Tuesday 11 April 2017

Eight of energy

Daily Draw: Paulina Tarot,  Eight of Wands

This determined gal glides swiftly towards her goal. 
Sensibly she holds one wand firmly touching another with her toes allowing the remaining six to shoot alongside her. The moons on her skirt recall the passage of time, the stars her hopes. The flowers growing from her head are ideas that must be cultivated and the butterflies hint at their transformative power. 

Urgent things and important things. The former demand immediate attention, are usually about achieving someone else's goals. The ones we focus on because the consequences of not dealing with them are instantaneous. 

The important activities are the ones that move us forwards in any sphere of life (career, finances, home, family, health etc). They are easy to put off as they relate to longer term goals, may be ill-defined and if we don't achieve them we only let ourselves down. 

In this card the eight represents structure and wands raw energy. I am reminded we do need structure in our lives but we also need to be mindful of how and where we expend our energy. 


I have two kinds of problems: the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, quoting Dr J. Roscoe Miller.


8 comments:

  1. in the rws decks I've always held the 3 of swords and the 8 of wands as the weakest thought out. Love your inturp here, I've read it three times now. you and Paulina, peanut butter and jelly.

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    1. My last day with it today:( I gave ordered one of her other decks though :)

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  2. This post reminds me of this YouTube video I have seen not long ago:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqGRnlXplx0
    It is about the jar of life. Perhaps you already know it but if not I am sure you'll like it :)

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    1. Love that - great message and teaching at its best. Thank you!

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  3. It's Mary Poppins!!! I bet she is going to light down and say "Spit spot!"😊

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  4. I believe those loose ribbons might have been the ties that bound her (those other people's goals) and now released she can find her own way amongst the stars.

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    1. Oh I like that - you are good with this deck :) Do you have it?

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