Morning! In our household, much time and energy last night and this morning has been sucked up by this little bundle of cuteness. A neighbor was trying to keep this lost one out of freshly poured concrete, and for some reason everyone thinks we are the neighborhood caretakers of all the lost critters. Of course, we did keep it and are trying to find wee one’s home. Yes, we are suckers.
Now on to the cards. I found all of today’s spread interesting, and I think it says something about the current state of society: Dawn (the light after the darkness), Skull of Flowers (creating through the ashes), and Spider (Community and web-weaving).
Skull of Flowers was the main card in the spread, so here it is! Have a great day, folks. 🙂
“Creating through the ashes”
To blossom and bloom
The work must be done
Through the fire and ashes
Our fortune it comes
Before flowers are born, they are sweet buds on a plant that came from a smaller form like a seed or a bulb. The seed needs prepared, nourishing soil to grow to its potential. Some plants and trees only seed after fire or a period of extreme adversity like drought or flood.
Sometimes we wish for a life different from the one that we have and that can mean radical change. Sometimes to have that new life, everything falls apart to make it so – and that can be uncomfortable. We may lose our relationships or they may change. We might lose a job, have to move house or become ill – all big events that lead to a reassessment of the “how” of our lives.
The Skull of Flowers illustrates that there is a sureness and yet a rawness to creating again, to starting afresh. Sometimes the universe gives us a blank slate to work from, so we can build what we really want, rather than just settling for less. The Skull of Flowers celebrates not just a kind of phoenix energy but also an energy of success and full bloom through adversity.
The Halloween Oracle by Stacey Demarco, art by Jimmy Manton
Parting the Mists 
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