Tag: Sacred Traveler Oracle Cards

Daily Draw: Adelita of Earth and Breaking Trail

These cards are amazingly apt for where I’m at today.  I’m in such a position of accepting where I am at in my life both physically and emotionally and working to “grow where I’m planted.”   Moving from being a consultant and living out of a suitcase to being an internal employee and living out of my closet is a huge shift.  I’m used to just washing the clothes in my suitcase, adding an outfit to replace what I wore home, and repacking.  Now, I’ll actually be taking things off the hangers at home and getting dressed at my house every day.  That’s a huge change and these cards address this shift in my life.

The Adelita of Earth from The Herbcrafter’s Tarot tells me to ground myself by creating beauty where I am.  That means to truly live in my house and in  my skin and appreciate it.  It is about being present in my surroundings and taking the natural materials around me to create beauty.  Interestingly, I’m also reading It’s Not Your Money by Tosha Silver and early in the book she recommends cleaning and getting rid of things that no longer matter.  For me, this is a two step process as first I clean and get rid of things, then I look at what is left and create beauty.  From a natural perspective, I’m recognizing the sacred beauty of the daffodils that spring up in my yard each year and the trees that grace my yard.  And from a human perspective, I’m moving things around instead of buying.

The other lesson from the Yucca (Adelita) is to ground spirituality in a practical way.  Sometimes we think that spirituality is separate from our daily lives, but it shouldn’t be.  In reality everything that we do is sacred and beautiful and we should honor it as such.  that is a lesson I’m learning and I’m working to honor my life by treating it as sacred.  Having a home is sacred, having people who love me is sacred, it is all sacred and when I treat it as such, life flows so much better.

Breaking Trail is interesting in juxtaposition with the Adelita of Earth because this card is about creating a new trail and seeing limitations and blockages drop away.  On the one hand, this would seem to be in opposition to the Adelita of Earth because the one card is about being grounded where you are and the other is about moving forward.  However, one of the most important lessons I’ve learned is that you don’t have to continually be on the move to move forward.  I used to think that being rooted in one place was boring and meant I was stuck, but I’ve learned that having roots really can help you grow and that’s what I take away from these two cards:  keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.

Daily Draw: Ace of Air & Fellow Travelers

The Ace of Air seems to be a follow on card to the last two days as first there was the Two of Air which told me to let go of worn-out beliefs and I read that to mean some beliefs I had gotten from my grandmother about needing to be with someone, yesterday brought the  Adelita of Fire which was about defending the grandmother’s beliefs, and today brings the Ace of Air which is about discernment.  Pretty interesting as I read these three cards together as let go of what doesn’t serve me, keep and defend what does, and be discerning about those choices. 

The Ace of Air, Yarrow, has other important messages for me as well.  The first is to set my feelings aside and follow the truth.  That’s always a hard message for me as when I’m in a dark place, my feelings automatically go to “I suck.”  I’ve been in that place a lot this week as I’ve started a new job this week and while my boss is telling me that I’m doing what I need to do, but my brain is telling me that I suck.  A big part of it is that the expectations at this job are different than my old job and work that I’m doing now would have been “nonbillable” at my old job so I am not seeing the value in it.  A big part of this is a lesson for me to reset my expectations and to realize that things I do do add value.  I also have been feeling horrible this week as I’m battling a huge sinus infection so that may have something to do with my negative mood.  However, this is a really good reminder to keep myself positive.

The other lesson from the Ace of Air is to “know your wounds, identify your medicine.”  This is a reminder to me that sometimes I need to be gentle with myself and other times I need tough love.  My default mode is beating myself up and this card is telling me that that’s not always the right medicine.  Sometimes I need to be kind and loving and other times I need a little tough love. 

Fellow Travelers is a great card as it reminds me that I need to open up and let other people in.  I tend to think that I can do it all myself, but that’s not the case and I need a reminder that it is okay to ask for help and it’s okay to accept help.  This is also a reminder about kindness and about the fact that we need to be kind and help others when we can.

Daily Draw: Adelita of Fire and Crossing Bridges

What I find interesting about Adelita of Fire from the Herbcrafter’s Tarot is that this card is about defending the integrity of the grandmother’s teachings while yesterday’s Two of Air was about letting go of warn out beliefs and lessons. What is ironic about this juxtaposition of cards is that a lot of the lessons that I need to let go of came from my grandmother.  In some ways this is a mind twister for me, but when I step back and look at the bigger picture, I need to learn to be discerning about the lessons from my grandmothers and carry with me the ones that add value and let go of the ones that are outmoded. I think I do this to a certain extent as I have picture of my Grandmother Elda hanging over my sink as she is my role model of a good cook.  I have so many fond memories of eating around her table.  Those are the lessons that I take with me as I learned so much about being a good cook and a good person from her.

