Anything is Possible Now
What Do You See?
The fish symbolizes several things: prosperity, sensitivity, developing psychic abilities, fertility, and the soul.
The Page’s tunic is decorated with water lilies – symbols of purity.
The colors blue and pink stand for spirituality and love.
The scarf represents the flow of water.
Getting to Know the Page of Cups
The Page of Cups is all about magic and lightheartedness. This Page is youthful and imaginative. So, expect sensitive beginnings – maybe a romance.
Think of the Page of Cups as a divine message. What message is the universe sending you? How do you see it?
This is a good time to be open to miracles. At the very least, surprises are coming your way. This is a time in which you get inspiration from the strangest places.
Follow the joy train while ignoring temper tantrums. And, don’t try to overcontrol the process.
Pay attention to magical symbols, positive thoughts, dreams, and wishes.
Schedule a little more play time. Do something silly.
Keep the faith. You can attract miracles now. Tradition tells us that what’s coming next is romance. But not always. This can be a time of important healing, which points to wholeness.
What is pretty well assured is the atmosphere of truth and honesty.
The whole thing boils down to the birth of something. So, it’s time to pay attention.
Stay silent and observe what is coming next and from within you.
Story
When the young woman sat down at my table, I knew I was going to spend time with a special young soul.
“I’m here on vacation with my parents. We’re here for a few days, up from the City, and I’m curious about how things are coming my way this coming year.”
I found myself face-to-face with someone creative, enthusiastic, and experiencing opportunity. But mostly, I saw a youthful person who, for whatever reason, was exploring life as if there had been little yesterday. She’s obviously intelligent and a high achiever.
She hasn’t experienced much responsibility so her talents are developing by themselves as she goes along.
With her enthusiasm promises her future will have a positive cast to it. She’s on her way to take control of her situation but still has much to learn and discover. Meanwhile, she’s got a crush on life!
Life is filled with possibilities and inspiration!
Whew! What a refreshing reading!
Life Changing Rituals
Dreams can be a window into your subconscious. Use your dreams to help you understand your deeper self. Keeping a dream memory journal can be a good thing to do now.
Plan a fun activity now so you can have a good time surrounding yourself with people you can trust!
Do you need more water? Life moves more smoothly for those of us who keep the water flowing! Hydration. Hydration. Hydration.
Meditation
Get yourself relaxed in your favorite private place. Your body will be more fully relaxed as you straighten your spine.
Begin slow, deep breathing. Inhale slowly and deeply from your abdomen. Exhale now, also slowly and deeply. Continue to take several more deep, relaxing breaths and release them slowly and easilyl
With each exhale, you become more relaxed – more relaxed and at peace. Toxins and tensions release with each exhale.
You begin to experience a very peaceful feeling and deeper relaxation.
You open your eyes now and find yourself in a beautiful garden space. In the center of this small space you see a rug. You walk over to the rug and sit.
You get comfortable on this small rug. and notice that it is moving. The rug you are sitting on is lifting off and floating upward. You ride this carpet up above the trees and roof tops, gently gliding into the sky.
You find yourself floating with puffy clouds.
As you float upward you look down and see houses, trees, and buildings becoming smaller and smaller.
The sun warms your skin and your body.
You look around you and see the earth as a large blue ball.
As your carpet carries you upward you observe the outside world from a distance. You feel a new relaxation that you haven’t felt before. This is a deep feeling of belonging and interconnection among all living beings.
You do not feel isolated. Instead, you see yourself as an important part of the whole. You feel that this connection involves a contribution you are making to the world around you.
You are connected in a way you haven’t been aware of.
As you continue rising, you see the Earth as a ball of light. You are seeing something that you have never seen before.
You sense now that your carpet is slowly descending and returning toward earth.
You begin to see clouds and then mountain tops.
As you continue descending, you see the tops of trees and buildings. You see roads and the countryside.
Returning to the space where you began this trip, you feel you are returning relaxed, free, and prepared to embrace responsibilities and obligations.
