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Yesterday Acey  emailed about  co-creation in her Garden.   She said  it was indicated that it might have some unknown relevance for me.   She talked about using Chrysoprase  and that she remembered sending me a stone years ago.   She went on to other things.   There were specific sentences throughout the mail that  "tingled"….that said…take note.   I would reread these but there was nothing that actually Said SomeThing.   but first,  the memory of the Chrysoprase and i went to find it where it stays now in the  Container of Safe Keeping.   As i pulled that container toward me,  my arm brushed the cloth bag that holds 4 Tarot decks….that had been in the storage unit…but was finally brought here.   With the Chrysoprase in hand,  went back to continue reading her mail.  She mentioned a dream in which she and James Wanless,  Creator of the Voyager Tarot,  were sitting under the Morning Tree…the OAK tree,     Here    and he clarified for her that  it was  not her that had issues with someone,  but rather that They had issues with her….this is a loose paraphrase…but it was distinctly another of those Tingle moments that said…Take Note.   

That bag of cards…stretched tight because of the oversized Voyager Tarot.    There were a couple other references to this deck.  I went again and got it.   Sat it infront of me as i finished the mail and thought about all it had said.   Sat and wondered.   How might there be something relevant to me in all this?….specifically?   So i shuffled the cards.    Chose the first that would indicate the Situation at Hand.    XIV.   in this and the Toth Deck….ART.   In the traditional Ryder Waite,  Temperance.  this card ruled by Sagittarius….my sign.   I chose the second card that indicates what "crosses" the Situation at Hand,  things that factor in,  things that are necessary to consider.   The 3 of Wands…in this Voyager deck,   Compassion.   i stared.   and went back to her final sentences in her mail….

"if people do focus on their light and love and strongest world/human beliefs,  they are  putting that juice into the global matrix.  It doesn't just take us individually out of our darker aspects of what we see and feel at this specific time.   It RESISTS obliteration and energetic breakage and instead regenerates.  If our species is to have a reasonable chance of subsisting ~ this will all be SO SO important even if any of us individually are not around to witness the outcome."   

                                                                        And in that second reading,  after the cards,  i KNEW.   Heavy on my heart…me and Julian.    This is my third summer here.  he is 10 years old.  biologically.  The first two summers we talked about how he would leave a week after school got out and be gone to New Jersey to his dads until a week before school resumed.  We all talked about how we wished we had TIME in the summer.  We talked about all the things we might do…together.  He and alyssia, emrie,  jenny,  her man,  me,  his uncle Jeff and cousins Fate and Brinley,  Aunt Tiara…  and this summer…..this summer,  he can't go.   His gramma there,  who he stays days with when his dad is at work,  is in a Senior Apartment…lockdown.   He CAN BE HERE!   And all there is…face to face…is his mother,  Emrie,  and…..me.   so…sometimes,  me and him.  here we are.  me and him.   me and him who have an interesting and often difficult relationship.  He disagrees with me.  a LOT.  on a variety of things.   …we might notice:  i say…He disagrees with Me.   here's a funny example.   National Geographic arrives with a magnificent map of the world tucked in the pages as they do.   I whip it out….LOOK! i exclaim!  This so great map!   He does not look but continues glued to his phone and something of his world there.   I unfurl the map and say on the opposite side there's even a topographical view!!!!!!!!!!oh, eeeeeee!!!!!!!!  He ignores me.   I say,  JULIAN!   LOOK!  he finally says….i don't like geography.   I stare at him.   mind thinking,      it's not geography i say…it's our planet!  Its the planet upon which all of us stand,  our FEET,  we stand on it              He remains silent and absorbed in his whatever it is.   Done.

He's extremely bright.  When he was little,  we would refer to him as an old soul.    Now it feels like something different and yesterday that was weighing SO HEAVY on my heart.   Here we are.  We have all his summer break.  I,  me,  old nana,  am the only human being he will directly interface with.    HOW CAN I DO thIS?????????   

and there the cards fell.     I never had a book that accompanied the Voyager deck.  Interpretations differ and all offer different views.  The book i do have here is Mirror of the Soul..Gerd Ziegler   for the Toth deck which was the one i used.   So,  i  look there.

these are many words,  but these are the words that caught me and they are Enough.   Unification of opposites,  balance,  creative power,  the melting of contradiction is the major step toward oneness,  the bringing together of opposites in preparation for generating something new  and it goes on.  so much more.  But it redirects me.   not….how do i Fix Julian,  but how  do i fix ME…and how i fix me is to trust.  Trust intuition.  Trust looking Inside.   And i just go back to the Illustrations on the cards themselves.  No book needed.   Just the Illustrations of the cards.   

 

 


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this is a substantial cloth of cotton.  has some stains.   from my beloved thrift shop in Socorro N Mex.  62 X 46.    I will

quilt

it.   

Squares.   edges stitched  under.   Maybe a central design?…or not.   but i will.  I will make a blanket quilt.  Why? to answer the question of the other day…..Why?   all i can say is because i love so much  the "Tina".  Tina made a quilt and sent it to me.  At the time,  i thought….oh!…it's BeautyFull,  but i have a comforter,  a wool blanket.   but since,  and this was right before the Evacuation of 2018,  the Campfire,  since,  i absolutely cannot imagine living without The Tina.    She is lightweight,  she is STRONG.  I wash her in Alyssia's washing machine and all her seams are FIRM and sure.   Every night,  even now,  when it's 100 degree days,   she is there in those few early morning hours to hold some warmth until it all begins again.   And   Tina herself is present.  Her great Heart and such Big Love….how she just did it.  Made it and sent it,  out of that Love.   And all the years i have watched Jude piecing together all her squares into BeautyFull forms,   the squares,  the squares……the squares….the ORDER of squares.   and 

suddenly…writing this….i think….to know how to go toward Julian.   He likes order.   He likes the Tina a lot.   So…maybe doing this will help me know something about all that??????  oh….eeeee??????????

