For you, from the Goddess Tarot, I drew the Five of Staves. On this card are pictured five different aspects of the same woman, fighting with each other. A relentless sun beams down on them, heating their tempers. I am struck by the realization that if they used the staves for some more constructive purpose, the light of the sun could help them clarify their issues. Staves are a symbol of creativity, fertility, and beauty--using them to fight sounds very counter-productive. If used to plant seeds, the sun could warm and sprout the plant for a future harvest, whether of flowers or food or even trees. Used for making art, well, sun is great light for drawing or painting. And so on.
So, I wonder, why is this woman fighting with herself? Can't she decide what better use to put her magic wands to? Does she fear failure--or success? Are the things she was taught and has internalized contrary to the desires of her higher self? Are there just so many things she wants to do that she can't decide between them? Does she just enjoy fighting so much that given no one else to fight with, she fights with herself? No, that doesn't feel right to me. Maybe it's as simple as a habit, and habits can be hard to break even when a person knows the are counterproductive.
I suspect this card is telling you to consider what is important to you--not to some past teacher--and think about whether your behavior reflects those beliefs and goals. And then, one at a time, take those staves and repurpose them--this one as a pencil or pen to organize your thoughts, that one as a shovel for taking out the trash, the other one as a spade for planting the seeds (literal or metaphorical) of things you want to grow in the future, and so on.
You have an abundance of creative, fertile, and beautiful energy in your hands. Even if the different aspects of yourself don't come to an agreement as to which one thing is most important, every moment working toward each of your goals instead of fighting about them will make a difference to all of you.
I did not find an image of this card already on the internet.
And thank you for your patience! Once I fell asleep again, I stayed asleep for a long time!
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Five of Staves
Date: 2024-01-16 01:28 am (UTC)So, I wonder, why is this woman fighting with herself? Can't she decide what better use to put her magic wands to? Does she fear failure--or success? Are the things she was taught and has internalized contrary to the desires of her higher self? Are there just so many things she wants to do that she can't decide between them? Does she just enjoy fighting so much that given no one else to fight with, she fights with herself? No, that doesn't feel right to me. Maybe it's as simple as a habit, and habits can be hard to break even when a person knows the are counterproductive.
I suspect this card is telling you to consider what is important to you--not to some past teacher--and think about whether your behavior reflects those beliefs and goals. And then, one at a time, take those staves and repurpose them--this one as a pencil or pen to organize your thoughts, that one as a shovel for taking out the trash, the other one as a spade for planting the seeds (literal or metaphorical) of things you want to grow in the future, and so on.
You have an abundance of creative, fertile, and beautiful energy in your hands. Even if the different aspects of yourself don't come to an agreement as to which one thing is most important, every moment working toward each of your goals instead of fighting about them will make a difference to all of you.
I did not find an image of this card already on the internet.
And thank you for your patience! Once I fell asleep again, I stayed asleep for a long time!