Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
JAPAN
This post is in sympathy for all who lost their lives during the Tsunami and in respect for all the lives that have been saved.........
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/03/13/some-perspective-on-the-japan-earthquake/
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/03/13/some-perspective-on-the-japan-earthquake/
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
What is my future with the Tarot?
I intend to add an audio file for this reading I did for myself, this is part of John Ballantraes workshop blog talk radio show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/search/john-ballantrae/
John Ballantrae has two shows a week, if you are looking for an interactive Tarot workshop and wish to increase your Tarot reading skills this is the best Tarot Blog Show currently available. He has created a relaxed open chat room where he communicates directly with his participants, supporting readers with his vast Tarot knowledge, you should listen in it's simply the best.
Monday, February 7, 2011
The High Priestess,The Hermit and The Tower
What do these cards mean if we look at them in combinations of each other:
Perhaps the devastation experienced from falling from the Tower and recovering brings forth a super-sensible High Priestess who is comfortable with the knowledge she has gained and shares her depth of understanding and sensitivity with those who approach her to seek guidance.
Or
The devastation from the Tower brings forth The Hermit who becomes a guiding light for he holds his wisdom gained before him within the lantern, in turn anybody seeking support can emerge from the dark with a pathway lighting the way forward.
Perhaps the devastation experienced from falling from the Tower and recovering brings forth a super-sensible High Priestess who is comfortable with the knowledge she has gained and shares her depth of understanding and sensitivity with those who approach her to seek guidance.
Or
The devastation from the Tower brings forth The Hermit who becomes a guiding light for he holds his wisdom gained before him within the lantern, in turn anybody seeking support can emerge from the dark with a pathway lighting the way forward.
Friday, February 4, 2011
A Bottle Nose Dolphin and the difference between Major and Minor Tarot Cards.
After John Ballantrae's Tarot for 21st Century show Monday night Blog Talk Radio, the question on the difference between major and minor cards came up, so I shuffled and drew two cards one for the major: The Magician reversed and the other for the minor: Ace Wands upright.
Tuesday I spent most of the day writing pages and pages of information on each card, there was some good stuff in my writing but not easy to digest it was all a confusing mess really, this tussle continued within my mind throughout that day and the next.
Wednesday afternoon I was walking along the south cliffs with a friends dog, I glanced out to sea and I spotted a Dolphin, for three minutes I was entranced, he was beautiful, playful, charming, graceful and free. Suddenly he was gone... within seconds the mist rolled in, did he sense this change, perhaps? At that moment I became The Fool I really wanted to climb down the cliff edge, just incase I could get another moment or two and enjoy him a little longer, however, I know my trusty companion would not of followed me, sensing the danger he would of signaled his distress.
I lingered for a moment and walked on........major cards are about change and minor cards are about choices, ok that feels alright to me, I felt as light as a feather.
Thursday night John Ballantrae's show helped enormously, I felt I was completing a circle.
Major cards..... are shaped round in the manner of things eternal and stable, Sun, World, God.
Minor cards..... things which lead us to ends, arrows, road, mans life on earth.
I value and love the Tarot.
Cheryl
Tuesday I spent most of the day writing pages and pages of information on each card, there was some good stuff in my writing but not easy to digest it was all a confusing mess really, this tussle continued within my mind throughout that day and the next.
Wednesday afternoon I was walking along the south cliffs with a friends dog, I glanced out to sea and I spotted a Dolphin, for three minutes I was entranced, he was beautiful, playful, charming, graceful and free. Suddenly he was gone... within seconds the mist rolled in, did he sense this change, perhaps? At that moment I became The Fool I really wanted to climb down the cliff edge, just incase I could get another moment or two and enjoy him a little longer, however, I know my trusty companion would not of followed me, sensing the danger he would of signaled his distress.
I lingered for a moment and walked on........major cards are about change and minor cards are about choices, ok that feels alright to me, I felt as light as a feather.
Thursday night John Ballantrae's show helped enormously, I felt I was completing a circle.
Major cards..... are shaped round in the manner of things eternal and stable, Sun, World, God.
Minor cards..... things which lead us to ends, arrows, road, mans life on earth.
