiled when resting, they "looked as if they were covered with jewels of all sorts. Some of them had crests sparkling with all the colours of the rainbow." When disturbed they glided swiftly, "sparkling all over," to their hiding places.
Upright Meaning Draig-talamh brings us face to face with our potential. Within us we have a treasure house of riches—of powers and capacities—which we can learn how to use. In the past we may have been denied access by the guardian of this treasure. But now we are coming to understand that this sometimes fierce guardian is in reality an aspect of ourselves. By coming to know and love Draig-talamh we will be able to unlock the secrets of our heart, and at the same time we will find ourselves discovering the beauty and the power that lie within the hearts of those around us and in the very earth itself.
Reversed Meaning Perhaps, somehow, you are relating in an inappropriate way to your inner reserves and potential. Draig-talamh guards the treasures of your soul fiercely, but he is your ally, not your enemy—do not try to kill him, and do not try to wrest the treasure from him. You may need to spend time befriending this creature who has slumbered in your soul for so long. A precipitous attempt to capitalize on your talents or express your potential may be unwise.
The Tradition of the EARTH DRAGON
The dragon shall be in the tumulus, old, rich in treasures
Beowulf
At the foot of the great chalk figure of the Uffington White Horse in Oxfordshire lies Dragon Hill. It is said that St. George slew a dragon here, and to this day the ground is poisoned by the dragon's blood, which is why no grass grows on certain patches of the hilltop. Some have suggested that the stylized horse facing the hill is in fact a representation of the dragon. Whether it is or not, the fact remains that the dragon and horse share the same association with earth energy—with the power of the land.
Although some legendary dragons are strongly linked with only one of the four elements, many of them happily partake of the characteristics of all the elements: sleeping in water-holes, curling their bodies around hills by day, and flying through the air or breathing flames whenever they wish. Quintessentially alchemical, they speak of the energies and powers that exist both within our own selves and within the landscape around us.
That landscape is constantly changing, and some scholars suggest that the Druids practiced their own version of the geomantic art known in China as Feng-shui. This natural science of creating harmony in the landscape involves an appreciation of the earth currents or dragon-lines that criss-cross the land, and the art of knowing what physical features to add or alter to create the most harmonious atmosphere—one which is both esthetically pleasing and energetically beneficial. From this viewpoint, dragons become ley-lines or energy currents, and "taming the dragon" becomes a metaphor for practicing geomancy, or for the dowsers' technique of "earth-acupuncture"—driving iron stakes into the ground to control or divert harmful earth currents.
The Barrow Guardians
In ancient times, barrows and harvest hills, stone circles and single standing stones were raised with a sense of reverence for the land and with an awareness of its inherently spiritual power. When a barrow was filled with valuable grave-goods to accompany the dead warrior or chieftain, it is highly probable that the early Druids invoked spirit guardians to keep watch over the treasure, just as Egyptian priests invoked spirit beings to guard the treasures of the royal tombs and terrify potential
Spread: Card of the Day
Date: Sun Dec 16 07:09:08 EST 2018
Today's Card
Earth Dragon
Draig-talamh
Pronunciation: Draig-talav
keywords
Power • Potential • Riches
The card shows a coiled dragon guarding a hoard of treasure in its cave. An old inhabitant of the Welsh village of Penllyne, who died at the turn of the century, insisted that his father and uncle had killed such dragons. In his boyhood he had seen them: coiled when resting, they "looked as if they were covered with jewels of all sorts. Some of them had crests sparkling with all the colours of the rainbow." When disturbed they glided swiftly, "sparkling all over," to their hiding places.
Upright Meaning Draig-talamh brings us face to face with our potential. Within us we have a treasure house of riches—of powers and capacities—which we can learn how to use. In the past we may have been denied access by the guardian of this treasure. But now we are coming to understand that this sometimes fierce guardian is in reality an aspect of ourselves. By coming to know and love Draig-talamh we will be able to unlock the secrets of our heart, and at the same time we will find ourselves discovering the beauty and the power that lie within the hearts of those around us and in the very earth itself.