You take a deep breath now and become aware that your body has been energized, rejuvenated, and energized.
You open your eyes now, Take a deep breath. Embrace your peace!
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A New Beginning with Massive Potential
What Do You See?
Salamanders on the tunic are a symbol of unfinished things.
The light blue sky is the heavens – the divine realm
The desert – a new opportunity is coming from nothingness
Red plume on hat – burning for a cause
Wand – the large wand is a sign of youth
Pyramids – wisdom, science, mystery, and the gods
Hands – holding onto something
Yellow clothes – excitement
Getting to Know The Page of Wands
The Page of Wands is a messenger, out to enjoy life and begin something – maybe an adventure. There is massive potential here. Because everything is new and fresh, the new beginning gives them the energy to be eager and excited. Certainly, they are ready to commit to something – their first adventure maybe?
Inspiration accompanies potential. Strength and potential are limitless. Sometimes it helps to just breathe. Give them a chance to explore the different options available. Most important, allow them to dream! Cultivate creative energy. Be grateful for the simple joys in life and for the risks they’ve been lucky enough to experience. Say “yes” to opportunities. Important: The Page of Wands needs to find ways to control opportunities.
This is especially important when the Page’s wand appears to be alive.
Story
A Page of Wands sat down at my Tarot table in the coffee house late one winter afternoon. A petite young person, the Page had enough gorgeous hair for three people. The long, thick, curls attracted everyone’s attention as he walked in the room. And, frankly, I didn’t know whether I was looking at a young man or woman until I saw the neat little mustache. Certainly the thick, long, curls weren’t going to tell me.
“I think I’m at a crossroads and I want to know what might be a good way to go.” The different life paths he described were all “uptown” problems. It was obvious to me, this young Page manufactures opportunity every day of the work.
A student at an area University with grades “to die for”, his life was just beginning. As we discussed his options, it became clear that whatever he chooses to do, his path will be energetic, creative, and positive.
And, one thing is for sure: As he travels on his journey through his life, he will give us each a gift as he touches our lives. As he shares his free spirit, we will all have a good time.
Life Changing Rituals
Embrace the self-care of mindful attention as you focus and feel grateful for the simple joys of life.
Other times it’s better to dance or hike in the forest.
What sparks your creativity?
Meditatiion
Go to your private, safe space and get comfortable. Turn on healing music and light your favorite incense.
Remove your shoes. Keep your socks on if you prefer. Or, remove your socks if you want. Using your hands, massage your feet for 2-3 minutes There is no right or wrong way for this introduction.
The intention is to allow your feet to feel free and you want to improve the blood flow.
Now, rotate your feet in circles at your ankles. Hold your feet in your hands and rotate them.
Allow your breathing to relax and become slower.
Now, stretch your feet in all directions.
Move your toes to the left and right. Move your toes up and down.
Stretch your feet in all directions.
Continue with your relaxing breaths and pay attention to the muscles and tendons in your feet.
Begin at your ankles and comfortably massage your muscles and tendons down toward your toes.
Loosen any tight places you find.
Turning your attention to the soles of your feet, massage them with a circular motion.
If your feet feel ticklish, this is a signal to apply deeper pressure.
Run your fingers and thumbs up and down the soles of your feet.
Tune into your feet now. Notice any thoughts, feelings, and sensations you experience.
Now, move your attention to the top of your feet and calmly massage them. The idea is to relax and loosen the muscles, tendons, and joints on the tops of your feet beginning at your ankles.
Tune into your feet now. What sensations do you experience in your feet?
It is time to put your shoes on now. Take a moment to thank your feet for all the places they take you every day.
Send gratitude to your feet.
Pause now to breathe slowly and deeply.
Return to your day now, knowing that you can return to this relaxing foot massage any time you want.
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Accept & Share – Know & Rejoice
What Do You See?
The Laurel Wreath is a sign of victory.
The Woman represents confidence, strength, & openness.
