Today's cards are Stork and Clover. I'm taking it that means the money's in the mail? We've got to get the move on -- can't sit her all summer broke because our renters decide to vacation and dine on.... ok, that's not fair. I know same as you that they are doing what we all do - trying to make it happen. That's what I tell myself. Still, they can't make their problem my problem or I'll have to make my problem their problem -- and find new renters.
Monday, June 30, 2014
Sunday, June 29, 2014
self-imposed schedules
I don't know why I set these goals -- Lenormand everyday? Sure, no problem. I have rituals I do every day, because I've built them into the morning. Drawing a rune or a card, reading I-Ching, or now, pulling two Lenormand cards are part of the morning. I see them, take note of the content (ominous or auspicious), and go on with my day. It's the recording them here that might not happen.
Yesterday, my cards were auspicious. As it turned out, we were down to a few dollars and no one paying us. Getting these cards told me something would turn up and it did, in the form of a check from a renter who decided to pay on time (unlike the other deadbeats we deal with).
So, we got a bit of groceries and a few candles, had a coffee and tea at the lovely Wild Bean coffeehouse in the most pretentious small town in America (Lewisburg, WV), and came home.
Yesterday was also new moon. At new moon, I toss the bones to read on one subject or another. This time, it was for prosperity. My husband's token lay between the two auspicious markers, but on one side, surrounding one child, was two troubles. This formed a triangle with the stone of luck, and so, showed that with effort, the troubles could be overcome. The reading is more difficult to record than to know. There were subtleties I don't wish to go into at this time and in this space.
The day before yesterday, I read I-Ching (along with the Lenormand cards). I got MAKER, hexagram 2 -- basically, it says to keep plodding along in the direction you're going, with the patience of the Mare, not worrying the outcome, not looking behind you, and not as if you are in charge. Allow. I'm sure it was better spoken in the Book Of Changes, but that's the gist of it.
All that being said, I might not get here every day to record the morning cards, but I will draw them every morning. And I will continue doing readings for others along the way. I've still to purchase or make a deck of Lenomand cards beyond these crude paying cards etched with Lenormand numbers. That, too, will come.
Yesterday, my cards were auspicious. As it turned out, we were down to a few dollars and no one paying us. Getting these cards told me something would turn up and it did, in the form of a check from a renter who decided to pay on time (unlike the other deadbeats we deal with).
So, we got a bit of groceries and a few candles, had a coffee and tea at the lovely Wild Bean coffeehouse in the most pretentious small town in America (Lewisburg, WV), and came home.
Yesterday was also new moon. At new moon, I toss the bones to read on one subject or another. This time, it was for prosperity. My husband's token lay between the two auspicious markers, but on one side, surrounding one child, was two troubles. This formed a triangle with the stone of luck, and so, showed that with effort, the troubles could be overcome. The reading is more difficult to record than to know. There were subtleties I don't wish to go into at this time and in this space.
The day before yesterday, I read I-Ching (along with the Lenormand cards). I got MAKER, hexagram 2 -- basically, it says to keep plodding along in the direction you're going, with the patience of the Mare, not worrying the outcome, not looking behind you, and not as if you are in charge. Allow. I'm sure it was better spoken in the Book Of Changes, but that's the gist of it.
All that being said, I might not get here every day to record the morning cards, but I will draw them every morning. And I will continue doing readings for others along the way. I've still to purchase or make a deck of Lenomand cards beyond these crude paying cards etched with Lenormand numbers. That, too, will come.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Clover/Mountain -- June 26, 2014
2/21 Clover, Mountain
I will test this one for myself. My instant reading of this was that it has been a long, slow climb back to a place where "luck" can flow with us instead of against us.
We have been blocked for a very long time. Doing the work, but not reaping the benefits. Then, in the last couple of days, I see that a recent turn of events has all the marks of what might, by some, be called Divine Intervention, but which we think of as a little help from our friends.
One by one, our rental/sale properties were dropping from productivity as people fought each other, divorced, got health problems, succumbed to alcohol, went to jail and many other ways in which people sabotage themselves. We had so little money coming in, we couldn't afford to buy groceries, fix our own house's problems, even buy a sweeper to replace the broken one, or a sewing machine to replace the stolen one.
We own a Victorian on Wheeling Island and the people who rented from us stole the furniture and busted holes in the walls before we got them out of there. We depended on the rent money and that was gone. Many other such things were going on at the same time. One fellow, on a rent-to-own (low rent, low interest), refused to make payments but wanted to stay in the house. On and on it went.
Then we got a call from a fellow who wanted to buy the Victorian if we would carry the loan. We agreed, sent the paperwork. I believe he is honest, but having just moved to that area and finding the house to be in disrepair from the ne'er-do-wells who lived there previously, could not make the first payment on time. We worked with him on that and now, half payments are coming every two weeks instead of one payment a month.
He also asked about other houses we might have for sale there as his employer is seeking houses to buy.
I think this is the situation being addressed.
When I look up the meaning of clover paired with mountain, however, I get "luck is blocked".
