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IT'S IN THE FEATURED CARDS _______________________________________________________ December 24, 2000 The Sun is in Capricorn and the Moon is going from Scorpio into Sagittarius--The Moon will most likely BE in Sagittarius by the time this missive is committed to bandwidth. Today's cosmic highlights include: There is a great deal of Moon activity taking place today and tomorrow. I can sense the heavy pull of the outer planets. It is easy to be stretched toward both physical and emotional limits. Earlier I pulled the Moon card from Brian Williams' extraordinary Renaissance Tarot Deck: the background is an idyllic pastoral scene. A glimpse of a blue lake and a snow covered mountain in visible in the far distance. In the near distance is a Grecian-style gazebo. In the foreground are two women sitting upon a grassy knoll, one with light hair, one with dark: the light-haired woman is dressed in yellow with an azure insert on the bodice. The dark-haired woman is dressed in mauve. The two women are seated closely, their shoulders brushing, their skirts entwined. Their posture indicates closeness and radiates a well-established camaraderie.The woman in pink is playing a lute; the fair-haired woman has a book of music lying upon her lap. The crescent Moon occludes the far edge of a dimming sun. Artemis, her hound, and a stag border the card. Artemis is not only the protector of maidens; she is the patroness of childbirth. The circular shape of the gazebo echoes the symbol of feminine completion--the ages-old triple goddess, Maiden, Mother, Crone. In this card we see Artemis incorporating Selene and Hecate both and then reflecting them back to us as women. Card number eighteen: the mutable moon provides sometimes unexpected transformation. The unseen forces of the night can be concomitantly terrifying and comforting. Perception determines which triumphs at any given moment. The caution of this card is to beware of the unknown, but not to fixate upon it. I find that I "fit" my crone skin better than I ever did my Maiden. I was a miserable teen-ager! While never having given birth, nonetheless I spent more twenty years being a 'Mother' and during that time attended at the births of close on to 1500 babes. As Joseph Campbell points out in several of his books, there is no universal law that restrains the definition of mother to those who have physically born offspring. Even a cursory examination of a dictionary gives credence to his assertion that it is the position of authority and the nurturing that make people mothers. I like being 50+. I exalt to being asked my opinion as a woman of experience. I thrive on the freedoms rendered to a woman by the sheer gravity of her age. I enjoy my body and the weightiness of being in my prime. I prefer being "woman" to "girl"... Knowing with certitude that more of my life is behind me than is before me gives certain piquancy to everything I do. I have developed a finite sense of discrimination and lack patience with inanities and hubris. My days pass in a stream of enchantment; I am forever in a state of wonderment or puzzlement. Both states are conducive to growth and far-seering. ________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ In The Cards!
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