The woman has something to offer the world
The batons symbolize balance.
The figures in the corner represent the seasons of the year.
The woman is dancing with her arms out.
The dancer holds double-ended wands.
The woman dances to the future while looking toward the past
Getting to Know You
The World Card is the final card in the major arcana. Everything is revealed here: everything, everywhere, and all at once. Things are ready to begin again. Welcome rewards and success! Wisdom is in action here!
The end of one cycle brings the beginning of a new one. Remain focused. Follow through if you can. The energy of success is as important as that of its beginnings. Accept the completion as a gift. You are rising to a new level of awareness.
Think back to your original intention. You have reached a happy ending! Bliss! Your life is filled with positive energy. You’ve done it! Experience the energy of a successful ending.
Accept what you have learned on your journey. Welcome the rewards, joy, and success. Welcome them and rejoice!
Take this opportunity to dance into the future. Living your success and moving onward and upward, you are comfortable taking your rightful place in the world.
This moment in time affects you physically. You feel it physically.
What does this mean for you? It means you come to terms with yourself because you know the value of your situation.
Be grateful for your success.
Story
As a child, I lived for a time with my mother’s older sister – Rose Guthrie.
Times were tough then. World War II was raging. I was a young child living in a small Texas town. Rocksprings was then, and still is, a small ranching community in the middle of nowhere Texas, on the Edwards Plateau.
If you want to imagine the terrain, remember going to the movies years ago and seeing “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”.
We lived in a Craftsman House, located on the edge of town, on Route 674 headed toward Brackettville. I lived in this house with Mother Rose Guthrie, and my grandmother Lily Dale Cox Thurman.
I liked to sit out on the edge of this road. I waited for cars that never came by. Gasoline was rationed. Nobody went anywhere unless there were ration stamps for the gas.
There were few men in my memory of this time, really.
Every able bodied man was fighting in the war. My father was in Europe in the OSS. Uncle Roland was in the Pacific. Aunt Ruby was an Army nurse. Mother Rose was the Deputy Sheriff of Edwards County.
On the evening I remember, Mother Rose was home from work in the Court House. We sat by the radio in the living room. Mother Rose and I shared the same chair.
The radio was on. We all listened to the news of the war. The voice of newsman Gabriel Heater could be heard throughout the living room, dining room, and kitchen.
Mother Rose smoked a Lucky Strike Cigarette and I inhaled the second hand smoke.
She read the comics to me from the San Antonio Evening News. My favorite comic strip at that time were “Dick Tracy” and “Archie”. As Mother Rose read the comics, she followed every word with a finger.
This was a kind of ritual for us.
So, on the evening in my memory, a man came up to the front door and knocked. “Mother Rose, I’m sorry to bother you this evening but I really need to talk to you.”
“What can I do for you, Johnny?” she replied.
“I just killed a man, Mother Rose. I guess I need to go to jail.”
With that statement, Mother Rose put down her cigarette and newspaper. She got up out of the chair, walked over to her purse, and removed a key. Handing him the key, she spoke. “Go on off to jail, Johnny. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
This was grace in action.
It was also authentic. Her intuition guided her, telling her what was right for the situation. Mother Rose knew where she belonged. She knew who she was. She knew what she was. And, she knew why. She was the answer.
Life Changing Rituals
Now is the time to quit with the negative self-talk and graciously accept compliments from others.
Your present moment is filled with joy and happiness. Challenge yourself now to see this moment for what it is.
Reflect on your journey. This is a good time to write a memoir or manifesto. If those seem to be too much, go for a short magazine essay, at least.
Meditation
Go to your safe and quiet place. Sit comfortably. If it’s appropriate, light a candle, burn incense, listen to healing music.
When you are quiet, breathe in and out. Notice your breath as it flows in and out of your body.
Close your eyes as your breath becomes slower and deeper, Your relaxation deepens with each exhale. Your exhales release negativity and toxins. You relax more with each breath.
As the relaxation increases, your space becomes calm and quiet. Your inner voice calms. Your mind becomes clear.