When I look up the meaning of mountain paired with clover, it means, "Things are looking up, problems end well."
I will come back to this and assess which is meant by today's cards in which mountain modifies clover.
I will test this one for myself. My instant reading of this was that it has been a long, slow climb back to a place where "luck" can flow with us instead of against us.
We have been blocked for a very long time. Doing the work, but not reaping the benefits. Then, in the last couple of days, I see that a recent turn of events has all the marks of what might, by some, be called Divine Intervention, but which we think of as a little help from our friends.
One by one, our rental/sale properties were dropping from productivity as people fought each other, divorced, got health problems, succumbed to alcohol, went to jail and many other ways in which people sabotage themselves. We had so little money coming in, we couldn't afford to buy groceries, fix our own house's problems, even buy a sweeper to replace the broken one, or a sewing machine to replace the stolen one.
We own a Victorian on Wheeling Island and the people who rented from us stole the furniture and busted holes in the walls before we got them out of there. We depended on the rent money and that was gone. Many other such things were going on at the same time. One fellow, on a rent-to-own (low rent, low interest), refused to make payments but wanted to stay in the house. On and on it went.
Then we got a call from a fellow who wanted to buy the Victorian if we would carry the loan. We agreed, sent the paperwork. I believe he is honest, but having just moved to that area and finding the house to be in disrepair from the ne'er-do-wells who lived there previously, could not make the first payment on time. We worked with him on that and now, half payments are coming every two weeks instead of one payment a month.
He also asked about other houses we might have for sale there as his employer is seeking houses to buy.
I think this is the situation being addressed.
When I look up the meaning of clover paired with mountain, however, I get "luck is blocked".
When I look up the meaning of mountain paired with clover, it means, "Things are looking up, problems end well."
I will come back to this and assess which is meant by today's cards in which mountain modifies clover.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Lenormand Day -- June 25, 2014
24/20 -- heart, garden
You have to think these out carefully. Why would heart and garden mean uncommitted? That is one meaning of this pair. It also means, as I thought on first seeing them, that your heart is not apart from community. A gathering of like-minded (same heart) people.
In short: You have Tribe.
My gods, how I looked and longed for Tribe. In my searching for them, they evaded me. We would approach, but I was too helpful, too giving. It is a failing. I could give astrological reasons why, but it would sound like excuses -- which it isn't. Nevertheless, it seemed once I became familiar with folks, they would judge me lacking and move on. Or... something of that nature.
It was only after I gave up -- and tried to shove them away -- that they came.
Now, there is this huge Tribe of which we are a part and the smaller Tribe of the coven. And there is my Heart Tribe -- husband, children, grandchildren.
Since the great fiasco of 2012, and the angry folks we fell in with at that time, (and the subsequent removal from them), I've learned to keep as well as give, to be speak as well as be silent, to get out of my head and into communication with others. And to listen carefully to not only what they say but what they are saying.
I was talking with my oldest sister on the phone yesterday and suddenly realized I was listening in a different way. Instead of hearing her judgments of me (I'm going to hell), I was hearing her pain. Instead of responding to her criticisms, I was giving her reasons for hope. I turned each thing she said (and only once resorted to talk of the weather as a diversion). She is Christian, but not a Believer. That is, she follows the form, but has not really dived, and is terrified she'll make a mistake. She's frightened of everything. I'd given her Gibran's book, The Prophet. She returned it, angry about its contents, fearful she would be contaminated by thoughts not in the Bible. (She won't enter my house - the house of a Pagan -- for the same reason).
She lived with two abusive husbands. The first, bound to whiskey and pills, beat her. The second kept her with domination of his Christian religion. She is free of them now, but not of what they built. I heard all of that and let her talk. It was our best conversation to date.
What do I think these cards are saying? I think they are a confirmation that we do, truly, have Tribe. I don't need to be as cautious as my sister, afraid of messing up and getting kicked out of the kingdom. Mom said it best when I was a child, "If you whittle yourself to meet everyone you meet, pretty soon, you don't have any stick left."
You have to think these out carefully. Why would heart and garden mean uncommitted? That is one meaning of this pair. It also means, as I thought on first seeing them, that your heart is not apart from community. A gathering of like-minded (same heart) people.
In short: You have Tribe.
My gods, how I looked and longed for Tribe. In my searching for them, they evaded me. We would approach, but I was too helpful, too giving. It is a failing. I could give astrological reasons why, but it would sound like excuses -- which it isn't. Nevertheless, it seemed once I became familiar with folks, they would judge me lacking and move on. Or... something of that nature.
It was only after I gave up -- and tried to shove them away -- that they came.
Now, there is this huge Tribe of which we are a part and the smaller Tribe of the coven. And there is my Heart Tribe -- husband, children, grandchildren.
Since the great fiasco of 2012, and the angry folks we fell in with at that time, (and the subsequent removal from them), I've learned to keep as well as give, to be speak as well as be silent, to get out of my head and into communication with others. And to listen carefully to not only what they say but what they are saying.
