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Deck: The Enchanted Tarot
Spread: Card of the Day
Date: Sat Nov 24 15:31:18 EST 2018


Today's Card
17 THE STAR (Upright)

the dream

There is peace after a storm. A star of hope and wonder shines in the heavens, promising spiritual illumination and inspiration. Below, with one foot on the land and the other poised magically on the surface of the stream of the unconscious, a nearly-naked maiden stands entranced. She is joyously receiving the waters of the pond, which rise up to her from an enchanted water lily while she pours an endless shower of stars from her two cupped hands, back into the flower. She shows that as heaven nourishes the earthly universe, the beauty of the physical world nourishes heaven. The star in her hair is truly a star upon which to wish for little miracles, with the guilelessness of a child. The response will be love, beauty, peace and help of all kinds. In the realm of The Star all is fresh and new, all is innocence. The maiden's language is poetry and art as she is in perfect accord with her spiritual gift. The Star is a reminder that after the storm of life's upheavals, there is a cleansing and purifying time when a sense of wonder heralds new belief that dreams can come true.

the awakening

Take time to recharge yourself with a period of relaxation. Enjoy being "the star" of your own life story. This is a time for the quiet excitement and pure enjoyment of spiritual ideas and concepts. Let your ideas pour out to nourish those you love. Let your mind dwell on what is good and pleasant in your life and avoid negativity for a while. It is important that you express your creative urge by either making or enjoying art.

the enchantment

Cut out a star the size of your hand, from a sheet of pale blue paper, on the night before a full moon. Place it under a glass of water and leave it there until the night following the full moon. Drink the water and think: "As I drink this water, I am inspired by the moon and stars." Close your eyes and receive a message. Write it down on the star and keep it safe.



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Deck: Dark Goddess Tarot
Spread: Card of the Day
Date: Sat Nov 24 22:07:36 EST 2018


Today's Card
Five of Fire ~ Eris (Upright)

Greek Goddess of Chaos and Strife

Run from trouble, it comes back double.

Eris (pronounced air-iss), the Greek goddess of strife, lives to create chaos. She stirs up trouble everywhere she goes, whether it is an unexpected quarrel among friends, a crowd gone riot, or a full-scale conflict. She accompanies her brother Ares, the god of war, into battle, delighting in the horrific and senseless violence. Her thirst for blood is insatiable. Even after the war is over she haunts the battlefield, stalking through the destruction and gloating in her accomplishments.

Because Eris is such unpleasant company, she is the only goddess not invited to the wedding of the sea goddess Thetis. Angry, she turns up anyway. Out of spite and wickedness, she tosses amongst the guests a golden apple inscribed “to the fairest.” Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena all claim it, and their rivalry will trigger the events that lead to the Trojan War and the devastation of an ancient city and people. Ruining a single wedding may have been the better choice.

Aesop tells a somewhat contrary tale of another of Eris’s enchanted apples, but contrariness is one of the qualities of the goddess. In going through a narrow pass, Herakles sees an apple on the ground and tries to smash it with his club. Every time he strikes the apple it grows, until it completely blocks his path. He is dumbfounded and cannot think how to proceed. Athena tells him this is Strife: leave it alone, it stays small. Fight it, and it grows big. The hero learns striking out blindly and violently does no good.

The older, perhaps wiser, Hesiod says that Eris has two sides. One is awful and cruel, but the other is not. Her kinder side is no less energetic, but what she bestirs is action among the shiftless and aimless, and what she brings is change.

When Eris appears:

Do not borrow trouble. Imagining potential conflict scenarios floods your system with stress hormones. This makes you touchy and so makes trouble more likely.

If you fight fire with fire a conflagration will be at hand.

Denial of conflict or anger may smooth things over for a while, but it will then burst out with more force, damage, and danger. Make more peace for yourself in the future by acting now.

Rage cannot be reasoned with, but it may be deflected. Humor or energetic activity may help.

If you are fighting with yourself, nothing can be achieved. Determine which parts of yourself are clamoring because they need a hearing and which just want to stir up trouble.



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Deck: Dark Goddess Tarot
Spread: Card of the Day
Date: Sun Nov 25 11:23:33 EST 2018


Today's Card
Siren of Air ~ Lilith (Reversed)

Babylonian Goddess of Darkness

Be seduced by the strange to grow your mind.

Lilith spreads her shadow over her own origins. She is Sumerian and Babylonian, she is Jewish and European. She is a powerful goddess, a spirit of the wind, an evil succubus. Her oldest known titles include Maid of Desolation and Maiden of Darkness. Lil means wind or spirit. Sexual female demons called lilitu appear in Sumerian writings from 3000 BCE. In Christian and Jewish medieval folklore, Lilith is a sexual vampire, a succubus, delighting in the defilement of men by causing them wet dreams.

Lilith the winged storm demon represents the goddess Inanna’s fears that she must conquer in the Sumerian tale of the Huluppu Tree. This is a sacred tree Inanna plants in her garden and tends until she comes of age, when she must cut it down to make her bed and throne. But the Dark Maid has made her home in the tree trunk, her bird has made a nest in its branches, and her snake has curled among its roots. In Hebrew legend, Lilith is called Night Owl and Screech Owl. She refuses to have sex beneath Adam and is cursed to give birth to one hundred demon children each day. Both of these stories end with her fleeing into the desert to find peace.

