Alright, today’s card seems fitting for a Monday, so I hope you all got some good rest. The Ace of Bows suggests the need to be ready to learn, adapt, and focus. Have a good day!
Ace of Bows: Spark of Life
Against a shimmering background of leaves and beaches, a stout, rough-hewn hunting bow shimmers with the fire of life itself. The tip of an arrow rests on a heap of kindling chaff, and curled bark is bursting into flame as the tip flashes with brilliant incandescent light.
Meaning: As the turning of the cosmic axis generates the spark of life, so the kindling of a flame sparks the necessary light and warmth in our lives. The drill-bow suggests the human element, our partnership with the environment in which we live and the mastery of its gifts. Be prepared to learn new skills, adapt to a changing environment, and focus and tune your instincts to the task at hand.
Reading Points: By shaping, directing, and persevering with the tool that both hunts and nutures fire, we kindle the spark that starts the process of creation and empowerment. This takes skill, effort, commitment, and persistence, but the universe always responds with enlightenment, challenge, and opportunity. This is the nature of the human relationship with creation, and leads to a deeper awareness of the part we must play in the great scheme of things.
Harnessing the energy inherent in the bow, and the skill and endurance needed to loose the hunter’s arrows accurately and efficiently, are as primal and ancient as human existence itself. Every native tribe on Earth developed the bow as a tool and choosing, shaping, and tuning the bow stave and the arrows is a time-consuming and demanding craft that hones our skills and widens our knowledge of all the materials required in the ancient art. This also includes the habits and patterns of nature associated with the prey the hunter seeks and may infuse the archer with a new respect and reverence for the creatures that inhabit the Wildwood.
The Wildwood Tarot by authors Mark Ryan and John Matthews and artist Will Worthington
Parting the Mists 
This card is so appropriate for my first day of school in anthropology. The bow expresses both ancient skills of survival, but also the modern skills of focus with adaptability. I am looking forward to the fire igniting spirit through ace of arrows!
Wow, I didn’t know you’d gone back to school! That seems to run in your blood a bit, though, doesn’t it? Best wishes on your endeavor, Sister.