I was talking with my oldest sister on the phone yesterday and suddenly realized I was listening in a different way. Instead of hearing her judgments of me (I'm going to hell), I was hearing her pain. Instead of responding to her criticisms, I was giving her reasons for hope. I turned each thing she said (and only once resorted to talk of the weather as a diversion). She is Christian, but not a Believer. That is, she follows the form, but has not really dived, and is terrified she'll make a mistake. She's frightened of everything. I'd given her Gibran's book, The Prophet. She returned it, angry about its contents, fearful she would be contaminated by thoughts not in the Bible. (She won't enter my house - the house of a Pagan -- for the same reason).
She lived with two abusive husbands. The first, bound to whiskey and pills, beat her. The second kept her with domination of his Christian religion. She is free of them now, but not of what they built. I heard all of that and let her talk. It was our best conversation to date.
What do I think these cards are saying? I think they are a confirmation that we do, truly, have Tribe. I don't need to be as cautious as my sister, afraid of messing up and getting kicked out of the kingdom. Mom said it best when I was a child, "If you whittle yourself to meet everyone you meet, pretty soon, you don't have any stick left."
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
making your own deck
I'm saving this to watch in case I ever make my own deck:
http://www.donnaleigh.com/apps/blog/show/42413615-how-not-to-make-a-lenormand-and-how-to-choose-a-readable-deck
I'm finding the deck of cards I'm using most for Lenormand right now is a deck of playing cards with 2's, 3's, 4's, and 5's removed.
http://www.donnaleigh.com/apps/blog/show/42413615-how-not-to-make-a-lenormand-and-how-to-choose-a-readable-deck
I'm finding the deck of cards I'm using most for Lenormand right now is a deck of playing cards with 2's, 3's, 4's, and 5's removed.
Friday, June 20, 2014
Luck rescued me
23 (mice) and 2 (clover) -- 18 (dog)
18 (dog) and 22 (key)
mice and clover. Clover conditions or influences mice.
mice: tired, worried, something lost or missing, illness, contaminants in the home, stress, loss, anxiety, theft. Clover is the influence.
If the cards were reversed, I'd say it means good luck is frittered away, but this direction means whatever it is that is in a state of disrepair or ill-ness will recover because luck is with us.
The "official" meaning to this combination according to this site says: worry, butterflies in the stomach. I don't see the meanings combining to say that.
What I feel today is that I am recovering from a malaise which plagued me for a couple of days now. At the end of an illness and not having the basic things we need is beginning to be wearysome. (And yet, not seriously so).
Today, I've got my mojo back. THAT's the thing I take away from this. "If you've been worried, you now have a turn of luck." That's my sentence for this combination.
My third card was then, dog. And this came up again in a second reading, not associated with the first.
friend and loyalty -- then Dog and Key -- an important (key) friend (dog) -- or a friend is revealed, a friendship unlocked.
18 (dog) and 22 (key)
mice and clover. Clover conditions or influences mice.
mice: tired, worried, something lost or missing, illness, contaminants in the home, stress, loss, anxiety, theft. Clover is the influence.
If the cards were reversed, I'd say it means good luck is frittered away, but this direction means whatever it is that is in a state of disrepair or ill-ness will recover because luck is with us.
The "official" meaning to this combination according to this site says: worry, butterflies in the stomach. I don't see the meanings combining to say that.
What I feel today is that I am recovering from a malaise which plagued me for a couple of days now. At the end of an illness and not having the basic things we need is beginning to be wearysome. (And yet, not seriously so).
Today, I've got my mojo back. THAT's the thing I take away from this. "If you've been worried, you now have a turn of luck." That's my sentence for this combination.
My third card was then, dog. And this came up again in a second reading, not associated with the first.
friend and loyalty -- then Dog and Key -- an important (key) friend (dog) -- or a friend is revealed, a friendship unlocked.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
change is
10 (scythe), stork (17), dog (18)
The changes you are making are cutting away the past and moving on toward friendship.
The changes you are making are cutting away the past and moving on toward friendship.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
What is important begins at home
coffin/house
change of residence
WISH!!!
Yes. I do wish it. This town, so small and dirty and we travel 30 miles to buy groceries. I'm 60 as is my husband. We want to live where things are. We want to walk among art and music and choose our food from co-ops and farmers' markets and work in a community garden and exchange goods.
Ah.... but we have found tribe here. There is that.
I did a second reading this morning:
17 10 14
36 32 9
33 24 31
down, center: scythe, moon, heart
across, center: cross, moon, boquet
corners: stork (changes), fox (cunning, or job), sun (exposure and good luck), 33 (means and solutions)
diagonal l to r: stork, moon, sun
diagonal r to l: fox, moon, key
recognition (moon) of challenges and sacrifices (cross) brings a gift (bouquet)
bouquet and cross sacrifice -- moon recognition --
Today:
I sorted books. Chose a couple boxes of books, some of which I've had for 12 to 14 years. Such a great library. Half what I once had. I gave books away to people I thought were interested -- beloved books -- only to find they trashed them or stashed them on some hidden shelf never to be seen again. Amy comes to mind. And Dakota. Chris. Lynn. --- (give recognition where recognition is due). Now, I'm selling them. Cheap enough for those who care -- but I'll not again whittle them away to fools.
