Daily Card Reading~2 of Wands (Enchanted Forest Tarot)

 





Today for my daily card reading I drew the two of wands from the Enchanted Forest Tarot.  This is always a powerful time of year for me for various reasons, including the fact that we are headed into the Autumnal Equinox, which is a time of balance, a fact that is always reflected in a 2.  Wands the suit of creativity.   The frog in this picture can be seen holding the world in his hands.  And, for me in this deck this card shouts that it is time for inner contemplation.  Message: During this time of balance you hold the world in your hands, so look within to find the answers that you should apply without.

I have been consumed in researching my book project for the last four years, and I am finally reaching a time where I feel that my knowledge starting to coalesce and I am getting a clear vision about where I am headed in my writing and research.

My understanding of the universe is also deepening.  I am really in tune with Hermetic teachings at the moment.  I am jumping throughout history to Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas finding connections everywhere.  I have been reflecting a lot, going over my journals, and trying to find the theme. 

All cultures tell of a golden age, and it is coming to me through research and reflection, that during this period of history man was not divided.  Globally there was a shared religion and language (perhaps), was this Atlantis? When that empire fell, and its survivors spread out...is it the fragments that Atlantis survivors carried to various points across the globe that give global myth its parallels?

Alexander the Great had an appreciation for culture as he conquered and spread his empire.  Alexandria became a global hub of knowledge, where everyone spoke Greek.  The fact that Greek was imposed on the cultures that Alexander took over, allowed for a sharing of information.  As we move along in the processional cycle out of the age of Pisces headed by the tag I believe, we enter into the age of Aquarius which is guided by the tag I know.

Dream, Love, Know... ~JYN Star

Daily Reading~ The Devil with a 6 of Pentacles Pop Out

Over the years I have fallen in and out of my love affair with the Tarot. Yet, I realize that even when I put the cards aside, they are always with me, and for the most part my studies are forever deepening my understanding with the cards... 

Today for the daily card reading I broke out what I consider to be my darkest (for lack of a better word) deck: Deviant Moon Tarot.  In fact, this deck was purchased intuitively when I was at the bookstore a few years ago, during a period when I was not intensely studying the cards.  I got this deck because it popped out at me, brought it home, flipped through the cards, and then placed the deck aside because it scared me.  However, I knew that the cards were meant to be with me, I understood I had put them aside for a future time.

Over the years I have come to this deck now and again, looking at the images.  Appreciating the art.  But, never doing an actual reading with the cards.  Today, I have been reflecting on the fact that the wheel of the year is turning as we head into the Vernal Equinox on September 22nd.  This is the time where we come into perfect balance, and then head into the fall.  Mythically, this is the time where the sun falls below into the underworld, after it is judged by the scales of Libra.  And when Persephone must begin her descent into Hades.

As we head into darker part of the year, I felt it was time to read with one of my most beautiful and also my darkest of Tarots.  Reviews of the Deviant Moon Tarot reveal that I am not the only one who had to confront the macabre world that this deck has you delving into.  So, today I picked up these cards and did a reading...

The card I drew was the devil and then out popped the 6 of pentacles.  The message of this reading was apparent right away.  For me this reading meant that I should be happy that I am standing on my own, for when you accept hand outs from the devil you might get burned.