Even in a single ancient depiction, Lilith defies a simple definition. With her wings, taloned feet, and dire owl companions, she is a demon of the night, reflecting the mysteries of dream and death. Her jewels and her crown, the shugurra crown of the steppe composed of multiple horns, are all symbols of the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Her frontal nakedness sings with the power of sexuality and fertility. The rod and rings in her hands speak of universal laws and principles. Her gaze is direct, her hands are uplifted in a holy gesture. She holds sway over realms of violence, fear, and mystery. She holds sovereignty over sexuality and all forces of nature, over the complete, magical processes of life and death.

When Lilith appears:

In darkness, fears and monsters multiply. Use your imagination to entertain yourself, not harm yourself. Know where you are pushing the boundaries about what is reasonable, even while knowing that some things will never make sense.

In darkness, power hides. Know it, face it, release it, work it. Quit hiding from yourself all that you are and all that you feel. It is time to quit compromising your soul.

Dark desires do not have to be acted out in illicit ways to be useful for creation or motivation. Denial does not illuminate the darkness.

In this world, sex and death come intertwined. They exist one with another to bring endless variety to life.



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Deck: The Gaian Tarot
Spread: Card of the Day
Date: Sun Nov 25 23:05:07 EST 2018


Today's Card
Explorer of Fire (Reversed)

The Explorer of Fire spins her flaming orbs through the darkness, making a pattern of dazzling light that arcs, loops, and falls. Her movements are as sensuous and sinuous as a serpent, and just as mesmerizing. She has practiced long hours to make her movements look effortless. But the skill of fire spinning requires her to be balanced, coordinated, flexible, and daring. She wears the mask of a fire goddess; in her trance state, perhaps she becomes one. As the flames whoosh! around her, she enters the silence at the center of the circle. Fire dancers say that none of them escapes being burned at least once. Fire consumes and transforms. Fire is dangerous, erotic, and hot. The fire spinner’s ally is Salamander, who offers the gift of assisting us through our transformations or re-energizing us when life seems devoid of passion.

When you get this card in a reading . . .

Someone is playing with fire. What fast-paced, high-energy situations are being ignited? Taking risks energizes. This is a chance to entertain and dazzle. Share your enthusiasm and let the sparks fly. Creativity and eroticism can revitalize something that has become stale.

The Explorer inspires others by taking a bold stand. She is willing to ignore possible danger, moving quickly and fearlessly on important issues that she is passionate about. Be bold! Now is the time to take courageous action.

When you read the Shadow side of this card . . .

Find the still center in the midst of the fire dance. Beware of a volatile temper or situation. Someone may be headstrong, or lack self-discipline, making them more reckless than courageous. There could be a tendency to get charged up about something, only to let the fire fizzle when something or someone else comes along. Is the fastest or most exciting way necessarily the best way to move forward?

Affirmation
 
I dare to be transformed by the flames of passion and creativity.



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Deck: Dark Goddess Tarot
Spread: Card of the Day
Date: Mon Nov 26 20:58:53 EST 2018


Today's Card
Eight of Earth ~ Cailleach (Upright)

Scottish Goddess of Winter

The mountain is built stone by stone.

The Cailleach (pronounced ky-loch or ka-loch) is the hag of winter, the mother of the gods, and the goddess of mountains, rocks, and cold, bare earth. In Scotland weather comes from the high peaks, for storm clouds build up among them. From there, winter spreads across the countryside. Cailleach means veiled or hooded, like a mountain wrapped in mist.

A blue-skinned, cyclopean giantess, the Cailleach strides across the mountaintops on her yearly journey across the land from the Irish to the North Sea. Rocks fall from her apron to become stony hills and great boulders. She washes the plaid across her shoulders in a great whirlpool on the west coast to signal the end of summer and the beginning of her reign as winter's queen. The next day the land is covered in snow. Her hair is brushwood, her face the color of cold, deep sky. Her single eye shows her power to see time and space at a different level, more as tools than constraints. She looks past things too small for her to notice. She builds stone by stone but on a grand scale. She makes mountains. She builds a homeland.

The red deer of the mountains are called the cattle of the Cailleach. Hers is an ancient world of hunters, not herders, of deer, not cattle. She gathers her deer and guides them to protected vales at the onset of winter. Similarly, she offers shelter to careful travelers. For others, she calls up a storm and allows them to perish. The Cailleach has a thrice-knotted rope that holds her power over the winds. If she loosens one knot, a breeze blows. The second knot, and a stiff wind sweeps over the hills. Should she untie the third knot, a blasting gale will set the pines crashing and her stones tumbling down the mountain.

When the Cailleach appears:

Work steadily. Work in proved and respectful ways. There is no cheating on this path. There are no shortcuts to a lasting achievement.

You may well be rewarded in other ways, but let the work itself be valuable to you. Your efforts should bring you strength, not depletion.

Keep an eye on the larger picture. Look at where your daily steps are taking you. See where making an adjustment to a routine might take you somewhere better.

Try traditional cord magic. As late as the fourteenth century, Scottish weather witches sold knotted cords openly to sailors, so the seamen could unloose the knots as they needed wind. Choose a cord in a color and material that feels right. Choose a time and a place appropriate to the power you wish to store for a later need. Call on the power until you feel giant inside. Chant as you tie the knots. “Knot of one, spell’s begun. Knot of two, spell comes true. Knot of three, so mote it be.”

When releasing the power, either all at once or over three consecutive days, untie the knots in the same order as you tied them. The last knot released is the climax, the final and most powerful knot tied in the previous ritual.



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