Today’s card is the Eight of Wands from the
Mary El Tarot. We see a winged red lion carrying a sleeping child under a
starry arch of Nut, the Egyptian goddess of the night sky. The lion holds in his paw and
hand a rainbow lemniscate, the symbol of eternity.
It might appear
that God is carrying you here, that you are watched over by divinity, but in truth
it is you, the wisest most courageous part of yourself who is carrying you.
This card
is a wake-up call to your sleeping self. The
part that thinks she is alone, separated, inadequate, not worthy and so on. All
of us have a greatness inside ourselves which yearns to be embraced, if we only
would wake up and see how strong and wonderful we really are. The best way to “wake
up” is to relax and to listen to our inner voice, which will inspire us to
create with colors, movement, words and music. There in the beauty and splendor
of art we will begin to get a feel of our true potential
“You were born with potential.
You were born with goodness and trust.
You were born with ideals and dreams.
You were born with greatness.
You were born with wings.
You are not meant for crawling, so don't.
You have wings.
Learn to use them and fly.”
Rumi
