Friday, June 27, 2014

New moon in June reading with the Tao Oracle

Lately I've been meditating more regularly again. My practice was buried under too much worrying and feeling restless and so forth. Working with the last Embrace card “No-Thingness” has been very revealing to me.  I've discovered the more anxious and stressed out I am the less I do the things which could be healing for me, like prayer, meditation or just sit and do nothing. So now I've picked up my meditation practice (again) and so far so good. Before I start with the actual meditation I like to visualize a circle with elemental symbolism like colors, forces of nature, animals, goddesses, seasons etc. (not all at once of course J). This separates me from my daily hustle.
Any way after my meditation instead of picking up my The Osho Zen Tarot as usual I've pulled my Release and Embrace card for the coming lunation from The Tao Oracle by the same artist: Ma Deva Padma. 

Release: Work on what has been spoiled
Embrace;  Opposition
At first I was bit confused because It seemed as if the two cards had to be drawn just the other way around: to release oppositions and misunderstandings and to embrace healing and restoring the balance  But then I realized this is exactly what the cards are telling me. My first automatic response to a situation is to try to make things right for everybody. To restore the balance, to clean up the mess so we can move one like nothing has happened. Everything for the sake of peace.  Often I feel very uncomfortable if there is a conflict, a tension or even a difference in opinion. So this will be my challenge for this lunation: to let things be as they are for a while and let others work out their own issues without me coming to the rescue. And perhaps even more to be able to have and to keep my own viewpoints without letting myself be talked over by everybody else for the sake of harmony and balance. 

6 comments:

  1. We are SO much alike! I'll run around taking care of everyone else's needs before tending to my own. And even when I am trying to take care of myself, it's like I have to get everything just "so" before I begin. This post was like looking in the mirror! :D

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    1. That mirroring goes both ways my friend. I recognize so much of myself in your posts too. :)
      Hugs

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  2. Beautiful, beautiful cards. You know, I think I have this oracle. I got it really cheaply but it had one card miss ing and one duplicate, so I never got around to really looking at it. Maybe I should :)

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    1. Yes they are! I've got this second hand for almost nothing. Now I think is is one of my most beautiful oracle decks but for some reason or another I don't give it the attention it deserves. Ha ha to many decks! What a luxury problem :D

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  3. Excellent reading! I also see the release card as letting go of guilt over past mistakes, forgiving yourself and moving on. I'm also like you in the stress department. The more stressed I am, the less I manage my self-care. It's a catch 22. Good for you on taking time for meditation!

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    1. Thank you Siddaleah. I haven't thought about that aspect of the release card yet.
      So many of us are struggle with self-care. I wish It was as easy as caring for others :)

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