Why have I been that way in the past? Giving way too much to way too many. What is that? What failing? My Dad had it too. It was seldom he could make it home with his paycheck intact. He'd give away his shirt if asked and once came home without his boots because some "poor fellow" had none and his feet were cold. (I've done the same -- once taking off the shoes I wore to give to someone who had none and wanted them).
There's something wrong in that.
It may be I've learned a bit since then. I hope it's so. The "frugal" don't interest me. It's another word for stingy. But generous must also include fairness. Charity begins at home is not that bad where advice comes in. What cards would say this?
I'll ask and see.
4 13 22 -- house(or home), child (beginning), key (what is important): Literally: What is important begins at home.
change of residence
WISH!!!
Yes. I do wish it. This town, so small and dirty and we travel 30 miles to buy groceries. I'm 60 as is my husband. We want to live where things are. We want to walk among art and music and choose our food from co-ops and farmers' markets and work in a community garden and exchange goods.
Ah.... but we have found tribe here. There is that.
I did a second reading this morning:
17 10 14
36 32 9
33 24 31
down, center: scythe, moon, heart
across, center: cross, moon, boquet
corners: stork (changes), fox (cunning, or job), sun (exposure and good luck), 33 (means and solutions)
diagonal l to r: stork, moon, sun
diagonal r to l: fox, moon, key
recognition (moon) of challenges and sacrifices (cross) brings a gift (bouquet)
bouquet and cross sacrifice -- moon recognition --
Today:
I sorted books. Chose a couple boxes of books, some of which I've had for 12 to 14 years. Such a great library. Half what I once had. I gave books away to people I thought were interested -- beloved books -- only to find they trashed them or stashed them on some hidden shelf never to be seen again. Amy comes to mind. And Dakota. Chris. Lynn. --- (give recognition where recognition is due). Now, I'm selling them. Cheap enough for those who care -- but I'll not again whittle them away to fools.
Why have I been that way in the past? Giving way too much to way too many. What is that? What failing? My Dad had it too. It was seldom he could make it home with his paycheck intact. He'd give away his shirt if asked and once came home without his boots because some "poor fellow" had none and his feet were cold. (I've done the same -- once taking off the shoes I wore to give to someone who had none and wanted them).
There's something wrong in that.
It may be I've learned a bit since then. I hope it's so. The "frugal" don't interest me. It's another word for stingy. But generous must also include fairness. Charity begins at home is not that bad where advice comes in. What cards would say this?
I'll ask and see.
4 13 22 -- house(or home), child (beginning), key (what is important): Literally: What is important begins at home.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
... a quiet day in the town of Rainelle
I think we're all waiting for rain. If it would rain, neighbors would come outside and sit on porches and the kids would run in the yards and splash in puddles and leave small craters in the grass to slowly fill with water.
My cards for this morning were: Dog, Ring -- loyalty and commitment. The only correspondence today was the RTO trying to locate our monthly payment on the storage bldg.
Meanwhile, I'm downsizing. Sold my electric cauldron/soup kettle. Have dozens of other things I'm tired of. But I do go back and forth on that, don't I? On the one hand, some winter days, I enjoy all the clutter. On the other hand, I mostly do not enjoy the clutter and would love to travel light. There is fat chance of that, of traveling light. Books line all available space not taken up with other books. I would, at times, dismiss with the books as well. I have lost interest in even my most beloved books. It's summer.
Alright then, to what am I loyal? And to what do I commit?
We are in that space where nothing is quite together. Not enough money to fix the water leak, buy a vacuum cleaner, install a shower, fix the electricity in the kitchen, fix the brakes and other ailments of the trusty vehicle, or go anywhere. We could use a couple more fans or maybe an air conditioner as there is no air in this house. Sounds like I'm complaining, doesn't it? I'm not. I feel rather blessed.
But change is in the air if not on the ground and I'm ready -- we're ready -- to step into it. If it were up to me, I'd start piling things out of that outbuilding and out of this house and have a grand yard sale. Things would go. I would collect space.
To what am I loyal? To what do I commit?
Family. Today's version of the truth. My ever-changing path?
We are on the verge of change (she says again). "change, change, change, change...."
My cards for this morning were: Dog, Ring -- loyalty and commitment. The only correspondence today was the RTO trying to locate our monthly payment on the storage bldg.
Meanwhile, I'm downsizing. Sold my electric cauldron/soup kettle. Have dozens of other things I'm tired of. But I do go back and forth on that, don't I? On the one hand, some winter days, I enjoy all the clutter. On the other hand, I mostly do not enjoy the clutter and would love to travel light. There is fat chance of that, of traveling light. Books line all available space not taken up with other books. I would, at times, dismiss with the books as well. I have lost interest in even my most beloved books. It's summer.
Alright then, to what am I loyal? And to what do I commit?
