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wyld_dandelyonThere was a full moon this morning, but also a Tammy Baldwin town hall meeting (more about that later, here or on FB), so I put off this post until after getting home and eating. I am once again offering to draw cards with the hope of sending some good energy out into the world, to spark both hope and creativity. You can ask about real life, of course, or about a creative project. For instance, I can draw a card for you to meditate on, to represent the Guide you need right now, or to get you unstuck. Alternatively, I can draw a card for a character or can draw a card or cards for you to use as writing or art prompts.
There is a Torn World Muse Fusion coming up later this month; if you want a taste of that world and if you tip, you can ask for an in-character reading in that world for yourself or for a Torn World character. These readings take me more time and energy, which is why I don't offer them for free.
Daylight Savings time "sprung back" overnight, so it isn't getting dark quite so early, always a welcome thing. My "green room" has little pots, some with seedlings and some without. My work space is currently cluttered with acrylic paints, brushes, and canvasses that hold some very incomplete paintings. But come in, be welcome, whether you've visited before or not. I won't try to resist showing off my in-progress work, which includes the very start of a painting inspired (but not required) by the last two readings. The frog has a sore foot, and I envision adding at least Ffaff the Ffooter, examining the frog. Or perhaps the frog is a statue, and Ffaff is doing something else here...I'm not sure.
If I get at least $50 in this drawing, I'll do a separate painting for this drawing, as I said. If not, the readings here might be used to expand my vision of the Frogg & Ffaff painting.
But it's time to put the paintings aside for a bit, pay bills, and if you drop by, do some readings.
Until Wednesday, for free one card readings, you can pick from the Brian Froud's Faeries Oracle, my combined Susan Seddon Boulet Animal Spirits and Goddesses cards, or the Shapeshifter Tarot. You can ask a question, ask for a Guide, ask for inspiration, or you can just ask for a card. I don't need to know what your question is, but you are welcome to share it with me if you like.
If I get $50 in tips, I'll use the cards I draw to inspire a painting, and I'll post progress drawings here for you all to see. So far I've received $17.50 of $50 for this drawing.
The first card is free (though tips are always appreciated). Tips also let you ask me to use any of my other decks, to request a private reading, or to draw a clarifying card. If you want a longer reading, send a direct message so we can agree on the type of reading and rate.
Please consider dropping something in the guitar case below. Readings take time and energy, and there are still squirrels that think my house is their home tree. I will soon need to pay someone to undo the winter's damage.
Signal boosts are very much appreciated, and also earn you the right to ask for a clarifying card.
I understand all too well that when people don't have cash or spoons that is generally when they most need inspiration! Don't be afraid to ask for a card if you can't tip.
If you tip, it's helpful to me for you to mention it here so I can connect your paypal information with your request. Tips should be at least $1 (Paypal charges fees). If that doesn't work for you, drop me a message and we'll work something else out.
I've written before about why I do readings and some of the decks I use here, feel free to hop over and check me out. I'll wait.
I will reply to all requests. In the highly unlikely event that the number of requests nears my limits, I'll close this card draw by adding a clear note at the top of the post rather than risk leaving anyone without a response.
Thank you, and Blessed Be!
As always, these readings are for entertainment and inspiration only. See my "Dandelyon's Readings" page if you have questions.
There is a Torn World Muse Fusion coming up later this month; if you want a taste of that world and if you tip, you can ask for an in-character reading in that world for yourself or for a Torn World character. These readings take me more time and energy, which is why I don't offer them for free.
Daylight Savings time "sprung back" overnight, so it isn't getting dark quite so early, always a welcome thing. My "green room" has little pots, some with seedlings and some without. My work space is currently cluttered with acrylic paints, brushes, and canvasses that hold some very incomplete paintings. But come in, be welcome, whether you've visited before or not. I won't try to resist showing off my in-progress work, which includes the very start of a painting inspired (but not required) by the last two readings. The frog has a sore foot, and I envision adding at least Ffaff the Ffooter, examining the frog. Or perhaps the frog is a statue, and Ffaff is doing something else here...I'm not sure.
If I get at least $50 in this drawing, I'll do a separate painting for this drawing, as I said. If not, the readings here might be used to expand my vision of the Frogg & Ffaff painting.
But it's time to put the paintings aside for a bit, pay bills, and if you drop by, do some readings.
Until Wednesday, for free one card readings, you can pick from the Brian Froud's Faeries Oracle, my combined Susan Seddon Boulet Animal Spirits and Goddesses cards, or the Shapeshifter Tarot. You can ask a question, ask for a Guide, ask for inspiration, or you can just ask for a card. I don't need to know what your question is, but you are welcome to share it with me if you like.
If I get $50 in tips, I'll use the cards I draw to inspire a painting, and I'll post progress drawings here for you all to see. So far I've received $17.50 of $50 for this drawing.
The first card is free (though tips are always appreciated). Tips also let you ask me to use any of my other decks, to request a private reading, or to draw a clarifying card. If you want a longer reading, send a direct message so we can agree on the type of reading and rate.
Please consider dropping something in the guitar case below. Readings take time and energy, and there are still squirrels that think my house is their home tree. I will soon need to pay someone to undo the winter's damage.