Reversed Meaning Perhaps, somehow, you are relating in an inappropriate way to your inner reserves and potential. Draig-talamh guards the treasures of your soul fiercely, but he is your ally, not your enemy—do not try to kill him, and do not try to wrest the treasure from him. You may need to spend time befriending this creature who has slumbered in your soul for so long. A precipitous attempt to capitalize on your talents or express your potential may be unwise.
The Tradition of the EARTH DRAGON
The dragon shall be in the tumulus, old, rich in treasures
Beowulf
At the foot of the great chalk figure of the Uffington White Horse in Oxfordshire lies Dragon Hill. It is said that St. George slew a dragon here, and to this day the ground is poisoned by the dragon's blood, which is why no grass grows on certain patches of the hilltop. Some have suggested that the stylized horse facing the hill is in fact a representation of the dragon. Whether it is or not, the fact remains that the dragon and horse share the same association with earth energy—with the power of the land.
Although some legendary dragons are strongly linked with only one of the four elements, many of them happily partake of the characteristics of all the elements: sleeping in water-holes, curling their bodies around hills by day, and flying through the air or breathing flames whenever they wish. Quintessentially alchemical, they speak of the energies and powers that exist both within our own selves and within the landscape around us.
That landscape is constantly changing, and some scholars suggest that the Druids practiced their own version of the geomantic art known in China as Feng-shui. This natural science of creating harmony in the landscape involves an appreciation of the earth currents or dragon-lines that criss-cross the land, and the art of knowing what physical features to add or alter to create the most harmonious atmosphere—one which is both esthetically pleasing and energetically beneficial. From this viewpoint, dragons become ley-lines or energy currents, and "taming the dragon" becomes a metaphor for practicing geomancy, or for the dowsers' technique of "earth-acupuncture"—driving iron stakes into the ground to control or divert harmful earth currents.
The Barrow Guardians
In ancient times, barrows and harvest hills, stone circles and single standing stones were raised with a sense of reverence for the land and with an awareness of its inherently spiritual power. When a barrow was filled with valuable grave-goods to accompany the dead warrior or chieftain, it is highly probable that the early Druids invoked spirit guardians to keep watch over the treasure, just as Egyptian priests invoked spirit beings to guard the treasures of the royal tombs and terrify potential
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desecrators. In time these guardians have become known as the monstrous dragons who so jealously guard their hoards at such barrows as the "Dragon's Hoard" in Oxfordshire, the Old Field barrows in Shropshire, the Drakelow barrows in Derbyshire and Worcestershire, and the "Drake Howe" barrow in Yorkshire. There is even a long barrow that is supposed to contain the bones of a dragon killed and buried there—at Walmsgate, a corruption of "Wormsgate," in Lincolnshire.
Buried Treasure and the Inner Search
But treasure is not only found in barrows. Buried treasure within certain hills also has the benefit of a dragon guardian, such as Wormelow Tump in Herefordshire, and Money Hill on Gunnarton Fell in Northumberland. Under the Iron Age hill-fort of Cissbury in Sussex lies a hoard of gold, reached by way of a two-mile underground passage; but no one has ever succeeded in finding it because halfway along the tunnel two dragons stand guard.
The belief in treasure-guarding dragons is stronger in Wales than in England, although they tend to live in thick woods or on lonely hills, rather than in burial mounds or earthworks. An interesting feature of the tales concerning earth dragons is that unlike the air, fire and water dragons, they have minimal contact, if any, with human beings—no one tries to kill them and they spend no time devastating the countryside. Instead, they lie hidden and inactive unless disturbed. Although portrayed as having no trace of cruelty, like a slumbering volcano they carry the potential of threat and danger should they ever awake. Each of us has, perhaps, such a dragon guarding our inner riches. Concerned that none should violate the splendor of our innermost self, the dragon can sometimes deny even our waking consciousness access to these reserves of power and potential.