We are in that space where nothing is quite together. Not enough money to fix the water leak, buy a vacuum cleaner, install a shower, fix the electricity in the kitchen, fix the brakes and other ailments of the trusty vehicle, or go anywhere. We could use a couple more fans or maybe an air conditioner as there is no air in this house. Sounds like I'm complaining, doesn't it? I'm not. I feel rather blessed.
But change is in the air if not on the ground and I'm ready -- we're ready -- to step into it. If it were up to me, I'd start piling things out of that outbuilding and out of this house and have a grand yard sale. Things would go. I would collect space.
To what am I loyal? To what do I commit?
Family. Today's version of the truth. My ever-changing path?
We are on the verge of change (she says again). "change, change, change, change...."
Monday, June 16, 2014
a trip to the town of used-to-be
mountain, stork
moon, clover
So strange. One real someone who is always real, an earth woman and her little girl. Soon, they may make changes in the little town of used-to-be. She's finishing school and the future is opening. With this and the cafe across from her, maybe the town will change -- again.
It doesn't take much to shift energy. Not really.
Here are three cards to describe this lovely earth woman and her plans:
Ship, birds, stork
She has traveled for her studies and exchanged and exchanges ideas and now she'll buy from the tired woman whose energy has moved on and a renewal and change will come to the place. A new focus. a new life
The town of used to be may yet become the town of new beginnings.
moon, clover
So strange. One real someone who is always real, an earth woman and her little girl. Soon, they may make changes in the little town of used-to-be. She's finishing school and the future is opening. With this and the cafe across from her, maybe the town will change -- again.
It doesn't take much to shift energy. Not really.
Here are three cards to describe this lovely earth woman and her plans:
Ship, birds, stork
She has traveled for her studies and exchanged and exchanges ideas and now she'll buy from the tired woman whose energy has moved on and a renewal and change will come to the place. A new focus. a new life
The town of used to be may yet become the town of new beginnings.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Sunday -- June 15
Jack of Diamonds (Heart), Queen of Diamonds (Crossroads).
That Queen of Diamonds is following me these past several days. It looks like the times they are a'changing and what was is not and what is won't be.
What are you bringing, Mama?
I know that each change is wrought by me in response to the my surroundings/situation according to my ability and opportunity. I know that slowly create opportunity.
What was is not. Old programming is fading out. I accept the new place and the transient nature of all that seems sturdy as these mountains (which also are subject to change).
That Queen of Diamonds is following me these past several days. It looks like the times they are a'changing and what was is not and what is won't be.
What are you bringing, Mama?
I know that each change is wrought by me in response to the my surroundings/situation according to my ability and opportunity. I know that slowly create opportunity.
What was is not. Old programming is fading out. I accept the new place and the transient nature of all that seems sturdy as these mountains (which also are subject to change).
Saturday, June 14, 2014
June 13 -- Saturday
34, Fish (King of Diamonds) and 17, Stork (Queen of hearts) -- an improvement in areas of commerce. A new business venture that brings good change.
We went into the wilds today -- up in the Monongahela National Forest. We went exploring the old prison site. Each found something. What did I find? Herbs and sunshine. And due to Trish, we found a cache -- one of those hidden boxes full of bits of things -- you're to take something, leave something. I left my pentacle ring (only thing I had with me besides the clothes I was wearing). I took a green guitar pick.
It was Heather Broyles birthday -- we stopped at Mumsey's for cake and with it.
We went into the wilds today -- up in the Monongahela National Forest. We went exploring the old prison site. Each found something. What did I find? Herbs and sunshine. And due to Trish, we found a cache -- one of those hidden boxes full of bits of things -- you're to take something, leave something. I left my pentacle ring (only thing I had with me besides the clothes I was wearing). I took a green guitar pick.
It was Heather Broyles birthday -- we stopped at Mumsey's for cake and with it.
Friday, June 13, 2014
June 13 -- Full Moon
My morning cards were: Woman (Ace of Spades) # 29 and Path or Road or Crossroads # 22 (Queen of Diamonds)
The path splits in two directions at this point.
At breakfast, Honey told me he agrees we need to disentangle ourselves a bit from the constant business and take on someone younger who will help with footwork. We are putting the house in Wheeling (we bought in February, sight unseen and have not yet seen) into the newly forming business. It means relinquishing some of our resources in order to have help in management. I did other readings on this subject. Each day, I do no less than 6 readings with Lenormand cards, while keeping my hand in with Tarot and Runes.
Partnership with P and K
16 33 14 32 30 2 12 25 star key fox moon lily clover birds ring
29 24 27 28 23 36 10 5 woman heart letter man mice cross scythe tree
20 34 15 31 6 17 21 19 garden fish bear sun clouds stork mountain tower
3 4 1 8 11 9 35 13 ship house rider coffin whip bouquet anchor child
7 18 26 22 snake, dog, book, road
corners: stars, ring, child, ship -- guidance, big luck, commitment in a new venture involving travel.
Desiny: snake, dog, book, road -- A winding road with questionable or divided loyalties when finding out secrets in two directions.