Signal boosts are very much appreciated, and also earn you the right to ask for a clarifying card.
I understand all too well that when people don't have cash or spoons that is generally when they most need inspiration! Don't be afraid to ask for a card if you can't tip.
If you tip, it's helpful to me for you to mention it here so I can connect your paypal information with your request. Tips should be at least $1 (Paypal charges fees). If that doesn't work for you, drop me a message and we'll work something else out.
I've written before about why I do readings and some of the decks I use here, feel free to hop over and check me out. I'll wait.
I will reply to all requests. In the highly unlikely event that the number of requests nears my limits, I'll close this card draw by adding a clear note at the top of the post rather than risk leaving anyone without a response.
Thank you, and Blessed Be!
As always, these readings are for entertainment and inspiration only. See my "Dandelyon's Readings" page if you have questions.
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Date: 2017-03-13 11:05 pm (UTC)I'm more grounded now, and gradually getting my energy back; but I was so tired for so long, and I am still mourning what I experienced and the effects on my life. I have a sort of project to keep me in a holding pattern for a while.
I could use guidance on integrating and learning from my negative experiences without becoming so bitter that I am twisted into someone I am not.
My instinct says the Shapeshifter Tarot is best -- but I am open to others if you feel they would be better.
I have some sweet pea seeds I can't use; you're welcome to them.
Nature
Date: 2017-03-14 01:59 am (UTC)Come on in! Let me put my shoveling gloves on the radiator, and I'll be right with you.
For you, I drew Nature, the 11th card in this deck's Major Arcana. It's a nice powerful card, possibly this deck's version of the Wheel of Fortune. The image is a lovely swirl of energy formed by a bright rabbit-woman who is accompanied by flowers and an apple tree and a pale otter-man who is accompanied by a winter-bare tree. A snowy owl flies between the two trees, and the man and woman are reaching out to each other. As is appropriate to this season, the woman is rising and the man is--not falling, exactly, but his influence is waning, and just as Summer sleeps for part of the year, now it is his turn to get ready to rest.
We all have winters of the soul, times when our seeds for new projects and new growth must sleep, ungerminated, in our souls. But time keeps moving and the waters keep flowing. Spring is at hand, and Summer is coming. There will be flowers and fruit again, even if not the same ones we had before. It is tempting to hang on to the familiar--to the old dreams or even to the pain--rather than opening oneself to the adventures, joys, and dangers of the new spring.
I think this cycle is symbolic of your struggle, and the name of the card is likely advice in and of itself. Nature can be very healing for the spirit, and you can seek it out in whatever forms work for you, whether it be picking wildflowers at the roadside and putting them on your desk or heading out to hike in the wilderness or something else altogether.
I think the owl here is symbolizing wisdom. What happened to you doesn't happen to everyone, of course--but bad things do happen to us all. We must choose how to deal with them--do we blame someone, anyone else for everything, creating scapegoats rather than taking up our share (large or small) of responsibility? Or do we learn from what happened, even if that is only learning how to recognize the con man before the con succeeds? The wisest people I know have suffered a lot, and have turned to kindness, to sharing the fruits of their experience and the joy in their hearts rather than hanging on to the pain.
As to bitterness--I don't see bitterness in this card at all, but in my personal experience, the bitter people are the ones who hang onto the pain, who let it define them, rather than choosing to open themselves to the unknown. Slowly, perhaps--sometimes slow is a good thing--but still, I think this card shows that your spirit is healing just as it should.
(no subject)
Date: 2017-03-14 02:33 pm (UTC)I love susan's art, and shapeshifter sounds intriguing, but I will ask you to use your intuition to pick a deck. (Some of my faves are Tarot of the Spirit, Druid Tarot and Crowley as interpreted by Angeles Arrian)
1 card for guidance, 1 for inspiration please!
(no subject)
Date: 2017-03-14 08:09 pm (UTC)I just saw your request, and have to run my partner to two medical appointments, so I'll have to draw your cards when I get home. Thank you very much for the tip, and for your patience.
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Date: 2017-03-16 01:17 am (UTC)Druid Tarot above
Tarot of the Spirit below
Guide: Hel
Date: 2017-03-15 04:36 am (UTC)The image, which you can find via Google, is a woman wearing a mask and checkerboard collar. There are many images woven into this painting. She has a cat's ear on one side, a goddess spiral over one shoulder, feathers in her hair, stars scattered around, and a dandelion fluff flower in one hand. There are bells hanging from her collar and the points of her hair. Some seeds have escaped the flower-head and are flying off, and there are details I'm not sure how to interpret. It seems to me that she has a kind smile.
I'd guess there's a lot going on for you now, but it does seem a blessing, a renewal with lots of possibilities. The chosen wording for the card also says that Hel is a challenge to look behind the mask of appearances to see things as they really are. I find the repeated mention and the paradox of the masks--both masks that hide things and masks that reveal things, to be very interesting. I think it's important, but I didn't get a hint of why masks are central to this question. Perhaps it will make more sense to you.