One of the intriguing aspects of this card is the call to be a leader and to empower others.  That’s a message that I’ve really been learning in my life lately and something my new boss said to me that really struck me was about his wanting to be of service.  That’s something a lot of people don’t think of lately because we make it all about ourselves and all about ego.  We don’t think about how we can serve others and that makes the world a little sadder.  There is this perception somehow that when we serve others we are somehow diminished, but that shouldn’t be the case at all because being of service means we are helping others.

Cayenne in combination with Crossing Bridges tells me to only take what is important with me and to let go of all the things that no longer serve me.  I need to heal my past and let go of the pain, the anger, and all that junk.  This card calls for me to forgive and let go and forgiveness is sometimes incredibly difficult for me because I am a scorpio and my MO is to hold on till grudges until someone has paid a stiff price.  This card is telling me that maybe I need to just walk away and let it all go.  I am realizing the older I get that grudges really don’t serve me well.

Daily Draw: Two of Air and Wise Leader

Chicory is an interesting plant for me because when I was growing up and we would go on trips with my grandmother, she would always point it out and call it Blue Ruin.  As this was in the days before the internet, I had no way of looking it up to see why it was called that and she didn’t know either.  I did Google it, but couldn’t find anything related to it being called Blue Ruin.  Why that memory is important is that Chicory (Two of Air) in The Herbcrafter’s Tarot is telling me to let go of long held beliefs and to let go of worn-out beliefs and one of the messages that my grandmother hammered into my head was that I needed a man to survive.  Starting when I was about 14 or 15 every time I went to visit her, she would ask if I had a boyfriend yet and when I went to college, she wasn’t interested in what I was learning or what was happening at school, all she cared about was whether or not I had a boyfriend.

She wasn’t the only one that was drilling the message into my head that I needed a man to be whole, my parents were also sending that message.  My father made it clear that the only degree he would pay for was an accounting degree because then I could support myself in the event that I had to.  When I reflect upon that now, I’m realizing that the message was that supporting myself was a fall back plan because the ideal course of action would be to be supported by a man while I did the “housewifely” things like cooking and cleaning.  Why would a woman ever want to support herself?  My mother reinforced this idea by expecting everything I did in life to be about someone else.  This continued up until the day I had had enough with her and cut her out of my life.  That day came when I told her I was separating from my husband and her questions where “How are the kids?” and “There’s not going to be a divorce, is there?”  There was no concern for me or how I felt, instead it was (as it had always been) about everyone else.

I’ve worked hard in the last 10 years to learn that I am an amazing and awesome person all by myself and that I don’t need someone to support me.  That doesn’t mean I don’t want someone in my life, but it does mean that I’ve learned that I am a whole human being all by myself.

The Wise Leader reinforces this by reminding me that I can be a beacon for others and I can lead people.  This has been a hard lesson for me as well as my father continually reminded me that women were not leaders, women should not be in a position of power over men.  The last few years have been about coming into my own as a person and as a leader and I’m realizing that I am strong and that I can stand proud and lead people.

These were awesome cards and a good reminder for me to continue to let go of all the old and hateful lessons.

Daily Draw: Hija of Earth and Impasse

Hija of Earth from the Herbcrafter’s Tarot and Impasse from the Sacred Traveler’s Oracle are another pair of cards that are perfectly in synch.  Hija tells me to maintain my boundaries while Impasse tells me that sometimes I need to redirect.  I’m reading these cards as a reminder to not only keep my own boundaries, but also to respect others and that sometimes I do need to stop and redirect.  I’m someone who loves to be in charge and loves to drive forward, no matter what the cost.  However, these cards are showing me that that is not always the best way to live.  Sometimes we need to stop, reevaluate, and redirect.  These cards are especially meaningful to me today because I’m giving up something I’ve worked hard for to go in a different direction.  I was finally given the director’s title in February and I’m walking away to spend more time with my family and to have more work life balance.  For me that’s the right choice, even though my ego isn’t liking it too much.

Hija is also telling me that I need to let go of my need for perfection and to just accept that sometimes good enough is all that is needed.  That’s not a lesson I like, but it is the one that I need.