It is the last day of June. We have the full moon on Saturday along with the Fourth of July. I hope that your weekend was well. I spent some time with my family enjoying our backyard and one another.
So here is today’s card pull I am using the Shadowscapes Tarot Deck by Stephanie Pui-un Law with text by Barbara Moore. I will be doing a three-card pull and only pulling more for clarification. If you like this deck you can get it for yourself. Just click on the picture below.
What does the Universe need me to share?
First Card is the King of Swords:
Like the vertical sword he holds at the ready, he is a pillar of strength and morality. He holds power over life and death. He is a warrior king, sword always drawn so that he can be prepared to spring to action, should the need arise. He is a leader, riding triumphantly at the forefront of his army. He carries through with his actions, following the path of truth that the blade lights for him. He is led on by the silent wisdom of the owl. She perches, balanced, upon the very tip of his blade, and her eyes swirl with all the ancient knowledge that her kind has been imbued with by human beliefs.
Mirroring the owl, he is also led by the shadowy ravens that trail at his side like Hugin and Mugin, Odin's twin ravens, "thought" and "memory." They fly away to seek out truths and bring their findings back to be whispered in his ear. In conjunction, they are the balance of night and day. They are the sharp clarity of the sun, and the owl is the truth that can only be heard distinctly in velvety light of stars and moon. This is what is embodied in those avian companions.
The shadows of the night descend upon his shoulders, a living mantle of purple, a color the ancient Greeks associated with royalty, and the base of the throne is etched with da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, symbolic of the blend of art and science, of the symmetry in the human body and in the whole of the universe.
Second Card is the Hermit:
He is the seeker who has turned his back to the noise and light and distractions of the world. In the city, the fragile light of the stars is drowned by the glare and the haze of life.
He takes his lantern. He was told by the wise woman that it was a bit of a captured star, and it knows its way home. The lonely beam of light pulls him clear of the valleys and high above a glittering lake whose surface is a liquid mirror. His star-lantern marks the path, and he does not know where he goes, but each step lights the next, and the next, and the next.
He climbs to a distant pinnacle that is clear of the smog of humanity, and as he retreats, the air attains a spicy fragrance. It is a purity he does not know he has missed until he breathes it for the first time, and then it is as if the body aches for and cannot live without that breath of life. Others have been here before him, but the steps are pristine and there is no indication of their passage. It is the nature of the place that to each who comes, they are the first and the only, and no other will tread there until the present visitor is forgotten.
It is a long journey and during the course of the trek, his eyes finally become accustomed to the darkness of the wild. He leaves behind his memory of the city. The star in his lantern burns hot and bright, and her sisters in the heavens swirl in a joyous dance.
Meaning:
Being introspective, seeking solitude, withdrawing from the world, and giving or receiving guidance. The Hermit is an inspirational friend and teacher, and his help can illuminate the secrets of one's own mind. That which was mysterious can be made clear with the proper light to shine on the situation. The loons glide on silent wings across the horizon, elusive shadows in the night. They are symbols of peace and tranquility, and their eerily haunting call that echoes across waterways is laden with ancient wisdom. Loons are also respected for their knowledge of the sky, sea, and forest worlds, and have often been seen in the headdresses of Indian chiefs.
Third Card is The Wheel of Fortune:
Storybooks begin, “Once upon a time…” and then, like a neatly wrapped package, they come to “The End.” But true tales have no beginning or end. They do not exist only when men say “Exist!” but are always there, reverberating through time in a weaving dance. We try to contain it with beginnings and ends, to put boundaries on everything simply because our own lives are bounded by birth and death. And thus we seek to lessen the power of what is immortal. True tales have a power that reaches beyond.
The Fates weave the threads of life eternally, one tied to another. Snip this thread here. Weave it into the tapestry there. Slowly, as the cloth rolls away, the images emerge.
Night follows day in the cycle of the heavens. Years bloom with the first fresh buds of spring, to the sweltering profusion of long summer days, the shower of leaves as autumn sets in, and then the long, dormant wait and sleep of winter... and on it goes, and on.
It is an inexorable and timeless tale.
The walls and beauty that artisans create will one day fall, and new structures will rise up on those remains. And so do the individual fortunes of any one person, on a cycle that may last a day or two, or years on end. Change will come.
Meaning:
The Wheel of Fortune — Destiny — the weaving of life's threads coming together, fate, turning points, movement and change, patterns and cycles, an interconnected world. The knotwork in the stained glass window circles around the wheel as a single golden thread without start or finish. The rise and fall of the wheel as it turns is as the changes of life. If the world seems to be closing in and crushing hope with its weight, step back to see the bigger picture and the upturn that is soon to come.
This reading comes across as being one that changes is in the air. Now is a time to take a stand and understand the information that we are being given. We need the wisdom to understand what is truth in this crazy world of ours right now. I am not surprised to see the Hermit in this reading. It is another way of the universe saying, it is time to make sure you are okay. Be selfish and take that time for yourself. Don’t worry about everything every minute. Make sure that you have protected yourself. This new change is still connected to everything else that has been going on and yet is different in its own way. The path you set out in front of you is appearing. Time to go and be a part of it. If you still don’t see it though take a moment to look for the bigger picture out there.
For myself, I feel like I need to gain more knowledge. While I take the time to protect myself. I need to be ready for the changes that are coming for me so that I can be the best version of myself when I need to be.
Do you feel like you need to get more information for your own situation you are in now? Have you taken what you need to protect yourself? Is now the time for you to walk the path with which you have come to be here?
I hope that this reading has been helpful to you all. Please let me know if it has impacted you in any way. I’d love to hear from you. I am doing personal Astrology, Divination, Card, and Astro Dice Readings for a fee. If you would like to have one please email me at [email protected].
While doing this reading I am was listening to Spotify playlist Deep Focus. You can find me on Spotify under amrauthor. I hope you enjoy the music.
May your stars shine brightly upon you.
Image of the actual card is one that I took of my own deck of cards.