Inspiration: Skill
Date: 2017-03-15 04:50 am (UTC)From the Shapeshifter Tarot, I drew Skill. The image is an older woman, a harpist, kneeling by the bank of a stream, one arm upheld and a tiny bird landing on it. She is under a weeping willow. There are two other tiny birds on the path that the bird on her hand had to fly to alight there--perhaps a time shadow of where the bird was moments ago? There is a wild tangle of roots on the edges of he stream at the front of the card. The stream in front of her and the earth on the other side of the stream both have womens' faces.
Unusually, the main figure in the card is not in the process of changing to or from one or another animal or plant forms; even her clothes are simply clothes, with no hint that she is anything other than simply and truly herself. She is quite clear as to her boundaries, as is her harp, and either she is not a shifter, or she is totally in control of that part of herself and is keeping it private. Still, she is perfectly comfortable in the shifting world, and it is comfortable with her.
I also will note that the card came out of the deck reversed, which could be a suggestion that skill isn't the most important issue here, or it could be that there are skills that you don't have yet that are needed. Still, either way you look at it the scene is serene. The needed skills are within your grasp.
Or perhaps the message is simpler than that, and a little bird will bring the information and inspiration you need.
Re: Inspiration: Skill
Date: 2017-03-16 01:36 am (UTC)Re: Inspiration: Skill
Date: 2017-03-16 01:46 am (UTC)As to Skill, I don't know if anyone has scanned that card in and put it up on the net, and while I'm willing to link to content that's already public, I'm not comfortable scanning and publishing an image that's under copyright. I don't think that is fair to the artist.
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Date: 2017-03-16 01:26 am (UTC)I'm suffering a bruised ego for not making it as an independent writer/designer. I'm not a great sales person.
But now I'm working at NOAA on habitat restoration, using all my communications skills and marketing experience and learning up a storm, because, although I'm a smart self-taught naturalist, I am surrounded by very smart folks who are experts in wonderful things like fish, underwater vegetation, coral bleaching, and how to heal the Gulf of Mexico from DeepwaterHorizon. And I'm earning a good salary.
My prayer is that I am energized and effective enough to be really solid at this job.
so, the woman at the stream, yes, of course. Willow is my soul-tree - I grew up surrounded by them. I will listen for the bird's wisdom.
as for Hel, I welcome a dark goddess of renewal. I will contemplate the masks, I have a small clue what it might be, but want more to unfold.
thank you!!!
(no subject)
Date: 2017-03-16 01:39 am (UTC)Working on habitat restoration sounds so very cool! What a great job. Good luck! I'd love to hear more.
That Tarot of the Spirit looks pretty cool, nice and evocative coloration and imagery.
(no subject)
Date: 2017-03-13 02:33 am (UTC)Losgunna, the Frog Queen
Date: 2017-03-13 07:50 am (UTC)Here, have some tea!
I hand you a mug, and you look inside it and see Losgunna under the water, smiling and winking at you.
Startled, you set the tea on the table, looking at it uncertainly. All of a sudden, you're not so sure you want to drink it.
Laughing, Losgunna leaps from your shoulder to the table. "There's nothing wrong with the tea, my friend."
Indeed, the tea cup is still full. She was never in that dark water, was she? Her hair isn't even wet. But still, you saw what you saw.
She stretches to human size and sits down, taking your mug, and I pour another one for you. She drinks. "You never know what's under the water until you dive in and check it out." She drains the mug and then swirls it around. Something is inside, you hear it rolling against the pottery.
She tilts it toward you, and you see a round, slightly lavender pearl. "It might not be what you expect, but there's nearly always a treasure to be found."
(no subject)
Date: 2017-03-13 07:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-03-13 07:13 am (UTC)Let me do the reading for Pyraxis, and I'll be back with your reading.
(no subject)
Date: 2017-03-13 11:03 am (UTC)the Singer of the Chalice, reversed
Date: 2017-03-13 08:39 am (UTC)There's clearly some tea in there, we can smell it. I shake the pot a little, then set it down on the hot plate and look it over. "Something's blocking it!"
Now, this is a ceramic teapot my daughter made, not some metal thingy with a lid designed to be open or not, depending on how you put it on.
I look inside. There's nothing blocking it, at least nothing I can see. The tea bag is where it's supposed to be, on the other side of the pot from the spout, still attached to the little string that I wound around the handle.
Suddenly, She is there, singing softly. I put the lid back on and pout tea--three mugs, though the Singers rarely materialize enough to drink. But it's the principle of the thing. She is welcome, and so are her blessings, trust, joy, patience, creativity, hope, and sometimes even miracles.
We drink, and a cloud of fragrant steam rises from her cup. Then warmth surrounds you like a hug or a lacy knitted shawl. In her ongoing song, you hear the words, "trust yourself".
Re: the Singer of the Chalice, reversed
Date: 2017-03-13 11:22 am (UTC)Re: the Singer of the Chalice, reversed
Date: 2017-03-13 03:31 pm (UTC)The shawl sounds lovely!
We're already in the middle of our spring snowpocalypse, so if you were here in body I'd either have to insist you stay for a while or caution you to be careful out there!
Re: the Singer of the Chalice, reversed
Date: 2017-03-14 04:46 am (UTC)