Yesterday I’ve
pulled two cards from the Rider Wait tarot for my daily draw. One to answer the
question: what is preventing me from experiencing creative freedom and the next
would be telling me what my gift would be if I could embrace this freedom, which
is already within me, waiting to be found.
The first
card, the challenging one, was The Emperor. Look at him sitting there in his
armor on his concrete throne. If he would only look behind him, he would notice
the mountains, symbolizing the blocks he is experiencing. But no, he just sits there
being high and mighty and if he would sit there much longer I think his armor
would immobilize him because of the thick layers of rust. The Emperor in this position is rigid and controlling
and is certainly not in the mood for a playful and open minded approach of making of
art.
If I would discover
my creative freedom my gift would be the Nine of Pentacles: a feeling a success.
fulfillment, happiness and tremendous self-worth. This card is a perfect follow
up of the Eight of Pentacles, where we see a guy practicing his skills.
Together
these two cards have influenced me enormously yesterday. First I went to the
gym because I knew I had to get out of my chair and out of my head and that I had to start
moving. Then after a refreshing shower I picked up my watercolors and painted a
part of the Nine of Pentacles in my Tarot journal. That was a big step for me. Instead
of writing a blogpost about it (the wish of The Emperor) I also painted a
Sunflower which was so much fun to do. Sometimes it feels like I have to open the
floodgate to my creativity, which can be so heavy and is sometimes almost nearly
impossible to do but when it is open creating feels like the most natural thing
to do and it makes me so very happy.
