Another day and another interesting trio of cards drawn. The main card is Winter (the sacredness of pausing), but it is flanked by Eternal Love and The Underworld. Two of the cards specifically mention pausing. Perhaps it is time to slow down and take a breath before diving into action. Perhaps we need to take time to appreciate what is within our grasp already before trying to move on. Blessings!
Winter – The Sacredness of Pausing
Lightly I step, for
the earth fall asleep
A lullaby to rest and pause
The soul’s secretes to keep
Death is frightening even though it is inescapable. However, as we move into winter, we know it signals a literal and metaphysical death. In some parts of the planet, the extreme weather means snow and ice buries all life and the ground lies fallow and still.
In winter, the earth slows down and there is less light and often more wet weather. Many plants die back, many animals are less active and traditionally it was a leaner and more difficult time for those who worked on the land for their living. Winter often brought with it the end of a life cycle – a figurative or literal death.
Should the Winter card appear to you, it’s time to let what no longer serves you die away. Where it seems natural and right to let things that have been bothering you for some time die back, take real action to change those things. Anything that is superfluous, “extra,“ and burdensome – release it.
The Halloween Oracle by Stacey Demarco, art by Jimmy Manton
Parting the Mists 
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