17 May 2021
Context
Here I am again with a nose drip and not feeling like concentrating too hard. Instead of coming up with new information, which may or may not be helpful, I opted to revisit an old post and tidy up the grammar and formatting. 🤧 The best way to think of this blog post, Day 137, is to treat it like a band’s “best of” album or a TV show’s “memories” or “flashback” episode.
You know, the kind of episode where you spend most of the time looking at the footage you’ve already seen before – some of the footage is nostalgic, sometimes it even progresses the storyline (not that often in my humble opinion). It’s probably due to a key actor, or someone caught off guard but the show had a deadline to meet. 🤧
When I reviewed Day 007, it made me realise just how new to writing a blog. It also made me realise that my husband was too polite in giving me constructive feedback. For instance, Day 007 spoke about trying to get some equipment, but I didn’t mention what gear I was on about – by the way, it was lighting equipment. 🤧 Amendments to Day 007’s post kept to a minimum while staying true to the original post.
Okay, this is where I’ve gotten to on the daily context because there’s really only so much I can do with a runny nose and its nose drip. 🤧🤧🤧
Today's Cards
The Cards - Analysis
Carry Over Cards
There were two cards that carried over from yesterday: Sorrow was in Future Energy and moved to the Distant Past, We are the World was in the Distant Past and moved to Others’ Views position.
Analysis
The Source is in the Now influenced by Participation. The Rebel is in the Goal position, with Sorrow sitting in the Distant Past. A Recent Past of Integration led to reconnecting with The Source and is about Letting Go in the Future Energy position.
So, what does that mean? According to Louise L. Hay, colds reflect the thoughts cycling around, “Too much going on at once, Mental confusion, disorder. [and] Small hurts. “I get three colds every winter,” type of belief.”. Sadly, I can identify with this, in part at least. With colds comes nose drip 🤧 (am I belabouring the point?). What does this have to do with the cards? Good question.
As mentioned in other posts, The Source is the clay and The Creator the potter. Hay’s statement holds for me because I feel there has been too much going on at once. There was work at work. I wanted to give attention, and there was home. The Transformation spoke about on Sunday, Day 136, in my Hopes & Fears and its Outcome being listening to my Inner Voice.
Well, on Sunday night, I changed how I was going to write and post the blogs — fed up with writing about being tired all the time, a change needed to be made to when I wrote. I wanted to go to bed when my husband went to bed and wanted to be fresh with a clear mind when writing.
Finally, the best solution or at least a solution to give a go was to wake up earlier in the morning (4:30 am) and go to bed at 10:00 pm. It’s been great!
Cross
Now 🤧 The Source is about getting back and reviewing the foundations. The foundations got examined, from the perspective, I wanted to Participate in my life.
The Rebel is all about doing things to suit himself, as he is unfettered by conditioning or constraints. The Goal position occupied by The Rebel card highlights this aspiration. Sorrow moved from yesterday’s Future Energy position to be in today’s Distant Past. Yesterday, I spoke of him looking like me with the runny nose, and I’m glad to see Sorrow move to the Distant Past, indicating the worst of the cold is over.
Whatever had been going on in my life has now been addressed. The result of which is the Integration card’s appearance in the Recent Past. Whenever you’re tidying up, there has to be some clearing out, even in the realms of mental confusion. Cleaning up also means Letting Go and Letting Go is in the Future Energy position indicating the cold should go.
Base
In the Feelings/ Immediate Future position is Past Lives. Past Lives, in this case, is me going back to Day 007 because I wasn’t up to writing a lot (she says and looks at today’s post 🙂.
Others’ Views has the card of We are the World, meaning that others think I’ve been working collaboratively to resolve issues, and yesterday this was in the Distant Past. The We are the World card echoes the Integration card in the Recent Past, and I can assume some of what I have been doing appears this way.
🤧is in the Hopes & Fears spot and probably means I want to get a grip on the cold and have it over with …. RIGHT NOW! That is hope. Fear is not having any Control over it.
Breakthrough and Letting Go work together and are complementary and supportive, especially in the Outcome and Future Energy position. Breakthrough breaking through an area that has been a struggle. Letting Go is finally moving on from what has been holding you back from that Breakthrough.
On a cheeky note, perhaps the cards are saying that the nose drip IS letting go! 🤧🤧 Not wrong, I’m certainly letting go of something!
References
- Osho, Osho Zen Tarot – The Transcendental Game of Zen, St Martin’s Press, ISBN 0-312-11733-7
- Hay, Louise L. 2002, You Can Heal Your Life, Palace Press International, China, ISBN 1-561-70-628-0
