Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Vanity's Kick Context
This morning I had to have a chuckle at myself. After my meditation, I went to the bathroom, had a look at my figure side on and front on and felt good about me and my “perceived weight loss”. On the high, I smugly sought out my loose-fitting pants to wear to work. Well, smugness and vanity took a Bugatti Veyron, at full speed, out the door and exited the building.
Alas, the tight-fitting loose clothing revelation saddened me. Especially since I thought I had resisted some of yesterday’s (Day 257) temptations. The Dream card sitting in the Outcome position has reverted to reality.
What did I really expect? One day of resisting temptation was not going to make that much difference at my age. Gone are the days when I could lose three kilos overnight by being good one day. Oh, well. Assuredly, it was a wake-up call. Luckily, I was able to laugh at my misconception and apparently, laughing at yourself is beneficial.
Today's Cards
The Cards - Vanity's Kick Analysis
Carryover Cards
One card carried over from yesterday; Moment to Moment moved from Now to Distant Past.
Cross
No surprises as to where Moment to Moment in the Distant Past came from, in this instance (yesterday). Yesterday I exercised Patience (Recent Past) with my weight control, and today I expected results. It’s really like going out to the garden to pull up seedlings to see if they have roots yet.
Today’s Goal was Healing. Being able to laugh at me and shrug off vanity when it struck was a new sensation. Not that I hadn’t laughed at it before, it was more spontaneous this time.
Projections as the influence on Rebirth is that I was most likely using long experience memories to measure the Now. And it looks like I’m going to retreat into my shell if the Suppression card in Future Energy is any indicator.
Base
Where the Future Energy has Suppression, my Feelings are of Silence. Silence is self-reflection for me. Currently, I’m quiet in myself.
Others’ Views of me are as The Master. Others see me as detached from the emotion but acknowledging it at the same time. Ah, if only it were all true.
Hopes & Fears has the card of Understanding. Of course, I hope to understand my situation, but there’s always the fear that I will not do anything about it.
Once again, we reach the Outcome position, and like Moment to Moment, Going with the Flow is simply accepting where one is going without resistance.
References
- Osho, Osho Zen Tarot – The Transcendental Game of Zen, St Martin’s Press, ISBN 0-312-11733-7
- Tarot Layouts per month
SEO – I felt good after resisting yesterday’s temptations to eat comfort food constantly. Only to laugh at donning “loose” clothing.