As the relaxation continues, you notice you are in an outdoor space. You look upward and see a blue sky with slow-moving, lazy clouds. These puffy clouds drift in and out overhead as you become more and more relaxed.
You are quiet now and realize you are seated on the edge of a slowly moving stream.
You sit in shallow water moving along the edge of the stream.
You sit in the shallow water and feel the water moving past you. You look upward and see the sky with its puffy clouds.
You feel the water moving over your hips, legs, and feet. The movement is gentle and uplifting. You enjoy sitting in the gently moving water which feels perfect.
You listen to the sounds of the water moving past you. You feel it moving over your feet and legs.
As you sit at the edge of the water, you notice tension leaving your body. It seems to be floating away in the water.
You concentrate on releasing your tension. As the tension leaves your body, you feel lighter. You feel relaxed. You feel peaceful. You feel all negativity leaving your body now.
You notice that you have released tension and negativity. This is a good feeling for you at this time.
Lightness – relaxation – positivity become part of your body on a cellular level.
When you are ready, open your eyes, blow out the candle and return your attention to the present time and your surroundings.
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Regain Your Hope
What Do You See?
The Maiden – Eternal youth and creativity
The Bird – Freedom and the soul
Note: The bird in the card illustration is a scarlet ibis, a sacred creature
Water – Resourcefulness and healing
Nudity – Purity and truth – Maiden accepts herself for who she is
Fertile land – abundance and good fortune
Pouring water – energy, love, and joy moving through life
Stars – empowerment
Getting to Know You
The Star inspires you as you release your past. Get comfortable with your core purpose. You are in a moment of choice, and the Star brings hope to your world. This card validates your path. This is a good time to have faith. You can trust yourself to appreciate what the universe offers you now.
The Star brings good fortune, good health, and healing.
For now, explore the light you bring to your surroundings. How does it shine for others? How do you help them find their way?
The Star uses the energy of your mind, body, and soul. Accept that you have many stars in your life and on your path. Use them all!
With the Star, your strength gives you a diamond core. What does this inspiration feel like? What can you do to make your success the best it can be?
The star offers a cosmic alignment where everything is balanced in your universe.
You know who you are and what you were born to do.
This is especially important as your health improves and your healing continues.
You are at a moment in time when you keep moving forward. You have hope.
Explore the light you bring to your surroundings. How does your light shine for others?
Your Star energy calls on the energies of your mind body, and soul. You have many stars in your life & on your path. Use them all.
Your Star energy gives you a diamond core. Think about what changes can you make to insure your success is the best it can be.
Story
The year was 2013. I was struggling to write my first memoir. Enrolled in Gotham Writers, I rode the bus to a weekly class in the city.
Things weren’t going well. I had never written much before and I was having trouble making my story believable. My fellow classmates, savvy NYC residents, just weren’t connecting to my life in a small-town food pantry.
My grandmother entered the picture. She stayed with me from page one to the very end. “Take this down. Get this down now. Write this.” Her instructions produced a coherent book that people were willing to read.
When I remember the magical moments, I think about the last time my Grandmother spoke to me. I stood beside Stuart Kline in the Bread Alone Coffee House in Woodstock, when Dan Leader, the owner, came up to me with a request.
“I need someone to colect surplus bread at my bakery and take it to the Food Bank in Albany daily for food pantries. Do you know anyone?”
“I’m sorry I don’t. But I’ll ask around.” That should have been the end of the story. But, it wasn’t. There was more…lot’s more. With that remark, I had a flash.
Lily Dale Cox Thurman, my grandmother spoke to me one final time. She didn’t whisper in my ear like she usually did.
On this morning, she spoke clearly, focusing on my first visit to the food pantry that morning several years ago.
The Star Card energy reminded me that hope and inspiration waited to help me. I only needed to believe in myself and tell my story with authenticity. That energy carried me through to the end of the book. The message was to connect to my inner light.
