KNIGHT of CUPS & the weekend off...

http://www.salemtarot.com/tarotcard_Knight_of_Cups.html says: "The Knight of Cups, dressed in blue to denote his sensitivity and emotional nature, signifies a dreamy, caring, loving individual from your present. This Knight pursues his thoughts and fantasies, and intuitively attunes to the needs of others. He may signify a lover who does not wish to commit, who is attractive, but passive. He does what he believes in, and is considered a charmer...someone you know, or is this you?"

To me this is a card indicative of the true romantic, or the spirit of romance. So I guess I'll be working on that romantic element in the WIP. And since I intend to use this weekend to get a lot of work done, I'll post more Tarot on Monday!

ACE of CUPS

Whoa. I got an Ace for yesterday's Tarot of the Day too! Hmmm...

http://www.learntarot.com/sa.htm says of these Ace pairs... "An Ace-Ace pair shows that a new spirit is entering your life." It draws the energy of the Ace of Swords "intelligence, reason, justice, truth, clarity, perseverance" and adds "the Ace of Cup's deep feelings, intimacy, attunement, compassion, love."

For the Ace of Cups specificially it also says: "Using emotional force: getting in touch with your feelings, letting your heart lead the way, empathizing with others, expressing deep feelings, responding viscerally. Developing intuition: trusting your inner voice, responding to messages from within, experiencing direct knowing, enhancing your psychic awareness, getting in tune with yourself, going with your gut reaction. "

I think the card is attuned to my WIP. Hee hee.

ACE of SWORDS

The suit of Swords deals with the mind and intellect, and here with the Ace, as with all Aces of the suits, you see that raw energy is available.

In Silver Ravenwolf's book Solitary Witch, she sites the Ace of Swords as, "A striking new idea, using your intelligence to attack a problem in a new way, a personal victory."

My own interpretation is more along the lines of "adversity will teach you to see things in a new, creative, and beneficial way."

Well, on Monday, I had the Two of Wands indicating that I'd solve some of my "writing time" issues, and I'll take this as "problem solved..."

QUEEN of CUPS

The Queen of Cups is a dreamy, secretive, creative woman. Hmmm...could this be me?

http://www.sacred-texts.com/tarot/gbt/gbt70.htm says: "The personification of the soul on the house of Capricorn, the Tenth, manifesting into the world that which it carries. As such this queen is to us the image of the married woman and the mother and of all that which woman can give to man and mankind, by her virtue both of soul and body. So the card must also mean the realisation of hopes and wishes, consequently success, etc. The 'wisdom' is here more of the practical blend, usefulness, knowing how to act with care and prudence."

Wow. Would be nice to be such a fabulous sounding person, huh?

TWO of WANDS

The Two of Wands, in my interpretation is indicative of a new partnership, the forming of a new goal--especially a creative project, success, and overcoming obstacles and hardships by using your own initiative. It's a goal card that says you've got an idea that has potential...now get to work and make it manifest!

The suit of Wands typically deal with Communicating, as a writer...hmmm, communicating is kind of a thing for me. In novel form. So, I of course like this suit.

http://supertarot.co.uk/minor-wands/two.htm says: "...the Two of Wands means taking control of the territory around the action" (indicated by the ace of wands) and, "Making something one's own. Making a statement of ownership."

I've discovered that having the kids home from school is as much of a writing distraction as I feared it would be...and overcoming this obstacle, is only done when I buckle down and make it so. I have to make writing time my own. When I don't "take control of the territory around the action" (i.e. my writing room...) I don't get much done.

THE FOOL

THE FOOL

http://www.themysticeye.com/info/tarotcardm.htm defines the meaning of this card as: New beginnings, new adventures, new opportunities, unlimited possibilities, pleasure, passion, thoughtlessness, rashness.

Since I am embarking on a Fourth of July camping excursion, I'll take this as the new adventure. *And I may not blog tomorrow...*

I hope you all are doing something fun with people you care about this weekend!

THE HANGED MAN

www.ata-tarot.com/resource/cards says: "As the card of the paradox, the Hanged Man also urges you to look at things in a new and different way. If your mind is yelling at you to do something, then doing nothing could be the best thing to do... don't try to force anything to happen while the Hanged Man is about. By trying to force changes, you ensure that they never happen. Relax and let things happen instead of trying to interfere. Instead of fighting against the current, let it take you wherever it is flowing."

My experience with this card concurs. My take is: What you're trying to do now won't work that way, change your approach. So, for that scene giving me trouble, today I'm going to work differently. I may even skip ahead to another scene altogether and come back to this one later. But I'm in a different room (bedroom, not office), different chair (okay, so it's not technically a chair...I'm stretched out on the bed with my feet up), and even a different computer (laptop instead of desktop). C'mon progress....