Surrounding P (the man) is fox, moon, lily
letters, man, mice
bear, sun, clouds
Man is good with maps and information, but fritters time/money and is "eaten at" by many interests. Mice causes muddied reputation to the management. Exposure hidden by clouds and confusion.
Man not sure if he's the manager or the worker, not certain of his place in the scheme of things. He seems to be the worker, but is the manager.
About the house:
moon man whip
lily ring cross
stars fish bear
Man commits to commerce -- man signs contract
Concerning valuables, all is not what it seems
Old couple (previous owners) were religious -- lily ring cross
check the attic and the kitchen carefully (stars, fish, and bear)
arguments may arise with church/charity over resources. (whip, cross, bear)
a helpful blog:
http://fennario.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/lenormand-and-tarot-same-approach/
The path splits in two directions at this point.
At breakfast, Honey told me he agrees we need to disentangle ourselves a bit from the constant business and take on someone younger who will help with footwork. We are putting the house in Wheeling (we bought in February, sight unseen and have not yet seen) into the newly forming business. It means relinquishing some of our resources in order to have help in management. I did other readings on this subject. Each day, I do no less than 6 readings with Lenormand cards, while keeping my hand in with Tarot and Runes.
Partnership with P and K
16 33 14 32 30 2 12 25 star key fox moon lily clover birds ring
29 24 27 28 23 36 10 5 woman heart letter man mice cross scythe tree
20 34 15 31 6 17 21 19 garden fish bear sun clouds stork mountain tower
3 4 1 8 11 9 35 13 ship house rider coffin whip bouquet anchor child
7 18 26 22 snake, dog, book, road
corners: stars, ring, child, ship -- guidance, big luck, commitment in a new venture involving travel.
Desiny: snake, dog, book, road -- A winding road with questionable or divided loyalties when finding out secrets in two directions.
Surrounding P (the man) is fox, moon, lily
letters, man, mice
bear, sun, clouds
Man is good with maps and information, but fritters time/money and is "eaten at" by many interests. Mice causes muddied reputation to the management. Exposure hidden by clouds and confusion.
Man not sure if he's the manager or the worker, not certain of his place in the scheme of things. He seems to be the worker, but is the manager.
About the house:
moon man whip
lily ring cross
stars fish bear
Man commits to commerce -- man signs contract
Concerning valuables, all is not what it seems
Old couple (previous owners) were religious -- lily ring cross
check the attic and the kitchen carefully (stars, fish, and bear)
arguments may arise with church/charity over resources. (whip, cross, bear)
a helpful blog:
http://fennario.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/lenormand-and-tarot-same-approach/
Thursday, June 12, 2014
June 12 -- home/road
King of Hearts Queen of Spades
#4 #22
house crossroads
Books on playing cards shed no light on Lenormand cards today. King of Hearts and Queen of Spades, according to DESTINY cards were Father and Mother. According to Fot Choy's Book of Luck, the cards mean Enjoyment and Seasons (timing). Seasons in the house of enjoyment say that in time you will be connected with a charitable organization where you will serve or be a guest at a dinner or entertainment event to collect money for a good cause.
Lenormand meanings (which are what I will go by) tell me that someone has reached a point of decision concerning real estate. (We are in the real estate business). This could be a fellow who decides if he meets his deadline (which is today). Having bluffed his way through the month of May, we sent an official agreement that gave him this date as the to pay up or get out.
Nothing else has come up today to prove otherwise. Since there have been no calls (birds) or letters, I am assuming this is happening "out of sight" and we'll know about it later.
#4 #22
house crossroads
Books on playing cards shed no light on Lenormand cards today. King of Hearts and Queen of Spades, according to DESTINY cards were Father and Mother. According to Fot Choy's Book of Luck, the cards mean Enjoyment and Seasons (timing). Seasons in the house of enjoyment say that in time you will be connected with a charitable organization where you will serve or be a guest at a dinner or entertainment event to collect money for a good cause.
Lenormand meanings (which are what I will go by) tell me that someone has reached a point of decision concerning real estate. (We are in the real estate business). This could be a fellow who decides if he meets his deadline (which is today). Having bluffed his way through the month of May, we sent an official agreement that gave him this date as the to pay up or get out.
Nothing else has come up today to prove otherwise. Since there have been no calls (birds) or letters, I am assuming this is happening "out of sight" and we'll know about it later.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
comparing meanings -- June 11
Today's cards were 8 of clubs and Queen of spades. In Lenormand cards, this is mountain modified by boquet.
I have heard from some readers of Lenormand that the second card modifies the first one. Others show that the first card "brings" the second. In other words -- Mountain/boquet would read endurance through the obstacles brings a gift. At the very least, the troubles would be softened by mountain being paired with boquet.
Using the second word as the cause of the first or influence or what feeds the first would cause me to think that Mountain (obstacles and hardships) are being caused by bestowing gifts or being generous. We were generous in our releasing the lien on a piece of property, but we were also lightening our own load, as the long-term solution would cost more time/money/energy than we are willing to give. I believe this is what the cards are saying. Our gift has affected the hardship in a positive way -- mountain then leads to boquet, as well as being responsive to it.