When the Star Card appears, inspiration surrounds and empowers you so you can live with purpose and positivity. Good fortune and optimist flow. Here comes a new and happy phase of life!
I saw her there that morning in our midst. Her presence was clear. There weren’t three of us in the conversation. There were four. She made her wishes known then, and I couldn’t stall around any longer. Her presence was clear.
“Write that down. Get it down now. You can do it.”
Trust life and set new goals for the future because opportunities for your personal and career paths are opening up. The Star shines on education and creative activities. There can be an interest in all things mystical.
An inner, renewed sense of self-belief helps you overcome recent traumas.
It’s up to you to see opportunities coming into your life. Investigate them!
The Star connects you to loved ones on the other side. Remember that someone is looking out for you.
You are able to achieve your goals. With the Star you understand what these goals should be.
Consider not only where you’re going but those who will be coming after you.
Life Changing Rituals
The Star supports you as you reflect on the success of your own future path. How do you describe your star self now? Where will you be in five years?
This is definitely the time to schedule at least five Reiki sessions
Meditation
Go to your private and safe space. Get comfortable. If you want,play some soft music, light a candle.
Breathe in and out now as you relax. Allow your breathing to become even and regular.
Continue your meditation breathing for more minutes.
After a few minutes see yourself relaxing from your feet up toward your head.
As you inhale and exhale, notice your feet and then your legs as they feel relaxed and calm.
In a few breaths, you feel your abdomen as it becomes soft and relaxed. This relaxation continues up through your body until, finally, your torso is quiet, calm, and relaxed.
You begin to look around you and realize you are resting in a quiet garden. You look around yourself and notice the area. You see the trees, shrubbery, and flowers in this place. You take note of the air. You smell the clean air. You see a calm blue sky with puffy clouds above you.
You look around and notice a pathway. You decide to explore this pathway. As you walk along, you feel the ground underneath your feet.
Soon, the path takes a turn to a more private space with a bench. As you walk along, notice how it feels to move along the path. Notice what your thoughts and feelings are about what you are doing and where you are going.
The path takes another turn and you see a comfortable bench which seems to be waiting for you.
You walk over to the bench and sit.
Looking around, you see the plants – the flowers – the trees – the sky. Taking a deep breath of appreciation, you realize you are here to absorb some knowledge about your abilities and your future.
As you look around, you notice how it feels to be here. You understand that this is a place which exists to give you answers to your questions. The guidance and wisdom is here, waiting for you to see it and understand it. This is the gift of the space where you are.
You take a few moments to process your gratitude. You feel much calm now. You feel that you know the way now.
You also know that you can come to this space any time you want. The answers you seek are waiting for you when the time is right.
As you become more relaxed, you breathe in relaxation for your heart, your lungs. Your arms, hands, and fingers relax.
This relaxation moves up to your neck and shoulders.
Breathe in and out rest and relaxation.
You thank your body for the work it has done for you. As you inhale gratitude, you are also exhaling fatigue.
You breathe deeply and relax. Finally, your breath moves over your entire body as you relax completely. You relax more and more as you feel more and more calm and grateful.
Your breath and gratitude work together to create a circle of relaxation.
You are refreshed, relaxed, and feeling better. You are relaxed in both your body and your mind.
You breathe quietly for a few more moments and then make small movements. You open your eyes – ready to return to your day.
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This is what liberation looks like.
Symbolism
The Tower – protection
The Explosion – lightning has struck
22 Drops of Gold – destructive firestorm or grace
Lightening – for good or ill
Flames – destruction
Tilted Crown – loss of self-importance
Black Sky – loss of the horizon
Falling Figures – the fallout disaster can bring
Getting to Know the Tower
The Tower is dreaded and often misunderstood. You’ve been stopped on the spot and are now in the midst of huge shift. It’s time to change the way you have been living.
When some kind of upheaval or collapse from an outside source occurs, you have a chance to rebuild your life. This event, while disturbing or even traumatic, is your opportunity to change. While you cannot avoid the event, you have been given a gift to move on to a better place.
