This is the 8th card of the Earth element, which corresponds to the Eight of Pentacles in a more traditional deck.
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.
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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.