Lenormand cards are straightforward, but I am new at the readings. In this for less than a week, I have memorized images, basic meanings and numbers of the cards, as well as being well on my way to memorizing the playing cards associated with each Lenormand card. I do believe I could read "lenormand-style" with a regular deck on which I had not made notations of image or number.
I am spending no less than two hours a day on the cards at this point, making sure one of those hours is just before bed and the other as close to first thing in the morning as possible.
OTHER SOURCES:
I took the liberty of looking up the playing cards -- 8 of Clubs and Queen of Spades -- in other sources.
From Destiny cards (made popular by Robert Camp who found them in a book from 1893 by A member of the Order of the magi, Olney Richmond):
8 of Clubs is a card of mental power -- the ability to foucus your thoughts, mind and will on a goal or objective and see it through to successful conclusion. Usually applied to a mental or educational task, it bestows power to overcome problems by focusing your thoughts. Usually shows up in the cards when there is a need to learn to accomplish on the mental level. It is a fixed card (one of 3) that allows opportunity to fix our minds and wills on certain goals. (For the long-haul, success is assured if we hold our focus true).
Queen of Spades (from the same source) is a card of self-mastery. Sits in a place of high accomplishment. We are given an opportunity to achieve success in external life by mastering ourselves within. (To attain the outer, train the inner). It is a method of using inner force rather than outer force to create outer change.
From Gong Fee Fot Choy -- Book of Fortune, by Mararete Ward, 8 of Cubs (Mountain) is called Achievement. Queen of Spades is called Gratitude "Someone bequeaths a gift and generates or radiates gratitude."
The book from 1914 by Charles Shrewsbury TELLING FORTUNES BY CARDS, does not give clear meanings that help here. 8 of Clubs is said to be a brunette, possibly unmarried who will win admiration from accomplishments. So, it too, carries a bit of the meaning of "mountain". Queen of Spades, in this book, is given the meaning: a dark lady with dark eyes and an open and generous disposition -- a woman who is subject to flattery and the card is said to sometimes mean well-founded distrust.
In all cases, there is a bit of the meaning of Lenormand cards. Not to muddy the waters, but... it does seem to hold true for these cards. I will continue to do this with the daily cards and see what a few other sources have to say.
Numerologically, 8 is a sign of strength and of troubles that build strength. Mountain seems to be a card of endurance as well as blockages ???
A few sources for meanings of Lenormand cards:
http://www.divinewhispers.net/apps/blog/show/20180188-one-card-meanings-for-lenormand
http://jaseoncards.wordpress.com/lenormand-card-meanings/
https://faerygodmotherfortunes.wordpress.com/tag/lenormand-combos/
I have heard from some readers of Lenormand that the second card modifies the first one. Others show that the first card "brings" the second. In other words -- Mountain/boquet would read endurance through the obstacles brings a gift. At the very least, the troubles would be softened by mountain being paired with boquet.
Using the second word as the cause of the first or influence or what feeds the first would cause me to think that Mountain (obstacles and hardships) are being caused by bestowing gifts or being generous. We were generous in our releasing the lien on a piece of property, but we were also lightening our own load, as the long-term solution would cost more time/money/energy than we are willing to give. I believe this is what the cards are saying. Our gift has affected the hardship in a positive way -- mountain then leads to boquet, as well as being responsive to it.
Lenormand cards are straightforward, but I am new at the readings. In this for less than a week, I have memorized images, basic meanings and numbers of the cards, as well as being well on my way to memorizing the playing cards associated with each Lenormand card. I do believe I could read "lenormand-style" with a regular deck on which I had not made notations of image or number.
I am spending no less than two hours a day on the cards at this point, making sure one of those hours is just before bed and the other as close to first thing in the morning as possible.
OTHER SOURCES:
I took the liberty of looking up the playing cards -- 8 of Clubs and Queen of Spades -- in other sources.
From Destiny cards (made popular by Robert Camp who found them in a book from 1893 by A member of the Order of the magi, Olney Richmond):
8 of Clubs is a card of mental power -- the ability to foucus your thoughts, mind and will on a goal or objective and see it through to successful conclusion. Usually applied to a mental or educational task, it bestows power to overcome problems by focusing your thoughts. Usually shows up in the cards when there is a need to learn to accomplish on the mental level. It is a fixed card (one of 3) that allows opportunity to fix our minds and wills on certain goals. (For the long-haul, success is assured if we hold our focus true).
Queen of Spades (from the same source) is a card of self-mastery. Sits in a place of high accomplishment. We are given an opportunity to achieve success in external life by mastering ourselves within. (To attain the outer, train the inner). It is a method of using inner force rather than outer force to create outer change.
From Gong Fee Fot Choy -- Book of Fortune, by Mararete Ward, 8 of Cubs (Mountain) is called Achievement. Queen of Spades is called Gratitude "Someone bequeaths a gift and generates or radiates gratitude."
