Today, I am continuing with the creative #Actctober2021 Tarot Challenge hosted by @GlitterbyInk and @LivingJivaWell
The prompt: Today, how will I act with Patience?
Deck: The Spacious Tarot by Carrie Mallon & Annie Ruygt
It’s been a busy week with work and motherhood and some lovely life stuff.
Predictably I’ve managed to get out of sync with the #Actober challenge. I’ve been out of sync from day one really. As a result, I have been sitting with ‘contentment’ (well, the word prompt) for the last few days and waiting for the words and the moment to put them down to be upon me – not a terrible place to sit, though ?
The lovely challenge hosts have been clear from the start when it comes to participating. Take what you want from this challenge… you do you.
So, in order to ‘catch-up’ with myself and crack on with the challenge, I decided to skip ‘patience’ and move straight to ‘contentment’.
The irony of that statement is not lost on me. Well, not this morning anyway when I woke up with the words tumbling out of me. Hoorah for the words. And the words lead to a little insight. As I wrote it became clearer to me what I needed to do.
Yesterday was my birthday and I wanted to ‘do contentment’ on my birthday – set a beautiful intention for the year ahead… new moon in Libra and all that.
Anyway, long old story short, a King of Swords and a 6 of Pentacles later and I’m circling back to ‘patience ‘ because I feel like I’ve missed a step. And this is very definitely me doing me…
I don’t wanna miss a step. Where’s the contentment in that? Like I said, me doing me. And ‘patience’ was niggling at the back of my mind, as it does ?
So with no further rambling preamble, I promise, the card that ‘jumped’ out of The Spacious Tarot deck today, the very card that I was wishing for when I was trying to ‘do contentment’, was the beautiful Ace of Cups.
Ace of Cups
I think for me this is the most beautiful card in the deck. It seems to be consistently beautiful in every deck. In all my journeys through Tarot over the years, I’ve yet to find a representation of the Ace of Cups that has caused me to raise an eyebrow.
I wanted this card for ‘contentment’ because I think I thought I knew what I wanted to write.
Ha! so much ego in that sentence right there!
But as it turns out, I now find it perfect for bringing me back to ‘patience’. Patience with myself and with this process. To be still and calm – stillness and calmness are so perfectly expressed in the Ace of the Spacious Tarot.
Just to take my time.
The Ace of Cups invites us to open up our hearts to love in any form. It’s easy to relate to this card, feel its energy, in those times when we feel full with love for our children, lovers, family and friends.
The Ace of Cups is pure love.
And what would love be without patience? Just ask any parent, lover, family member or friend.
How will I act with patience today?
Today I show up in my life and my relationships with an open compassionate heart, with patience, faith and love. Mostly LOVE.
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