We have two cards to contemplate today. Both are from The Sacred Circle Tarot, a Celtic Pagan Journey by Anna Franklin, illustrated by Paul Mason. One is for the entire year that begins today, and the other for January.
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June is certainly the month of budding, blooming, and seeing life return. Summer solstice is almost upon us. The celebration of light is coming. Read more for the blog for June.
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May Day and the Celtic Fire Festival of Spring Beltane are ancient traditions that celebrate the coming of the Light, new growth and seasonal beginnings. Not only did people joyfully dance around the May Pole, but couples jumped the fire as part of spring mating rituals.
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The tree of life is an important symbol in Celtic tradition and many other indigenous cultures. Our March oracle card, drawn from the Greenwood Tarot Pre-celtic Shamanism of the Mythic Forest is authored by Mark Ryan and Chesca Potter.
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Of course, the Celtic goddess tradition was not based on a hierarchy. However, the hierarchy of angels is part of Christianity and Hinduism. February's oracle card depicts Archangel Michael with his sword of light. Read the challenge that Archangel Michael is giving.
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After years of working with the tarot, I never ceased to be amazed at its serendipity. What better card for December than the STAR! December is the month of celebrations of the light in so many traditions. I can’t help thinking of The Star of Bethlehem as it comes upon a midnight clear.
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When everything was turned upside down this Christmas, I found that the simple ritual of lighting a candle brought me joy and peace and, yes, even a sense of companionship. I didn’t bother with decorating a tree, there was no candlelight supper to host or candlelit service to attend. But that simple candle was a worthy substitute. In fact, in its profound simplicity I connected with the true spirit of the season.
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Winter solstice is always magical but this year December 21 will be extraordinary. Jupiter and Saturn will come together in the night sky brightly and more closely than in 800 years. Thus, it is called “The Christmas Star”. Feels to me like we are having the opportunity to birth a new country as then and a New Earth as at the birth of Christ.
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I chose Denise Linn’s Sacred Traveler Oracle Cards for December’s card draw because I assume many of you, like myself, are itchy to travel again. Of course, it is 2020. The Universe did not give me the kind of message I expected. Instead, we were given a challenge: Answering the Call.
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Light, sound and energy all have qualities of vibration and frequency. Modern day technology uses vibration and frequency in ways I can not begin to describe. I merely am the beneficiary of their workings. Likewise, The Ancient Ones understood aspects of vibration and frequency which I can experience in a stone circle, although I cannot explain why. How is such energetic resonance created? How can I experience it in my everyday life? I can I know better how to work with it?
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I find it intriguing and ironic that we are now beginning to see that the Ancient Ones understood and used energy in ways that are just coming into our awareness. You don’t have to visit ancient sites to open to this awareness. A walk in the woods, sitting in a garden or watching a sunset can do it.
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The notion that our healing and our happiness are in relationship to Nature and the beauty of the natural world is universal but also very Celtic.
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