Saturday, June 18, 2016

The Magician - The Joy of Creating

Gaian Tarot The Magician
For today I pulled two cards. One for the overall energy of this day and one for needed advice
The first card is The magician and this is such a fitting card for today because I have all kinds of plans whirling around in my head and today is a perfect day to actually manifest some of my ideas into being. The thing that stands out the most in this card today is the obvious joy of The Magician. He is drumming as if his life depends on it and he is totally absorbed by it. There is no sense of time and place. There is only of the joy of creating.  And maybe that is what The Magician is all about, creativity has to flow through us like a river because when this flow is obstructed with fear and feelings of inadequacy, it gets murky and smelly..
On the other hand the advice of the Seven of Earth is from a whole different nature. This card urges us to step back and evaluate what we have made or learned. 
Gaian Tarot Seven of EarthThis is a card of patience and of watching how life evolves instead of us trying to control everything to the last detail. Together these two cards do make a lot of sense . When the Magician has expressed his creativity he has to step back and wait until it becomes clear what the next phase will be. Each of knows that creativity comes in waves and personally I do have a tendency to hold on to my creative flow anxiously, afraid it will never return once the drum roll is over.  The Seven of Earth learns us to trust the Universe that after every ebb tide our flow will return.

This morning I have sewn a dress for my Waldorf doll. It has been years since I have touched a sewing machine. It wasn’t easy but I enjoyed the experience and I was satisfied how it turned out. It's a pity the bobbin winder is broken, so I have to take my sewing machine to  the repair shop. A mandatory pause but it is a good thing, so I can evaluate this first trial run and search some more patterns and maybe watch some YouTube tutorials on how to sew properly.

8 comments:

  1. My sewing room is my 'happy place'...There are stand alone bobbin winders now, do a search for sidewinder.

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    1. Maybe one day it will become mine too. Thanks for the tip about the stand alone winder:)

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  2. That Seven of Earth could also be about Magic, everyday things we take for granted. Plant a pot of flowers for a different type of artistry.

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    1. Each morning I take a "stroll" through my tiny garden. I suppose that counts too :)

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  3. What a great pair of cards about creativity. I often want feedback from others to tell me how I did, but as you said, it is much better if I am content without it, happy with just the process of creating something.

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    1. That is the most important part: being happy because you are creating and not only for the result and... not to be afraid when creativity appears to be absent

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  4. I also notice how in the Seven of Earth she is digging in, getting her hands dirty, not worrying about kneeling on the ground. At a visual level, sometimes creativity might be messy, and that's fine, too ;)

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    1. You should see my art desk. :D
      I always try to keep it clean and neat but that won't last longer than a week.

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