I value and love the Tarot.
Cheryl
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Remaining objective and the 8 of Cups
Do we really know what image we project to others? Listening to John Ballantrae's show Monday evening Blog Talk Radio (a talk show that must not be missed), John began to talk about the 8 cups, at the time I was quickly shuffling through my deck to find the card so that I could look at it while it was under discussion, I woke the next morning as something about the 8 of cups had changed!
I live on a tiny island in a small community, I don't need to watch Coronation Street or the likes as I live it, no secrets just surprises! Recently a person that shall remain anonymous, was flown off to the psychiatric hospital in Guernsey, I was shocked as were many other's, this persons attitude every time I've been in contact with them was warm, friendly, upbeat and positive, our conversations (mainly brief) always ended in a smile or a giggle.
What has this got to do with the 8 cups? For me a lot, just over a year ago, I'd hit rock bottom every day was a bad day at black rock, the luxury of having a few select friends that I could be 'my own orrible self with' was a life line for me, as was the Tarot. I remember the 8 cups appearing in a spread during that period, all I could feel was sadness and disappointment, there was nothing positive with this card what so ever, I've always said to my children there's no room for pity in life, it's a just a 'pity' I couldn't practice what I was preaching at that time.
A year on I don't recognise the person I used to be and I don't mean depression 12 months ago, I mean the person I'd become over the last 15 to 20 years! The Tarot has been a hard task master for me over these passing months, I've needed to do some serious homework. In the beginning I remember moments when was I too frightened to get the cards out....I really didn't like what I was finding out about myself, my irrational behavior in all types of situations and relationships, my innate ability to jump into practically anything without thinking, all I needed was one normal every day comment from another person and I'd be on a roll, twisting the words they had spoken, stirring my emotional cauldron, it was superb, I'd feed it with fear, power, paranoia, anger, greed and guilt. After years of practice and conditioning I had become an emotional cripple!
Any road up...a year on and thanks to Mr Tarot, I value every day I'm given and intend to live well and fully.
~So, it's not the 8 of cups that changed it was me, it's challenging to read cards and remain objective, this card has a completely different meaning to me now.......for me it's a card of wisdom,experience,acceptance and new horizons as one door closes another door opens.
Cheryl
I live on a tiny island in a small community, I don't need to watch Coronation Street or the likes as I live it, no secrets just surprises! Recently a person that shall remain anonymous, was flown off to the psychiatric hospital in Guernsey, I was shocked as were many other's, this persons attitude every time I've been in contact with them was warm, friendly, upbeat and positive, our conversations (mainly brief) always ended in a smile or a giggle.
What has this got to do with the 8 cups? For me a lot, just over a year ago, I'd hit rock bottom every day was a bad day at black rock, the luxury of having a few select friends that I could be 'my own orrible self with' was a life line for me, as was the Tarot. I remember the 8 cups appearing in a spread during that period, all I could feel was sadness and disappointment, there was nothing positive with this card what so ever, I've always said to my children there's no room for pity in life, it's a just a 'pity' I couldn't practice what I was preaching at that time.
A year on I don't recognise the person I used to be and I don't mean depression 12 months ago, I mean the person I'd become over the last 15 to 20 years! The Tarot has been a hard task master for me over these passing months, I've needed to do some serious homework. In the beginning I remember moments when was I too frightened to get the cards out....I really didn't like what I was finding out about myself, my irrational behavior in all types of situations and relationships, my innate ability to jump into practically anything without thinking, all I needed was one normal every day comment from another person and I'd be on a roll, twisting the words they had spoken, stirring my emotional cauldron, it was superb, I'd feed it with fear, power, paranoia, anger, greed and guilt. After years of practice and conditioning I had become an emotional cripple!
Any road up...a year on and thanks to Mr Tarot, I value every day I'm given and intend to live well and fully.
~So, it's not the 8 of cups that changed it was me, it's challenging to read cards and remain objective, this card has a completely different meaning to me now.......for me it's a card of wisdom,experience,acceptance and new horizons as one door closes another door opens.
Cheryl
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Silence and a 3 Card Spread
I carried out a reading for a friend this weekend and apart from taking a deep breath and trying to remain calm I was 'Stuck', so here it is:
Question: Am I going to be earning an income working for my current employer at the end of 2011?