 

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26 responses to “once again. How Things can go”

  1. Acey Avatar

    Wow you really brought this whole situation full circle didn’t you! it reminds me of the harpoon story you told me awhile back – something on that level of insight and resulting liberation of blocked/blocking energy.
    I rarely look at “the books” until I’ve reached my own conclusions. The three of wands is one of my fave collages from the deck. I settle in to the image in a way that shares insight beyond words.

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  2. Acey Avatar

    also – when you describe Julian’s situation with who he has available to him I can really feel for him in terms of being the odd gender out.
    what would it be like to find out what his whatever it is actually IS? Would he talk to you about it?

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  3. Acey Avatar

    I was unclear, sorry. Because I, too, am the odd gender out. It’s one of the first things I notice when there’s a family member who is “into other things” or “doesn’t show interest.”
    Oftentimes there’s a connection between the two. Remember Carol Gilligan? Women literally speaking a different language than men?
    works the other way around, too.

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  4. sparrow Avatar
    sparrow

    good-good, old nana…
    good-good.

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  5. jude Avatar

    I am dwelling on the common thread lately. simple, but not.
    That is one really beautiful large piece of cloth.
    Already a summer blanket…

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  6. Cheryl L. Fillion Avatar
    Cheryl L. Fillion

    From above: “Unification of opposites, balance, creative power, the melting of contradiction is the major step toward oneness, the bringing together of opposites in preparation for generating something new…”
    Perhaps he would like to work with you on this, picking out cloth, cutting squares, arranging squares, anything that would generate something new.

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  7. Joanne Avatar
    Joanne

    My son was quite a bit like your Julian. And he loved school. languages- he spoke three- math. Physics. History- he went to college at 16 and has never really come back to us for longer than a week. But he loves us- because we set him free. In that week with him- the conversation– the love is INTENSE.

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  8. Beth Avatar

    Something here I really really needed to hear. Talk about tingle… Thank you and Acey.

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  9. dee Avatar

    Acey works some kind of magic, doesn’t she? There’s the surface, which is plenty interesting, but then there is also the energy. I’m glad you can open up to what is being said between the words.
    I wish I had something useful to say about boys, having raised two. Not sure I do but this came to me in the garden today: my therapist hears about frequency of contact and how much it is like pulling teeth and says “you’re almost estranged,” but that isn’t it at all. There’s lots of love and it is never in question. They are neither of them verbal communicators. It has always felt like it was my job not to take their style or needs personally. Also: it is very difficult to compete with a screen. It just is.
    The Voyager is one of my top two decks and I have the booklet but never refer to it. But I always relate the minor arcana back to what it looks like in the Ryder deck to help with meaning.

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  10. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Grace yes make a quilt for Julian .. every stitch will be an everlasting hug from You to him. Love you 😘

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  11. Mo Crow Avatar

    school’s our for summer! remembering the wonder of those long languid days so long ago… will Julian have his dog there with him so they can wander & explore The Hill together?

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  12. Mo Crow Avatar

    oh typo… school’s out not our to quote Alice Cooper!

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  13. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    My Grandson Alex, very very bright child… I stopped “teaching” him and started allowing him to teach me.. we have great conversations now and sometimes I play devils advocate and we have great debates… he can out talk me every time. I love him so much!

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  14. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    Teaching someone to listen is one of the most difficult, but rewarding, efforts you can undertake. I have succeeded and failed many times, but I’ve never underestimated its importance.
    Do you think he might like to take a needle to cloth? To listen, to tell a story? Make his own ‘Tina’?
    xo

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar

    your thoughts in all three of these comments are
    VERY useful

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar

    we need
    goodness

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  17. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes…it’s always been the summer blanket…and
    would be perfect for this…as if its been waiting

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  18. grace Forrest Avatar

    he might…i need to LET him lead

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  19. grace Forrest Avatar

    it is just so much necessary to get out of the way

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  20. grace Forrest Avatar

    i’m glad, Beth…

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  21. grace Forrest Avatar

    my son was the easiest of my kids…we Flow…still.

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  22. grace Forrest Avatar

    maybe? he has a thing for the weird fleecy things…
    still has the one with frogs on it i gave him as a baby.

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  23. grace Forrest Avatar

    dog needs a LOT of training…he’s huge, number one,
    but will need to learn about Goats, cat and Chicken
    which are all just everywhere… we’ll see if they
    want to commit that time

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  24. grace Forrest Avatar

    am still thinking about it All

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  25. grace Forrest Avatar

    i need to let him teach me to listen
    i don’t know…he loved learning how to sew his buttons back on
    that was 3 years ago

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  26. Saskia Avatar

    oh I experienced something similar Grace, many years ago with our eldest, in short: there were ‘anger-issues-between-us’…… we went to a therapist and lo & behold, turned out the anger was in me, not him, I had to look inside of me…phew
    also, agreeing with Dee here, it’s tough competing with a screen

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