Tarot Shadow Work- The Gift Of Wisdom

This week, I'm working with the card Justice in conjuntion with the World card as I will be applying it to "The Gift of Wisdom." Wisdom is not something that you can buy from Amazon.com or something that we are born with, it comes from patience, stillness, listening and experiences....learning from our mistakes.

In the Star of Discovery, (card one) The World ...I am comparing it with the Justice card in position six, I find myself asking how does this apply to me? What is the gift that lies within the shadows? The Justice card's Shadow Qualities are "using only logic to make decisions...being out of touch with your Higher self and an "All or nothing" viewpoint." I, myself am very aware of the last on the list, I have always had a black and white outlook on life and it's situations.

The problem that comes with this mentality is that I tend to miss out on all the wonderful "grey" areas that life can offer. There are so many things that I have missed out on up until now and by working through this book, a whole new perspective has begun to unfurl before me.

I had the idea to draw another card that will represent aggression that I need to bring into my concious and drew The Empress. Her Shadow Qualities are inability to let go of relationships...feeling emotionally barren or separated....dwelling on pains from the past and holding on to destructive situations. I completely understand how I exhibit these qualities and by addressing them in my concious will allow me to become better aquainted with them.  I am not trying to 'fix" these aggressions at this present time but by bringing them out into the light, I am able to see them for what they are and how they became anchor's in the here and now.

After the events of the past week it all seems to be coming together and working on my shadow is beginning to blend into all aspects of my life and I'm happy to say that I am becoming a much better person and gaining in wisdom by leaps and bounds!

Thorougly Irritated Thursday

It was a very long and rather frustrating day yesterday, The manufactured home park owner has decided to trap cats even if they have collars, tags and/or microchips. Cats who get caught are taken immediately down to the local Humane Society and bail is promptly set at $65.00 a head.

So, even though I own my own home and even though the owner is well aware of the two witches and their cats with a webcam and have the cats listed on my contract (with descriptions, I might add)...they insist any cats seen outside anyone's house will be caught and removed.

I ask what the hell (if of course I even believed in such a place...which I don't) is going on in this world that there seems to be nothing better to do than round up cats simply because they're outside. I say "Hello...it's a CAT! Aren't they supposed to prowl...? I mean come on, it's they're JOB! " Won't we experience a rodent problem if there are no cats to catch them?! What about the majority of elderly living here that have a fixed income as their sole support...how will they pay to get "fluffy" out of lock up?

I think the owner should focus on those whom have recently moved in and decided to park several of their partial, non running vehicles in front of all of the other houses around here because they ran out of room in their own driveway... And what about the methamphetamine addicts that have started to wander our blocks at three in the morning the last few weeks...? The Bull Mastiff that leaves pony sized piles of poo in the rose garden?... Did anyone notice the guy a few doors down drinking beer and smoking pot every weekend in his garage with under age kids...? There's just something a little off about the owner's logic around here...

*Steps down from the soapbox shaking her head and mumbling.....*