So with card 1 The Hierophant upright, after taking my deep breath and then allowing the silence to pierce every thought in my head, nothing the big void hit me. I found myself plucking at feathers, first I began with the Hierophant being a doorman, more silence, 'just give me a second' I remember saying, still absolutely nothing, the querent has a knowledge of the cards, so suggested religion perhaps? I couldn't make any sense of religion given the question, I remember staring at the pillars either side of the Hierophant and then staring at the querent, I know within me I had something to say but somehow the words appeared stolen by the silence and the overwhelming inner panic that I had opened the door to and invited in.
Hurrying things along and secretly praying that card 2 would save me, it revealed the The Fool reversed, ok, the key words began dancing in my mind, right I said, emerging from isolation, new beginnings, silence again! This time followed by a sensational senior moment, well minute actually, I sat and repeated the two key words beautifully over and over, it at was at this point I noticed the querent was falling asleep!
I turned the 3rd card hoping to inject the reading and redeem myself, no such luck 4 cups reversed, I now realised I had also invited desperation in alongside panic, I began to quote John Ballantrae (no disrespect intended), I was on a roll like a blabbering idiot now, 'it's a bit like being in a river and the current is so strong you can't climb out, what 's the point of trying to get out, just go with the flow and climb out further down the river where it is calmer, you can always then walk back to where you want to be'! Alarm bells now ringing, the querent staring at me, I wasn't going to give up!!! I added you are going to offered something so don't refuse it! Never mind Tarot Plain and Simple this was absolute mumbling rubbish, I was behaving like a complete and utter nut case! I remember thinking it's people like me that give Tarot a bad reputation, so what did I do.....I continued.
I had also asked the querent to choose two numbers, she had chosen 8 and 16, needless to say, I completed the reading with these and somehow suggested she was in love with her employer!......I can tell you this did not go down very well at all, no surprises there then!
If there is anybody out there that can match a reading as bad as this one, I challenge you. At the same time 'HELP'.
Cheryl (now weeping silently)
Question: Am I going to be earning an income working for my current employer at the end of 2011?
So with card 1 The Hierophant upright, after taking my deep breath and then allowing the silence to pierce every thought in my head, nothing the big void hit me. I found myself plucking at feathers, first I began with the Hierophant being a doorman, more silence, 'just give me a second' I remember saying, still absolutely nothing, the querent has a knowledge of the cards, so suggested religion perhaps? I couldn't make any sense of religion given the question, I remember staring at the pillars either side of the Hierophant and then staring at the querent, I know within me I had something to say but somehow the words appeared stolen by the silence and the overwhelming inner panic that I had opened the door to and invited in.
Hurrying things along and secretly praying that card 2 would save me, it revealed the The Fool reversed, ok, the key words began dancing in my mind, right I said, emerging from isolation, new beginnings, silence again! This time followed by a sensational senior moment, well minute actually, I sat and repeated the two key words beautifully over and over, it at was at this point I noticed the querent was falling asleep!
I turned the 3rd card hoping to inject the reading and redeem myself, no such luck 4 cups reversed, I now realised I had also invited desperation in alongside panic, I began to quote John Ballantrae (no disrespect intended), I was on a roll like a blabbering idiot now, 'it's a bit like being in a river and the current is so strong you can't climb out, what 's the point of trying to get out, just go with the flow and climb out further down the river where it is calmer, you can always then walk back to where you want to be'! Alarm bells now ringing, the querent staring at me, I wasn't going to give up!!! I added you are going to offered something so don't refuse it! Never mind Tarot Plain and Simple this was absolute mumbling rubbish, I was behaving like a complete and utter nut case! I remember thinking it's people like me that give Tarot a bad reputation, so what did I do.....I continued.
I had also asked the querent to choose two numbers, she had chosen 8 and 16, needless to say, I completed the reading with these and somehow suggested she was in love with her employer!......I can tell you this did not go down very well at all, no surprises there then!
If there is anybody out there that can match a reading as bad as this one, I challenge you. At the same time 'HELP'.
Cheryl (now weeping silently)
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