Know this: The system, building, or relationship that collapsed wasn’t working very well to begin with.
Look at it this way: The disaster you’re looking at is no longer sustainable. This event was coming. For all the confusion and stress, you are at a moment in time of liberation. Go for it.
Trust this: Your event is happening for a reason. Bring on the resurrection!
Because this is a moment of awakening, take a few days to figure out the best way to move forward.
It’s time to find your new place – either physically or spiritually or both – if progress is a goal.
You may think you’ll never recover – but you will. Think of it this way: You’ve just been liberated. Caution have been thrown to the winds and your boundaries are exploded.
This is your time of personal development, happiness, and spiritual growth.
Accept this powerful event. The benefits are real even though you don’t yet understand them. It’s time to rebuild! Align and stay in the present tense.
Story
About the time Nixon plotted Watergate, my husband Tony found, and married a really cute little nineteen-year-old in a whirlwind romance. When this happened, I was upset.
After a few weeks, I realized I was young and felt my daughters and I would be better off in Texas anyway. I put Jennette, Michele, and myself and the clothes on our backs aboard a green bus carrying people, chickens, and pigs. And, actually, it was pretty easy to leave the cook books, the furniture, and china behind. We headed for San Antonio, Texas, and I never looked back. In Laredo, we switched to an American bus without the farm animals.
While I packed my daughters off to Texas, my Mexican in-laws rejoiced. They had a few parties to celebrate my departure. After all, I just wasn’t the right person for them. I didn’t drink enough and didn’t gamble at all.
And, in my heart of hearts, I never figured a Mexican divorce to be worth the paper it was printed on. Why should I even bother?
Decades later, I look back on this phase of my life and believe I did the right thing. I brought my daughters back to Texas and raised them as Americans. This was important to me and was probably my primary reason for returning home.
Energetic Balance
In the midst of a Tower event, check in with yourself. Ask yourself: How are you doing? This is also a good time to practice some slow, relaxing, rejuvenating yoga. The idea is to keep your muscles calm. Take yourself outside every day, even for a few short breaths.
Meditation
Go to your safe, private meditation place. Sit in a comfortable place where you keep your spine straight, and your shoulders relaxed. Your feet make contact with the earth, and allow the chair to support your body.
Close your eyes. Focus on your breath. Begin to relax as you breathe in and out. Observe your breath as you inhale and exhale.
You inhale and exhale more deeply. As this happens, your breathing becomes deeper, slower.
As you inhale and exhale, move your breath to focus on other body parts. As your breathing moves to different body parts, you find tension. Wherever you find this tension, exhale the stress.
As your attention moves to your arms and hands, you inhale in appreciation for all they do.
Your arms and hands relax.
As you focus your attention on your shoulders and neck, they relax. Breathe in appreciation and breathe out stress.
Take a few in-and-out breaths as you enjoy this relaxation.
Focus now on your chest area. Inhale gratitude for your heart and lungs. Exhale stress, tightness.
Move on to your abdomen. Encourage it to soften. Exhale deeply as this happens.
Notice your buttocks now. Breathe in relaxation. Allow toxins to release. .
Send gratitude to your legs, thighs, knees, lower legs, ankles. Appreciate the work they do today as they carry you where you need to go.
Focus on your feet and toes now. Send gratitude to the many bones and muscles in your feet and toes. Acknowledge the support they give and the work they do.
Encourage your breath to scan your body, removing any tension that remains. Let each breath relax you more and more.
Finally, focus on your mind and emotions. Notice your burdens: your activities, your work, your errands, your cares. As you exhale deeply, allow them to dissipate and disappear.
Send these burdens on their way.
You are in your present moment now. You are in the here and now. You feel lighter, refreshed, relaxed. Your body and mind feel free now.
Take a few inbreaths and outbreaths now. Move gently now. Let your body stir.
Open your eyes now. Look around.
You are now ready to move on in this day.
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