Saturday 28 January 2017

Blessings

Friday's card: Victorian fairy Tarot, Six of Autumn/Pentacles

So I may have taken my advice to do 'one thing at a time' and almost achieved a grand total of one post for the whole of January...

Rather than charity (which implies an unequal relation) this card speaks of the Latin word caritas meaning love. Different from the classic RWS the loving healer is not positioned above the fairy with the torn wing but beside her. As the guidebook states the healing relation is a blessing that flows both ways. The healer gets to practice her art and by accepting her care the fairy is made whole again both physically and spiritually. This blessing would not have happened if the fairy had treated herself. 

Friday turned to be a blessings day. A dear friend and colleague surprised me with a gift of a book of Rumi poems. I was really touched by the thought and will cherish the book far more than if I had bought it myself. 

There is a poem for each day of the year. Here is number 243

It is love 
that spins our souls aloft
It is love
that exhorts even the mountains to dance




6 comments:

  1. What a beautiful and thoughtful gift. And just like int his card: the giver needs someone give to :)

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    1. A beautiful and wise companion for the year ahead. My heart full of gratitude.

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  2. What a lovely poem by Rumi that fits this card so well. This is a deck I bought thinking I would regret it, but ended up loving it instead. I am reminded by it that giving or receiving is not about one person having power, but truly sharing without any hidden motivation. Like Pema Chodron's quote: "Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity."

    And I think one post a month is fine, especially when it's as good as this one!

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    1. Oh thank you for those kind words - turning out to be a whole weekend of gratitude:) The Pema Chodron quote making my mental cogs turn. An original insight that will stay with me...

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  3. YOur post made me think of a Rumi post I made that has stayed with me for years. In an effort to find it I searched my blog for mirror, thinking that post would be the only one that came up. Errm...no. I am amazed. I look in a mirror to comb my hair in the morning and never look again. To find I have a mental mirror I'm looking in all the time...well, I guess that is the point of the cards.

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    1. Just done that search too - quite a theme going on there - a whole book of mirrors. Your love transcends post is a powerful one including Rumi quote...

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