The book from 1914 by Charles Shrewsbury TELLING FORTUNES BY CARDS, does not give clear meanings that help here. 8 of Clubs is said to be a brunette, possibly unmarried who will win admiration from accomplishments. So, it too, carries a bit of the meaning of "mountain". Queen of Spades, in this book, is given the meaning: a dark lady with dark eyes and an open and generous disposition -- a woman who is subject to flattery and the card is said to sometimes mean well-founded distrust.
In all cases, there is a bit of the meaning of Lenormand cards. Not to muddy the waters, but... it does seem to hold true for these cards. I will continue to do this with the daily cards and see what a few other sources have to say.
Numerologically, 8 is a sign of strength and of troubles that build strength. Mountain seems to be a card of endurance as well as blockages ???
A few sources for meanings of Lenormand cards:
http://www.divinewhispers.net/apps/blog/show/20180188-one-card-meanings-for-lenormand
http://jaseoncards.wordpress.com/lenormand-card-meanings/
https://faerygodmotherfortunes.wordpress.com/tag/lenormand-combos/
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Morning cards -- June 10
Today's two-card draw was letter/scythe. I got a phone call within an hour of drawing these cards. A couple who have paid for years on a building we own in a small southern West Virginia town decided they can no longer afford to keep up the payments. They were willing to drop the building. After consulting with the cards in a grand tableau, it seemed our best bet was to cut them slack and allow them to gain their footing. We released the lien against them.
first steps
Nagging over on the corner of my interest was a hub-bub of conversation form tarot readers I admire -- Mary K. Greer, Caitlin Mathews, and new (to me) Donneleigh (among others). They were bubbling about a new interest in an old method of reading. I declined to look or listen beyond placing book and deck on my "wish" list at Amazon.
As finances haven't pulled back up from the farm fiasco or my husband's health issues of the past couple years, I didn't order a deck or a book, but kept the thought there that I would look into it when I had a handful of dollars at my disposal.
Then, one day, (June 6) I more or less accidentally tuned in to one of Donneleigh's Lenormand videos on memorizing images and numbers. I paused the video to jot down the images and numbers (knowing I'd seen those images before). I watched the video twice and memorized the numbers and images in order. She makes it that easy. Eventually, I remember where I'd seen the images before -- I once owned Titania's Fortune cards. Never used them much as I had no context for them. They were astoundingly accurate the few times I drew one (and looked up the meaning in the accompanying book).
Armed with my new list of images and numbers, I found an old deck of playing cards, discarded deuces, threes, fours, and fives and wrote the new numbers on the cards, recalling (but not depicting) images as I went along.
I did my first reading that evening:
As finances haven't pulled back up from the farm fiasco or my husband's health issues of the past couple years, I didn't order a deck or a book, but kept the thought there that I would look into it when I had a handful of dollars at my disposal.
Then, one day, (June 6) I more or less accidentally tuned in to one of Donneleigh's Lenormand videos on memorizing images and numbers. I paused the video to jot down the images and numbers (knowing I'd seen those images before). I watched the video twice and memorized the numbers and images in order. She makes it that easy. Eventually, I remember where I'd seen the images before -- I once owned Titania's Fortune cards. Never used them much as I had no context for them. They were astoundingly accurate the few times I drew one (and looked up the meaning in the accompanying book).
Armed with my new list of images and numbers, I found an old deck of playing cards, discarded deuces, threes, fours, and fives and wrote the new numbers on the cards, recalling (but not depicting) images as I went along.
I did my first reading that evening:
rider, book, clover, key, anchor
I decided to jump in with both feet and offered readings to a few of my friends, explaining this was brand new way of reading. I back each reading with runes to make sure I was on the right path, and gave answers largely based on the cards (with runic nuances in some cases).
Some would think this foolhardy to give readings the minute you lay hands on a new system. I've been reading in other ways for 14 years -- tarot, runes, geomancy, I-ching, playing cards, prediction techniques of numerology and astrology. Though this system is new to me, it is very like a daily reading I've done for years with a divination system called Gong Hee Fot Choy which involves playing cards in houses.
When I see 8 of hearts, I know it is the Moon. When I see Ace of Spades, in this system, I know it means woman (in playing cards, it can mean death). I know how to blend the energies of the cards with the house they are in or with other cards.
Yes, I have much to learn, but it is almost as if I am remembering rather than learning. So... off to this old new adventure!
Some would think this foolhardy to give readings the minute you lay hands on a new system. I've been reading in other ways for 14 years -- tarot, runes, geomancy, I-ching, playing cards, prediction techniques of numerology and astrology. Though this system is new to me, it is very like a daily reading I've done for years with a divination system called Gong Hee Fot Choy which involves playing cards in houses.
When I see 8 of hearts, I know it is the Moon. When I see Ace of Spades, in this system, I know it means woman (in playing cards, it can mean death). I know how to blend the energies of the cards with the house they are in or with other cards.
Yes, I have much to learn, but it is almost as if I am remembering rather than learning. So... off to this old new adventure!
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