Today’s cards
are picked by myself from the Anna K Tarot to represent my intention for
the coming lunation.
Release - The
seven of cups.
Lately I feel
the desire more than usual to buy stuff on an impulse. YouTube is a very powerful
enabler. Lots of gorgeous decks are unboxed, revealed, and reviewed. Besides that
I feel the urge to smoke a cigarette more often and more intense. And don’t get
me started about milk chocolate with hazelnuts.
I know giving in to these cravings only will give short time fulfillment but none
the less I feel them so intense.
Embrace - Strength. This card beautifully represents for me the practice of “Feeding your Demons” developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione which Bev introduced me to.
The woman
in this depiction of Strength is facing her inner lion, her untamed self, the sum of her intense emotions and burning desires. She asks
her what it is she really needs because it isn’t chocolate, the next new deck
or a cigarette. And gently her lion puts her paw on the woman’s lap and looks
at her with her deep brown eyes and she knows: Her lion needs to be loved, comforted,
held, cared for, listened to, and so many other things that money just can’t
buy. When all of her needs are met she can unfasten the collar and sit with her
quietly.
I love it
that in this depiction the lion is female too, which highlights the fact that the woman
and the lion are on and the same.
This month I
am going to focus on tending to my lions needs and to be compassionate with every part of myself when things get difficult.
I also want to focus more on being grateful for what I have.
Gratitude: Today
I am grateful for seeing through the illusion that things will give me what I
really need and for the inner strength to
change my behavior patterns