The earth dragon is found not only within the cave or center of the barrow or hill, but also curled around it. A powerful symbol of the journey of self-discovery and the spiritual quest is the maze or spiral form, which can sometimes be detected in the ridges found on the sides of certain hills such as Glastonbury Tor, or Bignor Hill in Sussex. In the legend of the Linton dragon, the spiral form of Wormington Hill was created when the dragon in its death throes coiled itself around the hill and contracted, squeezing it into its present shape.
There is a connection between the dragon that slumbers coiled around the hill or around the treasure in the cave of the heart, and the creature we discover at the center of the maze or spiral. Both are aspects of ourself—both can be seen as Guardians of the Threshold—to be respected and loved but also challenged and perhaps in certain senses overcome. Whether the maze is classical with seven rings, such as the sixth-century carvings found in Hollywood, Ireland, and Tintagel in Cornwall, or simply the triple spiral as found at the far more ancient sites of Newgrange in Ireland or Achnabreck in Scotland, it is generally agreed that such symbols represent the journey of the soul in and out of incarnation. If we can face the dragon-guardian of the treasure-house of the soul and Otherworld with sincerity and humility, it may well guide us through the labyrinth to the heart of the world, there to find the inspiration and the courage to be reborn again in time and space.
Presented by The Druid Oracles app from The Fool's Dog.
Buried Treasure and the Inner Search
But treasure is not only found in barrows. Buried treasure within certain hills also has the benefit of a dragon guardian, such as Wormelow Tump in Herefordshire, and Money Hill on Gunnarton Fell in Northumberland. Under the Iron Age hill-fort of Cissbury in Sussex lies a hoard of gold, reached by way of a two-mile underground passage; but no one has ever succeeded in finding it because halfway along the tunnel two dragons stand guard.
The belief in treasure-guarding dragons is stronger in Wales than in England, although they tend to live in thick woods or on lonely hills, rather than in burial mounds or earthworks. An interesting feature of the tales concerning earth dragons is that unlike the air, fire and water dragons, they have minimal contact, if any, with human beings—no one tries to kill them and they spend no time devastating the countryside. Instead, they lie hidden and inactive unless disturbed. Although portrayed as having no trace of cruelty, like a slumbering volcano they carry the potential of threat and danger should they ever awake. Each of us has, perhaps, such a dragon guarding our inner riches. Concerned that none should violate the splendor of our innermost self, the dragon can sometimes deny even our waking consciousness access to these reserves of power and potential.
The earth dragon is found not only within the cave or center of the barrow or hill, but also curled around it. A powerful symbol of the journey of self-discovery and the spiritual quest is the maze or spiral form, which can sometimes be detected in the ridges found on the sides of certain hills such as Glastonbury Tor, or Bignor Hill in Sussex. In the legend of the Linton dragon, the spiral form of Wormington Hill was created when the dragon in its death throes coiled itself around the hill and contracted, squeezing it into its present shape.
There is a connection between the dragon that slumbers coiled around the hill or around the treasure in the cave of the heart, and the creature we discover at the center of the maze or spiral. Both are aspects of ourself—both can be seen as Guardians of the Threshold—to be respected and loved but also challenged and perhaps in certain senses overcome. Whether the maze is classical with seven rings, such as the sixth-century carvings found in Hollywood, Ireland, and Tintagel in Cornwall, or simply the triple spiral as found at the far more ancient sites of Newgrange in Ireland or Achnabreck in Scotland, it is generally agreed that such symbols represent the journey of the soul in and out of incarnation. If we can face the dragon-guardian of the treasure-house of the soul and Otherworld with sincerity and humility, it may well guide us through the labyrinth to the heart of the world, there to find the inspiration and the courage to be reborn again in time and space.
Presented by The Druid Oracles app from The Fool's Dog.
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Forwarded from 🔊 Intuitive Outreach • Intuitive Social Centers • Intuitive Public Radio • IPR ••• (Max (Meg Morris))
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I really love this. There's another one for Indigenous folk that I shared yesterday - I will try to find it.
Yes please ✨💞✨
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